johnsonoutdec312008form8k.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 31,
2008
Johnson
Outdoors Inc.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Wisconsin
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0-16255
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39-1536083
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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555
Main Street, Racine, Wisconsin 53403
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(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip
code)
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(262)
631-6600
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(Registrant's
telephone number, including area
code)
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Not
Applicable
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report)
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Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Section
1 - Registrant's Business and Operations
Item
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive
Agreement
On
December 31, 2008, Johnson Outdoors Inc. (the "Company") and certain of its
subsidiaries entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Term) (the
"Term Debt") and an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Revolving) (the
"Revolving Debt" and collectively with the Term Debt, the "Restated Debt
Agreements") effective as of January 2, 2009 with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.,
as
lender and administrative agent, and the other lenders named therein
(collectively, the "Lenders"). The Restated Debt Agreements modify
the terms of the Company's February 12, 2008 credit
agreements.
The
material changes to the Company's existing credit agreements made by the
Restated Debt Agreements are as follows:
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The
maturity date on the Term Debt was shortened to October 7,
2010.
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Certain
financial and non-financial covenants were modified, including the
leverage, fixed charge, minimum EBITDA, and net worth
covenants.
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The
maximum borrowing availability under the Revolving Debt was reduced
from
$75 million to $35 million as of January 2, 2009, and further reduced
to
$30 million as of January 31, 2009.
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This
description of the Restated Debt Agreements does not purport to be complete
and
is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Restated Debt
Agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit
99.2, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive
Agreement.
Effective
January 2, 2009, the Company restated
its
existing credit agreements, as
described in Item 1.01
above.
Section
2 - Financial
Information
Item
2.03 Creation of a Direct
Financial
Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement
of a
Registrant
On
December
31, 2008, the Company became
obligated on
a direct financial obligation pursuant to the terms of the Restated
Debt Agreements,
as described in Item 1.01
above.
Section
9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit 99.1
– Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement (Term), dated as of January 2, 2009, among Johnson
Outdoors, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as lender and agent, and the other
lenders named therein.
Exhibit 99.2
- Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement (Revolving), dated as of January 2, 2009, among Johnson
Outdoors, Inc., JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as lender and agent, and the other lenders named
therein.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Date:
January 2, 2009
JOHNSON
OUTDOORS INC.
BY
/s/ David
W.
Johnson
David
W. Johnson, Vice President and Chief
Financial
Officer
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ex99-1todec312008form8k.htm
Exhibit
99.1
EXECUTION
COPY
J.P.MORGAN
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
(TERM)
dated
as of
January
2, 2009
among
JOHNSON
OUTDOORS INC.
The
Lenders Party Hereto
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
as
Administrative Agent
_____________________________
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J.P.
MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
as
Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE
I Definitions
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SECTION
1.01. Defined Terms 1
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1
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SECTION
1.02. Classification of Loans and
Borrowings
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19
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SECTION
1.03. Terms Generally
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19
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SECTION
1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP
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19
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SECTION
1.05. Amendment and Restatement
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19
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ARTICLE
II The Credits
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20
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SECTION
2.01. Term Loans
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20
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SECTION
2.02. Loans and Borrowings
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20
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SECTION
2.03. Funding of Borrowings
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20
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SECTION
2.04. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of
Debt
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21
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SECTION
2.05. Prepayment of Loans
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22
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SECTION
2.06. Fees
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22
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SECTION
2.07. Interest
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22
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SECTION
2.08. Alternate Rate of Interest
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23
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SECTION
2.09. [Intentionally Omitted].
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23
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SECTION
2.10. Increased Costs
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23
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SECTION
2.11. Break Funding Payments
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24
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SECTION
2.12. Taxes
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25
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SECTION
2.13. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs.
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26
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SECTION
2.14. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of
Lenders
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27
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ARTICLE
III Representations and Warranties
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28
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SECTION
3.01. Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries
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28
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SECTION
3.02. Authorization; Enforceability
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28
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SECTION
3.03. Governmental Approvals; No
Conflicts
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29
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SECTION
3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse
Change
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29
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SECTION
3.05. Properties
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29
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SECTION
3.06. Litigation and Environmental
Matters
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29
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SECTION
3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements
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30
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SECTION
3.08. Investment Company Status
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30
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SECTION
3.09. Taxes
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30
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SECTION
3.10. ERISA
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30
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SECTION
3.11. Disclosure
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30
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SECTION
3.12. Federal Reserve Regulations
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31
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SECTION
3.13. No Default
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31
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SECTION
3.14. First Priority Liens
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31
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Table
of
Contents
(Continued)
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ARTICLE
IV Conditions
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31
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SECTION
4.01. Original Effective Date
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31
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SECTION
4.02. Effective Date of Amendment and
Restatement
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33
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ARTICLE
V Affirmative Covenants
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34
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SECTION
5.01. Financial Statements and Other
Information
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34
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SECTION
5.02. Notices of Material Events
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35
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SECTION
5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business
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36
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SECTION
5.04. Payment of Obligations
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36
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SECTION
5.05. Maintenance of Properties;
Insurance
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36
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SECTION
5.06. Books and Records; Inspection
Rights
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36
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SECTION
5.07. Compliance with Laws
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36
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SECTION
5.08. Use of Proceeds
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37
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SECTION
5.09. Subsidiary Guaranty
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37
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SECTION
5.10. Pledge Agreements
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37
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SECTION
5.11. Senior Credit Liens
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37
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SECTION
5.12. Accounts
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ARTICLE
VI Negative Covenants
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SECTION
6.01. Indebtedness
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38
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SECTION
6.02. Liens
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39
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SECTION
6.03. Fundamental Changes
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40
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SECTION
6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and
Acquisitions
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41
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SECTION
6.05. Asset Sales and Equity Issuances
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42
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SECTION
6.06. Sale and Leaseback Transactions
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44
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SECTION
6.07. Swap Agreements
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44
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SECTION
6.08. Restricted Payments
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44
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SECTION
6.09. Transactions with Affiliates
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45
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SECTION
6.10. Restrictive Agreements
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45
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SECTION
6.11. Amendment of Material Documents
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45
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SECTION
6.12. Minimum Asset Coverage Ratio
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45
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SECTION
6.13. Quarterly Financial Covenants.
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45
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SECTION
6.14. Fiscal Year
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46
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SECTION
6.15. Capital Expenditures
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46
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Table
of
Contents
(Continued)
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Page
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ARTICLE
VII Events of Default
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46
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ARTICLE
VIII The Administrative Agent
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49
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ARTICLE
IX Miscellaneous
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52
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SECTION
9.01. Notices
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52
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SECTION
9.02. Waivers; Amendments
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52
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SECTION
9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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53
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SECTION
9.04. Successors and Assigns
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54
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SECTION
9.05. Survival
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57
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SECTION
9.06. Counterparts; Integration;
Effectiveness
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57
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SECTION
9.07. Severability
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58
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SECTION
9.08. Right of Setoff
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58
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SECTION
9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process
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58
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SECTION
9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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59
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SECTION
9.11. Headings
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SECTION
9.12. Confidentiality
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59
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SECTION
9.13. USA PATRIOT Act
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60
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Table
of
Contents
(Continued)
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SCHEDULES:
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Schedule
1.01 – Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments; Excluded
Subsidiaries
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Schedule
2.01 – Commitments
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Schedule
3.01 – Subsidiaries
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Schedule
5.12 – Non-Lender Accounts
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Schedule
6.01 – Existing Indebtedness
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Schedule
6.02 – Existing Liens
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Schedule
6.04 – Existing Investments
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Schedule
6.10 – Existing Restrictions
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Schedule
6.13 – Quarterly Financial Covenants
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EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit
A – Form of Assignment and Assumption
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Exhibit
B – Form of Opinion of Loan Parties’ Counsel
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Exhibit
C – List of Closing Documents
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (TERM) (the “Agreement”) dated as
of January 2, 2009 among JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC., the LENDERS party hereto and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
SECTION
1.01. Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
“2008
Restructuring”
means, collectively, (i) the change in the name of “Old Town Canoe Company”, a
Subsidiary, to “Johnson Outdoors Watercraft Inc.”, (ii) the Borrower’s creation
of Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics LLC, as a new Subsidiary, and the
transfer of the Borrower’s marine electronics business to such new Subsidiary,
(iii) the Borrower’s creation of Johnson Outdoors Gear LLC, as a new Subsidiary,
and the transfer of the Borrower’s outdoor equipment business to such new
Subsidiary, and (iv) the Borrower’s creation of Johnson Outdoors Diving LLC, as
a new Subsidiary, and the transfer of the Borrower’s domestic diving business to
such new Subsidiary.
“ABR”,
when used in
reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Acquisition”
means
any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after
the date of this Agreement, by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(i)
acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any
firm, corporation or limited liability company or other business entity, or
division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or
(ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent
transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of
votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power
for
the election of directors (other than securities having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage of voting
power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited
liability company or other business entity.
“Adjusted
LIBO Rate”
means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period,
an
interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of
1%)
equal to the greater of (1) 3.50% and (2) the product of (a) the LIBO Rate
for
such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Administrative
Agent”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent
for the
Lenders hereunder.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied
by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate”
means,
in
the case of an affiliate of the Borrower, a Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, is Controlled by the Borrower and, in the
case of an affiliate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, a Person that
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Alternate
Base Rate”
means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the
Prime Rate
in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such
day plus½ of 1%
and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one-month Interest Period plus
1.25%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and
including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Amendment
and
Restatement” means the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit
Agreement as of the date hereof on the terms of this Agreement.
“Applicable
Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the
total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the
Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be
determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect
to
any assignments.
“Applicable
Rate”
means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to (i) the sum of (x) the
Adjusted
LIBO Rate plus
(y) 5%, with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, and (ii) the sum of (x) the
Alternate Base Rate plus (y) 4% with
respect to any ABR Loan.
“Approved
Fund” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04.
“Approved
Subordinated
Debt” means Indebtedness in an aggregate original principal amount equal
to at least $5,000,000 which is (i) subject to terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Lenders, (ii) subject to an intercreditor agreement
on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and (iii) fully
subordinated to the Secured Obligations.
“Asset
Coverage Ratio”
means the ratio, determined as of the end of each calendar month for
the most
recent month, of (x) the sum of fifty percent (50%) of the book value of each
of
the accounts receivable and the inventory of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP measured for each
such calendar month to (y) Consolidated Senior Indebtedness.
“Assignment
and
Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender
and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 9.04),
and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any
other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Board”
means
the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of
America.
“Borrower”
means
Johnson Outdoors Inc., a Wisconsin corporation.
“Borrowing”
means
Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and,
in
the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect.
“Borrowing
Request”
means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section
2.03.
“Business
Day” means
any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in
New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided
that,
when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollars in
the
London interbank market.
“Capital
Expenditures”
means, without duplication, any expenditures or commitment to expend
money for
any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be classified as
a
fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital
Lease
Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the
right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases
on
a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations
shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Change
in Control”
means (a) the Johnson Family shall at any time fail to own stock having,
in the
aggregate, votes sufficient to elect at least a fifty-one percent (51%) majority
of the Board of Directors of the Borrower; (b) the acquisition of ownership,
directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group
(within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of
the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof)
other than the Johnson Family, of Equity Interests representing more than thirty
percent (30%) of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower; (c) occupation of a majority
of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower
by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the
Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; (d) the acquisition
of
direct or indirect Control of the Borrower by any Person or group other than
the
Johnson Family; (e) except as expressly permitted under the terms of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 6.05, the
Borrower consolidates with or merges into another Person or conveys, transfers
or leases all or substantially all of its property to any Person, or any Person
consolidates with or merges into the Borrower, in either event pursuant to
a
transaction in which the outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower is
reclassified or changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property; or (f) except as otherwise expressly permitted under the terms of
this
Agreement, the Borrower shall cease to own and control, directly or indirectly,
all of the economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding
Capital Stock of each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or shall cease to have the
power, directly or indirectly, to elect all of the members of the board of
directors of each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries.
“Change
in Law” means
(a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this
Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the
date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of
Section 2.11(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s
holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether
or
not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after
the date of this Agreement.
“Code”
means
the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral”
means
the
property subject to any of the Senior Credit Liens, including the Pledged
Equity, and the proceeds thereof.
“Collateral
Agreements” means, collectively, the Security Agreement and all other
security agreements, mortgages and comparable instruments and documents from
time to time executed pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement
in
favor of the “Administrative Agent” for the benefit of the “Secured Parties”
thereunder and in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a Loan,
expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such
Lender’s Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender
pursuant to Section
9.04. The amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on
Schedule
2.01,
or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have
assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount
of the Lenders’ Commitments is $60,000,000.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means Consolidated Net Income plus, to the extent deducted from revenues
in
determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii)
expense for taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization, (v)
extraordinary non-cash losses incurred other than in the ordinary course of
business, (vi) non-cash foreign exchange charges, (vii) charges and expenses
due
to the termination or amendment of any interest rate hedge agreements, and
(viii) items, if any, listed on Schedule 1.01 as
credits for the relevant fiscal quarters minus, to the extent included
in Consolidated Net Income, extraordinary non-cash gains realized other than
in
the ordinary course of business, including foreign exchange gains, cash proceeds
of litigation settlements with insurance providers of the Borrower or any of
its
Subsidiaries (to the extent such proceeds exceed the Borrower or its relevant
Subsidiary’s expenses incurred in the same fiscal quarter or the preceding three
fiscal quarters in reaching such settlement) and items, if any, listed on Schedule 1.01 as
debits for the relevant fiscal quarters, all calculated for the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis; provided that solely
for purposes of Section 6.13(d), to
the extent the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes a Permitted Acquisition or
any
other Acquisition consented to by the Required Lenders or a disposition of
assets outside the ordinary course of business that is permitted by Section 6.05 or
consented to by the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders to the extent
required by Section
9.02) during the period of four fiscal quarters of the Borrower most
recently ended, the Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated after giving pro
forma effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events
which are directly attributable to the Acquisition or the disposition of assets,
are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in
each
case as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X
of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the SEC, and as
certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent), as if such Acquisition or such disposition (and
any
related incurrence, repayment or assumption of Indebtedness) had occurred in
the
first day of such four quarter period.
“Consolidated
Interest
Expense” means, with reference to any period, the cash interest expense
(including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and
other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’
acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Agreements in respect of interest
rates), calculated on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for such period in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net
Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as adjusted for changes in accounting
treatment arising from the loss of hedge accounting related to interest rate
Swap Agreements, in each case, calculated in accordance with GAAP on a
consolidated basis (without duplication) for such period.
“Consolidated
Net
Worth” means, at any time, the total consolidated stockholders’ equity of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a
consolidated basis as of such time, excluding the impact of non-cash unrealized
gains or losses resulting from fluctuations in currency exchange rates occurring
after October 3, 2008.
“Consolidated
Rent
Expense” means, with reference to any period, all payments under
Operating Leases to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income,
calculated in accordance with GAAP for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
a
consolidated basis for such period.
“Consolidated
Senior
Indebtedness” means at any time the sum, without duplication, of the
aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which is not
subordinate to the Obligations under this Agreement, calculated on a
consolidated basis as of such time in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Total
Assets” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on
a
consolidated basis as of such date.
“Consolidated
Total
Indebtedness” means at any time the sum, without duplication, of the
aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a
consolidated basis as of such time in accordance with GAAP.
“Control”
means
the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability
to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and
“Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Credit
Exposure”
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the outstanding principal
amount
of such Lender’s Loan at such time.
“Default”
means
any
event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice,
lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of
Default.
“Dollars”
or
“$”
refers
to lawful
money of the United States of America.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located
in the
United States of America.
“Effective
Date” means
the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.02 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.02).
“Electronic
Delivery”
has the meaning set forth in Section
5.01(a).
“Environmental
Laws”
means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees,
judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or
entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the
environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management,
release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety
matters.
“Environmental
Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties
or
indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting
from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation,
use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability
is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity
Interests”
means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests
in a
limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity
ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights
entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity
interest.
“ERISA”
means
the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together
with
the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of
the
Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the
Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
“ERISA
Event” means
(a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for
which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to
any
Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant
to
Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for
a
waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator
of
any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint
a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any
of
its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial
withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“Eurocurrency”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or
the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined
by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event
of Default” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excluded
Subsidiaries” means the Subsidiaries listed in Schedule 1.01
hereto.
“Excluded
Taxes”
means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other
recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by)
its net income by the United States of America, or by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which
its
principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its
applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed
by
the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign
Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 2.14(b)), any
withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at
the
time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a
new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply
with Section
2.12(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor,
if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to
such withholding tax pursuant to Section
2.12(a).
“Existing
Credit
Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2008, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, as
in
effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement.
“Federal
Funds Effective
Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day
that
is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next
1/100
of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
“Financial
Officer”
means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer
or
controller of the Borrower.
“Financials”
means
the
annual or quarterly financial statements, and accompanying certificates and
other documents, of the Borrower required to be delivered pursuant to Section
5.01(a) or 5.01(b).
“First
Tier Foreign
Subsidiary” means each Foreign Subsidiary with respect to which any one
or more of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries directly owns or controls
more than 50% of such Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity
Interests.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage
Ratio” means, the ratio, determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter
of the Borrower for the most-recently ended four fiscal quarters, of (i) the
sum
of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period, plus (b) Consolidated Rent Expense
for such period, to (ii) the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense during
such period, plus (b) Consolidated Rent Expense for such period, all calculated
for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance
with
GAAP, provided that solely for purposes of Section 6.13(a), to
the extent the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes a Permitted Acquisition or
any
other Acquisition consented to by the Required Lenders or a disposition of
assets outside the ordinary course of business that is permitted by Section 6.05 or
consented to by the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders to the extent
required by Section
9.02) during the period of four fiscal quarters of the Borrower most
recently ended, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated after giving
pro forma effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events
which are directly attributable to the Acquisition or the disposition of assets,
are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in
each
case as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X
of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the SEC, and as
certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent), as if such Acquisition or such disposition (and
any
related incurrence, repayment or assumption of Indebtedness) had occurred in
the
first day of such four quarter period.
“Foreign
Lender” means
any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that
in
which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the
United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall
be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary other than a Domestic Subsidiary.
“GAAP”
means
generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental
Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local,
and
any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank
or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory
or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee”
of
or by
any Person (the “guarantor”) means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having
the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (the “primary obligor”) in
any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of
the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation
or
to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security
for
the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation
of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or
any
other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so
as to
enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or
(d)
as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty
issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the
term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in
the
ordinary course of business.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous
or
toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances
or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hostile
Acquisition”
means (a) the acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person through
a tender
offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such Equity Interests which
has
not been approved (prior to such acquisition) by the board of directors (or
any
other applicable governing body) of such Person or by similar action if such
Person is not a corporation and (b) any such acquisition as to which such
approval has been withdrawn.
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for
borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges
are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional
sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such
Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable
incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of
others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned
or
acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has
been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others,
(h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of
letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations, contingent
or
otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The
Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the
extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the
terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable
therefor.
“Indemnified
Taxes”
means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Interest
Payment
Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March,
June, September and December and the Maturity Date, and (b) with respect to
any
Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the
Borrowing of which such Loan is a part.
“Interest
Period”
means with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing
on the
date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is three months thereafter or such shorter period as may
be
agreed to by the Administrative Agent with respect to the initial Borrowing,
as
the Borrower may elect; provided, that (i)
if
any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii)
any
Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last
calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day
of
the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof,
the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing
is
made and, in the case of a Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date
of
the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Investment”
of
a
Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar
advances to officers, employees or agents made in the ordinary course of
business), extension of credit (other than receivables and inventory arising
in
the ordinary course of business) or contribution of capital by such Person;
stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other
securities owned by such Person; any deposit accounts and certificates of
deposit owned by such Person; and structured notes, derivative financial
instruments and other similar instruments or contracts owned by such Person
and
shall include any Acquisition.
“Johnson
Family” shall
mean at any time, collectively, the estate of Samuel C. Johnson, the widow
of
Samuel C. Johnson and the children and grandchildren of Samuel C. Johnson,
the
executor or administrator of the estate or other legal representative of any
such Person, all trusts for the benefit of the foregoing or their heirs or
any
one or more of them, and all partnerships, corporations or other entities
directly or indirectly controlled by the foregoing or any one or more of
them.
“Lenders”
means
the
Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any
other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment
and
Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant
to an Assignment and Assumption.
“Leverage
Ratio”
means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness
on such
date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters ended on such date (or, if such date is not the last day of a fiscal
quarter, ended on the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior
to such date), provided that solely for purposes of the definition of
“Applicable Rate” and Section 6.13(b), (i)
Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be calculated as of the last day of each
fiscal quarter based upon the average quarter-end Consolidated Total
Indebtedness for the four-quarter period ending as of the last day of such
fiscal quarter and (ii) to the extent the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes
a
Permitted Acquisition or any other Acquisition consented to by the Required
Lenders or a disposition of assets outside the ordinary course of business
that
is permitted by Section 6.05 or
consented to by the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders to the extent
required by Section
9.02) during the period of four fiscal quarters of the Borrower most
recently ended, the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated after giving pro forma
effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which
are
directly attributable to the Acquisition or the disposition of assets, are
factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each
case
as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the SEC, and as certified
by a Financial Officer of the Borrower), as if such Acquisition or such
disposition (and any related incurrence, repayment or assumption of
Indebtedness) had occurred in the first day of such four quarter period; provided that
notwithstanding any such adjustments, in no event shall the Consolidated Total
Indebtedness for purposes of the calculation of the Leverage Ratio for any
period be less than the amounts actually outstanding under this Agreement and
the Revolving Credit Agreement on any applicable date.
“LIBO
Rate” means,
with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate
appearing on Reuters British Bankers Association Libor Rates Page 3750 (or
on
any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or
substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations
of
interest rates applicable to deposits in Dollars in the London interbank market)
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for deposits in Dollars with
a
maturity comparable to such Interest Period, provided, however
that for the
Interest Period commencing on the Original Effective Date and ending on March
14, 2008, the LIBO Rate shall be equal to the rate for deposits in Dollars
with
a one-month maturity as of two (2) Business Days prior to the Original Effective
Date. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for
any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with
respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the
rate at which deposits in Dollars in an amount of $5,000,000 and for a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office
of
the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior
to
the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Lien”
means,
with
respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset,
(b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to
such
asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar
right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan”
means
a Loan
made pursuant to Section
2.03.
“Loans”
means
the
loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Loan
Documents” means
this Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Pledge Agreements, the Collateral
Agreements, any promissory notes executed and delivered pursuant to Section
2.04(e) and any and all other instruments and documents, including any account
control or blocked account agreements, executed and delivered in connection
with
any of the foregoing.
“Loan
Parties” means,
collectively, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Material
Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
property, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or prospects, of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement any or any and all other Loan Documents or
the
rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
thereunder.
“Material
Foreign
Subsidiary” means a Foreign Subsidiary that generates EBITDA on a
consolidated basis calculated for such Foreign Subsidiary and its subsidiaries
greater than or equal to 10% of Consolidated EBITDA.
“Material
Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans), or obligations
in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the
“principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount
(giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary
would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such
time.
“Maturity
Date” means
October 7, 2010.
“Moody’s”
means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“Obligations”
means
all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all
accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other
obligations and indebtedness (including interest accruing during the pendency
of
any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless
of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities
of any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent or any indemnified party, individually or collectively,
existing on the Original Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or
indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured,
liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation
of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this Credit Agreement or any
of
the other Loan Documents or to the Lenders or any of their Affiliates under
any
Swap Agreement or in respect of any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other
obligations incurred or other instruments at any time evidencing any
thereof.
“Operating
Lease” of a
Person means any lease of property (other than a capital lease under GAAP)
by
such Person as lessee which has an original term (including any required
renewals and any renewals effective at the option of the lessor) of one year
or
more.
“Original
Effective
Date” means
the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 were
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.02).
“Other
Subsidiary
Investment” means, for any period of determination, the sum, without
duplication, of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all intercompany loans
made during such period by any Loan Party to any Subsidiary which is not a
Loan
Party (less all repayments in immediately available funds of such intercompany
loans during such period); (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party at the end of such period subject
to
Guarantees by any Loan Party; (iii) all Investments made during such period
by
any Loan Party in any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party; and (iv) an amount
equal to the net benefit derived by any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party
resulting from any non-arm’s-length transactions, or any other transfer of
assets conducted, in each case entered into during such period, between any
Loan
Party, on the one hand, and such Subsidiary, on the other hand, other than
(a)
transactions in the ordinary course of business and (b) in respect of legal,
accounting, reporting, listing and similar administrative services provided
by
any Loan Party to such Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice.
“Other
Taxes” means
any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise
or
property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made
hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement.
“Participant”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
9.04.
“PBGC”
means
the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any
successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted
Acquisition” means any Acquisition (whether by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise but excluding in any event a Hostile Acquisition)
or
series of related Acquisitions by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of (A) all
or
substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests in, a target entity
the identity of which has been disclosed to the Administrative Agent, for an
aggregate consideration paid in respect of such Acquisition not to exceed an
amount equal to $1,400,000, or (B) (i) all or substantially all the assets
of,
(ii) all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business
of a
Person or (iii) if clauses (i) and (ii) above are inapplicable, the rights
of
any licensee (including by means of the termination of such licensee’s rights
under such license) under a trademark license to such licensee from the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, if, at the time of and immediately after giving effect
thereto, provided that with
respect to any Acquisition: (a) no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would arise after giving effect thereto, (b) all actions required to be taken
with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under Section 5.09 shall
have been taken, (c) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on
a
pro forma basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent after giving
effect to such Acquisition (including pro forma adjustments arising out of
events which are directly attributable to the Acquisition, are factually
supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case as
determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the SEC), with the
covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and
6.13,
recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of
the
Borrower for which financial statements are available, as if such Acquisition
(and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, with any new
Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period
in
accordance with its terms) had occurred on the first day of each relevant period
for testing such compliance, and (d) in the case of an Acquisition or merger
involving the Borrower or a Subsidiary, the Borrower or such Subsidiary is
the
surviving entity of such merger and/or consolidation; provided, further
that with
respect to any Acquisition under clause (B) above, either (x) (1) if the Senior
Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently completed four fiscal quarter
period prior to such Acquisition equals or exceeds 2.25 to 1.0, the aggregate
consideration paid in respect of such Acquisition, together with the aggregate
consideration paid in respect of all other Acquisitions by the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary since the Effective Date, shall not exceed $2,000,000 and after
giving effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall
be in
compliance with Section 6.15
calculated including the consideration paid in respect of such Acquisition
as a
Capital Expenditure or (2) if the Senior Leverage Ratio as of the end of the
most recently completed four fiscal quarter period prior to such Acquisition
is
less than 2.25 to 1.0, the aggregate consideration paid in respect of such
Acquisition, together with the aggregate consideration paid in respect of all
other Acquisitions by the Borrower or any Subsidiary since the Effective Date,
shall not exceed $5,000,000 or (y) such Acquisition is financed through the
issuance of new Equity Interests or the incurrence of Subordinated Indebtedness
in excess of the Approved Subordinated Debt or both.
“Permitted
Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens
imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in
compliance with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens
imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days or are being
contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(c) pledges
and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
(d) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations
of
a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment
liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under
clause (k) of Article VII; and
(f) easements,
zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property
imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure
any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the
affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided
that the
term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing
Indebtedness.
“Permitted
Investments” means:
(a) direct
obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency
thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from
the
date of acquisition thereof;
(b) Investments
in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition
thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating
obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;
(c) Investments
in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing
within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by
or
placed with, and demand and money market deposit accounts issued or offered
by,
any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital
and
surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(d) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30)
days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a
financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c)
above;
(e) money
market funds that (i) in the case of a money market fund subject to regulation
by the SEC, complies with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange
Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) in the
case
of any other money market fund, complies with all applicable legal requirements
of the appropriate Governmental Authority, (iii) are rated AAA by S&P and
Aaa by Moody’s and (iv) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000;
and
(f) Investments
by Foreign Subsidiaries in financial institutions located outside the United
States that are rated at least A by S&P and A2 by Moody’s.
“Person”
means
any
natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture,
association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“Plan”
means
any
employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to
the
provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or,
if
such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be)
an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Pledge
Agreements”
means those certain pledge agreements, share mortgages, charges and
comparable
instruments and documents from time to time executed pursuant to the terms
hereof or the Revolving Credit Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties and in favor of the “Administrative
Agent” for the benefit of the “Secured Parties” under the Revolving Credit
Agreement.
“Pledged
Equity” means
all pledged Equity Interests in or upon which a security interest or Lien is
from time to time granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, under the Pledge Agreements.
“Prime
Rate” means the
rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New
York
City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the
date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Register”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“Related
Parties”
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Required
Lenders”
means, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures representing more
than 50%
of the sum of the total Credit Exposures at such time.
“Restricted
Payment”
means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities
or other
property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase or
repurchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination
of
any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any option,
warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary.
“Revolving
Credit
Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
(Revolving), dated as of January 2, 2009, by and among Johnson Outdoors Inc.,
as
borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its
capacity as administrative agent for itself and the other lenders thereunder,
as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Secured
Obligations”
means the Obligations hereunder and the “Obligations” under the Revolving Credit
Agreement.
“Secured
Parties”
means the holders of the Secured Obligations from time to time and shall
include
(i) each Lender in respect of its Loans, (ii) the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders in respect of all other present and future obligations and liabilities
of the Borrower and each Subsidiary of every type and description arising under
or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) each
Lender and affiliate of such Lender in respect of Swap Obligations entered
into
with such Person by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) each indemnified party
under Section 9.03 in respect of the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower
to such Person hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (v) their
respective successors and (in the case of a Lender, permitted) transferees
and
assigns.
“Security
Agreement”
means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2008,
by and among
the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the “Administrative Agent” under
the Revolving Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Senior
Credit Liens”
means the Liens granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in favor of
the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and the “Administrative
Agent” on behalf of the “Secured Parties” under the Revolving Credit Agreement
pursuant to any Collateral Agreement or Pledge Agreement to secure the Secured
Obligations.
“Senior
Leverage
Ratio” means the “Leverage Ratio” calculated with respect to the
Consolidated Senior Indebtedness only.
“Statutory
Reserve
Rate” means, with respect to any currency, a fraction (expressed as a
decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which
is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset,
fees
or similar requirements (including any marginal, special, emergency or
supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any central bank,
monetary authority, the Board, the Financial Services Authority, the European
Central Bank or other Governmental Authority for any category of deposits or
liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency, expressed in the
case of each such requirement as a decimal. Such reserve percentages
shall, in the case of Dollar denominated Loans, include those imposed pursuant
to Regulation D of the Board. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed
to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset or similar requirements without
benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available
from time to time to any Lender under any applicable law, rule or regulation,
including Regulation D. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve, liquid asset or similar requirement.
“Subordinated
Indebtedness” of a Person means any Indebtedness of such Person the
payment of which is subordinated to payment of the obligations of the Borrower
and/or any Subsidiary in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
“subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any
date,
any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other
entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent
in
the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than
50%
of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case
of a
partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of
such
date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise
Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the
parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary”
means
any
subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary
Guarantor”
means each Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded
Subsidiary). The Subsidiary Guarantors on each of the Effective Date
and the Original Effective Date are identified as such in Schedule 3.01
hereto.
“Subsidiary
Guaranty”
means that certain Guaranty dated as of the Original Effective Date
(including
any and all supplements thereto) and executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor,
as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Swap
Agreement” means
any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative
transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference
to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments
or
securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic,
financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination
of these transactions; provided that no
phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services
provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants
of
the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Swap
Obligations”
means any and all obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether
absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced
or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and
substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Swap Agreements permitted
hereunder with a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender, and (b) any and all
cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any such
Swap Agreement transaction.
“Taxes”
means
any and
all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or
withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Transactions”
means
the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the relevant
Subsidiaries of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing
of
Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof.
“Type”,
when used in
reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest
on
such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference
to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“UCC”
means
the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Illinois from time to
time.
“Withdrawal
Liability”
means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or
partial
withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part
I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION
1.02. Classification
of Loans and
Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be
classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency
Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Type
(e.g., a
“Eurocurrency
Borrowing”).
SECTION
1.03. Terms
Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally
to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or
other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements
or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person
shall
be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits
and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits
and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall
be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.
SECTION
1.04. Accounting
Terms;
GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms
of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with
GAAP,
as in effect from time to time; provided that, if
the
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have
been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance
herewith.
SECTION
1.05. Amendment
and
Restatement. The amendment and restatement of the Existing
Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective as of January
2,
2009. This Agreement shall amend and restate in its entirety the
Existing Credit Agreement and shall have the effect of a substitution of terms
of the Existing Credit Agreement, but this Agreement will not have the effect
of
causing a novation, refinancing or other repayment of the obligations under
the
Existing Credit Agreement (hereinafter the “Existing
Obligations”) or a termination or extinguishment of the liens securing
such Existing Obligations, which Existing Obligations shall remain outstanding
and repayable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and which liens shall
remain attached, enforceable and perfected securing such Existing Obligations
and all additional obligations arising under this Agreement. Each
reference to the Existing Credit Agreement in any of the other Loan Documents,
or any other document, instrument or agreement delivered in connection herewith
or therewith shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
The
Credits
SECTION
2.01. Term
Loans. Pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement, each Lender made a term
loan (the “Loan”) to the
Borrower in Dollars on the Original Effective Date in a principal amount equal
to the amount of such Lender’s Commitment. Amounts repaid or prepaid
in respect of the Loans may not be reborrowed.
SECTION
2.02. Loans
and
Borrowings. (a) Each Loan was made as
part of a single Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably
in
accordance with their respective Commitments.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.10, the Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or
Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance
herewith.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
elect to convert the Borrowing to, or continue, the Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency
Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after
the Maturity Date.
(d) Borrowing
Type. The initial Borrowing was a
Eurocurrency Borrowing with the Interest Period beginning on the
Original Effective Date and ending on March 14, 2008. On March 14, 2008, the
Borrowing shall automatically be converted to a Eurocurrency Borrowing with
an
Interest Period of three months and shall thereafter automatically successively
continue as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of three
months. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if a Default
or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing the Administrative Agent
at its option may (and at the written direction of the Required Lenders shall),
by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the
Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.02
requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates),
declare that no Borrowing may be made as, converted into or continued as a
Eurocurrency Loan and unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing
shall
be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable
thereto.
SECTION
2.03. Funding
of
Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make
the Loan to be made by it hereunder on the Original Effective Date by wire
transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Chicago time, to the
account of the Administrative Agent designated by it for such purpose by notice
to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans
available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in
like
funds, to Account No. DDA 5529069 of the Borrower maintained with the
Administrative Agent.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to
the
Original Effective Date that such Lender will not make its Loan available to
the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender
has
made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of
this
Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not
in fact made its Loan available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable
Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower
to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the
case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a
rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules
on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest
rate
applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the
Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan
included in the Borrowing.
SECTION
2.04. Repayment
of Loans; Evidence
of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account
of
each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity
Date.
(b) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from the Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable
or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and
(iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for
the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of
this
Section shall be primafacie
evidence of the
existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts
or
any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower
to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any
Lender may request that the Loan made by it be evidenced by a promissory
note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver
to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if
requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in
a
form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loan
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be
represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order
of
the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note,
to
such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION
2.05. Prepayment
of
Loans. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from
time to time to prepay the Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior
notice as provided in this Section. The Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of any prepayment
hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later
than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, at least one Business Day before the date of
prepayment, or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later
than 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, one Business Day before the date of
prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify
the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion
thereof to be prepaid. Promptly following receipt of any such notice
relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders
of
the contents thereof. Each prepayment of the Borrowing shall be
applied ratably to the Loans. Prepayments shall be accompanied by
accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.08 and
break funding costs to the extent required by Section
2.11.
SECTION
2.06. Fees. (a) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees
payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(b) All
fees
payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent. Fees paid shall not be refundable
under any circumstances.
SECTION
2.07. Interest. (a) The
Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Applicable
Rate.
(b) The
Loans
comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Applicable
Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing.
(c) During
the continuance of an Event of Default the Administrative Agent may, at its
option (and at the written direction of the Required Lenders, shall), by notice
to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required
Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.02
requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates),
declare that (i) each Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for the remainder
of
the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such Interest
Period plus 2%
per annum and (ii) each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal
to the Applicable Rate in effect from time to time plus 2% per annum,
provided that,
during the continuance of an Event of Default under clauses (h), (i) or (j)
of
Article VII,
the interest rates set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall be applicable
to all Credit Extensions without any election or action on the part of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender.
(d) Accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date
for such Loan; provided that (i)
interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable
on
demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued
interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the
date
of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of
any
Eurocurrency Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor,
accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such
conversion.
(e) All
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except
that interest for any Loan that is computed by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a
leap
year). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO
Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.08. Alternate
Rate of
Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period
for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:
(a) the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest
Period; or
(b) the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of
maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such
Interest Period;
then
the
Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders
by telephone or facsimile as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until
the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, the Borrowing shall
convert to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period then in
effect.
SECTION
2.09.
[Intentionally Omitted].
SECTION
2.10. Increased
Costs. (a) If any Change in Law
shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by,
any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO
Rate); or
(ii) impose
on
any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this
Agreement or Eurocurrency Loan made by such Lender;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
of
maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received
or
receivable by such Lender hereunder, whether of principal, interest or
otherwise, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount
or
amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or
reduction suffered.
(b) If
any
Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has
or
would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or
on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of
this Agreement or the Loan made by such Lender to a level below that which
such
Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change
in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of
such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time
to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such
reduction suffered.
(c) A
certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to
compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified
in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower
and
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay
such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10)
days
after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this
Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such
compensation; provided that the
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section
for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to
the
date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise
to
such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim
compensation therefor; providedfurther
that, if the
Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive,
then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the
period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION
2.11. Break
Funding
Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of
any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the
conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to convert, continue or prepay any
Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto
(regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.05 and is
revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency
Loan
other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result
of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14, then,
in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss,
cost
and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to
any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to
be
the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued
on
the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted
LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from
the
date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor
(or, in the case of a failure to convert or continue, for the period that would
have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest
which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest
rate
which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period,
for deposits in Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks
in
the eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth
any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown
as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt
thereof.
SECTION
2.12. Taxes. (a) Any
and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder
shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes; provided that if
the
Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from
such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so
that
after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender
receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii)
the
Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In
addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within ten
(10) days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender on or
with
respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower
hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on
or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest
and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether
or
not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed
or
asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to
the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender,
or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender,
shall
be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As
soon
as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any
Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding
tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or
any
treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under
this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate.
(f) If
the
Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it
has
received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been
indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay over such refund
to
the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional
amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes
or
Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses
of
the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any
interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such
refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower
(plus
any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the
Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any
other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the
Borrower or any other Person.
SECTION
2.13. Payments
Generally; Pro Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether
of
principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.10, 2.11
or
2.12, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, Chicago time on the date when due,
in
immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any
amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such
payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 South
Dearborn Street, Suite IL1-0010, Chicago, Illinois 60603 and except that
payments pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11, 2.12 and 9.03 shall be made directly
to the Persons entitled thereto. If any payment hereunder shall be
due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing
interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such
extension.
(b) If
at any
time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative
Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due
hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest
and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in
accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties,
and
(ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among
the
parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due
to
such parties.
(c) If
any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans
resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion
received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion
shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other
Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall
be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that
(i)
if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment
giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery,
without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be
construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in
accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained
by a
Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in
any
of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph
shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to
the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender
acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise
against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower
in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior
to
the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on
such
date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption,
distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the
Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally
agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount
so
distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date
of
payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds
Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If
any
Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.04(b), 2.13(d) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in
its
discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts
thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender
to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such
unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION
2.14. Mitigation
Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any
Lender requests compensation under Section 2.10, or if the Borrower is required
to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for
the
account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.12, then such Lender shall use
reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or
booking its Loan hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder
to
another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such
Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.10 or 2.12, as the case may be, in the future
and
(ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and
would
not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby
agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in
connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If
any
Lender requests compensation under Section 2.10, or if the Borrower is required
to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for
the
account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.12, or if any Lender defaults in
its
obligation to fund its Loan hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole
expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent,
require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance
with
and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests,
rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume
such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts
such
assignment); provided that (i)
the
Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall
have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its
Loan, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable
to it
hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and
accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts)
and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 2.10 or payments required to be made pursuant to
Section 2.12, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation
or
payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment
and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or
otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require
such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
ARTICLE
III
Representations
and
Warranties
The
Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION
3.01. Organization;
Powers;
Subsidiaries. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is
duly organized, validly existing and in current or good standing under the
laws
of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority
to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to
do
so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good
standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is
required. Schedule 3.01 hereto
(as supplemented from time to time) identifies each Subsidiary, the jurisdiction
of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of
issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity
interests owned by the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries and, if such
percentage is not 100% (excluding directors’ and nominees’ qualifying shares as
required by law), a description of each class issued and
outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other
equity interests of each Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and
fully
paid and nonassessable and all such shares and other equity interests indicated
on Schedule
3.01 as owned by the Borrower or another Subsidiary are owned,
beneficially and of record, by the Borrower or any Subsidiary free and clear
of
all Liens, other than Liens created under the Pledge
Agreements. There are no outstanding commitments or other obligations
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants or other
rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or
other equity interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for the
issuance of Equity Interests in the Borrower to members of management or other
employees.
SECTION
3.02. Authorization;
Enforceability. The Transactions are within the Borrower’s
corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and,
if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
SECTION
3.03. Governmental
Approvals; No
Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or
approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any
Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in
full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation
or
the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not
violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other
instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets,
or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation
or
imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
other than Liens created under the Pledge Agreements.
SECTION
3.04. Financial
Condition; No
Material Adverse Change. (a) The
Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet
and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and
for
the fiscal year ended September 28, 2007 reported on by Ernst & Young LLP,
independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and
the fiscal year ended October 3, 2008, certified by its chief financial
officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of
the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods
in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence
of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii)
above.
(b) Since
September 28, 2007, there has been no event, development or circumstance which
has had or could reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect other
than those matters disclosed in the financial information referred to in clause
(ii) of Section
3.04(a) or otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent in
writing.
SECTION
3.05. Properties. (a) Each
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business,
except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to
conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for
their intended purposes. There are no Liens on any of the
real or personal properties of the Borrower or any Subsidiary except for Liens
permitted by Section
6.02.
(b) Each
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks,
tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to
its
business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not
infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements
that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.06. Litigation
and Environmental
Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits or
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending
against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable
possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined,
could
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the
Transactions. There are no labor controversies pending against or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries (i) which could reasonably be expected, individually
or
in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) that involve
this Agreement or the Transactions.
(b) Except
with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any
Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license
or
other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject
to
any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect
to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental
Liability.
(c) Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is party or subject to any law, regulation,
rule
or order, or any obligation under any agreement or instrument, that has a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.07. Compliance
with Laws and
Agreements. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in
compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other
instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do
so,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in
a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.08. Investment
Company
Status. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an
“investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION
3.09. Taxes. Each
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed
all
Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused
to be
paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are
being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves
or
(b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.10. ERISA. No
ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken
together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations
under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most
recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market
value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the present value of all accumulated
benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used
for
purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as
of
the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed
the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount
that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.11. Disclosure. The
Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate
or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and
all
other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None
of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information
furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered
hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished)
contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with
respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that
such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed
to
be reasonable at the time.
SECTION
3.12. Federal
Reserve
Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan have been
used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that
entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including
Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION
3.13. No
Default. The Borrower is in full compliance with this
Agreement and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
SECTION
3.14. First
Priority
Liens. Each Senior Credit Lien is a valid, perfected first
priority Lien on the portion of the Collateral covered thereby, subject only
to
Permitted Encumbrances. Except for the filing of the financing statements
referred to in Section
4.03, no further action, including any filing or recording of any
document, is necessary in order to establish, protect and perfect the first
priority Lien of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, in any part of the Collateral as against any third party in any
applicable jurisdiction, including, without limitation, any purchaser from,
or
creditor of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Except for the
filing of the financing statements referred to in Section 4.03, no
consent of any other Person and no authorization, approval, or other action
by,
and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body
is required for (x) the pledge by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of
any
of the Collateral pursuant to the applicable Collateral Agreement or Pledge
Agreement, (y) the perfection or maintenance of the Lien created thereby
(including the first priority nature of such Lien) or (z) the exercise by the
Administrative Agent of the rights or the remedies in respect of the Collateral
provided for in this Agreement, any Collateral Agreement or any Pledge
Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
Conditions
SECTION
4.01. Original
Effective
Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder
shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following
conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.02):
(a) The
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto
either (i) a counterpart of the Existing Credit Agreement signed on behalf
of
such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
(which may include facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of the
Existing Credit Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of the
Existing Credit Agreement.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Original Effective
Date) of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., counsel for the Loan Parties, and
such other local counsel opinions as may be applicable, substantially in the
form of Exhibit
B to the Existing Credit Agreement, and covering such other matters
relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the
Required Lenders shall reasonably request.
(c) The
Lenders shall have received (i) reasonably satisfactory audited consolidated
financial statements of the Borrower for the two most recent fiscal years ended
prior to the Original Effective Date as to which such financial statements
are
available, (ii) reasonably satisfactory unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower for each quarterly period ended subsequent to the
date of the latest financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (i) of
this
paragraph as to which such financial statements are available and (iii) such
other documents or information as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall
reasonably request.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as
the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the
organization, existence and current status or good standing of the Borrower,
the
authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the
Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further
described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit C to the
Existing Credit Agreement.
(e) The
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that the
Revolving Credit Agreement has been amended to permit incurrence of the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Existing Credit Agreement.
(f) The
Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Original Effective Date, including, to the extent
invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall
not
become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived
pursuant to Section
9.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the Original Effective
Date (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the
Commitments shall terminate at such time). The Administrative Agent
and each Lender acknowledge that the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 were
satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02 at or
prior to 3:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the Original Effective Date.
SECTION
4.02. Effective
Date of Amendment
and Restatement. The Amendment and Restatement and the
obligation of each Lender to make or continue the Loan on or after the Effective
Date, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto
either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or
(ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may
include facsimile transmission or transmission by e-mail of a portable document
file (“pdf”) or similar file of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that
such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., counsel for the Loan Parties, and such other
local counsel opinions as may be applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, and
covering such other matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents
or
the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably
request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such
opinion.
(c) The
Lenders shall have received (i) reasonably satisfactory audited consolidated
financial statements of the Borrower for the fiscal years ended September 28,
2007 and September 29, 2006, (ii) reasonably satisfactory unaudited interim
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for each quarterly period
ended subsequent to the date of the latest financial statements delivered
pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements
are available and (iii) reasonably satisfactory financial statement projections
through and including the Borrower’s 2010 fiscal year, together with such
information as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall reasonably
request.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as
the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the
organization, existence and current or good standing of the Borrower, the
authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the
Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further
described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit
C.
(e) The
Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced,
reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required
to be
reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
(f) The
Administrative Agent shall have received an executed copy of an amendment and
restatement of the Revolving Credit Agreement on terms similar to those
contained in this Agreement.
The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective
Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
ARTICLE
V
Affirmative
Covenants
Until
the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall
have
been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders
that:
SECTION
5.01. Financial
Statements and
Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited
consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in
each
case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported
on by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of
recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or
exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such
audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly
in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations
of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided that the
delivery within the time period specified above of the Borrower’s Form 10-K for
such fiscal year prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and
filed
with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.01(a),
provided,
further,
that the
Borrower shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-K if it
shall have timely made such Form 10-K available on the “EDGAR” online service
provided by the SEC and on its home page on the worldwide web (at the date
of
this Agreement located at: http://www.edgar-online.com) and shall have given
each Lender prior notice of such availability on EDGAR and on its home page
in
connection with such delivery (such availability and notice thereof being
referred to as “Electronic
Delivery”);
(b) within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters
of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of
and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of)
the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as
presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results
of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to
normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided that
delivery within the time period specified above of copies of the Borrower’s Form
10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the
SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.01(b),
provided,
further,
that the
Borrower shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-Q if it
shall have timely made Electronic Delivery thereof;
(c) within
fifteen (15) days after the end of each fiscal month (except for fiscal months
the end of which coincides with the end of a fiscal quarter) of each fiscal
year
of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such
fiscal month and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth
in
each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or
periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous
fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly
in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations
of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis;
(d) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a), (b) or (c) above
(and in the case of Electronic Delivery of such financial statements,
concurrently with the notice of the Lenders of such Electronic Delivery), a
certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether
a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details
thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto,
(ii)
in the case of delivery of financial statements under clauses (a) and (b),
(x)
setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with
Section 6.13,
and (y) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance
with Sections
6.01, 6.04,
6.05
and 6.12 and (iii)
stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred
since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if
any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the
financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(e) promptly
after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other
reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or
with
any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its
shareholders generally, as the case may be; provided that
Electronic Delivery of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, proxy statements and other materials
shall be deemed to satisfy the Borrower’s obligations to provide such forms
under this subsection; and
(f) promptly
following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations,
business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
or
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or
any
Lender may reasonably request.
SECTION
5.02. Notices
of Material
Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default;
(b) the
filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect;
(c) the
occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and
(d) any
other
development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in,
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each
notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a
Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth
the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION
5.03. Existence;
Conduct of
Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew
and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses,
permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business;
provided that
the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or
dissolution permitted under Section
6.03.
SECTION
5.04. Payment
of
Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not
paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become
delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect
thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending
such
contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
5.05. Maintenance
of Properties;
Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct
of
its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily
maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating
in
the same or similar locations.
SECTION
5.06. Books
and Records;
Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full,
true
and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to
its
business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its
properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to
discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent
accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably
requested. The Borrower shall pay, or reimburse the Administrative
Agent for, the expenses of one (1) field examination by auditors selected by
the
Administrative Agent per twelve-month period (or, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, per three-month period).
SECTION
5.07. Compliance
with
Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including without
limitation Environmental Laws), except where the failure to do so, individually
or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.08. Use
of
Proceeds. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used,
whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of
any
of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION
5.09. Subsidiary
Guaranty. As promptly as possible but in any event within
thirty (30) days (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative
Agent) after any Person becomes a Subsidiary or merges into a Subsidiary
pursuant to Section 6.03, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent
with written notice thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail
describing the material assets of such Person and shall cause each such
Subsidiary which also qualifies as a Subsidiary Guarantor to deliver to the
Administrative Agent the Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to which such Subsidiary
agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of thereof, such Subsidiary
Guaranty to be accompanied by appropriate corporate resolutions, other corporate
documentation and legal opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
SECTION
5.10. Pledge
Agreements. The Borrower shall pledge to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to a Pledge Agreement
governed by Illinois law with respect to 65% of all of the outstanding Equity
Interests of any First Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a Material Foreign
Subsidiary; provided that no
such
pledge of the Equity Interests of a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary shall be
required hereunder to the extent such pledge (i) is prohibited by applicable
law
or (ii) the Administrative Agent and its counsel reasonably determine that,
in
light of the cost and expense associated therewith, such pledge would not
provide material support for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to
legally binding, valid and enforceable Pledge Agreements. The
Borrower further agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent all such Pledge
Agreements, together with appropriate corporate resolutions and other
documentation (including legal opinions, the stock certificates representing
the
Equity Interests subject to such pledge, stock powers with respect thereto
executed in blank, and such other documents as shall be reasonably requested
to
perfect the Lien of such pledge) in each case in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and in a manner that the
Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that it has a first priority
perfected pledge of or charge over the Pledged Equity related
thereto.
SECTION
5.11. Senior
Credit
Liens. As promptly as possible but in any event no later than
the date that is thirty (30) days (or such date up to thirty (30) days
thereafter as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) after the
Effective Date, the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take
any and all actions necessary to create and maintain in favor of the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, a valid, perfected,
first-priority Lien, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, in all owned and
leased, real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed property
located in the United States, including brands and intellectual property,
whether existing or hereafter acquired to secure the Secured Obligations,
including causing a UCC financing statement describing the Collateral and naming
the Borrower or any Subsidiary as debtor and the Administrative Agent, on behalf
of the Secured Parties, as secured party to be filed in the appropriate filing
office. In connection with any Lien with respect to real property, the Borrower
shall, and shall cause any relevant Subsidiary to, provide at its expense such
diligence items as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, including
ALTA surveys, title insurance, environmental studies, zoning reports and
landlord or tenant consents. In addition, the Borrower shall, and
shall cause its Subsidiaries to, execute and deliver all such financing
statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other
instruments and such supplements and amendments hereto or to any Collateral
Agreement or Pledge Agreement and take such other action as may be necessary
or
advisable to in order to: (i) grant more effectively all or any portion of
the
Collateral; (ii) maintain or preserve the Lien (and the priority thereof) of
any
Collateral Agreement or Pledge Agreement or to carry out more effectively the
purposes thereof, including in the event of any change in Articles 8 or 9 of
the
UCC; (iii) preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights therein
of
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral
against the claims of all Persons and parties; or (iv) pay any and all taxes
levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Collateral.
SECTION
5.12. Accounts. As
promptly as possible but in any event no later than the date that is thirty
(30)
days (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent)
after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall maintain all cash management
accounts (other than pay-roll accounts) only at banks which are Lenders under
this Agreement and shall enter into blocked account agreements (which shall
include an agreement in writing that the account bank will, upon notice by
the
Administrative Agent of the occurrence and continuance of a Default, comply
with
instructions from the Administrative Agent directing the disposition of funds
in
such account without further consent by the Borrower) in the form satisfactory
to the applicable Lender with respect to each such account; provided that the
Borrower may maintain the accounts listed on Schedule 5.12 with
the respective banks listed with respect thereto provided that (1) such accounts
are subject to blocked account agreements in the form satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and (2) the aggregate balance of such accounts does not,
at
any time, exceed $350,000.
ARTICLE
VI
Negative
Covenants
Until
the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder
have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders
that:
SECTION
6.01. Indebtedness. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness
created under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness
existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness with Indebtedness
of a similar type that does not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof;
(c) Indebtedness
of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or
any
other Subsidiary; provided that
Indebtedness by any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party to the Borrower or
any
other Subsidiary shall comply with the proviso in Section 6.04(d);
(d) Guarantees
by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that
Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary
which is not a Loan Party shall comply with the proviso in Section
6.04(d);
(e) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital
Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the
acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior
to
the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such
Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
provided that
(i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after
such
acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii)
the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e) shall
not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(f) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of trade
letters of credit;
(g) Indebtedness
constituting (a) accounts payable of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries arising
in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade
and
consistent with past practice, (b) payroll accruals, (c) tax, assessments and
other governmental charges which are not yet due or which are being contested
in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate
reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP, and (d) other similar
unsecured Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice, but not incurred through the borrowing of money
or the obtaining of credit;
(h) Indebtedness
in connection with overdraft facilities in an aggregate outstanding principal
amount not to exceed $10,000,000;
(i) Indebtedness
evidenced by letters of credit in an aggregate face amount not to exceed
$10,000,000 at any time;
(j) other
unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding
$10,000,000 at any time outstanding
(k) Approved
Subordinated Debt, if any; and
(l) Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement.
SECTION
6.02. Liens. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter
acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts
receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Permitted
Encumbrances and Liens created under the Pledge Agreements;
(b) the
Senior Credit Liens;
(c) any
Lien
on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the
date
hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02;
provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset
of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those
obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and
replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof;
(d) any
Lien
existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person
that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming
a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other
property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall
secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition
or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be and extensions,
renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof;
(e) Liens
of
a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section
4-208
of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering
only the items being collected upon;
(f) Liens
arising out of sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section
6.06;
(g) Liens
on
fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary; provided that (i)
such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section
6.01, (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are
incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after such acquisition or the
completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured
thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving
such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply
to
any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(h) the
sale
of receivables provided the aggregate book value of such receivables does not
exceed $100,000.
SECTION
6.03. Fundamental
Changes. (a) The Borrower will not, and will
not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person,
or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series
of
transactions) all or substantially all of its assets, or all or substantially
all of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned
or
hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time
thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing (i) any Person may merge into the Borrower in a
transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any
Subsidiary/Person may merge into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the
surviving entity is a Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer,
lease
or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to a Subsidiary Guarantor
(subject to the limitations of Section 6.04), (iv)
any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good
faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the
Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (v) the Borrower
may effect the 2008 Restructuring and (vi) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may
sell all of the Equity Interest of a Subsidiary, and a Subsidiary may sell,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of assets, if permitted under Section 6.05;
provided that any such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly-owned
Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also
permitted by Section
6.04.
(b) The
Borrower shall not change any of and shall not permit any Subsidiary to change
(i) its corporate name, (ii) the name under which it does business, (iii) its
type of organization or (iv) the jurisdiction in which it is organized, unless,
in each case, (1) each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the
Swingline Lender and each Lender shall have received not less than thirty (30)
days’ prior written notice thereof and (2) the Borrower has taken all action
required to maintain the Administrative Agent’s first priority perfected Lien
for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral.
SECTION
6.04. Investments,
Loans,
Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not,
and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire
(including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly-owned
Subsidiary prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness
or
other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any
of
the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee
any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any Investment or any other
interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one
transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person
constituting a business unit, except:
(a) Permitted
Investments;
(b) Permitted
Acquisitions;
(c) Investments
by the Borrower in the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries; provided that any
Investments made by the Borrower after the Original Effective Date in the Equity
Interests of a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party must comply with the proviso
to Section
6.04(d);
(d) loans
or
advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary
to
the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that the
Borrower will not, nor will it permit any other Loan Party to, enter into or
suffer to exist Other Subsidiary Investments at any time during any fiscal
year
(but calculated exclusive of all Other Subsidiary Investments existing
immediately prior to such fiscal year) of the Borrower in an aggregate amount
greater than $10,000,000;
(e) Guarantees
constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section
6.01;
(f) Investments
in existence on the date of this Agreement and described in Schedule
6.04;
(g) notes
payable or stock or other securities issued by account debtors to the Borrower
or any Subsidiary pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect to settlement
of such account debtor’s accounts in the ordinary course of business, consistent
with past practices;
(h) loans
or
advances made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to its employees on an
arm’s-length basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices for travel and entertainment expenses, relocation costs and similar
purposes up to a maximum of $2,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding;
(i) Investments
in the form of Swap Agreements permitted by Section
6.07;
(j) Investments
of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the
Borrower or consolidates or merges with the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries
so long as such investments were not made in contemplation of such Person
becoming a Subsidiary or of such merger;
(k) Investments
received in connection with the disposition of assets permitted by Section
6.05;
(l) Investments
constituting deposits described in clauses (c) and (d) of the definition of
“Permitted Encumbrances”; and
(m) Investments
resulting from the 2008 Restructuring provided that the Subsidiaries created
to
effect the 2008 Restructuring execute and deliver the Subsidiary Guaranty and
related documents in accordance with Section 5.09 prior to
the effective date of the asset transfers to such Subsidiaries.
SECTION
6.05. Asset
Sales and Equity
Issuances. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, issue any Equity Interests, receive any capital
contribution, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including
any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will the Borrower permit any Subsidiary
to
issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary (other than to the
Borrower or another Subsidiary in compliance with Section 6.04),
except:
(a) sales,
transfers and dispositions of (i) inventory in the ordinary course of business
and (ii) used, obsolete, worn out or surplus equipment or property in the
ordinary course of business;
(b) sales,
transfers and dispositions to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(c) sales,
transfers and dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the
compromise, settlement or collection thereof;
(d) sales,
transfers and dispositions of Investments permitted by clauses (a), (g), (h),
(i), (k) and (l) of Section 6.04 and
clauses (iii) and (v) of Section
6.03(a);
(e) sale
and
leaseback transactions permitted by Section
6.06;
(f) dispositions
resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under
power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any
property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g) sales,
transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in
a
Subsidiary unless all Equity Interests in such Subsidiary are sold) that are
not
permitted by any other paragraph of this Section, provided that each such
transaction (i) is for consideration consisting of at least eighty-five percent
(85%) of cash, (ii) is for not less than fair market value (as determined in
good faith by the Borrower’s board of directors), (iii) after giving effect to
such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall exist, (iv) together
with
all other such transactions under this subsection (g) calculated at book value
(1) during the immediately preceding twelve-month period, represent the
disposition of (x) not greater than twenty percent (20%) of the Borrower’s
Consolidated Total Assets at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding
that in which such transaction is proposed to be entered into and (y)
in the case of the sale, transfer or other disposition of assets comprising
a
business line of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, such business line generated
net
income not greater than twenty percent (20%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated Net
Income for such preceding fiscal year, and (2) during the period from the date
hereof to the date of such proposed transaction represents the disposition
of
(x) not greater than thirty-five percent (35%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated
Total Assets at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding that in which
such transaction is proposed to be entered into and (y) in the case of the
sale,
transfer or other disposition of assets comprising a business line of the
Borrower or a Subsidiary, such business line generated net income not greater
than thirty-five percent (35%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated Net Income for
such preceding fiscal year and (v) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance, on a pro forma basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent after giving effect to such transaction (including pro forma adjustments
arising out of events which are directly attributable to the sale, transfer
or
disposition of assets, are factually supportable and are expected to have a
continuing impact, in each case as determined on a basis consistent with Article
11 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted
by the SEC), with the covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and
6.13
recomputed
as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower
for
which financial statements are available, as if such transaction had occurred
on
the first day of each relevant period for testing such compliance and, if the
assets sold, transferred or disposed of in such transaction represent the
disposition of assets (1) exceeding five percent (5%) of the Borrower’s
Consolidated Total Assets as at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding
that in which such transaction is proposed to be entered into or (2) in the
case
of the sale, transfer or other disposition of assets comprising a business
line
of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, such business line generated net income
comprising greater than five percent (5%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated Net
Income for such preceding fiscal year, the Borrower shall have delivered to
the
Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to
such effect (and if the assets sold, transferred or disposed of in such
transaction represent the disposition of assets (1) exceeding ten percent (10%)
of the Borrower’s Consolidated Total Assets as at the end of the fiscal year
immediately preceding that in which such transaction is proposed to be entered
into or (2) in the case of the sale, transfer or other disposition of assets
comprising a business line of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, such business line
generated net income comprising greater than ten percent (10%) of the Borrower’s
Consolidated Net Income for such preceding fiscal year, such certificate and
the
supporting calculations shall have been reviewed by Ernst & Young LLP or
other independent public accountants of recognized national standing), together
with all relevant financial information requested by the Administrative Agent;
and
(h) issuances
of Equity Interests and receipt of capital contributions so long as the net
cash
proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary are applied as set forth
below;
provided
that all
sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby (other than
those permitted by paragraphs (b) and (f) above) shall be made for fair value
and for at least 85% cash consideration or as a trade-in for replacement
property
providedfurther that
the
Borrower shall cause (1) eighty percent (80%) of the proceeds of any sale,
transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary permitted hereby (other than those permitted by paragraph (a), (b),
(f) or (h) above or by clause (iii) of Section 6.03), net of
the costs of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition and of cash
restructuring charges in an amount reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent and incurred in the same fiscal quarter as the sale, transfer, lease
or
other disposition to which such charges relate or in the succeeding two fiscal
quarters and (2) seventy-five percent (75%) of the net cash proceeds received
by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary from the issuance of Equity Interests and receipt
of capital contributions pursuant to clause (h) above, to be applied, in each
case, ratably, to repay
(A) “Loans”, unreimbursed “LC Disbursements”, and other amounts owed under the
Revolving Credit Agreement, and not in permanent reduction of the “Commitments”
thereunder (first to repay
unreimbursed “LC Disbursements,” “Swingline Loans” and “Revolving Loans,” second to
cash-collateralize “Letters of Credit” in an amount equal to 110% of the face
amount thereof, third to repay
other
amounts due thereunder) and (B) “Loans” and other amounts due hereunder until
paid in full.
SECTION
6.06. Sale
and Leaseback
Transactions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly,
whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful
in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent
or
lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially
the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for
any
such sale of any fixed or capital assets by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
that
is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair value of
such
fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital
asset.
SECTION
6.07. Swap
Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements
entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary
has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) Swap Agreements entered into
in
order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to
floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate, from floating
to fixed rates or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability
or
Investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
SECTION
6.08. Restricted
Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or
indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to do so, except the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant
to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for
management or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION
6.09. Transactions
with
Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets
to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets material
to
its business from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any
of
its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and
on
terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary
than
could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties and (b)
transactions between or among the Borrower and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries
not
involving any other Affiliate.
SECTION
6.10. Restrictive
Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to
exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes
any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create,
incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b)
the
ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect
to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to
the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower
or
any other Subsidiary; provided that (i)
the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or
by
any Loan Document, by the Revolving Credit Agreement or any document relating
thereto or by any document relating to Approved Subordinated Debt, (ii) the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date
hereof identified on Schedule 6.10 (but
shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification
expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing
shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements
relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such
restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold
and
such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not
apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured
Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions
apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) clause
(a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and
other
contracts restricting the assignment thereof.
SECTION
6.11. Amendment
of Material
Documents. The Borrower shall not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under
(a) agreement relating to any Subordinated Indebtedness (except as
permitted in any intercreditor agreement between the Lenders (or the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders) and the holders of such
Subordinated Indebtedness) or (b) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws,
operating, management or partnership agreement or other organizational
documents, to the extent any such amendment, modification or waiver would be
adverse to the Lenders.
SECTION
6.12. Minimum
Asset Coverage
Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Asset Coverage Ratio
for any calendar month to be less than 1.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of such
month.
SECTION
6.13. Quarterly
Financial
Covenants.
(a) Minimum
Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, determined for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal
quarters then ending as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters to be less
than the ratio set forth on Schedule 6.13 under
the caption “Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” for the date of the end of
each such fiscal quarter.
(b) Maximum
Leverage
Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio,
calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
determined for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending
as
of the end of each of its fiscal quarters, to exceed the ratio set forth on
Schedule 6.13
under the caption “Maximum Leverage Ratio” for the date of the end of each such
fiscal quarter.
(c) Maximum
Senior Leverage
Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Senior Leverage Ratio,
calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
determined for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending
as
of the end of each of its fiscal quarters, to exceed the ratio set forth on
Schedule 6.13
under the caption “Maximum Senior Leverage Ratio” for the date of the end of
each such fiscal quarter.
(d) Minimum
Consolidated
EBITDA. The Borrower will not permit the Consolidated EBITDA, calculated
for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, determined for
the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending as of the end
of
each of its fiscal quarters, to be less than the amount set forth on Schedule 6.13 for the
date under the caption “Minimum Consolidated EBITDA” for the date of the end of
each such fiscal quarter.
(e) Maintenance
of Net
Worth. The Borrower will not permit Consolidated Net
Worth at any time to be less than the sum of (i) $110,000,000, plus (ii) 90%
of
positive Consolidated Net Income earned during each fiscal year, commencing
with
the fiscal year ending on October 3, 2008, plus (iii) 75%
of the
net cash proceeds resulting from any issuance of capital stock by the
Borrower.
SECTION
6.14. Fiscal
Year. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall
change its fiscal year for accounting or tax purposes from a period consisting
of a 52/53 calendar week year ending on or about September 30 of each year
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
6.15. Capital
Expenditures. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall make Capital Expenditures in excess of $4,000,000 per fiscal quarter
or in
excess of $10,000,000 per fiscal year.
ARTICLE
VII
Events
of
Default
If
any of
the following events (“Events of Default”)
shall occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed
for
prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other
amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable
under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and
such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business
Days;
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or
in
any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document
or
any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to
have
been materially incorrect when made or deemed made;
(d) (i)
the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section
5.02, 5.03 (with
respect to
the Borrower’s existence), 5.08, 5.09,
5.10,
5.11
or 5.12 or in Article
VI, (ii) any
Loan Document shall for any reason not be or shall cease to be in full force
and
effect or is declared to be null and void, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary
takes any action for the purpose of terminating, repudiating or rescinding
any
Loan Document or any of its obligations thereunder or (iii) the occurrence
and
continuance of an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Revolving
Credit Agreement;
(e) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, shall fail to observe
or
perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other
than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any other
Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty
(30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower
(which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal
or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness,
when and as the same shall become due and payable, following the expiration
of
any applicable grace periods;
(g) any
event
or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due
prior
to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving
of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any
Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase,
redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this
clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result
of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such
Indebtedness;
(h) an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall
be
filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of
the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets,
under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets,
and,
in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for
sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing
shall be entered;
(i) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or
file
any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law
now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to
contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described
in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment
of
a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets,
(iv)
file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against
it
in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing;
(j) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability
or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one
or
more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$5,000,000 (except to the extent covered by independent third-party insurance
as
to which the insurer has not disclaimed coverage) shall be rendered against
the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain
undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution
shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a
judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(l) an
ERISA
Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when
taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) a
Change
in Control shall occur; or
(n) Administrative
Agent shall fail to have a valid, perfected first priority Lien on the
Collateral in the United States (or any state thereof), for the benefit of
the
Secured Parties, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances;
then,
and
in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described
in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the
continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request
of
the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans then
outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any
principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared
to be
due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be
due
and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other
obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the
Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the principal of the
Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees
and
other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived
by
the Borrower.
ARTICLE
VIII
The
Administrative
Agent
Each
of
the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent
and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf
and
to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the
terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto.
The
bank
serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and
powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the
same
as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates
may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as
if it
were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary
or
other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is
continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary
rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent
is
required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the
circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set
forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose,
and
shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by
the
bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any
capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required
Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary
under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its
own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent
shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written
notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender,
and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty
to
ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made
in
or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate,
report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii)
the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other
terms
or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness
or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document,
(v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere
herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent, or (vi) the creation, perfection or
priority of the Senior Credit Liens on any portion of the Collateral or the
existence of any Collateral.
The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any
liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The
Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or
by
telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not
incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may
consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent
accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any
action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such
counsel, accountants or experts.
The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights
and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent
may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through
their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the
preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related
Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply
to
their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative
Agent.
Subject
to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as
provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time
by
notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation,
the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower,
to
appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by
the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty
(30)
days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation,
then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint
a
successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New
York,
New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of
its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges
and
duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor
Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such
successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder,
the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for
the
benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent
or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall
from
time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking
or
not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement
or
any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
None
of
the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or
Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability,
responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to
all
Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders
shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any
Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with
respect to the relevant Lenders in their capacity as Syndication Agents or
Documentation Agents as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in
the
preceding paragraph.
In
its
capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties
within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the
UCC. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into
each of the Pledge Agreements and the Collateral Agreements to which it is
a
party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each
Lender agrees that no Secured Parties (other than the Administrative Agent)
shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted
by any Pledge Agreement or Collateral Agreement, it being understood and agreed
that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Pledge
Agreements and the Collateral Agreements. In the event that any
Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the
Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted
a
power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties
any
Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such
Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured
Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at
its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by
the
Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(b); (ii)
as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan
Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the
Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of
the
Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any
time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority
to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant
hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral
which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented
to
in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and
upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby
irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be
necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon
the
Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however,
that (i) the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on
terms
which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative
Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other
than
the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release
shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any
Liens
upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all
interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without
limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute
part of the Collateral.
ARTICLE
IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION
9.01. Notices. (a) Except
in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given
by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by facsimile, as follows:
(i) if
to the
Borrower, to it at 555 Main Street, Suite 023, Racine,
Wisconsin 53403, Attention: Treasury Department (Facsimile No. (262)
631-6608) with a copy to the Borrower at 555 Main Street, Suite 023, Racine,
Wisconsin 53403, Attention: General Counsel (Facsimile No. (262)
631-6610);
(ii) if
to the
Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Operations, 10
S.
Dearborn Street, Suite IL1-0010, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of Alex Lesiak
(Facsimile No. (312) 385-7096 and e-mail janusz.a.lesiak@jpmchase.com)
with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL
60603, Attention of Nathan Bloch (Facsimile No. (312) 325-3060 and e-mail
address nathan.bloch@jpmorgan.com);
and
(iii) if
to any
other Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire.
(b) Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices
pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent
and
the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may,
in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it;
provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices
or communications.
(c) Any
party
hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All
notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the
date
of receipt.
SECTION
9.02. Waivers;
Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any
abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power,
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders hereunder and under any other Loan Document are cumulative
and
are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise
have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to
any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless
the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the
purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any
Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have
had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither
this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof
may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements
in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders;
provided that
no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender
without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce or forgive the principal
amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce or forgive
any interest or fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each
Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the
principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable
hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or
postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written
consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.13(b) or
(c)
in a manner
that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without
the
written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section
or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying
the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any
rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder,
without the written consent of each Lender or (vi) release any Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligation under the Subsidiary Guaranty (except as otherwise
permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents), without the written consent
of
each Lender; provided
further
that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or
duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent
of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
9.03. Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage
Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i)
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent
and
its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication and
distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a
service such as IntraLinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the
preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii)
all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel
for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement,
collection or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement,
including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made
hereunder, including all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred
during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such
Loans.
(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and each
Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called
an
“Indemnitee”)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or
asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a
result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement
or
instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their
respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or
any
other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds
therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether
any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that
such
losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities or related expenses are
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee.
(c) To
the
extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it
to
the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender
severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense
or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, penalty, liability
or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.
(d) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions,
any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All
amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than fifteen (15)
days
after written demand therefor.
SECTION
9.04. Successors
and
Assigns. (a) The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i)
the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and
any
attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall
be
null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights
or
obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing
in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon
any
Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby, or Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c)
of
this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related
Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this
Agreement.
(b)(i) Subject
to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign
to
one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this
Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans at the time owing to it)
with
the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)
of:
(A)
the
Borrower, provided that no
consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, any other assignee; and
(B)
the
Administrative Agent.
(ii) Assignments
shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A)
except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
or
an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning
Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment
and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no
such
consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing;
(B)
each
partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of
all
the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;
(C)
the
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee
of
$3,500; and
(D)
the
assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an Administrative Questionnaire.
For
the
purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “Approved Fund” has
the following meaning:
“Approved
Fund” means
any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a)
a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an
entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this
Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent
of
the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender
thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and
Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in
the
case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be
a
party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.10,
2.11, 2.12 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of
rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this
Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such
Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv) The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall
maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses
of
the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing
to,
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder
for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon
its
receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire
(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and
recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written
consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record
the
information contained therein in the Register; provided that if
either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any
payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), 2.13(d) or
9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such
Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register
unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all
accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for
purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as
provided in this paragraph.
(c)
(i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender
sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the
sole
right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification
or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that
affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this
Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections
2.10, 2.11 and
2.12
to the same
extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.13(c) as
though it were a Lender.
(ii)
A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10 or 2.12
than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation
to
such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A
Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be
entitled to the benefits of Section 2.12 unless
the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and
such
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.12(e) as
though it were a Lender.
(d)
Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations
to a
Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or
assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment
of
a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
SECTION
9.05. Survival. All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower
herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection
with
or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon
by
the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made
by
any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any
Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as
the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid. The
provisions of Sections
2.10, 2.11,
2.12
and 9.03 and Article
VIII shall
survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans and the
Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision
hereof.
SECTION
9.06. Counterparts;
Integration;
Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts
(and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which
shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute
a
single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements
with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire
contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede
any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating
to
the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each
of
the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to
the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of
this Agreement by facsimile transmission or by e-mail transmission of a portable
document file (“pdf”) or similar file shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION
9.07. Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
9.08. Right
of
Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at
any
time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set
off
and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional
or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such
Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against
any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under
this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender
shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations
may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which
such Lender may have.
SECTION
9.09. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process. (a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of
the
State of Illinois.
(b) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any United States Federal or
Illinois State Court sitting in Chicago, Illinois, and any appellate court
from
any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims
in
respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such
Illinois State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal
court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement against the Borrower or its properties
in
the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent
it
may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of
or
relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this
Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law.
SECTION
9.10. WAIVER
OF JURY
TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT,
TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,
SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION
9.11. Headings. Article
and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.12. Confidentiality. Each
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees
and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being
understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed
of
the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such
Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or
by
any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement,
(e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit,
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights
hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially
the
same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or
any
prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its
advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and
its
obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such
Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach
of
this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For
the purposes of this Section, “Information” means
all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its
business, other than any such information that is available to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to
disclosure by the Borrower; provided that, in
the
case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such
information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as
confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of
Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of
care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would
accord to its own confidential information.
SECTION
9.13. USA
PATRIOT
Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the
USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001))
(the “Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of
the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower
and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower
in
accordance with the Act.
[Signature
Pages Follow]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.
JOHNSON
OUTDOORS INC.
By
/s/ David W.
Johnson
Name:
David W. Johnson
Title:
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., individually
as
a
Lender and as Administrative Agent
By
/s/ Sabir A.
Hashmy
Name:
Sabir A. Hashmy
Title:
Vice President
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A., as successor by
merger
to
LaSalle Bank National Association,
as
a
Lender
By
/s/ Steven K.
Kessler
Name:
Steven K.
Kessler
Title:
Senior Vice President
M&I
MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK,
as
a
Lender
By
/s/ Ronald J.
Carey
Name:
Ronald J. Carey
Title:
Vice President
By
/s/ James R.
Miller
Name:
James R. Miller
Title:
Senior Vice President
Signature
Page to
Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement (Term)
Johnson
Outdoors Inc.
ASSOCIATED
BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By /s/
Daniel
Holzhauer
Name:
Daniel Holzhauer
Title:
Vice President
HSBC
BANK
USA, NA, as a Lender
By
/s/ Melissa A.
Morris
Name:
Melissa A. Morris
Title:
Vice President
THE
PRIVATE BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY,
as a Lender
By
/s/ Jeff
Janza
Name:
Jeff Janza
Title:
Associate Managing Director
WELLS
FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By
/s/ Brady
McMonigal
Name:
Brady McMonigal
Title:
Vice President
Signature
Page to
Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement (Term)
Johnson
Outdoors Inc.
SCHEDULE
1.01
ADJUSTMENTS
TO CONSOLIDATED EBITDA; EXCLUDED SUBSIDIARIES
Adjustments
to Consolidated EBITDA
$
millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter
Ending
|
|
Actual
|
Actual
|
Actual
|
Actual
|
Forecast
|
|
Dec-07
|
Mar-08
|
Jun-08
|
Sep-08
|
Dec-08
|
Diving
Restructure (Plant/People)
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
1.2
|
0.2
|
Legal
Settlement
|
0.2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Flood
Recovery
|
-
|
(0.3)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Headcount
Reductions
|
-
|
-
|
0.3
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
40.9
|
-
|
Inventory
impairment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3.5
|
-
|
Watercraft
DC move
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Paddle
Recall costs
|
-
|
-
|
0.4
|
-
|
-
|
Watercraft
AR reserve
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.2
|
-
|
Jack
Wolfskin hedge writeoff
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.4
|
-
|
Acquisition
costs
|
-
|
-
|
0.4
|
0.1
|
-
|
F/X
(Gains)/Losses
|
0.2
|
1.4
|
(0.3)
|
(0.4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
1.3
|
2.0
|
1.5
|
46.3
|
0.3
|
Excluded
Subsidiaries
SCHEDULE
2.01
COMMITMENTS
Lender
|
Title
|
Allocation
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
Administrative
Agent
|
$7,500,000
|
Bank
of America, N.A., as successor by
merger
to LaSalle Bank National
Association
|
|
8,750,000
|
Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
|
8,750,000
|
M&I
Marshall & Ilsley Bank
|
|
8,750,000
|
Associated
Bank, N.A.
|
|
8,750,000
|
HSBC
Bank USA, NA
|
|
8,750,000
|
The
Private Bank and Trust Company
|
|
8,750,000
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$60,000,000
|
SCHEDULE
5.12
NON-LENDER
ACCOUNTS
|
|
|
|
Bank
Name
|
Company
Name
|
Account
Type
|
|
Key
Bank
|
Old
Town Canoe, Inc.
|
Regular
|
Company
store location |
Key
Plaza, 23 Water Street
|
|
Payroll
|
|
Bangor,
ME 04401
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Sweep
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Key
Bank
|
Ocean
Kayak
|
Cash
Collection
|
Company
store location
|
101
E. Holly Street
|
|
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|
Bellingham,
WA 98225
|
|
Payroll
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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M&T
Bank
|
Binghamton
Operations
|
Payroll
|
Company
store location |
35-41
Washington Ave
|
|
General
|
|
Endicott,
NY 13760
|
|
Depository
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U
S Bank
|
Mankato
Operations
|
Payroll
account
|
|
204
South Second Street
|
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PO
Box 548
|
|
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|
Mankato,
MN 56002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank
Trust
|
Techsonic
Industries, Inc.
|
Disbursement
account
|
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218
East Broad St.
|
|
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PO
Box 1269
|
|
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Eufaula,
AL 36072-1269
|
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Johnson
Bank
|
Johnson
Outdoors
|
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Company
store location
|
555
Main St.
|
|
Payroll
|
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Racine,
WI 53403
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Deposits
|
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SCHEDULE
6.13
QUARTERLY
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Fiscal
Quarter
Ending
On or
About
|
Minimum
Fixed Charge
Coverage
Ratio
|
Maximum
Leverage
Ratio
|
Maximum
Senior
Leverage
Ratio
|
|
Consolidated
EBITDA (millions of $)
|
|
12/31/2008
|
1.85
to 1.0
|
5.50
to 1.0
|
4.40
to 1.0
|
|
|
19.00
|
|
3/31/2009
|
1.85
to 1.0
|
5.50
to 1.0
|
3.55
to 1.0
|
|
|
19.40
|
|
6/30/2009
|
1.45
to 1.0
|
5.50
to 1.0
|
5.00
to 1.0
|
|
|
13.20 |
|
9/30/2009
|
1.80
to 1.0
|
4.50
to 1.0
|
3.40
to 1.0
|
|
|
18.55 |
|
12/31/2009
|
1.90
to 1.0
|
4.25
to 1.0
|
3.25
to 1.0
|
|
|
22.10 |
|
3/31/2010
|
2.00
to 1.0
|
4.00
to 1.0
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
|
22.48 |
|
6/30/2010
|
2.00
to 1.0
|
3.75
to 1.0
|
2.75
to 1.0
|
|
|
23.84
|
|
9/30/2010
|
2.00
to 1.0
|
3.75
to 1.0
|
2.75
to 1.0
|
|
|
24.40 |
|
EXHIBIT
A
ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION
This
Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”)
is dated
as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between
[Insert
name of Assignor]
(the “Assignor”) and [Insert
name of Assignee]
(the “Assignee”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in
the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Term) identified below (as amended,
the
“Credit
Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the
Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1
attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and
made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in
full.
For
an
agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to
the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the
Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions
and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the
Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and
obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any
other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to
the
amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding
rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities
identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under
applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of
the
Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or
unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions
governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing,
including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims
and
all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations
sold
and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold
and
assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein
collectively as the “Assigned
Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to
the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and
Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1.
|
Assignor:
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_____________________________________ |
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2.
|
Assignee:
|
_____________________________________ |
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[and
is
an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify
Lender]1]
|
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3.
|
Borrower(s):
|
Johnson
Outdoors
Inc.
|
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4.
|
Administrative
Agent:
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the
Credit
Agreement
|
__________________________
5.
|
Credit
Agreement:
|
The
$60,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Term), dated as
of
January 2, 2009 among Johnson Outdoors Inc., the Lenders parties
thereto,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other
lenders
parties thereto
|
6.
|
Assigned
Interest:
|
|
Aggregate
Amount of
Commitment/Loans
for all
Lenders
|
Amount
of
Commitment/
Loans
Assigned
|
Percentage
Assigned
of
|
$
|
$
|
%
|
|
$
|
$
|
%
|
|
$
|
$
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Effective
Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO
BE
INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The
terms
set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
ASSIGNOR
[NAME
OF
ASSIGNOR]
By:____________________________
Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME
OF
ASSIGNEE]
By:____________________________
Title:
Consented
to and Accepted:
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative
Agent
By:________________________________
Title:
____________________
2 Set
forth, so at least 9
decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders
thereunder.
JOHNSON
OUTDOORS INC.
By:________________________________
Title:
____________________
3 To
be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of
the
Credit Agreement.
ANNEX
I
STANDARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations
and
Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The
Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear
of
any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and
authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this
Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or
any
collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of
its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any
Loan
Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective
obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee. The
Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority,
and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment
and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become
a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if
any,
specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in
order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and
after
the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement
as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have
the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the
Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to
purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis
and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent
or
any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment
and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant
to
the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee;
and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the
Administrative Agent, the Assignor 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 the Loan
Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be
performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From
and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments
in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest,
fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but
excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued
from and after the Effective Date.
3. General
Provisions.
This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit
of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number
of counterparts, which together shall constitute one
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
of this Assignment and Assumption by facsimile shall be effective as delivery
of
a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and
Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Illinois.
EXHIBIT
B
OPINION
OF COUNSEL FOR THE LOAN PARTIES
EXHIBIT
C
LIST
OF
CLOSING DOCUMENTS
Attached.
ex99-2todec312008form8k.htm
Exhibit
99.2
EXECUTION
COPY
J.P.MORGAN
|
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
(REVOLVING)
dated
as of
January
2, 2009
among
JOHNSON
OUTDOORS INC.
The
Lenders Party Hereto
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
as
Administrative Agent
|
|
|
|
J.P.
MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
as
Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger
|
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
|
|
|
Page
|
|
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ARTICLE
I Definitions
|
|
|
|
SECTION
1.01. Defined Terms
|
1
|
SECTION
1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings
|
23
|
SECTION
1.03. Terms Generally
|
23
|
SECTION
1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP
|
24
|
SECTION
1.05. Amendment and Restatement
|
24
|
|
|
ARTICLE
II The Credits
|
24
|
|
|
SECTION
2.01. Commitments
|
24
|
SECTION
2.02. Loans and Borrowings
|
25
|
SECTION
2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings
|
25
|
SECTION
2.04. Determination of Dollar Amounts
|
26
|
SECTION
2.05. Swingline Loans
|
26
|
SECTION
2.06. Letters of Credit
|
28
|
SECTION
2.07. Funding of Borrowings
|
33
|
SECTION
2.08. Interest Elections
|
33
|
SECTION
2.09. Termination and Reduction of
Commitments
|
35
|
SECTION
2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of
Debt
|
35
|
SECTION
2.11. Prepayment of Loans
|
36
|
SECTION
2.12. Fees
|
37
|
SECTION
2.13. Interest
|
38
|
SECTION
2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest
|
39
|
SECTION
2.15. Increased Costs
|
40
|
SECTION
2.16. Break Funding Payments
|
41
|
SECTION
2.17. Taxes
|
41
|
SECTION
2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs
|
42
|
SECTION
2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of
Lenders
|
44
|
SECTION
2.20. Defaulting Lenders
|
45
|
SECTION
2.21. Market Disruption
|
47
|
SECTION
2.22. Judgment Currency
|
48
|
|
|
ARTICLE
III Representations and Warranties
|
48
|
|
|
SECTION
3.01. Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries
|
48
|
SECTION
3.02. Authorization; Enforceability
|
49
|
SECTION
3.03. Governmental Approvals; No
Conflicts
|
49
|
SECTION
3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse
Change
|
49
|
SECTION
3.05. Properties
|
49
|
SECTION
3.06. Litigation and Environmental
Matters
|
50
|
SECTION
3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements
|
50
|
Table
of
Contents
(Continued)
|
|
|
Page
|
|
|
SECTION
3.08. Investment Company Status
|
50
|
SECTION
3.09. Taxes
|
50
|
SECTION
3.10. ERISA
|
51
|
SECTION
3.11. Disclosure
|
51
|
SECTION
3.12. Federal Reserve Regulations
|
51
|
SECTION
3.13. No Default
|
51
|
SECTION
3.14. First Priority Liens
|
51
|
|
|
ARTICLE
IV Conditions
|
52
|
|
|
SECTION
4.01. Original Effective Date
|
52
|
SECTION
4.02. Each Credit Event
|
53
|
SECTION
4.03. Effective Date of Amendment and
Restatement
|
53 |
|
|
ARTICLE
V Affirmative Covenants
|
55
|
|
|
SECTION
5.01. Financial Statements and Other
Information
|
55
|
SECTION
5.02. Notices of Material Events
|
56
|
SECTION
5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business
|
57
|
SECTION
5.04. Payment of Obligations
|
57
|
SECTION
5.05. Maintenance of Properties;
Insurance
|
57
|
SECTION
5.06. Books and Records; Inspection
Rights
|
57
|
SECTION
5.07. Compliance with Laws
|
57
|
SECTION
5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of
Credit
|
58
|
SECTION
5.09. Subsidiary Guaranty
|
58
|
SECTION
5.10. Pledge Agreements
|
58
|
SECTION
5.11. Senior Credit Liens
|
58
|
SECTION
5.12. Accounts
|
59
|
|
|
ARTICLE
VI Negative Covenants
|
59
|
|
|
SECTION
6.01. Indebtedness
|
59
|
SECTION
6.02. Liens
|
61
|
SECTION
6.03. Fundamental Changes
|
61
|
SECTION
6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and
Acquisitions
|
62
|
SECTION
6.05. Asset Sales and Equity Issuances
|
63
|
SECTION
6.06. Sale and Leaseback Transactions
|
65
|
SECTION
6.07. Swap Agreements
|
65
|
SECTION
6.08. Restricted Payments
|
66
|
SECTION
6.09. Transactions with Affiliates
|
66
|
SECTION
6.10. Restrictive Agreements
|
66
|
SECTION
6.11. Amendment of Material Documents
|
66
|
SECTION
6.12. Minimum Asset Coverage Ratio
|
67
|
SECTION
6.13. Quarterly Financial Covenants
|
67
|
SECTION
6.14. Fiscal Year
|
67
|
Table
of
Contents
(Continued)
|
|
|
Page
|
|
|
SECTION
6.15. Capital Expenditures
|
67
|
|
|
ARTICLE
VII Events of Default
|
68
|
|
|
ARTICLE
VIII The Administrative Agent
|
70
|
|
|
ARTICLE
IX Miscellaneous
|
73
|
|
|
SECTION
9.01. Notices
|
73
|
SECTION
9.02. Waivers; Amendments
|
74
|
SECTION
9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
|
75
|
SECTION
9.04. Successors and Assigns
|
76
|
SECTION
9.05. Survival
|
79
|
SECTION
9.06. Counterparts; Integration;
Effectiveness
|
79
|
SECTION
9.07. Severability
|
80
|
SECTION
9.08. Right of Setoff
|
80
|
SECTION
9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process
|
80
|
SECTION
9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
|
80
|
SECTION
9.11. Headings
|
81
|
SECTION
9.12. Confidentiality
|
81
|
SECTION
9.13. USA PATRIOT Act
|
81
|
Table
of
Contents
(continued)
SCHEDULES:
|
|
Schedule
1.01 – Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments; Excluded
Subsidiaries
|
Schedule
2.01 – Commitments
|
Schedule
2.06 – Letters of Credit
|
Schedule
3.01 – Subsidiaries
|
Schedule
5.12 – Non-Lender Accounts
|
Schedule
6.01 – Existing Indebtedness
|
Schedule
6.02 – Existing Liens
|
Schedule
6.04 – Existing Investments
|
Schedule
6.10 – Existing Restrictions
|
Schedule
6.13 – Quarterly Financial Covenants
|
|
EXHIBITS:
|
Exhibit
A – Form of Assignment and Assumption
|
Exhibit
B – Form of Opinion of Loan Parties’ Counsel
|
Exhibit
C – [Reserved.]
|
Exhibit
D – [Reserved.]
|
Exhibit
E – List of Closing Documents
|
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (REVOLVING) (the “Agreement”) dated as
of January 2, 2009 among JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC., the LENDERS party hereto and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
SECTION
1.01. Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
“2008
Restructuring”
means, collectively, (i) the change in the name of “Old Town Canoe Company”, a
Subsidiary, to “Johnson Outdoors Watercraft Inc.”, (ii) the Borrower’s creation
of Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics LLC, as a new Subsidiary, and the
transfer of the Borrower’s marine electronics business to such new Subsidiary,
(iii) the Borrower’s creation of Johnson Outdoors Gear LLC, as a new Subsidiary,
and the transfer of the Borrower’s outdoor equipment business to such new
Subsidiary, and (iv) the Borrower’s creation of Johnson Outdoors Diving LLC, as
a new Subsidiary, and the transfer of the Borrower’s domestic diving business to
such new Subsidiary.
“ABR”,
when used in
reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Acquisition”
means
any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after
the date of this Agreement, by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(i)
acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any
firm, corporation or limited liability company or other business entity, or
division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or
(ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent
transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of
votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power
for
the election of directors (other than securities having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage of voting
power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited
liability company or other business entity.
“Adjusted
LIBO Rate”
means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period,
an
interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of
1%)
equal to the greater of (1) 3.50% and (2) the product of (a) the LIBO Rate
for
such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Administrative
Agent”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent
for the
Lenders hereunder.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied
by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate”
means,
in
the case of an affiliate of the Borrower, a Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, is Controlled by the Borrower and, in the
case of an affiliate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, a Person that
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreed
Currencies”
means Dollars and euro.
“Alternate
Base Rate”
means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the
Prime Rate
in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such
day plus½ of 1%
and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one-month Interest Period plus
1.25%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and
including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Amendment
and
Restatement” means the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit
Agreement as of the date hereof on the terms of this Agreement.
“Applicable
Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the
total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the
Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be
determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect
to
any assignments.
“Applicable
Rate”
means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to (i) the sum of (x) the
Adjusted
LIBO Rate plus
(y) 4.5%, with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, (ii) the sum of (x) the
Alternate Base Rate plus (y) 3.5%,
with
respect to any ABR Loan, and (iii) 0.50%, with respect to the facility fee
payable pursuant to Section
2.12.
“Approved
Fund” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04.
“Approved
Subordinated
Debt” means Indebtedness in an aggregate original principal amount equal
to at least $5,000,000 which is (i) subject to terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Lenders, (ii) subject to an intercreditor agreement
on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and (iii) fully
subordinated to the Secured Obligations.
“Approximate
Equivalent
Amount” of any currency with respect to any amount of Dollars shall mean
the Equivalent Amount of such currency with respect to such amount of Dollars
on
or as of such date, rounded up to the nearest whole amount of such currency
as
determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time.
“Asset
Coverage Ratio”
means the ratio, determined as of the end of each calendar month for
the most
recent month, of (x) the sum of fifty percent (50%) of the book value of each
of
the accounts receivable and the inventory of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP measured for each
such calendar month to (y) Consolidated Senior Indebtedness.
“Assignment
and
Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender
and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 9.04),
and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any
other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Available
Borrowing
Base” means, as of any date of determination, the excess of the Borrowing
Base shown on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate furnished by the
Borrower over
the aggregate principal balance of the “Loans” outstanding under the Term Credit
Agreement as of such date.
“Availability
Period”
means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding
the
earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the
Commitments.
“Board”
means
the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of
America.
“Borrower”
means
Johnson Outdoors Inc., a Wisconsin corporation.
“Borrowing”
means
(a)
Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same
date
and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period
is
in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.
“Borrowing
Base”
means:
(i)
for the period following the delivery of the financial statements required
to be
delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(c) for
each of the months of October, November, December and January of each year,
the
sum of (X) seventy percent (70%) of the book value of the Receivables of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis plus (Y) fifty-five
percent (55%) of the book value of the Inventory of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in each case, as of the last day of such
applicable month; and
(ii)
for the period following the delivery of the financial statements required
to be
delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(c) for
each of the months of February through September of each year, fifty percent
(50%) of the book value of the Receivables and Inventory of the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of such applicable
month.
“Borrowing
Base
Certificate” means a certificate executed by a Financial Officer of the
Borrower, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
substantially similar in form to the Borrowing Base Certificate delivered as
of
the Effective Date, setting forth the Borrowing Base, the Available Borrowing
Base and the component calculations in respect of the foregoing.
“Borrowing
Request”
means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance
with
Section
2.03.
“Business
Day” means
any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in
New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided
that,
when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Agreed
Currencies in the London interbank market and, if the Borrowings or LC
Disbursements which are the subject of a borrowing, drawing, payment,
reimbursement or rate selection are denominated in euro, a day upon which such
clearing system as is determined by the Administrative Agent to be suitable
for
clearing or settlement of euro is open for business.
“Capital
Expenditures”
means, without duplication, any expenditures or commitment to expend
money for
any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be classified as
a
fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital
Lease
Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the
right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases
on
a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations
shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Change
in Control”
means (a) the Johnson Family shall at any time fail to own stock having,
in the
aggregate, votes sufficient to elect at least a fifty-one percent (51%) majority
of the Board of Directors of the Borrower; (b) the acquisition of ownership,
directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group
(within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of
the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof)
other than the Johnson Family, of Equity Interests representing more than thirty
percent (30%) of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower; (c) occupation of a majority
of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower
by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the
Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; (d) the acquisition
of
direct or indirect Control of the Borrower by any Person or group other than
the
Johnson Family; (e) except as expressly permitted under the terms of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 6.05, the
Borrower consolidates with or merges into another Person or conveys, transfers
or leases all or substantially all of its property to any Person, or any Person
consolidates with or merges into the Borrower, in either event pursuant to
a
transaction in which the outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower is
reclassified or changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property; or (f) except as otherwise expressly permitted under the terms of
this
Agreement, the Borrower shall cease to own and control, directly or indirectly,
all of the economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding
Capital Stock of each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or shall cease to have the
power, directly or indirectly, to elect all of the members of the board of
directors of each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries.
“Change
in Law” means
(a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this
Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the
date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank
(or,
for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by
any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s
holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether
or
not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after
the date of this Agreement.
“Class”,
when used in
reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.
“Code”
means
the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral”
means
the
property subject to any of the Senior Credit Liens, including the Pledged
Equity, and the proceeds thereof.
“Collateral
Agreements” means, collectively, the Security Agreement and all other
security agreements, mortgages and comparable instruments and documents from
time to time executed pursuant to the terms of the Term Credit Agreement in
favor of the “Administrative Agent” for the benefit of the “Secured Parties”
thereunder and in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving
Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans
hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount
of
such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a)
reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b)
reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section
9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set
forth on Schedule
2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender
shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial
aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments as of the date of the Amendment and
Restatement is $35,000,000.
“Computation
Date” is
defined in Section
2.04.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means Consolidated Net Income plus, to the extent deducted from revenues
in
determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii)
expense for taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization, (v)
extraordinary non-cash losses incurred other than in the ordinary course of
business, (vi) non-cash foreign exchange charges, (vii) charges and expenses
due
to the termination or amendment of any interest rate hedge agreements, and
(viii) items, if any, listed on Schedule 1.01 as
credits for the relevant fiscal quarters minus, to the extent included
in Consolidated Net Income, extraordinary non-cash gains realized other than
in
the ordinary course of business, including foreign exchange gains, cash proceeds
of litigation settlements with insurance providers of the Borrower or any of
its
Subsidiaries (to the extent such proceeds exceed the Borrower or its relevant
Subsidiary’s expenses incurred in the same fiscal quarter and the preceding
three fiscal quarters in reaching such settlement) and items, if any, listed
on
Schedule 1.01
as debits for the relevant fiscal quarters, all calculated for the Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis; provided that solely
for purposes of Section 6.13(d), to
the extent the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes a Permitted Acquisition or
any
other Acquisition consented to by the Required Lenders or a disposition of
assets outside the ordinary course of business that is permitted by Section 6.05 or
consented to by the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders to the extent
required by Section
9.02) during the period of four fiscal quarters of the Borrower most
recently ended, the Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated after giving pro
forma effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events
which are directly attributable to the Acquisition or the disposition of assets,
are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in
each
case as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X
of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the SEC, and as
certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent), as if such Acquisition or such disposition (and
any
related incurrence, repayment or assumption of Indebtedness) had occurred in
the
first day of such four quarter period.
“Consolidated
Interest
Expense” means, with reference to any period, the cash interest expense
(including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and
other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’
acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Agreements in respect of interest
rates), calculated on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for such period in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net
Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as adjusted for changes in accounting
treatment arising from the loss of hedge accounting related to interest rate
Swap Agreements, in each case, calculated in accordance with GAAP on a
consolidated basis (without duplication) for such period.
“Consolidated
Net
Worth” means, at any time, the total consolidated stockholders’ equity of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a
consolidated basis as of such time, excluding the impact of non-cash unrealized
gains or losses resulting from fluctuations in currency exchange rates occurring
after October 3, 2008.
“Consolidated
Rent
Expense” means, with reference to any period, all payments under
Operating Leases to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income,
calculated in accordance with GAAP for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
a
consolidated basis for such period.
“Consolidated
Senior
Indebtedness” means at any time the sum, without duplication, of the
aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which is not
subordinate to the Obligations under this Agreement, calculated on a
consolidated basis as of such time in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Total
Assets” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on
a
consolidated basis as of such date.
“Consolidated
Total
Indebtedness” means at any time the sum, without duplication, of the
aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a
consolidated basis as of such time in accordance with GAAP.
“Control”
means
the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability
to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and
“Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Country
Risk Event”
means:
(i)
any law, action or failure to act by any Governmental Authority in the
Borrower’s or Letter of Credit beneficiary’s country which has the effect
of:
(a)
changing the obligations under the relevant Letter of Credit, the Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents as originally agreed or otherwise
creating any additional liability, cost or expense to an Issuing Bank, the
Lenders or the Administrative Agent,
(b)
changing the ownership or control by the Borrower or Letter of Credit
beneficiary of its business, or
(c)
preventing or restricting the conversion into or transfer of the applicable
Agreed Currency;
(ii)
force majeure; or
(iii)
any similar event
which,
in
relation to (i), (ii) and (iii), directly or indirectly, prevents or restricts
the payment or transfer of any amounts owing under the relevant Letter of Credit
in the applicable Agreed Currency into an account designated by the
Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank and freely available to the
Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank.
“Credit
Event” means a
Borrowing, the issuance, amendment or renewal of a Letter of Credit or
both.
“Default”
means
any
event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice,
lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of
Default.
“Defaulting
Lender”
means any Lender, as determined by the Administrative Agent, that has
(a) failed
to fund any portion of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or
Swingline Loans within one (1) Business Day of the date required to be funded
by
it hereunder, (b) notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank, the Swingline Lender or any Lender in writing that it does not intend
to
comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made
a
public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its
funding obligations under this Agreement or under other agreements in which
it
commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within one (1) Business Day after request
by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms
of
this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and
participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, (d)
otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender
any
other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day
of
the date when due, unless such payment is the subject of a good faith dispute,
or (e) (i) become or is insolvent or has a parent company that has become or
is
insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding,
or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it,
or
has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval
of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company
that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has
had
a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken
any
action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment. Nothing contained
in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Borrower of
any
of its rights or remedies (whether in equity or law) against any Lender which
fails to fund any of its Loans hereunder at the time or in the amount required
to be funded under the terms of this Agreement.
“Dollars”
or
“$”
refers
to lawful
money of the United States of America.
“Dollar
Amount” of any
currency at any date shall mean (i) the amount of such currency if such currency
is Dollars or (ii) the equivalent in such currency of such amount of Dollars
if
such currency is a Foreign Currency, calculated on the basis of the arithmetical
mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent
for
such currency on the London market at 11:00 a.m., London time, on or as of
the
most recent Computation Date provided for in Section
2.04.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located
in the
United States of America.
“Effective
Date” means
the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.03 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.02).
“Electronic
Delivery”
has the meaning set forth in Section
5.01(a).
“Environmental
Laws”
means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees,
judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or
entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the
environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management,
release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety
matters.
“Environmental
Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties
or
indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting
from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation,
use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability
is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity
Interests”
means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests
in a
limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity
ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights
entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity
interest.
“Equivalent
Amount” of
any currency with respect to any amount of Dollars at any date shall mean the
equivalent in such currency of such amount of Dollars, calculated on the basis
of the arithmetical mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the
Administrative Agent for such other currency at 11:00 a.m., London time, on
the
date on or as of which such amount is to be determined.
“ERISA”
means
the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together
with
the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of
the
Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the
Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
“ERISA
Event” means
(a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for
which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to
any
Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant
to
Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for
a
waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator
of
any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint
a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any
of
its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial
withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“EU”
means
the
European Union.
“euro”
and/or
“EUR”
means
the single
currency of the participating member states of the EU.
“Eurocurrency”,
when
used in reference to a currency means an Agreed Currency and when used in
reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Eurocurrency
Payment
Office” of the Administrative Agent shall mean, for each of the Agreed
Currencies which is a Foreign Currency, the office, branch, affiliate or
correspondent bank of the Administrative Agent for such currency as specified
from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and each
Lender. On the date hereof, the Eurocurrency Payment Office for each
Agreed Currency is JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Operations, 10 S.
Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of Alex Lesiak (Facsimile No.
(312) 385-7096 and e-mail janusz.a.lesiak@jpmchase.com).
“Event
of Default” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Article
VII.
“Excluded
Subsidiaries” means the Subsidiaries listed in Schedule
1.01
hereto.
“Excluded
Taxes”
means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing
Bank or
any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation
of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured
by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which
its
principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its
applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed
by
the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign
Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 2.19(b)), any
withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at
the
time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a
new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply
with Section
2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor,
if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to
such withholding tax pursuant to Section
2.17(a).
“Existing
Credit
Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2005, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, as
in
effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement.
“Federal
Funds Effective
Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day
that
is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next
1/100
of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
“Financial
Officer”
means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer
or
controller of the Borrower.
“Financials”
means
the
annual or quarterly financial statements, and accompanying certificates and
other documents, of the Borrower required to be delivered pursuant to Section
5.01(a) or 5.01(b).
“First
Tier Foreign
Subsidiary” means each Foreign Subsidiary with respect to which any one
or more of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries directly owns or controls
more than 50% of such Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity
Interests.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage
Ratio” means, the ratio, determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter
of the Borrower for the most-recently ended four fiscal quarters, of (i) the
sum
of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period, plus (b) Consolidated Rent Expense
for such period, to (ii) the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense during
such period, plus (b) Consolidated Rent Expense for such period, all calculated
for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance
with
GAAP, provided
that solely for purposes of Section 6.13(a), to
the extent the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes a Permitted Acquisition or
any
other Acquisition consented to by the Required Lenders or a disposition of
assets outside the ordinary course of business that is permitted by Section 6.05 or
consented to by the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders to the extent
required by Section
9.02) during the period of four fiscal quarters of the Borrower most
recently ended, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated after giving
pro forma effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events
which are directly attributable to the Acquisition or the disposition of assets,
are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in
each
case as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X
of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the SEC, and as
certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent), as if such Acquisition or such disposition (and
any
related incurrence, repayment or assumption of Indebtedness) had occurred in
the
first day of such four quarter period.
“Foreign
Currencies”
means each Agreed Currency other than Dollars.
“Foreign
Currency LC
Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Amount of the
aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency
Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount
of
all LC Disbursements in respect of Foreign Currency Letters of Credit that
have
not yet been reimbursed at such time.
“Foreign
Currency Letter of
Credit” means a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign
Currency.
“Foreign
Currency
Sublimit” means $10,000,000.
“Foreign
Lender” means
any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that
in
which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the
United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall
be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary other than a Domestic Subsidiary.
“GAAP”
means
generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental
Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local,
and
any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank
or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory
or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee”
of
or by
any Person (the “guarantor”) means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having
the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (the “primary obligor”) in
any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of
the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation
or
to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security
for
the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation
of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or
any
other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so
as to
enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or
(d)
as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty
issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the
term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in
the
ordinary course of business.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous
or
toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances
or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hostile
Acquisition”
means (a) the Acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person through
a tender
offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such Equity Interests which
has
not been approved (prior to such Acquisition) by the board of directors (or
any
other applicable governing body) of such Person or by similar action if such
Person is not a corporation and (b) any such Acquisition as to which such
approval has been withdrawn.
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for
borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges
are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional
sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such
Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable
incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of
others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned
or
acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has
been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others,
(h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of
letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations, contingent
or
otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The
Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the
extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the
terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable
therefor.
“Indemnified
Taxes”
means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Interest
Election
Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a
Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
“Interest
Payment
Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity
Date, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part, and (c) with
respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid
and the Maturity Date.
“Interest
Period”
means with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing
on the
date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, two or three months thereafter, as the Borrower
may
elect; provided, that (i)
if
any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the
case
of a Eurocurrency Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall
in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on
the
next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurocurrency Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business
Day
of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes
hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such
Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall
be
the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such
Borrowing.
“Inventory”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Investment”
of
a
Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar
advances to officers, employees or agents made in the ordinary course of
business), extension of credit (other than Receivables and Inventory arising
in
the ordinary course of business) or contribution of capital by such Person;
stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other
securities owned by such Person; any deposit accounts and certificates of
deposit owned by such Person; and structured notes, derivative financial
instruments and other similar instruments or contracts owned by such Person
and
shall include any Acquisition.
“Issuing
Bank” means
each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger
to LaSalle Bank National Association, and each other Lender which agrees to
act
as an Issuing Bank and is approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld), in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of
Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section
2.06(i). Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for
one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank,
in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with
respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
“Johnson
Family” shall
mean at any time, collectively, the estate of Samuel C. Johnson, the widow
of
Samuel C. Johnson and the children and grandchildren of Samuel C. Johnson,
the
executor or administrator of the estate or other legal representative of any
such Person, all trusts for the benefit of the foregoing or their heirs or
any
one or more of them, and all partnerships, corporations or other entities
directly or indirectly controlled by the foregoing or any one or more of
them.
“LC
Collateral
Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.06(j)(ii).
“LC
Disbursement”
means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit.
“LC
Exposure” means,
at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn Dollar Amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate Dollar Amount
of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of
the
Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time
shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such
time.
“Lenders”
means
the
Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any
other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment
and
Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant
to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise
requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
“Letter
of Credit”
means any standby or commercial letter of credit issued pursuant to
this
Agreement.
“Leverage
Ratio”
means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness
on such
date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters ended on such date (or, if such date is not the last day of a fiscal
quarter, ended on the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior
to such date), provided that solely for purposes of the definition of
“Applicable Rate” and Section 6.13(b), (i)
Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be calculated as of the last day of each
fiscal quarter based upon the average quarter-end Consolidated Total
Indebtedness for the four-quarter period ending as of the last day of such
fiscal quarter and (ii) to the extent the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes
a
Permitted Acquisition or any other Acquisition consented to by the Required
Lenders or a disposition of assets outside the ordinary course of business
that
is permitted by Section 6.05 or
consented to by the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders to the extent
required by Section
9.02) during the period of four fiscal quarters of the Borrower most
recently ended, the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated after giving pro forma
effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which
are
directly attributable to the Acquisition or the disposition of assets, are
factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each
case
as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the SEC, and as certified
by a Financial Officer of the Borrower), as if such Acquisition or such
disposition (and any related incurrence, repayment or assumption of
Indebtedness) had occurred in the first day of such four quarter period; provided that
notwithstanding any such adjustments, in no event shall the Consolidated Total
Indebtedness for purposes of the calculation of the Leverage Ratio for any
period be less than the amounts actually outstanding under this Agreement and
the Term Credit Agreement on any applicable date.
“LIBO
Rate” means,
with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate
appearing on Reuters British Bankers’ Association Libor Rates Page 3750 (or on
any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or
substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations
of
interest rates applicable to deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency in the
London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2)
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate
for
deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency with a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such
time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with
respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the
rate at which deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency in an Equivalent Amount
of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered
by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
“Lien”
means,
with
respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset,
(b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to
such
asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar
right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loans”
means
the
loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Loan
Documents” means
this Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Pledge Agreements, the Collateral
Agreements, any promissory notes executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.10(e) and
any and all other instruments and documents, including any account control
or
blocked account agreements, executed and delivered in connection with any of
the
foregoing.
“Loan
Parties” means,
collectively, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Local
Time” means (i)
Chicago time in the case of a LC Disbursement denominated in Dollars and (ii)
local time at the place of the relevant LC Disbursement (or such earlier local
time as is necessary for the relevant funds to be received and transferred
to
the Administrative Agent for same day value on the date the relevant
reimbursement obligation is due) in the case of a LC Disbursement denominated
in
a Foreign Currency.
“Material
Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
property, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or prospects, of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement any or any and all other Loan Documents or
the
rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
thereunder.
“Material
Foreign
Subsidiary” means a Foreign Subsidiary that generates EBITDA on a
consolidated basis calculated for such Foreign Subsidiary and its subsidiaries
greater than or equal to 10% of Consolidated EBITDA.
“Material
Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of
Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one
or
more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding $5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material
Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum
aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated
at such time.
“Maturity
Date” means
October 7, 2010.
“Moody’s”
means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“New
Money Credit
Event” means with respect to any Issuing Bank, any increase (directly or
indirectly) in such Issuing Bank’s exposure (whether by way of additional credit
or banking facilities or otherwise, including as part of a restructuring) to
the
Borrower or any Governmental Authority in the Borrower’s or any applicable
Letter of Credit beneficiary’s country occurring by reason of (i) any law,
action or requirement of any Governmental Authority in the Borrower’s or such
Letter of Credit beneficiary’s country, or (ii) any request in respect of
external indebtedness of borrowers in the Borrower’s or such Letter of Credit
beneficiary’s country applicable to banks generally which conduct business with
such borrowers, or (iii) any agreement in relation to clause (i) or (ii), in
each case to the extent calculated by reference to the aggregate Revolving
Credit Exposures outstanding prior to such increase.
“Obligations”
means
all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all
accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other
obligations and indebtedness (including interest accruing during the pendency
of
any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless
of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities
of any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent or any indemnified party, individually or collectively,
existing on the Original Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or
indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured,
liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation
of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this Credit Agreement or any
of
the other Loan Documents or to the Lenders or any of their Affiliates under
any
Swap Agreement or in respect of any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other
obligations incurred or other instruments at any time evidencing any
thereof.
“Operating
Lease” of a
Person means any lease of property (other than a capital lease under GAAP)
by
such Person as lessee which has an original term (including any required
renewals and any renewals effective at the option of the lessor) of one year
or
more.
“Original
Currency”
has the meaning set forth in Section
2.18.
“Original
Effective
Date” means
the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 were
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.02).
“Other
Subsidiary
Investment” means, for any period of determination, the sum, without
duplication, of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all intercompany loans
made during such period by any Loan Party to any Subsidiary which is not a
Loan
Party (less all repayments in immediately available funds of such intercompany
loans during such period); (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party at the end of such period subject
to
Guarantees by any Loan Party; (iii) all Investments made during such period
by
any Loan Party in any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party; and (iv) an amount
equal to the net benefit derived by any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party
resulting from any non-arm’s-length transactions, or any other transfer of
assets conducted, in each case entered into during such period, between any
Loan
Party, on the one hand, and such Subsidiary, on the other hand, other than
(a)
transactions in the ordinary course of business and (b) in respect of legal,
accounting, reporting, listing and similar administrative services provided
by
any Loan Party to such Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice.
“Other
Taxes” means
any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise
or
property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made
hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement.
“Overnight
Foreign Currency
Rate” means, for any amount payable in a Foreign Currency, the rate of
interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent at which overnight
or weekend deposits in the relevant currency (or if such amount due remains
unpaid for more than three Business Days, then for such other period of time
as
the Administrative Agent may elect) for delivery in immediately available and
freely transferable funds would be offered by the Administrative Agent to major
banks in the interbank market upon request of such major banks for the relevant
currency as determined above and in an amount comparable to the unpaid principal
amount of the related Credit Event.
“Participant”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
9.04.
“PBGC”
means
the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any
successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted
Acquisition” means any Acquisition (whether by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise but excluding in any event a Hostile Acquisition)
or
series of related Acquisitions by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of (A) all
or
substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests in, a target entity
the identity of which has been disclosed to the Administrative Agent, for an
aggregate consideration paid in respect of such Acquisition not to exceed an
amount equal to $1,400,000, or (B) (i) all or substantially all the assets
of,
(ii) all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business
of a
Person or (iii) if clauses (i) and (ii) above are inapplicable, the rights
of
any licensee (including by means of the termination of such licensee’s rights
under such license) under a trademark license to such licensee from the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, if, at the time of and immediately after giving effect
thereto, provided that with
respect to any Acquisition: (a) no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would arise after giving effect thereto, (b) all actions required to be taken
with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under Section 5.09 shall
have been taken, (c) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on
a
pro forma basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent after giving
effect to such Acquisition (including pro forma adjustments arising out of
events which are directly attributable to the Acquisition, are factually
supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case as
determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted by the SEC), with the
covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and
6.13,
recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of
the
Borrower for which financial statements are available, as if such Acquisition
(and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, with any new
Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period
in
accordance with its terms) had occurred on the first day of each relevant period
for testing such compliance, and (d) in the case of an Acquisition or merger
involving the Borrower or a Subsidiary, the Borrower or such Subsidiary is
the
surviving entity of such merger and/or consolidation; provided, further
that with
respect to any Acquisition under clause (B) above, either (x) (1) if the Senior
Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently completed four fiscal quarter
period prior to such Acquisition equals or exceeds 2.25 to 1.0, the aggregate
consideration paid in respect of such Acquisition, together with the aggregate
consideration paid in respect of all other Acquisitions by the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary since the Effective Date, shall not exceed $2,000,000 and after
giving effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall
be in
compliance with Section 6.15
calculated including the consideration paid in respect of such Acquisition
as a
Capital Expenditure or (2) if the Senior Leverage Ratio as of the end of the
most recently completed four fiscal quarter period prior to such Acquisition
is
less than 2.25 to 1.0, the aggregate consideration paid in respect of such
Acquisition, together with the aggregate consideration paid in respect of all
other Acquisitions by the Borrower or any Subsidiary since the Effective Date,
shall not exceed $5,000,000 or (y) such Acquisition is financed through the
issuance of new Equity Interests or the incurrence of Subordinated Indebtedness
in excess of the Approved Subordinated Debt or both.
“Permitted
Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens
imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in
compliance with Section
5.04;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens
imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days or are being
contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(c) pledges
and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
(d) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations
of
a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment
liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under
clause (k) of Article
VII; and
(f) easements,
zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property
imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure
any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the
affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided
that the
term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing
Indebtedness.
“Permitted
Investments” means:
(a) direct
obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency
thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from
the
date of acquisition thereof;
(b) Investments
in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition
thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating
obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;
(c) Investments
in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing
within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by
or
placed with, and demand and money market deposit accounts issued or offered
by,
any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital
and
surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(d) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30)
days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a
financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c)
above;
(e) money
market funds that (i) in the case of a money market fund subject to regulation
by the SEC, complies with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange
Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) in the
case
of any other money market fund, complies with all applicable legal requirements
of the appropriate Governmental Authority, (iii) are rated AAA by S&P and
Aaa by Moody’s and (iv) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000;
and
(f)
Investments by Foreign Subsidiaries in financial institutions located outside
the United States that are rated at least A by S&P and A2 by
Moody’s.
“Person”
means
any
natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture,
association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“Plan”
means
any
employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to
the
provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or,
if
such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be)
an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Pledge
Agreements”
means those certain pledge agreements, share mortgages, charges and
comparable
instruments and documents from time to time executed pursuant to the terms
hereof or of the Term Credit Agreement in favor of the “Administrative Agent”
for the benefit of the “Secured Parties” under the Term Credit Agreement and in
favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Pledged
Equity” means
all pledged Equity Interests in or upon which a security interest or Lien is
from time to time granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, under the Pledge Agreements.
“Prime
Rate” means the
rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New
York
City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the
date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Receivables”
means
“Accounts” as such term is defined in the Security Agreement.
“Register”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
9.04.
“Related
Parties”
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Required
Lenders”
means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused
Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit
Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.
“Restricted
Payment”
means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities
or other
property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase or
repurchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination
of
any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any option,
warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary.
“Revolving
Borrowing”
means a Borrowing which is requested by the Borrower in the relevant
Borrowing
Request to be made as a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR Loan.
“Revolving
Credit
Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the
outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC
Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Revolving
Loan” means
a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Secured
Obligations”
means the Obligations hereunder and the “Obligations” under the Term Credit
Agreement.
“Secured
Parties”
means the holders of the Secured Obligations from time to time and shall
include
(i) each Lender in respect of its Loan, (ii) the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders in respect of all other present and future obligations and liabilities
of the Borrower and each Subsidiary of every type and description arising under
or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) each
Lender and affiliate of such Lender in respect of Swap Obligations entered
into
with such Person by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) each indemnified party
under Section
9.03 in respect of the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to
such Person hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (v) their
respective successors and (in the case of a Lender, permitted) transferees
and
assigns.
“Security
Agreement”
means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2008,
by and among
the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the “Administrative Agent” under
the Term Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified and in effect from time to time.
“Senior
Credit Liens”
means the Liens granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in favor of
the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and the “Administrative
Agent” on behalf of the “Secured Parties” under the Term Credit Agreement
pursuant to any Collateral Agreement or Pledge Agreement to secure the Secured
Obligations.
“Senior
Leverage
Ratio” means the “Leverage Ratio” calculated with respect to the
Consolidated Senior Indebtedness only.
“Statutory
Reserve
Rate” means, with respect to any currency, a fraction (expressed as a
decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which
is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset,
fees
or similar requirements (including any marginal, special, emergency or
supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any central bank,
monetary authority, the Board, the Financial Services Authority, the European
Central Bank or other Governmental Authority for any category of deposits or
liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency, expressed in the
case of each such requirement as a decimal. Such reserve percentages
shall, in the case of Dollar denominated Loans, include those imposed pursuant
to Regulation D of the Board. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed
to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset or similar requirements without
benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available
from time to time to any Lender under any applicable law, rule or regulation,
including Regulation D. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve, liquid asset or similar requirement.
“Subordinated
Indebtedness” of a Person means any Indebtedness of such Person the
payment of which is subordinated to payment of the obligations of the Borrower
and/or any Subsidiary in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
“subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any
date,
any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other
entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent
in
the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than
50%
of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case
of a
partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of
such
date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise
Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the
parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary”
means
any
subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary
Guarantor”
means each Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded
Subsidiary). The Subsidiary Guarantors on each of the Effective Date
and the Original Effective Date are identified as such in Schedule 3.01
hereto.
“Subsidiary
Guaranty”
means that certain Guaranty dated as of the Original Effective Date
(including
any and all supplements thereto) and executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor,
as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Swap
Agreement” means
any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative
transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference
to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments
or
securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic,
financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination
of these transactions; provided that no
phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services
provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants
of
the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Swap
Obligations”
means any and all obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether
absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced
or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and
substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Swap Agreements permitted
hereunder with a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender, and (b) any and all
cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any such
Swap Agreement transaction.
“Swingline
Exposure”
means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline
Loans
outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any
time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at
such
time.
“Swingline
Lender”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline
Loans
hereunder.
“Swingline
Loan” means
a Loan made pursuant to Section
2.05.
“Taxes”
means
any and
all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or
withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Term
Credit
Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
(Term), dated as of January 2, 2009, by and among Johnson Outdoors Inc., as
borrower, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent thereunder.
“Transactions”
means
the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the relevant
Subsidiaries of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing
of
Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
“Type”,
when used in
reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest
on
such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference
to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“UCC”
means
the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Illinois from time to
time.
“Withdrawal
Liability”
means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or
partial
withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part
I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION
1.02. Classification
of Loans and
Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be
classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving
Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency
Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency
Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to
by Class (e.g.,
a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency
Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing”).
SECTION
1.03. Terms
Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally
to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or
other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements
or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person
shall
be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits
and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits
and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall
be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.
SECTION
1.04. Accounting
Terms;
GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms
of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with
GAAP,
as in effect from time to time; provided that, if
the
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have
been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance
herewith.
SECTION
1.05. Amendment
and
Restatement. The Amendment and Restatement of the Existing
Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective as of January
2,
2009. This Agreement shall amend and restate in its entirety the
Existing Credit Agreement and shall have the effect of a substitution of terms
of the Existing Credit Agreement, but this Agreement will not have the effect
of
causing a novation, refinancing or other repayment of the obligations under
the
Existing Credit Agreement (hereinafter the “Existing
Obligations”) or a termination or extinguishment of the liens securing
such Existing Obligations, which Existing Obligations shall remain outstanding
and repayable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and which liens shall
remain attached, enforceable and perfected securing such Existing Obligations
and all additional obligations arising under this Agreement. Each
reference to the Existing Credit Agreement in any of the other Loan Documents,
or any other document, instrument or agreement delivered in connection herewith
or therewith shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
The
Credits
SECTION
2.01. Commitments. Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make
Revolving Loans to the Borrower in Agreed Currencies from time to time during
the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result
in
(a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Dollar Amount of such
Lender’s Commitment or its Applicable Percentage of the Available Borrowing
Base, (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total
Commitments or (c) subject to Section 2.04, the
Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposure denominated in Foreign
Currencies exceeding the Foreign Currency Sublimit. Within the
foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the
Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION
2.02. Loans
and
Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan
shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by
the
Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The
failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the
Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for
any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject
to Section
2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans
or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith;
provided that each ABR Loan shall only be made in Dollars. Each
Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may
make any Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or
Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such
option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At
the
commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing,
such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple
of
$500,000 and not less than $3,000,000 (or the Approximate Equivalent Amount
of
each such amount if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign
Currency). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made,
such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple
of
$500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an
ABR
Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire
unused balance of the total Commitments or that is required to finance the
reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section
2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an
integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than
$1,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be
outstanding at the same time; provided that there
shall not at any time be more than a total of fifteen (15) Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest
Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity
Date.
SECTION
2.03. Requests
for Revolving
Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the
case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon., Chicago time,
three (3) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated
in
Dollars) or four (4) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing
denominated in a Foreign Currency), in each case before the date of the proposed
Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, including an ABR Borrowing
requested to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated
by
Section
2.06(e), not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on the date of the
proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or facsimile to
the
Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
Each
such
telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information
in compliance with Section
2.02:
(i) the
aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the
date
of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency
Borrowing;
(iv) in
the
case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Agreed Currency and the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the
definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(v) the
location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
2.07.
If
no
election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested
Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period
is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing,
then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request
in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each
Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made
as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION
2.04. Determination
of Dollar
Amounts. The Administrative Agent will determine the Dollar
Amount of:
(a) each
Eurocurrency Borrowing as of the date three Business Days prior to the date
of
such Borrowing or, if applicable, date of conversion/continuation of any
Borrowing as a Eurocurrency Borrowing,
(b) the
LC
Exposure as of the date of each request for the issuance, amendment, renewal
or
extension of any Letter of Credit, and
(c) all
outstanding Credit Events on and as of the last Business Day of each calendar
month and, during the continuation of an Event of Default, on any other Business
Day elected by the Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon instruction
by
the Required Lenders.
Each
day
upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as
described in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) is herein described as
a
“Computation Date” with respect to each Credit Event for which a Dollar Amount
is determined on or as of such day.
SECTION
2.05. Swingline
Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender may, at its option, make
Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding
that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Swingline Loans exceeding $5,000,000 or (ii) the Dollar Amount of the total
Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments; provided that the
Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance
an
outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay
and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To
request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
of
such request by telephone (confirmed by facsimile), not later than 12:00 noon,
Chicago time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such
notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall
be
a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The
Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such
notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make
each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the
general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the
case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement
as provided in Section
2.06(e), by remittance to the relevant Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m.,
Chicago time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The
Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not
later than 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, on any Business Day require the Lenders
to
acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline
Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of
Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate. Promptly upon
receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to
each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender,
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or
Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to
acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever,
including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or
termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without
any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each
Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer
of
immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with
respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall
apply, mutatis
mutandis,
to the
payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly
pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the
Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any
participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and
thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the
Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts
received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf
of
the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline
Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly
remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the
Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent
to
the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph
and
to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such
payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the
Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is
required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase
of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not
relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
SECTION
2.06. Letters
of
Credit. (a) General. Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the
issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in Agreed Currencies for its own
account and for the account of any of its Subsidiaries, in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank, at any
time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the
event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or
other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower
with, the relevant Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms
and
conditions of this Agreement shall control; provided, however,
if the
relevant Issuing Bank is requested to issue Letters of Credit with respect
to a
jurisdiction such Issuing Bank deems, in its reasonable judgment, may at any
time subject it to a New Money Credit Event or a Country Risk Event, the
Borrower shall, at the request of such Issuing Bank, guaranty and indemnify
such
Issuing Bank against any and all costs, liabilities and losses resulting from
such New Money Credit Event or Country Risk Event, in each case in a form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank. The letters of credit
identified on Schedule
2.06 shall be deemed to be “Letters of Credit” issued on the Effective
Date for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
(b) Notice
of Issuance,
Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension
of an
outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or transmit
by
facsimile (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing
so
have been approved by the relevant Issuing Bank) to an Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter
of
Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended,
and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which
shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire
(which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such
Letter of Credit, the Agreed Currency applicable thereto, the name and address
of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary
to
prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested
by such Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit
application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request
for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended,
renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant
that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
(i)
the LC Exposure shall not exceed $10,000,000, (ii) the sum of the total
Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitments and (iii)
subject to Section
2.04, the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposure
denominated in Foreign Currencies shall not exceed the Foreign Currency
Sublimit.
(c) Expiration
Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the
close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of
the
issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension
thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is
five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided that any
Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may provide for the renewal thereof
for
additional one-year periods (any such additional periods shall in no event
extend beyond the date set forth in the foregoing clause (ii)). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Letter of Credit may have an expiration occurring after the
date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date but, in any
case,
no later than the date one year after the Maturity Date, if, on the requested
issuance date thereof, the Borrower shall have provided to the Issuing Bank
cash-collateral in an amount equal to 110% of the requested face amount of
such
Letter of Credit.
(d) Participations. By
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit
increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of
any
Issuing Bank or the Lenders, each Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender,
and
each Lender hereby acquires from each Issuing Bank, a participation in such
Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In
consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely
and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account
of the relevant Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC
Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on
the
date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement
payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each
Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations
pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever,
including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset,
abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If
any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of
Credit, the Issuing Bank shall so notify the Borrower (which notice may include
telephonic notice) and the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by
paying to the Administrative Agent in Dollars the Dollar Amount equal to such
LC
Disbursement calculated as of the date the applicable Issuing Bank made such
LC
Disbursement (or if such Issuing Bank shall so elect in its sole discretion
by
notice to the Borrower, in such other Agreed Currency which was paid by such
Issuing Bank pursuant to such LC Disbursement in an amount equal to such LC
Disbursement) not later than the close of business, Local Time, on the date
that
such LC Disbursement is made; provided that the
Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request
in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05
that such
payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an
equivalent Dollar Amount of such LC Disbursement and, to the extent so financed,
the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced
by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the
Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall
notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due
from
the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall
pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then
due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with
respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall
apply, mutatis
mutandis,
to the
payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly
pay to such Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the
Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of
any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative
Agent shall distribute such payment to such Issuing Bank or, to the extent
that
Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing
Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may
appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to
reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of
ABR
Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute
a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such
LC
Disbursement. If the Borrower’s reimbursement of, or obligation to
reimburse, any amounts in any Foreign Currency would subject the Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge
or
similar tax that would not be payable if such reimbursement were made or
required to be made in Dollars, the Borrower shall, at its option, either
(x) pay the amount of any such tax requested by the Administrative Agent,
the relevant Issuing Bank or the relevant Lender or (y) reimburse each LC
Disbursement made in such Foreign Currency in Dollars, in an amount equal to
the
Equivalent Amount, calculated using the applicable exchange rates, on the date
such LC Disbursement is made, of such LC Disbursement.
(f) Obligations
Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC
Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever
and
irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft
or
other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue
or
inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter
of
Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but
for
the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of,
or
provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations
hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any
Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or
responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer
of
any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder
(irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding
sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission
or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to
any
Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder),
any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from
causes beyond the control of the relevant Issuing Bank; provided that the
foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability
to
the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential
damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the
extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused
by
such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and
other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms
thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of
gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any Issuing Bank (as
finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank
shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In
furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the
parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their
face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit,
each
Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon
such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless
of
any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment
upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the
terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement
Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its
receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for
payment under a Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by
facsimile) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made
or
will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any
failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower
of
its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect
to
any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim
Interest. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement,
then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the
date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear
interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is
made
to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement,
at
the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (or in the case such
LC Disbursement is denominated in a Foreign Currency, at the Overnight Foreign
Currency Rate for such Agreed Currency plus the then effective Applicable Rate
with respect to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans); provided that, if
the
Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph
(e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(d) shall apply. Interest
accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of such Issuing
Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any
Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing
Bank
shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such
payment.
(i) Replacement
of Issuing
Bank. Any Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written
agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing
Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall
notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the
time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all
unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section
2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such
replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and
obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters
of
Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing
Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing
Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall
require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the
replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have
all
the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect
to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not
be
required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) Cash
Collateralization. (i) If any Event of Default shall occur and
be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans
has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than fifty
percent (50%) of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral
pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in the LC Collateral
Account, an amount in cash equal to the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure as
of
such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that (i)
the
portions of such amount attributable to undrawn Foreign Currency Letters of
Credit or LC Disbursements in a Foreign Currency that the Borrower is not late
in reimbursing shall be deposited in the applicable Foreign Currencies in the
actual amounts of such undrawn Letters of Credit and LC Disbursements and (ii)
the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective
immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without
demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article
VII. For the purposes of this paragraph, the Foreign Currency LC
Exposure shall be calculated using the applicable exchange rates of the
Administrative Agent on the date notice demanding cash collateralization is
delivered to the Borrower. The Borrower also shall deposit cash
collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section
2.11(b).
(ii)
Cash-collateral provided with respect to any Letter of Credit hereunder,
including pursuant to clauses (c) and (j)(i) of this Section 2.06 or Section
2.11(b) shall
be deposited by the Borrower in an account with the Administrative Agent, in
the
name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders (the “LC Collateral
Account”) and held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the
payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and
control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account and
the
Borrower hereby grants the Administrative Agent a security interest in the
LC
Collateral Account. Other than any interest earned on the investment
of such deposits, which investments shall be made, upon the Borrower’s request,
in Permitted Investments at the discretion of the Administrative Agent and
at
the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear
interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall
accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied
by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the relevant Issuing Bank for LC
Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so
applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations
of
the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans
has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure
representing greater than fifty percent (50%) of the total LC Exposure), be
applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this
Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash
collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default,
such
amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the
Borrower within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been
cured or waived.
(k) Conversion. In
the event that the Loans become immediately due and payable on any date pursuant
to Article VII,
all amounts (i) that the Borrower is at the time or thereafter becomes required
to reimburse or otherwise pay to the Administrative Agent in respect of LC
Disbursements made under any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit (other than
amounts in respect of which the Borrower has deposited cash collateral pursuant
to paragraph (j) above, if such cash collateral was deposited in the applicable
Foreign Currency to the extent so deposited or applied), (ii) that the Lenders
are at the time or thereafter become required to pay to the Administrative
Agent
and the Administrative Agent is at the time or thereafter becomes required
to
distribute to an Issuing Bank pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section in
respect of unreimbursed LC Disbursements made under any Foreign Currency Letter
of Credit and (iii) of each Lender’s participation in any Foreign Currency
Letter of Credit under which an LC Disbursement has been made shall,
automatically and with no further action required, be converted into the Dollar
Amount, calculated using the Administrative Agent’s currency exchange rates on
such date (or in the case of any LC Disbursement made after such date, on the
date such LC Disbursement is made), of such amounts. On and after
such conversion, all amounts accruing and owed to the Administrative Agent,
any
Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of the obligations described in this
paragraph shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at the rates otherwise
applicable hereunder.
SECTION
2.07. Funding
of
Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make
each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire
transfer of immediately available funds (i) in the case of Loans denominated
in
Dollars, by 12:00 noon, Chicago time, to the account of the Administrative
Agent
most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders and
(ii) in the case of each Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, by 12:00 noon,
local time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment
Office for such currency and at such Eurocurrency Payment Office for such
currency; provided that
Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section
2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available
to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds,
to
an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New
York
City and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR
Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
provided in Section
2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the relevant
Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to
the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to
the
Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date
in
accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In
such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable
Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender
and
the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case
of
such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules
on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest
rate
applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the
Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan
included in such Borrowing.
SECTION
2.08. Interest
Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing
initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request
and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial
Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter,
the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to
continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing,
may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this
Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to
different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion
shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a
separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loans,
which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To
make
an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing
Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the
Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such
election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such
telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed
promptly by hand delivery or facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written
Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and
signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each
telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section
2.02:
(i) the
Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case
the
information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall
be
specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the
effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request,
which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
and
(iv) if
the
resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be
applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If
any
such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not
specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected
an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly
following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of
each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If
the
Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to
a
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein,
at
the end of such Interest Period (i) in the case of a Borrowing denominated
in
Dollars, such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing and (ii) in
the
case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency, such Borrowing shall
automatically continue as a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the same Agreed Currency
with an Interest Period of one month unless (x) such Eurocurrency Borrowing
is
or was repaid in accordance with Section 2.07 or (y)
the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent an Interest Election
Request requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such Eurocurrency
Borrowing continue as a Eurocurrency Borrowing for the same or another Interest
Period. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if a Default or an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing the Administrative Agent at its option
may (and at the written direction of the Required Lenders shall), by notice
to
the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders
notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.02
requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates),
declare that no Borrowing may be made as, converted into or continued as a
Eurocurrency Loan and unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing
shall
be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable
thereto.
SECTION
2.09. Termination
and Reduction of
Commitments. (a) Unless previously
terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The
Commitments shall be reduced in an aggregate amount equal to $5,000,000 which
reduction shall ratably reduce the Commitment of each Lender and be effective
upon January 31, 2009.
(c) The
Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the
Commitments; provided that (i)
each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall
not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any
concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum
of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total
Commitments.
(d) The
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate
or
reduce the Commitments under paragraph (c) of this Section at least three (3)
Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction,
specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly
following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a
notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state
that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice
to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if
such
condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the
Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments
shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments.
SECTION
2.10. Repayment
of Loans; Evidence
of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account
of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the
Maturity Date and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount
of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the first date
after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar
month and is at least two (2) Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made;
provided that
on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all
Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(b) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class, Agreed Currency and Type thereof
and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal
or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to
each
Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share
thereof.
(d) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of
this
Section shall be primafacie
evidence of the
existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts
or
any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower
to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any
Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory
note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver
to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if
requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in
a
form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be
represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order
of
the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note,
to
such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION
2.11. Prepayment
of
Loans.
(a) Voluntary
Prepayments.
(i) The
Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any
Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with clause
(ii) of this Section.
(ii) The
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment
of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by facsimile)
of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, at least one
Business Day before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment
of an
ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, one Business
Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a
Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on the date of
prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify
the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion
thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in
connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as
contemplated by Section 2.09, then
such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is
revoked in accordance with Section
2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating
to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders
of
the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving
Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an
advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section
2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be
applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid
Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to
the extent required by Section 2.13 and
break funding costs to the extent required by Section
2.16.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments. If at any time, (i) other than as a result of
fluctuations in currency exchange rates, the sum of the aggregate principal
Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures (calculated, with respect
to those Credit Events denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most recent
Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event) exceeds the Aggregate
Commitment and (ii) solely as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange
rates, the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving
Credit Exposures denominated in Foreign Currencies (as so calculated) exceeds
5%
of the Foreign Currency Sublimit, the Borrower shall immediately repay
Borrowings and, if no Borrowings are then outstanding, cash collateralize LC
Disbursements in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.06(j), in
an aggregate principal amount sufficient to eliminate any such
excess. In addition, if at any time the sum of the aggregate
principal Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the
Available Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall immediately repay Borrowings and,
if no Borrowings are then outstanding, cash collateralize LC Disbursements
in an
account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.06(j), in
an aggregate principal amount sufficient to eliminate any such
excess.
(c) Annual
Facility
Clean-Down. During each fiscal year of the Borrower beginning with the
fiscal year beginning on October 4, 2008, the Borrower shall repay all
outstanding Loans, together with interest accrued thereon (which interest shall
be paid in accordance with Section 2.13) and any
break-funding payments, and reduce the balance of the Revolving Loans and the
Swingline Loans to zero for one period of thirty consecutive days.
SECTION
2.12. Fees. (a) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Lender a facility fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily
Dollar Amount of the Commitment of such Lender (whether used or unused) during
the period from and including the Original Effective Date to but excluding
the
date on which such Commitment terminates; provided that, if
such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its Commitment
terminates, then such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily Dollar
Amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on
which its Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such Lender
ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued facility fees
shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and
December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided that any
facility fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall
be payable on demand. All facility fees shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Lender a participation fee with respect to such Lender’s participations in
Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to
determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Loans on the average
daily Dollar Amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof
attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and
including the Original Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date
on
which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender
ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee,
which shall accrue at a per annum rate agreed upon between the Borrower and
the
applicable Issuing Bank on the average daily Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure
(excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements)
attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the period
from and including the Original Effective Date to but excluding the later of
the
date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to
be
any LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions
(including without limitation standard commissions with respect to commercial
Letters of Credit, payable at the time of invoice of such amounts) with respect
to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings
thereunder. Unless otherwise specified above, participation fees and
fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June,
September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business
Day
following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
Original Effective Date; provided that all
such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate and
any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall
be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to any Issuing Bank
pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after
demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number
of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees
payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(d) All
fees
payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the relevant Issuing Bank, in the
case
of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of facility fees and
participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable
under any circumstances.
SECTION
2.13. Interest. (a) The
Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear
interest at the Applicable Rate.
(b) The
Loans
comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Applicable
Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing.
(c) During
the continuance of an Event of Default the Administrative Agent may, at its
option (and at the written direction of the Required Lenders, shall), by notice
to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required
Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.02
requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates),
declare that (i) each Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for the remainder
of
the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such Interest
Period plus 2%
per annum, (ii) each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal
to
the Applicable Rate in effect from time to time plus 2% per annum
and
(iii) the LC Fee shall be increased by 2% per annum, provided that, during
the continuance of an Event of Default under clauses (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII, the
interest rates set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above and the increase in
the
LC Fee set forth in clause (iii) above shall be applicable to all Credit
Extensions without any election or action on the part of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender.
(d) Accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date
for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the
Commitments; provided that (i)
interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable
on
demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other
than
a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability
Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be
payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event
of
any conversion of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan prior to the end of the
current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable
on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except
that interest for (i) all Swingline Loans and (ii) any other Loan that is
computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate shall be computed on the basis
of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year). The applicable
Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by
the
Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
SECTION
2.14. Alternate
Rate of
Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period
for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:
(a) the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest
Period; or
(b) the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making
or
maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such
Interest Period;
then
the
Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders
by telephone or facsimile as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until
the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to,
or
continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall
be
ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided that if
the
circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings,
then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.
SECTION
2.15. Increased
Costs. (a) If any Change in Law
shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by,
any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO
Rate) or any Issuing Bank; or
(ii) impose
on
any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other
condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender
or
any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
of
making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or of maintaining its obligation
to
make any such Loan (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion
of
any Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency) or to increase the
cost
to such Lender or such Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining
any Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion
of any Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency) or to reduce the
amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank
hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise (including, without
limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in any
other
Agreed Currency), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If
any
Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on
such
Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or
such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement
or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such
Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below
that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing
Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking
into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the
policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to
capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender
or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts
as
will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such
Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A
certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company,
as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall
be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest
error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as
the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten
(10)
days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such
Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank
pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more
than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further
that, if the
Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive,
then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the
period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION
2.16. Break
Funding
Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of
any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the
conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or
prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered
pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(a) and
is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency
Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as
a
result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then,
in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss,
cost
and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to
any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to
be
the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued
on
the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted
LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from
the
date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor
(or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period
that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount
of
interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the
interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement
of
such period, for deposits in the relevant currency of a comparable amount and
period from other banks in the eurocurrency market. A certificate of
any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled
to
receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall
be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender
the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after
receipt thereof.
SECTION
2.17. Taxes. (a) Any
and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder
shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes; provided that if
the
Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from
such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so
that
after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender
or
Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make
such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to
the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In
addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing
Bank, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for the full amount
of
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such
Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any
payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to
amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the
amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or
an
Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf
of a
Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(d) As
soon
as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any
Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding
tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or
any
treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under
this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate.
(f) If
the
Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it
has
received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been
indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it
shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity
payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.17 with
respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without
interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority
with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request
of
the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over
to
the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the
relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender
in
the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such
refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed
to
require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns
(or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential)
to
the Borrower or any other Person.
SECTION
2.18. Payments
Generally; Pro Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether
of
principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts
payable under Section 2.15, 2.16
or 2.17, or otherwise)
prior to (i) in the case of payments denominated in Dollars, 12:00 noon, Chicago
time and (ii) in the case of payments denominated in a Foreign Currency, 12:00
noon, local time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment
Office for such currency, in each case on the date when due, in immediately
available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts
received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such
payments shall be made (i) in the same currency in which the applicable Credit
Event was made (or where such currency has been converted to euro, in euro)
and
(ii) to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 South Dearborn Street,
Suite IL1-0010, Chicago, Illinois 60603 or, in the case of a Borrowing
denominated in a Foreign Currency, the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency
Payment Office, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank or
Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant
to Sections 2.15, 2.16,
2.17
and 9.03 shall be
made
directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent
shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received
by
it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly
following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a
day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest,
interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such
extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section,
if, after the making of any Credit Event in any Foreign Currency, currency
control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such
currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Credit Event
was
made (the “Original
Currency”) no longer exists or the Borrower is not able to make payment
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original
Currency, then all payments to be made by the Borrower hereunder in such
currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the
Dollar Amount (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due, it being the
intention of the parties hereto that the Borrower takes all risks of the
imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.
(b) If
at any
time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative
Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards
payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due
to
such parties, and (ii) second, towards
payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder,
ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of
principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such
parties.
(c) If
any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its
Revolving Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans
resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements
and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received
by
any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall
purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and
participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to
the
extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by
the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and
accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in
LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations
are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is
recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase
price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the
provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment
made
by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this
Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations
in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower
or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this
paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and
agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any
Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may
exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect
to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the
Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior
to
the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks hereunder that the Borrower will not make
such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made
such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon
such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may
be,
the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made
such payment, then each of the Lenders or each Issuing Bank, as the case may
be,
severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the
amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon,
for
each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of
the
Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent
in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
(e) If
any
Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section
2.05(c), 2.06(d) or
(e),
2.07(b),
2.18(d)
or 9.03(c), then the
Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under
such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully
paid.
SECTION
2.19. Mitigation
Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any
Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if
the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then
such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office
for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if,
in
the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate
or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17,
as the case may
be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed
cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or
assignment.
(b) If
any
Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if
the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if
any Lender becomes and continues to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower
may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that
shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender
accepts such assignment); provided that (i)
the
Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall
have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its
Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued
interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder,
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued
interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii)
in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation
under
Section 2.15 or
payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or
payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment
and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or
otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require
such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION
2.20. Defaulting
Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following
provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting
Lender:
(a) fees
otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12 shall
cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting
Lender;
(b) the
Commitment, the Revolving Credit Exposure and the LC Exposure of such Defaulting
Lender shall not be included in determining whether all or a stated percentage
of the Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action
hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 9.02),
provided that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of
all
Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently
than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting
Lender;
(c) if
any
Swing Line Loans shall be outstanding or any LC Exposure shall exist at the
time
a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) the
Borrower shall within three (3) Business Days following notice by the
Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay
any
such outstanding Swingline Loans and (y) second, if the
Borrower so elects but subject to clause (iii) below, cash collateralize such
Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any such LC Exposure in accordance
with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06(j) for
so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
(ii) if
the
Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure
pursuant to clause (i) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any
fees
to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12 with
respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such
Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized; and
(iii) if
any
Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is not cash collateralized pursuant to clause
(i) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing
Bank
or any Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12 with
respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing
Bank until such LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
(d) so
long
as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Bank shall not be required
to
issue or modify any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related
exposure will be 100% covered by cash collateral provided by the Borrower in
accordance with Section 2.20(c);
and
(e) any
amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of
principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any amount that would
otherwise be payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.18 but
excluding Section
2.19) shall, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be
retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated account and, subject to
any
applicable requirements of law, be applied at such time or times as may be
determined by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the
payment
of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent
hereunder, (ii) second, pro
rata, to the payment of
any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender hereunder, (iii) third, to the
funding
of any Revolving Loan or the funding or cash collateralization of any
participating interest in any Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit in respect
of
which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required
by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (iv) fourth, if so
determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, held in such account
as
cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender under
this Agreement, (v) fifth, pro
rata, to the payment of
any amounts owing to the Borrower or the Lenders as a result of any judgment
of
a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower or any Lender against
such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its
obligations under this Agreement, and (vi) sixth, to such
Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction;
provided, that
if such payment is (x) a prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans or
reimbursement obligations in respect of draws under Letters of Credit with
respect to which the Defaulting Lender has not funded its participation
obligations and (y) made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 are
satisfied, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans of, and
reimbursement obligations owed to, all Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders
pro rata prior to being
applied to the prepayment of any Loans, or reimbursement obligations owed to,
any Defaulting Lender.
In
the
event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and the
Swingline Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied
all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the
Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect
the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall
purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative
Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold the
Revolving Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. For
purposes of this Section 2.20, (x)
“Swingline
Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Defaulting Lender at any
time, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal
amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time and (y) “LC Exposure”
shall mean, with respect to any Defaulting Lender at any time, such Defaulting
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the LC Exposure at such time.
Nothing
contained in the foregoing shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the
Borrower of any of its rights or remedies (whether in equity or law) against
any
Lender which fails to fund any of its Loans hereunder at the time or in the
amount required to be funded under the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION
2.21. Market
Disruption. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of all conditions
referred to in Article
II and Article
IV with respect to any Credit Event to be effected in any Foreign
Currency, if (i) there shall occur on or prior to the date of such Credit Event
any change in national or international financial, political or economic
conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which would in the
reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank (if such Credit
Event is a Letter of Credit) or the Required Lenders make it impracticable
for
the Eurocurrency Borrowings or Letters of Credit comprising such Credit Event
to
be denominated in the Agreed Currency specified by the Borrower or (ii) an
Equivalent Amount of such currency is not readily calculable, then the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Borrower, the
Lenders and, if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing
Bank, and such Credit Events shall not be denominated in such Agreed Currency
but shall, except as otherwise set forth in Section 2.07, be made
on the date of such Credit Event in Dollars, (a) if such Credit Event is a
Borrowing, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the
aggregate principal amount specified in the related Borrowing Request or
Interest Election Request, as the case may be, as ABR Loans, unless the Borrower
notifies the Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business Day
before such date that (i) it elects not to borrow on such date or (ii) it elects
to borrow on such date in a different Agreed Currency, as the case may be,
in
which the denomination of such Loans would in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders be practicable and in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount
specified in the related Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request, as
the
case may be or (b) if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, in a face amount
equal to the Dollar Amount of the face amount specified in the related request
or application for such Letter of Credit, unless the Borrower notifies the
Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business Day before such date that (i)
it
elects not to request the issuance of such Letter of Credit on such date or
(ii)
it elects to have such Letter of Credit issued on such date in a different
Agreed Currency, as the case may be, in which the denomination of such Letter
of
Credit would in the reasonable opinion of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders be practicable and in face amount equal to the
Dollar Amount of the face amount specified in the related request or application
for such Letter of Credit, as the case may be.
SECTION
2.22. Judgment
Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower hereunder in the
currency expressed to be payable herein (the “specified currency”) into another
currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may
effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could
purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative
Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which
final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the
Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the
specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day
following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may
be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or
the
Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal,
reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other
currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is
less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent,
as
the case may be, in the specified currency, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount
of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to
any
Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified
currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of
allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under
Section 2.18,
such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit
such excess to the Borrower.
ARTICLE
III
Representations
and
Warranties
The
Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION
3.01. Organization;
Powers;
Subsidiaries. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is
duly organized, validly existing and in current or good standing under the
laws
of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority
to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to
do
so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good
standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is
required. Schedule 3.01 hereto
(as supplemented from time to time) identifies each Subsidiary, the jurisdiction
of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of
issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity
interests owned by the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries and, if such
percentage is not 100% (excluding directors’ and nominees’ qualifying shares as
required by law), a description of each class issued and
outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other
equity interests of each Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and
fully
paid and nonassessable and all such shares and other equity interests indicated
on Schedule
3.01 as owned by the Borrower or another Subsidiary are owned,
beneficially and of record, by the Borrower or any Subsidiary free and clear
of
all Liens, other than Liens created under the Pledge
Agreements. There are no outstanding commitments or other obligations
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants or other
rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or
other equity interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for the
issuance of Equity Interests in the Borrower to members of management or other
employees.
SECTION
3.02. Authorization;
Enforceability. The Transactions are within the Borrower’s
corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and,
if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
SECTION
3.03. Governmental
Approvals; No
Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or
approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any
Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in
full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation
or
the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not
violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other
instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets,
or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation
or
imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
other than Liens created under the Pledge Agreements.
SECTION
3.04. Financial
Condition; No
Material Adverse Change. (a) The
Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet
and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and
for
the fiscal year ended September 28, 2007 reported on by Ernst & Young LLP,
independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and
the fiscal year ended October 3, 2008, certified by its chief financial
officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of
the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods
in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence
of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii)
above.
(b) Since
September 28, 2007, there has been no event, development or circumstance which
has had or could reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect other
than those matters disclosed in the financial information referred to in clause
(ii) of Section
3.04(a) or otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent in
writing.
SECTION
3.05. Properties. (a) Each
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business,
except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to
conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for
their intended purposes. There are no Liens on any of the
real or personal properties of the Borrower or any Subsidiary except for Liens
permitted by Section
6.02.
(b) Each
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks,
tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to
its
business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not
infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements
that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.06. Litigation
and Environmental
Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits or
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending
against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable
possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined,
could
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the
Transactions. There are no labor controversies pending against or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries (i) which could reasonably be expected, individually
or
in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) that involve
this Agreement or the Transactions.
(b) Except
with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any
Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license
or
other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject
to
any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect
to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental
Liability.
(c) Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is party or subject to any law, regulation,
rule
or order, or any obligation under any agreement or instrument, that has a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.07. Compliance
with Laws and
Agreements. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in
compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other
instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do
so,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in
a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.08. Investment
Company
Status. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an
“investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION
3.09. Taxes. Each
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed
all
Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused
to be
paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are
being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves
or
(b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.10. ERISA. No
ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken
together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations
under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most
recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market
value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the present value of all accumulated
benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used
for
purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as
of
the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed
the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount
that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.11. Disclosure. The
Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate
or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and
all
other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None
of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information
furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered
hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished)
contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with
respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that
such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed
to
be reasonable at the time.
SECTION
3.12. Federal
Reserve
Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan have been
used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that
entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including
Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION
3.13. No
Default. The Borrower is in full compliance with this
Agreement and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
SECTION
3.14. First
Priority Liens.
Each Senior Credit Lien is a valid, perfected first priority Lien on the portion
of the Collateral covered thereby, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances.
Except for the filing of the financing statements referred to in Section 4.03, no
further action, including any filing or recording of any document, is necessary
in order to establish, protect and perfect the first priority Lien of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any part of
the
Collateral as against any third party in any applicable jurisdiction, including,
without limitation, any purchaser from, or creditor of, the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries. Except for the filing of the financing statements
referred to in Section
4.03, no consent of any other Person and no authorization, approval, or
other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority
or
regulatory body is required for (x) the pledge by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any of the Collateral pursuant to the applicable Collateral
Agreement or Pledge Agreement, (y) the perfection or maintenance of the Lien
created thereby (including the first priority nature of such Lien) or (z) the
exercise by the Administrative Agent of the rights or the remedies in respect
of
the Collateral provided for in this Agreement, any Collateral Agreement or
any
Pledge Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
Conditions
SECTION
4.01. Original
Effective
Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of any
Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective
until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived
in accordance with Section
9.02):
(a) The
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto
either (i) a counterpart of the Existing Credit Agreement signed on behalf
of
such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
(which may include facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of the
Existing Credit Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of the
Existing Credit Agreement.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Original Effective
Date) of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., counsel for the Loan Parties, and
such other local counsel opinions as may be applicable, substantially in the
form of Exhibit
B to the Existing Credit Agreement, and covering such other matters
relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the
Required Lenders shall reasonably request.
(c) The
Lenders shall have received (i) reasonably satisfactory audited consolidated
financial statements of the Borrower for the two most recent fiscal years ended
prior to the Original Effective Date as to which such financial statements
are
available, (ii) reasonably satisfactory unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower for each quarterly period ended subsequent to the
date of the latest financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (i) of
this
paragraph as to which such financial statements are available and (iii)
reasonably satisfactory financial statement projections through and including
the Borrower’s 2010 fiscal year, together with such information as the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall reasonably request.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as
the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the
organization, existence and current status or good standing of the Borrower,
the
authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the
Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further
described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit E to the
Existing Credit Agreement.
(e) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Original
Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial
Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth
in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section
4.02.
(f) The
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that all
of
the Borrower’s existing credit facilities (other than the Indebtedness
identified as continuing indebtedness in Schedule 6.01 of the
Existing Credit Agreement) shall have been cancelled and terminated and all
indebtedness thereunder shall have been fully repaid (except to the extent
being
so repaid with the initial Revolving Loans).
(g) The
Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Original Effective Date, including, to the extent
invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing
Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless
each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or
prior to 3:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the Original Effective Date (and, in the
event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall
terminate at such time). The Administrative Agent and each Lender
acknowledge that the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 were
satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02 at or
prior to 3:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the Original Effective Date.
SECTION
4.02. Each
Credit
Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the
occasion of any Borrowing, and of any Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or
extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(a) The
representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement
shall
be true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as
applicable.
(b) At
the
time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c) If
there
shall have occurred since the date of the most recently delivered Borrowing
Base
Certificate an event, development or circumstance which has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on a material portion
of the Receivables or Inventory and the Administrative Agent has made a request
to the Borrower therefor, the Administrative Agent shall have received an
updated Borrowing Base Certificate (based on the most recent information as
to
Receivables and Inventory available to the Borrower) reflecting the Borrowing
Base and Available Borrowing Base as of the requested date of such Credit
Event.
Each
Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a)
and
(b) of this Section.
SECTION
4.03. Effective
Date of Amendment
and Restatement. The Amendment and Restatement and the obligation of each
Lender to make or continue a Loan on or after, and of any Issuing Bank to issue,
amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit on or after, the Effective Date,
is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto
either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or
(ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may
include facsimile transmission or transmission by e-mail of a portable document
file (“pdf”) or similar file of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that
such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., counsel for the Loan Parties, and such other
local counsel opinions as may be applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, and
covering such other matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents
or
the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably
request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such
opinion.
(c) The
Lenders shall have received (i) reasonably satisfactory audited consolidated
financial statements of the Borrower for the fiscal years ended September 28,
2007 and September 29, 2006, (ii) reasonably satisfactory unaudited interim
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for each quarterly period
ended subsequent to the date of the latest financial statements delivered
pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements
are available and (iii) reasonably satisfactory financial statement projections
through and including the Borrower’s 2010 fiscal year, together with such
information as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall reasonably
request.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as
the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the
organization, existence and current or good standing of the Borrower, the
authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the
Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further
described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit
E.
(e) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective
Date
and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the
Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs
(a)
and (b) of Section
4.02.
(f) The
Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced,
reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required
to be
reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
(g) The
Administrative Agent shall have received an executed copy of an amendment and
restatement of the Term Credit Agreement on terms similar to those contained
in
this Agreement.
The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective
Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
ARTICLE
V
Affirmative
Covenants
Until
the
Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest
on
each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all
Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements
shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders
that:
SECTION
5.01. Financial
Statements and
Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited
consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in
each
case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported
on by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of
recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or
exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such
audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly
in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations
of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided that the
delivery within the time period specified above of the Borrower’s Form 10-K for
such fiscal year prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and
filed
with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section
5.01(a), provided, further,
that the
Borrower shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-K if it
shall have timely made such Form 10-K available on the “EDGAR” online service
provided by the SEC and on its home page on the worldwide web (at the date
of
this Agreement located at: http://www.edgar-online.com) and shall have given
each Lender prior notice of such availability on EDGAR and on its home page
in
connection with such delivery (such availability and notice thereof being
referred to as “Electronic
Delivery”);
(b) within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters
of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of
and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of)
the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as
presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results
of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to
normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided that
delivery within the time period specified above of copies of the Borrower’s Form
10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the
SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.01(b),
provided,
further,
that the
Borrower shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-Q if it
shall have timely made Electronic Delivery thereof;
(c) within
fifteen (15) days after the end of each fiscal month of each fiscal year of
the
Borrower, (A) its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such
fiscal month and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth
in
each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or
periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous
fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly
in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations
of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and
(B) a
Borrowing Base Certificate as of the last day of such fiscal month certified
to
be true and correct by one of the Financial Officers of the
Borrower;
(d) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a), (b) or (c) above
(and in the case of Electronic Delivery of such financial statements,
concurrently with the notice of the Lenders of such Electronic Delivery), a
certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether
a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details
thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto,
(ii)
in the case of delivery of financial statements under clauses (a) and (b),
(x)
setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with
Section 6.13,
and (y) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance
with Sections
6.01, 6.04,
6.05
and 6.12 and (iii)
stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred
since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if
any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the
financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(e) promptly
after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other
reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or
with
any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its
shareholders generally, as the case may be; provided that
Electronic Delivery of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, proxy statements and other materials
shall be deemed to satisfy the Borrower’s obligations to provide such forms
under this subsection; and
(f) promptly
following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations,
business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
or
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or
any
Lender may reasonably request.
SECTION
5.02. Notices
of Material
Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default;
(b) the
filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect;
(c) the
occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and
(d) any
other
development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in,
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each
notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a
Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth
the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION
5.03. Existence;
Conduct of
Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew
and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses,
permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business;
provided that
the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or
dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.
SECTION
5.04. Payment
of
Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not
paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become
delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect
thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending
such
contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
5.05. Maintenance
of Properties;
Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct
of
its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily
maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating
in
the same or similar locations.
SECTION
5.06. Books
and Records;
Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full,
true
and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to
its
business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its
properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to
discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent
accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably
requested. The Borrower shall pay, or reimburse the Administrative
Agent for, the expenses of one (1) field examination by auditors selected by
the
Administrative Agent per twelve-month period (or, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, per three-month period).
SECTION
5.07. Compliance
with
Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including without
limitation Environmental Laws), except where the failure to do so, individually
or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.08. Use
of Proceeds and Letters
of Credit. The proceeds of the Loans were used to repay on the
Original Effective Date existing Indebtedness and were on the Original Effective
Date and thereafter will be used only to finance the working capital needs,
and
for general corporate purposes, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will
be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a
violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T,
U and
X. Letters of Credit will be requested and utilized by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries only for general corporate purposes.
SECTION
5.09. Subsidiary
Guaranty. As promptly as possible but in any event within
thirty (30) days (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative
Agent) after any Person becomes a Subsidiary or merges into a Subsidiary
pursuant to Section 6.03, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent
with written notice thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail
describing the material assets of such Person and shall cause each such
Subsidiary which also qualifies as a Subsidiary Guarantor to deliver to the
Administrative Agent the Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to which such Subsidiary
agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of thereof, such Subsidiary
Guaranty to be accompanied by appropriate corporate resolutions, other corporate
documentation and legal opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
SECTION
5.10. Pledge
Agreements. The Borrower shall pledge to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to a Pledge Agreement
governed by Illinois law with respect to 65% of all of the outstanding Equity
Interests of any First Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a Material Foreign
Subsidiary; provided that no
such
pledge of the Equity Interests of a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary shall be
required hereunder to the extent such pledge (i) is prohibited by applicable
law
or (ii) the Administrative Agent and its counsel reasonably determine that,
in
light of the cost and expense associated therewith, such pledge would not
provide material support for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to
legally binding, valid and enforceable Pledge Agreements. The
Borrower further agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent all such Pledge
Agreements, together with appropriate corporate resolutions and other
documentation (including legal opinions, the stock certificates representing
the
Equity Interests subject to such pledge, stock powers with respect thereto
executed in blank, and such other documents as shall be reasonably requested
to
perfect the Lien of such pledge) in each case in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and in a manner that the
Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that it has a first priority
perfected pledge of or charge over the Pledged Equity related
thereto.
SECTION
5.11. Senior
Credit Liens.
As promptly as possible but in any event no later than the date that is thirty
(30) days (or such date up to thirty (30) days thereafter as may be agreed
upon
by the Administrative Agent) after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall,
and
shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take any and all actions necessary to create
and maintain in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured
Parties, a valid, perfected, first-priority Lien, subject only to Permitted
Encumbrances, in all owned and leased, real, personal, tangible, intangible
or
mixed property located in the United States, including brands and intellectual
property, whether existing or hereafter acquired to secure the Secured
Obligations, including causing a UCC financing statement describing the
Collateral and naming the Borrower or any Subsidiary as debtor and the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as secured party to
be
filed in the appropriate filing office. In connection with any Lien with respect
to real property, the Borrower shall, and shall cause any relevant Subsidiary
to, provide at its expense such diligence items as the Administrative Agent
may
reasonably request, including ALTA surveys, title insurance, environmental
studies, zoning reports and landlord or tenant consents. In addition, the
Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, execute and deliver all
such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments and such supplements and amendments hereto
or to
any Collateral Agreement or Pledge Agreement and take such other action as
may
be necessary or advisable to in order to: (i) grant more effectively all or
any
portion of the Collateral; (ii) maintain or preserve the Lien (and the priority
thereof) of any Collateral Agreement or Pledge Agreement or to carry out more
effectively the purposes thereof, including in the event of any change in
Articles 8 or 9 of the UCC; (iii) preserve and defend title to the Collateral
and the rights therein of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured
Parties, in the Collateral against the claims of all Persons and parties; or
(iv) pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the
Collateral.
SECTION
5.12. Accounts.
As promptly
as possible but in any event no later than the date that is thirty (30) days
(or
such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) after the
Effective Date, the Borrower shall maintain all cash management accounts (other
than pay-roll accounts) only at banks which are Lenders under this Agreement
and
shall enter into blocked account agreements (which shall include an agreement
in
writing that the account bank will, upon notice by the Administrative Agent
of
the occurrence and continuance of a Default, comply with instructions from
the
Administrative Agent directing the disposition of funds in such account without
further consent by the Borrower) in the form satisfactory to the applicable
Lender with respect to each such account; provided that the
Borrower may maintain the accounts listed on Schedule 5.12 with
the respective banks listed with respect thereto so long as (1) such accounts
are subject to blocked account agreements in the form satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and (2) the aggregate balance of such accounts does not,
at
any time, exceed $350,000.
ARTICLE
VI
Negative
Covenants
Until
the
Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on
each
Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all
Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall
have
been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders
that:
SECTION
6.01. Indebtedness. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness
created under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness
existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness with Indebtedness
of a similar type that does not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof;
(c) Indebtedness
of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or
any
other Subsidiary; provided that
Indebtedness by any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party to the Borrower or
any
other Subsidiary shall comply with the proviso in Section
6.04(d);
(d) Guarantees
by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that
Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary
which is not a Loan Party shall comply with the proviso in Section
6.04(d);
(e) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital
Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the
acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior
to
the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such
Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
provided that
(i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after
such
acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii)
the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e) shall
not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(f) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of trade
letters of credit;
(g) Indebtedness
constituting (a) accounts payable of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries arising
in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade
and
consistent with past practice, (b) payroll accruals, (c) tax, assessments and
other governmental charges which are not yet due or which are being contested
in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate
reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP, and (d) other similar
unsecured Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice, but not incurred through the borrowing of money
or the obtaining of credit;
(h) Indebtedness
in connection with overdraft facilities in an aggregate outstanding principal
amount not to exceed $10,000,000;
(i) Indebtedness
evidenced by letters of credit (other than Letters of Credit) in an aggregate
face amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time;
(j) other
unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding
$10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(k) Approved
Subordinated Debt, if any; and
(l) Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to the Term Credit Agreement.
SECTION
6.02. Liens. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter
acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including Receivables)
or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Permitted
Encumbrances and Liens created under the Pledge Agreements;
(b) the
Senior Credit Liens;
(c) any
Lien
on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the
date
hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02;
provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset
of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those
obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and
replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof;
(d) any
Lien
existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person
that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming
a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other
property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall
secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition
or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be and extensions,
renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof;
(e) Liens
of
a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section
4-208
of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering
only the items being collected upon;
(f) Liens
arising out of sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section
6.06;
(g) Liens
on
fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary; provided that (i)
such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section
6.01, (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are
incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after such acquisition or the
completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured
thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving
such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply
to
any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(h) the
sale
of Receivables provided the aggregate book value of such Receivables does not
exceed $100,000.
SECTION
6.03. Fundamental
Changes. (a) The Borrower will not, and
will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other
Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or
sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series
of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets, or all or substantially
all of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned
or
hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time
thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing (i) any Person may merge into the Borrower in a
transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any
Subsidiary/Person may merge into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the
surviving entity is a Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer,
lease
or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to a Subsidiary Guarantor
(subject to the limitations of Section 6.04), (iv)
any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good
faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the
Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (v) the Borrower
may effect the 2008 Restructuring and (vi) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may
sell all of the Equity Interest of a Subsidiary, and a Subsidiary may sell,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of assets, if permitted under Section 6.05;
provided that any such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly-owned
Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also
permitted by Section
6.04.
(b) The
Borrower shall not change any of and shall not permit any Subsidiary to change
(i) its corporate name, (ii) the name under which it does business, (iii) its
type of organization or (iv) the jurisdiction in which it is organized, unless,
in each case, (1) each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the
Swingline Lender and each Lender shall have received not less than thirty (30)
days’ prior written notice thereof and (2) the Borrower has taken all action
required to maintain the Administrative Agent’s first priority perfected Lien
for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral.
SECTION
6.04. Investments,
Loans,
Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not,
and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire
(including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly-owned
Subsidiary prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness
or
other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any
of
the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee
any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any Investment or any other
interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one
transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person
constituting a business unit, except:
(a) Permitted
Investments;
(b) Permitted
Acquisitions;
(c) Investments
by the Borrower in the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries; provided that any
Investments made by the Borrower after the date of the Term Credit Agreement
in
the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party must comply
with
the proviso to Section
6.04(d);
(d) loans
or
advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary
to
the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that the
Borrower will not, nor will it permit any other Loan Party to, enter into or
suffer to exist Other Subsidiary Investments at any time during any fiscal
year
(but calculated exclusive of all Other Subsidiary Investments existing
immediately prior to such fiscal year) of the Borrower in an aggregate amount
greater than $10,000,000;
(e) Guarantees
constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section
6.01;
(f) Investments
in existence on the date of this Agreement and described in Schedule
6.04;
(g) notes
payable or stock or other securities issued by account debtors to the Borrower
or any Subsidiary pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect to settlement
of such account debtor’s accounts in the ordinary course of business, consistent
with past practices;
(h) loans
or
advances made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to its employees on an
arms’-length basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices for travel and entertainment expenses, relocation costs and similar
purposes up to a maximum of $2,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding;
(i) Investments
in the form of Swap Agreements permitted by Section
6.07;
(j) Investments
of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the
Borrower or consolidates or merges with the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries
so long as such investments were not made in contemplation of such Person
becoming a Subsidiary or of such merger;
(k) Investments
received in connection with the disposition of assets permitted by Section
6.05;
(l) Investments
constituting deposits described in clauses (c) and (d) of the definition of
“Permitted Encumbrances”; and
(m) Investments
resulting from the 2008 Restructuring provided that the Subsidiaries created
to
effect the 2008 Restructuring execute and deliver the Subsidiary Guaranty and
related documents in accordance with Section 5.09 prior to
the effective date of the asset transfers to such Subsidiaries.
SECTION
6.05. Asset
Sales and Equity
Issuances. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, issue any Equity Interests, receive any capital
contribution, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including
any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will the Borrower permit any Subsidiary
to
issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary (other than to the
Borrower or another Subsidiary in compliance with Section 6.04),
except:
(a) sales,
transfers and dispositions of (i) Inventory in the ordinary course of business
and (ii) used, obsolete, worn out or surplus equipment or property in the
ordinary course of business;
(b) sales,
transfers and dispositions to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(c) sales,
transfers and dispositions of Receivables in connection with the compromise,
settlement or collection thereof;
(d) sales,
transfers and dispositions of Investments permitted by clauses (a), (g), (h),
(i), (k) and (l) of Section 6.04 and
clauses (iii) and (v) of Section
6.03(a);
(e) sale
and
leaseback transactions permitted by Section
6.06;
(f) dispositions
resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under
power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any
property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g) sales,
transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in
a
Subsidiary unless all Equity Interests in such Subsidiary are sold) that are
not
permitted by any other paragraph of this Section, provided that each such
transaction (i) is for consideration consisting of at least eighty-five percent
(85%) of cash, (ii) is for not less than fair market value (as determined in
good faith by the Borrower’s board of directors), (iii) after giving effect to
such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall exist, (iv) together
with
all other such transactions under this subsection (g) calculated at book value
(1) during the immediately preceding twelve-month period, represent the
disposition of (x) not greater than twenty percent (20%) of the Borrower’s
Consolidated Total Assets at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding
that in which such transaction is proposed to be entered into and (y)
in the case of the sale, transfer or other disposition of assets comprising
a
business line of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, such business line generated
net
income not greater than twenty percent (20%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated Net
Income for such preceding fiscal year, and (2) during the period from the date
hereof to the date of such proposed transaction represents the disposition
of
(x) not greater than thirty-five percent (35%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated
Total Assets at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding that in which
such transaction is proposed to be entered into and (y) in the case of the
sale,
transfer or other disposition of assets comprising a business line of the
Borrower or a Subsidiary, such business line generated net income not greater
than thirty-five percent (35%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated Net Income for
such preceding fiscal year and (v) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance, on a pro forma basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent after giving effect to such transaction (including pro forma adjustments
arising out of events which are directly attributable to the sale, transfer
or
disposition of assets, are factually supportable and are expected to have a
continuing impact, in each case as determined on a basis consistent with Article
11 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as interpreted
by the SEC), with the covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and
6.13
recomputed
as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower
for
which financial statements are available, as if such transaction had occurred
on
the first day of each relevant period for testing such compliance and, if the
assets sold, transferred or disposed of in such transaction represent the
disposition of assets (1) exceeding five percent (5%) of the Borrower’s
Consolidated Total Assets as at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding
that in which such transaction is proposed to be entered into or (2) in the
case
of the sale, transfer or other disposition of assets comprising a business
line
of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, such business line generated net income
comprising greater than five percent (5%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated Net
Income for such preceding fiscal year, the Borrower shall have delivered to
the
Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to
such effect (and if the assets sold, transferred or disposed of in such
transaction represent the disposition of assets (1) exceeding ten percent (10%)
of the Borrower’s Consolidated Total Assets as at the end of the fiscal year
immediately preceding that in which such transaction is proposed to be entered
into or (2) in the case of the sale, transfer or other disposition of assets
comprising a business line of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, such business line
generated net income comprising greater than ten percent (10%) of the Borrower’s
Consolidated Net Income for such preceding fiscal year, such certificate and
the
supporting calculations shall have been reviewed by Ernst & Young LLP or
other independent public accountants of recognized national standing), together
with all relevant financial information requested by the Administrative Agent;
and
(h) issuances
of Equity Interests and receipt of capital contributions so long as the net
cash
proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary are applied as set forth
below;
provided
that all
sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby (other than
those permitted by paragraphs (b) and (f) above) shall be made for fair value
and for at least 85% cash consideration or as a trade-in for replacement
property; providedfurther
that the
Borrower shall cause (1) eighty percent (80%) of the proceeds of any sale,
transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary permitted hereby (other than those permitted by paragraph (a), (b),
(f) or (h) above or by clause (iii) of Section 6.03), net of
the costs of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition and of cash
restructuring charges in an amount reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent and incurred in the same fiscal quarter as the sale, transfer, lease
or
other disposition to which such charges relate or in the succeeding two fiscal
quarters and (2) seventy-five percent (75%) of the net cash proceeds received
by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary from the issuance of Equity Interests and receipt
of capital contributions pursuant to clause (h) above, to be applied, in each
case, ratably, to repay
(A) Loans, unreimbursed LC Disbursements and other amounts hereunder, and not
in
permanent reduction of the Commitments hereunder (first to repay
unreimbursed LC Disbursements, Swingline Loans and Revolving Loans, second to
cash-collateralize Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 110% of the face
amount thereof, third to repay
other
amounts due hereunder) and (B) “Loans” and other amounts due under the Term
Credit Agreement until paid in full.
SECTION
6.06. Sale
and Leaseback
Transactions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly,
whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful
in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent
or
lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially
the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for
any
such sale of any fixed or capital assets by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
that
is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair value of
such
fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital
asset.
SECTION
6.07. Swap
Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements
entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary
has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) Swap Agreements entered into
in
order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to
floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate, from floating
to fixed rates or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability
or
Investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
SECTION
6.08. Restricted
Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or
indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to do so, except the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant
to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for
management or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION
6.09. Transactions
with
Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets
to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets material
to
its business from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any
of
its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and
on
terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary
than
could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties and (b)
transactions between or among the Borrower and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries
not
involving any other Affiliate.
SECTION
6.10. Restrictive
Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to
exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes
any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create,
incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b)
the
ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect
to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to
the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower
or
any other Subsidiary; provided that (i)
the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or
by
any Loan Document, by the Term Credit Agreement or any document relating thereto
or by any document relating to Approved Subordinated Debt, (ii) the foregoing
shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof
identified on Schedule
6.10 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or
modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii)
the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained
in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided
such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be
sold
and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall
not
apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured
Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions
apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) clause
(a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and
other
contracts restricting the assignment thereof.
SECTION
6.11. Amendment
of Material
Documents. The Borrower shall not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under
(a) agreement relating to any Subordinated Indebtedness (except as
permitted in any intercreditor agreement between the Lenders (or the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders) and the holders of such
Subordinated Indebtedness) or (b) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws,
operating, management or partnership agreement or other organizational
documents, to the extent any such amendment, modification or waiver would be
adverse to the Lenders.
SECTION
6.12. Minimum
Asset Coverage
Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Asset Coverage Ratio for any
calendar month to be less than 1.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of such
month.
SECTION
6.13. Quarterly
Financial
Covenants.
(a) Minimum
Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, determined for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal
quarters then ending as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters to be less
than the ratio set forth on Schedule 6.13 under
the caption “Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” for the date of the end of
each such fiscal quarter.
(b) Maximum
Leverage
Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio,
calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
determined for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending
as
of the end of each of its fiscal quarters, to exceed the ratio set forth on
Schedule 6.13
under the caption “Maximum Leverage Ratio” for the date of the end of each such
fiscal quarter.
(c) Maximum
Senior Leverage
Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Senior Leverage Ratio,
calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
determined for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending
as
of the end of each of its fiscal quarters, to exceed the ratio set forth on
Schedule 6.13
under the caption “Maximum Senior Leverage Ratio” for the date of the end of
each such fiscal quarter.
(d) Minimum
Consolidated
EBITDA. The Borrower will not permit the Consolidated EBITDA, calculated
for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, determined for
the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending as of the end
of
each of its fiscal quarters, to be less than the amount set forth on Schedule 6.13 for the
date under the caption “Minimum Consolidated EBITDA” for the date of the end of
each such fiscal quarter.
(e) Maintenance
of Net
Worth. The Borrower will not permit Consolidated Net
Worth at any time to be less than the sum of (i) $110,000,000, plus (ii) 90%
of
positive Consolidated Net Income earned during each fiscal year, commencing
with
the fiscal year ending on October 3, 2008, plus (iii) 75%
of the
net cash proceeds resulting from any issuance of capital stock by the
Borrower.
SECTION
6.14. Fiscal
Year. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall
change its fiscal year for accounting or tax purposes from a period consisting
of a 52/53 calendar week year ending on or about September 30 of each year
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
6.15. Capital
Expenditures. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall make Capital Expenditures in excess of $4,000,000 per fiscal quarter
or in
excess of $10,000,000 per fiscal year.
ARTICLE
VII
Events
of
Default
If
any of
the following events (“Events of Default”)
shall occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement
obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for
prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other
amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable
under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and
such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business
Days;
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or
in
any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document
or
any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to
have
been materially incorrect when made or deemed made;
(d) (i)
the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section
5.02, 5.03 (with
respect to
the Borrower’s existence), 5.08, 5.09,
5.10,
5.11
or 5.12 or in Article
VI, (ii) any
Loan Document shall for any reason not be or shall cease to be in full force
and
effect or is declared to be null and void, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary
takes any action for the purpose of terminating, repudiating or rescinding
any
Loan Document or any of its obligations thereunder or (iii) the occurrence
and
continuance of an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Term Credit
Agreement;
(e) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, shall fail to observe
or
perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other
than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any other
Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty
(30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower
(which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal
or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness,
when and as the same shall become due and payable, following the expiration
of
any applicable grace periods;
(g) any
event
or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due
prior
to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving
of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any
Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase,
redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this
clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result
of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such
Indebtedness;
(h) an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall
be
filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of
the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets,
under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets,
and,
in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for
sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing
shall be entered;
(i) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or
file
any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law
now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to
contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described
in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment
of
a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets,
(iv)
file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against
it
in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing;
(j) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability
or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one
or
more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$5,000,000 (except to the extent covered by independent third-party insurance
as
to which the insurer has not disclaimed coverage) shall be rendered against
the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain
undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution
shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a
judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(l) an
ERISA
Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when
taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) a
Change
in Control shall occur; or
(n) Administrative
Agent shall fail to have a valid, perfected first priority Lien on the
Collateral in the United States (or any state thereof), for the benefit of
the
Secured Parties, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances;
then,
and
in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described
in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the
continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request
of
the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both
of
the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate
the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately,
and
(ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or
in
part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may
thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal
of
the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest
thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder
and
under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable
immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with
respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the
Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then
outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other
obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived
by
the Borrower.
ARTICLE
VIII
The
Administrative
Agent
Each
of
the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative
Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions
on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative
Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto.
The
bank
serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and
powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the
same
as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates
may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as
if it
were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary
or
other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is
continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary
rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent
is
required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the
circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and
(c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not
have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is
communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or
any
of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not
be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the
request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in
the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless
and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible
for
or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or
representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents
of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in
connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the
covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the
validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or
any
other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition
set forth in Article
IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly
required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, or (vi) the creation,
perfection or priority of the Senior Credit Liens on any portion of the
Collateral or the existence of any Collateral.
The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any
liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The
Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or
by
telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not
incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may
consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent
accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any
action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such
counsel, accountants or experts.
The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights
and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent
may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through
their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the
preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related
Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply
to
their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative
Agent.
Subject
to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as
provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time
by
notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any
such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation
with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have
been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent
gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may,
on
behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative
Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an
Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed
to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall
be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees
payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same
as
those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower
and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation
hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in
effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents
and
their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted
to
be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative
Agent.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent
or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall
from
time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking
or
not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement
or
any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
None
of
the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or
Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability,
responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to
all
Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders
shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any
Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with
respect to the relevant Lenders in their capacity as Syndication Agents or
Documentation Agents as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in
the
preceding paragraph.
In
its
capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties
within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the
UCC. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into
each of the Pledge Agreements and the Collateral Agreements to which it is
a
party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each
Lender agrees that no Secured Parties (other than the Administrative Agent)
shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted
by any Pledge Agreement or Collateral Agreement, it being understood and agreed
that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Pledge
Agreements and the Collateral Agreements. In the event that any
Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the
Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted
a
power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties
any
Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such
Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured
Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at
its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by
the
Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(b); (ii)
as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan
Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the
Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of
the
Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any
time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority
to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant
hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral
which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented
to
in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and
upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby
irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be
necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon
the
Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however,
that (i) the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on
terms
which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative
Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other
than
the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release
shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any
Liens
upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all
interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without
limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute
part of the Collateral.
ARTICLE
IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION
9.01. Notices. (a) Except
in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given
by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by facsimile, as follows:
(i) if
to the
Borrower, to it at 555 Main Street, Suite 023, Racine,
Wisconsin 53403, Attention: Treasury Department (Facsimile No. (262)
631-6608) with a copy to the Borrower at 555 Main Street, Suite 023, Racine,
Wisconsin 53403, Attention: General Counsel (Facsimile No. (262)
631-6610);
(ii) if
to the
Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Operations, 10
S.
Dearborn Street, Suite IL1-0010, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of Alex Lesiak
(Facsimile No. (312) 385-7096 and e-mail janusz.a.lesiak@jpmchase.com)
with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL
60603, Attention of Nathan Bloch (Facsimile No. (312) 325-3060 and e-mail
address nathan.bloch@jpmorgan.com);
and
(iii) if
to an
Issuing Bank, to it at (A) in the case of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., to it
at
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Operations, 10 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago,
IL 60603, Attention of Alex Lesiak (Facsimile No. (312) (312) 385-7096 and
e-mail janusz.a.lesiak@jpmchase.com)
with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL
60603, Attention of Nathan Bloch (Facsimile No. (312) 325-3077 and e-mail
address nathan.bloch@jpmorgan.com),
and (B) in the case of any other Issuing Bank, to it at the address and
facsimile number specified from time to time by such Issuing Bank to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent;
(iv) if
to the
Swingline Lender, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Operations,
10 S.
Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention of Alex Lesiak (Facsimile No.
(312) (312) 385-7096 and e-mail janusz.a.lesiak@jpmchase.com)
with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL
60603, Attention of Nathan Bloch (Facsimile No. (312) 325-3077 and e-mail
address nathan.bloch@jpmorgan.com);
and
(v) if
to any
other Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire.
(b) Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices
pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent
and
the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may,
in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it;
provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices
or communications.
(c) Any
party
hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All
notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the
date
of receipt.
SECTION
9.02. Waivers;
Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by
the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any
right
or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power,
or
any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power,
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under any other Loan Document
are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would
otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or
consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section,
and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall
not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or
knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither
this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof
may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements
in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders;
provided that
no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender
without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce or forgive the principal
amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon,
or
reduce or forgive any interest or fees payable hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date
of
payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest
thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse
any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any
Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv)
change Section
2.18(b) or (c) in
a manner that
would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the
written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section
or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying
the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any
rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder,
without the written consent of each Lender or (vi) release any Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligation under the Subsidiary Guaranty (except as otherwise
permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents) without the written consent
of
each Lender; provided
further
that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or
duties of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such
Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be.
SECTION
9.03. Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage
Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i)
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent
and
its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication and
distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a
service such as IntraLinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the
preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection
with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit
or
any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for
the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the
enforcement, collection or protection of its rights in connection with this
Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the
Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each
Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person
being called an “Indemnitee”) against,
and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages,
penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against
any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective
obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other
transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the
use
of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor
a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in
connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether
any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that
such
losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities or related expenses are
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee.
(c) To
the
extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it
to
the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to
the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case
may
be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the
applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid
amount; provided that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, penalty, liability
or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity
as such.
(d) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions,
any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All
amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than fifteen (15)
days
after written demand therefor.
SECTION
9.04. Successors
and
Assigns. (a) The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any
Affiliate of an Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that
(i)
the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and
any
attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall
be
null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights
or
obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing
in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon
any
Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any
Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph
(c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the
Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and
the
Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of
this Agreement.
(b)(i) Subject
to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign
to
one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the
time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld) of:
(A)
the
Borrower, provided that no
consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, any other assignee;
(B)
the
Administrative Agent; and
(C)
the
Issuing Bank.
(ii) Assignments
shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A)
except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
or
an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of
the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date
the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $2,000,000 unless each of the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no
such
consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing;
(B)
each
partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of
all
the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided
that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in
respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C)
the
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee
of
$3,500; and
(D)
the
assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an Administrative Questionnaire.
For
the
purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the
term “Approved
Fund” has the following meaning:
“Approved
Fund” means
any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a)
a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an
entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this
Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent
of
the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender
thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and
Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in
the
case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be
a
party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16,
2.17
and 9.03). Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be
treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c)
of
this Section.
(iv) The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall
maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses
of
the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC
Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time
to
time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from
time
to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon
its
receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire
(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and
recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written
consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record
the
information contained therein in the Register; provided that if
either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any
payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c),
2.06(d)
or
(e), 2.07(b),
2.18(d)
or 9.03(c), the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and
Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until
such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest
thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this
Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this
paragraph.
(c)
(i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one
or
more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it);
provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain
unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue
to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or
instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide
that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and
to
approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that
affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this
Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections
2.15, 2.16 and
2.17
to the same
extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.18(c)
as though it were a Lender.
(ii)
A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17
than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation
to
such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A
Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be
entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless
the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and
such
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as
though it were a Lender.
(d)
Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations
to a
Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or
assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment
of
a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
SECTION
9.05. Survival. All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower
herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection
with
or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon
by
the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit,
regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf
and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and
shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any
accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this
Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding
and
so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The
provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive
and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration
or
termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination
of
this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION
9.06. Counterparts;
Integration;
Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts
(and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which
shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute
a
single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements
with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire
contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede
any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating
to
the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each
of
the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to
the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of
this Agreement by facsimile transmission or by e-mail transmission of a portable
document file (“pdf”) or similar file shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION
9.07. Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
9.08. Right
of
Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at
any
time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set
off
and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional
or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such
Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against
any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under
this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender
shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations
may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which
such Lender may have.
SECTION
9.09. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process. (a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of
the
State of Illinois.
(b) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any United States Federal or
Illinois State Court sitting in Chicago, Illinois, and any appellate court
from
any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims
in
respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such
Illinois State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal
court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to
bring
any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against the Borrower or
its
properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent
it
may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of
or
relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this
Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law.
SECTION
9.10. WAIVER
OF JURY
TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT,
TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,
SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION
9.11. Headings. Article
and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.12. Confidentiality. Each
of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to
maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except
that
Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers,
employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors
(it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will
be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep
such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or
by
any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement,
(e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit,
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights
hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially
the
same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or
any
prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its
advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and
its
obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such
Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach
of
this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing
Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the
Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means
all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its
business, other than any such information that is available to the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis
prior to disclosure by the Borrower; provided that, in
the
case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such
information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as
confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of
Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of
care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would
accord to its own confidential information.
SECTION
9.13. USA
PATRIOT
Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the
USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001))
(the “Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of
the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower
and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower
in
accordance with the Act.
[Signature
Pages Follow]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.
JOHNSON
OUTDOORS INC.
By
/s/ David W.
Johnson
Name:
David W. Johnson
Title:
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., individually
as
a
Lender, as the Swingline Lender, as an Issuing
Bank and
as Administrative Agent
By /s/
Sabir A.
Hashmy
Name:
Sabir A. Hashmy
Title:
Vice President
Signature
Page to
Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement (Revolving)
Johnson
Outdoors Inc.
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A., as successor by
merger
to
LaSalle Bank National Association, as
a
Lender
and an Issuing Bank
By
/s/ Steven K.
Kessler
Name:
Steven K. Kessler
Title:
Senior Vice President
M&I
MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK,
as
a
Lender
By
/s/ Ronald J.
Carey
Name:
Ronald J. Carey
Title:
Vice President
By
/s/ James R. Miller
Name:
James R. Miller
Title:
Senior Vice President
WELLS
FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By
/s/ Brady
McMonigal
Name:
Brady McMonigal
Title:
Vice President
ASSOCIATED
BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By
/s/ Daniel
Holzhauer
Name:
Daniel Holzhauer
Title:
Vice President
Signature
Page to
Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement (Revolving)
Johnson
Outdoors Inc.
SCHEDULE
1.01
ADJUSTMENTS
TO CONSOLIDATED EBITDA; EXCLUDED SUBSIDIARIES
Adjustments
to Consolidated EBITDA
$
millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter
Ending
|
|
Actual
|
Actual
|
Actual
|
Actual
|
Forecast
|
|
Dec-07
|
Mar-08
|
Jun-08
|
Sep-08
|
Dec-08
|
Diving
Restructure (Plant/People)
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
1.2
|
0.2
|
Legal
Settlement
|
0.2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Flood
Recovery
|
-
|
(0.3)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Headcount
Reductions
|
-
|
-
|
0.3
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
40.9
|
-
|
Inventory
impairment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3.5
|
-
|
Watercraft
DC move
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Paddle
Recall costs
|
-
|
-
|
0.4
|
-
|
-
|
Watercraft
AR reserve
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.2
|
-
|
Jack
Wolfskin hedge writeoff
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.4
|
-
|
Acquisition
costs
|
-
|
-
|
0.4
|
0.1
|
-
|
F/X
(Gains)/Losses
|
0.2
|
1.4
|
(0.3)
|
(0.4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
1.3
|
2.0
|
1.5
|
46.3
|
0.3
|
Excluded
Subsidiaries
SCHEDULE
2.01
COMMITMENTS
Lender
|
Title
|
Allocation
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
Administrative
Agent
|
$9,333,333.80
|
Bank
of America, N.A., as successor by
merger
to LaSalle Bank National
Association
|
|
8,555,555.40
|
Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
|
8,555,555.40
|
M&I
Marshall & Ilsley Bank
|
|
6,222,222.07
|
Associated
Bank, N.A.
|
|
2,333,333.33
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$35,000,000
|
SCHEDULE
5.12
NON-LENDER
ACCOUNTS
|
|
|
|
Bank
Name
|
Company
Name
|
Account
Type
|
|
Key
Bank
|
Old
Town Canoe, Inc.
|
Regular
|
Company
store location |
Key
Plaza, 23 Water Street
|
|
Payroll
|
|
Bangor,
ME 04401
|
|
Sweep
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Key
Bank
|
Ocean
Kayak
|
Cash
Collection
|
Company
store location
|
101
E. Holly Street
|
|
|
|
Bellingham,
WA 98225
|
|
Payroll
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M&T
Bank
|
Binghamton
Operations
|
Payroll
|
Company
store location |
35-41
Washington Ave
|
|
General
|
|
Endicott,
NY 13760
|
|
Depository
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U
S Bank
|
Mankato
Operations
|
Payroll
account
|
|
204
South Second Street
|
|
|
|
PO
Box 548
|
|
|
|
Mankato,
MN 56002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank
Trust
|
Techsonic
Industries, Inc.
|
Disbursement
account
|
|
218
East Broad St.
|
|
|
|
PO
Box 1269
|
|
|
|
Eufaula,
AL 36072-1269
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Johnson
Bank
|
Johnson
Outdoors
|
|
Company
store location
|
555
Main St.
|
|
Payroll
|
|
Racine,
WI 53403
|
|
Deposits
|
|
SCHEDULE
6.13
QUARTERLY
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Fiscal
Quarter
Ending
On or
About
|
Minimum
Fixed Charge
Coverage
Ratio
|
Maximum
Leverage
Ratio
|
Maximum
Senior
Leverage
Ratio
|
|
Consolidated
EBITDA (millions of $)
|
|
12/31/2008
|
1.85
to 1.0
|
5.50
to 1.0
|
4.40
to 1.0
|
|
|
19.00
|
|
3/31/2009
|
1.85
to 1.0
|
5.50
to 1.0
|
3.55
to 1.0
|
|
|
19.40
|
|
6/30/2009
|
1.45
to 1.0
|
5.50
to 1.0
|
5.00
to 1.0
|
|
|
13.20 |
|
9/30/2009
|
1.80
to 1.0
|
4.50
to 1.0
|
3.40
to 1.0
|
|
|
18.55 |
|
12/31/2009
|
1.90
to 1.0
|
4.25
to 1.0
|
3.25
to 1.0
|
|
|
22.10 |
|
3/31/2010
|
2.00
to 1.0
|
4.00
to 1.0
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
|
22.48 |
|
6/30/2010
|
2.00
to 1.0
|
3.75
to 1.0
|
2.75
to 1.0
|
|
|
23.84
|
|
9/30/2010
|
2.00
to 1.0
|
3.75
to 1.0
|
2.75
to 1.0
|
|
|
24.40 |
|
EXHIBIT
A
ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION
This
Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and
Assumption”)
is dated
as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between
[Insert
name of Assignor]
(the “Assignor”) and
[Insert
name of Assignee]
(the “Assignee”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them
in the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Revolving) identified below (as
amended,
the “Credit
Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the
Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1
attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference
and
made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in
full.
For
an
agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns
to the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from
the
Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions
and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the
Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and
obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and
any other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related
to the
amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding
rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities
identified below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline
loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to
be
assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and
any other
right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person,
whether
known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement,
any
other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan
transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any
of the
foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims,
statutory
claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and
obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights
and
obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being
referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned
Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to
the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and
Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1.
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Assignor:
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_____________________________________ |
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2.
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Assignee:
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_____________________________________ |
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[and
is
an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify
Lender]1]
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3.
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Borrower(s):
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Johnson
Outdoors
Inc.
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4.
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Administrative
Agent:
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the
Credit
Agreement
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__________________________
5.
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Credit
Agreement:
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The
$35,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Revolving),
dated as of
January 2, 2009 among Johnson Outdoors Inc., the Lenders parties
thereto,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other
agents
parties thereto
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6.
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Assigned
Interest:
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Aggregate
Amount of
Commitment/Loans
for all
Lenders
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Amount
of
Commitment/
Loans
Assigned
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Percentage
Assigned
of
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$
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$
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%
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$
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$
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%
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$
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$
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%
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Effective
Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO
BE
INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The
terms
set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
ASSIGNOR
[NAME
OF
ASSIGNOR]
By:____________________________
Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME
OF
ASSIGNEE]
By:____________________________
Title:
Consented
to and Accepted:
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative
Agent
By:________________________________
Title:
____________________
2 Set
forth, so at least 9
decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders
thereunder.
JOHNSON
OUTDOORS INC.
By:________________________________
Title:
____________________
3 To
be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms
of the
Credit Agreement.
ANNEX
I
STANDARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations
and
Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The
Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear
of
any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and
authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this
Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or
any
collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of
its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any
Loan
Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective
obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee. The
Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority,
and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment
and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become
a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if
any,
specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in
order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and
after
the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement
as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have
the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the
Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to
purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis
and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent
or
any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment
and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant
to
the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee;
and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the
Administrative Agent, the Assignor 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 the Loan
Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be
performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From
and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments
in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest,
fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but
excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued
from and after the Effective Date.
3. General
Provisions.
This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit
of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number
of counterparts, which together shall constitute one
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
of this Assignment and Assumption by facsimile shall be effective as delivery
of
a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and
Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Illinois.
EXHIBIT
B
OPINION
OF COUNSEL FOR THE LOAN PARTIES
EXHIBIT
C
[Reserved.]
EXHIBIT
D
[Reserved.]
EXHIBIT
E
LIST
OF
CLOSING DOCUMENTS
Attached.