EXHIBIT 10.1
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 6, 2003
among
KMART CORPORATION,
as Borrower,
THE OTHER CREDIT PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO,
as Credit Parties,
THE LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO
FROM TIME TO TIME,
as Lenders,
and
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Administrative Agent, Co-Collateral Agent and Lender
GECC CAPITAL MARKETS GROUP, INC.
as Co-Lead Arranger and Co-Book Runner
FLEET RETAIL FINANCE INC.,
as Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Collateral Agent and Lender
FLEET SECURITIES, INC.,
as Co-Lead Arranger and Co-Book Runner
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agent and Lender
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Co-Lead Arranger and Co-Book Runner
GMAC COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC,
as Co-Documentation Agent
and
FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Co-Documentation Agent
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INDEX OF APPENDICES
Annex A (Recitals) - Definitions
Annex B (Section 1.2) - Letters of Credit
Annex C (Section 1.8) - Cash Management System
Annex D (Section 2.1(a)) - Closing Checklist
Annex E (Section 4.1(a)) - Financial Statements and Projections -- Reporting
Annex F (Section 4.1(b)) - Collateral Reports
Annex G (Section 6.10) - Financial Covenants
Annex H (Section 9.9(a)) - Lenders' Wire Transfer Information
Annex I (Section 11.10) - Notice Addresses
Annex J (from Annex A-
Commitments definition) - Commitments as of Closing Date
Annex K (Section 1.1) Reserves/Other Changes to the Borrowing Base
Exhibit 1.1(a)(i) - Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Advance
Exhibit 1.1(a)(ii) - Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit 1.1(c)(ii) - Form of Swing Line Note
Exhibit 3.4(b) - Business Plan
Exhibit 3.19 - Form of Letter of Direction
Exhibit 1.5(e) - Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit 4.1(b) - Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit 9.1(a) - Form of Assignment Agreement
Exhibit B-1 - Application for Standby Letter of Credit
Exhibit B-2 - Application for Documentary Letter of Credit
Exhibit C-1 - Form of Control Agreement
Exhibit C-2 - Form of Investment Account Control Agreement
Exhibit D-2 - Form of ESL Notes
Exhibit D-2 - Form of ESL Guarantee
Exhibit E-1 - Form of Plan of Reorganization
Exhibit E-2 - Form of Disclosure Statement
Exhibit E-3 - Form of Confirmation Order
Exhibit F-1 - Form of Landlord Waiver
Exhibit F-2 - Form of Bailee/Warehouseman Waiver
Exhibit G-1 - Form of Supplement to Subsidiary Guaranty
Exhibit G-2 - Form of Supplement to Security Agreement
Schedule 1.1 - Agent's Representatives
Schedule 1.2 - Existing Letters of Credit
Disclosure Schedule 1.4 - Sources and Uses; Funds Flow Memorandum
Disclosure Schedule 3.2 - Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN
Disclosure Schedule 3.4(a) - Financial Statements
Disclosure Schedule 3.4(b) - Projections
Disclosure Schedule 3.6 - Real Estate and Leases
Disclosure Schedule 3.7 - Labor Matters
Disclosure Schedule 3.8 - Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding
Stock
Disclosure Schedule 3.11 - Tax Matters
Disclosure Schedule 3.12 - ERISA Plans
Disclosure Schedule 3.14 - Brokers
Disclosure Schedule 3.15 - Intellectual Property
Disclosure Schedule 3.18 - Insurance
Disclosure Schedule 3.19 - Deposit and Loan Proceeds Accounts
Disclosure Schedule 3.20 - Top 10 Vendors
Disclosure Schedule 5.1 - Trade Names
Disclosure Schedule 5.15(b) - Franchise Tax Jurisdictions
Disclosure Schedule 6.2 - Investments
Disclosure Schedule 6.3 - Indebtedness
Disclosure Schedule 6.4(a) - Transactions with Affiliates
Disclosure Schedule 6.6 - Guaranteed Indebtedness
Disclosure Schedule 6.7 - Existing Liens
Disclosure Schedule 6.8 - Stores and DCs to be Closed
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of May 6,
2003 among KMART CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation ("Borrower"); the other
Credit Parties signatory hereto; GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (in its individual capacity, "GE Capital"), for itself, as
Lender, and as Administrative Agent for Lenders, and the other Lenders signatory
hereto from time to time.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lenders extend a
revolving credit and letter of credit facility to Borrower of up to Two Billion
Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) in the aggregate for the purpose of funding a
portion of the payments to be made by Borrower and the other Credit Parties
under the Plan of Reorganization on the terms set forth herein, to fund certain
fees and expenses incurred by Borrower in connection with this Agreement and to
provide (a) working capital financing for Borrower and the other Credit Parties,
(b) funds for other general corporate purposes of Borrower and the other Credit
Parties and (c) funds for other purposes permitted hereunder; and for these
purposes, Lenders are willing to make certain loans and other extensions of
credit to Borrower of up to such amount upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein; and
WHEREAS, Borrower has agreed to secure all of its obligations
under the Loan Documents by granting to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, a security interest in and
Lien upon all of its existing and after-acquired Inventory and certain
categories of personal property relating thereto; and
WHEREAS, certain Subsidiaries of Borrower are willing to
jointly and severally guarantee all of the obligations of Borrower to
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents and to
secure such guarantees by granting to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, a security interest in and Lien
upon all of their respective existing and after-acquired Inventory and certain
categories of personal property relating thereto; and
WHEREAS, Kmart Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Holdings") is willing to guarantee all of the obligations of Borrower to
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in Annex A and, for purposes of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, the rules of construction set forth in Annex A shall
govern. All Annexes, Disclosure Schedules, Exhibits and other attachments
(collectively, "Appendices") hereto, or expressly identified to this Agreement,
are incorporated herein by reference, and taken together with this Agreement,
shall constitute but a single agreement. These Recitals shall be construed as
part of the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT
1.1 Credit Facilities.
(a) Revolving Credit Facility.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
each Revolving Lender agrees to make available to Borrower from time to time
until the Commitment Termination Date its Pro Rata Share of advances (each, a
"Revolving Credit Advance"). The Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan of any
Revolving Lender shall not at any time exceed its separate Revolving Loan
Commitment. The obligations of each Revolving Lender hereunder shall be several
and not joint. Until the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to
time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1(a); provided, that the
amount of any Revolving Credit Advance to be made at any time shall not exceed,
after giving effect to the use of proceeds thereof, Borrowing Availability at
such time. Each Revolving Credit Advance shall be (A) in an aggregate principal
amount not less than $1,000,000 and multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (or
such other amount as may be required to repay any Swing Line Loan required to be
repaid pursuant to the terms hereof) and (B) made on notice by Borrower to one
of the representatives of Administrative Agent identified in Schedule 1.1 at the
address specified therein. Any such notice must be given no later than (A) noon
(New York time) on the Business Day of the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in
the case of an Index Rate Loan, or (B) noon (New York time) on the date which is
three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the
case of a LIBOR Loan. Each such notice (a "Notice of Revolving Credit Advance")
must be given in writing (by telecopy or overnight courier) substantially in the
form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(i), and shall include the information required in such
Exhibit. If Borrower desires to have the Revolving Credit Advances bear interest
by reference to a LIBOR Rate, Borrower must comply with Section 1.5(e). Any
voluntary prepayments of Revolving Credit Advances shall be in an aggregate
principal amount not less than $1,000,000 and multiples of $100,000 in excess
thereof.
(ii) Except as provided in Section 1.12, Borrower
shall execute and deliver to each Revolving Lender a promissory note to evidence
the Revolving Loan Commitment of that Revolving Lender. Each promissory note
shall be in the principal amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the
applicable Revolving Lender and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(ii)
(each a "Revolving Note" and, collectively, the "Revolving Notes"). Each
Revolving Note shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of
the applicable Revolving Lender's Revolving Loan Commitment or, if less, such
Revolving Lender's Pro Rata Share (subject to Section 9.9) of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loan made to Borrower together with
interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. The entire unpaid balance of the
Revolving Loan and all other non-contingent Obligations shall be immediately due
and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination
Date.
(iii) Any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, at the request of Borrower, in its discretion
Administrative Agent may (but shall have absolutely no obligation to), make
Revolving Credit Advances to Borrower on behalf of Revolving Lenders in amounts
that cause the outstanding balance of the aggregate Revolving Loan to exceed the
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Borrowing Base (less the Swing Line Loan, the Synthetic Loan and the amount set
forth in paragraph (c) of Annex G) (any such excess Revolving Credit Advances
are herein referred to collectively as "Overadvances"); provided that (A) no
such event or occurrence shall cause or constitute a waiver of Administrative
Agent's, the Swing Line Lender's or Revolving Lenders' right to refuse to make
any further Overadvances, Swing Line Advances or Revolving Credit Advances, or
incur any Letter of Credit Obligations, as the case may be, at any time that an
Overadvance exists, (B) no Overadvance shall result in a Default or Event of
Default based on Borrower's failure to comply with Section 1.3(b) for so long as
Administrative Agent permits such Overadvance to remain outstanding, but solely
with respect to the amount of such Overadvance and (C) such Overadvances shall
only be made to protect and preserve the Collateral. In addition, Overadvances
may be made even if the conditions to lending set forth in Section 2 have not
been met. All Overadvances shall constitute Index Rate Loans, shall bear
interest at the Default Rate and shall be payable on demand. The authority of
Administrative Agent to make Overadvances is limited to an aggregate amount not
to exceed $50,000,000 at any time, shall not cause the Loans to exceed the
Maximum Amount, may be revoked prospectively by a written notice to
Administrative Agent signed by the Requisite Lenders and may only be advanced
and outstanding for sixty (60) days in each one hundred twenty (120) day period
occurring through the Commitment Termination Date.
(b) Intentionally Omitted.
(c) Swing Line Facility.
(i) Administrative Agent shall notify the Swing
Line Lender upon Administrative Agent's receipt of any Notice of Revolving
Credit Advance. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line
Lender may, in its discretion, make available from time to time until the
Commitment Termination Date advances (each, a "Swing Line Advance") in
accordance with any such notice. The provisions of this Section 1.1(c) shall not
relieve Revolving Lenders of their obligations to make Revolving Credit Advances
under Section 1.1(a); provided that if the Swing Line Lender makes a Swing Line
Advance pursuant to any such notice, such Swing Line Advance shall be in lieu of
any Revolving Credit Advance that otherwise may be made by Revolving Lenders
pursuant to such notice. The aggregate amount of Swing Line Advances outstanding
shall not exceed at any time the lesser of (A) the Swing Line Commitment and (B)
the lesser of (1) the Maximum Amount less the outstanding balance of the Loans
at such time and (2) except for Overadvances, the Borrowing Base less the
outstanding balance of the Loans at such time ("Swing Line Availability"). Until
the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to time borrow, repay
and reborrow under this Section 1.1(c). Each Swing Line Advance shall be made
pursuant to a Notice of Revolving Credit Advance delivered by Borrower to
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 1.1(a). Any such notice must be
given no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day of the
proposed Swing Line Advance. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement or the other Credit Loan Documents, the Swing Line Loan shall
constitute an Index Rate Loan. Borrower shall repay the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Swing Line Loan upon demand therefor by Administrative
Agent; provided that Administrative Agent shall make reasonable efforts, so long
as no Event of Default then exists, to manage any such demand for payment to
enable Borrower to refinance such Swing Line Loan with the proceeds of a
Revolving Credit Advance; provided further that if an Event of Default then
exists and Borrower
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does not have sufficient cash or Cash Equivalents to repay such Swing Line Loan,
then no Cash Dominion Event shall occur solely as a result of the failure to
repay such Swing Line Loan.
(ii) Borrower shall execute and deliver to the
Swing Line Lender a promissory note to evidence the Swing Line Commitment. Such
note shall be in the principal amount of the Swing Line Commitment of the Swing
Line Lender, dated the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit
1.1(c)(ii) (the "Swing Line Note"). The Swing Line Note shall represent the
obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of the Swing Line Commitment or, if
less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Line Advances made to
Borrower together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. The entire
unpaid balance of the Swing Line Loan and all other non-contingent Obligations
shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on
the Commitment Termination Date if not sooner paid in full.
(iii) The Swing Line Lender, at any time and from
time to time no less frequently than once weekly, shall on behalf of Borrower
(and Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so act on
its behalf) request each Revolving Lender (including the Swing Line Lender) to
make a Revolving Credit Advance to Borrower (which shall be an Index Rate Loan)
in an amount equal to that Revolving Lender's Pro Rata Share of the principal
amount of the Swing Line Loan (the "Refunded Swing Line Loan") outstanding on
the date such notice is given. Unless any of the events described in Sections
8.1(h) or 8.1(i) has occurred (in which event the procedures of Section
1.1(c)(iv) shall apply) and regardless of whether the conditions precedent set
forth in this Agreement to the making of a Revolving Credit Advance are then
satisfied, each Revolving Lender shall disburse directly to Administrative
Agent, on behalf of the Swing Line Lender, its Pro Rata Share of a Revolving
Credit Advance prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York time), in immediately available
funds on the Business Day next succeeding the date that notice is given. The
proceeds of those Revolving Credit Advances shall be immediately paid to the
Swing Line Lender and applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loan.
(iv) If, prior to refunding a Swing Line Loan
with a Revolving Credit Advance pursuant to Section 1.1(c)(iii), one of the
events described in Sections 8.1(h) or 8.1(i) has occurred, then, subject to the
provisions of Section 1.1(c)(v) below, each Revolving Lender shall, on the date
such Revolving Credit Advance was to have been made for the benefit of Borrower,
purchase from the Swing Line Lender an undivided participation interest in the
Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line
Loan. Upon request, each Revolving Lender shall promptly transfer to the Swing
Line Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation
interest.
(v) Each Revolving Lender's obligation to make
Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iii) and to purchase
participation interests in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iv) shall be absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A)
any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving
Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, Borrower or any other Person for
any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of any Default or Event
of Default, (C) any inability of Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to
borrowing set forth in this Agreement at any time or (D) any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever,
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whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If any Revolving Lender does not
make available to Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable,
the amount required pursuant to Sections 1.1(c)(iii) or 1.1(c)(iv), as the case
may be, the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand
from such Revolving Lender or Borrower, together with interest thereon for each
day from the date of nonpayment until such amount is paid in full at the Federal
Funds Rate for the first two (2) Business Days and at the Index Rate thereafter.
(d) Reliance on Notices. Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any Notice
of Revolving Credit Advance, Notice of Conversion/Continuation or similar notice
believed by Administrative Agent to be genuine. Administrative Agent may assume
that each Person executing and delivering any notice in accordance herewith was
duly authorized, unless the responsible individual acting thereon for
Administrative Agent has actual knowledge to the contrary.
1.2 Letters of Credit. Subject to and in accordance with the terms
and conditions contained herein and in Annex B, Borrower shall have the right to
request, and Lenders agree to incur, or purchase participations in, Letter of
Credit Obligations in respect of Borrower and the other Credit Parties.
1.3 Prepayments.
(a) Voluntary Reductions in Revolving Loan Commitments.
Borrower may at any time and from time to time on at least five (5) Business
Days' prior written notice to Administrative Agent permanently reduce (but not
terminate) the Revolving Loan Commitment without penalty or premium (except as
provided in Section 1.13(b) to the extent applicable); provided that (A) any
such reductions shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000 and integral
multiples of $25,000,000 in excess of such amount, (B) the Revolving Loan
Commitment shall not be reduced to an amount less than the amount of the
Revolving Loan and Swing Line Loan then outstanding and (C) after giving effect
to such reductions, Borrower shall comply with Section 1.3(b). In addition,
Borrower may at any time on at least five (5) Business Days' prior written
notice to Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as Administrative Agent
may agree to) terminate the Commitments without penalty or premium (except as
provided in Section 1.13(b) to the extent applicable); provided that upon such
termination all Loans and other Obligations shall be immediately due and payable
in full and all Letter of Credit Obligations shall be cash collateralized or
otherwise satisfied in accordance with Annex B hereto. Any voluntary reduction
or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment must be accompanied by payment
of the accrued but unpaid Unused Line Fee on the amount of the Revolving Loan
Commitment so reduced or terminated, as applicable, through the date of such
termination or reduction, as applicable, plus the payment of any LIBOR funding
breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.13(b). Upon any such reduction of
the Revolving Loan Commitment, Borrower's right to request Revolving Credit
Advances or Swing Line Advances, or to request that Letter of Credit Obligations
be incurred on its behalf or on behalf of any other Credit Party shall
simultaneously be permanently reduced. A permanent reduction of the Revolving
Loan Commitment shall not require a corresponding pro rata reduction in the L/C
Sublimit; provided that if the Revolving Loan Commitment is reduced to an amount
less than the L/C Sublimit, then the L/C Sublimit shall be reduced to an amount
equal to (or, at Borrower's option, less than) the Revolving Loan Commitment.
Upon any termination of the Commitments, Borrower's right to
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request Revolving Credit Advances or Swing Line Advances, or to request that
Letter of Credit Obligations be incurred on its behalf (or on behalf of any
other Credit Party) shall be simultaneously terminated. Upon any termination of
the Commitments which results in a termination of any Lender's Synthetic Loan
Commitment, Agent shall promptly remit to each Synthetic Loan Lender its pro
rata share of the amount of such reduction from the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked
Deposit Account.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. If at any time the aggregate
outstanding balances of the Loans exceed the lesser of (i) the Maximum Amount
and (ii) the Borrowing Base (any such excess amount, the "Overage"), Borrower
shall immediately repay (to the extent required to eliminate the Overage) first,
the aggregate outstanding Swing Line Advances and second, the aggregate
outstanding Revolving Credit Advances. If any such Overage remains after
repayment in full of the aggregate outstanding Swing Line Advances and Revolving
Credit Advances, Borrower shall provide cash collateral for the Letter of Credit
Obligations in the manner set forth in Annex B to the extent required to
eliminate such Overage and, in the absence of a Default or Event of Default, any
such cash collateral in excess of the amount required pursuant to Annex B to
eliminate the Overage shall be promptly returned to Borrower on a weekly basis.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Overadvance made pursuant to Section
1.1(a)(iii) shall be repaid in accordance with Section 1.1(a)(iii).
(c) Reduction in Commitments for Dispositions under
Section 6.8(i). Upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date upon which the
exception provided by Section 6.8(g) is no longer available and (ii) the date
upon which the five hundredth (500th) Store is sold under Section 6.8, Borrower
shall permanently reduce the Commitments, without premium or penalty, to the
extent, and in the amounts, required pursuant to Section 6.8(i)(Y) and all such
reductions in the Commitments shall be made pro rata to the Revolving Loan
Commitments and the Synthetic Loan Commitments; provided that after giving
effect to such reductions, Borrower shall comply with Section 1.3(b).
1.4 Use of Proceeds. Borrower (a) may utilize the proceeds of the
Loans as of the Closing Date solely for the following purposes: (i) to repay
certain post-petition secured Indebtedness on the Effective Date, (ii) to
otherwise enable Borrower to consummate the Plan of Reorganization (excluding
payments of pre-petition Claims in cash other than payments (A)(1) to a class of
convenience Claims in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate and
(2) in respect of any pre-petition letters of credit that have not been replaced
or backstopped with a Letter of Credit in an amount not to exceed $16,500,000 in
the aggregate; provided that in no event shall payments permitted under this
clause (A) exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate, (B) in respect of pre-petition
Claims and cure payments in respect of assumed executory contracts in an amount
not to exceed $80,000,000 and (C) in respect of pre-petition Claims otherwise
entitled to payment in cash or priority pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or prior
Bankruptcy Court order, in each case, to the extent reflected in the Business
Plan) and (iii) to fund certain fees and expenses associated with this Agreement
and (b) may, on or after the Closing Date, utilize the proceeds of the Loans
solely for (i) Borrower's and the other Credit Parties' working capital
requirements, (ii) Borrower's and the other Credit Parties' general corporate
purposes (including, without limitation, obligations incurred after the filing
of the Chapter 11 Cases and Capital Expenditures permitted hereunder) and (iii)
other purposes permitted hereunder; provided that in no event may Borrower
utilize the proceeds of the Loans to
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make Investments pursuant to clauses (j), (k) or (l) of Section 6.2. Disclosure
Schedule (1.4) contains a description of Borrower's sources and uses of funds as
of the Closing Date, including Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations to be made
or incurred on that date, and a funds flow memorandum detailing how funds from
each source are to be transferred to particular uses.
1.5 Interest and Applicable Margins.
(a) Borrower shall pay interest to Administrative Agent,
for the ratable benefit of Lenders in accordance with the various Loans being
made by each Lender, in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the
following rates: (i) with respect to the Revolving Credit Advances, the Index
Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum or, at the election of
Borrower, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin
per annum and (ii) with respect to the Swing Line Loan, the Index Rate plus the
Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum.
During the period from the Closing Date through the first
anniversary thereof, the Applicable Margins shall be based on Level I
(regardless of EBITDA during such period). Thereafter, the Applicable Margins
may be adjusted (up or down) by reference to the following grid:
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LEVEL OF
IF LTM EBITDA IS: APPLICABLE MARGINS:
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< $350,000,000 Level I
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> or = $350,000,000 but < $550,000,000 Level II
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> or = $550,000,000 Level III
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APPLICABLE MARGINS
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LEVEL I LEVEL II LEVEL III
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Applicable Revolver Index Margin 2.50% 2.25% 2.00%
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Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin 3.50% 3.25% 3.00%
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Applicable Revolving L/C Margin 3.50% 3.25% 3.00%
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Applicable Synthetic L/C Margin 3.50% 3.25% 3.00%
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Any such adjustments in the Applicable Margins shall be
implemented quarterly on a prospective basis on the fifth (5th) day following
the delivery of Financial Statements in accordance with paragraphs (b) or (d),
as applicable, of Annex E evidencing the need for an adjustment. Concurrently
with the delivery of those Financial Statements, Borrower shall deliver to
Administrative Agent and Lenders a certificate, signed by a Financial Officer,
setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the continuance of, or any
change in, the Applicable Margins. Failure to timely deliver such Financial
Statements shall, in addition to any other remedy provided for in this
Agreement, result in an increase in the Applicable Margins to the highest level
set forth in the foregoing grid, until the fifth (5th) day following the
delivery of those Financial Statements demonstrating that such an increase is
not required. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time
any reduction in the Applicable Margins is to be
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implemented, that reduction shall be deferred until the third (3rd) Business Day
following the date on which such Event of Default is waived or ceases to
continue, as the case may be.
(b) If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a
day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof will be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day (except as set forth in the definition of LIBOR Period)
and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at
the then applicable rate during such extension.
(c) All computations of Fees calculated on a per annum
basis and interest based on the LIBOR Rate or calculated by reference to clause
(b) of the definition of Index Rate shall be made by Administrative Agent on the
basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days occurring in
the period for which such interest and Fees are payable. If the Index Rate is
calculated by reference to clause (a) of the definition thereof, then
computation of such interest shall be made by Administrative Agent on the basis
of a 365/6-day year, as applicable, for the actual number of days occurring in
the period for which such interest is payable. The Index Rate is a floating rate
determined for each day. Each determination by Administrative Agent of interest
rates and Fees hereunder shall be conclusive, final and binding on Borrower,
absent manifest error.
(d) So long as either (i) an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing under Section 8.1(a), (h) or (i), or (ii) so long as
any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of
this clause (ii), at the election of Administrative Agent (or upon the written
request of the Majority Lenders) confirmed by written notice from Administrative
Agent to Borrower, the interest rates applicable to the Loans and the Letter of
Credit Fees shall be increased by two percentage points (2%) per annum above the
rates of interest or the rate of such Fees otherwise applicable hereunder (the
"Default Rate"), and all outstanding Obligations shall bear interest at the
Default Rate applicable to such Obligations. Interest and Letter of Credit Fees
at the Default Rate shall accrue from the initial date of such Event of Default
until that Event of Default is waived or ceases to continue, as the case may be,
and shall be payable upon demand.
(e) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Borrower shall have the option to (i) request that any Revolving
Credit Advance be made as a LIBOR Loan, (ii) convert at any time all or any part
of outstanding Revolving Credit Advances from Index Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans,
or (iii) continue all or any portion of any Revolving Loan as a LIBOR Loan upon
the expiration of the applicable LIBOR Period and the succeeding LIBOR Period of
that continued Revolving Loan shall commence on the last day of the LIBOR Period
of the Loan to be continued. Borrower shall have the option to convert any LIBOR
Loan to an Index Rate Loan, subject to payment of LIBOR breakage costs in
accordance with Section 1.13(b) if such conversion is made prior to the
expiration of the LIBOR Period applicable thereto, irrespective of whether an
Event of Default has occurred. Any Revolving Credit Advances or group of
Revolving Credit Advances having the same proposed LIBOR Period to be made or
continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan must be in a minimum amount of
$5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of such amount. Any
such election must be made by noon (New York time) on the third (3rd) Business
Day prior to (A) the date of any proposed Revolving Credit Advance which is to
bear interest at the LIBOR Rate, (B) the end of each LIBOR Period with respect
to any LIBOR Loans to be continued as such, or (C) the date
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on which Borrower wishes to convert any Index Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan for a
LIBOR Period designated by Borrower in such election. If no election is received
with respect to a LIBOR Loan by noon (New York time) on the third (3rd) Business
Day prior to the end of the LIBOR Period with respect thereto (or if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing), that LIBOR Loan shall be converted to
an Index Rate Loan at the end of its LIBOR Period. Borrower must make such
election by notice to Administrative Agent in writing, including by telecopy or
overnight courier. In the case of any conversion or continuation, such election
must be made pursuant to a written notice (a "Notice of
Conversion/Continuation") in the form of Exhibit 1.5(e). In furtherance of the
foregoing, to the extent that any Loans are made as or converted into LIBOR
Loans on or after the Closing Date but prior to the earlier of (i) forty-five
(45) days after the Closing Date and (ii) the completion of primary syndication
as determined by Administrative Agent, Borrower acknowledges and agrees that to
the extent additional Lenders become parties to this Agreement during such
period Borrower will, at the request of Administrative Agent, be required to
repay any such outstanding LIBOR Loans prior to the end of the related Interest
Period (which may be repaid with the proceeds of a new Revolving Credit Advance)
and will pay any associated breakage costs as provided in Section 1.13(b).
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
this Section 1.5, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final
order that the rate of interest payable hereunder exceeds the highest rate of
interest permissible under law (the "Maximum Lawful Rate"), then so long as the
Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable hereunder
shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate and any amounts received by any Lender
hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate shall be applied to the reduction
of the principal amount of the Loans on a pro rata basis and not refunded to
Borrower; provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the rate of interest
payable hereunder is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrower shall continue
to pay interest hereunder at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the
total interest received by Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders, is equal
to the total interest that would have been received had the interest rate
payable hereunder been (but for the operation of this paragraph) the interest
rate payable since the Closing Date as otherwise provided in this Agreement. In
no event shall the total interest received by any Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof exceed the amount that such Lender could lawfully have received had the
interest due hereunder been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum
Lawful Rate.
1.6 Intentionally Omitted.
1.7 Imposition of Reserves, etc. Administrative Agent shall have
the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date (with the
consent of the respective Lenders required under Section 11.2, if any) to (a)
establish, modify or eliminate Reserves solely in accordance with Annex K and
(b) (i) adjust any of the criteria set forth in the definitions of "Eligible
Inventory Amount" and "Eligible L/C Inventory Amount" or establish new criteria,
and (ii) reduce advance rates, in each of the foregoing cases, either (x) in
Administrative Agent's reasonable and customary credit judgment upon ten (10)
Business Days' notice to Borrower or (y) in Administrative Agent's reasonable
and customary credit judgment without notice if a Trigger Event has occurred.
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1.8 Cash Management Systems. On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Credit Parties will establish and will maintain until the Termination Date, the
cash management systems described in Annex C (the "Cash Management Systems").
1.9 Fees.
(a) Borrower shall pay to each of GE Capital, FRFI and
BofA, individually, the Fees specified in the Fee Letter at the times specified
for payment therein.
(b) As additional compensation for the Revolving Lenders,
Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of such
Revolving Lenders, in arrears, on the first Business Day of each month prior to
the Commitment Termination Date, as required pursuant to Section 1.3(a) and on
the Commitment Termination Date, a Fee for Borrower's non-use of available funds
in an amount equal to 0.75% per annum multiplied by the difference between (x)
the Revolving Maximum Amount (as it may be reduced from time to time) and (y)
the average for the period of the daily closing balances of the Revolving Loan
and the Swing Line Loan outstanding during the period for which such Fee is due
(such fee, the "Unused Line Fee").
(c) Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of Lenders, the Letter of Credit Fee as provided in Annex B.
1.10 Receipt of Payments. Borrower shall make each payment under
this Agreement not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the day when due in
immediately available funds in Dollars to the Collection Account. For purposes
of computing interest and Fees and determining Borrowing Availability as of any
date, all payments shall be deemed received on the Business Day on which
immediately available funds therefor are received in the Collection Account
prior to 2:00 p.m. New York time. Payments received after 2:00 p.m. New York
time on any Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day shall be deemed
to have been received on the following Business Day.
1.11 Application and Allocation of Payments.
(a) All payments and prepayments of principal and
interest in respect of the Revolving Loan and Swing Line Loan (except as
provided in Sections 1.13, 1.15 and 1.16) shall be applied ratably to the
portion thereof held by each Revolving Lender as determined by its Pro Rata
Share. All payments and repayments of Synthetic Loan Reimbursement Amounts and
interest or earnings in respect of the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits
shall be applied pro rata among the Synthetic Loan Lenders in accordance with
the Synthetic Loan Participations of such Synthetic Loan Lenders. Except as set
forth below in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 1.11(a) or as set forth in
Section 1.3, Borrower shall have the right to direct the application of all
payments made by it toward Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans, Synthetic Loan
Reimbursement Amounts, interest, fees, expenses or any other Obligations. As to
any payment the application of which is not so directed, and as to all payments
made when an Event of Default or a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is
continuing (and, in respect of such Cash Dominion Event, no corresponding Cash
Dominion Termination Event has occurred), or following the Commitment
Termination Date, Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the right to
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direct the application of any and all funds on deposit in the Collection
Account, the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account, the Cash Collateral
Account and/or, in the case of a Cash Dominion Event or an acceleration of the
Obligations, the Concentration Account or any other proceeds of Collateral and
all payments received from or on behalf of Borrower or any Guarantor, and
Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that Administrative Agent shall have the
exclusive right to apply any and all such funds on deposit in the Collection
Account, the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account, the Cash Collateral
Account, and/or, in the case of a Cash Dominion Event or an acceleration of the
Obligations, the Concentration Account or any other proceeds of Collateral and
all payments against the Obligations in the following order: (i) in the event
the Obligations have been accelerated or following the Commitment Termination
Date: (A) to Fees and Administrative Agent's and each Co-Syndication Agent's
expenses reimbursable hereunder, (B) to accrued but unpaid interest on the Swing
Line Loan, (C) to principal payments on the Swing Line Loan until paid in full,
(D) pro rata to accrued but unpaid interest on the Revolving Credit Advances and
Synthetic Loans, (E) pro rata to the outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Loans (and applied, with respect to the Revolving Loans, ratably
between the Revolving Credit Advances and the cash collateralization of the
Revolving Loan Letters of Credit in accordance with Annex B), the outstanding
principal amount of the Synthetic Loan (or, if not then due and payable, to cash
collateralize the Synthetic Loan Letters of Credit in accordance with Annex B)
and to the outstanding Obligations constituting Pari Passu Cash Management
Obligations, (F) to all other Obligations (other than the Cash Management
Obligations) including expenses of Lenders to the extent reimbursable under
Section 11.3, (G) to the Cash Management Banks ratably in an amount not to
exceed the outstanding Obligations constituting Subordinated Cash Management
Obligations and (H) any surplus shall be remitted to Borrower or any other
Person lawfully entitled thereto and (ii) on each Business Day in the event
either an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or a Cash Dominion
Event has occurred (and no corresponding Cash Dominion Termination Event has
occurred), in each case, other than as described in clause (i) above: (A) to
Fees and Administrative Agent's and each Co-Syndication Agent's expenses
reimbursable hereunder, (B) to accrued but unpaid interest on the Swing Line
Loan, (C) to principal payments on the Swing Line Loan until paid in full, (D)
pro rata to accrued but unpaid interest on the Revolving Credit Advances and
Synthetic Loans, (E) pro rata to the outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Credit Advances and the Synthetic Loan, (F) pro rata to the cash
collateralization of the Revolving Loan Letters of Credit and the Synthetic Loan
Letters of Credit, in each case, in accordance with Annex B, (G) to all other
Obligations (other than the Cash Management Obligations) then due and payable
including expenses of Lenders to the extent reimbursable under Section 11.3 and
(H) any surplus shall be remitted to Borrower or any other Person lawfully
entitled thereto.
(b) Administrative Agent is authorized to, and at its
sole election may, charge to the Revolving Loan balance on behalf of Borrower
and cause to be paid all Fees, expenses, Charges, reimbursable costs (including
insurance premiums in accordance with Sections 5.4(a) and (b)) and interest and
principal, other than principal of the Revolving Credit Advances, owing by
Borrower under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Loan Documents if and
to the extent Borrower fails to pay promptly any such amounts as and when due,
even if the amount of such charges would exceed Borrowing Availability at such
time, but in no event in an amount in excess of the Overadvance amount permitted
under Section 1.1(a)(iii), provided that after making such election
Administrative Agent shall use reasonable efforts to give Borrower written
notice of such election, but the failure of Administrative Agent to so give any
such written notice
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shall not affect the validity of such charges to the Loan Account. At
Administrative Agent's option and to the extent permitted by law, any charges so
made shall constitute part of the Revolving Loan hereunder, but such charge
shall not constitute a waiver of Section 1.3(b).
1.12 Loan Account and Accounting. Administrative Agent, acting as
agent for Lenders and solely for the purpose of Treasury Regulation Section
5f.103-1(c) under this Section 1.12, shall maintain a loan account (the "Loan
Account") on its books to record: all Advances, all Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked
Deposits, all payments made by Borrower, and all other debits and credits as
provided in this Agreement with respect to the Loans or any other Obligations,
and Borrower and Administrative Agent shall treat each Lender whose name is
entered in the Loan Account as a Lender for all purposes hereunder, and amounts
due and owing to Administrative Agent and Lenders by Borrower will be paid only
to those Lenders entered in the Loan Account as such. All entries in the Loan
Account shall be made in accordance with Administrative Agent's customary
accounting practices as in effect from time to time. The balance in the Loan
Account, as recorded on Administrative Agent's most recent printout or other
written statement, shall, absent manifest error, be presumptive evidence of the
amounts due and owing to Administrative Agent and Lenders by Borrower; provided
that any failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or
otherwise affect Borrower's duty to pay the Obligations. Administrative Agent
shall render to Borrower a monthly accounting of transactions with respect to
the Loans setting forth the balance of the Loan Account for the immediately
preceding month. Unless Borrower notifies Administrative Agent in writing of any
objection to any such accounting (specifically describing the basis for such
objection), within sixty (60) days after the date thereof, each and every such
accounting shall (absent manifest error) be presumptive evidence as to all
matters reflected therein. Notwithstanding any provision herein contained to the
contrary, any Lender may elect (which election may be revoked) to dispense with
the issuance of Notes to that Lender.
1.13 Indemnity.
(a) Each Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall
jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each of Administrative Agent,
Lenders, the L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates, and each such Person's
respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives
(each, an "Indemnified Person"), from and against any and all suits, actions,
proceedings, claims, damages, losses, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements and other costs of
investigation or defense, including those incurred upon any appeal) that may be
instituted or asserted against or incurred by any such Indemnified Person as the
result of credit having been extended, suspended or terminated under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the administration of such credit,
and in connection with or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereunder
and thereunder and any actions or failures to act in connection therewith,
including any and all Environmental Liabilities and reasonable out-of-pocket
legal costs and expenses arising out of or incurred in connection with disputes
between or among any parties to any of the Loan Documents (collectively,
"Indemnified Liabilities"); provided, that no such Credit Party shall be liable
for any indemnification to an Indemnified Person to the extent that any such
suit, action, proceeding, claim, damage, loss, liability or expense results from
(i) that Indemnified Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct or (ii) any
dispute among or between Lenders pertaining to the Loan Documents but only so
long as Administrative Agent or any Credit Party is not also a
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party to such dispute. NO INDEMNIFIED PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO
ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY
BENEFICIARY OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY
THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR
TERMINATED UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH CREDIT, AND IN
CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND
THEREUNDER AND ANY ACTIONS OR FAILURES TO ACT IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
(b) To induce Lenders to provide the LIBOR Rate option on
the terms provided herein, if (i) any LIBOR Loans are repaid in whole or in part
prior to the last day of any applicable LIBOR Period (whether that repayment is
made pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Loan
Document or occurs as a result of acceleration, by operation of law or
otherwise), (ii) Borrower shall default in payment when due of the principal
amount of any LIBOR Loan, (iii) Borrower shall refuse to accept any borrowing
of, or shall request a termination of, any borrowing of, conversion into or
continuation of LIBOR Loans after Borrower has given notice requesting the same
in accordance herewith or (iv) Borrower shall fail to make any prepayment of a
LIBOR Loan after Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance herewith,
then Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Lender from and against all
losses, costs and expenses resulting from or arising from any of the foregoing.
Such indemnification shall include any loss (including an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (x) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the
amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period
from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or
continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure
to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on
the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for
such Advances provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin
included therein, if any) over (y) the amount of interest (as reasonably
determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on such amount
by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in
the interbank eurodollar market) or expense arising from the reemployment of
funds obtained by it or from fees payable to terminate deposits from which such
funds were obtained. For the purpose of calculating amounts payable to a Lender
under this Section 1.13(b), each Lender shall be deemed to have actually funded
its relevant LIBOR Loan through the purchase of a deposit bearing interest at
the LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount of that LIBOR Loan and having a
maturity comparable to the relevant LIBOR Period; provided that each Lender may
fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit, and the foregoing
assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation of amounts payable under
this Section 1.13(b). This covenant shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder.
As promptly as practicable under the circumstances, each Lender shall provide
Borrower with its written calculation of all amounts payable pursuant to this
Section 1.13(b), and such calculation shall be binding on the parties hereto
unless Borrower shall object in writing within ten (10) Business Days of receipt
thereof, specifying the basis for such objection in detail.
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1.14 Access. Without limiting Section 4.3, each Credit Party that
is a party hereto shall, during normal business hours, from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice as frequently as Administrative Agent reasonably
requests: (a) provide Administrative Agent and any of its officers, employees
and agents (including any Consultants) access to its properties, facilities,
advisors (with the opportunity for an officer to participate), officers and
employees (having direct responsibility for the matters being reviewed in
connection with such inspection) of each Credit Party and to the Collateral and
(b) permit Administrative Agent, and any of its officers, employees and agents
(including the Consultants), to inspect, audit and make extracts from any Credit
Party's books and records. If a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or if access is reasonably necessary to preserve or protect the
Collateral as determined by Administrative Agent, each such Credit Party shall
provide such access to Administrative Agent and its officers, employees and
agents (including the Consultants) at all times and without advance notice.
Subject to any applicable confidentiality obligations affecting books and
records which do not pertain to the Collateral which either (x) exist on the
Closing Date or (y) thereafter, have been previously consented to by
Administrative Agent, each Credit Party shall make available to Administrative
Agent and its counsel reasonably promptly originals or copies of all books and
records that Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Each Credit Party
shall deliver any document or instrument necessary for Administrative Agent, as
it may from time to time reasonably request, to obtain records from any service
bureau or other Person that maintains records for such Credit Party.
Representatives of the Collateral Agents may accompany Administrative Agent's
representatives on regularly scheduled audits.
1.15 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by Borrower or any other Credit
Party hereunder, under the Notes or under any other Loan Document shall be made,
in accordance with this Section 1.15, free and clear of and without deduction
for or on the account of Taxes or Other Taxes. If Borrower or any other Credit
Party shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in
respect of any sum payable hereunder, or under the Notes or under any other Loan
Document, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as much as shall be necessary
so that after making all required deductions Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer or Lenders, as applicable, receive an amount equal to the sum they would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) Borrower or such other
Credit Party shall make such deductions, and (iii) Borrower or such other Credit
Party shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing or other
authority in accordance with applicable law. Within thirty (30) days after the
date of any payment of Taxes, Borrower shall furnish to Administrative Agent the
original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and Lenders shall not be obligated to
return or refund any amounts received pursuant to this Section 1.15.
(b) In addition, Borrower and each Credit Party agrees to
pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or
property taxes, charges or similar levies of the United States or any political
subdivision thereof or any applicable foreign jurisdiction, and all liabilities
with respect thereto, which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document
or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect
to, any Loan Document (collectively, "Other Taxes"). Within thirty (30) days
after the date of any payment of Other Taxes, Borrower or such Credit Party
shall furnish to Administrative Agent the original or certified copy of a
receipt evidencing payment thereof.
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(c) Borrower and each Credit Party that is a signatory
hereto shall jointly and severally indemnify and, within twenty (20) days of
demand therefor (which demand shall be made in writing as promptly as
practicable after the date the officer of Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer
or Lender, as appropriate, who is administering this Agreement learns of the
written demand for payment of such Taxes or Other Taxes from the relevant
Governmental Authority), pay Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and each
Lender for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section
1.15) paid by Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender, as
appropriate, and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses)
arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other
Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.
(d) If Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, or any
Lender, as the case may be, shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a
refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Taxes or Other Taxes paid by
Borrower pursuant to this Section 1.15, including Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by Borrower, or with respect to which Borrower or
a Credit Party that is a signatory hereto has paid additional amounts pursuant
to this Section 1.15, it shall promptly notify Borrower of the availability of
such refund claim and, if Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, or such Lender,
as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will
not have any adverse consequence to its taxes or business operations, shall,
within thirty (30) days after receipt of a request by Borrower, make a claim to
such Governmental Authority for such refund at Borrower's expense.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the United States (a "Foreign Lender") and each Lender,
other than a Foreign Lender, that is not a domestic corporation within the
meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the IRC (a "Non-Corporate Domestic Lender",
and a Foreign Lender or a Non-Corporate Domestic Lender, each a "Certifying
Lender") represents that all payments to be made under this Agreement, the Notes
or any other Loan Documents to it are exempt from United States withholding tax
(including backup withholding tax) under an applicable statute or tax treaty and
shall provide to Borrower and Administrative Agent a properly completed and
executed IRS Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN or Form W-9 (as applicable) or other
applicable form, certificate or document prescribed by the IRS or the United
States certifying as to such Lender's entitlement to such exemption (a
"Certificate of Exemption"). Each foreign Person and each Person, other than a
foreign Person, that is not a domestic corporation within the meaning of Section
7701(a)(30) of the IRC (a "Non-Corporate Domestic Person") that seeks to become
a Lender under this Agreement shall provide a Certificate of Exemption to
Borrower and Administrative Agent prior to becoming a Lender hereunder and on or
before the date, if any, such Foreign Lender changes its applicable lending
office by designating a different lending office with respect to its obligations
under this Agreement. No foreign Person and no Non-Corporate Domestic Person may
become a Lender hereunder if such Person fails to deliver a Certificate of
Exemption in advance of becoming a Lender. In addition, each Certifying Lender,
as applicable, shall provide, prior to any previously delivered Certificate of
Exemption expiring, becoming incorrect or incomplete in any material respect or
becoming obsolete, and from time to time if requested by Borrower or
Administrative Agent, a new Certificate of Exemption. Notwithstanding any
provision herein contained to the contrary, each Certifying Lender, as
applicable, shall not be required to deliver a Certificate of Exemption pursuant
to this Section 1.15(e) after the time such Lender has become a Lender hereunder
if such Lender is not legally able to deliver such Certificate of Exemption due
solely
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to a change in applicable law occurring after the time such Lender has become a
Lender hereunder.
(f) Borrower shall not be required to pay additional
amounts to any Foreign Lender or any Non-Corporate Domestic Lender pursuant to
this Section 1.15 (or to make an indemnification payment pursuant to this
Section 1.15) to the extent that the obligation to pay additional amounts (or
indemnify) would not have arisen but for the failure of such Lender to comply
with Section 1.15(e).
1.16 Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality.
(a) If any Lender shall have determined that any
applicable law, treaty, governmental (or quasi-governmental) rule, regulation,
guideline or order regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar
requirements or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements (whether or not
having the force of law), in each case, adopted after the Closing Date, from any
central bank or other Governmental Authority increases or would have the effect
of increasing the amount of capital, reserves (other than reserves reflected in
the LIBOR Rate) or other funds required to be maintained by such Lender and
thereby reducing the rate of return on such Lender's capital as a consequence of
its obligations hereunder, then Borrower shall from time to time upon demand by
such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Administrative Agent) pay to
Administrative Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction. A certificate as to the
amount of that reduction and showing the basis of the computation thereof
submitted by such Lender to Borrower and to Administrative Agent shall, absent
manifest error, be conclusive, final and binding for all purposes.
(b) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any
change in any applicable law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation
thereof) or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central
bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law),
in each case adopted after the Closing Date, there shall be any increase in the
cost (other than Taxes, which shall be governed by Section 1.15) to any Lender
of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan, then Borrower
shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand
to Administrative Agent), pay to Administrative Agent for the account of such
Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such
increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted
to Borrower and to Administrative Agent by such Lender, shall, absent manifest
error, be conclusive, final and binding for all purposes. Each Lender agrees
that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances
referred to above which would result in any such increased cost, the affected
Lender shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender's internal
policies of general application, use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize
costs and expenses incurred by it and payable to it by Borrower pursuant to this
Section 1.16(b).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, if the introduction of or any change in any applicable law or regulation
(or any change in the interpretation thereof) shall make it unlawful, or any
central bank or other Governmental
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Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender to agree to make or
to make or to continue to fund or maintain any LIBOR Loan, then, unless that
Lender is able to make or to continue to fund or to maintain such LIBOR Loan at
another branch or office of that Lender without, in that Lender's reasonable
opinion, materially adversely affecting it or its Loans or the income obtained
therefrom, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to Borrower
through Administrative Agent, (i) the obligation of such Lender to agree to make
or to make or to continue to fund or maintain LIBOR Loans shall be suspended
until such time it is lawful to fund or maintain such LIBOR Loan and (ii)
Borrower shall forthwith prepay in full all outstanding LIBOR Loans owing to
such Lender, together with interest accrued thereon, unless Borrower, within
five (5) Business Days after the delivery of such notice and demand, converts
all LIBOR Loans of such Lender into Index Rate Loans.
(d) Within thirty (30) days after receipt by Borrower of
written notice and demand from any Lender (an "Affected Lender") for payment of
additional amounts or increased costs as provided in Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a)
or 1.16(b), Borrower may, at its option, notify Administrative Agent and such
Affected Lender of its intention to replace the Affected Lender. So long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower, with the consent of
Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), may obtain,
at Borrower's expense, a replacement Lender ("Replacement Lender") for the
Affected Lender, which Replacement Lender must be reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent. If Borrower obtains a Replacement Lender within ninety
(90) days following notice of its intention to do so, the Affected Lender must
sell and assign its Loans and Commitments to such Replacement Lender for an
amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by the Affected Lender
and all accrued and unpaid interest and Fees with respect thereto and all unpaid
expense reimbursement, breakage costs and other amounts to which such Affected
Lender is entitled hereunder through the date of such sale and such assignment
shall not require the payment of an assignment fee to Administrative Agent;
provided that Borrower shall have reimbursed such Affected Lender for the
additional amounts or increased costs that it is entitled to receive under this
Agreement through the date of such sale and assignment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Borrower shall not have the right to obtain a Replacement Lender if
the Affected Lender rescinds its demand for increased costs or additional
amounts within fifteen (15) days following its receipt of Borrower's notice of
intention to replace such Affected Lender. Furthermore, if Borrower gives a
notice of intention to replace and does not so replace such Affected Lender
within ninety (90) days thereafter, Borrower's rights under this Section 1.16(d)
shall terminate with respect to such Affected Lender and Borrower shall promptly
pay all increased costs or additional amounts demanded by such Affected Lender
pursuant to Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a) and 1.16(b).
1.17 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender shall use its best
efforts to designate a different funding office if such designation will avoid
(or reduce the cost to Borrower of) any event described in Sections 1.15 or 1.16
so long as such designation would not, in such Lender's sole judgment, be
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
1.18 Single Loan. All Loans to Borrower and all of the other
Obligations of the Credit Parties arising under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall constitute one general obligation of the Credit Parties
secured, until the Termination Date, by all of the Collateral.
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2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
2.1 Conditions to the Initial Loans. No Lender shall be obligated
to make any Loan or incur any Letter of Credit Obligations on the Closing Date,
or to take, fulfill, or perform any other action hereunder, until the following
conditions have been satisfied or provided for in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, or waived in writing, duly executed and
delivered by Administrative Agent and Lenders:
(a) Credit Agreement; Loan Documents. This Agreement or
counterparts hereof shall have been duly executed by, and delivered to,
Borrower, each other Credit Party, Administrative Agent and Lenders; and
Administrative Agent shall have received such documents, instruments, agreements
and legal opinions listed in the Closing Checklist attached hereto as Annex D,
each in form and substance (unless indicated otherwise) satisfactory to
Administrative Agent.
(b) Satisfaction with Plan of Reorganization. The terms
of each of (a) the Plan of Reorganization shall be substantively the same in all
material respects as Exhibit E-1 or shall otherwise be in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents and (b)
the Disclosure Statement shall be substantively the same in all material
respects as Exhibit E-2 or shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents.
(c) Confirmation of Plan of Reorganization. The Plan of
Reorganization shall have been confirmed by a final order entered by the
Bankruptcy Court (the "Confirmation Order") substantively the same in all
material respects as Exhibit E-3 or shall otherwise be in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents in all
material respects, and which has not been stayed by the Bankruptcy Court or by
any other court having jurisdiction to issue any such stay. The Confirmation
Order shall have been entered upon proper notice to all parties to be bound by
the Plan of Reorganization, all as may be required by the Bankruptcy Code, the
Bankruptcy Rules, order of the Bankruptcy Court, and any applicable local
bankruptcy rules. Moreover, (i) the time to appeal the Confirmation Order or to
seek review, rehearing or certiorari with respect to the Confirmation Order
shall have expired, (ii) unless otherwise waived by Administrative Agent, no
appeal or petition for review, rehearing or certiorari with respect to the
Confirmation Order may be pending and (iii) the Confirmation Order must
otherwise be in full force and effect.
(d) Effective Date. The Effective Date shall have
occurred or shall occur concurrently with the Closing Date. All conditions to
the Effective Date shall have been satisfied or waived and Administrative Agent
and Co-Syndication Agents shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence
thereof.
(e) Approvals. Administrative Agent shall have received
reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Credit Parties have obtained all
required consents, waivers and approvals, if any, of all Persons (including all
requisite Governmental Authorities), to the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Credit Loan Documents and the consummation of
the Related Transactions.
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(f) Excess Availability. As of the Closing Date, after
giving effect to the initial Revolving Credit Advance, the incurrence of any
initial Letter of Credit Obligations and the consummation of the Related
Transactions (on a pro forma basis, with trade payables being paid currently,
and expenses being paid in the ordinary course of business, in each case
consistent with past practices) there shall be Excess Availability of at least
$1,300,000,000. For purposes of this Section 2.1(f) only, "Excess Availability"
shall be deemed to include unrestricted cash, Cash Equivalents and short-term
investments of the Approved Credit Parties as of the Closing Date (less the
Closing Date Store Cash), but only to the extent no Advances have been or will
be made as of the Closing Date.
(g) Payment of Fees and Expenses. Borrower shall have
paid the Fees required to be paid on the Closing Date in the respective amounts
specified in Section 1.9 (including the Fees specified in the Fee Letter), and
shall have reimbursed the Commitment Letter Parties for all fees, costs and
expenses (i) as specified in the Commitment Letter and (ii) of each such party
under Borrower's debtor-in-possession financing (including reasonable legal fees
and expenses), in each case, presented as of three (3) Business Days prior to
the Closing Date.
(h) Indebtedness. As of the Closing Date, there shall not
have been any increase in the long-term Indebtedness of the Credit Parties
(exclusive of the ESL Notes, the ESL Note Guarantee, any Revolving Credit
Advance, and any Indebtedness consisting of intercompany loans and advances made
by Kmart HQ to any Subsidiary Credit Party, or by any Subsidiary Credit Party to
Kmart HQ or any other Subsidiary Credit Party, or by any Subsidiary that is not
a Credit Party to another Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party) in excess of
$150,000,000 over the long-term Indebtedness projected in the January Business
Plan.
(i) Business Plan. As of the Closing Date, Borrower shall
have delivered a final business plan (the "Business Plan") that is consistent in
all material respects with the January Business Plan (it being understood that
the March 25, 2003 business plan attached hereto as Exhibit 3.4(b) is consistent
in all material respects with the January Business Plan and therefore
constitutes the "Business Plan" as defined above).
(j) Due Diligence. Administrative Agent (and its counsel)
shall have completed its business and legal due diligence, as set forth in
Schedules 1 and 2 to the Commitment Letter, respectively, and shall be satisfied
with the result thereof.
(k) No Adverse Change in the Syndication Market. There
shall not have been, since the date of the Commitment Letter, any material
adverse change in the lending market for facilities of this nature that in the
Co-Arrangers' (as defined in the Commitment Letter) reasonable judgment would
impair syndication of the Loans.
2.2 Further Conditions to Each Loan. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, no Lender shall be obligated to fund any Advance (excluding
conversions of any LIBOR Loan into an Index Rate Loan) or incur any Letter of
Credit Obligation, if, as of the date thereof:
(a) any representation or warranty by any Credit Party
contained herein or in any other Credit Loan Document is untrue or incorrect as
of the Closing Date or untrue or
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incorrect in any material respect as of any other date, except to the extent
that such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date and
except for changes therein expressly permitted or expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, and Administrative Agent or the Majority Revolving Lenders have
determined not to make such Advance, or incur such Letter of Credit Obligation
as a result of the fact that such warranty or representation is untrue or
incorrect;
(b) (i) any Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or would result after giving effect to any Advance (or the
incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation), and Administrative Agent or the
Majority Revolving Lenders shall have determined not to make any Advance, or
incur any Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of that Default or Event of
Default; or
(c) after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence
of any Letter of Credit Obligations) and the use of the proceeds thereof, the
outstanding principal amount of (i) in the case of Revolving Credit Advances,
Swing Line Advances or Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations, the sum of
Loans would exceed the lesser of the Borrowing Base and the Maximum Amount, (ii)
in the case of Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit Obligations, the Synthetic Loan
Letter of Credit Obligations would exceed the aggregate amount of Synthetic Loan
Credit-Linked Deposits, (iii) in the case of Letter of Credit Obligations, the
L/C Sublimit and (iv) in the case of Swing Line Advances, the Swing Line
Commitment.
The request and acceptance by Borrower of the proceeds of any Advance or the
incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations shall be deemed to constitute, as
of the date thereof, (i) a representation and warranty by Borrower that the
conditions in this Section 2.2 have been satisfied and (ii) a reaffirmation by
Borrower of the granting and continuance of Administrative Agent's Liens, on
behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Loan Documents.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce Lenders to make the Loans and to incur Letter of
Credit Obligations, the Credit Parties executing this Agreement, jointly and
severally, make the following representations and warranties to Administrative
Agent and each Lender with respect to Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries,
each and all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
3.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries (a) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited
partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, (b) is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction
where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not result
in exposure to losses or liabilities which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect, (c) has the requisite power and authority and the
legal right to own, pledge, mortgage or otherwise encumber and operate its
properties, to lease the property it operates under lease and to conduct its
business as now conducted or proposed to be conducted, (d) subject to specific
representations regarding Environmental Laws, has all licenses, permits,
consents or approvals
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from or by, and has made all filings with, and has given all notices to, all
Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such
ownership, operation and conduct, except to the extent the failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (e) is in
compliance with its charter and bylaws or partnership or operating agreement, as
applicable, and (f) subject to specific representations set forth herein
regarding ERISA, Environmental Laws, tax and other laws, is (and its respective
properties are) in compliance with all applicable provisions of law, except
where the failure to comply with such laws, individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.2 Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN. Disclosure
Schedule (3.2) sets forth, as of the Closing Date, each Credit Party's name as
it appears in official filings in its state of incorporation or organization,
state of incorporation or organization, organization type, organization number,
if any, issued by its state incorporation or organization, and its federal
employer identification number. As of the Closing Date, the location of each
Credit Party's chief executive office and the warehouses and premises at which
substantially all of the Collateral (which in any event includes all Stores,
DC's and other locations at which Collateral included in the Eligible Inventory
Amount is located) which is not in transit is located are set forth in
Disclosure Schedule (3.2).
3.3 Corporate Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations. The
execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Loan Documents
to which it is a party and the creation of all Liens provided for therein: (a)
are within such Person's power, (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action, (c) do not
contravene any provision of such Person's charter, bylaws or partnership or
operating agreement, as applicable, (d) do not violate any law or regulation, or
any order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority, (e) do not conflict
with or result in the breach or termination of, constitute a default under or
accelerate or permit the acceleration of any performance required by, any
material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or other
instrument to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its
property is bound, (f) do not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien
upon any of the property of such Person other than those in favor of
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, pursuant to
the Loan Documents, and (g) do not require the consent or approval of any
Governmental Authority or any other Person, except those referred to in Sections
2.1(c) and (e), all of which will have been duly obtained, made or complied with
prior to the Closing Date. Each of the Loan Documents shall be duly executed and
delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and each such Loan
Document shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit
Party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
3.4 Financial Statements and Projections. All Financial Statements
concerning Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are referred to in clause (a)
below have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied
throughout the periods covered (except as disclosed therein and except, with
respect to unaudited Financial Statements, for the absence of footnotes and
normal year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects
the financial
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position of the Persons covered thereby as at the dates thereof and the results
of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.
(a) Financial Statements. The following Financial
Statements attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(a)) have been delivered
on or prior to the Closing Date:
(i) The audited consolidated balance sheet at
January 29, 2003 and the related statements of income and cash flows of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such period ended, certified by PriceWaterhouseCoopers
LLP.
(ii) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet(s)
at January 29, 2003 and the related statement(s) of income and cash flows of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four (4) Fiscal Quarters then ended.
(b) Business Plan. Each of the Projections delivered on
or prior to the date hereof and attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(b))
have been prepared by or on behalf of the Credit Parties for the five (5) year
period beginning in February 2003, and presented on a month-by-month basis for
the Fiscal Year 2003, on a year-by-year basis thereafter, and, with respect to
the projected balance sheet of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries, on a
monthly basis through April 2006. Borrower believes that the estimates and
assumptions stated in the Projections are reasonable and fair in light of
conditions and facts known to Borrower at the time of the preparation thereof
and the Projections reflect Borrower's estimates (which were made in good faith
and believed to be reasonable at the time made) of the future financial
performance of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period(s) set forth
therein. The Projections are not a guaranty of future performance, and actual
results may differ from the Projections.
3.5 Material Adverse Effect. Between January 29, 2003 and the
Closing Date, (a) neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any
obligations, contingent or non-contingent liabilities, liabilities for Charges,
long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments that are not
reflected in the Projections and that, alone or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) no contract, lease
or other agreement or instrument has been entered into by any of Holdings nor
any of its Subsidiaries or has become binding upon such Person's assets and no
law or regulation applicable to any of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries has
been adopted, in either case, that has had or could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) neither Holdings nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in default and to the best of each Credit Party's knowledge no
third party is in default under any material contract, lease or other agreement
or instrument, that alone or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Since January 29, 2003 no event (other than the
termination of the Fleming Contract) has occurred, that alone or together with
other events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.6 Ownership of Property; Liens. As of the Closing Date, the real
estate ("Real Estate") listed in Disclosure Schedule (3.6) constitutes
substantially all of the real property owned, leased or subleased by Holdings or
its Subsidiaries but in any event includes all Stores, DC's and other locations
at which Collateral included in the Eligible Inventory Amount is located. Except
where the failure of such could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries owns good and indefeasible
(subject to
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Permitted Liens) fee simple title to all of its owned Real Estate, and valid
leasehold interests in all of its leased Real Estate, all as described on
Disclosure Schedule (3.6), and copies of all leases pertaining to DC's have been
delivered to Administrative Agent. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries also
has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of its material personal
property and assets. As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Related
Transactions, none of the properties and assets of any Credit Party (other than
the Collateral) are subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens. The
Collateral is not subject to any Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances. As of
the Closing Date, no material portion of any Real Estate of Holdings or its
Subsidiaries has suffered any material damage by fire or other casualty loss
that has not heretofore been repaired and restored in all material respects to
its original condition or otherwise remedied. As of the Closing Date, all
permits required to have been issued or appropriate to enable the Real Estate
where any Collateral is located to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the
purposes for which it is currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued
and are in full force and effect, except as such which could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.7 Labor Matters. Except where such could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) no strikes, work stoppages,
slowdowns, lockouts or other labor disputes against any of Holdings or its
Subsidiaries are pending or, to any Credit Party's knowledge, threatened by or
involving any employee of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, (b) hours worked by and
payment made to employees of each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries comply with
the Fair Labor Standards Act and each other federal, state, local or foreign law
applicable to such matters, (c) all payments due from any of Holdings or its
Subsidiaries for employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued
as a liability on the books of such Person, (d) neither Holdings nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement,
management agreement, employment agreement, bonus, restricted stock, stock
option, or stock appreciation plan or agreement or any similar plan, agreement
or arrangement (provided all of such material agreements existing as of the
Closing Date are set forth on Disclosure Schedule (3.7), and, if requested by
Administrative Agent, true and complete copies of any agreements described on
Disclosure Schedule (3.7) have been delivered to Administrative Agent on or
prior to the Closing Date), (e) neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is
represented by a labor organization and there are no organizing activities
involving any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries pending or, to any Credit Party's
knowledge, threatened by any labor organization or group of employees, (f) there
are no representation proceedings pending or, to any Credit Party's knowledge,
threatened in writing to be filed with the National Labor Relations Board, and
no labor organization or group of employees of any of Holdings or its
Subsidiaries has made a pending demand for recognition and (g) there are no
complaints, unfair labor practice charges, grievances, arbitrations, unfair
employment practices charges or any other claims or complaints against any of
Holdings or its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party,
threatened in writing to be filed with any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the
employment or termination of employment of any employee of Holdings or its
Subsidiaries.
3.8 Ventures and Subsidiaries; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness.
Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.8), as of the Closing Date,
neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Subsidiaries or is engaged
in any joint venture or partnership with any other Person. As of the Closing
Date, all of the issued and outstanding Stock of each of Borrower and
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its Subsidiaries is owned by each of the Stockholders and in the amounts set
forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.8). As of the Closing Date, except as set forth
in Disclosure Schedule (3.8), there are no outstanding rights to purchase,
options, warrants or similar rights or agreements pursuant to which any of
Borrower or its Subsidiaries may be required to issue, sell, repurchase or
redeem any of its Stock or other equity securities or any Stock or other equity
securities of its Subsidiaries. All outstanding Indebtedness and Guaranteed
Indebtedness of each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date is
permitted under Section 6.3 (including Disclosure Schedule (6.3)) and Section
6.6 (including Disclosure Schedule (6.6)).
3.9 Government Regulation. Neither Holdings nor any of its
Subsidiaries is an "investment company" or an "affiliated person" of, or
"promoter" or "principal underwriter" for, an "investment company," as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Neither Holdings nor
any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, or any other federal or
state statute that restricts or limits its ability to incur Indebtedness or to
perform its obligations hereunder. The making of the Loans by Lenders to
Borrower, the incurrence of the Letter of Credit Obligations, the application of
the proceeds thereof and repayment thereof and the consummation of the Related
Transactions will not violate any provision of any such statute or any rule,
regulation or order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
3.10 Margin Regulations. Neither Holdings nor any of its
Subsidiaries is engaged, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its
important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
"purchasing" or "carrying" any "margin stock" as such terms are defined in
Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board as now and from time to time hereafter
in effect (such securities being referred to herein as "Margin Stock"). None of
the proceeds of the Loans or other extensions of credit under this Agreement
will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any Margin Stock, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any Indebtedness that
was originally incurred to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or for any other
purpose that might cause any of the Loans or other extensions of credit under
this Agreement to be considered a "purpose credit" within the meaning of
Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
3.11 Taxes. All Federal and other material tax returns, reports and
statements, including information returns, required by any Governmental
Authority to be filed by any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries have been filed
with the appropriate Governmental Authority, and all Taxes have been paid prior
to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest or late charge may be added
thereto for nonpayment thereof, excluding (i) Taxes being contested in
accordance with Section 5.2(b), (ii) Taxes to the extent that the failure to so
file or pay could not reasonably be expected to result in Taxes, fines,
penalties or interest in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate, and (iii) Taxes
that are priority tax claims pursuant to section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code and
that are to be treated pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, as implemented by
the Confirmation Order. Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by each
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries from its respective employees for all periods
in material compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign
laws and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective Governmental
Authorities. Disclosure Schedule (3.11) sets forth as of the Closing Date those
taxable years for which any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries' tax returns are
currently being audited by the IRS or any other applicable Governmental
Authority and any assessments
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or threatened assessments in connection with such audit, or otherwise currently
outstanding, other than assessments or threatened assessments with respect to
Taxes that are priority tax claims pursuant to section 507 of the Bankruptcy
Code and that are to be treated pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, as
implemented by the Confirmation Order. Except as described in Disclosure
Schedule (3.11), as of the Closing Date, neither Holdings nor any of its
Subsidiaries has executed or filed with the IRS or any other Governmental
Authority any agreement or other document extending, or having the effect of
extending, the period for assessment or collection of any Taxes. Except as
described in Disclosure Schedule (3.11), as of the Closing Date, none of
Holdings or its Subsidiaries and their respective predecessors are liable for
any Charges: (a) under any agreement (including any tax sharing agreements other
than tax sharing agreements between Holdings and its Subsidiaries) or (b) to
each Credit Party's knowledge, as a transferee. Neither Holdings nor any of its
Subsidiaries has agreed or been requested to make any adjustment under IRC
Section 481(a), by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise, which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except for any
adjustment under Section 481(a) of the IRC, resulting from a request for an
accounting method change currently pending with the IRS.
3.12 ERISA.
(a) Disclosure Schedule (3.12) lists as of the Closing
Date, all material Plans and separately identifies all Pension Plans, including
Title IV Plans, Multiemployer Plans, ESOPs and all material Welfare Plans,
including all Retiree Welfare Plans. If requested by Administrative Agent,
copies of all such listed Plans, together with a copy of the latest form IRS/DOL
5500-series for each such Plan have been delivered to Administrative Agent.
Except where such could not reasonably be expected to result in liability in
excess of $50,000,000, individually or in the aggregate, with respect to
Multiemployer Plans, each Qualified Plan has been determined by the IRS to
qualify under Section 401 of the IRC, the trusts created thereunder have been
determined to be exempt from tax under the provisions of Section 501 of the IRC,
and, nothing has occurred that would cause the loss of such qualification or
tax-exempt status. Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA and the IRC, including the timely filing of all
reports required under the IRC or ERISA, except to the extent that any such
non-compliance with any of the foregoing could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of
$50,000,000. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
ERISA Affiliates has failed to make any material contribution or pay any
material amount due as required by either Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302
of ERISA or the terms of any such Plan except to the extent that any such
non-compliance with any of the foregoing could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of
$50,000,000. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
ERISA Affiliates has engaged in a "prohibited transaction," as defined in
Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the IRC, in connection with any Plan,
that would subject any of them to a material tax on prohibited transactions
imposed by Section 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the IRC, except to the
extent that any such non-compliance with any of the foregoing could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in liability
in excess of $50,000,000.
(b) Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.12), as
of the Closing Date, (i) no Title IV Plan has an Unfunded Pension Liability
which could reasonably be expected to
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result in liability in excess of $50,000,000, (ii) no ERISA Event or event
described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA with respect to any Title IV Plan has
occurred or, to Borrower's knowledge, is reasonably expected to occur, (iii)
there are no pending, or to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened
material claims (other than claims for benefits in the normal course),
sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Plan or any
Person as fiduciary or sponsor of any Plan, (iv) with respect to any
Multiemployer Plan, neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries or their
respective ERISA Affiliates has incurred any material liability as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from any such plan that has not been satisfied in
full, and neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA
Affiliates reasonably expects to incur any such material liability, (v) within
the last five (5) years no Title IV Plan of any of Holdings, its Subsidiaries or
their respective ERISA Affiliates (determined at any time within the past five
years) has been transferred outside of the "controlled group" (within the
meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA) of any of Holdings, its Subsidiaries or
their respective ERISA Affiliates (determined at such time), (vi) except in the
case of any ESOP, Stock of Holdings, its Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA
Affiliates makes up, in the aggregate, no more than ten percent (10%) of the
fair market value of the assets of any Plan measured on the basis of fair market
value as of the latest valuation date of any Plan, and (vii) neither Holdings
nor any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate maintains a material welfare
benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA which provides for
continuing benefits or coverage for any participant or any beneficiary of a
participant after such participant's termination of employment except as may be
required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended ("COBRA"), and the regulations thereunder or by applicable federal or
other statutory law or regulation (whether domestic or foreign).
3.13 No Litigation. No action, claim, lawsuit, demand,
investigation or proceeding is now pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit
Party, threatened against any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, before any
Governmental Authority or before any arbitrator or panel of arbitrators
(collectively, "Litigation"), (a) that challenges any Credit Party's right or
power to enter into or perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents
to which it is a party, or the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document
or any action taken thereunder or (b) that could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
3.14 Brokers. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule (3.14) as
of the Closing Date, no broker or finder acting on behalf of any of Holdings or
its Subsidiaries brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the Loans or
the Related Transactions, and neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries
thereof has any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder's or brokerage
fees in connection therewith.
3.15 Intellectual Property. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
owns or has rights to use all Intellectual Property necessary to continue to
conduct its business as now or heretofore conducted by it or presently proposed
to be conducted by it, and each material registered Patent, material registered
Trademark and material registered Copyright owned or licensed by any of Holdings
or its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, as applicable, is listed, together
with application or registration numbers, as applicable, in Disclosure Schedule
(3.15). Except in such instance which could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries conducts its
business and affairs without infringement of or interference with any
intellectual property (including patents, trademarks and copyrights and any
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licenses of the foregoing) of any other Person. Except as set forth in
Disclosure Schedule (3.15), as of the Closing Date, neither Holdings nor any of
its Subsidiaries is aware of any material pending or threatened infringement
claim by any other Person with respect to any Intellectual Property.
3.16 Full Disclosure. No information contained in this Agreement,
any of the other Loan Documents, Financial Statements or Collateral Reports or
other written reports from time to time delivered hereunder or any written
statement furnished by or on behalf of any of Holdings and its Subsidiaries to
Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
contains or will contain (taken as a whole) any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances under which they were made. Projections from time to time
delivered hereunder are or will be based upon the estimates and assumptions
stated therein, all of which Borrower believed at the time made to be reasonable
and fair in light of conditions and facts known to Borrower as of such date, and
reflect Borrower's estimates (which were made in good faith and believed to be
reasonable at the time made) of the future financial performance of Borrower and
of the other information projected therein for the period set forth therein.
Such Projections are not a guaranty of future performance and actual results may
differ from those set forth in such Projections. Assuming the filing of
financing statements in appropriate form in the jurisdictions set forth on
Disclosure Schedule (3.2)(which financing statements will be filed within ten
(10) days of the Closing Date), the Liens granted to Administrative Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Loan Documents (other
than the Liens pertaining to the Depository Accounts, other Deposit Accounts not
required to be subject to a Control Agreement pursuant to the Credit Loan
Documents and Store Cash) will at all times be fully perfected first priority
Liens in and to the Collateral described therein, subject, as to priority, only
to Permitted Encumbrances having priority under applicable law.
3.17 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except with respect to facts or circumstances in the
following clauses (i) through (v) that could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect: (i) Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries are and,
except for matters that have been resolved by a final, non-appealable consent
order, consent decree or judicial order, have been in compliance with all
Environmental Laws, (ii) Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries have obtained,
and, except for matters that have been resolved by a final, non-appealable
consent order, consent decree or judicial order, are in compliance with, all
Environmental Permits required by Environmental Laws for the operations of their
respective businesses as presently conducted or as proposed to be conducted, and
all such Environmental Permits are valid, uncontested and in good standing,
(iii) neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is involved in operations or
knows of any facts, circumstances or conditions, including any Releases of
Hazardous Materials, that are likely to result in any Environmental Liabilities
of such Person, (iv) there is no Litigation arising under or related to any
Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits or Hazardous Material that seeks
damages, penalties, fines, costs or expenses, injunctive relief against, or that
alleges criminal misconduct by, any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, (v) except
for matters that have been resolved by a final, non-appealable consent order,
consent decree or judicial order, no notice has been received by any of Holdings
or its Subsidiaries identifying it as a "potentially
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responsible party" or requesting information under CERCLA or analogous state
statutes, and to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, there are no facts,
circumstances or conditions that may result in any of Holdings or its
Subsidiaries being identified as a "potentially responsible party" under CERCLA
or analogous state statutes and (vi) Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries has
provided to Administrative Agent copies of all existing environmental reports,
reviews and audits and all written information pertaining to actual or potential
Environmental Liabilities, in each case relating to any Credit Party that are in
such Credit Party's possession (or in the possession of its representatives or
agents) and only to the extent requested by Administrative Agent.
(b) Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that
neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender (i) is now, or has ever been, in
control of any of the Real Estate or any of Holdings' or its Subsidiaries'
affairs, or (ii) has the capacity through the provisions of the Loan Documents
or otherwise to influence any of Holdings' or its Subsidiaries' conduct with
respect to the ownership, operation or management of any of its Real Estate or
compliance with Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits.
3.18 Insurance. Disclosure Schedule (3.18) lists (a) all insurance
policies maintained as of the Closing Date with respect to the Collateral and
(b) all other material insurance policies of any nature maintained, as of the
Closing Date, for current occurrences by each of Holdings and each of its
Subsidiaries, as well as a summary of the terms of each such policy.
3.19 Deposit and Loan Proceeds Accounts. Part A of Disclosure
Schedule (3.19) lists all banks and other financial institutions at which
Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries maintains deposit or other accounts (other
than the Collection Account and Loan Proceeds Account) as of the Closing Date,
including any disbursement accounts and Part B of Disclosure Schedule (3.19)
lists all banks and other financial institutions at which Holdings and each of
its Subsidiaries maintains concentration accounts (or accounts having a similar
function), and such Schedule correctly identifies (other than immaterial
clerical errors), as of the Closing Date, the name, address and telephone number
of each depository, the name in which the account is held, a description of the
purpose of the account, and the complete account number therefor.
3.20 Vendor and Trade Relations. Disclosure Schedule (3.20) sets
forth, as of the Closing Date, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the
Credit Parties' ten (10) largest vendors.
3.21 Solvency. After giving effect to (a) (i) the Loans and Letter
of Credit Obligations to be made or incurred on the Closing Date, (ii) the
disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans pursuant to the instructions of
Borrower, (iii) the consummation of the other Related Transactions and (iv) the
payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing,
Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are and will be Solvent
and (b) both before and after giving effect to (i) any Loans and Letter of
Credit Obligations to be made or incurred after the Closing Date, (ii) the
disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans pursuant to the instructions of
Borrower, (iii) the consummation of the other Related Transactions and (iv) the
payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing,
Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are and will be Solvent.
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3.22 Status of Holdings. Prior to the Closing Date, Holdings will
not have engaged in any business or incurred any Indebtedness or any other
liabilities (except in connection with its corporate formation, the Related
Transactions Documents and this Agreement and the other Credit Loan Documents to
which it is a party).
3.23 Subordinated Debt. As of the Closing Date, Borrower has
delivered to Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy of all ESL Note
Documentation. All Obligations, including the Letter of Credit Obligations,
constitute Indebtedness entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions
contained in the ESL Note Documentation.
3.24 Obligations of Non-Credit Parties. Except as otherwise
permitted by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, none of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries has any obligation or liability (whether primary or contingent,
direct or indirect or matured or unmatured) in respect of any Indebtedness,
liability or other obligation of any Affiliate or Subsidiary of any Credit Party
which is not also a Credit Party.
4. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
4.1 Reports and Notices.
(a) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement hereby
agrees that from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it
shall deliver, or shall cause to be delivered, to Administrative Agent or to
Administrative Agent and Lenders, as required, the Financial Statements,
notices, Projections and other information at the times, to the Persons and in
the manner set forth in Annex E.
(b) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement hereby
agrees that from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it
shall deliver, or shall cause to be delivered, to Administrative Agent or to
Administrative Agent and Lenders, as required, the various Collateral Reports
(including Borrowing Base Certificates) at the times, to the Persons and in the
manner set forth in Annex F.
4.2 Communication with Accountants. Each Credit Party executing
this Agreement authorizes Administrative Agent to communicate directly with its
independent certified public accountants, including PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP,
and authorizes and shall instruct those accountants and advisors to communicate
to Administrative Agent information relating to any Credit Party or its
Subsidiaries with respect to the business, results of operations and financial
condition of any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries; provided that, so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, one or more of the senior
officers of Borrower has been given prior notice and an opportunity to attend
(if a meeting) or otherwise participate in such communications; provided further
that, subject to compliance with the foregoing, the actual attendance or
participation of such senior officers shall not be required prior to any
communications by Administrative Agent with such accountants.
4.3 Collateral Monitoring and Review. At any time upon the request
of Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default then exists, upon
reasonable prior notice to Borrower, each Credit Party shall permit (i)
Administrative Agent and any Consultants to review and evaluate Borrower's
practices in the computation of the Borrowing Base, including
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a field audit exam and (ii) Abacus, or other appraisers retained by
Administrative Agent after consultation with Co-Syndication Agents and Borrower
(it being understood and agreed that the consent of Borrower to the appointment
of such new appraiser is not required), to conduct appraisals of (and make test
verifications and counts with respect to) the assets included in the Borrowing
Base and pay the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with
each of clauses (i) and (ii) hereof; provided that so long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, Administrative Agent shall not order, at
Borrower's expense, appraisals more often than once per Fiscal Quarter during
the period from the Closing Date through the first anniversary thereof, and
thereafter, not more frequently than every six months. In connection with any
collateral monitoring or review and appraisal relating to the computation of the
Borrowing Base, Borrower shall make such adjustments to the Borrowing Base as
Administrative Agent shall reasonably require based upon and subject to the
terms of this Agreement as a result of such collateral monitoring, review or
appraisal.
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and
severally agrees as to Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries that from and after
the date hereof and until the Termination Date:
5.1 Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business. Each of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall: (a) other than as permitted under Section
6.1 do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
force and effect its corporate existence in its jurisdiction of formation or
organization, as applicable, and its rights and franchises, except to the extent
the failure to maintain its rights and franchises could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its qualification
as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership or lease of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to
the extent the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) except where the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, at all times maintain,
preserve and protect all of its material assets and properties used or useful in
the conduct of its business, and keep the same in good repair, working order and
condition (taking into consideration ordinary wear and tear) and from time to
time make, or cause to be made, all necessary or appropriate repairs,
replacements and improvements thereto consistent with industry practices, and
(d) transact business only in such corporate and trade names as are set forth in
Disclosure Schedule (5.1) or as supplemented in accordance with Section 5.6 and
Annex E.
5.2 Payment of Charges.
(a) This Section 5.2(a) shall not require a Credit Party
to pay Taxes that are priority tax claims pursuant to section 507 of the
Bankruptcy Code and that are to be treated pursuant to the Plan of
Reorganization, as implemented by the Confirmation Order. Additionally, subject
to Section 5.2(b), each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall pay and discharge
or cause to be paid and discharged promptly before any of the following shall
become past due (it being understood that any Taxes that relate to a tax period
(or portion thereof) ending on or before the commencement of the Chapter 11
Cases that are not priority tax claims pursuant
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to section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code and are addressed in the Plan of
Reorganization shall not be considered past due unless any scheduled payment in
respect thereof is not paid when due): (i) all federal Taxes and all other
material Taxes imposed upon it, its income and profits, or any of its property
(real, personal or mixed) and (ii) lawful claims for labor and materials, or
otherwise, except, in the case of this clause (ii), where the failure to pay or
discharge such Charges (A) would not result in a Lien on the Collateral (other
than Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in favor of (x) landlords
to secure the payment of rent for Stores in an amount not to exceed five percent
(5%) of the monthly base rent due for the immediately preceding calendar month
then ended in respect of Stores, which amounts shall not be more than thirty
(30) days overdue unless contested in accordance with Section 5.2(b), unless
otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent and (y) carriers', warehousemen's or
other similar possessory liens arising by operation of law securing liabilities
not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith in accordance
with Section 5.2(b) unless otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent and for
which Reserves have been established therefor in accordance with Annex K if
deemed necessary by Administrative Agent) or (B) in the case of assets other
than Collateral could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries may in good
faith contest, by appropriate proceedings, the validity or amount of any Taxes,
other Charges or claims; provided, that (i) adequate reserves with respect to
such contest are maintained on the books of such Person, in accordance with
GAAP, (ii) no Lien shall be imposed or otherwise arise to secure payment of such
Charges that is superior to any of the Liens securing the Obligations (other
than Liens in favor of warehousemen and bailees, constituting Permitted
Encumbrances) and such contest is maintained and prosecuted continuously and
with diligence and operates to suspend collection or enforcement of such
Charges, (iii) no portion of the Collateral exceeding $50,000,000 individually
or in the aggregate would be subject to forfeiture or loss as a result of any
such contest or contests at any time and (iv) such Person shall promptly pay or
discharge such contested Charges, Taxes or claims and all additional charges,
interest, penalties and expenses, if any, if such contest is terminated or
discontinued adversely to such Person or the conditions set forth in this
Section 5.2(b) are no longer met and, at the request of Administrative Agent,
shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence reasonably acceptable to it of
the foregoing.
5.3 Books and Records. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall
keep adequate books and records consistent with past practices with respect to
its business activities in which proper entries, reflecting all financial
transactions, are made in a manner sufficient to enable the preparation of
consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP and on a basis
consistent with the Financial Statements attached as Disclosure Schedule
(3.4(a)).
5.4 Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral.
(a) The Credit Parties shall, at their sole cost and
expense, maintain insurance policies with respect to the Collateral as is
customary (giving effect to self insurance for Commercial General Liability,
hereinafter "Self-Insurance") for companies of the same or similar size in the
same or similar businesses and in the same geographic area, which such policies,
together with any endorsements thereto, shall (i) provide that the Inventory
constituting Collateral is insured at one hundred percent (100%) of the
replacement value thereof and
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(ii) name Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Secured
Parties, as loss payee and additional insured with respect to insurance proceeds
for losses with respect to the Collateral, subject to Section 5.4(e).
(b) The Credit Parties shall, at their sole cost and
expense, maintain additional policies of insurance as are customary (after
giving effect to Self-Insurance) for companies of the same or similar size in
the same or similar businesses and in the same geographic area.
(c) The policies of insurance described in clauses (a)
and (b) above (or the loss payable and additional insured endorsements delivered
to Administrative Agent) shall contain provisions pursuant to which the insurer
agrees to provide thirty (30) days prior written notice to Administrative Agent
in the event of any non-renewal, cancellation or amendment of any such insurance
policy and, except as otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent, shall not be
invalidated or suspended: (i) by any error, omission, or change respecting the
ownership, description, possession, or location of the subject of the insurance
or the interest therein, or the title thereto; or (ii) by any breach of
warranty, act, omission, neglect, or non-compliance with any of the provisions
of such policies, including any and all riders now or hereafter attached
thereto, by the named insured, or any one else, whether before or after a loss,
which under the provisions of such policies of insurance or any rider or
endorsement attached thereto would invalidate or suspend the insurance as to the
named insured, excluding therefrom, however, any acts or omissions of
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, arising to the level of willful
misconduct while exercising active control and management of the property. If
any Credit Party at any time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain
any of the policies of insurance required above or to pay all premiums relating
thereto, Administrative Agent may at any time or times thereafter obtain and
maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premiums and take any other
action with respect thereto that Administrative Agent deems advisable.
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to obtain insurance for any Credit
Party or pay any premiums therefor. By doing so, Administrative Agent shall not
be deemed to have waived any Default or Event of Default arising from any Credit
Party's failure to maintain such insurance or pay any premiums therefor. All
sums so disbursed, including reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs and other
charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by Borrower to
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 11.3 and shall be additional
Obligations hereunder secured by the Collateral.
(d) Administrative Agent reserves the right at any time
upon any change in any Credit Party's risk profile (including any change in the
product mix maintained by any Credit Party or any laws affecting the potential
liability of such Credit Party) to require additional forms and limits of
insurance to, in Administrative Agent's reasonable opinion, adequately protect
both Administrative Agent's and Lenders' interests in all or any portion of the
Collateral and to ensure that each Credit Party is protected by insurance in
amounts and with coverage customary (after giving effect to Self-Insurance) for
companies of the same or similar size in the same geographic area. If reasonably
requested by Administrative Agent, each Credit Party shall deliver to
Administrative Agent from time to time a report of a reputable insurance broker
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, with respect to its insurance
policies.
(e) Each Credit Party shall deliver to Administrative
Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent,
certificates of insurance with respect
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to (i) all "All Risk" insurance naming Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself
and Lenders, as loss payee, with respect to Collateral and (ii) all general
liability and other liability policies naming Administrative Agent, on behalf of
itself and the Secured Parties, as additional insured. Each Credit Party
irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Administrative Agent (and all
officers, employees or agents designated by Administrative Agent), so long as
any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the
anticipated insurance proceeds in respect of the Collateral exceed $10,000,000,
as each Credit Party's true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact for the
purpose of making, settling and adjusting claims relating to the Collateral
under such "All Risk" policies of insurance, endorsing the name of each Credit
Party on any check or other item of payment for the proceeds of such "All Risk"
policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with
respect to such "All Risk" policies of insurance. Administrative Agent shall
have no duty to exercise any rights or powers granted to it pursuant to the
foregoing power-of-attorney. Borrower shall promptly notify Administrative Agent
of any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral in the amount of
$10,000,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance. After deducting from
such insurance proceeds of $10,000,000 or more (i) the expenses incurred by
Administrative Agent in the collection or handling thereof, and (ii) amounts
required to be paid to creditors (other than Lenders) having Permitted
Encumbrances which are prior to the Liens granted to Administrative Agent under
the Loan Documents (such net proceeds, the "Net Insurance Proceeds"),
Administrative Agent shall apply such Net Insurance Proceeds to the repayment of
the Loans (including cash collateralization of the Letters of Credit if then
required pursuant to Section 1.3(b)) and if no Loans are then outstanding and no
Event of Default is then continuing, as Borrower shall direct.
5.5 Compliance with Laws. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
shall comply with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations
applicable to it, including those related to PACA, PASA, ERISA, employee
benefits and labor matters, and Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits,
except to the extent that the failure to comply, individually or in the
aggregate, (a) would not cause a breach or violation of Sections 3.11, 3.12, 5.2
and 5.13 or (b) otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.6 Supplemental Disclosure. From time to time as may be
reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, the Credit Parties shall
supplement each Disclosure Schedule hereto, or any representation herein or in
any other Credit Loan Document, with respect to any matter hereafter arising
that, if existing or occurring at the date of this Agreement, would have been
required to be set forth or described in such Disclosure Schedule or as an
exception to such representation or that is necessary to correct any information
in such Disclosure Schedule or representation which has been rendered inaccurate
thereby (and, in the case of any supplements to any Disclosure Schedule, such
Disclosure Schedule shall be appropriately marked to show the changes made
therein); provided that no such supplement to any such Disclosure Schedule or
representation shall amend, supplement or otherwise modify any Disclosure
Schedule or representation, or be or be deemed a waiver of any Default or Event
of Default resulting from the matters disclosed therein, except as consented to
by Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders in writing.
5.7 Intellectual Property. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
(a) will conduct its business and affairs without infringement of or
interference with any intellectual property (including patents, trademarks and
copyrights and any licenses of the foregoing) of any other
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Person if such infringement or interference could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect and (b) shall comply in all material respects with the
terms of its Licenses material to the conduct of its business subject to its
rights to amend or otherwise modify, dispute a claim under or terminate such
License, in each case in the ordinary course of business and, as determined by
such Person to be necessary in such Person's commercially reasonable business
judgment; provided that, to the extent such Person terminates such License,
Administrative Agent shall have received prior notice thereof and shall make
such adjustments to the Borrowing Base (including, without limitation, the
imposition or modification of Reserves in accordance with Annex K) as
Administrative Agent, in its reasonable credit judgment, deems necessary as a
result of such termination.
5.8 Environmental Matters. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
shall and shall cause each Person within its control to: (a) conduct its
operations and keep and maintain its Real Estate in compliance with all
Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits other than noncompliance that could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) implement any
and all investigation, remediation, removal and response actions that are
appropriate or necessary to maintain the value and marketability of the Real
Estate or to otherwise comply with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits
pertaining to the presence, generation, treatment, storage, use, disposal,
transportation or Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, in, under, above,
to, from or about any of its Real Estate, except to the extent that
non-compliance with any of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) notify Administrative Agent promptly after
such Person becomes aware of any violation of Environmental Laws or
Environmental Permits or any Release on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about
any Real Estate that is reasonably likely to result in Environmental Liabilities
in excess of $50,000,000 individually or in the aggregate, and (d) promptly
forward to Administrative Agent a copy of any order, notice, request for
information or any communication or report received by such Person in connection
with any such violation or Release or any other matter relating to any
Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits that could reasonably be expected to
result in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $50,000,000 individually or in
the aggregate in each case whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency or
any Governmental Authority has taken or threatened any action in connection with
any such violation, Release or other matter. If Administrative Agent at any time
has a reasonable basis to believe that there may be a violation of any
Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits by any of Holdings or its
Subsidiaries or any Environmental Liability arising thereunder, or a Release of
Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real
Estate, that, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, or after an Event of Default in connection with the exercise of
rights and remedies under the Credit Loan Documents by Administrative Agent,
then each Credit Party shall, upon Administrative Agent's written request (i)
cause the performance of such environmental audits including subsurface sampling
of soil and groundwater, and preparation of such environmental reports, at
Borrower's expense, as Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably
request, which shall be conducted by reputable environmental consulting firms
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and shall be in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and (ii) permit Administrative
Agent or its representatives to have access to all Real Estate for the purpose
of conducting such environmental audits and testing as Administrative Agent
reasonably deems appropriate, including subsurface sampling of soil and
groundwater. Borrower shall reimburse Administrative Agent on demand in
accordance
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with Section 11.3 for the costs of such audits and tests and the same will
constitute a part of the Obligations secured hereunder.
5.9 Landlords' Agreements, Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters
and Real Estate Purchases. Each Credit Party shall, from and after the Closing
Date, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a landlord's consent,
mortgagee agreement or bailee letter, as applicable, from the lessor of each
leased property, mortgagee of owned property or bailee with respect to any
warehouse, processor or converter facility or other location where Collateral is
stored or located (other than in respect of those locations set forth in
Disclosure Schedule (3.6) as of the Closing Date), which agreement or letter
shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1 or F-2, as
applicable, or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent.
5.10 Further Assurances. (a) Each Credit Party executing this
Agreement agrees that it shall and shall cause the Subsidiary Credit Parties to,
at such Credit Party's expense and upon the reasonable request of Administrative
Agent, duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to
Administrative Agent such further instruments and do and cause to be done such
further acts as may be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of
Administrative Agent to create, perfect and maintain the priority of the Liens
on the Collateral contemplated by the Credit Loan Documents or to enable
Administrative Agent or Lenders to exercise their rights and remedies under the
Credit Loan Documents.
(b) With respect to any domestic Subsidiary created or
acquired after the Closing Date by any Credit Party, including any Acquired
Entity, such Credit Party shall promptly cause such Subsidiary to (i) deliver to
Administrative Agent a supplement to the Subsidiary Guaranty, in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1, pursuant to which such Subsidiary
becomes a Guarantor and Credit Party, (ii) deliver to Administrative Agent a
supplement to the Security Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto
as Exhibit G-2, and to take such other actions necessary or advisable to grant
to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected
first priority security interest in the Collateral, other than Liens pertaining
to the Depository Accounts, other Deposit Accounts not required to be subject to
a Control Agreement pursuant to the Credit Loan Documents and Store Cash and
subject to Permitted Encumbrances, with respect to such new Subsidiary,
including without limitation, the filing of financing statements under the UCC
and in such jurisdictions as may be required by this Agreement or by law or as
may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent and (iii) deliver to
Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above,
which opinions shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, and any other documentation reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent in connection with the matters described above.
(c) In no event shall any Credit Party's or its
Subsidiaries' compliance with this Section 5.10 (i) waive or be deemed a waiver
or consent to any transaction giving rise to the need to comply with this
Section 5.10 if such transaction was not otherwise expressly permitted by this
Agreement or (ii) constitute or be deemed to constitute, with respect to any
Subsidiary Credit Party (or any other assets acquired by any Approved Credit
Party after the Closing Date), an approval of such Person as an "Approved Credit
Party" or permit the inclusion of such acquired assets in the computation of the
Borrowing Base.
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5.11 Compliance with Material Agreements. Holdings and each of its
Subsidiaries shall comply with the terms and conditions of each of (a) the
following agreements: the ESL Subordination Agreement and each of the Qualified
Trade Credit Documents (if, in the case of the Trust Agreement (as defined in
the Vendor Intercreditor Agreement), such noncompliance would result in an event
of default (as defined therein)) and (b) except to the extent the failure to do
so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, its
material contractual obligations.
5.12 Letters of Direction. With respect to any Depository Account
opened by any Credit Party after the Closing Date, such Credit Party shall,
simultaneously with the opening of any such account, obtain a Letter of
Direction executed by such Credit Party and the Depository Bank at which such
Depository Account is maintained and shall deliver such executed Letter of
Direction to Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days following the
opening of any such account.
5.13 ERISA. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries shall pay and
discharge, and shall cause each other Credit Party and each ERISA Affiliate to
pay and discharge, when due (including any permissible extensions) any material
liability imposed upon it pursuant to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA.
5.14 Disbursement of Third Party Funds. All Third Party Funds on
deposit in any Concentration Account have been or will be remitted to the
segregated accounts identified on Part C of Disclosure Schedule (3.19) on a
basis consistent with past practices (but in any event no less frequently than
weekly) or as otherwise approved by Administrative Agent and then remitted from
such segregated accounts to the Persons entitled thereto on a basis consistent
with past practices (but in any event no less frequently than weekly) or as
otherwise approved by Administrative Agent.
5.15 Post-Closing Items. (a) Borrower shall cause to be delivered
to Administrative Agent, no later than thirty (30) days after the Closing Date
(or such later date as Administrative Agent may agree), a duly executed original
of opinion of counsel for the Credit Parties in Indiana, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and its counsel and
Co-Syndication Agents and their respective counsel.
(b) Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall pay all
delinquent franchise taxes owing by each of them in each jurisdiction set forth
on Disclosure Schedule (5.15(b)) and deliver certificates of good standing from
each such jurisdiction, in each case, no later than one hundred twenty (120)
days after the Closing Date, or such later date as Administrative Agent shall
agree.
(c) Borrower shall cause to be delivered to
Administrative Agent, no later than fifteen (15) days after the Closing Date (or
such later date as Administrative Agent may agree but not to exceed an
additional fifteen (15) days without the consent of Administrative Agent and
each Co-Syndication Agent), a duly executed Control Agreement by and among (i)
Bank of America, N.A., Borrower and Administrative Agent and (ii) The Bank of
New York, Borrower and Administrative Agent.
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6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and
severally agrees as to Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries that from and after
the date hereof until the Termination Date:
6.1 Mergers. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, merge
or consolidate with or into any Person other than (a)(i) mergers and
consolidations among Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors (other than a
Restricted Entity) which are not consummated in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition, (ii) mergers and consolidations between or among non-Credit Party
Subsidiaries of Borrower, (iii) mergers and consolidations of Subsidiaries of
Borrower with and into any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than a Restricted Entity)
and (b) mergers and consolidations in connection with any Permitted Acquisition
between any Subsidiary Credit Party or Subsidiary Credit Parties created or
formed in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, any Restricted Entity or
any Subsidiary which is not a Credit Party on the one hand and the Person or
Persons to be acquired on the other hand; provided that (y) in the case of
mergers or consolidations involving Borrower, Borrower shall be the surviving
entity and (z) in connection with any merger or consolidation contemplated by
clauses (a)(iii) or (b) above, the surviving entity shall be a Subsidiary Credit
Party (or shall become one simultaneously with such merger or consolidation).
6.2 Investments; Loans and Advances. Except as otherwise expressly
permitted by this Section 6.2, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, make or permit to exist any investment in, or make, accrue
or permit to exist any loans or advances of money to, any Person, through the
direct or indirect lending of money, holding of securities or otherwise (each of
the foregoing, an "Investment", and collectively, the "Investments"), except
that:
(a) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may hold Investments
comprised of notes payable, or stock or other securities issued by Account
Debtors in complete or partial settlement of such Account Debtor's accounts
receivable or other obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold
trade receivables owing to any of them, if created or acquired in the ordinary
course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary
trade terms of Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(c) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may hold the
Investments held by them on the Closing Date (which Investment in any Person
which is not a Credit Party or which is a Restricted Entity or Investment by any
Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or which is a Restricted Entity in
Holdings or any other Credit Party is described on Disclosure Schedule (6.2));
provided that any additional Investments made with respect thereto shall be
permitted only if independently permitted under the other provisions of this
Section 6.2;
(d) Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities;
provided that any cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities, other
than with respect to any Store Cash, must
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be (i) maintained in a Concentration Account, Investment Account or Excluded
Account, as applicable or (ii) otherwise invested in accordance with this
Section 6.2; provided, that Marketable Securities may be maintained in an
investment account not covered by an Investment Account Control Agreement for a
period not to exceed fifteen (15) days after the Closing Date;
(e) Without duplication, Investments permitted as Capital
Expenditures pursuant to Annex G;
(f) Investments by (i) Kmart HQ in any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary Credit Party (other than a Restricted Entity) and (ii) any Subsidiary
of Kmart HQ in Kmart HQ or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary Credit Party (other than
a Restricted Entity); provided that, in the case of clause (ii), any repayment
of or return on such Investments shall be subordinated to the indefeasible
payment in full of the Obligations;
(g) Other Investments by Kmart HQ and the Subsidiary
Credit Parties to or in Subsidiaries of Kmart HQ that are (i) not Subsidiary
Credit Parties or (ii) Restricted Entities which, when taken together with
amounts expended pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(iv)(E) and obligations incurred
pursuant to Section 6.6(d) (without duplication), do not exceed $100,000,000 at
any one time outstanding (net of dividends, returns of capital and repayments of
loans and advances received after the Closing Date);
(h) Guaranteed Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.6;
(i) Travel, relocation and similar advances or loans made
by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries to their respective officers and
employees in the ordinary course of business to the extent permitted by Section
6.4(b); and
(j) During any Fiscal Quarter, Borrower and its
Subsidiaries may use Surplus Cash as calculated for the immediately preceding
Fiscal Quarter (to the extent not otherwise utilized pursuant to clauses (k) or
(l) below) to make Investments in Marketable Instruments; provided that no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such
Investment (or would result therefrom);
(k) During any Fiscal Quarter, Borrower and its
Subsidiaries may use Surplus Cash as calculated for the immediately preceding
Fiscal Quarter (to the extent not otherwise utilized pursuant to clause (j)
above or clause (l) below), Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.3, the cash
proceeds of any issuance of Stock of Holdings and Stock of Holdings to make
Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions; provided that (i) no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Investment
(or would result therefrom), (ii) the total consideration in the aggregate
during the term of the Agreement to be paid by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries (including (other than Acquisition Indebtedness) any (x)
Indebtedness issued or incurred by Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than the
Acquired Entity) pursuant to Section 6.3 in connection therewith (the amount
thereof to be calculated in accordance with GAAP), (y) the Market Value of any
Stock of Holdings issued in connection therewith and (z) the cash proceeds of
any issuance of Stock of Holdings) in connection with Acquisitions pursuant to
this clause (k) shall not exceed $450,000,000, and (iii) no Inventory acquired
pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition shall become eligible for inclusion in the
Borrowing Base
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until Administrative Agent has completed an appraisal and audit thereof (both at
Borrower's expense and upon its request) and approved such inclusion in writing
as determined by Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion; and
(l) During any Fiscal Quarter, Borrower and its
Subsidiaries may use Surplus Cash as calculated for the immediately preceding
Fiscal Quarter (to the extent not otherwise utilized pursuant to clauses (j) and
(k) above), to make Investments constituting Capital Expenditures in excess of
those permitted pursuant to Annex G;
provided, however, that
(A) for purposes of clause (d) above,
any Investment which complies with the requirements of the
definition of the term "Cash Equivalent" or "Marketable
Securities" on the date such Investment is made may continue
to be held notwithstanding that such Investment if made
thereafter would not comply with such requirements;
(B) no new Investment otherwise
permitted by clauses (g) or (l) shall be permitted to be made
if, immediately before or after giving effect thereto, any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(C) no proceeds of Advances may be
utilized to make Investments described in clauses (j), (k) and
(l) above.
6.3 Indebtedness.
(a) No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness,
except (without duplication) the following:
(i) Indebtedness of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries secured by purchase money security interests and Capital Leases
permitted as Capital Expenditures pursuant to Annex G and refinancings thereof;
(ii) the Loans and the other Obligations;
(iii) existing Indebtedness of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries described in Disclosure Schedule (6.3) and refinancings thereof or
amendments or modifications thereof that do not have the effect of increasing
the principal amount thereof (other than for accrued interest, fees and
expenses), or changing the amortization thereof (other than to extend the same);
(iv) Indebtedness consisting of unsecured
intercompany loans and advances made by:
(A) Kmart HQ to Holdings in respect of the
taxes and actual out of pocket expenses permitted to
be paid under Section 6.13(g);
(B) any Subsidiary Credit Party to Kmart HQ
or any other Subsidiary Credit Party (other than a
Restricted Entity);
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(C) any Subsidiary to Holdings in respect of
the taxes and actual out of pocket expenses permitted
to be paid under Section 6.13(g);
(D) any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Credit Party or which is a Restricted Entity to any
other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Credit
Party or which is a Restricted Entity;
(E) Kmart HQ or any other Subsidiary Credit
Party, on the one hand, to any Subsidiary of Kmart HQ
which is not a Credit Party or which is a Restricted
Entity, on the other hand, to the extent permitted by
Section 6.2(g);
(F) any Subsidiary of Kmart HQ which is not
a Credit Party or which is a Restricted Entity to
Kmart HQ or any Subsidiary Credit Party (other than a
Restricted Entity);
(G) Holdings to Kmart HQ or any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary Credit Party (other than a Restricted
Entity); and
(H) Kmart HQ to any Subsidiary Credit Party
(other than a Restricted Entity);
provided that the repayment of any Indebtedness set forth in this clause (iv)
shall be subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full of the Obligations;
provided further, that Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall record all
intercompany transactions to which they are a party on their respective books
and records;
(v) Indebtedness of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries incurred after the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed
$250,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding and, if such Indebtedness
is secured, secured solely by Liens on Real Estate, Fixtures and/or Equipment
and refinancings thereof;
(vi) Indebtedness owed to banks or other
financial institutions in the ordinary course of business in respect of any
overdrafts and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash
management services or in connection with any automated clearing house transfers
of funds;
(vii) Indebtedness of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in respect of surety, appeal or customs bonds incurred in the
ordinary course of business of such Person;
(viii) other unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding
$100,000,000 and refinancings thereof;
(ix) obligations with respect to Inventory
consigned to Borrower or any Subsidiary;
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(x) Subordinated Debt of Borrower or any other
Credit Party on terms and conditions satisfactory to Administrative Agent (A) in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 (including, without
limitation and duplication, the ESL Notes and the ESL Note Guarantee) and (B)
after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and upon
the receipt of Administrative Agent's prior written approval (which may be given
or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion), additional Subordinated Debt
owing by Holdings to ESL;
(xi) non-speculative Hedging Obligations in the
ordinary course of business to the extent permitted by Section 6.18;
(xii) Acquisition Indebtedness; and
(xiii) Indebtedness in respect of obligations under
sale/leaseback arrangements permitted under Section 6.12 hereof;
provided, however, that no new Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clauses (i),
(v), (viii), (x)(A) or (xii) shall be permitted if, after giving effect to the
incurrence thereof, any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b) No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, voluntarily purchase, redeem, defease
or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable
in respect of any Indebtedness for borrowed money prior to the stated maturity
thereof, other than (i) the Obligations, (ii) Indebtedness secured by Permitted
Liens if the asset securing such Indebtedness has been sold or otherwise
disposed of in accordance with Section 6.8, (iii) Indebtedness permitted by
Sections 6.3(a)(iii) and (iv)(other than, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, Indebtedness permitted under Section
6.3(a)(iv)(F)) and Section 6.3(a)(vi), (iv) Indebtedness upon any refinancing
thereof permitted by Section 6.3, (v) other Indebtedness permitted hereunder
(excluding Subordinated Debt) in a principal amount not in excess of
$50,000,000 and (vi) Indebtedness constituting revolving Indebtedness permitted
under Section 6.3(a)(viii) or Section 6.3(a)(xii) (so long as, in the case of
any such Indebtedness which also constitutes Subordinated Debt, such repayment
is expressly permitted by the Subordination Agreement relating thereto).
6.4 Employee Loans and Affiliate Transactions.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this
Section 6 with respect to Affiliates, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or be a party to any transaction with any
Affiliate thereof that is not a Credit Party except in the ordinary course of,
and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of such Person's, business and upon
fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to such Person than would
be obtained in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person not an
Affiliate of such Person; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit
Holdings and its Subsidiaries from entering into employment arrangements with
its officers and retention and other agreements with officers and directors
pursuant to the reasonable requirements of its business, on fair and reasonable
terms and similar
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to those entered into by similarly situated companies. All such material
transactions existing as of the Closing Date are described in Disclosure
Schedule (6.4(a)).
(b) No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into any lending or borrowing transaction with any
directors, officers or employees of any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, except
loans to its respective directors, officers or employees on an arm's-length
basis in the ordinary course of business for a similarly situated company for
business expenses, relocation costs and similar purposes.
(c) No Credit Party shall enter into a management or
consulting agreement with any Affiliate except (i) agreements among the Credit
Parties, (ii) agreements between any Credit Party and its Subsidiaries which are
not Credit Parties to the extent payments thereunder are made by such non-Credit
Party Subsidiaries to such Credit Party, (iii) agreements with officers and
directors permitted under clause (a) above and (iv) other agreements on terms
and conditions satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
6.5 Capital Structure and Business. No Credit Party shall, nor
shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend its charter or bylaws in a
manner that could materially adversely affect Administrative Agent or Lenders or
any Credit Party's duty or ability to repay the Obligations. No Credit Party
shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business
other than the businesses currently engaged in by it or businesses reasonably
related, ancillary or complementary thereto.
6.6 Guaranteed Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any
Guaranteed Indebtedness except:
(a) by endorsement of instruments or items of payment for
deposit to the general account of such Person;
(b) Guaranteed Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness
incurred by any Credit Party for the benefit of Borrower or any Subsidiary
Credit Party if the primary obligation is expressly permitted by this Agreement
(other than any such obligation constituting (i) Subordinated Debt or (ii)
Acquisition Indebtedness);
(c) to the extent existing on the Closing Date and
described on Disclosure Schedule (6.6); provided that any renewal or extension
of any such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be permitted only if independently
justified under the other provisions of this Section 6.6;
(d) Guaranteed Indebtedness incurred by any Credit Party
for the benefit of any Subsidiary which is not a Credit Party or which is a
Restricted Entity, but only to the extent that such Guaranteed Indebtedness does
not exceed the amount set forth in Section 6.2(g);
(e) Guaranteed Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary
which is not a Credit Party for the benefit of any Credit Party (other than a
Restricted Entity); provided that any indemnification of or rights of
subrogation in favor of such non-Credit Party Subsidiary is subordinated to the
indefeasible payment in full of the Obligations;
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(f) Guaranteed Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary
which is not a Credit Party or which is a Restricted Entity for the benefit of
any other Subsidiary which is not a Credit Party or which is a Restricted
Entity;
(g) Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than in respect of
Indebtedness) incurred by any Credit Party for the benefit of Borrower or any
Subsidiary Credit Party (other than a Restricted Entity) in the ordinary course
of business and which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) Guaranteed Indebtedness by Borrower or any Subsidiary
of Borrower for the benefit of Persons who are not Affiliates of the Credit
Parties and who are vendors of Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower
outstanding at any one time in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000;
(i) other Guaranteed Indebtedness in an aggregate amount
outstanding at any one time not to exceed $2,500,000; and
(j) Guarantees of Subordinated Debt so long as such
Guaranteed Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations in a manner and form
satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, as to right and
time of payment and as to any other rights and remedies thereunder.
6.7 Liens. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with
respect to (a) the Collateral, (b) its right, title and interest in or to any
leasehold interest in respect of Real Estate and (c) Marketable Instruments,
except in each case for Permitted Encumbrances, and, with respect to clause (b),
Liens created under the Leasehold Subordination Arrangements and Permitted
Liens. In addition, no Credit Party nor its Subsidiaries shall become a party to
any agreement, note, indenture or instrument, or take any other action, that
would prohibit the creation of a Lien on any of the Collateral in favor of
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, or require a
pari passu Lien on any of the Collateral in favor of any Person other than
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties.
6.8 Sale of Stock and Assets. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, convey, assign or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or other assets, including the Stock of any of
its Subsidiaries (whether in a public or a private offering or otherwise) or any
of its accounts receivable, other than:
(a) the sale of Inventory by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the sale or other disposition by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries of surplus assets in the ordinary course of business;
(c) the sale or other disposition by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries of assets (other than Collateral) that are obsolete or no longer
used or useful in such Person's business, in such Person's reasonable judgment;
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(d) transfers or other dispositions of assets (i) by and
among Kmart HQ and the Subsidiary Credit Parties (other than any Restricted
Entity), (ii) by and among Subsidiaries of Kmart HQ that are not Credit Parties,
(iii) by and among Restricted Entities, and (iv) by any Subsidiary Credit Party
to any Restricted Entity of (A) assets (other than Collateral) so long as such
Subsidiary Credit Party retains its rights to use such assets to the extent
necessary to allow Administrative Agent and Lenders to exercise the rights and
remedies set forth in Section 8 of the Security Agreement and (B) Inventory to
the extent such transfer is either permitted under Section 6.2(g) (with the cost
of such Inventory (or the portion thereof not received in cash) to be counted in
such basket thereunder) or the consideration paid in respect thereof is no less
than one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of such Inventory in cash; provided
that, in the case of this clause (iv), Administrative Agent shall have the
right, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at
its option (and at Borrower's expense), at any time prior to such transfer or
thereafter, to (x) have an appraisal conducted of the Inventory remaining at the
Stores after giving effect to such transfer and (y) subject to the consent of
Lenders under Section 11.2, if necessary, make such adjustments to the Borrowing
Base (including, without limitation, the imposition or modification of Reserves
in accordance with Annex K) as Administrative Agent, in its reasonable credit
judgment, deems necessary as a result of such transfer in each case, in the
ordinary course of business;
(e) sales by Kmart HQ and its Subsidiaries of Real Estate
and Equipment in conjunction with permitted sale/leaseback transactions
permitted under Section 6.12;
(f) sales by Borrower and its Subsidiaries of Stores and
DCs identified on Disclosure Schedule (6.8) and the related Inventory and other
assets located in such Stores or DCs;
(g) other dispositions by Borrower and its Subsidiaries
of assets with an aggregate book value not exceeding $450,000,000, and to the
extent that such disposition is a disposition of Collateral, such Person shall
receive an amount not less than fair value as determined by Borrower in good
faith in respect thereof, and, after giving effect to such disposition and the
use of proceeds in respect thereof, there is no Default or Event of Default in
existence; provided that, in the case of dispositions of Stores in excess of
twenty-five (25) Stores individually or fifty (50) Stores in the aggregate
effected pursuant to this clause (g), Borrower shall deliver to Administrative
Agent at least twenty (20) days prior to the commencement or closing date
thereof, as applicable, a revised business plan demonstrating that Borrower, on
a pro forma basis, at such time as the Inventory subject to such disposition is
no longer eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base, is and will be in
compliance with each of the covenants set forth on Annex G through the end of
the term of this Agreement;
(h) the sale or discounting by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of
business, of accounts receivable more than ninety (90) days overdue and arising
in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise
or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as
part of any bulk sale or financing of accounts receivable);
(i) from and after the date upon which the exception
provided by clause (g) above is no longer available to Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, other dispositions by Borrower and
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its Subsidiaries of assets in conjunction with the sale of Stores (including the
related Inventory and other assets located in such Stores) as a going concern
(each, a "Going Concern Sale") or pursuant to Store Closure Sales so long as:
(V) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing as of the date of such asset disposition (or
would result therefrom);
(W) Borrower and its Subsidiaries receive fair market
value for such Stores and all assets relating thereto (as
reasonably determined by (x) Borrower for the first
twenty-five (25) Stores and (y) Borrower's Board of Directors
for all Stores in excess thereof) and, in the case of a Going
Concern Sale, the amount of the cash purchase price allocated
to Inventory sold as part of such sale shall not be less than
ninety percent (90%) of the cost of the Eligible Inventory
included in such Inventory;
(X) 100% of the consideration for such disposition
(other than with respect to the Store leases subject to such
disposition) is payable in cash and, in the case of a Going
Concern Sale, either (i) the purchaser of such assets assumes
all of the obligations (whether as lessee, guarantor or
otherwise) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Store
leases or (ii) Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary subleases
such leased Stores to the purchaser of such assets on the same
economic terms as the primary Store lease being subleased;
provided that such purchaser may assume or sublease, as
applicable, less than all of the obligations under such Store
leases and Borrower or such Subsidiary may remain primarily
obligated for such obligations not so assumed or subleased
(the "Remaining Lease Obligations") to the extent such
Remaining Lease Obligations do not exceed $25,000,000 in
aggregate annual rental expenses;
(Y) the Commitments shall be simultaneously and
permanently reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by an amount
equal to the consideration payable in respect of the
Collateral sold pursuant to such disposition and the gross
cash proceeds in respect thereof shall be used to make any
prepayment required as a result of such reduction in
accordance with Section 1.3(b); and
(Z) Borrower has delivered to Administrative Agent at
least twenty (20) Business Days prior to the commencement of a
Store Closure Sale or anticipated closing date, in the case of
a Going Concern Sale a (1) notice describing the material
terms of such disposition (including, without limitation, the
anticipated sale date or dates, the consideration to be
received or expected to be received by Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, and the location of the Store or
Stores being disposed of) and (2) revised business plan
demonstrating that Borrower, on a pro forma basis both (x)
after giving effect to such disposition and (y) at such time
as the Inventory is no longer eligible for inclusion in the
Borrowing Base, is and will be in compliance with each of the
covenants set forth on Annex G through the end of the term of
this Agreement;
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provided that Administrative Agent shall have the right, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, at its option (and at Borrower's
expense), and at any time prior to the anticipated closing date of such
disposition or thereafter, to (a) have an appraisal conducted of the Inventory
remaining at the Stores after giving effect to such disposition and (b) subject
to the consent of Lenders under Section 11.2, if necessary, make such
adjustments to the Borrowing Base (including, without limitation, the imposition
or modification of Reserves in accordance with Annex K) as Administrative Agent,
in its reasonable credit judgment, deems necessary as a result of such
disposition; provided further in no event shall a disposition be permitted under
this Section 6.8(i) that would, after taking into account Going Concern Sales or
Store Closure Sales effected pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, result
in the total number of Stores owned or operated by Borrower and its Subsidiaries
being less than 1,013; and
(j) transfers resulting from casualty or condemnation so
long as Borrower complies with Section 5.4(e);
(k) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.13; and
(l) transfers or other dispositions of assets among the
Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries as contemplated by the Plan of
Reorganization.
6.9 ERISA. No Credit Party shall, or shall cause or permit any of
its Subsidiaries or its ERISA Affiliates to:
(a) cause or permit to occur an event that could
reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien under Section 412
of the IRC or Section 302 or 4068 of ERISA; or
(b) cause or permit to occur an ERISA Event to the extent
such ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to result in taxes, penalties and
other liability in excess of $50,000,000 individually or in the aggregate; or
(c) engage in any transaction in connection with which a
Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate could be reasonably expected to be subject
to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to the provisions of Section 502(i)
of ERISA or a tax imposed under the provisions of Section 4975 of the IRC which,
in each case, could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of
$50,000,000 either individually or in the aggregate; or
(d) adopt an amendment to any Pension Plan requiring the
provision of security under Section 307 of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29) of the
IRC which could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of
$50,000,000 either individually or in the aggregate; or
(e) terminate any Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of
ERISA without the prior consent of Administrative Agent which could reasonably
be expected to result in liability in excess of $50,000,000 either individually
or in the aggregate; or
(f) fail in any material respect to make payment when due
(including permissible extensions) of all amounts which, under the provisions of
any Plan, or
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Multiemployer Plan, it is required to pay as contributions thereto or as
premiums to the PBGC, or, with respect to any Pension Plan, permit to exist any
material "accumulated funding deficiency" (within the meaning of Section 302 of
ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC) which could reasonably be expected to result
in liability in excess of $50,000,000 either individually or in the aggregate;
or
(g) enter into a new agreement or agreements that would
(i) obligate a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate to make contributions to a
Multiemployer Plan subject to subtitle (e) of Title IV of ERISA in excess of
$50,000,000 per year, (ii) to create, extend or increase an obligation to
provide health or medical benefits for retirees of a Credit Party or an ERISA
Affiliate that would increase the accumulated post retirement benefit obligation
by more than $50,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement.
6.10 Financial Covenants. Borrower shall not breach or fail to
comply with any of the Financial Covenants.
6.11 Hazardous Materials. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it cause
or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, cause or permit a Release of any Hazardous
Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of the Real Estate
where such Release would (a) violate in any respect, or form the basis for any
Environmental Liabilities under, any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits
or (b) otherwise adversely impact the value or marketability of any of the Real
Estate or any of the Collateral, other than such violations or Environmental
Liabilities that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.12 Sale-Leasebacks. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any sale-leaseback, synthetic lease or
similar transaction involving any of its assets except (a) in the case of new
Stores, sale-leaseback transactions involving no more than forty (40) new Stores
in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (b) in the case of Stores
owned as of the Closing Date, sale-leaseback transactions not to exceed
$100,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement and (c) with
respect to Equipment, sale-leaseback transactions in respect of such Equipment
entered into within 90 days of the acquisition of such Equipment for the purpose
of providing permanent financing of such Equipment, in each case, so long as
such lease obligations, if the same constitute Indebtedness, are otherwise
permitted by Section 6.3(a).
6.13 Restricted Payments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) intercompany loans and advances between Kmart HQ and
its Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Section 6.3;
(b) (i) dividends or distributions by Subsidiaries of
Kmart HQ paid to Kmart HQ or any Subsidiary Credit Party (other than a
Restricted Entity), (ii) management fees to Kmart HQ from its Subsidiaries,
(iii) dividends or distributions by a non-Subsidiary Credit Party or a
Restricted Entity paid to any non-Subsidiary Credit Party or a Restricted
Entity, (iv) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Entity to Kmart HQ or
any Subsidiary Credit Party
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and (v) Restricted Payments of the type set forth in clause (f) of the
definition thereof to the extent otherwise permitted under Sections 6.3 and 6.8;
(c) loans and advances by Holdings and its Subsidiaries
permitted under Section 6.4(b);
(d) scheduled payments of principal and interest with
respect to Subordinated Debt to the extent permitted pursuant to the related
Subordination Agreement (and dividends or distributions by Borrower to Kmart HQ
and by Kmart HQ to Holdings to enable Holdings to make such payments);
(e) to the extent that any Person makes a capital
contribution to Holdings (which is in turn immediately contributed to Kmart HQ
and thereafter immediately contributed to Borrower) following the Closing Date
(each, a "Post-Closing Contribution"), a capital distribution by Borrower to
Kmart HQ, and by Kmart HQ to Holdings (immediately followed by a corresponding
capital distribution by Holdings directly or indirectly to such Person) in an
amount not to exceed the aggregate of any such Post-Closing Contributions, but
only to the extent that both: (i) the Liquidity Threshold is (A) greater than
$1,000,000,000 for the thirty (30) consecutive days immediately prior to the
date of such proposed capital distribution and (B) projected to exceed
$1,000,000,000 for the ninety (90) consecutive days immediately after giving
effect to such capital distribution and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred,
both before and after giving effect to the payment of and immediate distribution
to such capital distribution;
(f) to the extent Borrower delivers to Administrative
Agent an officer's certificate executed by a Financial Officer together with its
audited Financial Statements demonstrating that, as of the last day of the
immediately preceding Fiscal Year, Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries
had positive Excess Cash Flow as of such date, then Borrower shall be permitted
to use fifty percent (50%) of such Excess Cash Flow during the then-current
Fiscal Year, to make a one-time cash distribution to Kmart HQ (which in turn
directly or indirectly makes an immediate distribution to Holdings) to enable
Holdings to either (i) make a one-time repayment or prepayment of the ESL Notes,
if any or (ii) make a distribution to its Stockholders; provided that no
distributions or payments may be made pursuant to this clause (f) unless (A) the
Liquidity Threshold is (x) greater than $1,000,000,000 for the thirty (30)
consecutive days immediately prior to the date of such payment or distribution
and (y) projected to exceed $1,000,000,000 for the ninety (90) consecutive days
immediately after giving effect to such payment or distribution and (B) no Event
of Default has occurred, both before and after giving effect to any such payment
or distribution; and
(g) dividends or distributions by Kmart HQ to Holdings
and payments by Subsidiaries of Holdings to Holdings under tax sharing
agreements, the proceeds of which shall be applied by Holdings directly to pay
(i) actual taxes and (ii) actual out-of-pocket expenses in respect of accounting
and legal services rendered in the ordinary course of business and compensation
of officers and directors pursuant to the reasonable requirements of its
business, on fair and reasonable terms and similar to the compensation paid by
similarly situated companies.
6.14 Change of Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year.
No Credit Party shall (a) change its name as it appears in official filings in
the state of its incorporation or other
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organization, (b) change the type of entity that it is, (c) change its
organization identification number, if any, issued by its state of incorporation
or other organization or (d) change its state of incorporation or organization,
in each case without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to
Administrative Agent. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, change its Fiscal Year.
6.15 No Impairment of Intercompany Transfers. No Credit Party
shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly
enter into or become bound by any agreement, instrument, indenture or other
obligation (other than this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) that would
(currently or upon the occurrence of any contingency or otherwise) directly or
indirectly restrict, prohibit or require the consent of any Person with respect
to the payment of dividends or distributions or the making or repayment of
intercompany loans by a Subsidiary of Borrower to Borrower or by Holdings to
Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower, other than customary restrictions and
conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of all or a substantial
part of the capital Stock or assets of any Subsidiary pending such sale,
provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary which is
to be (or whose assets are to be) sold and such sale is otherwise permitted
hereunder.
6.16 Changes Relating to Subordinated Debt; Material Contracts.
(a) No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, change or amend the terms of any Subordinated Debt (or any
indenture or agreement in connection therewith) if the effect of such amendment
is to: (i) increase the interest rate on such Subordinated Debt, (ii) change the
dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due on such Subordinated
Debt other than to extend such dates, (iii) change any default or event of
default other than to delete or make less restrictive any default provision
therein, or add any covenant with respect to such Subordinated Debt, (iv) change
the redemption or prepayment provisions of such Subordinated Debt other than to
extend the dates therefor or to reduce the premiums payable in connection
therewith, (v) grant any security or collateral to secure payment of such
Subordinated Debt, (vi) change the terms of the subordination of such
Subordinated Debt or (vii) change or amend any other term if such change or
amendment would materially increase the obligations of such Person thereunder or
confer additional material rights on the holder of such Subordinated Debt in a
manner adverse to any such Person, Administrative Agent or any Lender.
(b) No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, change or amend the terms of (i) the ESL Subordination
Agreement or (ii) any of the Qualified Trade Credit Documents.
(c) No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, change or amend the terms of any other material document or
agreement to the extent such changes or amendments could reasonably be expected
to materially and adversely affect the rights or remedies of Administrative
Agent or Lenders under the Credit Loan Documents.
6.17 Holdings. Holdings shall not directly engage in any trade or
business (other than through its Subsidiaries) or own any assets (other than the
Stock of Kmart HQ and cash, as and when necessary, for purposes of paying
amounts permitted to be paid by it under Section 6.13) or
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incur any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than as permitted
pursuant to Sections 6.3 and 6.6, respectively).
6.18 No Speculative Transactions. No Credit Party shall, nor shall
it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any transaction involving
commodity options, futures contracts or similar transactions for speculative
purposes.
7. TERM
7.1 Termination. The financing arrangements contemplated hereby
shall be in effect until the Commitment Termination Date, and the Loans and all
other Obligations shall be automatically due and payable in full on such date.
7.2 Survival of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing
Arrangements. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Loan Documents,
no termination or cancellation (regardless of cause or procedure) of any
financing arrangement under this Agreement shall in any way affect or impair the
obligations, duties and liabilities of the Credit Parties or the rights of
Administrative Agent and Lenders relating to any unpaid portion of the Loans or
any other Obligations, due or not due, liquidated, contingent or unliquidated or
any transaction or event occurring prior to such termination, or any transaction
or event, the performance of which is required after the Commitment Termination
Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any other Loan
Document, all undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and
representations of or binding upon the Credit Parties, and all rights of
Administrative Agent and each Lender, all as contained in the Loan Documents,
shall not terminate or expire, but rather shall survive any such termination or
cancellation and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination
Date; provided, that the provisions of Section 11, the payment obligations under
Sections 1.15 and 1.16, and the indemnities contained in the Loan Documents
shall survive the Termination Date.
8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
8.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the
following events (regardless of the reason therefor) shall constitute an "Event
of Default" hereunder:
(a) Borrower (i) fails to make any payment of principal
in respect of Loans or reimbursement obligations in respect of Letter of Credit
Obligations when due and payable, (ii) fails to make any payment of interest on,
or Fees owing in respect of the Loans or Commitments within five (5) Business
Days following the date upon which such interest or Fees were due and payable or
(iii) fails to pay or reimburse Administrative Agent or Lenders for any expense
reimbursable hereunder or under any other Credit Loan Document within fifteen
(15) Business Days following Administrative Agent's demand for such
reimbursement or payment of expenses.
(b) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to perform, keep
or observe any of the provisions of Sections 1.4, 1.8, 5.4(a), 5.15(c) or 6, or
any of the provisions set forth in Annexes C or G, respectively.
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(c) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to perform, keep
or observe any of the provisions of Section 1.14, Section 4.1, Section 4.3 or
Section 5.4(b) or any provisions set forth in Annexes E or F, respectively, and
the same shall remain unremedied for five (5) Business Days or more.
(d) (i) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to perform,
keep or observe any other provision of this Agreement or of any of the other
Credit Loan Documents (other than any provision embodied in or covered by any
other clause of this Section 8.1) and the same shall remain unremedied for
thirty (30) days or more after receipt of written notice thereof from
Administrative Agent, (ii) a default or breach by any Person other than
Administrative Agent occurs under the Vendor Intercreditor Agreement or (iii) an
event of default shall occur under and as defined in the Trust Agreement.
(e) (i) A default or breach occurs under any other
agreement, document or instrument to which any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party that is not cured within any applicable grace period
therefor, and such default or breach involves the failure to make any payment
when due in respect of any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than
the Obligations) of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of
$50,000,000 in the aggregate (including amounts owing to all creditors under any
combined or syndicated credit arrangements) and such failure is a failure to pay
at maturity such Indebtedness or causes, or permits any holder of such
Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness or a trustee to cause, Indebtedness or
Guaranteed Indebtedness or a portion thereof in excess of $50,000,000 in the
aggregate to become due prior to its stated maturity or prior to its regularly
scheduled dates of payment, or cash collateral to be demanded in respect thereof
as a result of such default, in each case, regardless of whether such right is
exercised, by such holder or trustee or (ii) an "Event of Default" occurs under,
and as defined in, any ESL Note.
(f) Any information contained in any Borrowing Base
Certificate is untrue or incorrect in any material respect and an Overage occurs
as a result thereof, or any representation or warranty herein or in any Credit
Loan Document or in any written statement, report, financial statement or
certificate made or delivered to Administrative Agent or any Lender by any
Credit Party is untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when
made or deemed made.
(g) (i) Assets of any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries with a fair market value, individually or in the aggregate, of
$50,000,000 or more are attached, seized, levied upon or subjected to a writ or
distress warrant, or come within the possession of any receiver, trustee,
custodian or assignee for the benefit of creditors of any Credit Party or any of
its Subsidiaries and such condition continues for thirty (30) days or more or
(ii) any assets of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is attached,
seized, levied upon or subjected to a writ or distress warrant and such event
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) A case or proceeding is commenced against any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries seeking a decree or order in respect of such
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (i) under the Bankruptcy Code or any
other applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii)
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator
(or similar official) for such Person or for any substantial part of any such
Person's assets, or (iii) ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs
of such Person, and such case
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or proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for forty-five (45) days or
more or a decree or order granting the relief sought in such case or proceeding
is granted by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(i) Any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (i) files
a petition seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable
federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii) consents to or
fails to contest in a timely and appropriate manner to the institution of
proceedings thereunder or to the filing of any such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for such Person or for
any substantial part of any such Person's assets, (iii) makes an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or (iv) takes any action in furtherance of any of the
foregoing, or (v) admits in writing its inability to, or is generally unable to,
pay its debts as such debts become due.
(j) Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof fails to
(i) make any termination payment under a Specified Hedging Agreement or (ii)
fails to make any payment due under any Bank Product Agreement in excess of
$5,000,000 in the aggregate and such default continues for fifteen (15) days
following the date upon which such payment was due.
(k) A final judgment or judgments for the payment of
money in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any time are outstanding
against one or more of the Credit Parties or any of their respective
Subsidiaries (but only to the extent such judgments are not covered by insurance
policies as to which liability has not been denied by the insurance carrier in
writing), and the same are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof,
discharged or execution thereof stayed or bonded pending appeal, or such
judgments are not discharged prior to the expiration of any such stay.
(l) Any material provision of any Loan Document for any
reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms
(or Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or ESL shall challenge the
enforceability of any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any
action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the
Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and
enforceable in accordance with its terms), or any Lien created under any Loan
Document ceases to be a valid and perfected first priority Lien (except as
otherwise permitted herein or therein) in any of the Collateral purported to be
covered thereby.
(m) The Confirmation Order is reversed or modified or
stayed in a manner adverse to the rights or remedies of Administrative Agent or
the Lenders as determined by Administrative Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents
in their sole and absolute discretion.
(n) Any Change of Control occurs.
8.2 Remedies.
(a) If any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Administrative Agent may (and at the written request of the Majority
Lenders shall), without notice, suspend the Revolving Loan facility with respect
to additional Advances and/or the incurrence of additional Letter of Credit
Obligations, whereupon any additional Advances and additional Letter of Credit
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Obligations shall be made or incurred in the sole discretion of the Majority
Lenders (or, in the case of any Overadvance, the sole discretion of
Administrative Agent) so long as such Event of Default is continuing. If any
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Administrative Agent may (and
at the written request of the Majority Lenders shall), without notice except as
otherwise expressly provided in Section 1.5(d), increase the rate of interest
applicable to the Loans and the Letter of Credit Fees to the Default Rate.
(b) If any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Administrative Agent may (and at the written request of the Majority
Lenders shall), without notice: (i) terminate the Commitments with respect to
further Advances or the incurrence of further Letter of Credit Obligations, (ii)
reduce the Commitments from time to time, (iii) declare all or any portion of
the Obligations, including all or any portion of any Loan to be forthwith due
and payable, and require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be cash
collateralized as provided in Annex B, all without presentment, demand, protest
or further notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Borrower and
each other Credit Party, (iv) exercise any rights and remedies provided to
Administrative Agent under the Credit Loan Documents or at law or equity,
including all remedies provided under the Code and/or (v) set-off amounts in the
Cash Collateral Account, the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account or the
Concentration Account or any other accounts maintained with Administrative Agent
(or over which Administrative Agent has sole dominion and control) and apply
such amounts to the obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder and in the other
Loan Documents; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
specified in Sections 8.1(h) or (i), the Commitments shall be immediately
terminated and all of the Obligations, including the Loans, shall become
immediately due and payable without declaration, notice or demand by any Person.
8.3 Waivers by Credit Parties. Except as otherwise provided for in
this Agreement or by applicable law, each Credit Party waives: (a) presentment,
demand and protest and notice of presentment, dishonor, notice of intent to
accelerate, notice of acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment, maturity,
release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all commercial
paper, accounts, contract rights, documents, instruments, chattel paper and
guaranties at any time held by Administrative Agent on which any Credit Party
may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies and confirms whatever
Administrative Agent may do in this regard, (b) all rights to notice and a
hearing prior to Administrative Agent's taking possession or control of, or to
Administrative Agent's replevy, attachment or levy upon, the Collateral or any
bond or security that might be required by any court prior to allowing
Administrative Agent to exercise any of its remedies and (c) the benefit of all
valuation, appraisal, marshaling and exemption laws.
9. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT
9.1 Assignment and Participations.
(a) Subject to the terms of this Section 9.1, any Lender
may make an assignment to a Qualified Assignee of, or sale of participations in,
at any time or times, the Credit Loan Documents, Loans, Letter of Credit
Obligations (including any Synthetic Loan Letters of Credit and its Synthetic
Loan Commitment) and any Commitment or any portion thereof or interest therein,
including any Lender's rights, title, interests, remedies, powers or duties
thereunder. Any assignment by a Lender shall:
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(i) require the consent of Administrative Agent
(other than with respect to assignments to a Person qualifying under clause (a)
of the definition of Qualified Assignee) which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed with respect to a Qualified Assignee qualifying under clause
(b) of the definition thereof;
(ii) require the consent of Borrower (other than
with respect to assignments to a Person qualifying under clause (a) of the
definition of Qualified Assignee and so long as no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
(iii) require the execution of an assignment
agreement (an "Assignment Agreement" substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit 9.1(a) and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to, and acknowledged by, Administrative Agent and, if required, Borrower;
(iv) be conditioned on such assignee Lender
representing to the assigning Lender, Borrower and Administrative Agent that it
is purchasing the applicable Loans to be assigned to it for its own account, for
investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution thereof;
(v) after giving effect to any such partial
assignment, the assignee Lender shall have Commitments in an amount at least
equal to $10,000,000 with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment and/or
Revolving Loans or $2,500,000 with respect to the Synthetic Loan and its
corresponding Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits and, if such transfer
relates to less than all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement and the Notes, such assigning Lender shall have retained
Commitments in an amount at least equal to $10,000,000 with respect to the
Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Revolving Loans or $2,500,000 with respect to
the Synthetic Loan and its corresponding Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits;
and
(vi) include a payment to Administrative Agent of
an assignment fee of $3,500.
In the case of an assignment by a Lender under this Section 9.1(a), the assignee
shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same rights, benefits and
obligations as all other Lenders hereunder. The assigning Lender shall be
relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments and
Synthetic Loan Participations or assigned portion thereof from and after the
date of such assignment. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that any
assignment shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrower to the assignee
and that the assignee shall be considered to be a "Lender". In all instances,
each Lender's liability to make Loans hereunder shall be several and not joint
and shall be limited to such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the applicable
Commitment. In the event Administrative Agent or any Lender assigns or otherwise
transfers all or any part of the Obligations, Administrative Agent or any such
Lender shall so notify Borrower and Borrower shall, upon the request of
Administrative Agent or such Lender, execute new Notes in exchange for the
Notes, if any, being assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 9.1(a), any Lender may at any time pledge the Obligations held by it and
such Lender's rights under this Agreement and the other Credit Loan Documents
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to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge to a Federal Reserve
Bank shall release such Lender from such Lender's obligations hereunder or under
any other Credit Loan Document, and any Lender that is an investment fund may
assign the Obligations held by it and such Lender's rights under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents to another investment fund managed by the same
investment advisor; provided that such Lender shall notify Administrative Agent
of any such assignment for purposes of maintaining the Loan Account in
accordance with Section 1.12 hereof, such assignment to become effective upon
the recordation of such assignment in the Loan Account. Without the consent of
Administrative Agent, the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit funded by any
Synthetic Loan Lender under paragraph (c) of Annex B shall not be released in
connection with any assignment of its Synthetic Loan and its corresponding
Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit, but shall instead be purchased by the
relevant assignee and continue to be held for application (if not already
applied in accordance with the terms of paragraphs (c) and (d) of Annex B)
pursuant to paragraph (c) of Annex B in respect of such assignee's obligations
under the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit assigned to it.
(b) Any participation by a Lender of all or any part of
its Commitments or its Synthetic Loan and its corresponding Synthetic Loan
Credit-Linked Deposit shall be made with the understanding that all amounts
payable by Borrower hereunder shall be determined as if that Lender had not sold
such participation, and that the holder of any such participation shall not be
entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder
except actions directly affecting:
(i) any reduction in the principal amount of, or
interest rate or Fees payable with respect to, any Loan or repayment obligation
with respect to any Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit in which such holder
participates;
(ii) any extension of the final maturity date of
any Loan in which such holder participates; and
(iii) any release of all or substantially all of
the Collateral (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the
other Credit Loan Documents).
Solely for purposes of Sections 1.15, 1.16 and 9.8, Borrower acknowledges and
agrees that a participation shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrower
to the participant and solely for the purposes of such Sections the participant
shall be considered to be a "Lender"; provided that Borrower shall not be
required to pay any amount under Section 1.15 or Section 1.16 that is greater
than the amount it would have been required to pay had no participation been
sold. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence neither Borrower nor any
other Credit Party shall have any obligation or duty to any participant. Neither
Administrative Agent nor any Lender (other than the Lender selling a
participation) shall have any duty to any participant and may continue to deal
solely with the Lender selling a participation as if no such sale had occurred.
In addition, each Lender granting a participation under this Section 9.1(b)
shall keep a register, meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section
5f.103-1(c), of each participant, specifying such participant's entitlement to
payments of principal and interest with respect to such participation, and for
the avoidance of doubt, each participant shall be obligated to comply with
Section 1.15(d) as if it were a "Lender."
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(c) Except as expressly provided in this Section 9.1, no
Lender shall, as between Borrower and that Lender, or Administrative Agent and
that Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any
sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of participation in,
all or any part of the Loans, the Notes or other Obligations owed to such
Lender.
(d) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement shall
assist any Lender permitted to sell assignments under this Section 9.1 as
reasonably required to enable the assigning or selling Lender to effect any such
assignment, including the execution and delivery of any and all agreements,
notes and other documents and instruments as shall be reasonably requested to
effect such transfer and the participation of management in discussions with,
potential assignees.
(e) A Lender may furnish any information concerning
Credit Parties in the possession of such Lender from time to time to assignees
and participants (including prospective assignees and participants); provided
that such Lender shall obtain for the express benefit of the Credit Parties from
assignees or participants confidentiality covenants substantially equivalent to
those contained in Section 11.8.
(f) No Lender shall assign or sell participations in any
portion of its Loans or Commitments to a potential Lender or participant, if, as
of the date of the proposed assignment or sale, the assignee Lender or
participant would be subject to capital adequacy or similar requirements under
Section 1.16(a), increased costs under Section 1.16(b), an inability to fund
LIBOR Loans under Section 1.16(c), or withholding taxes in accordance with
Section 1.15(a).
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, any Lender (a "Granting Lender"), may grant to a special purpose funding
vehicle (an "SPC"), identified as such in writing by the Granting Lender to
Administrative Agent and Borrower, the option to provide to Borrower all or any
part of any Loans that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make
to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall
constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPC elects
not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of
such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to
the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the
Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if such Loan were
made by such Granting Lender. No SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or
similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall
remain with the Granting Lender). Any SPC may (A) with notice to, but without
the prior written consent of, Borrower and Administrative Agent and without
paying any processing fee therefor assign all or a portion of its interests in
any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to
by Borrower and Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support
to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans
and (B) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to
its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any
surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. This Section
9.1(g) may not be amended without the prior written consent of each Granting
Lender, all or any of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such
amendment. For the avoidance of doubt, the Granting Lender shall for all
purposes, including without limitation, the approval of any amendment or waiver
of any provision of any Credit
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Loan Document or the obligation to pay any amount otherwise payable by the
Granting Lender under the Loan Documents, continue to be the Lender of record
hereunder. In addition, each Granting Lender (1) shall keep a register, meeting
the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c), of each SPC which
has funded all or any part of any Loans that such Granting Lender would
otherwise be obligated to make to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement,
specifying such SPC's entitlement to payments of principal and interest with
respect to such Loan and (2) shall collect, prior to the time such SPC received
payments with respect to such funded Loans, from each such SPC a Certificate of
Exemption described in Section 1.15(e) (and updated as required by Section
1.15(e)) as if such SPC were a Certifying Lender under Section 1.15(e).
9.2 Appointment of Administrative Agent.
(a) GE Capital is hereby appointed to act on behalf of
all Lenders as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit
Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section 9.2 are solely for the benefit of
Administrative Agent and Lenders and no Credit Party nor any other Person shall
have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof. In
performing its functions and duties under this Agreement and the other Credit
Loan Documents (except to the limited extent provided in Section 1.12),
Administrative Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume
and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of
agency or trust with or for any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries or any other
Person. Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except for
those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Credit Loan Documents.
The duties of Administrative Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in
nature and Administrative Agent shall not have, or be deemed to have, by reason
of this Agreement, any other Credit Loan Document or otherwise a fiduciary
relationship in respect of any Lender. Except as expressly set forth in this
Agreement and the other Credit Loan Documents, Administrative Agent shall not
have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for failure to disclose, any
information relating to any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries
or any Account Debtor that is communicated to or obtained by GE Capital or any
of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Administrative Agent nor any of its
Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or
representatives shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to
be taken by it hereunder or under any other Credit Loan Document, or in
connection herewith or therewith, except for damages caused by its or their own
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) If Administrative Agent shall request instructions
from the Majority Lenders, Requisite Lenders, Majority Revolving Lenders,
Supermajority Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable, with respect to
any act or action (including failure to act) in connection with this Agreement
or any other Credit Loan Document, then Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until Administrative
Agent shall have received instructions from the Majority Lenders, Requisite
Lenders, Majority Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Lenders, or all affected
Lenders, as the case may be, and Administrative Agent shall not incur liability
to any Person by reason of so refraining. Administrative Agent shall be fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder or under any other
Credit Loan Document (i) if such action would, in the opinion of Administrative
Agent, be contrary to law or the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit
Loan Document, (ii) if such
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action would, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, expose Administrative
Agent to Environmental Liabilities or (iii) if Administrative Agent shall not
first be indemnified to its satisfaction against any and all liability and
expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take
any such action. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right
of action whatsoever against Administrative Agent as a result of Administrative
Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder or under any other Credit Loan
Document in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders, Requisite
Lenders, Majority Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Lenders or all affected
Lenders, as applicable.
9.3 Administrative Agent's Reliance, Etc. Neither Administrative
Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers,
agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, except for damages caused by its or their own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Administrative Agent: (a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof
until Administrative Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer
thereof signed by such payee and in form reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, (b) may consult with legal counsel, independent public
accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
advice of such counsel, accountants or experts, (c) makes no warranty or
representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (d) shall not have any duty to ascertain
or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants
or conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents on the part of any
Credit Party or its Subsidiaries or to inspect the Collateral (including the
books and records) of any Credit Party (other than the satisfaction on the
Closing Date of the conditions set forth in Section 2.1), (e) shall not be
responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
thereto and (f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or
other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopy, telegram, cable or telex)
believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
9.4 GE Capital and Affiliates. With respect to its Commitments
hereunder, GE Capital shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as
though it were not Administrative Agent, and the term "Lender" or "Lenders"
shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include GE Capital in its
individual capacity. GE Capital and its Affiliates may lend money to, invest in,
and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Credit Party, any of
their Affiliates and any Person who may do business with or own securities of
any Credit Party or any such Affiliate, all as if GE Capital were not
Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. GE
Capital and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any
Credit Party for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without
having to account for the same to Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges the
potential conflict of interest between GE Capital as a Lender holding
disproportionate interests in the Loans and Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked
Deposits and GE Capital as Administrative Agent.
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9.5 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon Administrative Agent or any other Lender
and based on the Financial Statements and Projections referred to in Sections
3.4(a) and (b), respectively, and such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit and financial analysis of the Credit
Parties and its own decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. Each
Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a
result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans and Synthetic
Loan Credit-Linked Deposits, and expressly consents to, and waives any claim
based upon, such conflict of interest.
9.6 Indemnification. Lenders agree to indemnify Administrative
Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by Credit Parties and without limiting the
obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder), ratably according to their
respective Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against Administrative Agent in any way relating to
or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken
or omitted to be taken by Administrative Agent in connection therewith; provided
that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements resulting from Administrative Agent's gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse
Administrative Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of
rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement and each other Loan Document,
to the extent that Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by
the Credit Parties.
9.7 Successor Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent may
resign at any time by giving not less than thirty (30) days' prior written
notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Majority
Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no
successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority
Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after
the resigning Administrative Agent's giving notice of resignation, then the
resigning Administrative Agent may, on behalf of Lenders, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent, which shall be a Lender, if a Lender is willing to accept
such appointment, or otherwise shall be a commercial bank or financial
institution or a subsidiary of a commercial bank or financial institution if
such commercial bank or financial institution is organized under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State thereof and has a combined capital and
surplus of at least $300,000,000. If no successor Administrative Agent has been
appointed pursuant to the foregoing, within thirty (30) days after the date such
notice of resignation was given by the resigning Administrative Agent, such
resignation shall become effective and the Majority Lenders shall thereafter
perform all the duties of Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if
any, as the Majority Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as
provided above. Any successor Administrative
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Agent appointed by the Majority Lenders or Administrative Agent hereunder shall
be subject to the approval of Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed; provided that such approval shall not be required if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative
Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to and become vested
with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning
Administrative Agent. Upon the earlier of the acceptance of any appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent or the
effective date of the resigning Administrative Agent's resignation, the
resigning Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Loan Documents, except
that any indemnity rights or other rights in favor of such resigning
Administrative Agent shall continue. After any resigning Administrative Agent's
resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting
as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
9.8 Setoff and Sharing of Payments. In addition to any rights now
or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any
such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default and subject to Section 9.9(f), each Lender is hereby authorized at any
time or from time to time, without prior notice to any Credit Party or to any
Person other than Administrative Agent, any such notice being hereby expressly
waived, to offset and to appropriate and to apply any and all balances held by
it at any of its offices for the account of Borrower or any Guarantor
(regardless of whether such balances are then due to Borrower or any Guarantor)
and any other properties or assets at any time held or owing by that Lender or
that holder to or for the credit or for the account of Borrower or any Guarantor
against and on account of any of the Obligations that are not paid when due;
provided that the Lender exercising such offset rights shall give notice thereof
to the affected Credit Party promptly after exercising such rights. Any Lender
exercising a right of setoff or otherwise receiving any payment on account of
the Obligations in excess of its Pro Rata Share thereof shall purchase for cash
(and the other Lenders or Secured Parties shall sell) such participations in
each such other Lender's or holder's Pro Rata Share of the Obligations as would
be necessary to cause such Lender to share the amount so offset or otherwise
received with each other Lender or holder in accordance with their respective
Pro Rata Shares, (other than offset rights exercised by any Lender with respect
to Sections 1.13, 1.15 or 1.16). Each Lender's obligation under this Section 9.8
shall be in addition to and not in limitation of its obligations to purchase a
participation in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the (a) Swing Line
Loans under Section 1.1, (b) the Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Participation,
as provided in Annex B and (c) the Synthetic Loan Participation, as provided in
Annex B, as applicable. Borrower and each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, that (i) any Lender may exercise its right to offset
with respect to amounts in excess of its Pro Rata Share of the Obligations and
may sell participations in such amounts so offset to other Lenders and Secured
Parties and (ii) any Lender so purchasing a participation in the Loans made or
other Obligations held by other Lenders or Secured Parties may exercise all
rights of offset, bankers' lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender or holder were a direct holder of
the Loans and the other Obligations in the amount of such participation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if all or any portion of the offset amount or
payment otherwise received is thereafter recovered from the Lender that has
exercised the right of offset, the purchase of participations by that Lender
shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored without interest.
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9.9 Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions
in Concert.
(a) Advances; Payments.
(i) Revolving Lenders shall refund or
participate in the Swing Line Loan in accordance with clauses (iii) and (iv) of
Section 1.1(c). If the Swing Line Lender declines to make a Swing Line Loan or
if Swing Line Availability is zero, Administrative Agent shall notify Revolving
Lenders, promptly after receipt of a Notice of Revolving Advance and in any
event prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date such Notice of Revolving
Advance is received, by telecopy, telephone or other similar form of
transmission. Each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of such Lender's Pro
Rata Share of such Revolving Credit Advance available to Administrative Agent in
same day funds by wire transfer to Administrative Agent's account as set forth
in Annex H not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the requested funding
date, in the case of an Index Rate Loan and not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York
time) on the requested funding date in the case of a LIBOR Loan. Forthwith after
receipt of such wire transfers (or, in Administrative Agent's sole discretion,
before receipt of such wire transfers), subject to the terms hereof,
Administrative Agent shall make the requested Revolving Credit Advance to
Borrower. All payments by each Revolving Lender shall be made without setoff,
counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(ii) Not less than once during each calendar
week, more frequently at Administrative Agent's election or, in the event
Administrative Agent receives payments of principal, interest and Fees in excess
of $10,000,000 in the aggregate, within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such
funds by Administrative Agent (each, a "Settlement Date"), Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender by telephone, or telecopy of the amount of such
Lender's Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid for the benefit of
Lenders with respect to each applicable Loan. Provided that each Lender has
funded all payments and Advances required to be made by it and has purchased all
participations required to be purchased by it under this Agreement and the other
Credit Loan Documents as of such Settlement Date, Administrative Agent shall pay
to each Lender such Lender's Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid
by Borrower since the previous Settlement Date for the benefit of such Lender on
the Loans held by it. To the extent that any Lender (a "Non-Funding Lender") has
failed to fund all such payments and Advances or failed to fund the purchase of
all such participations, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to set off the
funding short-fall against that Non-Funding Lender's Pro Rata Share of all
payments received from Borrower. Such payments shall be made by wire transfer to
such Lender's account (as specified by such Lender in Annex H or the applicable
Assignment Agreement) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the next
Business Day following each Settlement Date.
(b) Availability of Lender's Pro Rata Share.
Administrative Agent may assume that each (i) Revolving Lender will make its Pro
Rata Share of each Revolving Credit Advance and (ii) each Synthetic Loan Lender
will make its Pro Rata Share of Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits available
to Administrative Agent on the Closing Date. If such Pro Rata Share is not, in
fact, paid to Administrative Agent by such Revolving Lender when due,
Administrative Agent will be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such
Lender without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. If any Lender
fails to pay the amount of its Pro Rata Share forthwith upon Administrative
Agent's demand, Administrative Agent shall
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promptly notify Borrower and Borrower shall immediately repay such amount to
Administrative Agent. Nothing in this Section 9.9(b) or elsewhere in this
Agreement or the other Credit Loan Documents shall be deemed to require
Administrative Agent to advance funds on behalf of any Lender or to relieve any
Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments hereunder or to prejudice
any rights that Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default
by such Lender hereunder. To the extent that Administrative Agent advances funds
to Borrower on behalf of any Lender and is not reimbursed therefor on the same
Business Day as such advance is made, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
retain for its account all interest accrued on such advance until reimbursed by
the applicable Lender.
(c) Return of Payments.
(i) If Administrative Agent pays an amount to a
Lender under this Agreement in the belief or expectation that a related payment
has been or will be received by Administrative Agent from Borrower and such
related payment is not received by Administrative Agent, then Administrative
Agent will be entitled to recover such amount from such Lender on demand without
setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(ii) If Administrative Agent determines at any
time that any amount received by Administrative Agent under this Agreement must
be returned to Borrower or paid to any other Person pursuant to any insolvency
law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition of this
Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, Administrative Agent will not be
required to distribute any portion thereof to any Lender. In addition, each
Lender will repay to Administrative Agent on demand any portion of such amount
that Administrative Agent has distributed to such Lender, together with interest
at such rate, if any, as Administrative Agent is required to pay to Borrower or
such other Person, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(d) Non-Funding Lenders. The failure of any Non-Funding
Lender to make any Revolving Credit Advance or any payment required by it
hereunder, or to purchase any participation in any Swing Line Loan, Revolving
Loan Letter of Credit or Synthetic Loan Participation to be made or purchased by
it on the date specified therefor shall not relieve any other Lender (each such
other Lender, an "Other Lender") of its obligations to make such Advance or
purchase such participation on such date, but neither any Other Lender nor
Administrative Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding
Lender to make an Advance, purchase a participation or make any other payment
required hereunder. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, a
Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with
respect to any Credit Loan Document or constitute a "Lender" or a "Revolving
Lender", as applicable (or be included in the calculation of "Majority Lenders",
"Requisite Lenders", "Majority Revolving Lenders" or "Supermajority Lenders"
hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Credit
Loan Document, except to the extent such consent or voting right is in respect
of (i) an increase in the Commitment of such Non-Funding Lender, (ii) a release
of all of the Collateral, (iii) the forgiveness or release of any portion of the
Obligations held by such Non-Funding Lender, (iv) an extension of the Stated
Maturity Date in respect of Obligations owed to such Non-Funding Lender, or (v)
a reduction of the rate of interest on the Loans held by such Non-Funding
Lender. At Borrower's request, Administrative Agent or a Person acceptable to
Administrative
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Agent shall have the right with Administrative Agent's consent and in
Administrative Agent's sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to
purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each Non-Funding Lender agrees that it
shall, at Administrative Agent's request, sell and assign to Administrative
Agent or such Person, all of the Revolving Loan Commitments and Synthetic Loan
Credit-Linked Deposits of that Non-Funding Lender for an amount equal to the
principal balance of all Loans and Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits held by
such Non-Funding Lender and all accrued and unpaid interest and Fees with
respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be
consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment Agreement.
(e) Dissemination of Information. Administrative Agent
shall use reasonable efforts to provide Lenders with any notice of Default or
Event of Default received by Administrative Agent from, or delivered by
Administrative Agent to, any Credit Party, of which Administrative Agent has
actually become aware and with notice of any action taken by Administrative
Agent following any Event of Default; provided that Administrative Agent shall
not be liable to any Lender for any failure to do so, except to the extent that
such failure is attributable to Administrative Agent's gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Lenders acknowledge that Borrower is required to provide
Financial Statements and Collateral Reports to Lenders in accordance with
Annexes E and F hereto and agree that Administrative Agent shall have no duty to
provide the same to Lenders.
(f) Actions in Concert. Anything in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that
no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of
this Agreement or the Notes (including exercising any rights of setoff) without
first obtaining the prior written consent of Administrative Agent and the
Majority Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect
or enforce rights under this Agreement and the Notes shall be taken in concert
and at the direction or with the consent of Administrative Agent or the Majority
Lenders.
10. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
10.1 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the other Credit
Loan Documents shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of each Credit
Party, Administrative Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and
permitted assigns (including, in the case of any Credit Party, a
debtor-in-possession on behalf of such Credit Party), except as otherwise
provided herein or therein. Except pursuant to a merger permitted by Section
6.1, no Credit Party may assign, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey its
rights, benefits, obligations or duties hereunder or under any of the other
Credit Loan Documents without the prior express written consent of
Administrative Agent and Lenders. Any such purported assignment, transfer,
hypothecation or other conveyance by any Credit Party without the prior express
written consent of Administrative Agent and Lenders shall be void. The terms and
provisions of this Agreement are for the purpose of defining the relative rights
and obligations of each Credit Party, Administrative Agent and the Secured
Parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no Person shall
be a third party beneficiary of any of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement or any of the other Credit Loan Documents.
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11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement. The Loan
Documents constitute the complete agreement between the parties with respect to
the subject matter thereof and may not be modified, altered or amended except as
set forth in Section 11.2. Any letter of interest, commitment letter, fee letter
(other than the Fee Letter) or confidentiality agreement, if any, between any
Credit Party and Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their respective
Affiliates, predating this Agreement and relating to a financing of
substantially similar form, purpose or effect shall be superseded by this
Agreement other than (a) with respect to the Commitment Letter, the provisions
set forth therein which by their terms expressly survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the Fee Letter and
(c) the Syndication Letter (as defined in the Commitment Letter), each of which
shall continue to be binding obligations of the parties.
11.2 Amendments and Waivers.
(a) Except for actions expressly permitted to be taken by
Administrative Agent, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Loan Document, or any consent to
any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Credit Parties party to
such Loan Document and by the Majority Lenders, Requisite Lenders, Majority
Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable
(or by Administrative Agent at the direction of the Majority Lenders, Requisite
Lenders, Majority Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Lenders or all affected
Lenders, as applicable). Except as set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) below,
all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the
consent of any Lenders shall only require the written consent of the Majority
Lenders.
(b) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of
or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that increases the
percentage advance rates set forth in the definitions of Borrowing Base, Gross
Available Inventory Amount or Gross Available L/C Inventory Amount or adds any
new classes of assets (other than Inventory) to the Borrowing Base shall be
effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Supermajority
Lenders (or by Administrative Agent at the direction of the Supermajority
Lenders) and Borrower.
(c) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of
or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that would either (i)
modify, amend or waive any non-discretionary component of the Borrowing Base (or
any constituent definition thereof) if the result would increase the amount of
the Borrowing Base or (ii) lower the dollar requirement set forth in paragraph
(c) of Annex G shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed
by the Requisite Lenders (or by Administrative Agent at the direction of the
Requisite Lenders) and Borrower. Furthermore, Administrative Agent shall not
consent to any amendment, supplement or other modification of or to the Vendor
Intercreditor Agreement without the prior written consent of the Requisite
Lenders.
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(d) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver
shall, unless in writing and signed by Borrower and each Lender directly
affected thereby (or by Administrative Agent at the direction of each Lender
directly affected thereby): (i) increase the principal amount of any Lender's
Commitment (which action shall be deemed to directly affect all Lenders), (ii)
reduce the principal of, rate of interest on (or with respect to any Synthetic
Loan Credit-Linked Deposit, the rate of return provided for in paragraph (d) of
Annex B) or Fees payable with respect to any Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit
Obligations or any Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit of such affected Lender,
(iii) extend the final maturity date of the principal amount of any Loan of such
affected Lender, (iv) waive, forgive, defer, extend or postpone any payment of
interest (or with respect to any Synthetic Loan Credit Linked Deposit, the rate
of return provided for in paragraph (d) of Annex B) or Fees as to such affected
Lender, (v) release any Guaranty (other than pursuant to a transaction permitted
by the Credit Loan Documents) or, release any Lien on, or permit any Credit
Party to sell or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all the Collateral
or release any portion of the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account of
such affected Lender (except as provided in paragraph (c)(i) of Annex B), (vi)
change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Loans that shall be required for Lenders or any of them to take
any action hereunder, (vii) amend or waive (A) Section 1.11(a) or (B) Section
1.9(b) to the extent Section 1.9(b) requires ratable payment or disbursements to
the Lenders of any Fees, and (viii) amend or waive this Section 11.2 or the
definitions of the terms "Majority Lenders", "Requisite Lenders", "Majority
Revolving Lenders" or "Supermajority Lenders" insofar as such definitions affect
the substance of this Section 11.2. Furthermore, no amendment, modification,
termination or waiver affecting the rights or duties of Administrative Agent,
the Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Credit
Loan Document shall be effective unless in writing and signed by Administrative
Agent, the Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in addition to
Lenders required hereinabove to take such action. Additionally, no amendment,
modification, termination or waiver affecting paragraphs (c) and (d) of Annex B
shall be effective unless in writing and signed by Synthetic Loan Lenders
holding Synthetic Loan Commitments in excess of 50% of the aggregate amount of
all Synthetic Loan Commitments in addition to Lenders required hereinabove to
take such action. Each amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
it was given. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be
required for Administrative Agent to take additional Collateral pursuant to any
Loan Document. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall
entitle such Credit Party or any other Credit Party to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification,
termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 11.2
shall be binding upon Lenders and their respective successors and assigns and
upon each holder of the Notes at the time outstanding and each future holder of
the Notes.
(e) If, in connection with any proposed amendment,
modification, waiver or termination (a "Proposed Change"):
(i) requiring the consent of all affected
Lenders, the consent of the Supermajority Lenders is obtained but the consent of
other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose
consent is not obtained as described in this clause (i) and in clauses (ii) and
(iii) below being referred to as "Non-Consenting Lender");
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(ii) requiring the consent of the Supermajority
Lenders, the consent of the Requisite Lenders is obtained, but the consent of
Supermajority Lenders is not obtained;
(iii) requiring the consent of the Requisite
Lenders, the consent of the Majority Lenders is obtained, but the consent of the
Requisite Lenders is not obtained;
then, so long as Administrative Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, at
Borrower's request (which request shall be delivered within 180 days after the
date of such Non-Funding Lender's failure to consent to such amendment,
modification, waiver or termination) Administrative Agent, or a Person
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, shall have the right with
Administrative Agent's consent and in Administrative Agent's sole discretion
(but shall have no obligation) to purchase from such Non-Consenting Lenders, and
such Non-Consenting Lenders agree that they shall, upon Administrative Agent's
request, sell and assign to Administrative Agent or such Person, all of the
Loans, Commitments and Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits of such
Non-Consenting Lenders for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans
and Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits held by the Non-Consenting Lenders and
all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of sale,
such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment
Agreement.
(iv) On the Termination Date, and so long as no
suits, actions proceedings, or claims are pending against any Indemnified Person
asserting any damages, losses or liabilities that are Indemnified Liabilities,
all Liens under the Loan Documents shall automatically terminate and
Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to Borrower (at Borrower's expense)
to the extent reasonably requested from time to time by Borrower termination
statements, mortgage releases and other documents necessary or appropriate to
evidence the termination of the Liens securing payment of the Obligations.
11.3 Fees and Expenses. Borrower shall reimburse (i) with respect
to any appraisers engaged by Administrative Agent, the out-of-pocket costs and
expenses of Administrative Agent incurred in connection with appraisals
performed by such appraisers and (ii) Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication
Agents (and, with respect to clauses (c) and (d) below, all Lenders) for all
out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs and
expenses of counsel or other advisors (including Consultants and with respect to
any Collateral Agent, a field examination fee of $750 per person per day plus
actual out-of-pocket expenses of such Collateral Agent in connection with the
conduct of such field audits) incurred in connection with the negotiation,
preparation and filing and/or recordation of the Loan Documents and incurred in
connection with:
(a) any amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent
with respect to, or termination of, any of the Loan Documents or Related
Transactions Documents or advice in connection with the syndication and
administration of the Loans made pursuant hereto or its rights hereunder or
thereunder;
(b) any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or
action (whether instituted by Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Credit Party
or its Subsidiaries, or any other Person and whether as a party, witness or
otherwise) in any way relating to the Collateral, any of the Loan Documents or
any other agreement to be executed or delivered in connection herewith
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or therewith, including any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, case, proceeding
or action, and any appeal or review thereof, in connection with a case commenced
by or against any or all of the Credit Parties, their respective Subsidiaries or
any other Person that may be obligated to Administrative Agent by virtue of the
Loan Documents, including any such litigation, contest, dispute, suit,
proceeding or action arising in connection with any work-out or restructuring of
the Loans during the pendency of one or more Events of Default; provided that no
Person shall be entitled to reimbursement under this clause (b) in respect of
any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action to the extent any
of the foregoing results from such Person's gross negligence or willful
misconduct;
(c) any attempt to enforce any remedies of Administrative
Agent or any Lender against any or all of the Credit Parties or any other Person
that may be obligated to Administrative Agent or any Lender by virtue of any of
the Loan Documents, including any such attempt to enforce any such remedies in
the course of any work-out or restructuring of the Loans during the pendency of
one or more Events of Default; provided that in the case of reimbursement of
counsel for Lenders other than Administrative Agent (in its capacity as such)
and Co-Syndication Agents (in their capacity as such), such reimbursement shall
be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders;
(d) any workout or restructuring of the Loans during the
pendency of one or more Events of Default; provided that in the case of
reimbursement of counsel for Lenders other than Administrative Agent (in its
capacity as such) and Co-Syndication Agents (in their capacity as such), such
reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders; and
(e) efforts by any such Person in connection with its
rights under this Agreement to (i) monitor the Loans or any of the other
Obligations, (ii) evaluate, observe or assess any of the Credit Parties, their
respective Subsidiaries or their respective affairs and (iii) verify, protect,
evaluate, assess, appraise, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any
of the Collateral;
including, as to each of clauses (a) through (e) above, all out-of-pocket
reasonable attorneys' and other professional and service providers' fees arising
from such services and other advice, assistance or other representation,
including those in connection with any appellate proceedings, and all
out-of-pocket expenses, costs, charges and other fees incurred by such counsel
and others which (except in the case of the appraisers referred to in clause (i)
of the introductory paragraph of this Section 11.2) are reasonable in connection
with or relating to any of the events or actions described in this Section 11.3,
all of which shall be payable, promptly after demand therefor, by Borrower to
Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such
expenses, costs, charges and fees may include: those of accountants, appraisers,
Consultants and paralegals; court costs and expenses; photocopying and
duplication expenses; court reporter fees, costs and expenses; long distance
telephone charges; air express charges; telegram or telecopy charges;
secretarial overtime charges; and expenses for travel, lodging and food paid or
incurred in connection with the performance of such legal or other advisory
services.
11.4 No Waiver. Administrative Agent's or any Lender's failure, at
any time or times, to require strict performance by the Credit Parties of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not waive, affect
or diminish any right of Administrative Agent or
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such Lender thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance herewith or
therewith. Any suspension or waiver of an Event of Default shall not suspend,
waive or affect any other Event of Default whether the same is prior or
subsequent thereto and whether the same or of a different type. Subject to the
provisions of Section 11.2, none of the undertakings, agreements, warranties,
covenants and representations of any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries contained
in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and no Default or Event of
Default by any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have been
suspended or waived by Administrative Agent or any Lender, unless such waiver or
suspension is by an instrument in writing signed by an officer of or other
authorized employee of Administrative Agent and the applicable required Lenders
and directed to Borrower specifying such suspension or waiver.
11.5 Remedies. Administrative Agent's and Lenders' rights and
remedies under this Agreement shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any other
rights and remedies that Administrative Agent or any Lender may have under any
other agreement, including the other Loan Documents, by operation of law or
otherwise. Recourse to the Collateral shall not be required.
11.6 Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be interpreted in such a manner as
to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be prohibited by or invalid under
applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such
prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision
or the remaining provisions of this Agreement or such other Loan Document.
11.7 Conflict of Terms. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by specific reference to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement, if any provision contained in this
Agreement conflicts with any provision in any of the other Loan Documents, the
provision contained in this Agreement shall govern and control.
11.8 Confidentiality. Administrative Agent and each Lender agree to
use commercially reasonable efforts (equivalent to the efforts Administrative
Agent or such Lender applies to maintain the confidentiality of its own
confidential information) to maintain as confidential all confidential
information provided to them by the Credit Parties that is either financial in
nature or designated as confidential for a period of (i) five (5) years
following the Termination Date with respect to any such information broken out
on a store-by-store basis and (ii) three (3) years following the Termination
Date with respect to any other information, except that Administrative Agent and
each Lender may disclose such information (a) on a confidential basis, to
Persons employed or engaged by Administrative Agent or such Lender or any
Affiliate thereof, (b) to any bona fide assignee or participant or potential
assignee or participant that has agreed for the benefit of the Credit Parties to
comply with the covenant contained in this Section 11.8 (and any such bona fide
assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant may disclose such
information on a confidential basis, to Persons employed or engaged by them as
described in clause (a) above), (c) as required or requested by any Governmental
Authority or reasonably believed by Administrative Agent or such Lender to be
compelled by any court decree, subpoena or legal or administrative order or
process, (d) as, on the advice of Administrative Agent's or such Lender's
counsel, is required by law, (e) in connection with the exercise of any right or
remedy under the Credit Loan Documents or in connection with any
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Litigation to which Administrative Agent or such Lender is a party or (f) that
ceases to be confidential through no fault of Administrative Agent or any
Lender. Administrative Agent and Lenders agree not to share any such
confidential information with competitors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Loan
Document or any other express or implied agreement, arrangement or
understanding, if any, the obligations of confidentiality contained herein and
therein, as they relate to the Related Transactions shall not apply to the tax
structure or tax treatment of the Related Transactions, and each party hereto
(and any employee, representative, or agent of any party hereto) may disclose to
any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax structure and tax
treatment of the Related Transactions except where confidentiality is reasonably
necessary to comply with U.S. federal or state securities laws. The preceding
sentence is intended to cause the Related Transactions not to be treated as
having been offered under conditions of confidentiality for purposes of Section
1.6011-4(b)(3) (or any successor provision) of the Treasury Regulations
promulgated under Section 6011 of the IRC and shall be construed in a manner
consistent with such purpose. In addition, each party hereto acknowledges that
it has no proprietary or exclusive rights to the tax structure of the Related
Transactions or any tax matter or tax idea related to the Related Transactions.
11.9 GOVERNING LAW. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ANY
OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION,
VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT STATE
AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EACH CREDIT PARTY
HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK
COUNTY, CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND
DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THE CREDIT PARTIES, ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT, THE L/C ISSUER AND LENDERS PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; PROVIDED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT, THE L/C ISSUER, LENDERS AND THE CREDIT PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY
APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW
YORK COUNTY AND; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING
OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY
OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT
ORDER IN FAVOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. EACH CREDIT PARTY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND
CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY
SUCH COURT, AND EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH CREDIT
PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM
NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF
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SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH
CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER
PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH
SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH CREDIT PARTY AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN ANNEX I OF THIS
AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF
SUCH CREDIT PARTY'S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE (3) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN
THE UNITED STATES MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
11.10 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is
provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration
or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the
parties by any other parties, or whenever any of the parties desires to give or
serve upon any other parties any communication with respect to this Agreement,
each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other
communication shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly
served, given or delivered: (a) upon the earlier of actual receipt and three (3)
Business Days after deposit in the United States Mail, registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid, (b) upon
transmission, when sent by telecopy or other similar facsimile transmission
(with such telecopy or facsimile promptly confirmed by delivery of a copy by
personal delivery or United States Mail as otherwise provided in this Section
11.10), (c) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight
courier with all charges prepaid or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by
messenger, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be notified and sent
to the address or facsimile number indicated in Annex I or to such other address
(or facsimile number) as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided.
The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing by the
party entitled to receive such notice. Failure or delay in delivering copies of
any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other
communication to any Person (other than Borrower or Administrative Agent)
designated in Annex I to receive copies shall in no way adversely affect the
effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or
other communication.
11.11 Section Titles. The Section titles and Table of Contents
contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or
content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the
parties hereto.
11.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately
constitute one agreement.
11.13 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION
WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED
BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND
FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT
THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE,
TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF
ARBITRATION, THE
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PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, AMONG AGENT, LENDERS AND ANY CREDIT PARTY ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED
WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO.
11.14 Press Releases and Related Matters. Each Credit Party
executing this Agreement agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates will in the
future issue any press releases or other public disclosure using the name of GE
Capital or its Affiliates or referring to this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or the Related Transaction Documents without at least two (2) Business
Days' prior notice to GE Capital and without the prior written consent of GE
Capital unless (and only to the extent that) such Credit Party or Affiliate is
required to do so under law and then, in any event, such Credit Party or
Affiliate will consult with GE Capital before issuing such press release or
other public disclosure. Each Credit Party consents to the publication by
Administrative Agent or any Lender of advertising material relating to the
financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement using Borrower's name,
product photographs, logo or trademark. Administrative Agent or such Lender
shall provide a draft reasonably in advance of any advertising material to each
Credit Party for review and comment prior to the publication thereof.
Administrative Agent reserves the right to provide to industry trade
organizations information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table
measurements.
11.15 Reinstatement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against
any Credit Party for liquidation or reorganization, should any Credit Party
become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or
creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any
significant part of any Credit Party's assets, and shall continue to be
effective or to be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and
performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable
law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned
by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a "voidable preference,"
"fraudulent conveyance," or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance
had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated
and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned.
11.16 Advice of Counsel. Each of the parties represents to each
other party hereto that it has discussed this Agreement and, specifically, the
provisions of Sections 11.9 and 11.13, with its counsel.
11.17 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated
jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an
ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall
be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as
of the date first written above.
KMART CORPORATION
By: ______________________________________
Name: Ronald B. Hutchison
Title: Vice President
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as
Administrative Agent and Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Donna Evans
Title: Duly Authorized Signatory
LENDERS:
FLEET RETAIL FINANCE INC., as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
AMSOUTH BANK, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Mark McNally
Title: Attorney-In-Fact
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
BANK ONE, N.A., as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Joseph R. Heskett
Title: Associate
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Deborah Rogut
Title: Vice President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
CITIGROUP INVESTMENTS CORPORATE LOAN FUND
INC., as a Lender
By: TRAVELERS ASSET MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LLC
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CENTRAL), as
a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Keith C. Chapman
Title: First Vice President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Sanat Amladi
Title: Vice President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
THE FOOTHILL GROUP, INC., as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
GMAC COMMERCIAL FINANCE LLC, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Thomas Maiale
Title: Director
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
KZH CYPRESSTREE-1 LLC, as a Lender
KZH ING-2 LLC, as a Lender
KZH STERLING LLC, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
LONGACRE MASTER FUND, LTD., as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Steven Weissman
Title: Director
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL, a division of Merrill
Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc., as
a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: T. Bukowski
Title: Director
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
NATIONAL CITY COMMERCIAL FINANCE, INC., as a
Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
ORIX FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Michael J. Cox
Title: Senior Vice President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
PB CAPITAL CORPORATION, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
THE PROVIDENT BANK, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Marshall Stuart
Title: Vice President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
RZB FINANCE LLC, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Chistoph Hoedl
Title: Vice President
By: ______________________________________
Name: Astrid Wilke
Title: Vice President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Thomas McDonagh
Title: Portfolio Manager
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
TEXTRON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Eric R. Hubbard
Title: Vice President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
UPS CAPITAL CORPORATION, as a Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Charles G. Johnson
Title: Senior Vice President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
WHITEHALL BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION, as a
Lender
By: ______________________________________
Name: Brian Kennedy
Title: Vice President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
The following Persons are signatories to this Agreement in
their capacity as Credit Parties and not as borrowers.
KMART HOLDING CORPORATION
KMART MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
BIG BEAVER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
BIG BEAVER OF FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT LLC
BIG BEAVER OF GUAYNABO DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
BLUELIGHT.COM LLC
BLUELIGHT.COM, INC.
KBL HOLDING INC.
KMART CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS, INC.
KMART EXPRESS LLC
KMART INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC.
KMART OF FLORIDA LLC
KMART STORES OF ILLINOIS LLC
KMART OF MICHIGAN, INC.
KMART OF NORTH CAROLINA LLC
KMART OF NY HOLDINGS, INC.
KMART OF OHIO LLC
KMART STORES OF TEXAS, LLC
KMART OF WASHINGTON LLC
KMART OVERSEAS CORPORATION
KMART SERVICES CORPORATION
KMART STORES OF INDIANA, INC.
KMART STORES OF TNCP, INC.
MEDIA MOMENTUM, INC.
STI MERCHANDISING, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name: Ronald B. Hutchison
Title: Executive Vice President, Vice
President or President of each of the above
referenced Credit Parties
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
KMART OF INDIANA
KMART OF PENNSYLVANIA LP
KMART OF TEXAS L.P.
THE COOLIDGE GROUP LLC
By: KMART CORPORATION, its sole member,
partner or general partner as applicable
By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
MARIN ACCESS LLC
By: ______________________________________
Name: Ronald B. Hutchison
Title: President
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
KLC, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name: Jesse Berry
Title: Secretary
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
KMART TRINIDAD, INC. (FORMERLY VTA, INC.)
By: _____________________________________
Name: James L. Misplon
Title: Assistant Treasurer
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
ANNEX A (RECITALS)
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used in the Credit Loan Documents shall have
(unless otherwise provided elsewhere in the Credit Loan Documents) the following
respective meanings and all references to Sections, Exhibits, Schedules or
Annexes in the following definitions shall refer to Sections, Exhibits,
Schedules or Annexes of or to the Agreement:
"Account Debtor" means any Person who may become obligated to
any Credit Party under, with respect to, or on account of, an account
receivable, an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangibles (including a
payment intangible).
"Account Party" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex B.
"Accounting Changes" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Annex
G.
"Accounts" means all "accounts," as such term is defined in
the Code, arising out of the use of a credit card or charge card or information
contained on or for use with such card for purchases from the Credit Parties,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party.
"Acquired Entity" means any Person acquired after the Closing
Date by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with or pursuant to a
Permitted Acquisition (including any Subsidiaries of such Person).
"Acquisition" means any transaction or series of related
transactions for the purpose of, or resulting directly or indirectly in, (a) the
acquisition by Kmart HQ or any of its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all
of the assets of any Person or of all or substantially all of any business or
division of a Person, (b) the acquisition by Kmart HQ or any of its Subsidiaries
of all of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or
other equity interests of any Person or otherwise causing any Person to become a
Subsidiary or (c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with
another Person (other than mergers or consolidations permitted pursuant to
Section 6.1(a) of the Agreement).
"Acquisition Business Plan" has the meaning ascribed to it in
the definition of Permitted Acquisition.
"Acquisition Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of an Acquired
Entity existing at the time such Acquisition is consummated (not created or
incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming an Acquired Entity); provided
that such Indebtedness is recourse only to the Acquired Entity and/or the assets
of such Acquired Entity and that (a) none of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than such Acquired Entity) is (or may become) directly or indirectly
liable (whether as a primary obligor, surety or guarantor) for such Indebtedness
and (b) none of the assets of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
those of such Acquired Entity) is (or may become) subject to any Lien securing
such Indebtedness.
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"Adjusted Eligible Inventory Amount" means an amount equal to
(a) the Eligible Inventory Amount less (b) the Inventory Reserves relating to
Inventory.
"Administrative Agent" means GE Capital in its capacity as
Administrative Agent for Lenders or its successor appointed pursuant to Section
9.7.
"Advance" means any Revolving Credit Advance or Swing Line
Advance, as the context may require.
"Affected Lender" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.16(d).
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, (a) each Person
that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a
trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, ten percent (10%) or more of the Stock
having ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person, (b)
each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person, and (c) each of such Person's officers and directors. For the purposes
of this definition, "control" of a Person shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of its management or
policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; provided, however, that the term "Affiliate", when used with respect
to any Credit Party, shall specifically exclude Administrative Agent and each
Lender.
"Affiliate Guaranty" means the guaranty of even date herewith
executed by and among each of Holdings, Kmart HQ, Kmart Services and
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties.
"Agreement" means the Credit Agreement by and among Borrower,
the other Credit Parties party thereto, GE Capital, as Administrative Agent and
Lender and the other Lenders from time to time party thereto, as the same may be
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Ancillary Loan Documents" means each Bank Product Agreement,
each Specified Hedging Agreement and all other agreements, instruments,
documents and certificates executed and delivered by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to, or in favor of, any holder of Obligations in respect of any of
the foregoing.
"Appendices" has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals to
the Agreement.
"Applicable Margins" means, collectively, the Applicable
Revolving L/C Margin, the Applicable Synthetic L/C Margin, the Applicable
Revolver Index Margin and the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin.
"Applicable Revolver Index Margin" means the per annum
interest rate margin from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the
Index Rate applicable to the Revolving Loan, as determined by reference to
Section 1.5(a).
"Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin" means the per annum
interest rate from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the LIBOR
Rate applicable to the Revolving Loan, as determined by reference to Section
1.5(a).
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"Applicable Revolving L/C Margin" means the per annum fee,
from time to time in effect and payable with respect to outstanding Revolving
Loan Letter of Credit Obligations as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a).
"Applicable Synthetic L/C Margin" means the per annum fee,
from time to time in effect and payable with respect to outstanding Synthetic
Loan Letter of Credit Obligations as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a).
"Applicable Trigger" means (a) with respect to the period of
January through July of any Fiscal Year, Excess Availability of less than
$400,000,000 for any day occurring during such period and (b) with respect to
the period of August through December of any Fiscal Year, Excess Availability of
less than $250,000,000 for any day (or, during the months of October, November
and December, for three (3) consecutive Business Days) occurring during such
period.
"Appraisal Inventory Value" means an amount equal to (a) Gross
Inventory Value per the stockledger (b) minus, to the extent included therein
(without duplication), in-transit inventory and consigned Inventory, and (c)
plus or minus, as applicable, any other reconciling items, calculated in a
manner consistent with the Closing Date Appraisal.
"Appraisal L/C Inventory Value" means an amount equal to the
Gross L/C Inventory Value per the stockledger of the Approved Credit Parties as
in-transit inventory which, in the case of determinations made in appraisals
performed after the Closing Date, will be determined on the basis set forth in
the most recent appraisal, if any.
"Approved Credit Parties" means collectively (a) Borrower and
each other Subsidiary Credit Party as of the Closing Date (so long as such
Person continues to remain a Subsidiary Credit Party) and (b) to the extent
approved in writing by the Collateral Agents, any Person becoming a Subsidiary
Credit Party after the Closing Date.
"Assignment Agreement" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 9.1(a).
"Availability Certificate" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex F.
"Average Cash on Hand" means, for any Fiscal Quarter, an
amount equal to the result of (a) the aggregate sum of the Weekly Cash on Hand
for all calendar weeks occurring during such Fiscal Quarter divided by (b) the
number of calendar weeks occurring during such Fiscal Quarter.
"Average Projected Cash on Hand" means, for any Fiscal
Quarter, an amount equal to the result of (a) the aggregate sum of Business Plan
Cash on Hand reflected in the Business Plan for the three (3) Fiscal Months
occurring during such Fiscal Quarter divided by (b) three (3).
"Bank Product Agreements" means those certain agreements
entered into from time to time by Holdings or its Subsidiaries in connection
with any service or facility extended to Holdings or its Subsidiaries by any
Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender in respect of credit cards or credit card
processing services.
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"Bankruptcy Code" means the provisions of Title 11 of the
United States Code, 11 U.S.C. Sections 101 et seq.
"Bankruptcy Court" means the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division) or such other court as
may have jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases (as defined in the Plan of
Reorganization).
"Bankruptcy Rules" means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy
Procedure and the Official Bankruptcy Forms, as amended, the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure, as amended, as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases (as defined
in the Plan of Reorganization) or proceedings therein, and the Local Rules of
the Bankruptcy Court, as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases or proceedings
therein, as the case may be.
"Benchmark LIBOR Rate" means the LIBOR Rate for a LIBOR Period
of one month.
"BofA" means Bank of America, N.A., a national banking
association.
"Borrower" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble to
the Agreement.
"Borrower Guaranteed Obligations" has the meaning ascribed to
it in Annex B.
"Borrowing Availability" means, as of any date of
determination, the lesser of (a) the Maximum Amount and (b) the Borrowing Base,
in each case, less the sum of the Loans then outstanding.
"Borrowing Base" means, as of any date of determination, an
amount (calculated based on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered
pursuant to the Agreement) that is equal to the sum at such time of the
following:
(a) the lesser of (i) an amount equal to the result of
eighty percent (80%) multiplied by the Recovery Rate multiplied by the Appraisal
Inventory Value or (ii) the Net Available Inventory Amount; plus
(b) the lesser of (i) an amount equal to the result of
sixty percent (60%) multiplied by the Recovery Rate multiplied by the Appraisal
L/C Inventory Value or (ii) the Net Available L/C Inventory Amount; less
(c) the Primary Reserves established from time to time by
Administrative Agent in accordance with Annex K.
"Borrowing Base Certificate" means a certificate substantially
in the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit 4.1(b) (with such changes
therein as may be required by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion
to reflect the components of and Reserves against the Borrowing Base established
under the terms of this Agreement from time to time), executed and certified by
a Financial Officer of Borrower, which shall include appropriate exhibits,
schedules and collateral reporting requirements as referred to therein and as
provided for in Annex F.
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"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday
or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of
New York and in reference to LIBOR Loans shall mean any such day that is also a
LIBOR Business Day.
"Business Plan" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
2.1(i).
"Business Plan Cash on Hand" means, for any Fiscal Month, an
amount equal to the positive difference between (a) Cash on Hand as reflected in
the Business Plan for such Fiscal Month minus (b) the amount of outstanding
Advances as reflected under the heading "Credit Facility" in the Business Plan
for such Fiscal Month.
"Capital Expenditures" means, with respect to any Person, all
expenditures (by the expenditure of cash or the incurrence of Indebtedness) by
such Person during any measuring period for any fixed assets or improvements or
for replacements, substitutions or additions thereto, that have a useful life of
more than one year and that are required to be capitalized under GAAP.
"Capital Factors Ruling" means the decision rendered by the
federal district court in respect of avoidance actions under section 549 of the
Bankruptcy Code in the case styled Capital Factors, Inc. v. Kmart Corporation,
Case No. 02 C 1264 (N.D. Ill. 2002).
"Capital Lease" means, with respect to any Person, any lease
of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee that,
in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be classified and accounted for as
a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, with respect to any Capital
Lease of any Person, the amount of the obligation of such Person thereunder
that, in accordance with GAAP, would appear on a balance sheet of such Person in
respect of such Capital Lease.
"Cash Collateral Account" has the meaning ascribed to it Annex
B.
"Cash Dominion Event" means (a) the occurrence of an Event of
Default pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or the occurrence of an Event of Default
under Section 8.1(b) with respect to the financial covenants set forth on Annex
G, unless, in either case, both (i) the Majority Lenders agree to waive the
requirement for cash dominion pursuant to paragraph (f) of Annex C and (ii)
average Excess Availability is greater than $500,000,000 for thirty (30)
consecutive days immediately prior to the date of the waiver referred to in
clause (i) above, (b) Excess Availability is less than the Applicable Trigger
for ten (10) consecutive Business Days or (c) the occurrence and continuation of
an Event of Default pursuant to Sections 8.1(h) or (i).
"Cash Dominion Termination Event" means, unless otherwise
agreed to in a Control Agreement among the applicable Concentration Account Bank
(or Loan Proceeds Account Bank), the applicable Credit Party and Administrative
Agent, in the case of a Cash Dominion Event occurring pursuant to clause (b) of
the definition thereof, the date upon which average Excess Availability is
greater than $500,000,000 for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days, so long
as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on such date.
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"Cash Equivalents" shall mean any of the following:
(a) obligations of the United States or any agency
thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States;
(b) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by
any state of the United States or the District of Columbia that at the time of
acquisition thereof are assigned a rating not lower than A-2 by S&P or P-2 by
Moody's;
(c) interests in any money market mutual fund which at
the date of investment in such funds has (i) the highest rating by each of
Moody's and S&P which has issued a rating for such fund or (ii) invests
substantially all of its assets in securities of the types described in clauses
(a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) hereto;
(d) commercial paper which at the date of investment has
ratings of not lower than A-2 by S&P or P-2 by Moody's;
(e) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits,
including Eurodollar time deposits, federal funds or banker's acceptances issued
by any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of
the United States or of any State thereof (or any U.S. branch or agency of a
foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state
banking authorities, provided that the short-term unsecured deposit obligations
of such depository institution or trust company (or its parent holding company)
at the date of investment are then rated at least P-2 by Moody's and A-2 by S&P;
(f) demand or time deposits of, or certificates of
deposit issued by, any bank, trust company, savings bank or other savings
institution, provided that the long-term unsecured debt obligations of such
bank, trust company, savings bank or other savings institution are rated at the
date of investment at least Aa2 by Moody's and AA- by S&P;
(g) investments in repurchase obligations with a term not
more than seven (7) days for underlying securities of the types described in
clause (a) above entered into with any office of a bank or trust company meeting
the qualifications specified in clause (e) above; and
(h) investments in any open-end or closed-end management
type investment company or investment trust: (i) which is registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) the portfolio of which is limited to the
obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States and to agreements to
repurchase such obligations, which agreements, with respect to principal and
interest are at least 100% collateralized by such obligations marked to market
on a daily basis and (iii) the investment company or investment trust shall take
delivery of such obligations either directly or through an independent custodian
designated in accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940.
"Cash Management Bank" means The Bank of New York or any
Lender providing cash management services to any Credit Party.
"Cash Management Obligations" means the amount from time to
time owing by the Credit Parties to any Cash Management Bank in respect of
overdrafts and related liabilities
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arising from treasury, depository and cash management services provided by such
Cash Management Bank after the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed
$150,000,000 in the aggregate or such other amount as may from time to time be
approved in writing by Administrative Agent at the written request of Borrower.
"Cash Management Systems" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.8.
"Cash on Hand" means, as of any date of determination, the
amount of unrestricted cash (including Store Cash) and Cash Equivalents and the
fair market value of Marketable Securities on a mark-to-market basis for such
date maintained by Borrower and its Subsidiaries in a Depository Account, the
Concentration Accounts or an Investment Account as of such date.
"CERCLA" has the meaning ascribed to it in the definition of
Environmental Laws.
"Certificate of Exemption" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.15(e).
"Certifying Lender" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.15(e).
"Change of Control" means (a) the Board of Directors of
Holdings shall cease to consist of a majority of the Continuing Directors, (b)
any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) (i) other than Third Avenue Trust and
ESL and their respective Affiliates shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
Holdings, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise or (ii) shall acquire more than the percentage of the then issued and
outstanding shares of capital Stock of Holdings having the right to vote for the
election of directors of Holdings under ordinary circumstances owned directly or
indirectly by ESL, Third Avenue and their respective Affiliates, (c) Holdings
ceases to own and control directly or indirectly all of the economic and voting
rights associated with all of the outstanding capital Stock of Borrower or Kmart
HQ or (d) Borrower ceases to own and control directly or indirectly all of the
economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding capital Stock
of the Subsidiary Credit Parties of Borrower, other than in connection with a
transaction permitted under the Agreement
"Chapter 11 Cases" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Plan
of Reorganization.
"Charges" means all federal, state, county, city, municipal,
local, foreign or other governmental taxes (including taxes owed to the PBGC at
the time due and payable), levies, assessments, charges or Liens upon or
relating to (a) the Collateral, (b) the employees, payroll, income or gross
receipts of any Credit Party, (c) any Credit Party's ownership or use of any
properties or other assets or (d) any other aspect of any Credit Party's
business.
"Claims" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Bankruptcy
Code.
"Closing Date" means May 6, 2003.
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"Closing Date Appraisal" means the appraisal delivered to
Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to Annex D.
"Closing Checklist" means the schedule, including all
appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, listing certain documents and
information to be delivered in connection with the Agreement, the other Credit
Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Annex D.
"Closing Date Store Cash" means cash used to supply the Stores
with cash for the cash registers or in deposit at Store Depository Accounts
existing on the Closing Date in an amount deemed to be equal to $300,000,000 as
of the Closing Date.
"Code" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from
time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York; provided, that
to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein or in any Credit
Loan Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles or
Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or
Division 9 shall govern; provided further, that in the event that, by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or
priority of, or remedies with respect to, Administrative Agent's or any Secured
Party's Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as
enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the
term "Code" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in
such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating
to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of
definitions related to such provisions.
"Collateral" means the property covered by the Security
Agreement and any other property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, now
existing or hereafter acquired, that at any time is or becomes subject to a
security interest or Lien in favor of Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Secured Parties, to secure the Obligations.
"Collateral Agents" means each of GE Capital and FRFI,
together with their respective successors and assigns in such capacity.
"Collateral Reports" means the reports with respect to the
Collateral furnished or required to be furnished by Borrower pursuant to Annex
F.
"Collection Account" means that certain account of
Administrative Agent, account number 502-328-54 in the name of Administrative
Agent at DeutscheBank Trust Company Americas in New York, New York ABA No. 021
001 033, or such other account as may be specified in writing by Administrative
Agent as the "Collection Account."
"Commitment Letter" means that certain Joint Commitment Letter
dated as of January 13, 2003 by and among Borrower and the Commitment Letter
Parties, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Commitment Letter Parties" means each of GE Capital, GECC
Capital Markets Group, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Banc of America Securities
LLC, Fleet Retail Finance Inc. and Fleet Securities, Inc.
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"Commitment Termination Date" means the earliest of (a) the
Stated Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of Lenders' obligations to
make Advances and to incur Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to Section 8.2,
(c) the date of prepayment in full by Borrower of the Loans and the cancellation
and return (or stand-by guarantee) of all Letters of Credit or the cash
collateralization of all Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to Annex B, and
the permanent reduction of the Commitments to zero dollars ($0) and (d) the date
upon which all or substantially all of the assets of Kmart HQ and the Subsidiary
Credit Parties are sold, transferred, leased, conveyed or otherwise disposed of,
whether pursuant to a single transaction or a series of related transactions,
unless Administrative Agent and Lenders have previously consented thereto in
writing.
"Commitments" means (a) as to any Lender, the aggregate of
such Lender's Revolving Loan Commitment (including without duplication the Swing
Line Lender's Swing Line Commitment as a subset of its Revolving Loan
Commitment) and Synthetic Loan Commitment and (b) as to all Lenders, the
aggregate of all Lenders' Revolving Loan Commitments (including without
duplication the Swing Line Lender's Swing Line Commitment as a subset of its
Revolving Loan Commitment) and Synthetic Loan Commitments, which aggregate
commitment shall be Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000) on the Closing Date,
and as to each of clauses (a) and (b), as such Commitments may be reduced,
terminated or adjusted from time to time in accordance with the Agreement (other
than pursuant to paragraph (c)(i) of Annex B).
"Compliance Certificate" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex E.
"Concentration Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex C.
"Concentration Account Bank" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex C.
"Confirmation Order" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
2.1(c).
"Consultants" means (a) consultants engaged by Administrative
Agent to review Borrower's calculation of the Borrowing Base from time to time
or (b) financial consultants engaged by Administrative Agent to review any other
matter or matters relating to the condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, subject to, in the case of clause (b), the prior
consent of Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed).
"Continuing Directors" means the directors of Holdings who
take office on the Closing Date in accordance with Section 7.5 of the Plan of
Reorganization and each other director, if, in each case (a) commencing with the
Closing Date and ending on the second (2nd) anniversary thereof, such other
director's nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings is
recommended by (i) in the case of directors nominated by the Financial
Institutions Committee (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization), a majority of
the directors elected by the Financial Institutions Committee, (ii) in the case
of directors nominated by the Unsecured Creditor's Committee (as defined in the
Plan of Reorganization), a majority of the directors elected by the Unsecured
Creditor's Committee and (iii) in the case of directors nominated by the Plan
Investors (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization), a majority of the
directors elected
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by the Plan Investors and (b) after such second (2nd) anniversary, such other
director's nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings is
recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors.
"Control Agreement" means (a) those certain Deposit Account
Control Agreements by and among The Bank of New York and Bank of America, N.A.
and the Loan Proceeds Account Bank, Borrower and Administrative Agent and
covering each Concentration Account and the Loan Proceeds Account maintained at
any financial institution and (b) any other control account agreements entered
into by and among any Credit Party, Administrative Agent and any financial
institution from time in accordance with Annex C, in each case, substantially in
the form of Exhibit C-1.
"Copyright License" means, as to any Person, any and all
rights now owned or hereafter acquired under any written agreement granting such
Credit Party the right to use any copyright (other than "shrink-wrap" licenses
and licenses of Software embedded in goods acquired by such Credit Party).
"Copyrights" means all of the following now owned or hereafter
adopted or acquired by any Credit Party and which are reasonably necessary to
enable Administrative Agent and Lenders to exercise their rights and remedies
under the Credit Loan Documents with respect to the Collateral: (a) all
copyrights (whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all
registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office
or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory
thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and (b) all
reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.
"Corporate Domestic Person" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.5(e).
"Co-Syndication Agents" means each of BofA and FRFI and their
respective successors and permitted assigns.
"Credit Loan Documents" means the Agreement, the Security
Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties, the Control Agreements, the Investment
Account Control Agreements, the ESL Subordination Agreement, any Subordination
Agreements, the Master Standby Agreement, the Master Documentary Agreement, the
Escrow Agreement and all other agreements, instruments, documents and
certificates identified in the Closing Checklist executed and delivered by any
Credit Party to, or in favor of, Administrative Agent or any Lenders and
including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments,
contracts, notices and letter of credit agreements whether heretofore, now or
hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Credit Party, or any employee of any
Credit Party, and delivered to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or any Lender in
connection with the Agreement, the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Collateral
or the transactions contemplated thereby, but in any event excluding any
Ancillary Loan Document.
"Credit Parties" means Holdings, Kmart HQ, Kmart Services,
Borrower, and each of the other Subsidiary Credit Parties.
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"DC" means any distribution center owned or leased/rented and
operated by any Credit Party.
"Default" means any event that, with the passage of time or
notice or both, would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
"Default Rate" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.5(d).
"Depository Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex
C.
"Depository Bank" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C.
"Disclosure Schedules" means the Schedules prepared by
Borrower and denominated as Disclosure Schedules (1.4) through (6.8) in the
Index to the Agreement.
"Disclosure Statement" means the written disclosure statement
that relates to the Plan of Reorganization, as approved by the Bankruptcy Court
pursuant to section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3017, as
such disclosure statement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time prior to the Closing Date.
"Documents" means any "documents," as such term is defined in
the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located.
"Dollars" or "$" means lawful currency of the United States of
America.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, all as determined in
accordance with GAAP, the consolidated net income (or net loss) of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries for such period, plus (a) without duplication, the sum of (i)
depreciation and amortization expense, (ii) amortized debt discount for such
period, (iii) net total Federal, state and local income tax expense, (iv) gross
interest expense for such period less gross interest income for such period, (v)
extraordinary losses, (vi) any non-cash, non-recurring charge which has been
deducted in the calculation of net income, (vii) non-cash restructuring charges
which have been deducted in the calculation of net income, (viii) charges
related to the Chapter 11 Cases in an amount not to exceed $550,000,000, (ix)
UNICAP expense, (x) provision for LIFO adjustment for inventory valuation, (xi)
charges arising from the grant of Stock or options to management and (xii) any
aggregate net loss during such period arising from the sale, exchange or other
disposition of capital assets by such Person (including any fixed assets,
whether tangible or intangible, all Inventory sold in conjunction with the
disposition of fixed assets and all securities) less (b) without duplication,
the sum of (i) extraordinary gains, (ii) any aggregate net gain during such
period arising from the sale, exchange or other disposition of capital assets by
such Person (including any fixed assets, whether tangible or intangible, all
Inventory sold in conjunction with the disposition of fixed assets and all
securities) and (iii) any other non-cash gains that have been added in
determining the calculation of consolidated net income of such Person for such
period. For purposes of this definition, the following items shall be excluded
in determining consolidated net income of a Person: (A) the income (or deficit)
of any Acquired Entity accrued prior to the date it became a subsidiary of, or
was merged or consolidated into, such Person or any of such Person's
Subsidiaries and (B) the income (or deficit) of any Acquired Entity (other than
a Subsidiary) in
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which such Person has an ownership interest, except to the extent any such
income has actually been received by such Person in the form of cash dividends
or distributions.
"EBITDA Release Date" means, with respect to any Fiscal Month
occurring during or after the applicable EBITDA Trigger Date, the date upon
which Borrower delivers to Administrative Agent a certificate, executed by a
Financial Officer of Borrower, demonstrating (with sufficient supporting details
and calculations) that: (a) Holdings and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with
the EBITDA covenant set forth in clause (b) of Annex G with respect to such
Fiscal Month, (b) Borrower has maintained an average Excess Availability in
excess of the Applicable Trigger for five (5) consecutive Business Days after
the EBITDA Trigger Date and thereafter continued to maintain daily Excess
Availability in excess of the Applicable Trigger through the date of such
certificate, and (c) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing on such date.
"EBITDA Trigger Date" means, as at any date of determination,
the date upon which Excess Availability as at such date of determination is or
was less than the Applicable Trigger for the period covered by such date.
"Effective Date" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Plan of
Reorganization.
"Eligible Inventory" has the meaning ascribed to it in the
definition of Eligible Inventory Amount.
"Eligible Inventory Amount" means, without duplication, the
Gross Inventory Value of Inventory held for sale to third party customers of the
Approved Credit Parties at the time of such determination that is not ineligible
for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of
clauses (a) through (p) below (such non-excluded Inventory, "Eligible
Inventory"). Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as "Eligible Inventory"
no Person other than an Approved Credit Party shall have any direct or indirect
ownership, interest or title to such Inventory and no Person other than the
particular Approved Credit Party shall be indicated on any purchase order or
invoice with respect to such Inventory as having or purported to have an
interest therein. Unless otherwise from time to time approved in accordance with
Annex K, no Inventory shall be deemed included in the Eligible Inventory Amount
if, without duplication:
(a) it is not owned by an Approved Credit Party free and
clear of all Liens and rights of any other Person (including the rights of a
purchaser that has made progress payments and the rights of a surety that has
issued a bond to assure Borrower's performance with respect to that Inventory),
except for Liens of the type set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (e) or (l) of
the definition of Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) it (i) is not located on premises owned, leased or
rented by an Approved Credit Party (except for Inventory in transit between such
locations), unless Administrative Agent has given its prior consent thereto,
(ii) is stored with a bailee or warehouseman unless an acknowledged bailee
letter in substantially the form of Exhibit F-2 (or otherwise in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent) has been received by
Administrative Agent and Reserves reasonably satisfactory to Administrative
Agent have been established with respect thereto, (iii) is located at an owned
location subject to a mortgage in favor of a lender
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other than Administrative Agent, unless a reasonably satisfactory mortgagee
waiver has been delivered to Administrative Agent or (iv) is located at a closed
Store (except pursuant to clause (f)) or is located at a closed DC;
(c) it is in transit from a vendor, and (i) has not yet
been received into a DC or Store and (ii) does not constitute L/C Inventory;
(d) it is consigned from a vendor or is at a customer
location but still accounted for in the Approved Credit Party's inventory
balance;
(e) it is identified as accrued Inventory without a
receiver in the applicable Approved Credit Party's stockledger;
(f) it is Inventory located at a Store which is being
closed; provided, however that such Inventory will be deemed eligible for the
first four (4) weeks after the commencement of the Store Closure Sale for that
Store;
(g) it is identified in the stockledger of the applicable
Approved Credit Party as any of the following departments or consists of
Inventory which is ordinarily classified by the applicable Approved Credit Party
consistent with its historical practices as the following: bakery; dairy; deli;
digital imaging, photofinishing and one hour lab; floral; gasoline; home
fragrances and party supplies; live plants; meat; miscellaneous or other as
classified on the applicable Approved Credit Party's stockledger; produce;
books; magazines; restaurant operations; or seafood;
(h) it is Inventory that is packed-away and stored at a
DC or a Store for future sale;
(i) from and after the delivery by Borrower of the first
Borrowing Base Certificate after a specified holiday or event has occurred, it
is Inventory (other than seasonal apparel) identified as seasonal per the
applicable Approved Credit Party's stockledger for sale for such specific
holiday or event;
(j) from and after any date that is more than four (4)
weeks past a specified selling season, it is Inventory that is seasonal apparel
and that the applicable Approved Credit Party has identified, in accordance in
all material respects with the applicable Approved Credit Party's current or
historical accounting practices, as related to such specific selling season;
(k) it is identified per the applicable Approved Credit
Party's stockledger as candy; and the Inventory Value thereof is greater than
two percent (2%) of Gross Inventory Value (but only to the extent of such
excess);
(l) it is identified per the applicable Approved Credit
Party's stockledger as Inventory on layaway, or a third party has placed a
deposit on the specific Inventory;
(m) it is identified by the applicable Approved Credit
Party as Inventory in a vending machine based on its reasonable estimate of the
Inventory Value of such Inventory from time to time;
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(n) it is identified per the applicable Approved Credit
Party's stockledger as Inventory that is in a leased department;
(o) it is not subject to a first priority Lien in favor
of Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, subject to
Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business in favor of
(i) landlords to secure the payment of rent for Stores in an amount not to
exceed five percent (5%) of the monthly base rent due for the immediately
preceding calendar month then ended in respect of Stores, which amounts shall
not be more than thirty (30) days overdue unless contested in accordance with
Section 5.2(b) or as otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent, (ii) landlords to
secure the payment of rent for Stores in an amount in excess of five percent
(5%) of the monthly base rent due for the immediately preceding calendar month
then ended in respect of Stores, so long as such amounts are being contested,
unless otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section
5.2(b) and Reserves in respect of such excess amount have been established in
accordance with Annex K and (iii) carriers', warehousemen's or similar
possessory Liens securing liabilities not yet due and payable or which are being
contested, unless otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent, in accordance with
Section 5.2(b) and for which Reserves have been established in accordance with
Annex K.
(p) it consists of any costs associated with "freight-in"
charges relating to Inventory that is not located at a Store or DC.
"Eligible L/C Inventory Amount" means, without duplication,
the Gross L/C Inventory Value of all finished good Inventory owned by the
Approved Credit Parties which is (a) covered by documentary Letters of Credit,
(b) in transit to the Approved Credit Parties' facilities (such Inventory, the
"L/C Inventory") and (c) at the time of such determination, not ineligible for
inclusion in the Borrowing Base pursuant to clauses (d), (e), and (g) through
(n) or (p) of the definition of Eligible Inventory or any of clauses (i) through
(v) below (such non-excluded L/C Inventory, "Eligible L/C Inventory"). Unless
otherwise from time to time approved in accordance with Annex K, no L/C
Inventory shall be deemed included in the Eligible L/C Inventory Amount if,
without duplication, such L/C Inventory:
(i) is not owned by an Approved Credit Party;
(ii) is not fully insured in accordance with the
requirements of Section 5.4;
(iii) is not subject to a first priority, perfected Lien in
favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties
(except for any possessory Lien upon such Inventory in the possession of a
freight carrier or shipping company securing only the freight charges for the
transportation of such Inventory to such Approved Credit Party);
(iv) is evidenced or deliverable pursuant to Documents
that have not been delivered to Administrative Agent or an agent acting on its
behalf or designating Administrative Agent as consignee; or
(v) will be or has been in transit for more than thirty
(30) days.
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"Environmental Laws" means all applicable federal, state,
local and foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations and
other legal requirements, now or hereafter in effect, imposing liability or
standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of the
environment and natural resources (including ambient air, surface water,
groundwater, wetlands, land surface or subsurface strata, wildlife, aquatic
species and vegetation) and the protection of human health and safety with
respect to exposure to Hazardous Materials. Environmental Laws include the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(42 U.S.C. Sections 9601 et seq.) ("CERCLA"); the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 (49 U.S.C. Sections 5101 et seq.); the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sections 136 et
seq.); the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 6901 et seq.); the
Toxic Substance Control Act (15 U.S.C. Sections 2601 et seq.); the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 7401 et seq.); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. Sections 1251 et seq.); the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29
U.S.C. Sections 651 et seq.); and the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
Sections 300(f) et seq.), and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder,
and all analogous state, local and foreign counterparts or equivalents and any
transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes.
"Environmental Liabilities" means, with respect to any Person,
all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, response, remedial and removal
costs, investigation and feasibility study costs, capital costs, operation and
maintenance costs, losses, damages, punitive damages, property damages, natural
resource damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses
(including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts
and consultants), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest incurred as a result
of or related to any claim, suit, action, investigation, proceeding or demand by
any Person relating to the protection of human health, the environment or
natural resources, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty,
strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law, including any arising
under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits, or in
connection with any Release or presence of a Hazardous Material whether on, at,
in, under, from or about or in the vicinity of any real or personal property.
"Environmental Permits" means all permits, licenses,
authorizations, certificates, approvals or registrations required by any
Governmental Authority under any Environmental Laws.
"Equipment" means all "equipment," as such term is defined in
the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
"ERISA Affiliate" means, with respect to any Credit Party, any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such Credit
Party, are treated as a single employer within the meaning of Sections 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o) of the IRC.
"ERISA Event" means, with respect to any Credit Party or any
ERISA Affiliate, (a) any event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with
respect to a Title IV Plan for which the 30-day notice period has not been
waived, (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or ERISA
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Affiliate from a Title IV 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, (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA
Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan with respect to which such Credit Party's
or ERISA Affiliate's liability has not been satisfied, (d) the filing of a
notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan or the treatment of a plan
amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, (e) the institution of
proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC, (f)
the failure by any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make when due required
contributions to a Multiemployer Plan or Title IV Plan unless such failure is
cured within thirty (30) days, (g) any other event or condition that would
reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan
or Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of liability under Section 4069 or
4212(c) of ERISA, (h) the loss of a Qualified Plan's qualification or tax exempt
status, (i) the termination of a Plan described in Section 4064 of ERISA with
respect to which such Credit Party's or ERISA Affiliate's liability has not been
satisfied, (j) any event for which a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred or is likely to incur a liability under the provisions of Section 4063,
4064 or 4201 of ERISA or (k) any event or transaction in connection with which
any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate could be subject to either a civil
penalty assessed pursuant to the provisions of Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax
imposed under the provisions of Section 4975 of the IRC.
"Escrow Agreement" means that certain Escrow Agreement dated
as of the Closing Date by and among Borrower, Administrative Agent and Bankers
Trust Company.
"ESL" means ESL Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"ESL Note" means the certain promissory notes held by certain
Affiliates of ESL, in each case in form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
"ESL Note Documentation" means the ESL Notes, the ESL Note
Guarantee , ESL Subordination Agreement, and including all schedules, exhibits,
amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other material
documents delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith.
"ESL Note Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement dated as of
the Closing Date, between Borrower and CRK Partners, L.P. in respect of the ESL
Notes.
"ESL Subordination Agreement" means that certain Subordination
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and among CRK Partners, L.P., certain
Affiliates of ESL, Holdings, Borrower and Administrative Agent.
"ESOP" means a Plan that is intended to satisfy the
requirements of Section 4975(e)(7) of the IRC.
"Event of Default" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
8.1.
"Excess Availability" means, as of any date of determination,
an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the Maximum Amount and (ii) the
Borrowing Base minus (b) the sum of
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then-outstanding amount (without duplication) of (i) Revolving Advances, (ii)
Swing Line Advances and (iii) Letter of Credit Obligations.
"Excess Cash Flow" means, without duplication, with respect to
any Fiscal Year of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, EBITDA minus (a) Capital
Expenditures during such Fiscal Year (excluding the financed portion thereof),
minus (b) Interest Expense paid (excluding any original issue discount, interest
paid in kind or amortized debt discount, to the extent included in determining
Interest Expense) and scheduled principal payments paid or payable in respect of
Funded Debt, minus (c) taxes paid for in cash.
"Excluded Account" means a Deposit Account or Securities
Account as to which Borrower has presented evidence reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents that no proceeds of Collateral
were deposited therein or credited thereto and Administrative Agent has
acknowledged same in writing.
"Existing Letters of Credit" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex B.
"Existing Depository Account" has the meaning ascribed to it
in Annex C.
"Existing Depository Bank" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex C.
"Fair Labor Standards Act" means the Fair Labor Standards Act,
29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, a floating rate equal
to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions
among members of the Federal Reserve System, as determined by Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final, binding and
conclusive (absent manifest error).
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
"Fee Letter" means that certain letter, dated as of January
13, 2003, between the Commitment Letter Parties and Borrower with respect to
certain Fees to be paid from time to time by Borrower to GE Capital, FRFI and
BofA.
"Fees" means any and all fees payable to Administrative Agent
or any Lender pursuant to the Agreement, the Fee Letter or any of the other Loan
Documents.
"Financial Covenants" means the financial covenants set forth
in Annex G.
"Financial Officer" means, individually, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Controller or the Treasurer of Borrower.
"Financial Statements" means the consolidated income
statements, statements of cash flows and balance sheets of Borrower delivered in
accordance with Section 3.4(a) and paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of Annex E.
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"Fiscal Month" means any of the monthly accounting periods of
Borrower.
"Fiscal Quarter" means any of the quarterly accounting periods
of Borrower, ending on or about April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31 of
each year.
"Fiscal Year" means any of the annual accounting periods of
Borrower ending on or about January 31 of each year.
"Fixtures" means all "fixtures" as such term is defined in the
Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party.
"Fleming Contract" means that certain supply agreement between
the Fleming Companies, Inc. ("Fleming") and Borrower, pursuant to which Fleming
provided food, consumables, and core pantry products for Borrower and certain of
its Subsidiaries, which contract was rejected in the Chapter 11 Cases in
February 2003.
"Foreign Lender" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.15(e).
"FRFI" means Fleet Retail Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Funded Debt" means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication, all Indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures, or similar evidences of Indebtedness and that by its terms matures
more than one (1) year from, or is directly or indirectly renewable or
extendible at such Person's option under a revolving credit or similar agreement
obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of more than one
year from the date of creation thereof, and specifically including Capital Lease
Obligations, current maturities of long-term debt, revolving credit and
short-term debt extendible beyond one (1) year at the option of the debtor, and
also including, in the case of Borrower, the Loans and, without duplication,
payments actually made in respect of Guaranteed Indebtedness consisting of
guaranties of Funded Debt of Persons other than Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America, consistently applied, as such term is further defined
in Annex G.
"GE Capital" means General Electric Capital Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.
"General Intangibles" means all "general intangibles," as such
term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit
Party, including all right, title and interest that such Credit Party may now or
hereafter have in or under any Contract, all payment intangibles, customer
lists, interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other business licenses,
permits, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential information, inventions
(whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures,
designs, knowledge, know-how, Software, data bases, data, skill, expertise,
experience, processes, models, drawings, materials and records, goodwill, all
rights and claims in or under insurance policies (including insurance for fire,
damage, loss and casualty, whether covering personal property, real property,
tangible rights or intangible rights, all liability, life, key man and business
interruption insurance, and all unearned premiums), choses in action, rights to
receive tax refunds and other payments, rights to
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receive dividends, distributions, cash, Instruments and other property in
respect of or in exchange for pledged Stock and Investment Property, rights of
indemnification, all books and records, correspondence, credit files, invoices
and other papers, including without limitation all tapes, cards, computer runs
and other papers and documents in the possession or under the control of such
Credit Party or any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting
for such Credit Party.
"Going Concern Sale" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
6.8(i).
"Goods" means all "goods" as defined in the Code, now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any
state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
"Granting Lender" has the meaning ascribed to in Section
9.1(g).
"Gross Available Inventory Amount" means an amount equal to
(a) the Adjusted Eligible Inventory Amount multiplied by (b) the advance rate of
sixty-five percent (65%), as such advance rate may be modified from time to time
in accordance with Section 1.7.
"Gross Available L/C Inventory Amount" means an amount equal
to (a) Eligible L/C Inventory Amount multiplied by (b) the advance rate of fifty
percent (50%), as such advance rate may be modified from time to time in
accordance with Section 1.7.
"Gross Inventory Value" means, at the end of any period for
calculation of the Borrowing Base, the Inventory Value of Inventory (other than
L/C Inventory) for Stores and DCs per the Approved Credit Parties' stockledger.
"Gross L/C Inventory Value" means, at the end of any period
for calculation of the Borrowing Base, the Inventory Value of L/C Inventory for
Stores and DCs per the Approved Credit Parties' stockledger as in-transit
inventory.
"Guaranteed Indebtedness" means, as to any Person, any
obligation of such Person guaranteeing or otherwise supporting any Indebtedness,
lease, dividend, or other obligation ("primary obligation") of any other Person
(the "primary obligor") in any manner, including any obligation or arrangement
of such Person to (a) purchase or repurchase any such primary obligation, (b)
advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary
obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary
obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet
condition of the primary obligor, (c) purchase property, securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation
of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation, (d) protect the beneficiary of such primary obligation from loss
(other than product warranties given in the ordinary course of business) or (e)
indemnify the owner of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
The amount of any Guaranteed Indebtedness at any time shall be deemed to be an
amount equal to the lesser at such time of (A) the stated or determinable amount
of the primary obligation in respect of which such
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Guaranteed Indebtedness is incurred and (B) the maximum amount for which such
Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such
Guaranteed Indebtedness, or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability (assuming full performance) in respect thereof
as determined by such Person in good faith.
"Guaranties" means, collectively, the Affiliate Guaranty, the
Subsidiary Guaranty and any other guaranty executed by any Subsidiary of
Holdings (other than Borrower) in favor of Administrative Agent, on its behalf
and on behalf of the Secured Parties, in respect of the Obligations, but
notwithstanding anything in such a guaranty to the contrary, no entity that is a
controlled foreign corporation under Section 956 of the IRC shall guaranty or
support any Obligation under the Loan Documents.
"Hazardous Material" means any substance, material or waste
that is regulated by, or forms the basis of liability now or hereafter under,
any Environmental Laws, including any material or substance that is (a) defined
as a "solid waste," "hazardous waste," "hazardous material," "hazardous
substance," "extremely hazardous waste," "restricted hazardous waste,"
"pollutant," "contaminant," "hazardous constituent," "special waste," "toxic
substance" or other similar term or phrase under any Environmental Laws, or (b)
petroleum or any fraction or by-product thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCB's), or any radioactive substance.
"Hedging Obligations" means all obligations of any Person
under any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, interest rate
swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed
to alter the risks of that Person arising from fluctuations in currency values
or interest rates, in each case whether contingent or matured.
"Holdings" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals to
the Agreement.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the
purchase price of property payment for which is deferred six (6) months or more,
but excluding obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of
business that are unsecured and not overdue by more than six (6) months unless
being contested in good faith, (b) all reimbursement and other obligations with
respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances and surety, appeal and
performance bonds, whether or not matured, (c) all obligations evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or
arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies
of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited
to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations and
the present value of future rental payments under all synthetic leases, (f) all
obligations of such Person under commodity purchase or option agreements or
other commodity price hedging arrangements, in each case whether contingent or
matured, (g) all Hedging Obligations, (h) all preferred Stock of such Person
which is mandatorily redeemable prior to the first anniversary after the Stated
Maturity Date (i) all Indebtedness referred to above (or Guaranteed
Indebtedness) secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness or
Guaranteed Indebtedness (or Guaranteed Indebtedness) has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property or other
assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even
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though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such
Indebtedness (or Guaranteed Indebtedness) and (j) the Loans and Letters of
Credit.
"Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.13(a).
"Indemnified Person" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.13(a).
"Index Rate" means, for any day, a floating rate equal to the
higher of (a) the rate per annum publicly quoted from time to time by The Wall
Street Journal as the "prime rate" (or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases
quoting a prime rate, the highest per annum rate of interest published by the
Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve statistical release H.15 (519) entitled
"Selected Interest Rates" as the bank prime loan rate or its equivalent) and (b)
the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis points per annum. Each change in any
interest rate provided for in the Agreement based upon the Index Rate shall take
effect at the time of such change in the Index Rate.
"Index Rate Loan" means a Loan or portion thereof bearing
interest by reference to the Index Rate.
"Initial Failure" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex K.
"Initial Period" has the meaning ascribed to in Annex G.
"Instruments" means all "instruments," as such term is defined
in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever
located, and, in any event, including all certificates of deposit (to the extent
the same constitute "instruments" under the Code), and all promissory notes and
other evidences of indebtedness, other than instruments that constitute, or are
a part of a group of writings that constitute, Chattel Paper.
"Intellectual Property" means any and all Patents, Copyrights,
Trademarks and all Licenses.
"Interest Expense" means, with respect to Holdings for any
fiscal period, consolidated interest expense (whether cash or non-cash) of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP for the
relevant period ended on such date, including interest expense with respect to
any Funded Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and interest expense for the
relevant period that has been capitalized on the balance sheet of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries.
"Interest Payment Date" means (a) as to any Index Rate Loan,
the first Business Day of each month to occur while such Loan is outstanding,
and (b) as to any LIBOR Loan, the last day of the applicable LIBOR Period;
provided that in the case of any LIBOR Period greater than three (3) months in
duration, interest shall be payable at (3) three month intervals and on the last
day of such LIBOR Period; and provided further that, in addition to the
foregoing, each of (i) the date upon which all of the Commitments have been
terminated and the Loans have been paid in full and (ii) the Commitment
Termination Date shall be deemed to be an "Interest Payment Date" with respect
to any interest that has then accrued under the Agreement.
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"Inventory" means all "inventory," as such term is defined in
the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located,
and in any event including inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal
property that are held by or on behalf of any Credit Party for sale or are
furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, or that constitute
work in process, finished goods, returned goods, supplies or materials of any
kind, nature or description used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such
Credit Party's business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion,
delivery or shipping of the same, including all supplies and embedded software.
"Inventory Reserves" shall mean the following:
(a) a Reserve for shrink, or discrepancies that arise
between Inventory quantities on hand per the Approved Credit Parties' financial
book inventory balance, and physical counts of the Inventory which will be equal
to the greater of (i) the weighted average of the shrink results from the past
three year's physical inventories calculated consistent with past practice
expressed as a percent of sales, multiplied by sales for the relevant
year-to-date period and adjusted for the cost complement for the relevant
year-to-date period; but only to the extent such amount exceeds reserves already
netted out of the Gross Inventory Value per the stockledger or (ii) an amount
established by Administrative Agent in accordance with Annex K (such Reserve for
shrink to be recalculated by the tenth (10th) day after each month end and
reflected on each Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower after such
date until the amount of such Reserve is recalculated pursuant hereto); and
(b) a Reserve for intracompany profit, equal to the most
recent three (3) fiscal months of capitalized cost of the foreign buying offices
owned and operated by any Approved Credit Party, with the time frame subject to
change based on Inventory performance or otherwise in accordance with Annex K
(such Reserve for intercompany profit to be recalculated by the tenth (10th) day
after each month end and reflected on each Borrowing Base Certificate delivered
by Borrower after such date until the amount of such Reserve is recalculated
pursuant hereto); and
(c) a Reserve of Inventory returned to either the return
goods center ("RGC"), the vendor, given to charity, or otherwise considered
non-saleable, whether defective or non-defective. This Reserve is to be
calculated as the monthly average for the most recent rolling twelve (12) Fiscal
Month period of return (other than as a result of reclamations) activity to the
vendors, the RGC, given to charity, or otherwise considered non-saleable,
whether defective or non-defective, both from the Stores and DCs, and is subject
to change by Administrative Agent in accordance with Annex K (such Reserve to be
recalculated by the tenth (10th) day after each month-end and to be reflected on
each Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower after such date until the
amount of such Reserve is recalculated pursuant hereto).
"Inventory Value" shall mean, with respect to any Inventory of
the Approved Credit Parties, the value of such Inventory valued at cost on a
basis consistent with Borrower's current and historical accounting practice per
the stockledger (without giving effect to general ledger reserves for
discontinued inventory, markdowns, intercompany profit, rebates and discounts,
any cut off adjustments, revaluation adjustments, purchase price adjustments or
adjustments with respect to the capitalization of buying, occupancy,
distribution and other
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overhead costs reflected on the balance sheet of the Approved Credit Parties in
respect of Inventory). The value of the Inventory as set forth above will,
without duplication for any Inventory Reserves, be calculated net of the reserve
established by the Approved Credit Parties on a basis consistent with Borrower's
current and historical practice in respect of lost, misplaced or stolen
Inventory at such time.
"Investment" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.2.
"Investment Account" means a securities or other investment
account in which Marketable Securities are maintained from time-to-time and over
which Administrative Agent has a first priority perfected Lien pursuant to an
Investment Account Control Agreement.
"Investment Account Control Agreement" means any control
agreement entered into by or among any Credit Party, Administrative Agent and
any Securities Intermediary in respect of any Investment Account, substantially
in the form of Exhibit C-2 or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent.
"Investment Agreement" means that certain Investment
Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2003, and amended on February 21, 2003 among
ESL, Third Avenue and Borrower, as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
"Investment Property" means all "investment property" as such
term is defined in the Code now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party.
"IRC" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
all regulations promulgated thereunder.
"IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service.
"January Business Plan" means that certain five-year business
plan dated as of January 13, 2003 and delivered to GE Capital on January 10,
2003.
"Kmart Gift Card Liability Reserve" shall mean, at any fiscal
week end or Fiscal Month end, as the case may be, a Reserve equal to the total
value of all gift cards and cash cards outstanding (such Reserve to be reported
on the same basis as is required for the delivery of the Borrowing Base
Certificate).
"Kmart HQ" means Kmart Management Corporation, a Michigan
corporation.
"Kmart Services" means Kmart Services Corporation, an Ohio
corporation.
"L/C Issuer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex B.
"L/C Inventory" has the meaning ascribed to it in the
definition of Eligible L/C Inventory Amount.
"L/C Sublimit" has the meaning ascribed to in it Annex B.
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"Leasehold Subordination Arrangement" means the arrangement
set forth in Section 7.13 of the Plan of Reorganization pursuant to which each
Credit Party, each Person acquiring property under the Plan of Reorganization
and any creditor and/or Stockholder of any Credit Party (other than Lenders, the
L/C Issuer and the Plan Investors (as defined in the Vendor Intercreditor
Agreement)) are deemed to have contractually subordinated any present or future
claim, right or other interest such Person may have in and to any Proceeds
received from the disposition, release or liquidation of any real properties
leased by the Credit Parties to the Qualified Trade Credit Obligations (as
defined in the Vendor Intercreditor Agreement) on the terms and conditions set
forth in Section 7.13 of the Plan of Reorganization.
"Lenders" means GE Capital, the other Lenders named on the
signature pages of the Agreement, and, if any such Lender shall decide to assign
all or any portion of the Obligations, such term shall include any assignee of
such Lender executing and delivering an Assignment Agreement, in each case, only
for so long as such Lender has outstanding Obligations.
"Letter of Credit Fee" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex
B.
"Letter of Credit Obligations" means all outstanding
obligations incurred by Administrative Agent and Lenders at the request of
Borrower, whether direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, due or not due,
in connection with the issuance of Letters of Credit by Administrative Agent or
another L/C Issuer or the purchase of a participation as set forth in Annex B
with respect to any Letter of Credit. The amount of such Letter of Credit
Obligations with respect to any Letter of Credit at any time shall equal the
maximum amount that may be payable at such time or thereafter by Administrative
Agent or Lenders thereupon or pursuant thereto.
"Letters of Credit" means documentary or standby letters of
credit issued at the request of Borrower for the account of Borrower and the
other Credit Parties by any L/C Issuer, and bankers' acceptances issued by
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, for which Administrative Agent and Lenders
have incurred Letter of Credit Obligations. Subject to Section 1.3, Letters of
Credit shall be either (x) Synthetic Loan Letters of Credit to the extent of the
first $200,000,000 of Letter of Credit Obligations in the aggregate and (y)
Revolving Loan Letters of Credit to the extent of the Letter of Credit
Obligations in excess of such Synthetic Loan Letters of Credit.
"Letter of Direction" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex
C.
"LIBOR Business Day" means a Business Day on which banks in
London, England are generally open for interbank or foreign exchange
transactions.
"LIBOR Loan" means a Loan or any portion thereof bearing
interest by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
"LIBOR Period" means, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each
period commencing on a LIBOR Business Day selected by Borrower pursuant to the
Agreement and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by
Borrower's irrevocable notice to
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Administrative Agent as set forth in Section 1.5(e); provided, that the
foregoing provision relating to LIBOR Periods is subject to the following:
(a) if any LIBOR Period would otherwise end on a day that
is not a LIBOR Business Day, such LIBOR Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to
carry such LIBOR Period into another calendar month in which event such LIBOR
Period shall end on the immediately preceding LIBOR Business Day;
(b) any LIBOR Period that would otherwise extend beyond
the Commitment Termination Date shall end two (2) LIBOR Business Days prior to
such date;
(c) any LIBOR Period that begins on the last LIBOR
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 LIBOR Period) shall
end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month; and
(d) Borrower shall select LIBOR Periods so that there
shall be no more than fifteen (15) separate LIBOR Loans in existence at any one
time.
"LIBOR Rate" means for each LIBOR Period, a rate of interest
determined by Administrative Agent equal to:
(a) the offered rate for deposits in United States
Dollars for the applicable LIBOR Period that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of
11:00 a.m. (London time), on the second full LIBOR Business Day next preceding
the first day of such LIBOR Period (unless such date is not a Business Day, in
which event the next succeeding Business Day will be used); divided by
(b) a number equal to 1.0 minus the aggregate (but
without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve
requirements in effect on the day that is two (2) LIBOR Business Days prior to
the beginning of such LIBOR Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and
emergency reserves under any regulations of the Federal Reserve Board or other
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto, as now and from
time to time in effect) for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
"Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board) that
are required to be maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
If such interest rates shall cease to be available from
Telerate News Service, the LIBOR Rate shall be determined from such financial
reporting service or other information as shall be mutually acceptable to
Administrative Agent and Borrower.
"License" means any Copyright License, Patent License or
Trademark License.
"Lien" means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, security interest,
easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease
or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing
statement
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authorized by the debtor thereof perfecting a security interest under the Code
or comparable law of any jurisdiction or the giving of any authorization in
respect thereof).
"Liquidity" means, for any Fiscal Month, that the sum of
Excess Availability and Cash on Hand on the last day of such Fiscal Month as
reflected in an Acquisition Business Plan is equal to or greater than eighty
percent (80%) of the sum of Excess Availability and Cash on Hand as reflected in
the Business Plan on such day.
"Liquidity Threshold" means, on any date of determination, the
sum of Excess Availability on such date plus Cash on Hand (exclusive of Store
Cash) on such date.
"Litigation" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.13.
"Loan Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.12.
"Loan Documents" means a collective reference to each
Ancillary Loan Document and each Credit Loan Document. Any reference in the
Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all
appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements,
supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to the Agreement or
such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such
reference becomes operative.
"Loan Proceeds Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex C.
"Loan Proceeds Account Bank" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex C.
"Loans" means the Revolving Loan, the Swing Line Loan and the
Synthetic Loan.
"LTM EBITDA" means, with respect to any date of determination,
(a) for the first twelve (12) months occurring after the Closing Date, EBITDA
for the Fiscal Month or Fiscal Months then ended since the Closing Date, and (b)
thereafter, EBITDA for the period of twelve (12) Fiscal Months then ended.
"Majority Lenders" means Lenders having (a) Revolving
Commitments and Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits representing in the
aggregate more than 50% of the Commitments or (b) if the Revolving Commitments
have terminated, Revolving Credit Advances, Revolving Loan Letter of Credit
Obligations and Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit Obligations representing in the
aggregate more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of such Revolving
Credit Advances, Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations and Synthetic Loan
Letter of Credit Obligations.
"Majority Revolving Lenders" means Lenders having (a)
Revolving Commitments representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent
(50%) of the Revolving Commitments or (b) if the Revolving Commitments have
terminated, Revolving Credit Advances and Revolving Loan Letter of Credit
Obligations representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Credit Advances,
Swingline Advances and Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations.
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"Margin Stock" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.10.
"Market Value" means, as of any date of determination, (a)
with respect to any common Stock of Holdings, the fair market value of such
Stock on a mark-to-market basis for such date and (b) with respect to any
preferred Stock of Holdings, the liquidation preference of such Stock for such
date.
"Marketable Instruments" means (i) bonds issued by a
corporation and freely traded on a national securities exchange, (ii) securities
traded on the New York Stock Exchange, AMEX, or the NASDAQ Market System and
(iii) claims in the nature of Indebtedness against any Person with assets in
excess of $350,000,000.
"Marketable Securities" means (i) bonds issued by a
corporation with a rating of Aa2 Moody's or AA by S&P, which are unrestricted
and freely traded on a national securities exchange and (ii) securities of
Qualified Persons traded on the New York Stock Exchange, AMEX, or the NASDAQ
Market System which are not subject to any transfer restrictions.
"Martha Stewart Reserve" means, as of any date of
determination, a reserve equal to the current accrued and unpaid royalty in
excess of $25,000,000 earned for Martha Stewart merchandise sold as reflected on
the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate.
"Master Documentary Agreement" means the Master Agreement for
Documentary Letters of Credit dated as of the Closing Date between Borrower, as
applicant, and GE Capital, as issuer.
"Master Standby Agreement" means the Master Agreement for
Standby Letters of Credit dated as of the Closing Date between Borrower, as
applicant, and GE Capital, as issuer.
"Material Adverse Effect" means any event, circumstance or
condition which, individually or in the aggregate, has or could reasonably be
expected to have, as the case may be, a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, operations, prospects or financial or other condition of the Credit
Parties, taken as a whole, (b) the Credit Parties' ability, taken as a whole, to
pay any of the Loans or otherwise perform any of the other Obligations under and
in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and the other Credit Loan
Documents, (c) the Collateral or Administrative Agent's Liens, on behalf of
itself and the Secured Parties, on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens
or (d) Administrative Agent's or any Lender's rights and remedies under the
Agreement and the other Credit Loan Documents.
"Maximum Amount" means, as of any date of determination, an
amount equal to the Commitment of all Lenders as of that date.
"Maximum Available Amount" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex B.
"Maximum Lawful Rate" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.5(f).
"Moody's" means Moody's Investor Service, Inc.
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"Multiemployer Plan" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, and to which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate
is making, is obligated to make or has made or been obligated to make,
contributions on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them.
"Net Available Inventory Amount" means an amount equal to (a)
the Gross Available Inventory Amount less (b) the sum of the Secondary Reserves.
"Net Available L/C Inventory Amount" means an amount equal to
(a) the Gross Available L/C Inventory Amount less (b) the sum of any Reserves
designated in accordance with Annex K to be included as a Reserve pursuant to
this definition.
"Net Insurance Proceeds" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 5.4(e).
"New Depository Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex C.
"New Depository Bank" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex
C.
"Non-Consenting Lender" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 11.2(d)(i).
"Non-Corporate Domestic Lender" shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in Section 1.15(e).
"Non-Corporate Domestic Person" shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in Section 1.15(e).
"Non-Funding Lender" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
9.9(a)(ii).
"Non-GOB Inventory" means Inventory of the Approved Credit
Parties which is not located at a Store that is the subject of a Store Closure
Sale.
"Notes" means, collectively, the Revolving Notes and the Swing
Line Note.
"Notice of Conversion/Continuation" has the meaning ascribed
to it in Section 1.5(e).
"Notice of Revolving Credit Advance" has the meaning ascribed
to it in Section 1.1(a).
"Obligations" means (a) all loans, advances, debts,
liabilities and obligations, for the performance of covenants, tasks or duties
or for payment of monetary amounts (whether or not such performance is then
required or contingent, or such amounts are liquidated or determinable) owing by
any Credit Party to Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender (or in
the case of Specified Hedge Agreements or Bank Product Agreements, any Affiliate
of any Lender), and all covenants and duties regarding such amounts, of any kind
or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note, agreement,
letter of credit agreement or other instrument, in each case, arising under the
Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, (b) the Pari Passu Cash Management
Obligations and (c) solely to the extent there is sufficient
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Collateral following satisfaction of the loans, advances, debts, liabilities and
obligations set forth in clauses (a) and (b), the Subordinated Cash Management
Obligations owing by any Subsidiary of Holdings to the Cash Management Banks.
This term includes all principal, interest (including all interest that accrues
after the commencement of any case or proceeding by or against any Credit Party
in bankruptcy, whether or not allowed in such case or proceeding), Fees,
obligations under the Ancillary Loan Documents, expenses, attorneys' fees and
any other sum chargeable to any Credit Party under the Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents.
"Other Lender" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
9.9(d).
"Other Taxes" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.15(b).
"Overadvance" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.1(a)(iii).
"Overage" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.3(b).
"PACA" means the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of
1930, as amended, 7 U.S.C. Sections 499a et. seq.
"Pari Passu Cash Management Obligations" means, at any time of
determination, the first $25,000,000 of Cash Management Obligations owing to The
Bank of New York.
"PASA" means the Packers and Stockyard Act of 1921, as
amended, 7 U.S.C. Sections 181 et seq.
"Patent License" means, as to any Person, rights under any
written agreement now or hereafter acquired granting any Credit Party the right
with respect to any invention on which a patent is in existence.
"Patents" means all of the following whether now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Credit Party and which are reasonably necessary to
enable Administrative Agent and Lenders to exercise their rights and remedies
under the Credit Loan Documents with respect to the Collateral: (a) all letters
patent of the United States or any other country, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States
or of any other country, including registrations, recordings and applications in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency
of the United States, any State or any other country and (b) all reissues,
continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
"Pension Plan" means a Plan described in Section 3(2) of
ERISA.
"Permitted Acquisitions" means any Acquisition for which each
of the following conditions has been satisfied: (i) the assets, business or
division acquired are for use, or the Person acquired is engaged, in the
businesses engaged in by Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date (or
businesses reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto), (ii) in the
case of the Acquisition of any Person, the Board of Directors of such Person (or
similar governing body) and, if required, the stockholders (or similar equity
owners) of such Person has
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approved such Acquisition, (iii) after giving effect to such Acquisition,
Borrower and its Subsidiaries are (and will be) in pro forma compliance with the
covenants set forth on Annex G as of the date of such Acquisition as reflected
in a Compliance Certificate delivered to Administrative Agent at least ten (10)
Business Days prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, (iv) immediately
prior, and after giving effect, to such Acquisition Borrower and its
Subsidiaries shall be Solvent on a consolidated basis, (v) Borrower shall have
provided Administrative Agent with such documentation reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent in connection with such Acquisition (including, without
limitation, any acquisition documents, opinions of counsel, corporate
documentation, etc.) at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the consummation
of such Acquisition, (vi) no Indebtedness may be assumed in connection with such
Acquisition unless it is Acquisition Indebtedness, (vii) no Liens (other than
Permitted Encumbrances under clauses (b), (c), (e), (f), (i) and (j) of the
definition thereof) may exist on any Inventory acquired in connection with such
Acquisition, (viii) Borrower takes such actions as may be required or reasonably
requested to ensure that all action required to be taken by Section 5.10(b) has
been taken and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has
a perfected, first priority security interest in any assets required to be
secured pursuant to Section 5.10(b) or any other Credit Loan Document and (ix)
Borrower shall have delivered a revised Business Plan (together with the
Compliance Certificate required pursuant to clause (iii) above), in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication
Agents, giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition (each, an "Acquisition
Business Plan"), and demonstrating that for each of the first six (6) Fiscal
Months following the consummation of such Acquisition Borrower and its
Subsidiaries will have Liquidity.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means the following Liens: (a) Liens
for taxes or assessments or other governmental Charges not yet due and payable,
that are priority tax claims pursuant to section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code and
that are to be treated pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, as implemented by
the Confirmation Order, (b) carriers', warehousemen's, or other similar
possessory Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business
and securing liabilities not yet due and payable or which are being contested in
good faith in accordance with Section 5.2(b) and for which Reserves have been
established in accordance with Annex K if deemed necessary by Administrative
Agent, (c) landlords' Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing
(i) rents not yet due and payable, (ii) rent for Stores in an amount not to
exceed five percent (5%) of the monthly base rent due for the immediately
preceding calendar month then ended in respect of Stores, which amounts shall
not be more than thirty (30) days overdue unless contested in accordance with
Section 5.2(b) or as otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent and (iii) rents
for Stores in excess of the amount set forth in the preceding clause (ii) so
long as such amounts are being contested in accordance with Section 5.2(b) and
for which Reserves have been established in accordance with Annex K, (d) any
attachment or judgment lien not constituting an Event of Default under Section
8.1(k), (e) presently existing or hereafter created Liens in favor of
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, (f) Liens and rights of
set-off in favor of any cash management institutions in respect of overdrafts
and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management
services or in connection with any automated clearing house transfers of funds
permitted by Section 6.3(a)(vi), (g) consignments and claims under PACA and
PASA, (h) claims in favor of the appropriate Governmental Authorities on the
proceeds from sales or services relating to hunting and fishing licenses and/or
the sale of lottery tickets, (i) claims in favor of Western Union in respect of
proceeds from sales or services with respect to money transfers
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through Western Union, (j) Liens encumbering assets of any Acquired Entity
acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition so long as such Liens
existed at the time of such Permitted Acquisition and were not created in
contemplation thereof; provided that if any Lien described in this clause (j)
secures Acquisition Indebtedness, such Lien may exist only on the property or
assets of a Restricted Entity, (k) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable and
(l) Liens for Taxes that relate to a tax period (or portion thereof) ending on
or before the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases that are not priority tax
claims pursuant to Section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code and are addressed in the
Plan of Reorganization and which are not past due on any scheduled payment in
respect thereof.
"Permitted Liens" means each Permitted Encumbrance together
with the following other Liens: (a) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, or
other restrictions on the use of any Real Estate or other minor irregularities
in title (including leasehold title) thereto, so long as the same do not
materially and adversely impair the use or value of such Real Estate, (b) Liens
incurred or deposits (including, without limitation, surety bonds and appeal
bonds) in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and
other types of social security benefits or to secure the performance of tenders,
bids, leases, contracts, statutory obligations and other similar obligations or
arising as a result of progress payments under government contracts, (c) Liens
on Real Estate securing Qualified Trade Credit Obligations (as defined in the
Vendor Intercreditor Agreement), (d) Liens existing as of the Closing Date and
listed on Schedule 6.7, (e) Liens securing purchase money Indebtedness and
Capitalized Lease Obligations to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted to be
incurred pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(i), (f) materialmen's and mechanics' Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business and securing liabilities not yet due
and payable or which are being contested in good faith in compliance with
Section 5.2(b), or which otherwise do not constitute a violation of Section
5.2(a) (g) licenses, sublicenses , leases or subleases granted to other Persons
in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect
with the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (h) Liens securing
Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.3(a)(v) and (i) other Liens not prohibited
under this Agreement.
"Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation,
other entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal,
local, foreign, or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency,
body or department thereof).
"Plan" means, at any time, an "employee benefit plan," as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate
maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to or has
maintained, contributed to or had an obligation to contribute to at any time
during the past seven (7) years on behalf of participants who are or were
employed by any Credit Party or an ERISA Affiliate.
"Plan of Reorganization" means that certain Joint Plan of
Reorganization of Kmart Corporation and its Affiliated Debtors and
Debtors-in-Possession, filed on January 24, 2003, in the Bankruptcy Court,
together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, and all amendments,
modifications or supplements filed with the Bankruptcy Court after such date as
the same is in effect on the Closing Date.
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"Post-Closing Contribution" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 6.13(e).
"Primary Reserves" means any Reserve designated as a Primary
Reserve pursuant to Annex K.
"Pro Rata Share" means with respect to all matters relating to
any Lender (a) with respect to the Revolving Loan, the percentage obtained by
dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Commitment of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate
Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders or, in the event all Revolving Loan
Commitments have been reduced to $0, such percentage in effect immediately prior
to such reduction, as any such percentages may be adjusted by assignments
permitted pursuant to Section 9.1, (b) with respect to the Synthetic Loan, the
percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Synthetic Loan Commitment of that Lender
by (ii) the aggregate Synthetic Loan Commitments of all Lenders or, in the event
all Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits have been reduced to $0, such
percentage in effect immediately prior to such reduction, as any such
percentages may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant to Section 9.1,
(c) with respect to all Loans, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the
aggregate Commitments of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Commitments of all
Lenders, and (d) with respect to all Loans on and after the Commitment
Termination Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by that Lender, by (ii) the
outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by all Lenders.
"Proceeds" means "proceeds," as such term is defined in the
Code, including (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty
or guaranty payable to any Credit Party from time to time with respect to any of
the Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due
and payable to any Credit Party from time to time in connection with any
requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any
part of the Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any Person acting under
color of governmental authority), (c) any recoveries by any Credit Party against
third parties with respect to any Litigation or dispute concerning any of the
Collateral, including claims arising out of the loss or nonconformity of,
interference with the use of, defects in, or infringement of rights in, or
damage to, Collateral, (d) all amounts collected on, or distributed on account
of, other Collateral and (e) any and all other amounts, rights to payment or
other property acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange or other
disposition of Collateral and all rights arising out of Collateral.
"Projections" means, (a) as of the Closing Date, a collective
reference to the Business Plan and the January Business Plan and (b) thereafter,
upon delivery of the same in accordance with the Agreement, Borrower's
forecasted: (i) balance sheets, (ii) profit and loss statements, (iii) cash flow
statements and (iv) capitalization statements, all prepared on a consolidated
basis, if applicable, and otherwise consistent with the historical Financial
Statements of Borrower, together with appropriate supporting details and a
statement of underlying assumptions.
"Proposed Change" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
11.2(e).
"Qualified Assignee" means (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of
any Lender and, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund that
invests in commercial loans, any other investment fund that invests in
commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same
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investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor
and (b) any commercial bank, savings and loan association or savings bank or any
other entity which is an "accredited investor" (as defined in Regulation D under
the Securities Act) which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses,
including insurance companies, mutual funds, lease financing companies and
commercial finance companies, in each case, which has a rating of BBB or higher
from S&P and a rating of Baa2 or higher from Moody's at the date that it becomes
a Lender and which, through its applicable lending office, is capable of lending
to Borrower without the imposition of any withholding or similar taxes; provided
that no Person proposed to become a Lender after the Closing Date and determined
by Administrative Agent to be acting in the capacity of a vulture fund or
distressed debt purchaser shall be a Qualified Assignee, and no Person or
Affiliate of such Person proposed to become a Lender after the Closing Date and
that holds Subordinated Debt or Stock issued by any Credit Party shall be a
Qualified Assignee.
"Qualified Person" means a Person with a market capitalization
of at least $500,000,000 and, if such Person has Indebtedness for borrowed money
outstanding, whose long-term unsecured indebtedness is rated at least Aa2 by
Moody's and AA by S&P (or whose commercial paper is rated at least P-1 by
Moody's and A-1 by S&P).
"Qualified Plan" means a Pension Plan that is intended to be
tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of the IRC.
"Qualified Trade Credit Documents" has the meaning ascribed to
it in the Vendor Intercreditor Agreement.
"Real Estate" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.6.
"Recovery Rate" means, as at any date of determination, a
percentage equal to, as the case may be, (a) from the Closing Date through the
date on which any subsequent appraisal obtained pursuant to Section 4.3 is
delivered to Administrative Agent, the (i) estimated net retail recovery stated
in Dollars as determined on a net orderly liquidation basis by the Closing Date
Appraisal (including only Non-GOB Inventory as reflected therein) divided by
(ii) Appraisal Inventory Value as of the date of the Closing Date Appraisal and
(b) thereafter, the (i) estimated net retail recovery stated in Dollars as
determined on a net orderly liquidation basis by the most recently completed
appraisal pursuant to Section 4.3 (including only Non-GOB Inventory as reflected
therein) divided by (ii) Appraisal Inventory Value as of the date of such
appraisal (in each case, calculated in a manner consistent with the Closing Date
Appraisal).
"Refunded Swing Line Loan" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.1(c)(iii).
"Related Person" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C.
"Related Transactions" means the initial borrowing under the
Revolving Loan and the Synthetic Loan on the Closing Date, the consummation of
the Plan of Reorganization, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the Investment Agreement, the payment of all fees, costs and expenses associated
with all of the foregoing and the execution and delivery of all of the Related
Transaction Documents.
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"Related Transactions Documents" means the Loan Documents, the
Plan of Reorganization, the Disclosure Statement, the ESL Notes, if any, the
Investment Agreement, and all other agreements or instruments executed in
connection with the Related Transactions.
"Release" means any release, spill, emission, leaking,
pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal,
discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of Hazardous Material in
the indoor or outdoor environment, including the movement of Hazardous Material
through or in the air, soil, surface water, ground water or property.
"Reorganized Debtors" has the meaning ascribed to it in the
Plan of Reorganization.
"Replacement Lender" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.16(d).
"Requisite Lenders" means Lenders having (a) Revolving
Commitments and Synthetic Loan Commitments representing in the aggregate more
than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (662/3%) of the Commitments or (b) if the
Revolving Commitments have terminated, Revolving Credit Advances, Revolving
Loan Letter of Credit Obligations and Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit
Obligations representing in the aggregate more than sixty-six and two-thirds
percent (662/3%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such
Revolving Credit Advances, Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations and
Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit Obligations.
"Reserves" means, with respect to any component of the
Borrowing Base, the Inventory Reserves, the Primary Reserves, the Secondary
Reserves and any other reserves established by Administrative Agent from time to
time pursuant to Annex K against any such component, in each case, as the same
may be modified in accordance with Annex K.
"Restricted Entity" means any Acquired Entity having
Acquisition Indebtedness at any time outstanding (and any direct and indirect
Subsidiaries of such Person).
"Restricted Payment" means, with respect to any Person: (a)
the declaration or payment of any dividend or the incurrence of any liability to
make any other payment or distribution of cash or other property or assets in
respect of Stock, (b) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption,
defeasance, sinking fund or other retirement of such Person's Stock or any other
payment or distribution made in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly,
(c) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest,
fees or other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase,
retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for
rescission with respect to, any Subordinated Debt, (d) any payment made to
redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any
outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire Stock of such Person
now or hereafter outstanding, (e) any payment of a claim for the rescission of
the purchase or sale of, or for material damages arising from the purchase or
sale of, any shares of such Person's Stock or of a claim for reimbursement,
indemnification or contribution arising out of or related to any such claim for
damages or rescission, (f) any payment, loan, contribution, or other transfer,
transfers of funds or other property to any Significant Stockholder of such
Person other than (i) payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business
to Significant Stockholders who are employees
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of such Person and (ii) payments pursuant to contractual arrangements with such
Significant Stockholder which are on fair and reasonable terms that are no less
favorable to such referent Person than would be obtained in a comparable
arm's-length transaction with a Person who is not a Significant Stockholder of
such referent Person and (g) any payment of management fees (or other fees of a
similar nature) by such Person to any Significant Stockholder of such Person or
its Affiliates other than payments pursuant to contractual arrangements with
such Significant Stockholder which are on fair and reasonable terms that are no
less favorable to such referent Person than would be obtained in a comparable
arm's-length transaction with a Person who is not a Significant Stockholder of
such referent Person, except to the extent prohibited in Section 6.4(c).
"Retiree Welfare Plan" means, at any time, a Welfare Plan that
provides for continuing coverage or benefits for any participant or any
beneficiary of a participant after such participant's termination of employment,
other than continuation coverage provided pursuant to Section 4980B of the IRC
and at the sole expense of the participant or the beneficiary of the
participant.
"Revolving Credit Advance" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.1(a)(i).
"Revolving Lenders" means, as of any date of determination,
Lenders having a Revolving Loan Commitment.
"Revolving Loan" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Advances outstanding to Borrower plus (b)
the aggregate Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations incurred on behalf of
Borrower and the other Credit Parties. Unless the context otherwise requires,
references to the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loan shall
include the outstanding amount of Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations.
"Revolving Loan Commitment" means (a) as to any Lender, the
aggregate commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Credit Advances or incur
Revolving Letter of Credit Obligations as set forth on Annex J to the Agreement
or in the most recent Assignment Agreement executed by such Revolving Lender and
(b) as to all Revolving Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Revolving
Lenders to make Revolving Credit Advances or incur Revolving Letter of Credit
Obligations, which aggregate commitment shall be One Billion Eight Hundred
Million Dollars ($1,800,000,000) on the Closing Date, as such amount may be
adjusted, if at all, from time to time in accordance with the Agreement.
"Revolving Loan L/C Fee" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Annex B.
"Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations" means, at any
time, Letter of Credit Obligations exceeding the amount of $200,000,000 in the
aggregate, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 1.3(a).
"Revolving Loan Letters of Credit" means, at any time, Letters
of Credit as to which the Letter of Credit Obligations exceed $200,000,000 in
the aggregate, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 1.3(a).
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"Revolving Maximum Amount" means, as of any date of
determination, an amount equal to the Revolving Loan Commitment of all Lenders
as of that date.
"Revolving Note" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.1(a)(ii).
"RGC" has the meaning ascribed to it in the definition of
Inventory Reserve.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
"Secondary Reserves" means the (a) Martha Stewart Reserve, (b)
the Kmart Gift Card Liability Reserve, (c) reserves in respect of royalties for
other licensed Inventory and (d) any other Reserve established in accordance
with Annex K and specified to be a Secondary Reserve.
"Secured Parties" means Administrative Agent, Lenders, the
Cash Management Banks and any other Person to whom Obligations are owed from
time to time pursuant to the Loan Documents.
"Security Agreement" means the Security Agreement of even date
herewith entered into by and among Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and
Lenders, and each Credit Party that is a signatory thereto.
"Settlement Date" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
9.9(a)(ii).
"Significant Stockholder" means any person within the meaning
of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which,
directly or indirectly, has beneficial ownership of five percent (5%) or more of
the Voting Stock of Holdings or any Subsidiary thereof (other than Holdings and
its Subsidiaries).
"Software" means all "software" as such term is defined in the
Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party used by any Credit
Party to process, assemble, prepare for sale, market for sale, sell or otherwise
dispose of the Collateral, other than software embedded in any category of
Goods, including all computer programs and all supporting information provided
in connection with a transaction related to any program.
"Solvent" means, with respect to any Person on a particular
date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is
greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities,
of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person
is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability
of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person
does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person's ability to pay as such debts and liabilities
mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is
not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which such Person's
property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of
contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guaranties and pension plan
liabilities) at any time shall be computed by such Person as the amount that, in
light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time and known to such
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Person, represents the amount that such Person determines in good faith can be
reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
"SPC" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.1(g).
"Specified Hedging Agreement" means any Hedging Agreement
entered into by Borrower and any Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender.
"Specified Percentage" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex
B.
"Stated Maturity Date" means May 6, 2006.
"Stock" means all shares, options, warrants, general or
limited partnership interests, membership interests or other equivalents
(regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or equivalent entity whether voting or nonvoting, including
common stock, preferred stock or any other "equity security" (as such term is
defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
"Stockholder" means, with respect to any Person, each holder
of Stock of such Person.
"Store" means any store owned or leased or rented and operated
by any Credit Party.
"Store Cash" means, at any date of determination, cash used to
supply Stores with cash for the cash registers.
"Store Closure Sale" shall mean a store closure sale that is
conducted in a manner consistent with past practices and the store closure sales
conducted during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases.
"Store Depository Accounts" means those deposit accounts
identified in Part D of Disclosure Schedule (3.19), as the same may be updated
from time to time pursuant to paragraph (n) of Annex E.
"Subordinated Cash Management Obligations" means, at any time
of determination, Cash Management Obligations in excess of the Pari Passu Cash
Management Obligations at such time.
"Subordinated Debt" means the Indebtedness of Borrower
evidenced by the ESL Note Documentation and any other Indebtedness of any Credit
Party subordinated to the Obligations in a manner and form satisfactory to
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, as to right and time of payment and
as to any other rights and remedies thereunder.
"Subordination Agreement" means, with respect to any
Subordinated Debt (i) a subordination agreement setting forth the terms and
conditions upon which the Subordinated Debt is subordinated to the Obligations
and executed and delivered by the holder of such
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Subordinated Debt, the relevant Credit Party and Administrative Agent and/or
(ii) subordination provisions contained in the governing or underlying documents
of such Subordinated Debt, in each case the terms of which are acceptable to
Administrative Agent.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (a) any
corporation of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding Stock
having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of
such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class
or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason
of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly,
owned legally or beneficially by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person, or with respect to which any such Person has the right to vote or
designate the vote of more than 50% of such Stock whether by proxy, agreement,
operation of law or otherwise and (b) any partnership or limited liability
company in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person
shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in
profits or capital contribution) of more than 50% or of which any such Person is
a general partner or may exercise the powers of a general partner.
"Subsidiary Credit Parties" means any Reorganized Debtor
(including Borrower) as of the Closing Date, together with any other Subsidiary
of Kmart HQ formed or acquired after the Closing Date (other than an entity that
is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 956 of the IRC).
"Subsidiary Guaranty" means the Subsidiary Guaranty of even
date herewith executed by each Subsidiary Credit Party of Borrower in favor of
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders.
"Supermajority Lenders" means Lenders having (a) Revolving
Commitments and Synthetic Loan Commitments representing in the aggregate more
than eighty percent (80%) of the Commitments or (b) if the Revolving Commitments
have terminated, Revolving Credit Advances, Swing Line Advances, Revolving Loan
Letter of Credit Obligations and Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit Obligations
representing in the aggregate more than eighty percent (80%) of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Credit Advances, Swingline
Advances, Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations and Synthetic Loan Letter
of Credit Obligations.
"Supporting Obligations" means all "supporting obligations" as
such term is defined in the Code, including letters of credit and guaranties
issued in support of Accounts, Documents, General Intangibles or Instruments.
"Surplus Cash" means, with respect to any Fiscal Quarter, an
amount equal to the positive difference between (a) the amount of Average Cash
on Hand and (b) the amount of Average Projected Cash on Hand; provided that to
the extent Average Cash on Hand for such Fiscal Quarter reflects any (x) Surplus
Cash from the previous Fiscal Quarter or (y) cash proceeds of any issuance of
Stock by Holdings, Administrative Agent shall retroactively deduct from such
calculation an amount equal to such Surplus Cash to the extent utilized pursuant
to Section 6.2(j), (k) or (l) during the Fiscal Quarter being tested; provided,
further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
no payments received by Borrower and its
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Subsidiaries from their vendors as a result of the Capital Factors Ruling may be
considered Surplus Cash under this Agreement until such time as a court of
competent jurisdiction issues a judgment which becomes a final, non-appealable
judgment affirming the Capital Factors Ruling.
"Swing Line Advance" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.1(c)(i).
"Swing Line Availability" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.1(c)(i).
"Swing Line Commitment" means, as to the Swing Line Lender,
the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Advances as set forth
on Annex J, which commitment constitutes a subfacility of the Revolving Loan
Commitment of the Swing Line Lender.
"Swing Line Lender" means GE Capital and its successors and
permitted assigns.
"Swing Line Loan" means at any time, the aggregate amount of
Swing Line Advances outstanding to Borrower.
"Swing Line Note" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.1(c)(ii).
"Synthetic Loan" means, at any time, the aggregate outstanding
amount of Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit Obligations incurred on behalf of
Borrower on behalf of Borrower and the other Credit Parties.
"Synthetic Loan Commitment" means (a) as to any Lender, the
aggregate commitment of such Lender to make a Synthetic Credit-Linked Deposit on
the Closing Date as set forth on Annex J to the Agreement or in the most recent
Assignment Agreement executed by such Synthetic Loan Lender and (b) as to all
Synthetic Loan Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Synthetic Loan Lenders
to make Synthetic Credit-Linked Deposits on the Closing Date, which aggregate
commitment shall be Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) on the Closing
Date, as such amount may be adjusted, if at all, from time to time in accordance
with the Agreement (other than pursuant to paragraph (c)(i) of Annex B).
"Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit" has the meaning
ascribed to it in Annex B.
"Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account" means the
account established by Administrative Agent under its sole and exclusive control
maintained at Bankers Trust Company, designated as the "Kmart Synthetic Loan
Credit-Linked Deposit Account" that shall be used solely for the purposes set
forth in paragraphs (c) and (d) of Annex B.
"Synthetic Loan Lenders" means Lenders having a Synthetic Loan
Commitment
"Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit Obligations" means, at any
time, Letter of Credit Obligations not exceeding the amount of $200,000,000 in
the aggregate, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 1.3(a).
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"Synthetic Loan Letters of Credit" means, at any time, all
Letters of Credit as to which the Letter of Credit Obligations do not exceed
$200,000,000 in the aggregate, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section
1.3(a).
"Synthetic Loan Participation" has the meaning ascribed to it
in paragraph (c)(i) of Annex B.
"Synthetic Loan Reimbursement Amount" has the meaning ascribed
to it in paragraph (c)(i) of Annex B.
"Taxes" means any and all federal, state, provincial, local,
territorial, foreign (or other political subdivision thereof), income, profits,
franchise, license, capital, transfer, ad valorem, wage, severance, occupation,
import, custom, gross receipts, payroll, environmental, unemployment,
disability, production, occupancy, sales, employment, use, property, real
estate, excise, value added, estimated, stamp, alternative or add-on minimum,
withholding, and any other taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental
charges of any kind whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and
additions imposed with respect thereto, excluding income or franchise taxes
imposed on or measured by the net income of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or
a Lender by the jurisdictions under the laws of which Administrative Agent, L/C
Issuer or Lenders, as the case may be, is resident, organized, operate a lending
office or otherwise conduct business or any political subdivision thereof.
"Termination Date" means the date on which (a) the Loans have
been repaid in full, (b) all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnity
obligations) under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been
completely discharged (or otherwise collateralized to the satisfaction of
Administrative Agent), (c) all Letter of Credit Obligations have been cash
collateralized, cancelled or backed by standby letters of credit in accordance
with Annex B and (d) Borrower shall not have any further right to borrow any
monies under the Agreement.
"Third Avenue" means Third Avenue Trust, on behalf of certain
of its investment series.
"Third Party Funds" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C.
"Title IV Plan" means a Pension Plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan), that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, and that any Credit
Party or ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to
contribute to on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them.
"Trademark License" means, as to any Person, rights under any
written agreement now or hereafter acquired granting any Credit Party the right
to use any trademark.
"Trademarks" means all of the following now owned or hereafter
adopted or acquired by any Credit Party and which are reasonably necessary to
enable Administrative Agent and Lenders to exercise their rights and remedies
under the Credit Loan Documents with respect to the Collateral: (a) all
trademarks, trade names, corporate names, business names, trade styles, service
marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which
any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of
like nature (whether
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registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all
applications in connection therewith, including registrations, recordings and
applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar
office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof, (b) all reissues, extensions
or renewals thereof and (c) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by any of
the foregoing.
"Trigger Event" has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex K.
"Trust Agreement" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Vendor
Intercreditor Agreement.
"Unfunded Pension Liability" means, at any time, the aggregate
amount, if any, of the sum of (a) the amount by which the present value of all
accrued benefits under each Title IV Plan exceeds the fair market value of all
assets of such Title IV Plan allocable to such benefits in accordance with Title
IV of ERISA, all determined as of the most recent valuation date for each such
Title IV Plan using the actuarial assumptions for funding purposes in effect
under such Title IV Plan and (b) for a period of five (5) years following a
transaction which might reasonably be expected to be covered by Section 4069 of
ERISA, the liabilities (whether or not accrued) that could be avoided by any
Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate as a result of such transaction.
"Unused Line Fee" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1.9(b).
"Vendor Intercreditor Agreement" means that certain
Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and among Administrative
Agent, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Secured Parties and Mr. William
Kaye, as collateral trustee for the benefit of the Qualified Trade Creditors (as
defined therein).
"Weekly Cash on Hand" means, for each calendar week occurring
during any Fiscal Quarter, the positive difference between (a) Cash on Hand for
the last Business Day of such calendar week (the "Test Date") minus (b) the sum
(without duplication) of the outstanding amount of Revolving Credit Advances and
Swing Line Advances on the Test Date.
"Welfare Plan" means a Plan described in Section 3(i) of
ERISA.
"Wholly Owned" means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary
all of the Stock (other than directors' qualifying shares that are required
under applicable law) of which is owned by such Person or another Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of such Person.
Rules of construction with respect to accounting terms used in
the Agreement or the other Credit Loan Documents shall be as set forth in Annex
G. All other undefined terms contained in any of the Credit Loan Documents
shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by
the Code to the extent the same are used or defined therein; provided that in
the event that any term is defined differently in different Articles or
Divisions of the Code, the definition contained in Article or Division 9 shall
control. Unless otherwise specified, references in the Agreement or any of the
Appendices to a Section, subsection or clause refer to such Section, subsection
or clause as contained in the Agreement. The words "herein," "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to the Agreement as a
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whole, including all Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules, as the same may from time
to time be amended, restated, modified or supplemented, and not to any
particular section, subsection or clause contained in the Agreement or any such
Annex, Exhibit or Schedule.
Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term
stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and the
plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall
include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders. The words "including",
"includes" and "include" shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without
limitation." The word "or" is not exclusive. References to Persons include their
respective successors and assigns (to the extent and only to the extent
permitted by the Credit Loan Documents) or, in the case of governmental Persons,
Persons succeeding to the relevant functions of such Persons. All references to
statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of the same and
any successor statutes and regulations. Whenever any provision in any Credit
Loan Document refers to the knowledge (or an analogous phrase) of any Credit
Party, such words are intended to signify that such Credit Party has actual
knowledge of a particular fact or circumstance.
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ANNEX B (SECTION 1.2)
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
LETTERS OF CREDIT
(q) Issuance. Subject to and in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Agreement, Administrative Agent and Lenders agree to
incur, from time to time prior to the Commitment Termination Date, upon the
request of Borrower and for Borrower's or a Subsidiary Credit Party's account,
Letter of Credit Obligations by causing Letters of Credit to be issued by
Administrative Agent or Co-Syndication Agents, a Subsidiary, agent or sub-agent
thereof (each, an "L/C Issuer") for Borrower's or a Subsidiary Credit Party's
account and each Revolving Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, purchase (or be deemed to have purchased) risk
participations in all Revolving Loan Letters of Credit, as more fully described
in paragraph (b)(ii) below. Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Credit
Parties, acknowledges and confirms that the L/C Issuers have issued, and that
there are outstanding as of the Closing Date, certain letters of credit under
the DIP Credit Agreement (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) as set forth
on Schedule 1.2 (the "Existing Letters of Credit"). Such Existing Letters of
Credit shall, as of the Closing Date, be deemed to be outstanding pursuant to
the Agreement, and Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Credit Parties
hereby represents, warrants, agrees, covenants and reaffirms that (i) it has no
(and it permanently and irrevocably waives, and releases each L/C Issuer from
any, to the extent arising on or prior to the Closing Date) defense, setoff,
claim or counterclaim against each L/C Issuer in regard to any obligation in
respect of the Existing Letters of Credit and (ii) reaffirms its obligations in
respect of the Existing Letters of Credit in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Agreement and the other Credit Loan Documents. The aggregate
amount of all such Letter of Credit Obligations shall not at any time exceed the
least of (i) Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($800,000,000) (the "L/C Sublimit"),
which Letters of Credit shall be, subject to Section 1.3, either Synthetic Loan
Letters of Credit to the extent of the first $200,000,000 of Letter of Credit
Obligations in the aggregate or Revolving Loan Letters of Credit to the extent
of the Letter of Credit Obligations in excess of such Synthetic Loan Letters of
Credit, (ii) the Maximum Amount less the aggregate outstanding principal balance
of the Loans and (iii) the Borrowing Base less the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Loans. No such Letter of Credit shall have an expiry
date that is the earlier to occur of (A) more than one year following the date
of issuance thereof or (B) more than two (2) Business Days prior to the Stated
Maturity Date, unless otherwise determined by the applicable L/C Issuer and
Administrative Agent, each in its sole discretion (including with respect to
customary evergreen provisions), and neither Administrative Agent nor Lenders
shall be under any obligation to incur Letter of Credit Obligations in respect
of, or purchase risk participations in, any Letter of Credit having an expiry
date that does not meet the foregoing criteria.
(r) (i) Advances Automatic; Participations. In the
event that any L/C Issuer shall make any payment on or pursuant to any Letter of
Credit Obligation, such payment shall be deemed to be drawn under Revolving Loan
Letters of Credit for so long as there are any Revolving Loan Letters of Credit
and thereafter shall be deemed to be drafts drawn under Synthetic Loan Letters
of Credit, and in either case shall then be deemed automatically to constitute a
Revolving Credit Advance to Borrower under Section 1.1(a) regardless of whether
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Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and notwithstanding
Borrower's failure to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2,
and each Revolving Lender shall be obligated to pay its Pro Rata Share thereof
in accordance with the Agreement. The failure of any Revolving Lender to make
available to Administrative Agent for Administrative Agent's own account its Pro
Rata Share of any such Revolving Credit Advance or payment by Administrative
Agent under or in respect of a Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other
Revolving Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to Administrative
Agent its Pro Rata Share thereof, but no Revolving Lender shall be responsible
for the failure of any other Revolving Lender to make available such other
Revolving Lender's Pro Rata Share of any such payment.
(ii) If it shall be illegal or unlawful for
Borrower to incur Revolving Credit Advances as contemplated by paragraph (b)(i)
above because of an Event of Default described in Sections 8.1(h) or (i) or
otherwise or if it shall be illegal or unlawful for any Revolving Lender to be
deemed to have assumed a ratable share of the reimbursement obligations owed to
an L/C Issuer, or if the L/C Issuer is a Revolving Lender, then (A) immediately
and without further action whatsoever, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to
have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from the relevant L/C Issuer an
undivided interest and participation equal to such Revolving Lender's Pro Rata
Share (based on the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the Revolving Loan Letter of
Credit Obligations in respect of all Revolving Loan Letters of Credit then
outstanding and (B) thereafter, immediately upon issuance of any Revolving Loan
Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and
unconditionally purchased from the relevant L/C Issuer an undivided interest and
participation in such Revolving Lender's Pro Rata Share (based on the Revolving
Loan Commitments) of the Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations with
respect to such Revolving Loan Letter of Credit on the date of such issuance.
Each Revolving Lender shall fund its participation in all payments or
disbursements made under the Revolving Loan Letters of Credit in the same manner
as provided in the Agreement with respect to Revolving Credit Advances.
(s) Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit Participations.
(i) Effective on the Closing Date, the
applicable L/C Issuer irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each
Synthetic Loan Lender, and each Synthetic Loan Lender irrevocably agrees to
accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the relevant L/C
Issuer, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such Synthetic Loan
Lender's own account and risk an undivided interest equal to its Pro Rata Share
of the Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit Obligations (as to each Synthetic Loan
Lender, its "Synthetic Loan Participation"). The purchase price for the
Synthetic Loan Participation of each Synthetic Loan Lender shall equal the
amount set forth opposite such Synthetic Loan Lender's name in Annex J under the
heading "Synthetic Loan Commitment" (the "Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked
Deposit"). Each Synthetic Loan Lender shall pay to Administrative Agent its
Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit in full on the Closing Date. Each Synthetic
Loan Lender unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with Administrative Agent and
each L/C Issuer that, if a draft is paid under any Synthetic Loan Letter of
Credit for which such L/C Issuer is not reimbursed in full by Borrower or
pursuant to paragraph (b) above in cash (the amount of the reimbursement
required in respect thereof, the "Synthetic Loan Reimbursement Amount"), such
Synthetic Loan Lender
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shall authorize, and hereby authorizes, Administrative Agent to reimburse to
such L/C Issuer the Synthetic Loan Reimbursement Amount from such Synthetic Loan
Lender's Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit on deposit with Administrative
Agent in the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account. In the event any L/C
Issuer is reimbursed pursuant to a Revolving Credit Advance under paragraph
(b)(i) above or a charge to the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account by
Administrative Agent, in either case, for a draft paid under a Synthetic Loan
Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed by Borrower in cash, Borrower
shall pay over to Administrative Agent in reimbursement thereof (for deposit
into the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account) an amount equal to the
amount so charged or advanced, as applicable and such payment by Borrower shall
correspondingly reduce or satisfy, as applicable, Borrower's reimbursement
obligations in respect of such Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit. Each Synthetic
Loan Lender hereby agrees that its obligation to participate in the Synthetic
Loan Letters of Credit and to pay or to reimburse any L/C Issuer for its
participating share of the drafts drawn or amounts otherwise paid thereunder, is
absolute, irrevocable and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstances whatsoever (including, without limitation, the occurrence or
continuance of any Event of Default), and that each such payment shall be made
without offset, abatement, withholding or other reduction whatsoever.
(ii) The Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits
shall be held by Administrative Agent in the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked
Deposit Account and invested by Administrative Agent as set forth in paragraph
(d) below and no party other than Administrative Agent shall have a right of
withdrawal from the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account nor any other
right or power with respect to the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits, except
as expressly provided in paragraph (c)(i) above or Section 1.3(b).
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the sole funding
obligation of each Synthetic Loan Lender in respect of its Synthetic Loan
Participation and/or Synthetic Loan Commitment shall be satisfied upon funding
of its Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit.
(t) Earnings on Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit.
(i) Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that
each Synthetic Loan Lender is funding its Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit
to Administrative Agent for application in the manner contemplated by paragraph
(c)(i) above and that Administrative Agent has agreed to invest the Synthetic
Loan Credit-Linked Deposits so as to earn a return for the Synthetic Loan
Lenders at a rate per annum, reset daily on each Business Day for the period
until the next following Business Day, equal to the Benchmark LIBOR Rate. Such
interest will be paid to the Synthetic Loan Lenders by Administrative Agent
monthly in arrears when Letter of Credit fees are payable pursuant to paragraph
(f) below. In addition to the foregoing payments by Administrative Agent,
Borrower agrees to make payments to the Synthetic Loan Lenders monthly in
arrears when Letter of Credit Fees are payable pursuant to paragraph (f) below
(and together with the payment of such fees) in an amount equal to the
difference between the rate of return earned by the Synthetic Loan Lenders on
the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits and the rate of return that would have
been earned by the Synthetic Loan Lenders thereon based on the amount on deposit
in the Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account on the Closing Date had the
interest rate applicable thereto been equal to the Benchmark LIBOR Rate
(irrespective of the undrawn face amount of the Letters of Credit outstanding at
such time). Administrative
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Agent shall compute all amounts due under this paragraph (d)(i) and shall notify
Borrower and such Synthetic Loan Lender of each such amount due.
(ii) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises
to pay Administrative Agent for the account of the Synthetic Loan Lenders on the
Commitment Termination Date the positive difference between the aggregate
Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposits and any amounts on deposit in the
Synthetic Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account on the Commitment Termination Date
to the extent such difference exists as a result of Synthetic Loan Letter of
Credit Obligations that have not been reimbursed by Borrower pursuant to
paragraph (c)(i) above or pursuant to a Revolving Credit Advance under paragraph
(b)(i) above prior to the Commitment Termination Date.
(u) Cash Collateral.
(i) If Borrower is required to provide cash
collateral for any Letter of Credit Obligations prior to the Commitment
Termination Date pursuant to:
(A) Section 1.3(a), Section 1.11,
Section 8.2, this Annex B or the definition of "Commitment
Termination Date," then Borrower will, or will cause the
relevant Subsidiary Credit Party to, pay to Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of itself, Lenders and the L/C
Issuers, cash or Cash Equivalents in an amount equal to one
hundred and five percent (105%) (the "Specified Percentage")
of the maximum amount available to be drawn under each
applicable Letter of Credit outstanding for the benefit of
Borrower or such Subsidiary Credit Party (such aggregate
amount, the "Maximum Available Amount"); provided that, so
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred, such
Maximum Available Amount shall be adjusted on the first
Business Day of each month cash collateral is required to
reflect the current calculated Maximum Available Amount and
any difference shall be promptly remitted to Administrative
Agent or refunded to Borrower, as applicable; and
(B) Section 1.3(b), then Borrower will,
or will cause the relevant Subsidiary Credit Party to, pay to
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of itself, the
Revolving Lenders and the L/C Issuers, cash or Cash
Equivalents in an amount equal to the Overage (after giving
effect to any repayment of the Swing Line Advances and the
Revolving Credit Advances required by Section 1.3(b), if
applicable).
Such cash or Cash Equivalents shall be held by Administrative
Agent in a cash collateral account (the "Cash Collateral Account") maintained at
a bank or financial institution acceptable to Administrative Agent. The Cash
Collateral Account shall be in the name of Borrower and shall be pledged to, and
subject to the control of, Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
Administrative Agent, Lenders and the L/C Issuers, in a manner satisfactory to
Administrative Agent. Borrower hereby pledges and grants to Administrative
Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, a security interest in the
Cash Collateral Account and all cash and Cash Equivalents held in the Cash
Collateral Account from time to time and all proceeds thereof, as security for
the payment of all amounts due in respect of the Letter of Credit
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Obligations and other Obligations, whether or not then due. The Agreement,
including this Annex B, shall constitute a security agreement under applicable
law.
(ii) If any Letter of Credit Obligations, whether
or not then due and payable, shall for any reason be outstanding on the
Commitment Termination Date, Borrower shall, or shall cause the relevant
Subsidiary Credit Party to, either (A) provide cash collateral therefor in the
manner described in paragraph(e)(i)(A) above, or (B) cause all such Letters of
Credit and guaranties thereof, if any, to be canceled and returned, or (C)
deliver a stand-by letter (or letters) of credit in guarantee of such Letter of
Credit Obligations, which stand-by letter (or letters) of credit shall be of
like duration (plus thirty (30) additional days) of, and in an amount equal to
the Specified Percentage of the Maximum Available Amount in respect of, such
Letters of Credit and shall be issued by a Person, and shall be subject to such
terms and conditions, as shall be satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer in
its sole discretion.
(iii) From time to time after funds are deposited
in the Cash Collateral Account by Borrower, whether before or after the
Commitment Termination Date, Administrative Agent may apply such cash or Cash
Equivalents then held in the Cash Collateral Account to the payment of any
amounts, as shall be or shall become due and payable by Borrower or any
Subsidiary Credit Party to Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to such
Letter of Credit Obligations of Borrower or such Subsidiary Credit Party and,
upon the satisfaction in full of all Letter of Credit Obligations, to any other
Obligations then due and payable, and upon payment in full in cash of such
Obligations, any excess shall be returned to Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary
Credit Party or as otherwise required by law.
(iv) Neither Borrower, any Credit Party nor any
Person claiming on behalf of or through Borrower or such Credit Party shall have
any right to withdraw any of the funds or Cash Equivalents held in the Cash
Collateral Account, except that upon the termination of all Letter of Credit
Obligations and the payment of all amounts payable by Borrower or such Credit
Party to Administrative Agent and Lenders in respect thereof, any funds
remaining in the Cash Collateral Account shall be applied to other Obligations
then due and owing and upon payment in full in cash of such Obligations any
remaining amount shall be paid to Borrower or such Credit Party or as otherwise
required by law or pursuant to paragraph (e)(i)(A). Interest earned on deposits
in the Cash Collateral Account shall be held as additional collateral.
(v) Fees and Expenses.
(i) Borrower agrees to pay to Administrative
Agent, for its benefit and/or the benefit of Revolving Lenders, as applicable,
as compensation to such Lenders for Revolving Loan Letter of Credit Obligations
incurred hereunder, for each month during which any Revolving Loan Letter of
Credit Obligation shall remain outstanding, a fee (the "Revolving Loan L/C Fee")
in an amount equal to the Applicable Revolving L/C Margin from time to time in
effect multiplied by the average daily Maximum Available Amount under the
applicable Letter of Credit. The Revolving Loan L/C Fee shall be paid to
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, in arrears, on
the first Business Day of each month and on the Commitment Termination Date.
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(ii) Borrower agrees to pay to Administrative
Agent, for its benefit and/or the benefit of Synthetic Loan Lenders, as
applicable, as compensation to such Lenders for Synthetic Loan Letter of Credit
Obligations incurred hereunder, for each month during which any Synthetic Loan
Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, a fee (the "Synthetic Loan L/C Fee";
and together with the Revolving Loan L/C Fee, each a "Letter of Credit Fee" and
collectively, the "Letter of Credit Fees") in an amount equal to the Applicable
Synthetic L/C Margin from time to time in effect multiplied by the average daily
Maximum Available Amount under the applicable Letter of Credit. The Synthetic
Loan L/C Fee shall be paid to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Synthetic
Loan Lenders, in arrears on the first Business Day of each month and on the
Commitment Termination Date.
(w) L/C Issuer Fees and Expenses. Borrower shall pay, for
each Letter of Credit that is outstanding, a fronting fee in an amount equal to
..25% per annum multiplied by the average daily Maximum Available Amount under
the applicable Letter of Credit during such month. Such fronting fee shall be
paid to the relevant L/C Issuer, in arrears on the first Business Day of each
month and on the Commitment Termination Date. Additionally, Borrower shall pay,
on demand, such other customary fees, charges and expenses of each L/C Issuer in
respect of the issuance, negotiation, acceptance, amendment, transfer and
payment of the Letters of Credit or otherwise payable pursuant to the
application and related documentation under which such Letters of Credit are
issued.
(x) Request for Incurrence of Letter of Credit
Obligations. Borrower shall give Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C
Issuer at least two (2) Business Days' prior written notice requesting the
incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation. The notice shall be accompanied
by the form of the Letter of Credit (which shall be acceptable to the relevant
L/C Issuer) and a completed Application for Standby Letter of Credit or
Application for Documentary Letter of Credit, as applicable, in the form of
Exhibit B-1 or B-2 if the L/C Issuer is Administrative Agent, or for any other
L/C Issuer, in the form prescribed by such L/C Issuer. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, Letter of Credit applications by Borrower and
the other Credit Parties and approvals by Administrative Agent and the relevant
L/C Issuer may be made and transmitted pursuant to electronic codes and security
measures mutually agreed upon and established by and among Borrower,
Administrative Agent and the relevant L/C Issuer.
(y) Obligation Absolute. The obligation of Borrower or
any other Credit Party on whose account a Letter of Credit has been issued (an
"Account Party") to reimburse Administrative Agent and Lenders for payments made
with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligation shall be absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable, without necessity of presentment, demand, protest or other
formalities, and the obligations of each Lender to make payments to
Administrative Agent with respect to Letters of Credit shall be unconditional
and irrevocable. Such obligations of Borrower, such Account Party and Lenders
shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all
circumstances including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of
any Letter of Credit or the Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other
agreement;
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(ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense
or other right that Borrower or any of its Affiliates or any Lender may at any
time have against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or
any Persons or entities for whom any such transferee may be acting),
Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection
with the Agreement, the Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein
or therein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction
between Borrower, any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates and the beneficiary
for which the Letter of Credit was procured);
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or any other
document presented under any 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;
(iv) payment by Administrative Agent (except as
otherwise expressly provided in paragraph (j)(ii)(C) below) or any L/C Issuer
under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof against presentation of a demand,
draft or certificate or other document that does not comply with the terms of
such Letter of Credit or such guaranty;
(v) any other circumstance or event whatsoever,
that is similar to any of the foregoing; or
(vi) the fact that a Default or an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.
(z) Indemnification; Nature of Lenders' Duties.
(i) In addition to amounts payable as elsewhere
provided in the Agreement, Borrower and each Account Party hereby agrees to pay
and to protect, indemnify, and save harmless Administrative Agent, each Lender
and each L/C Issuer from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities,
damages, losses, costs, charges and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) that Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C
Issuer may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (A)
the issuance of any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, or (B) the failure of
Administrative Agent or any Lender seeking indemnification or of any L/C Issuer
to honor a demand for payment under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof as
a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or
future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority, in each case
other than to the extent solely as a result of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of Administrative Agent or such Lender (as finally determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction); provided that in the case of reimbursement of
counsel for Lenders other than Administrative Agent (in its capacity as such),
Co-Syndication Agents (in their capacity as such) and the applicable L/C Issuer
(in its capacity as such), such reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel
for all such Lenders.
(ii) As between any L/C Issuer, Administrative
Agent and any Lender, on the one hand and Borrower and any Account Party, on the
other hand, Borrower or such Account Party, as applicable, assumes all risks of
the acts and omissions of any beneficiary, or misuse of any Letter of Credit by
any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of
the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Administrative
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Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for: (A) the form, validity,
sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document issued by any
party in connection with the application for and issuance of any Letter of
Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid,
insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged, (B) the validity or sufficiency
of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign
any Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof,
in whole or in part, that may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason,
(C) failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply fully with
conditions required in order to demand payment under such Letter of Credit;
provided that in the case of any payment by any L/C Issuer or Administrative
Agent under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, as applicable, such L/C
Issuer or Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall be liable to the extent
such payment was made solely as a result of its gross negligence or willful
misconduct (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) in
determining that the demand for payment under such Letter of Credit or guaranty
thereof complies on its face with any applicable requirements for a demand for
payment under such Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, (D) errors, omissions,
interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail,
cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they may be in cipher, (E)
errors in interpretation of technical terms, (F) any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a payment
under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof or of the proceeds thereof, (G)
the credit of the proceeds of any drawing under any Letter of Credit or guaranty
thereof, and (H) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of any
L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent or any Lender. None of the above shall affect,
impair, or prevent the vesting of any of Administrative Agent's or any Lender's
rights or powers hereunder or under the Agreement.
(iii) Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
limit or to expand any waivers, covenants or indemnities made by Borrower in
favor of any L/C Issuer in any letter of credit application, reimbursement
agreement or similar document, instrument or agreement between Borrower and such
L/C Issuer, including the Master Documentary Agreement and the Master Standby
Agreement entered into with Administrative Agent.
(aa) Guaranty by Borrower.
(i) Borrower hereby absolutely, unconditionally
and irrevocably guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, whether at
stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or
otherwise, of all Letter of Credit Obligations now or hereafter existing, of
each of its Subsidiaries that is an Account Party which arise out of, or are
incurred in connection with, such Letters of Credit, whether for principal,
interest, fees, expenses or otherwise, and indemnifies and holds harmless each
L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent and each Lender for any and all claims,
demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and
expenses) incurred by such L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent or such Lender, as
the case may be, in enforcing any rights under the guaranty contained in this
paragraph (k); provided that in the case of reimbursement of counsel for Lenders
other than Administrative Agent (in its capacity as such), Co-Syndication Agents
(in their capacity as such) and the applicable L/C Issuer (in its capacity as
such), such reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders.
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(ii) The guaranty contained in this paragraph (k)
constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not of collection, and Borrower
specifically agrees that it shall not be necessary or required that any L/C
Issuer, Administrative Agent or any Lender exercise any right, assert any claim
or demand or enforce any remedy whatsoever against Borrower, any Account Party
or any other Credit Party (or any other Person) before or as a condition to the
obligations of Borrower under the guaranty contained in this paragraph (k) (such
obligations hereinafter referred to as the "Borrower Guaranteed Obligations").
(iii) Guaranty Absolute, etc. The guaranty
contained in this paragraph (k) shall in all respects be a continuing, absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable guaranty of payment, and shall remain in full
force and effect until the Termination Date. Borrower guarantees that Borrower
Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the
Agreement, this Annex B and each other Loan Document under which they arise,
regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any
jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any L/C Issuer,
Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect thereto. The liability of
Borrower under the guaranty contained in this paragraph (k) shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable irrespective of:
(A) any lack of validity, legality or
enforceability of the Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(B) the failure of any L/C Issuer,
Administrative Agent or any Lender to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any right or remedy against any Account Party, any other Credit
Party or any other Person (including any other guarantor (including
Borrower)) under the provisions of the Agreement, any other Loan
Document or otherwise, or to exercise any right or remedy against any
other guarantor (including Borrower) of, or collateral securing, any
Borrower Guaranteed Obligations;
(C) any change in the time, manner or
place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of Borrower
Guaranteed Obligations, or any other extension, compromise or renewal
of any Borrower Guaranteed Obligations;
(D) any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination of any Borrower Guaranteed Obligations for
any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender,
alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to (and Borrower
hereby waives any right to or claim of) any defense or setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the
invalidity, illegality, nongenuineness, irregularity, compromise,
unenforceability of, or any other event or occurrence affecting, any
Borrower Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise;
(E) any amendment to, rescission,
waiver, or other modification of, or any consent to departure from, any
of the terms of the Agreement or any other Loan Document;
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(F) any addition, exchange, release,
surrender or non-perfection of any collateral, or any amendment to or
waiver or release or addition of, or consent to departure from, any
other guaranty, held by any L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent or any
Lender securing any of Borrower Guaranteed Obligations; or
(G) any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a legal or equitable
discharge of, any Account Party any surety or any guarantor.
(iv) Reinstatement, etc. Borrower agrees that the
guaranty contained in this paragraph (k) shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment (in whole or in part)
of any of Borrower Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be
restored by any L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of Borrower or any Account Party or
otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
(v) Waiver, etc. Borrower hereby waives
promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to
any of Borrower Guaranteed Obligations and the guaranty contained in this
paragraph (k) and any requirement that any L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent or
any Lender protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or Lien, or
any property subject thereto, or exhaust any right or take any action against
any Account Party, any other Credit Party or any other Person (including any
other guarantor) or entity or any collateral securing Borrower Guaranteed
Obligations.
(vi) Postponement of Subrogation, etc. Borrower
agrees that it will not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of
rights of subrogation under the guaranty contained in this paragraph (k), by any
payment made under the guaranty contained in this paragraph (k) or otherwise,
until the Termination Date. Any amount paid to Borrower on account of any such
subrogation rights prior to the Termination Date shall be held in trust for the
benefit of each L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent and Lenders and shall
immediately be paid to Administrative Agent for the benefit of such L/C Issuer,
Administrative Agent and Lenders and credited and applied against Borrower
Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement and this Annex B; provided, however, that if
(A) Borrower has made payment to any
L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent or any Lender of all or any part of
Borrower Guaranteed Obligations, and
(B) the Termination Date has occurred,
each of such L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees that, at
Borrower's request, Agent, on behalf of such L/C Issuer, itself and Lenders,
will execute and deliver to Borrower appropriate documents (without recourse and
without representation or warranty) necessary to evidence the transfer by
subrogation to Borrower of an interest in Borrower Guaranteed Obligations
resulting from such payment by Borrower. In furtherance of the foregoing, until
the Termination Date, Borrower shall refrain from taking any action or
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commencing any proceeding against any Account Party (or its successors or
assigns, whether in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise) to
recover any amounts in the respect of payments made under the guaranty contained
in this paragraph (k) to such L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent or any Revolving
Lender.
(vii) Successors, Transferees and Assigns; etc.
The guaranty contained in this paragraph (k) shall:
(A) be binding upon Borrower, and its
successors, transferees and assigns; and
(B) inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by each L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent and each Lender.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (B), but subject to
Section 9.1, any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer (in whole or in part)
any Obligation held by it to any other Person or entity, and such other Person
or entity shall thereupon become vested with all rights and benefits in respect
thereof granted to such Lender under any Loan Document (including the guaranty
contained in this paragraph (k)) or otherwise, subject, however, to any contrary
provisions in such assignment or transfer, and to the provisions of the
Agreement.
(bb) L/C Issuer Reports. Each L/C Issuer shall deliver to
Administrative Agent each Friday a report setting forth a complete list of all
Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, together with the undrawn face
amount and expiration date in respect of each such Letter of Credit. On the
first Business Day following Administrative Agent's receipt of such reports,
Administrative Agent shall deliver a copy thereof to Borrower.
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ANNEX C (SECTION 1.8)
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Borrower and each Subsidiary Credit Party shall establish and
maintain the Cash Management Systems described below:
(a) Existing Depository Accounts. Each Credit Party shall
be entitled to maintain the local deposit accounts set forth in Part A of
Disclosure Schedule (3.19) as of the Closing Date (each, an "Existing Depository
Account") with the financial institution(s) identified therein (each, an
"Existing Depository Bank"); provided that on or prior to the Closing Date, the
relevant Credit Party shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence
satisfactory to Administrative Agent that such Credit Party has delivered to
each of its Existing Depository Banks a letter in substantially the form of
Exhibit 3.19 (a "Letter of Direction"), with appropriate blanks completed.
(b) New Depository Accounts. From and after the Closing
Date, each Credit Party may establish and maintain deposit accounts in addition
to those set forth in Part A of Disclosure Schedule (3.19) (each (other than
Excluded Accounts), a "New Depository Account"; and any such New Depository
Account or any Existing Depository Account being referred to herein as a
"Depository Account") with an Existing Depository Bank or a financial
institution which is not an Existing Depository Bank (each, a "New Depository
Bank"; and any such New Depository Bank or any Existing Depository Bank being
referred to herein as a "Depository Bank"), but only to the extent that
simultaneously with the opening of any such New Depository Account, Borrower
shall have obtained a Letter of Direction with respect to each such New
Depository Account which has been duly executed and delivered by the relevant
Depository Bank and Borrower shall deliver such executed Letter of Direction to
Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days following the opening of any
such account. The Credit Parties may from time to time terminate any Depository
Account so long as any replacement account is established in accordance with the
terms of this clause (b).
(c) Concentration Accounts. Until the Termination Date,
Borrower shall establish the accounts set forth in Part B of Disclosure Schedule
(3.19) (together with any other accounts established in accordance with the last
sentence of this clause (c), each, a "Concentration Account", and collectively,
the "Concentration Accounts") with The Bank of New York and Bank of America,
N.A. (together with any other financial institution (having total assets of more
than $1,000,000,000 at the time any Concentration Account is established) at
which such accounts are maintained, each, a "Concentration Account Bank", and
collectively, the "Concentration Account Banks"). Borrower will cause to be
delivered to Administrative Agent a Control Agreement (in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent) duly executed by each Concentration
Account Bank and Borrower (the "Closing Date Control Agreements") within the
timeframes set forth in Section 5.15(c). Borrower shall not (nor shall it permit
any other Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries to) (i) terminate
any Concentration Account unless prior to doing so (w) such Person has
established a replacement Concentration Account (which replacement may be any
then-existing Concentration Account)
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and (x) in the case of any replacement Concentration Account for which there
does not exist a Control Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to Administrative Agent (an "Existing Control Agreement"), such Person shall
have delivered to Administrative Agent a Control Agreement substantially in the
form of the Closing Date Control Agreement or otherwise in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to it and executed by such replacement Concentration
Account Bank and such Person or (ii) open new or additional Concentration
Accounts (or accounts having a similar functions) without (y) giving prior
written notice thereof to Administrative Agent (it being acknowledged that no
consent of Administrative Agent to the opening of such new or additional account
shall be required so long as the total assets of such financial institution are
more than $1,000,000,000 at the time such account is opened) and (z) in the case
of any new or additional Concentration Account, having delivered to
Administrative Agent prior to the establishment of any such account, a Control
Agreement (in form and substance substantially similar to the Closing Date
Control Agreement or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent)
duly executed by the Concentration Account Bank and such Person. Except as set
forth in paragraph (d) below, Administrative Agent shall, from time to time,
deposit proceeds of Advances and Overadvances made to Borrower pursuant to
Section 1.1 into the Concentration Account for use by Borrower solely in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1.4.
(d) Loan Proceeds Account. Until the Termination Date,
Borrower shall establish and maintain a zero balance disbursement account under
account number 6301373498 (the "Loan Proceeds Account") with The Bank of New
York (the "Loan Proceeds Account Bank") or such other financial institution as
approved by Agent and the Majority Lenders in writing. On or prior to the
Closing Date, Borrower will cause to be delivered to Administrative Agent a
Control Agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent)
duly executed by the Loan Proceeds Account Bank and Borrower. If a Cash Dominion
Event has occurred (and no corresponding Cash Dominion Termination Event has
theretofore occurred), Administrative Agent shall, from time to time, deposit
proceeds of Advances and Overadvances made to Borrower pursuant to Section 1.1
into the Loan Proceeds Account for use by Borrower solely in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1.4.
(e) Transfers of Funds in Depository Accounts. Funds on
deposit in a Depository Account in excess of the "peg balance" for such account
identified in Part A of Disclosure Schedule (3.19) (as Part A of such Schedule
may be updated from time to time as provided in paragraph (n) of Annex E) shall
be wire transferred or so long as no Event of Default has occurred or is
continuing, transferred by means of an Automated Clearing House transaction to
the Concentration Account specified in the related Letter of Direction for such
Depository Account on a daily or, subject to the prior written approval of
Administrative Agent, weekly basis in respect of immaterial Depository Accounts;
provided that if a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing, all funds
on deposit in a Depository Account shall be wire transferred to such
Concentration Account on a daily basis or, in the discretion of Administrative
Agent, weekly in respect of immaterial Depository Accounts.
(f) Cash Dominion over Concentration Account; Loan
Proceeds Account. Upon the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event and until the
occurrence of a Cash Dominion Termination Event, if any, Administrative Agent
shall have sole dominion and control over the funds on
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deposit in the Concentration Accounts and the Loan Proceeds Account, and funds
on deposit in the Concentration Accounts and any undisbursed proceeds in the
Loan Proceeds Account shall be wire transferred to the Collection Account as
provided in the related Control Agreement.
(g) Termination of Accounts. Each Credit Party shall
close a Concentration Account or Loan Proceeds Account (and establish
replacement accounts in accordance with the terms of this Annex C) promptly and
in any event within ninety (90) days unless otherwise approved by Administrative
Agent following notice from Administrative Agent if the total assets of such
Concentration Account Bank or Loan Proceeds Account Bank, as applicable, are
less than $1,000,000,000.
(h) Cash Collateral. Each Depository Account,
Concentration Account and the Loan Proceeds Account shall be cash collateral
accounts, with all cash, checks and other similar items of payment in such
accounts securing payment of the Loans and all other Obligations, and in which
each Credit Party shall have granted a Lien to Agent, on behalf of itself and
the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Security Agreement other than funds on
deposit therein in respect of (i) the purchase of hunting and fishing licenses,
(ii) the purchase of lottery tickets and (iii) Western Union transfers
(collectively, the "Third Party Funds").
(i) Deemed Receipt of Funds. All amounts deposited in the
Collection Account shall be deemed received by Administrative Agent in
accordance with Section 1.10 and shall be applied (and allocated) by
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 1.11. In no event shall any
amount be so applied unless and until such amount shall have been credited in
immediately available funds to the Collection Account.
(j) Collateral Held in Trust. Each Credit Party shall,
and shall cause its Affiliates, officers, employees, agents, directors or other
Persons acting for or in concert with Borrower (each a "Related Person"), to (i)
hold in trust for Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the
Secured Parties, all checks, cash and other items of payment received by such
Credit Party or any such Related Person with respect to the Collateral and (ii)
within three (3) Business Days after receipt by such Credit Party or any such
Related Person of any checks, cash or other items of payment then constituting
good funds (other than cash constituting Store Cash) with respect to the
Collateral, deposit the same into a Depository Account or Concentration Account
of such Credit Party. Each Credit Party and each Related Person acknowledges and
agrees that all cash, checks or other items of payment constituting proceeds of
Collateral are part of the Collateral. All proceeds of the sale or other
disposition of any Collateral (other than cash constituting Store Cash), shall
be deposited directly into a Depository Account or Concentration Account, as
applicable.
(k) Release of Cash Management on Termination Date. On
the Termination Date, so long as no suits, actions, proceedings or claims are
pending against any Indemnified Person asserting any damages, losses or
liabilities that are Indemnified Liabilities, Administrative Agent shall take
all reasonable action to release the Collateral subject to the Cash Management
System that is reasonably requested by Borrower or any Credit Party (and at the
sole expense of Borrower or such Credit Party), including, but not limited to,
Administrative Agent sending revocation letters to each Depository Bank,
Concentration Account Bank and/or Loan Proceeds Account Bank; provided that
under no circumstances will Administrative Agent
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be liable to Borrower or any Subsidiary Credit Party for the failure of any
Concentration Account Bank or Loan Proceeds Account Bank to comply with the
actions or directives given by Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph
(k). Furthermore, Borrower and each Subsidiary Credit Party shall provide
Administrative Agent with such assistance in connection with its actions under
this paragraph (k) as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(l) Release of Cash Management upon a Cash Dominion
Termination Event. Upon the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event and until the
occurrence of a corresponding Cash Dominion Termination Event, Administrative
Agent may exercise exclusive dominion and control over the Concentration
Accounts and the Loan Proceeds Account. Upon the occurrence of a Cash Dominion
Termination Event (or, prior to the occurrence of any Cash Dominion Event),
Administrative Agent shall revoke instructions given to any Concentration Bank
and the Loan Proceeds Account Bank and permit Borrower and the Subsidiary Credit
Parties to give instructions with respect to the Concentration Accounts and the
Loan Proceeds Account and to such end, Administrative Agent shall take such
reasonable action as is reasonably requested by Borrower or the Subsidiary
Credit Parties (at the expense of Borrower or such Subsidiary Credit Party) to
permit Borrower or such Subsidiary Credit Parties to give instructions with
regards to the funds on deposit in such accounts; provided that under no
circumstances will Administrative Agent be liable to Borrower or any Subsidiary
Credit Party for the failure of any Concentration Account Bank or Loan Proceeds
Account Bank to comply with the actions or directives given by Administrative
Agent pursuant to this paragraph (l). Furthermore, Borrower and each Subsidiary
Credit Party shall provide Administrative Agent with such assistance in
connection with its actions under this paragraph (l) as Administrative Agent
shall reasonably request. In no event shall any action taken by Administrative
Agent pursuant to this paragraph (l) be deemed to negate the dominion and
control granted to Administrative Agent pursuant to the Control Agreements.
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ANNEX D (SECTION 2.1(a))
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
CLOSING CHECKLIST
In addition to, and not in limitation of, the conditions
described in Section 2.1 of the Agreement, pursuant to Section 2.1(a), the
following items must be received by Administrative Agent in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents on or prior to
the Closing Date (each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Annex A to the Agreement):
(a) Credit Loan Documents. Each of the following:
(i) Appendices. All Appendices to the Agreement,
in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication
Agents.
(ii) Revolving Notes and Swing Line Note. Duly
executed originals of the Revolving Notes and Swing Line Note for each
applicable Lender, dated the Closing Date.
(iii) Security Agreement. Duly executed originals
of the Security Agreement, dated the Closing Date.
(iv) Affiliate Guaranty. Duly executed originals
of the Affiliate Guaranty, dated the Closing Date.
(v) Subsidiary Guaranty. Duly executed originals
of the Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, and all documents,
instruments and agreements executed pursuant thereto.
(vi) Subordination and Intercreditor Agreements.
Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have received (A) originals of the ESL
Subordination Agreement duly executed by ESL and each other party thereto (other
than Administrative Agent) and (B) originals of the Vendor Intercreditor
Agreement duly executed by each party thereto (other than Administrative Agent),
in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative
Agent and Co-Syndication Agents.
(vii) Master Standby Agreement. A Master Agreement
for Standby Letters of Credit between Borrower and GE Capital and any other
similar agreements required by any other L/C Issuer.
(viii) Master Documentary Agreement. A Master
Agreement for Documentary Letters of Credit between Borrower and GE Capital and
any other similar agreements required by any other L/C Issuer.
(b) Insurance. Satisfactory evidence that the insurance
policies required by Section 5.4 are in full force and effect, together with
appropriate evidence showing loss payable
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and/or additional insured clauses or endorsements, as reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent or any Co-Syndication Agent, in favor of Administrative
Agent, on behalf of Lenders.
(c) Security Interests and Code Filings.
Evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent and
Co-Syndication Agent that Administrative Agent (for the benefit of itself and
the Secured Parties), upon the filing of UCC-1 financing statements with the
Secretary of State (or similar office) in the jurisdiction of organization or
formation, as applicable, of each Credit Party and the receipt of Control
Agreements with respect to the Concentration Accounts and the Loan Proceeds
Account, has a valid and perfected (other than as to the Existing Depository
Accounts and monies credited thereto) first priority security interest in the
Collateral, subject to Permitted Encumbrances, including (i) such documents duly
executed by each Credit Party (including applicable documents under the laws of
any jurisdiction with respect to the perfection of Liens) as Administrative
Agent or any Co-Syndication Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect its
security interests in the Collateral and (ii) copies of Code search reports
listing all effective financing statements (other than fixture filings) that
name any Credit Party as debtor, together with copies of such financing
statements, none of which shall cover the Collateral, except for those relating
to the DIP Facility Claims and Pre-Petition Lender Claims (as each such term is
defined in the Plan of Reorganization, and all of which Liens shall be
terminated on the Closing Date) and Permitted Encumbrances.
(d) Initial Borrowing Base Certificate. Duly executed
originals of an initial Borrowing Base Certificate from Borrower, in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication
Agents, dated the Closing Date, reflecting information concerning the Borrowing
Base and Borrowing Availability as of a date not more than seven (7) days prior
to the Closing Date.
(e) Initial Notice of Revolving Credit Advance. Duly
executed originals of a Notice of Revolving Credit Advance, in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication
Agents, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the initial Revolving Credit
Advance to be requested by Borrower on the Closing Date.
(f) Pay Proceeds Letter. Duly executed originals of a
letter from Borrower addressed to Administrative Agent, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents, on
behalf of itself and Lenders, with respect to the disbursement on the Closing
Date of the proceeds of the initial Revolving Credit Advance.
(g) Cash Management System; Control Agreements. Evidence
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents that,
as of the Closing Date, Cash Management Systems complying with Annex C to the
Agreement have been established and are currently being maintained in the manner
set forth in such Annex C, together with copies of the Letters of Direction as
required by Annex C.
(h) Charter and Good Standing. For each Credit Party, in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and
Co-Syndication Agents, such Person's (i) charter and all amendments thereto,
(ii) good standing certificates (including verification of
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tax status) in its state of incorporation and (iii) good standing certificates
(including verification of tax status) and certificates of qualification to
conduct business in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date and
certified by the applicable Secretary of State or other authorized Governmental
Authority.
(i) Bylaws and Resolutions. For each Credit Party, in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and
Co-Syndication Agents, (i) such Person's bylaws, together with all amendments
thereto and (ii) resolutions of such Person's Board of Directors and
stockholders, if required, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of the Credit Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and the
transactions to be consummated in connection therewith, each certified as of the
Closing Date by such Person's corporate secretary or an assistant secretary as
being in full force and effect without any modification or amendment.
(j) Incumbency Certificates. For each Credit Party, in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and
Co-Syndication Agents, signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of
each such Person executing any of the Credit Loan Documents, certified as of the
Closing Date by such Person's corporate secretary or an assistant secretary as
being true, accurate, correct and complete.
(k) Opinions of Counsel. Duly executed originals of
opinions of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Illinois), counsel for the
Credit Parties, together with any local counsel opinions reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and its counsel and Co-Syndication Agents and their
respective counsel, dated the Closing Date, and Borrower hereby authorizes and
directs such counsel to address its opinion to Administrative Agent, on behalf
of Lenders, and to include in such opinion an express statement to the effect
that Administrative Agent and Lenders are authorized to rely on such opinion.
(l) Accountants' Letter. A letter from the Credit Parties
to their independent auditors authorizing the independent certified public
accountants of the Credit Parties to communicate with Administrative Agent and
Lenders in accordance with Section 4.2.
(m) Officer's Certificate. Administrative Agent shall
have received duly executed originals of a certificate of the Chief Executive
Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents, dated
the Closing Date, stating that, since Borrower's last consolidated financial
statement for the period ended January 29, 2003, (i) no event or condition has
occurred or is continuing which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, it being understood that none of (1) a war or armed conflict
instituted by or against the United States, (2) changes reflected in the
Business Plan directly resulting from transactions contemplated thereby, nor (3)
the rejection of the Fleming Contract and changes as a result of such rejection
shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect under this clause (i) and (ii) there
has been no material increase in the liabilities, liquidated or contingent, of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or a material decrease in the
assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, it
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being understood that neither (A) the Store Closure Sales contemplated by the
January Business Plan nor (B) the application of "fresh start" accounting by
Borrower shall constitute a material decrease in the assets of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
(n) Waivers. Borrower shall have utilized commercially
reasonable efforts to deliver to Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders,
landlord waivers and consents executed and delivered by the landlord of each DC.
(o) Appraisals. Administrative Agent shall have received
appraisals performed by Abacus Advisors as to all Inventory which shall (i) be
in form and substance similar to those issued in connection with the DIP
Facility or otherwise satisfactory to Administrative Agent and (ii) reflect net
appraised Eligible Inventory values of at least $2,350,000,000 or such lesser
amounts acceptable to Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents.
(p) Updated Field Audit. Administrative Agent shall have
completed updated field audits with results satisfactory to Collateral Agents
substantially similar to the field audit performed by Collateral Agents from
January 24, 2003 through February 14, 2003 and reported on March 9, 2003.
(q) Audited Financials; Financial Condition.
Administrative Agent shall have received Borrower's consolidated Financial
Statements for the period ending January 31, 2003 and, to the extent available,
its audited Financial Statements for such period, in each case, certified by a
Financial Officer and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and Co-Syndication Agents.
(r) Post-Closing Letter. Administrative Agent and
Borrower shall have executed and delivered a letter agreement pertaining to (i)
the clarification of certain financing statements and (ii) the provision of
insurance endorsements.
(s) Other Documents. Such other certificates, documents
and agreements respecting any Credit Party as Administrative Agent or any Lender
may reasonably request.
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ANNEX E (SECTION 4.1(a))
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PROJECTIONS -- REPORTING
Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Administrative Agent or to Administrative Agent and Lenders, as indicated, the
following (it being understood that such deliveries may be made in electronic
format):
(a) Monthly Financials. To Administrative Agent and
Lenders, within thirty (30) days after the end of each Fiscal Month, financial
information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries, certified by a Financial
Officer, consisting of (i) consolidated (A) unaudited balance sheets as of the
close of such Fiscal Month and the related statements of income and cash flows
for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Month
and (B) unaudited statements of income and cash flows for such Fiscal Month,
setting forth in comparative form the monthly figures, if any, for the
corresponding period in the prior year and the figures contained in the
Projections for such Fiscal Year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject
to normal year-end adjustments) and (ii) the consolidated Cash on Hand for the
last Business Day of each calendar week occurring during such Fiscal Month and
the Business Plan Cash on Hand for such Fiscal Month. Such financial
information shall be accompanied by (A) a statement in reasonable detail (each,
a "Compliance Certificate") showing the calculations used in determining
compliance with each of the Financial Covenants that is tested on a monthly
basis and (B) the certification of a Financial Officer that (1) such financial
information presents fairly in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end
adjustments) the financial position and results of operations of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, in each case as at the end of such
Fiscal Month and for that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended and (2) any
other information presented is true, correct and complete in all material
respects and that there was no Default or Event of Default in existence as of
such time or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure
such Default or Event of Default.
(b) Quarterly Financials. To Administrative Agent and
Lenders, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three
(3) Fiscal Quarters, consolidated financial information regarding Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, certified by a Financial Officer, including (i) unaudited
balance sheets as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter and the related statements
of income and cash flow for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the
close of such Fiscal Quarter and (ii) unaudited statements of income and cash
flows for such Fiscal Quarter, in each case setting forth in comparative form
the figures for the corresponding period in the prior year and the quarterly
figures, if any, contained in the Projections for such Fiscal Year, all prepared
in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments). Such financial
information shall be accompanied by (A) a Compliance Certificate showing the
calculations used in determining compliance with each of the Financial Covenants
that is tested on a quarterly basis and (B) the certification of a Financial
Officer of Borrower that (1) such financial information presents fairly in
accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments) the financial
position, results of operations and statements of cash flows of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and
for that portion of the Fiscal Year
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then ended, (2) any other information presented is true, correct and complete
in all material respects and that there was no Default or Event of Default in
existence as of such time or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure
such Default or Event of Default. In addition, Borrower shall deliver to
Administrative Agent and Lenders, within forty-five (45) days after the end of
each of the first three (3) Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, a management
discussion and analysis that includes a comparison to budget for that Fiscal
Quarter and a comparison of performance for that Fiscal Quarter to the
corresponding period in the prior year.
(c) Operating Plan. To Administrative Agent and Lenders,
as soon as available, but not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of
each Fiscal Year, an annual operating plan for Holdings and its Subsidiaries,
approved by the Board of Directors of Borrower, for the following Fiscal Year,
which (i) includes a statement of all of the material assumptions on which such
plan is based, (ii) includes monthly balance sheets and a monthly budget for the
following year and (iii) integrates sales, gross profits, operating expenses,
operating profit, cash flow projections and Borrowing Availability projections,
and representing Borrower's estimates (which were made in good faith and
believed to be reasonable at the time made) of the future financial performance
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period(s) set forth therein, and
including plans for personnel, Capital Expenditures and facilities.
(d) Annual Audited Financials. To Administrative Agent
and Lenders, within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, audited
Financial Statements for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
consisting of balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings and
cash flows, setting forth in comparative form in each case the figures for the
previous Fiscal Year, which Financial Statements shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP and certified without qualification, by one of the "big four" public
accounting firms or a firm otherwise reasonably acceptable to Administrative
Agent. Such Financial Statements shall be accompanied by (i) a Compliance
Certificate showing the calculations used in determining compliance with each of
the Financial Covenants, (ii) a report from such accounting firm to the effect
that, in connection with their audit examination, nothing has come to their
attention to cause them to believe that a Default or Event of Default has
occurred with respect to the Financial Covenants (or specifying those Defaults
and Events of Default that they became aware of), it being understood that such
audit examination extended only to accounting matters and that no special
investigation was made with respect to the existence of Defaults or Events of
Default, (iii) the annual letters to such accountants in connection with their
audit examination detailing contingent liabilities and material litigation
matters, (iv) the certification of the Chief Executive Officer or a Financial
Officer that all such Financial Statements present fairly in accordance with
GAAP the financial position, results of operations and statements of cash flows
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and consolidating basis, as
at the end of such Fiscal Year and for the period then ended, and that there was
no Default or Event of Default in existence as of such time or, if a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, describing the nature thereof
and all efforts undertaken to cure such Default or Event of Default and (v) a
management discussion and analysis that includes a comparison to budget for that
Fiscal Year and a comparison of performance for that Fiscal Year to the
corresponding period in the prior year.
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(e) Management Letters. To Administrative Agent and
Lenders, promptly after receipt thereof by any of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, copies of all management letters, exception reports or similar
letters or reports received by such Person from its independent certified public
accountants.
(f) Default Notices. To Administrative Agent and Lenders,
as soon as practicable, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after an
executive officer of Borrower has actual knowledge of the existence of (i) any
Default, and (ii) Event of Default or other event that has had a Material
Adverse Effect, telephonic or telecopied notice specifying the nature of such
Default or Event of Default or other event, including the anticipated effect
thereof, which notice, if given telephonically, shall be promptly confirmed in
writing on the next Business Day.
(g) SEC Filings and Press Releases. To Administrative
Agent and Lenders, promptly upon their becoming available, copies of: (i) all
Financial Statements, reports, notices and proxy statements made publicly
available by any of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to its security Secured
Parties; (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements
and prospectuses, if any, filed by any of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries
with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
(iii) all press releases and other statements made available by any of Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material changes or
developments in the business of any such Person.
(h) Subordinated Debt and Equity Notices. To
Administrative Agent, as soon as practicable, copies of all material written
notices given or received by any of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to any Subordinated Debt of such Person or Stock of Holdings, and,
within five (5) Business Days after any such Person obtains knowledge of any
matured or unmatured event of default with respect to any Subordinated Debt,
notice of such event of default.
(i) Supplemental Schedules. To Administrative Agent,
supplemental disclosures, if any, required by Section 5.6.
(j) Litigation. To Administrative Agent in writing,
promptly upon learning thereof, notice of any Litigation commenced or threatened
against any of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) seeks damages in
excess of $50,000,000, (ii) seeks injunctive relief with respect to any portion
of the Collateral having a value in excess of $50,000,000, (iii) is asserted or
instituted against any Plan, its fiduciaries or its assets or against any of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA Affiliates in
connection with any Plan involving claims in excess of $25,000,000, (iv) alleges
criminal misconduct (other than misdemeanors at the Store level) by any of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) alleges the violation of any law
regarding, or could reasonably be expected to result in the exercise of remedies
in connection with, any Environmental Liabilities in excess of $50,000,000; or
(vi) involves any product recall with respect to Inventory with a value in
excess of $50,000,000 then being held for sale in Stores.
(k) Lease Default Notices. To Administrative Agent, (i)
within ten (10) days after receipt thereof, copies of any and all default
notices received under or with respect to any
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leased DCs and (ii) such other notices or documents as Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.
(l) Lease Amendments. To Administrative Agent, within ten
(10) Business Days after receipt thereof, copies of all material amendments to
real estate leases pertaining to the DCs.
(m) ERISA Notices. To Administrative Agent promptly, and
in any event within ten (10) days, after:
(i) such party knows, or has reason to know, of
the occurrence of any Reportable Event (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA)
with respect to any Pension Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (a "Reportable
Event"), a copy of the materials that are filed by the applicable plan
administrator with the PBGC, or the materials that would have been filed if the
PBGC had not waived the notice requirements;
(ii) the receipt of notice by a Credit Party or
any ERISA Affiliate or any administrator of any Pension Plan who is an employee
of a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC of the PBGC's intention
to terminate any such Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any
such Pension Plan, a copy of such notice;
(iii) the filing thereof with the IRS, copies of
each annual report that is filed on Treasury Form 5500 with respect to any
Pension Plan subject to Title IV, together with any actuarial statements on
Schedule B to such Form 5500;
(iv) a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate knows
or has reason to know of any event or condition which might constitute grounds
under the provisions of Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of (or the
appointment of a trustee to administer) any Pension Plan, an explanation of such
event or condition;
(v) an application has been made to the
Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver of the minimum funding standard under the
provisions of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan, a copy
of such application; and
(vi) the receipt by any Credit Party or any ERISA
Affiliate of an assessment of withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA
from a Multiemployer Plan, a copy of such assessment;
in each case, together with a statement signed by an appropriate officer of such
Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate setting forth details as to such Reportable
Event, filing, notice, event or condition, assessment or application and the
action that will be taken with respect thereto.
(n) Other Notices. To Administrative Agent, together with
each Compliance Certificate, notice that, since the date of the last Compliance
Certificate, (i) any Credit Party has changed the location of its chief
executive office, principal place of business, other corporate offices,
warehouses or other locations at which Collateral is held or stored, or the
location of its records concerning the Collateral from the locations set forth
on Disclosure Schedule (3.2) or otherwise previously disclosed in a prior
Compliance Certificate and the address of such new
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locations and the name of the Credit Party using or occupying such new location,
(ii) the "peg balances" set forth in Part A of Disclosure Schedule (3.19) have
been increased beyond the amounts set forth in such Schedule and setting forth
such new "peg balances" as of such date (it being understood that such "peg
balances" may be increased (or decreased) from time to time without the prior
written consent of Administrative Agent so long as no Cash Dominion Event has
occurred for which a corresponding Cash Dominion Termination Event has not
occurred, and that the aggregate of such balances may not be increased by more
than twenty percent (20%) from those amounts set forth on Part A of Disclosure
Schedule (3.19) as of the Closing Date without the prior written consent of
Administrative Agent, (iii) an update to Part A of Disclosure Schedule (3.19)
setting forth any new Store Depository Account established by Borrower or any
Subsidiary Credit Party, the name and address of the financial institution at
which such account is maintained and the "peg balance" with respect thereto,
(iv) the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on
the aggregate value of the Collateral (other than as a result of a disposition
permitted hereunder) or on the Liens created under the Loan Documents and (v)
the aggregate of any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or claim made or
asserted against any Collateral with a value in excess of $50,000,000.
(o) Reconciliation of Third Party Funds. If a Cash
Dominion Event has occurred (and no corresponding Cash Dominion Termination
Event has occurred), Borrower shall, on the third (3rd) Business Day of each
calendar week, deliver to Administrative Agent a report reconciling the amount
of Third Party Funds received by Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the
previous calendar week and the amount of Third Party Funds disbursed to the
Persons entitled thereto during such week.
(p) Surplus Cash Investments. Promptly (but in any event
within five (5) days) after the making of any Investment pursuant to Section
6.2(j), (k) or (l) a notice to Administrative Agent setting forth the amount of
Surplus Cash invested in respect thereof.
(q) Good Standing Certificates. Not less frequently than
once during each calendar quarter, Borrower and each other Grantor which owns at
least five percent (5%) of the Collateral shall, unless Administrative Agent
shall otherwise consent, provide to Administrative Agent a certificate of good
standing from its state of incorporation or organization.
(r) Liens. To Administrative Agent, notice of any
carriers', warehousemen's or other similar possessory Liens arising by operation
of law which are past due for more than fifteen (15) days the nonpayment of
which would result in a Lien on the Collateral.
(s) Other Documents. To Administrative Agent and Lenders,
such other financial and other information respecting any Credit Party's
business or financial condition as Administrative Agent or any Lender (through
Administrative Agent) shall, from time to time, reasonably request.
Notwithstanding anything in clauses (b) or (d) of this Annex E
to the contrary, in the event the Securities and Exchange Commission shortens at
any time the periods within which annual and quarterly reports must be publicly
filed, the periods set forth in such clauses shall be correspondingly shortened.
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Any of the foregoing items delivered to Administrative Agent
only will be made available to Lenders in electronic format unless such item was
not delivered to Administrative Agent in electronic format in which case, such
items will be delivered to Lenders by Administrative Agent upon request.
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ANNEX F (SECTION 4.1(b))
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
COLLATERAL REPORTS
Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following
(it being understood that such deliveries may be made in electronic format):
(a) to Administrative Agent, on or prior to the fifth
Business Day following each fiscal week, a certificate signed by a Financial
Officer setting forth the Liquidity Threshold for such fiscal week (the
"Availability Certificate").
(b) to Administrative Agent and Lenders (i) if the
Liquidity Threshold as reflected on the Availability Certificate for the
immediately preceding fiscal week is less than $750,000,000, on or before the
fifth Business Day (with supporting documentation to be furnished no later than
the sixth Business Day) following the end of each fiscal week, a weekly
Borrowing Base Certificate as of the last day of the immediately preceding week,
(ii) if the Liquidity Threshold as reflected on the Availability Certificate for
the immediately preceding fiscal week is greater than or equal to $750,000,000
but less than $1,000,000,000, on or before the fifth Business Day (with
supporting documentation to be furnished no later than the sixth Business Day)
following the end of every other fiscal week, a bi-weekly Borrowing Base
Certificate as of the last day of the second immediately preceding fiscal week
or (iii) if the Liquidity Threshold is greater than or equal to $1,000,000,000
on or before the fifth Business Day (with supporting documentation to be
furnished no later than the sixth Business Day) following the end of each Fiscal
Month, a monthly Borrowing Base Certificate as of the last day of the
immediately preceding month. Such Borrowing Base Certificate shall include the
following:
(i) with each weekly, bi-weekly or monthly
Borrowing Base Certificate, as applicable:
(A) Makoro Key Inventory Statistics
report from stockledger by division, and reconciliation from
stockledger to Makoro (containing the information available on
such report as of the Closing Date, and, if such Key Inventory
Statistics reports are not available or no longer contain such
information, other reports containing such information) for
total company and by division, detailing sales, ending
inventory at retail, ending inventory at cost, mark on %, POS
and hard (permanent) markdowns, gross margin in dollars and as
a percent of sales both before and after shrink and
allowances, and inventory turns;
(B) Reconciliation between the prior
period's ending inventory balance per the prior period's
Borrowing Base Certificate and the current period's beginning
inventory balance per the stockledger;
(C) Total page per ILR report;
reconciliation between the ILR report and the stockledger;
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(D) Inventory by location per
stockledger - in aggregate for stores, DC's and geographic
region;
(E) Supporting documentation and
analysis for accrued invoices;
(F) Inventory by division (at cost and
retail);
(G) Inventory balance at cost and
retail for Martha Stewart inventory on hand;
(H) Inventory balance at cost and
retail for any other licensed inventory;
(I) Import 2000 in-transit inventory
report at cost;
(J) Discontinued inventory report at
retail; and
(K) Seasonal apparel aging inventory
report at retail.
(ii) with each monthly Borrowing Base
Certificate:
(A) Reconciliation of inventory balance
at cost per stockledger to general ledger and monthly
Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Annex E;
(B) Inventory by location per
stockledger - detailed by store, distribution center and
geographic region;
(C) an aging of accounts payable and a
reconciliation of that accounts payable aging to Borrower's
general ledger and monthly Financial Statements delivered
pursuant to Annex E;
(D) a reconciliation of the outstanding
Loans as set forth in the monthly Loan Account statement
provided by Administrative Agent to Borrower's general ledger
and monthly Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Annex
E;
(E) Consigned inventory at cost and
retail by vendor;
(F) Return to vendor and RGC from
stores and DCs at cost and retail;
(G) Physical test count results and
comparison to accruals; and
(H) Plan to actual results by
merchandising division.
(c) to Administrative Agent the results of each physical
verification, if any, that Borrower or any of the Credit Parties may in their
discretion have made, or caused any other
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Person to have made on their behalf, of all or any portion of their Inventory
(and, if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and be continuing,
Borrower shall, upon the request of Administrative Agent, conduct, and deliver
the results of, such physical verifications as Administrative Agent may
require).
(d) if requested by Administrative Agent at any time when
Administrative Agent reasonably believes that the then existing Borrowing Base
Certificate is materially inaccurate, or at any time following the occurrence
and continuance of an Event of Default, as soon as reasonably available, but in
no event later than three (3) Business Days after such request, a Borrowing Base
Certificate showing the Borrowing Base as of the last Business Day of the prior
fiscal week (or as of the date of the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate in
the case of any inaccuracy), in each case with supporting documentation required
by paragraph f of this Annex F and (iii) such other supporting documentation and
additional reports with respect to the Borrowing Base as Administrative Agent
shall reasonably request.
(e) if requested by Administrative Agent, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Cash Management Banks to provide
promptly, but in any event within three (3) Business Days, an exposure report of
each Cash Management Bank detailing its exposure in respect of Cash Management
Obligations.
(f) Such other reports, statements and reconciliations
with respect to the Borrowing Base or Collateral or Obligations of any or all
Credit Parties as Administrative Agent shall from time to time request in its
reasonable discretion.
Any of the foregoing items delivered to Administrative Agent
only will be made available to Lenders in electronic format unless such item was
not delivered to Administrative Agent in electronic format in which case, such
items will be delivered to Lenders by Administrative Agent upon request.
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ANNEX G (SECTION 6.10)
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Neither Holdings nor its Subsidiaries shall breach or fail to
comply with any of the following financial covenants, each of which shall be
calculated in accordance with GAAP consistently applied:
(a) Maximum Capital Expenditures. Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall not make Capital Expenditures
during the following periods that exceed in the aggregate the amounts set forth
opposite each of such periods:
Period Maximum Capital Expenditures per Period
- ------ ---------------------------------------
2003 $385,000,000
2004 $550,000,000
2005 $600,000,000
; provided, however, that the amount of permitted Capital Expenditures
referenced above will be increased in any period by (i) the positive amount
equal to the lesser of (A) 20% of the amount of permitted Capital Expenditures
for the immediately prior period, and (B) the amount (if any), equal to the
difference obtained by taking the Capital Expenditures limit specified above for
the immediately prior period minus the actual amount of any Capital Expenditures
expended during such prior period (the "Carry Over Amount") and (ii) Capital
Expenditures incurred in connection with Capital Leases resulting from sale
leasebacks permitted under Section 6.12. In addition to the foregoing, Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, may make Capital Expenditures
with Surplus Cash as provided in Section 6.2(l).
(b) Minimum EBITDA. During the period from and after the
Fiscal Month immediately prior to an EBITDA Trigger Date and continuing until an
EBITDA Release Date, if any, has occurred, Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, shall have at the end of each Fiscal Month set forth below,
LTM EBITDA of not less than the following:
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Period LTM EBITDA (in millions)
- -----------------------------------------------------------
5/31/03 -23
- -----------------------------------------------------------
6/30/03 -46
- -----------------------------------------------------------
7/31/03 -66
- -----------------------------------------------------------
8/31/03 -155
- -----------------------------------------------------------
9/30/03 -274
- -----------------------------------------------------------
0/31/03 -248
- -----------------------------------------------------------
1/31/03 -266
- -----------------------------------------------------------
2/31/03 49
- -----------------------------------------------------------
1/31/04 -10
- -----------------------------------------------------------
2/28/04 -127
- -----------------------------------------------------------
3/31/04 -169
- -----------------------------------------------------------
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4/30/04 -70
- -----------------------------------------------------------
5/31/04 8
- -----------------------------------------------------------
6/30/04 47
- -----------------------------------------------------------
7/31/04 85
- -----------------------------------------------------------
8/31/04 148
- -----------------------------------------------------------
9/30/04 230
- -----------------------------------------------------------
10/31/04 218
- -----------------------------------------------------------
11/31/04 187
- -----------------------------------------------------------
12/31/04 289
- -----------------------------------------------------------
1/31/05 274
- -----------------------------------------------------------
2/28/05 284
- -----------------------------------------------------------
3/31/05 304
- -----------------------------------------------------------
4/30/05 349
- -----------------------------------------------------------
5/31/05 372
- -----------------------------------------------------------
6/30/05 391
- -----------------------------------------------------------
7/31/05 413
- -----------------------------------------------------------
8/31/05 432
- -----------------------------------------------------------
9/30/05 442
- -----------------------------------------------------------
10/31/05 455
- -----------------------------------------------------------
11/31/05 477
- -----------------------------------------------------------
12/31/05 533
- -----------------------------------------------------------
1/31/06 550
- -----------------------------------------------------------
2/28/06 551
- -----------------------------------------------------------
3/31/06 552
- -----------------------------------------------------------
4/30/06 576
- -----------------------------------------------------------
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, in no event shall there be more than two EBITDA Release Dates during
the term of this Agreement.
(c) Minimum Excess Availability. Borrower shall maintain
Excess Availability of not less than $100,000,000 at all times.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any accounting
term used in the Agreement shall have the meaning customarily given such term in
accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations hereunder shall be computed
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. That certain items or computations
are explicitly modified by the phrase "in accordance with GAAP" shall in no way
be construed to limit the foregoing. If any "Accounting Changes" (as defined
below) occur and such changes result in a change in the calculation of the
financial covenants, standards or terms used in the Agreement or any other
Credit Loan Document, then at the request of Borrower, Administrative Agent or
any Lender, the parties to this Agreement shall enter into negotiations in order
to amend such provisions of the Agreement so as to equitably reflect such
Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating
Holding's and its Subsidiaries' financial condition shall be the same after such
Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made; provided,
however, that the agreement of the Majority Lenders to any required amendments
of such provisions shall be sufficient to bind all Lenders. "Accounting Changes"
means (i) changes in accounting principles required by the
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promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (or successor thereto or any agency with similar functions), (ii)
changes in accounting principles concurred in by Borrower's certified public
accountants, (iii) purchase accounting adjustments under A.P.B. 16 or 17 and
EITF 88-16, and the application of the accounting principles set forth in FASB
109, including the establishment of reserves pursuant thereto and any subsequent
reversal (in whole or in part) of such reserves and (iv) the reversal of any
reserves established as a result of purchase accounting adjustments. All such
adjustments resulting from expenditures made subsequent to the Closing Date
(including capitalization of costs and expenses or payment of pre-Closing Date
liabilities) shall be treated as expenses in the period the expenditures are
made and deducted as part of the calculation of EBITDA in such period. If
Administrative Agent, Borrower and the Majority Lenders agree upon the required
amendments, then after appropriate amendments have been executed and the
underlying Accounting Change with respect thereto has been implemented, any
reference to GAAP contained in the Agreement or in any other Credit Loan
Document shall, only to the extent of such Accounting Change, refer to GAAP,
consistently applied after giving effect to the implementation of such
Accounting Change. If Administrative Agent, Borrower and the Majority Lenders
cannot agree upon the required amendments within thirty (30) days following the
date of implementation of any Accounting Change, then all Financial Statements
and Projections delivered and all calculations of financial covenants and other
standards and terms in accordance with the Agreement and the other Credit Loan
Documents shall be prepared, delivered and made without regard to the underlying
Accounting Change. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any
Loan Document, GAAP, consistently applied, shall include the effect of
"fresh-start" accounting, and the application of "fresh-start" accounting shall
not constitute an Accounting Change for the purposes hereof and thereof. For
purposes of Section 8.1, a breach of a Financial Covenant contained in this
Annex G shall be deemed to have occurred as of the last day of any specified
measurement period, regardless of when the Financial Statements reflecting such
breach are delivered to Administrative Agent.
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ANNEX H (SECTION 1.1(d))
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
LENDERS' WIRE TRANSFER INFORMATION
GE CAPITAL:
Name: General Electric Capital Corporation
Bank: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
New York, New York
ABA#: 021001033
Account #: 50232854
Account Name: GECC/CAF Depository
Reference: CFN5033, Kmart POR
FLEET:
Name: Fleet Retail Finance, Inc.
Bank: FleetBoston Bank
ABA#: 011000138
Account #: Kmart
Account Name: UPS Capital, Distribution Finance
Reference: Kmart
BOFA:
Name: Bank of America, N.A.
Bank: Bank of America, N.A.
ABA#: 121000358
Account #: 12353-03848
Account Name: Credit to Bank of America Business Credit Inc.
Reference: Kmart
OTHER LENDERS:
Name: AmSouth Bank
Bank: AmSouth Bank
ABA#: 062000019
Account #: 00110245
Account Name: Corporate Clearing.
Reference: Kmart; Attn: Anna x-5896
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Name: Bank One, N.A.
Bank: Bank One, N.A.
ABA#: 071000770
Account #: 103103007
Account Name: Syndications service
Reference: Syndications servicing - K Mart
Name: The CIT Group
Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA#: 021000021
Account #: 144-0-64425
Account Name: The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc.
Reference: Kmart
Name: Citigroup Investments Corporate Loan Fund, Inc.
Bank: State Street Bank and Trust Co.
ABA#: 011000028
Account #: 6873-983-8
Account Name: The Travelers Corporate Loan Fund
Reference: Kmart
Name: Congress Financial Corporation (Central)
Bank: Wachovia Bank, N.A.
ABA#: 053000219
Account #: 5000000030266
Account Name: Congress Financial Corporation (Central)
Reference: KMART
Name: Foothill Capital Corporation
Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA#: 021000021
Account #: 323-266193
Account Name: Foothill Capital Corporation
Reference: Kmart
H-2
Name: The Foothill Group, Inc.
Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA#: 021000021
Account #: 323-266185
Account Name: The Foothill Group, Inc.
Reference: AIM/FGI/K-Mart
Name: GMAC Commercial Finance LLC
Bank: Bank One, Michigan
ABA#: 072000326
Account #: 3163249-84
Account Name: GMAC Commercial Finance LLC
Reference: Kmart Corporation
Name: KZH CypressTree-1 LLC
Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA #: 02100021
Account #: 507-8-39196
Account Name: KZH CypressTree-1 LLC
Reference: Attn: Virginia Conway/Kmart
Name: KZH ING-2 LLC
Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA #: 02100021
Account #: 507-8-76105
Account Name: KZH ING-2 LLC
Reference: Attn: Virginia Conway/Kmart
Name: KZH STERLING LLC
Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA #: 02100021
Account #: 507-899083
Account Name: KZH STERLING LLC
Reference: Attn: Virginia Conway/Kmart
Name: Longacre Master Fund, Ltd.
Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA#: 021000021
Account #: 904762521
Account Name: Longacre Master Fund, Ltd.
Reference: Kmart
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Name: Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business
Financial Services, Inc.
Bank: LaSalle Bank, NA
ABA#: 071000505
Account #: 5800393182
Account Name: MLBFS - Corporate Finance
Reference: Kmart (Exit)
Name: National City Commercial Finance, Inc.
Bank: National City Bank
ABA#: 041000124
Account #: 3790116
Account Name: National City Commercial Finance
Reference: KMART Corporation
Name: Orix Financial Services
Bank: Mellon Bank
ABA#: 043000261
Account #: 0502481
Account Name: Orix Financial Services, Inc.
Reference: Kmart Corporation
Name: PB Capital Corporation
Bank: The Bank of New York
ABA#: 021000018
Account #: 890-0388-935
Account Name: PB Capital Corporation
Reference: Kmart
Name: The Provident Bank
Bank: The Provident Bank
ABA#: 042000424
Account #: 11320
Account Name: Commercial Loans /CC-213
Reference: Kmart
Name: RZB Finance LLC
Bank: Citibank, N.A.
ABA#: 021000089
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Account #: 36177625
Account Name: RZB Finance
Reference: Kmart Exit
Name: State of California Public Employees' Retirement System
Bank: State Street Bank and Trust Co.
ABA#: 011 000028
Account #: 10733236
Account Name: SW7F - Internal Mortgage ABL
Reference: Attn: IMS/Kyla La Pierre
Name: Textron Financial Corporation
Bank: Bank One, N.A.
ABA#: 071000013
Account #: 5262496
Account Name: Textron Financial Corporation
Reference: Kmart
Name: Transamerica Business Capital Corporation
Bank: Bank One
ABA#: 071000013
Account #: 52-97184
Account Name: Transamerica
Reference: Kmart
Name: Travelers Insurance Company
Bank: JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA#: 021000021
Account #: 910-2-587434
Account Name: Travelers Private Placement Account
Reference: Kmart
Name: UPS Capital Corporation
Bank: Bank of America, N.A.
ABA#: 111000012
Account #: 3751552118
Account Name: UPS Capital, Distribution Finance
Reference: Kmart Corporation
H-5
Name: Whitehall Business Credit Corporation
Bank: Webster Bank
ABA#: 21170101
Account #: GL$ 1516001480
Account Name: Kmart Emergence
Reference: Kmart Corporation
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ANNEX I (SECTION 11.10)
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
NOTICE ADDRESSES
(A) If to Administrative Agent or GE Capital, at
General Electric Capital Corporation
500 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661-3679
Attention: K-Mart, Account Manager
Telecopier No.: (312) 463-3840
Telephone No.: (312) 463-2300
with copies to:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
100 Crescent Court, Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75201
Attention: Angela L. Fontana
Telecopier No.: (214) 746-7777
Telephone No.: (214) 746-7895
and
General Electric Capital Corporation
201 High Ridge Road
Stamford, Connecticut 06927-5100
Attention: Corporate Counsel-Commercial Finance
Telecopier No.: (203) 316-7889
Telephone No.: (203) 316-7552
(B) If to Borrower, at
Kmart Corporation
3100 West Big Beaver Road
Troy, Michigan 48084
Attention: General Counsel
Telecopier No.: (248) 637-4857
Telephone No.: (248) 463-1000
With copies to:
Kmart Corporation
3100 West Big Beaver Road
Troy, Michigan 48084
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopier No.: (248) 262-8491
Telephone No.: (248) 463-1000
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and
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036-6522
Attention: Larry Frishman
Telecopier No.: (212) 735-2000
Telephone No.: (212) 735-3000
and
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: John Wm. Butler, Jr.
Telecopier No.: (312) 407-0411
Telephone No.: (312) 407-0700
(C) If to Lenders, at:
Fleet Retail Finance, Inc.
40 Broad Street, 10th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Attention: James Dore
Telecopier No.: (671) 434-4312
Telephone No.: (671) 434-4184
Bank of America, N.A.
40 Broad Street, 10th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Attention: James Dore
Telecopier No.: (671) 434-4312
Telephone No.: (671) 434-4184
AmSouth Bank
c/o AmSouth Capital Corp.
350 Park Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Kevin Rogers
Telecopier No.: (212) 935-7458
Telephone No.: (212) 935-2237
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Bank One, N.A.
120 S. LaSalle Street, 8th Floor
Mail Code IL1-1454
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Joseph R. Heskett
Telecopier No.: (312) 661-6929
Telephone No.: (312) 661-9759
The CIT Group
1211 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Deborah Rogut
Telecopier No,: (212) 536-9379
Telephone No.: (212) 382-9002
Citigroup Investments Corporate Loan Fund Inc.
c/o Citigroup Investments, Inc.
242 Trumbull Street
P.O. Box 150449, 7th Floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06115-0449
Attention: Bill Galligan
Telecopier No.: (617) 662-9663
Telephone No.: (617) 662-1215
Congress Financial Corporation (Central)
150 S. Wacker Drive
Suite 2200
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Keith C. Chapman
Telecopier No.: (312) 332-0420
Telephone No.: (312) 332-0424
Foothill Capital Corporation
2450 Colorado Avenue
Suite 3000 West
Santa Monica, California 90404
Attention: Lan Wong
Telecopier No.: (310) 453-7446
Telephone No.: (310) 453-7316
The Foothill Group, Inc.
2450 Colorado Avenue
Suite 3000 West
Santa Monica, California 90404
Attention: Mike Bohannon, Senior Vice President
Telecopier No.: (310) 453-7470
Telephone No.: (310) 453-7380
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GMAC Commercial Finance LLC
461 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Thomas Maiale
Telecopier No.: (212) 489-3980
Telephone No.: (212) 329-1603
KZH CypressTree-1 LLC;
KZH ING-2 LLC; and
KZH STERLING LLC
c/o JPMorgan Chase Bank
4 MetroTech Center - 10th Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11245
Attention: Virginia Conway
Telecopier No.: (718) 242-6220
Telephone No.: (718) 242-4932
Longacre Master Fund, Ltd.
810 Seventh Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Marc Simon
Telecopier No.: (212) 259-4247
Telephone No.: (212) 259-4310
Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business
Financial Services, Inc.
2 World Financial Center
225 Liberty Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10281
Attention: Nicola Richards
Telecopier No.: (212) 236-0048
Telephone No.: (212) 236-5873
National City Commercial Finance, Inc.
1965 E. 6th Street, Suite 400
Locator #3049
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Attention: Kathryn Ellero, Vice President
Telecopier No.: (216) 222-9555
Telephone No.: (216) 222-3261
Orix Financial Services, Inc.
One S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2750
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Michael DuBois
Telecopier No.: (770) 970-8094
Telephone No.: (312) 469-5169
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PB Capital Corporation
590 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Tyler J. McCarthy
Telecopier No.: (212) 756-5536
Telephone No.: (212) 756-5923
The Provident Bank
309 Vine Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Attention: Tom Evans
Telecopier No.: (513) 639-1588
Telephone No.: (513) 639-1612
RZB Finance LLC
24 Grassy Plain Street
Bethel, Connecticut 06801
Attention: Chris Hoedl
Telecopier No.: (203) 744-6474
Telephone No.: (203) 207-7727
State of California Public Employees' Retirement System
400 P Street, Suite 3492
Sacramento, California 95814
Attention: Paul Gee
Telecopier No.: (916) 326-3330
Telephone No.: (916) 341-2317
Textron Financial Corporation
11575 Great Oaks Way
Suite 210
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022
Attention: Robert J. Dysart, Jr.
Telecopier No.: (770) 360-1672
Telephone No.: (770) 360-9600
Transamerica Business Capital Corporation
555 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Suite C-301
Rye, New York 10580
Attention: Dennis Hultgren
Telecopier No.: (914) 921-9072
Telephone No.: (914) 925-7203
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The Travelers Insurance Company
c/o Citigroup Investments, Inc.
242 Trumbull Street
P.O. Box 150449, 7th Floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06115-0449
Attention: Allen Cantrell
Telecopier No.: (860) 308-8547
Telephone No.: (860) 308-8320
UPS Capital Corporation
35 Glenlake Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Attention: Jim DiProva
Telecopier No.: (404) 828-4350
Telephone No.: (404) 828-7962
Whitehall Business Credit Corporation
45 Braintree Hill Office Part
Suite 303
Braintree, Massachusetts 02184
Attention: Brian Kennedy
Telecopier No.: (781) 849-0140
Telephone No.: (781) 849-8923
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ANNEX J (FROM ANNEX A - COMMITMENTS DEFINITION)
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
REVOLVING LOAN SYNTHETIC LOAN
LENDER COMMITMENT COMMITMENT
General Electric Capital Corporation $ 425,000,000(1) $ 83,000,000
Fleet Retail Finance Inc. $ 156,000,000 $ 19,000,000
Bank of America, N.A $ 156,000,000 $ 19,000,000
AmSouth Bank $ 20,000,000
Bank One, NA $ 125,000,000 $ 10,000,000
The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc. $ 125,000,000 $ 10,000,000
Citigroup Investments Corporate Loan Fund, Inc. $ 1,200,000
Congress Financial Corporation (Central) $ 123,000,000
Foothill Capital Corporation $ 83,000,000 $ 7,000,000
The Foothill Group, Inc. $ 42,000,000 $ 3,000,000
GMAC Commercial Finance LLC $ 125,000,000 $ 10,000,000
KZH CypressTree-1 LLC $ 9,250,000
KZH ING-2 LLC $ 9,250,000
KZH STERLING LLC $ 5,500,000
Longacre Master Fund, Ltd. $ 10,000,000
Merrill Lynch Capital $ 50,000,000
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(1) Includes a Swing Line Commitment of $75,000,000.
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REVOLVING LOAN
LENDER COMMITMENT SYNTHETIC LOAN COMMITMENT
National City Commercial Finance, Inc. $ 100,000,000
Orix Financial Services, Inc. $ 25,000,000
PB Capital Corporation $ 25,000,000
The Provident Bank $ 10,000,000
RZB Finance LLC, Connecticut Office
$ 15,000,000
State of California Public Employees'
Retirement System $ 100,000,000
Textron Financial Corporation $ 25,000,000
Transamerica Business Capital Corporation $ 25,000,000
The Travelers Insurance Company $ 10,000,000 $ 3,800,000
UPS Capital Corporation $ 20,000,000
Whitehall Business Credit Corporation
$ 15,000,000
TOTAL $1,800,000,000 $ 200,000,000
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ANNEX K (SECTION 1.7)
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
ESTABLISHMENT OF RESERVES; OTHER CHANGES TO BORROWING BASE
(a) Except as provided in clause (e) below,
Administrative Agent may from time to time (and, if required by Section 11.2,
with the consent of Lenders required thereunder) establish new Reserves or
modify existing Reserves against the Borrowing Base in Administrative Agent's
reasonable and customary credit judgment upon ten (10) Business Days' notice to
Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding clause (a) above, Administrative
Agent may (and, if required by Section 11.2, with the consent of Lenders
required thereunder) establish new Reserves or modify existing Reserves against
the Borrowing Base in its reasonable and customary credit judgment without
notice to Borrower at any time if (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or (ii) as of any date of determination by Administrative Agent,
Excess Availability has been less than the Applicable Trigger for the
immediately preceding five (5) consecutive days (an "Initial Failure") and
thereafter Excess Availability is less than the Applicable Trigger at any time
within three (3) months of such Initial Failure (regardless of whether Excess
Availability thereafter exceeds the Applicable Trigger) (each such event set
forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (b), a "Trigger Event").
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, no Reserve shall be established with respect to creating a "holdback"
equal to a specified percentage of the Revolving Commitment or the Borrowing
Base.
(d) (i) The following Reserves shall constitute Primary
Reserves:
(A) a Reserve in respect of any
Concentration Account if (A) any Concentration Account Bank
requires Administrative Agent to guaranty or backstop any
claims that such bank may have against the Collateral or (B)
such Concentration Account Bank otherwise asserts a claim
against the Collateral which is not permitted by the Control
Agreement with respect to such Concentration Account;
(B) a Reserve in respect of the Pari
Passu Cash Management Obligations in an amount not to exceed
the Pari Passu Cash Management Obligations;
(C) a Reserve in respect of any New
Depository Account unless Borrower provides Administrative
Agent with a Letter of Direction (in the form of Exhibit 3.19
or otherwise reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent)
duly executed by the related Depository Bank and the relevant
Credit Party;
(D) a Reserve in respect (i) of Stores
for which rent is overdue and which are located in states in
which the landlord would have a priming lien by operation of
law and (ii) DCs for which rent is overdue, unless Borrower
has
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delivered a certificate, duly executed by a Financial Officer
and dated as of the date of the most recent Borrowing Base
Certificate which was delivered nearest to the last day of the
preceding calendar month, that the rental expenses that are
due and payable for at least ninety-five percent (95%) of all
Stores and one-hundred percent (100%) of all DCs have been
paid current as of the immediately preceding calendar month;
provided that, to the extent such certification cannot be made
by Borrower, Administrative Agent shall not establish a
Reserve for any such Store or DC for which it has received a
landlord's lien waiver in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to it signed by such landlord;
(E) a Reserve for Specified Hedging
Agreements and Bank Product Agreements to the extent the
Obligations thereunder are secured by a pari passu Lien on the
Collateral; and
(F) without duplication of clause (D)
above, a Reserve for the failure to deliver any consent or
waiver required pursuant to Section 5.9.
(ii) The following Reserves shall constitute
Secondary Reserves:
(A) the Martha Stewart Reserve, if
applicable;
(B) Reserves for royalties payable in
respect of licensed merchandise (other than Martha Stewart
merchandise); and
(C) the Kmart Gift Card Liability
Reserve.
(e) Without limiting clauses (a) and (b) of this Annex K,
changes in the amount of (based on arithmetic and not on the modification of, or
establishment of new, criteria with respect to) the Reserves set forth in clause
(d) above or any new Reserve established in accordance with the terms of this
Annex K may be made from time to time by Administrative Agent without notice to
Borrower.
(f) With respect to any Reserves established or modified
pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Annex K, Administrative Agent shall
notify Borrower of the manner in which such Reserves are to be deducted from
Borrowing Availability (e.g., whether as an "Inventory Reserve", a "Primary
Reserve" or a "Secondary Reserve".).
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, (i) no Reserve shall be established with respect to cash
management-related obligations or statutory landlord Liens except as expressly
provided in paragraphs (d)(i)(A), (d)(i)(B), (d)(i)(C) and (d)(i)(D) above and
(ii) any Reserves taken in any appraisal shall be without duplication of any
Reserve taken herein.
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1. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT............................................................................. 2
1.1 Credit Facilities............................................................................. 2
1.2 Letters of Credit............................................................................. 5
1.3 Prepayments................................................................................... 5
1.4 Use of Proceeds............................................................................... 6
1.5 Interest and Applicable Margins............................................................... 7
1.6 Intentionally Omitted......................................................................... 9
1.7 Imposition of Reserves, etc................................................................... 9
1.8 Cash Management Systems....................................................................... 10
1.9 Fees.......................................................................................... 10
1.10 Receipt of Payments........................................................................... 10
1.11 Application and Allocation of Payments........................................................ 10
1.12 Loan Account and Accounting................................................................... 12
1.13 Indemnity..................................................................................... 12
1.14 Access........................................................................................ 14
1.15 Taxes......................................................................................... 14
1.16 Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality................................................. 16
1.17 Change of Lending Office...................................................................... 17
1.18 Single Loan................................................................................... 17
2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT................................................................................... 18
2.1 Conditions to the Initial Loans............................................................... 18
2.2 Further Conditions to Each Loan............................................................... 19
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES......................................................................... 20
3.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law...................................................... 20
3.2 Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN................................................. 21
3.3 Corporate Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations....................................... 21
3.4 Financial Statements and Projections.......................................................... 21
3.5 Material Adverse Effect....................................................................... 22
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3.6 Ownership of Property; Liens.................................................................. 22
3.7 Labor Matters................................................................................. 23
3.8 Ventures and Subsidiaries; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness................................. 23
3.9 Government Regulation......................................................................... 24
3.10 Margin Regulations............................................................................ 24
3.11 Taxes......................................................................................... 24
3.12 ERISA......................................................................................... 25
3.13 No Litigation................................................................................. 26
3.14 Brokers....................................................................................... 26
3.15 Intellectual Property......................................................................... 26
3.16 Full Disclosure............................................................................... 27
3.17 Environmental Matters......................................................................... 27
3.18 Insurance..................................................................................... 28
3.19 Deposit and Loan Proceeds Accounts............................................................ 28
3.20 Vendor and Trade Relations.................................................................... 28
3.21 Solvency...................................................................................... 28
3.22 Status of Holdings............................................................................ 29
3.23 Subordinated Debt............................................................................. 29
3.24 Obligations of Non-Credit Parties............................................................. 29
4. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION................................................................... 29
4.1 Reports and Notices........................................................................... 29
4.2 Communication with Accountants................................................................ 29
4.3 Collateral Monitoring and Review.............................................................. 29
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.................................................................................. 30
5.1 Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business.............................................. 30
5.2 Payment of Charges............................................................................ 30
5.3 Books and Records............................................................................. 31
5.4 Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral............................................. 31
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5.5 Compliance with Laws.......................................................................... 33
5.6 Supplemental Disclosure....................................................................... 33
5.7 Intellectual Property......................................................................... 33
5.8 Environmental Matters......................................................................... 34
5.9 Landlords' Agreements, Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters and Real Estate Purchases......... 35
5.10 Further Assurances............................................................................ 35
5.11 Compliance with Material Agreements........................................................... 36
5.12 Letters of Direction.......................................................................... 36
5.13 ERISA......................................................................................... 36
6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS..................................................................................... 37
6.1 Mergers....................................................................................... 37
6.2 Investments; Loans and Advances............................................................... 37
6.3 Indebtedness.................................................................................. 39
6.4 Employee Loans and Affiliate Transactions..................................................... 41
6.5 Capital Structure and Business................................................................ 42
6.6 Guaranteed Indebtedness....................................................................... 42
6.7 Liens......................................................................................... 43
6.8 Sale of Stock and Assets...................................................................... 43
6.9 ERISA......................................................................................... 46
6.10 Financial Covenants........................................................................... 47
6.11 Hazardous Materials........................................................................... 47
6.12 Sale-Leasebacks............................................................................... 47
6.13 Restricted Payments........................................................................... 47
6.14 Change of Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year................................... 48
6.15 No Impairment of Intercompany Transfers....................................................... 49
6.16 Changes Relating to Subordinated Debt; Material Contracts..................................... 49
6.17 Holdings...................................................................................... 49
6.18 No Speculative Transactions................................................................... 50
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7. TERM................................................................................................... 50
7.1 Termination................................................................................... 50
7.2 Survival of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements............................ 50
8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES................................................................. 50
8.1 Events of Default............................................................................. 50
8.2 Remedies...................................................................................... 52
8.3 Waivers by Credit Parties..................................................................... 53
9. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT.................................................... 53
9.1 Assignment and Participations................................................................. 53
9.2 Appointment of Administrative Agent........................................................... 57
9.3 Administrative Agent's Reliance, Etc.......................................................... 58
9.4 GE Capital and Affiliates..................................................................... 58
9.5 Lender Credit Decision........................................................................ 59
9.6 Indemnification............................................................................... 59
9.7 Successor Administrative Agent................................................................ 59
9.8 Setoff and Sharing of Payments................................................................ 60
9.9 Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert...................... 61
10. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS................................................................................. 63
10.1 Successors and Assigns........................................................................ 63
11. MISCELLANEOUS.......................................................................................... 64
11.1 Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement................................................. 64
11.2 Amendments and Waivers........................................................................ 64
11.3 Fees and Expenses............................................................................. 66
11.4 No Waiver..................................................................................... 67
11.5 Remedies...................................................................................... 68
11.6 Severability.................................................................................. 68
11.7 Conflict of Terms............................................................................. 68
11.8 Confidentiality............................................................................... 68
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11.9 GOVERNING LAW................................................................................. 69
11.10 Notices....................................................................................... 70
11.11 Section Titles................................................................................ 70
11.12 Counterparts.................................................................................. 70
11.13 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.......................................................................... 70
11.14 Press Releases and Related Matters............................................................ 71
11.15 Reinstatement................................................................................. 71
11.16 Advice of Counsel............................................................................. 71
11.17 No Strict Construction........................................................................ 71
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