UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For Twenty-Six Weeks Ended July 30, 1994
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
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Commission File No. 1-4844
ECKERD CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
DELAWARE 13-3302437
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
8333 Bryan Dairy Road
Largo, Florida 34647
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
(813) 399-6000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No
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As of August 27, 1994 the following number of shares of Common Stock, $.01 par
value, were outstanding: 31,687,390 (including 605,022 shares of Non-Voting
Common Stock)
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ECKERD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
<CAPTION>
Unaudited Audited
ASSETS 7/30/94 1/29/94
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Current assets:
Cash and short-term interest bearing deposits $ 9,606 12,110
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful
receivables of $5,000 and $5,000 109,311 92,672
Merchandise inventories 731,353 765,653
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 6,418 6,232
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Total current assets 856,688 876,667
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Property, plant and equipment, at cost 483,718 507,061
Less accumulated depreciation 235,756 238,425
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Net property, plant and equipment 247,962 268,636
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Excess of cost over net assets acquired, less
accumulated amortization 30,823 31,594
Favorable lease interests, less accumulated amortization 164,850 177,803
Unamortized debt expense 36,091 38,779
Other assets 30,786 24,025
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$1,367,200 1,417,504
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
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Current liabilities:
Bank debit balances $ 12,716 40,974
Current installments of long-term debt 1,888 1,905
Accounts payable 271,930 363,136
Accrued expenses 184,740 164,064
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Total current liabilities 471,274 570,079
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Other non-current liabilities 70,462 73,461
Long-term debt, excluding current installments 971,829 952,986
Stockholders' deficit:
Preferred stock of $.01 par value.
Authorized 20,000,000 shares; none issued - -
Voting common stock of $.01 par value.
Authorized 96,481,272 shares; issued 31,074,615
and 31,031,811 311 310
Non-voting common stock of $.01 par value.
Authorized 3,518,728 shares; issued 605,022 shares 6 6
Capital in excess of par value 225,250 225,560
Retained deficit (371,932) (404,898)
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Total stockholders' deficit (146,365) (179,022)
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$1,367,200 1,417,504
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ECKERD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<CAPTION>
Thirteen Weeks Ended Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
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7/30/94 7/31/93 7/30/94 7/31/93
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Sales and other operating revenue $1,057,924 981,195 2,184,730 2,036,347
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Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales, including store
occupancy, warehousing and
delivery expense 811,315 742,672 1,668,009 1,536,001
Operating and administrative
expenses 215,767 209,526 433,613 419,946
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Earnings before interest
expense 30,842 28,997 83,108 80,400
Interest expense:
Interest expense, net 22,789 29,039 45,001 59,953
Amortization of original issue
discount and deferred debt
expenses 1,702 1,831 3,391 3,577
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Total interest expense 24,491 30,870 48,392 63,530
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Earnings (loss) before income
taxes and extraordinary item 6,351 (1,873) 34,716 16,870
Income tax provision 330 1,332 1,750 2,255
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Earnings (loss) before
extraordinary item 6,021 (3,205) 32,966 14,615
Extraordinary item-early retirement
of debt and preferred stock, net
of taxes - (27,663) - (27,663)
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Net earnings (loss) for the
period 6,021 (30,868) 32,966 (13,048)
Preferred stock dividends - 2,216 - 4,924
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Net earnings (loss) available
to common shares $ 6,021 (33,084) 32,966 (17,972)
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Earnings (loss) per common share:
Earnings (loss) before
extraordinary item $ .19 (.20) 1.02 .36
Extraordinary item - (1.05) - (1.03)
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Net earnings (loss) per
common share $ .19 (1.25) 1.02 (.67)
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ECKERD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
<CAPTION>
Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
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7/30/94 7/31/93
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings (loss) for the period $ 32,966 (13,048)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) for the
period to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Extraordinary charge related to early
retirement of debt and preferred stock - 28,666
Depreciation and amortization 36,388 46,038
Amortization of original issue discount
and deferred debt expenses 3,391 3,577
Decrease in receivables, merchandise
inventories and prepaid expenses 2,030 69,059
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued
expenses (70,760) (43,589)
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Net cash provided by operating
activities 4,015 90,703
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property, plant and equipment (15,751) (22,979)
Sale of property, plant and equipment 923 36,098
Acquisition of certain drug store assets (689) (150)
Net cash proceeds from sale of Vision Group 22,753 -
Other (2,580) (827)
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Net cash from investing activities 4,656 12,142
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Decrease in bank debit balances (28,258) (12,231)
14.5% preferred stock cash dividends - (4,924)
Additions to long-term debt 36 714
Reductions of long-term debt (954) (1,811)
Net additions under current credit agreement 19,265 742,800
Net reductions under prior credit agreement - (221,723)
Redemption of 14.5% preferred stock - (75,000)
Redemption of 13% subordinated debentures - (295,165)
Redemption of senior notes - (168,000)
Other, including deferred financing costs (1,264) (57,831)
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Net cash used in financing activities (11,175) (93,171)
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (2,504) 9,674
Cash and short-term interest bearing deposits
at beginning of period 12,110 18,642
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Cash and short-term interest bearing deposits
at end of period $ 9,606 28,316
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ECKERD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Note 1.
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The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Company and its subsidiaries all of which are wholly owned, and were prepared
from the books and records of the Company without audit or verification and
in the opinion of management include all adjustments (none of which were
other than recurring accruals) necessary to present a fair statement of
results for such periods. It is suggested that these condensed consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements and notes filed as part of the Form 10-K/A report for the fiscal
year ended January 29, 1994. The results of operations of the periods
indicated should not be considered as necessarily indicative of operations
for the full year.
Note 2.
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Substantially all inventories are determined on a last-in, first-out (LIFO)
cost basis. At July 30, 1994 and January 29, 1994 inventories would have
been greater by approximately $70.9 million and $66.1 million, respectively,
if inventories were valued on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost basis. The
cost of merchandise sold is calculated primarily on estimated inventory
values and inflation rates based on physical inventories taken at all
locations at least once during the fiscal year.
Note 3.
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Net earnings per common share calculations for the periods presented are
after considering any preferred dividends paid on the Company's 14.5%
cumulative redeemable preferred stock which was repurchased on July 15,
1993. The weighted average number of shares outstanding for the thirteen and
twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 1994 and July 31, 1993 were 32,246,000 and
32,235,000 and 26,505,000 and 26,826,000, respectively.
(Continued)
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ECKERD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 4. ECKERD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
- ------- CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<CAPTION>
Thirteen Weeks Ended Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
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7/30/94 7/31/93 7/30/94 7/31/93
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Actual Actual Adjusted(A) Actual Actual Adjusted(A)
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Sales $1,057,924 981,195 965,582 2,184,730 2,036,347 2,005,227
Cost of sales 811,315 742,672 735,116 1,668,009 1,536,001 1,521,124
Operating and admin-
istrative expenses 215,767 209,526 202,731 433,613 419,946 406,325
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Operating profit 30,842 28,997 27,735 83,108 80,400 77,778
Interest expense 24,491 30,870 30,395 48,392 63,530 62,580
Income taxes 330 1,332 1,153 1,750 2,255 2,032
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Earnings (loss) before
extraordinary items 6,021 (3,205) (3,813) 32,966 14,615 13,166
Extraordinary items - (27,663) (27,663) - (27,663) (27,663)
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Net earnings (loss) 6,021 (30,868) (31,476) 32,966 (13,048) (14,497)
Preferred stock
dividends - 2,216 2,216 - 4,924 4,924
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Net earnings(loss) avail-
able to common shares $ 6,021 (33,084) (33,692) 32,966 (17,972) (19,421)
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Net earnings (loss) per
common share before
extraordinary item $ .19 (.20) (.23) 1.02 .36 .31
Net earnings (loss) per ===== ===== ===== ==== ==== ====
common share $ .19 (1.25) (1.27) 1.02 (.67) (.72)
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Weighted average number
of shares outstanding 32,246 26,505 26,505 32,235 26,826 26,826
Earnings before interest
income taxes,
depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA) $ 48,952 52,005 50,137 119,496 126,438 122,607
EBITDA, adjusted for
comparability (B) $ 52,785 54,654 52,786 126,901 129,599 125,768
Earnings before
interest income taxes
and amortization
(EBITA) $ 38,593 39,054 37,757 98,886 99,099 96,408
EBITA, adjusted for
comparability (B) $ 40,848 41,163 39,866 103,192 101,720 99,029
(A) The adjusted financial data is based on the historical financial statements of the
Company, adjusted to give effect to the Company's sale of the Vision Group operations
which was sold effective January 30, 1994, and the use of the net proceeds therefrom
as if such transaction had occurred as of the beginning of the twenty-six week period
ended July 31, 1993.
(B) Two financing transactions entered into in April and June of 1993 relating to the
placement of certain inventory on consignment and the sale and leaseback of certain
photo processing equipment negatively impacted the comparability of second quarter
and twenty-six weeks EBITDA and EBITA with last year by approximately $1,184 and $146
for the second quarter and $4,244 and $1,685 for the twenty-six weeks, respectively.
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ECKERD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Results of Operations
The Company sold its Vision Group operations effective January 30, 1994. The
following results of operations discussion will compare the year-to-date and
second quarter of fiscal 1994 to the adjusted year-to-date and second quarter
of fiscal 1993 (twenty-six and thirteen weeks ended July 30, 1994 and July 31,
1993) which gives effect to the Company's sale of the Vision Group operations.
See "footnote 4 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements."
The Company's sales and other operating revenue year-to-date and for the second
quarter of fiscal 1994 and 1993 were $2,184.7 million and $1,057.9 million and
$2,005.2 million and $965.6 million, respectively, an increase of 9.0%
year-to-date and 9.6% for the second quarter. Comparable drug store sales
(stores open for one year or more) increased 8.0% and 8.6% year-to-date and for
the second quarter of fiscal 1994, compared to a 5.6% and 4.9% increase
year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal 1993. The increase in
comparable drug store sales year-to-date and for the second quarter was due to
the increase in sales of prescription drugs resulting from sales related to new
third-party prescription plan contracts and the Company's competitive pricing
program. In addition, comparable drug store sales growth was positively
affected by increased sales of non prescription items in the health, beauty and
skincare, greeting card, convenience food and photofinishing categories
resulting from increased marketing emphasis and shelf space for these
categories. Total sales growth year-to-date and for the second quarter was
positively affected by the growth in comparable drug store sales, as well as
the inclusion of 19 drug stores acquired during the fourth quarter of fiscal
1993.
Prescription sales as a percentage of drug store sales was approximately 50.9%
and 51.6% year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal 1994 as compared
with approximately 48.0% and 48.1% year-to-date and for the second quarter of
fiscal 1993. The growth in prescription sales year-to-date and for the second
quarter was primarily the result of increased third-party prescription sales
and the Company's competitive pricing program. Third-party prescription sales
represented approximately 63.2% and 63.8% and 56.2% and 57.2% of the Company's
prescription sales year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal 1994 and
1993, respectively. The Company expects prescription sales to third-party
payors, in terms of both dollar volume and as a percentage of total
prescription sales, to continue to increase in fiscal 1994 and thereafter.
Although contracts with third-party payors generally increase the volume of
prescription sales and gross profit dollars, third-party payors typically
negotiate lower prescription prices than those on non third-party
prescriptions, resulting in decreasing gross profit margins on the Company's
prescription sales.
Cost of sales and related expenses year-to-date and for the second quarter of
fiscal 1994 and 1993 was $1,668.0 million and $811.3 million and $1,521.1
million and $735.1 million, respectively, an increase of 9.7% and 10.4%,
respectively. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales and related expenses
were 76.4% and 76.7% compared to 75.9% and 76.1% year-to-date and for the
second quarter of fiscal 1994 and 1993, respectively. The increase in cost of
sales and related expenses as a percentage of sales year-to-date and for the
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second quarter of fiscal 1994, primarily resulted from lower prices due to the
competitive pricing strategy for non third-party prescription sales and the
continued increase in third-party prescription sales with typically lower gross
profit margins than non third-party prescription sales. These factors were
partially offset by a lower LIFO charge of $4.8 million and $2.3 million
compared to $6.8 million and $2.8 million year-to-date and for the second
quarter of fiscal 1994 and 1993, respectively.
Operating and administrative expenses year-to-date and for the second quarter
of fiscal 1994 and 1993 were $433.6 million and $215.8 million and $406.3
million and $202.7 million, respectively, an increase of 6.7% and 6.5%,
respectively. As a percentage of sales, operating and administrative expenses
decreased to 19.8% and 20.4% year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal
1994 from 20.3% and 21.0% year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal
1993, as a result of the higher sales in fiscal 1994 and lower costs as a
percentage of sales in such expense categories as payroll and utilities.
Non-cash, tax deductible amortization of intangibles included in operating and
administrative expenses year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal 1994
and 1993 were $15.8 million and $7.8 million, compared to $18.6 million and
$10.0 million, respectively, a decrease of 15.1% and 22.0%, respectively.
Earnings before interest expenses were $83.1 million and $30.8 million
year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal 1994, compared to $77.8
million and $27.7 million year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal
1993, an increase of 6.9% and 11.2%, respectively, primarily due to the
increase in gross profit dollars as a result of higher sales and other
operating revenue, and a decrease in operating and administrative expenses as a
percentage of sales. Two financing transactions entered into in April and June
of 1993 relating to the placement of certain inventory on consignment and the
sale and leaseback of certain photo processing equipment negatively impacted
the comparability of year-to-date and second quarter earnings before interest
expenses by $1.6 million and $.1 million with a corresponding positive impact
on interest expense.
Total interest expenses were $48.4 million and $24.5 million compared to $62.6
million and $30.4 million year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal
1994 and 1993, respectively, a decrease of 22.7% and 19.4%, respectively. The
decrease was due primarily to the lower cost of debt for the Company after the
June 1993 refinancing, the August 1993 initial public offering and November
1993 9.25% Senior Subordinated Note issuance.
Income taxes year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal 1994 and 1993 of
$1.7 million and $.3 million and $2.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively,
represent alternative minimum and state income taxes for the Company. Income
taxes reflect the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards.
As a result of the foregoing factors, the Company had net earnings before
extraordinary itmes year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal 1994 of
$33.0 million and $6.0 million, or 1.5% and .6% of sales, compared with net
earnings of $13.2 million and a net loss of $3.8 million, or .7% and (.4%) of
sales year-to-date and for the second quarter of fiscal 1993.
At July 30, 1994 the Company operated 1,714 Eckerd Drug stores and 460 Eckerd
Express Photo labs and Insta-Care Pharmacy Services a provider of
pharmaceutical care to institutions.
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Financial Condition and Liquidity
With respect to the balance sheet at July 30, 1994 compared to the balance
sheet at January 29, 1994, merchandise inventories decreased $34.3 million (net
of the LIFO charge of $4.8 million) to $731.4 million, accounts receivable
increased $16.6 million to $109.3 million and property, plant and equipment
decreased $23.3 million to $483.7 million. The sale of the Vision Group
operations reduced inventories, receivables and property, plant and equipment
by approximately $12.5 million, $2.6 million and $26.7 million, respectively.
The balance of the inventory reduction is a result of strong year-to-date sales
coupled with inventory management and control. The receivables increase is
attributable primarily to the increase in third-party prescription sales and
vendor promotions and allowances receivables. Additions to property, plant and
equipment of $15.8 million were primarily due to improvements to existing
stores and facilities and the addition of new stores. Sales and retirements of
fully depreciated assets were $12.4 million.
At July 30, 1994, $595.4 million in borrowings were outstanding under the
Credit Agreement ($410.9 million under Tranche A, $138.5 million under Tranche
B, $36.0 million Revolving Loan borrowings and $10.0 million of banker's
acceptances) and the Company had unused and available borrowing commitments
thereunder of $169.6 million. The Tranche A loan commitment of $410.9 million
amortizes in unequal quarterly payments and matures in full in July 1999. The
Tranche B term loan commitment of $138.5 million amortizes in unequal
semi-annual payments and matures in full in June 2000. The Revolving Loan
commitment of $300.0 million matures in full at the end of July 1999. At July
30, 1994 the Company had excess availability under the Revolving Loan
commitment and accordingly did not treat the required amortization repayments
as current.
On August 3, 1994, the Company completed an amendment to the Credit Agreement.
The $850 million facility does not provide any additional proceeds to the
Company, but it does provide improved pricing and increased operating
flexibility with respect to acquisitions, capital expenditures and lease
payments. The Revolving Loan facility was increased to $350.0 million and the
six year amortizing Term Facility combined the Tranche A and B loans and was
reduced to $500.0 million. The Term Facility is currently priced at LIBOR plus
1.5% (compared to 2.75% and 3.00% over LIBOR before the amendment) with future
reductions in rates if the Company achieves certain debt levels and performance
goals.
On July 30, 1994 the Company had working capital of $385.4 million and a
current ratio of 1.8 to 1 compared to $306.6 million and 1.5 to 1 at January
29, 1994. Including the Company's year-to-date net earnings of $33.0 million
and net loss of $13.0 million for fiscal years 1994 and 1993, respectively,
cash flow provided by operating activities declined $86.7 million for fiscal
1994 compared with fiscal 1993. This decline was principally due to the
initiation of the inventory consignment program of approximately $52 million in
the first quarter of fiscal 1993, the increase in accounts receivable related
to third-party prescription sales and vendor promotions and allowances, and
higher than normal cash payments to merchandise vendors year-to-date in fiscal
1994, as a result of the reduction of accounts payable from an abnormally high
balance at January 29, 1994 primarily from the timing of vendor payment due
dates.
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Net cash from investing activities year-to-date for fiscal 1994 and 1993
provided $4.7 million and $12.1 million, respectively. Uses of cash were
principally for capital expenditures of $15.8 million and $23.0 million for
fiscal 1994 and 1993, respectively, for additions to the Company's drug stores,
and Express Photo units and improvements to existing stores. In fiscal 1994, a
source of cash to the Company from investing activities was provided by a
partial payment for the sale of the Vision Group operations. In fiscal 1993 a
source of cash to the Company from investing activities was provided by a sale
and leaseback arrangement of photoprocessing equipment for approximately $35.0
million. Capital expenditures planned for fiscal 1994 are expected to total
approximately $45 million. Funds for the planned cash capital expenditures are
expected to come from cash flow from operating activities and available
borrowings, if necessary. In addition, the Company is financing expansion or
upgrade of photoprocessing equipment through five-year operating leases in an
amount of up to $10 million per year under a sale and leaseback agreement
effective June, 1993. Approximately $6.2 million has been financed as
operating leases year-to-date for fiscal 1994. Such items were capital
expenditures during the first quarter and part of the second quarter of fiscal
1993.
Financing activities year-to-date for fiscal 1994 used $11.2 million primarily
for the reduction of $28.3 million of bank debit balances, net of bank
borrowings to support working capital needs. Financing activities year-to-date
for fiscal 1993 used $93.2 million primarily for costs of approximately $37.0
million associated with the refinancing in June, 1993, and for the redemption
of the Company's $75.0 million 14.5% cumulative redeemable preferred stock and
payment of $4.9 million of cash dividends on such stock which was repurchased
in July, 1993.
The Company anticipates that the combination of amortization of intangibles and
interest on debt will have a negative impact upon future earnings and, to a
lesser degree, cash flow from operating activities. The Company does not
believe, however, that the impact of such planned amortization and interest
expenses upon earnings indicates a present or future impairment of liquidity.
Based upon the Company's ability to generate cash flow from operating
activities, the available unused portion of the working capital revolving
credit loans under the Credit Agreement and other existing financing sources,
the Company believes that it will have the funds necessary to meet the
principal and interest payments on its debt as they become due and to operate
and expand its businesses.
REVIEW BY INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Company's independent public accountants have made a limited review of the
financial information furnished herein in accordance with standards established
by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The Auditors'
Report is presented on page 11 of this report.
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Auditors' Report
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The Board of Directors
Eckerd Corporation:
We have reviewed the condensed consolidated balance sheet of Eckerd Corporation
and subsidiaries as of July 30, 1994 and the related condensed consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks
ended July 30, 1994. These condensed consolidated financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management.
We conducted our review in accordance with standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim
financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to
financial data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted
in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the objective of
which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken
as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should
be made to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for
them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
We have previously audited, in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, the consolidated balance sheet as of January 29, 1994, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit),
and cash flows, for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our
report dated March 18, 1994, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those
consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth
in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 29, 1994
is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the consolidated
balance sheet from which it has been derived.
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
September 7, 1994
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5. Other Information
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On September 13, 1994 the Company announced that an agreement had been
reached to sell its Insta-Care Pharmacy Services (Insta-Care)
subsidiary. Insta-Care supplies pharmaceutical services including
prescription drugs and patient-record and consulting services to long
term care institutions in New England and the Sunbelt. The agreement
calls for Insta-Care to be sold to Pharmacy Corporation of America for a
total consideration of $112 million in cash, subject to certain closing
adjustments. The Company expects to utilize proceeds from the sale of
Insta-Care, net of certain costs and expenses, to redeem outstanding
indebtedness. Consummation of the agreement is subject to the
satisfaction of certain conditions including the receipt of applicable
regulatory clearances.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
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(a) Exhibits
10.1 Credit Agreement dated as of June 14, 1993, as amended and restated
as of August 3, 1994
15.1 Letter re unaudited interim financial information
27 Financial Data Schedule
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
The Company did not file any reports on Form 8-K during the thirteen
weeks ended July 30, 1994.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
ECKERD CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
/s/Samuel G. Wright
September 13, 1994 -----------------------------------
- ------------------ Samuel G. Wright
Date Senior Vice President-Finance
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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Exhibit Index
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Eckerd Corporation
Form 10-Q
Exhibit No Description of Exhibit Page
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10.1 Credit Agreement dated as of June 14, 1993, as amended
and restated as of August 3, 1994
15.1 Letter re unaudited interim financial information
27 Financial Data Schedule
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[Conformed Copy]
$850,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 14, 1993,
as amended and restated as of August 3, 1994,
among
ECKERD CORPORATION,
THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,
CHEMICAL BANK
and
NATIONSBANK OF FLORIDA, N.A.,
as Managing Agents and Swingline Lenders, and
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Administrative Agent,
and
NATIONSBANK OF FLORIDA, N.A.,
as Documentation Agent.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
I. DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. . . 1
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. . 24
II. THE CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 2.01. Commitments . 25
SECTION 2.02. Loans. . 25
SECTION 2.03. Notice of Borrowings. . 27
SECTION 2.04. Notes; Repayment of Loans. . 28
SECTION 2.05. Fees . . 28
SECTION 2.06. Interest on Loans. 29
SECTION 2.07. Default Interest . 29
SECTION 2.08. Alternate Rate of Interest . 29
SECTION 2.09. Termination, Reduction and Extension of Commitments. 30
SECTION 2.10. Conversion and Continuation of Term Borrowings . . . 30
SECTION 2.11. Repayment of Term Borrowings. . . 32
SECTION 2.12. Optional Prepayments. . 33
SECTION 2.13. Mandatory Prepayments . 33
SECTION 2.14. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances; Increased Costs 35
SECTION 2.15. Change in Legality. . . 37
SECTION 2.16. Indemnity . . 38
SECTION 2.17. Pro Rata Treatment. . . 38
SECTION 2.18. Sharing of Setoffs. . . 39
SECTION 2.19. Payments. . . 40
SECTION 2.20. Taxes. . 40
SECTION 2.21. Assignment of Commitments under Certain Circumstances . . 43
SECTION 2.22. Swingline Loans. . 44
III. LETTERS OF CREDIT; BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES. 45
SECTION 3.01. Issuance of Letters of Credit . . 45
SECTION 3.02. Origination of Bankers' Acceptances. . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 3.03. Participations; Unconditional Obligations. . . . . . 47
SECTION 3.04. LC/BA Fee . . 48
SECTION 3.05. Agreement To Repay LC Disbursements and BA Disbursements. 48
SECTION 3.06. Letter of Credit Operations. 50
SECTION 3.07. Cash Collaterization. . 50
SECTION 3.08. Termination of LC/BA Commitment . 50
SECTION 3.09. Fronting Bank Fees. . . 50
SECTION 3.10. Resignation or Removal of a Fronting Bank. . . . . . 51
IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 4.01. Organization; Powers. . 51
SECTION 4.02. Authorization. . . 52
SECTION 4.03. Enforceability . . 52
SECTION 4.04. Governmental Approvals. 52
SECTION 4.05. Financial Statements. . 52
SECTION 4.06. No Material Adverse Change . 53
SECTION 4.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases . . . . 53
SECTION 4.08. Subsidiaries. 53
SECTION 4.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws. 53
SECTION 4.10. Agreements. . 53
SECTION 4.11. Federal Reserve Regulations. 54
SECTION 4.12. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act . . 54
SECTION 4.13. Use of Proceeds. . 54
SECTION 4.14. Tax Returns . 54
SECTION 4.15. No Material Misstatements. . 54
SECTION 4.16. Employee Benefit Plans. 54
SECTION 4.17. Environmental and Safety Matters. 55
SECTION 4.18. Solvency. . . 55
SECTION 4.19. Labor Agreements . 55
SECTION 4.20. Security Documents. . . 55
SECTION 4.21. Labor Matters. . . 56
SECTION 4.22. Location of Real Property; Location of Leased Premises. . 57
V. CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT. . . 57
SECTION 5.01. All Credit Events. 57
SECTION 5.02. First Borrowing. . 58
VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 6.01. Existence; Business and Properties . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 6.02. Insurance . . 61
SECTION 6.03. Obligations and Taxes . 61
SECTION 6.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc.. . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 6.05. Litigation and each Other Notices. . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 6.06. ERISA. . 64
SECTION 6.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections 65
SECTION 6.08. Use of Proceeds. . 65
SECTION 6.09. Fiscal Year . 65
SECTION 6.10. Further Assurances. . . 65
SECTION 6.11. Interest Rate Protection Agreements. . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 6.12. Compliance with Law . . 66
SECTION 6.13. Material Contracts. . . 66
VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 7.01. Indebtedness. 66
SECTION 7.02. Liens. . 68
SECTION 7.03. Sale and Leaseback Transactions . 70
SECTION 7.04. Investments, Loans and Advances . 70
SECTION 7.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions 71
SECTION 7.06. Dividends and Distributions. 72
SECTION 7.07. Transactions with Affiliates. . . 73
SECTION 7.08. Business of Borrower and Subsidiaries. . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 7.09. Limitations on Debt Prepayments . 74
SECTION 7.10. Amendment of Certain Documents. . 74
SECTION 7.11. Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio. 74
SECTION 7.12. Interest Coverage Ratio. . . 75
SECTION 7.13. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. 76
SECTION 7.14. Bank Accounts. . . 76
VII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. . . . . . . . . . . . 76
IX. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE MANAGING AGENTS AND THE
FRONTING BANKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
X. MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 10.01. Notices. 82
SECTION 10.02. Survival of Agreement . 83
SECTION 10.03. Binding Effect . . 83
SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns. 83
SECTION 10.05. Expenses; Indemnity . . 86
SECTION 10.06. Right of Setoff. . 87
SECTION 10.07. Applicable Law . . 87
SECTION 10.08. Waivers; Amendment. . . 87
SECTION 10.09. Interest Rate Limitation . . 88
SECTION 10.10. Entire Agreement . 89
SECTION 10.11. Waiver of Jury Trial. . 89
SECTION 10.12. Severability. 89
SECTION 10.13. Counterparts. 89
SECTION 10.14. Headings. . . 89
SECTION 10.15. Confidentiality. . 89
SECTION 10.16. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. . . . . 90
Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit A-2 Form of Term Note
Exhibit A-3 Form of Swingline Note
Exhibit B Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit C Administrative Questionnaire
Exhibit E Form of Guarantee Agreement
Exhibit F Form of Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement
Exhibit G Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit H Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit I Form of Mortgage
Exhibit J Form of Trademark Security Agreement
Exhibit K Form of Bankers' Acceptance Request
Exhibit N-1 Form of Opinion of Samuel J. Henderson, Esq.
Exhibit N-2 Form of Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Exhibit N-3 Form of Opinion of Local Counsel
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.01(a) Existing Letters of Credit and Bankers' Acceptances
Schedule 1.01(b) Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 2.01 Commitments and Lender Addresses
Schedule 4.08 Subsidiaries
Schedule 4.09 Litigation
Schedule 4.17 Environmental Matters
Schedule 4.19 Labor Agreements
Schedule 4.20(b) UCC Filing Offices
Schedule 4.20(c) Mortgage Filing Offices
Schedule 4.20(d) Trademark Filing Offices
Schedule 4.20(e) Location of Bank Accounts
Schedule 4.22(a) Owned Real Property
Schedule 4.22(b) Leased Real Property
Schedule 5.02(b) Local Counsel Listing
Schedule 7.01 Indebtedness
Schedule 7.02 Liens
Schedule 7.04 Investments
Schedule 7.07 Permitted Affiliate Transactions
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 14, 1993, as amended and restated as
of August 3, 1994, among ECKERD CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as
borrower (the Borrower ); the financial institutions party hereto (the Lenders );
CHEMICAL BANK, a New York banking corporation ( Chemical Bank ), and
NATIONSBANK OF FLORIDA, N.A., a national banking association ( NationsBank ),
as managing agents for the Lenders (in such capacity, each a Managing Agent ) and as
swingline lenders (in such capacity, each a Swingline Lender ); Chemical Bank, as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent ) for the Lenders, the
Swingline Lenders and the Fronting Banks (as defined below); and NationsBank, as
documentation agent (the Documentation Agent ) for the Lenders, the Swingline
Lenders and the Fronting Banks.
The Borrower has requested (a) the Lenders and the Swingline Lenders to extend credit in order
to enable the Borrower, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, to borrow (i) on a
term basis, Term Loans (such term and each other capitalized term used herein but not defined herein
having the meanings given to such terms in Article I) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$500,000,000, (ii) on a revolving basis, at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date, an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of the excess of
(A) $350,000,000 over (B) the sum of (I) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans out-
standing at such time and (II) the LC/BA Exposure at such time and (iii) on a revolving basis, at any time
and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, Swingline Loans in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $30,000,000 and (b) on the terms and subject to
the conditions of this Agreement, the Fronting Banks to issue Letters of Credit and originate Bankers'
Acceptances in an aggregate face amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $155,000,000.
On the Restatement Date, (a) (i) Term Borrowings and (ii) Revolving Credit Borrowings not in
excess of $50,000,000 shall be used solely to continue or convert all term loans outstanding under the 1993
Credit Agreement and (b) the proceeds of any additional Revolving Credit Borrowings shall be used solely
to continue or convert all revolving loans outstanding under the 1993 Credit Agreement.
The proceeds of Revolving Credit Borrowings following the Restatement Date will be used for
the general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. The proceeds of the Swingline Loans
will also be used for the general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Letters of Credit
and Bankers' Acceptances will be used to support obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries incurred
in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.
Accordingly, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Managing Agents, the Administrative Agent, the
Primary Fronting Bank, the Documentation Agent and the Swingline Lenders agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings specified below:
ABR Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
ABR Loan shall mean any ABR Term Loan or ABR Revolving Loan.
ABR Revolving Loan shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
ABR Spread shall have the meaning specified in the definition of the term Applicable Rate
Percentage .
ABR Term Loan shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference
to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Acquired EBITDA with respect to any Acquired Entity for any period shall mean (a) the sum
of (i) Acquired Net Income of such Acquired Entity for such period, (ii) all Federal, state, local and
foreign taxes deducted in determining such Acquired Net Income, (iii) interest expense deducted in
determining such Acquired Net Income and (iv) depreciation, amortization and other noncash charges
deducted in determining such Acquired Net Income, less (b) any noncash income included in determining
such Acquired Net Income.
Acquired Entity shall mean, with respect to any Acquisition, (a) the Person to be purchased or
otherwise acquired in such Acquisition or (b) the assets to be purchased, leased or otherwise acquired in
such Acquisition.
Acquired Interest Expense shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity for any period, the
gross interest expense of such Acquired Entity for such period determined in accordance with GAAP. For
purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net
payments made or received by such Acquired Entity with respect to Rate Protection Agreements.
Acquired Lease Expense shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity for any period, with
respect to any operating leases of such Acquired Entity, all amounts paid or accrued during such period
under such operating leases (whether or not constituting rental expense) by such Acquired Entity.
Acquired Net Income with respect to any Acquired Entity for any period shall mean the
aggregate net income (or net deficit) of such Acquired Entity for such period, which shall be equal to the
gross revenues for such Acquired Entity during such period less the aggregate for such Acquired Entity
of, without duplication, (a) cost of goods sold, (b) interest expense, (c) operating expenses, (d) selling,
general and administrative expenses, (e) taxes, (f) depreciation, depletion and amortization of properties
and (g) any other items that are treated as expense under GAAP, all computed in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, that the term "Acquired Net Income" shall exclude (i) gains and losses from the sale
of assets other than in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any write-up in the value of any asset.
Acquisition shall mean (a) any purchase or other acquisition, in one transaction or a series of
related transactions, of all the common stock of any Person or (b) any purchase, lease or other acquisition,
in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or part of the assets of any Person ; provided,
however, that the term "Acquisition" shall not include the purchase or acquisition of, or any expenditure
towards the purchase or acquisition of, (i) inventory acquired in the ordinary course of business for resale
to customers or (ii) (A) prescription files so long as the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year to
acquire prescription files does not exceed $2,000,000, (B) inventory acquired for resale to customers or
(C) Capital Expenditures unless, in the case of clause (ii), such purchase, acquisition or expenditure is
made in connection with the acquisition of (x) all the common stock of any on-going business, (y) all or
substantially all the assets of any on-going business or (z) one or more drugstores.
Acquisition Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, for any period in connection with the
Acquisition of any Acquired Entity, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) EBITDA of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for such period plus Lease
Expense (but only to the extent of the amount of such Lease Expense that was deducted in calculating such
EBITDA) for such period less Capital Expenditures for such period, (ii) Acquired EBITDA of such
Acquired Entity for such period plus Acquired Lease Expense of such Acquired Entity (but only to the
extent of the amount of such Acquired Lease Expense that was deducted in calculating such Acquired
EBITDA) for such period and (iii) Acquired EBITDA of any previously acquired Entity (but only to the
extent that such Acquired EBITDA is allocable to such period) plus Acquired Lease Expense of any
previously acquired Entity (but only to the extent of the amount of such Acquired Lease Expense that was
deducted in calculating such Acquired EBITDA) to (b) the sum of (i) Interest Expense for such period,
(ii) Acquired Interest Expense of such Acquired Entity for such Period, (iii) Acquired Interest Expense of
any previously acquired Entity (but only to the extent that such Acquired Interest Expense is allocable to
such period), (iv) cash income taxes paid by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
during such period, (v) Lease Expense for such period, (vi) Acquired Lease Expense of such Acquired
Entity for such Period, (vii) Acquired Lease Expense of any previously acquired Entity (but only to the
extent that such Acquired Lease Expense is allocable to such period), (viii) the Term Loan Repayment
Amounts scheduled to be paid during such period and (ix) scheduled payments during such period of the
principal of permitted Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries other than the Loans.
Adjusted LIBO Rate shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest
Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the
product of (a) the LIBO Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (b) Statutory Reserves. For purposes
hereof, the term LIBO Rate shall mean the average of the respective rates per annum at which dollar
deposits approximately equal in principal amount to each Reference Lender's portion of such Eurodollar
Borrowing and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered to the principal London office
of such Reference Lender in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
Administrative Fees shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Administrative Questionnaire shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of
Exhibit C.
Affiliate shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control
with the person specified.
Alternate Base Rate shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base CD
Rate in effect on such day plus 1% and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2
of 1%. For purposes hereof, the term Prime Rate shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office
in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change is publicly
announced as being effective. The term Base CD Rate shall mean the sum of (a) the product of (i) the
Three-Month Secondary CD Rate and (ii) Statutory Reserves and (b) the Assessment Rate. The term
Three-Month Secondary CD Rate shall mean, for any day, the secondary market rate for three-month
certificates of deposit reported as being in effect on such day (or, if such day shall not be a Business Day,
the next preceding Business Day) by the Board through the public information telephone line of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (which rate will, under the current practices of the Board, be published in
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) during the week following such day) or, if such rate shall
not be so reported on such day or such next preceding Business Day, the average of the secondary market
quotations for three-month certificates of deposit of major money center banks in New York City received
at approximately 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day (or, if such day shall not be a Business
Day, on the next preceding Business Day) by the Administrative Agent from three New York City negotia-
ble certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by it. If for any reason the Administrative
Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is
unable to ascertain the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate or both for any reason, including
the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the
terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (c), or both, of
the first sentence of this definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no
longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month
Secondary CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such
change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
Applicable Percentage of any Participating Lender shall mean the percentage of the aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments represented by such Participating Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment.
Applicable Rate Percentage shall mean on any date, with respect to the Commitment Fee,
Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as the case may be, the lowest applicable percentage set forth in the table
below based upon the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio for the four-fiscal-quarter period ending on the last
day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter for which the certificate referred to in the next succeeding
paragraph has been received by the Administrative Agent, as set forth in the following table; provided,
however, that the Applicable Rate Percentages in respect of the Commitment Fee, the LIBOR Spread and
the ABR Spread for the period from and including the Restatement Date to but excluding the date of receipt
by the Lenders of the Borrower's financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending October 29, 1994, shall
be the Applicable Rate Percentages specified for Level IV in the table below:
COMMITMENT FEE/LIBOR SPREAD/ABR SPREAD
(Basis Points Per Annum)
Funded Debt to
EBITDA Ratio
Commitment Fee
LIBOR Spread
ABR Spread
Level I
Less than or equal to
2.50
25.00
75.00
0.00
Level II
Less than or equal to
3.00 but greater than
2.50
37.50
100.00
0.00
Level III
Less than or equal to
3.50 but greater than
3.00
37.50
125.00
25.00
Level IV
Greater than
3.50
50.00
150.00
50.00
For purposes of the foregoing, (a) any change in the Applicable Rate Percentages based on the
Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio shall be effective for all purposes on and after the date of receipt by the
Administrative Agent of the certificate described in Section 6.04(d) for the most recently ended fiscal
quarter and (b) notwithstanding the foregoing provision of clause (a), no reduction in the above Applicable
Rate Percentages shall be effective if any Event of Default or Default shall exist and be continuing. Any
change in the LIBOR Spread or the ABR Spread due to a change in the applicable Level shall apply to all
Eurodollar Rate Loans made on or after the commencement of the period (and to ABR Loans that are
outstanding at any time during the period) commencing on the effective date of such change in applicable
Level and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change in applicable
Level.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time during which the Borrower has failed to deliver the
certificate described in Section 6.04(d) in accordance with the provisions thereof, (a) the LIBOR Spread
shall be deemed to be that of Level IV with respect to Eurodollar Loans made on and after the date on
which the failure to deliver such certificate occurred until such date as the Administrative Agent shall
receive such certificate in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.04(d), which change in the LIBOR
Spread shall become effective with respect to Eurodollar Loans made on and after the date on which such
certificate was received, (b) the ABR Spread shall be deemed to be that of Level IV until such time as the
Administrative Agent shall receive such certificate in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.04(d) and
(c) the Commitment Fee shall be deemed to be that of Level IV until such time as the Administrative Agent
shall receive such certificate in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.04(d).
Assessment Rate shall mean for any date the annual rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next 1/100 of 1%) most recently estimated by the Administrative Agent as the then-current net annual
assessment rate that will be employed in determining amounts payable by the Administrative Agent to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for insurance by such Corporation (or such
successor) of time deposits made in dollars at the Administrative Agent's domestic offices.
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender
and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit B or such other form
as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
BA Disbursement shall mean, with respect to any Bankers' Acceptance, any payment of the face
amount of such Bankers' Acceptance made by the Primary Fronting Bank to the holder thereof upon the
maturity thereof.
BA Discount Rate shall mean, with respect to any Bankers' Acceptance, the current quoted
discount rate for bankers' acceptances of the Primary Fronting Bank on the date of the origination of such
Bankers' Acceptance for bankers' acceptances in an amount substantially equal to the face amount of such
Bankers' Acceptance and having the same maturity as such Bankers' Acceptance.
BA Documents shall mean, with respect to any Bankers' Acceptance, such documents and
agreements as the Primary Fronting Bank may reasonably require in connection with the creation of such
Bankers' Acceptance.
BA Exposure shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum aggregate amount that is,
or at any time thereafter may become, payable by the Primary Fronting Bank under all Bankers'
Acceptances then outstanding and (b) the aggregate amount of BA Disbursements for which the Primary
Fronting Bank or the Lenders, as the case may be, have not been reimbursed by the Borrower at such time.
Bankers' Acceptance shall mean a bill of exchange or draft denominated in dollars (a) drawn
(i) in the case of a Clean Bankers' Acceptance, by the Borrower, (ii) in the case of a Trade Banker's
Acceptance, in the name of the beneficiary of the related Trade Letter of Credit and (iii) in each case, in
the ordinary course of the Borrower's business and accepted by the Primary Fronting Bank on the Primary
Fronting Bank's form of draft in effect from time to time, (b) in the case of a Clean Bankers'
Acceptance, for a face amount of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof and
(c) for a term (i) in the case of a Clean Bankers' Acceptance, of not less than 30 days or more than
120 days and (ii) in the case of a Trade Bankers' Acceptance, of not less than 20 or more than 120 days.
Bankers' Acceptance Request shall mean a request made pursuant to Section 3.02 in the form
of Exhibit K.
Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
Borrowing shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type made by the Lenders on a single date
and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Business Day shall mean any day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State
of New York) on which banks are open for business in New York City; provided, however, that, when
used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term Business Day shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
Capital Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the sum of all amounts that would, in
accordance with GAAP, be included as additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital
expenditures on a consolidated statement of cash flows for the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during such
period (including the amount of assets leased under any Capital Lease Obligation). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the term Capital Expenditures shall not include capital expenditures in respect of the
reinvestment of insurance proceeds and condemnation proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
in connection with the disposition of the Borrower's or such Subsidiary's assets or properties in the nature
of a casualty or condemnation, if (as contemplated in the definition of the term Prepayment Event ) such
reinvestment (including, in the case of insurance proceeds, reinvestment in the form of restoration or
replacement of damaged property) shall have resulted in the event giving rise to the receipt of such amounts
not being considered a Prepayment Event as contemplated in the definition of such term.
Capital Lease Obligations of any person shall mean the obligations of such person to pay rent
or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal
property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as
capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the
amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in
accordance with GAAP.
A Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) any Person or group (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities and Exchange Commission as in effect on the date hereof) other
than ML Capital Partners, Inc. and its Affiliates shall own directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record,
shares representing more than 30% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Borrower; (b) a change in the membership of the board of directors of the
Borrower shall occur at any time during any twelve-month period such that, following such change, at least
30% of the members of the board of directors were not members of the board of directors at the beginning
of such twelve-month period (but only if the election of such new members of the board of directors was
not approved by a majority of the directors who were either sitting at the beginning of such twelve-month
period or elected to the board of directors during such twelve-month period with the approval of a majority
of the directors who were sitting at the beginning of such twelve-month period); or (c) any Person or group
other than ML Capital Partners, Inc. and its Affiliates shall otherwise directly or indirectly Control the
Borrower.
Change in Liquidity From Receivables Programs shall mean, for any period, the net change
from the first day of such period to the last day of such period in accounts receivable of the Borrower
resulting from the sale of such accounts receivable by the Borrower and receipt by the Borrower of the
cash proceeds of such sale pursuant to Permitted Receivables Purchase Agreements, calculated in
accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the Borrower's audited consolidated financial
statements for the fiscal year ended January 30, 1993.
Clean Bankers' Acceptance shall mean (a) each Bankers' Acceptance that is not a Trade
Bankers' Acceptance and (b) each Existing Clean Bankers' Acceptance; each Clean Bankers' Acceptance
(other than an Existing Clean Bankers' Acceptance) shall be originated by the Primary Fronting Bank in
accordance with Section 3.02(c).
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any successor statute thereto, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
Collateral shall mean all the Collateral as defined in any Security Document and shall also
include the Lockbox Collateral and the Mortgaged Properties.
Collateral Agent shall mean Chemical Bank, as Collateral Agent under the Security Documents,
the Guarantee Agreement and the Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement.
Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's Term Loan Commitment
and Revolving Credit Commitment.
Commitment Fee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).
Common Stock shall mean the Voting Common Stock and the Non-Voting Common Stock.
Confidential Information Memorandum shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum
of the Borrower dated June 1994.
Consideration shall mean, with respect to any Acquisition, the aggregate consideration to be
paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with such Acquisition, including (a) any Indebtedness
assumed or incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with such Acquisition and (b) any
shares of the Borrower's capital stock or other equity securities, or any obligations convertible into or
exchangeable for (or giving any Person a right, option or warrant to acquire) such securities or such
convertible or exchangeable obligations, in each case issued by the Borrower in connection with such
Acquisition.
Control shall mean 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 ownership of voting securities,
by contract or otherwise, and the terms Controlling and Controlled shall have meanings correlative
thereto.
Credit Event shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article V.
Default shall mean any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of time or both would
constitute an Event of Default.
Default Rate shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07.
dollars or $ shall mean lawful money of the United States.
EBITDA with respect to any Person for any period shall mean (a) the sum of (i) Net Income
of such Person for such period, (ii) all Federal, state, local and foreign taxes deducted in determining such
Net Income, (iii) interest expense deducted in determining such Net Income and (iv) depreciation,
amortization and other noncash charges deducted in determining such Net Income, less (b) any noncash
income included in determining such Net Income.
11-1/8% Subordinated Debenture Indenture shall mean the Subordinated Debenture Indenture
dated as of May 1, 1986, between the Borrower and Bank of America, N.A., as trustee, as successor to
Mellon Bank, N.A., relating to the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures, as such Subordinated Debenture
Indenture may from time to time be amended or modified in accordance with Section 7.10.
11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures shall mean the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures due 2001
of the Borrower, as such 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures may from time to time be amended or modified
in accordance with Section 7.10.
Equipment Agency Arrangements shall mean arrangements between the Borrower and one or
more equipment lessors (the "Equipment Lessors") pursuant to which (a) the Borrower, acting as the
Equipment Lessor's agent or otherwise, orders and/or pays for equipment to be used in the Borrower's
business, (b) the Equipment Lessor reimburses the Borrower for any such payment and (c) the Equipment
Lessor leases such equipment to the Borrower.
Equipment Lessor shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term
"Equipment Agency Arrangements".
Equity Issuance shall mean any issuance or sale by the Borrower of any shares of its capital
stock or other equity securities, or any obligations convertible into or exchangeable for (or giving any
Person a right, option or warrant to acquire) such securities or such convertible or exchangeable
obligations, other than (a) sales or issuances of Common Stock to management or key employees of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any employee stock option or stock purchase plan in existence
from time to time, not to exceed in the aggregate $6,000,000 in any fiscal year or (b) issuances or sales
of any securities by any Subsidiary to a Subsidiary that is a Guarantor or to the Borrower or by the
Borrower to any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor; provided, however, that the term Equity Issuance shall
not include any issuance or sale of Common Stock to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower
to the extent that the consideration for such issuance or sale is a drugstore or any assets thereof or all or
substantially all the capital stock of any corporation that engages exclusively in a business or businesses
substantially similar to one or more lines of business in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is principally
engaged on the date hereof.
Equity Issuance Balance shall mean (a) 100% of the Net Proceeds from any Equity Issuance
minus (b) the aggregate amount of such Net Proceeds that has been applied by the Borrower (or placed in
the Repurchase Account pursuant to Section 2.13(d) to be applied by the Borrower) to redeem or
repurchase 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures pursuant to Section 7.09(a)(iii)(B).
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or any successor
statute, as the same may be amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member
of a group of which the Borrower is a member and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414
of the Code.
Eurodollar Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.
Eurodollar Loan shall mean any Eurodollar Term Loan or Eurodollar Revolving Loan.
Eurodollar Revolving Loan shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined
by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Eurodollar Term Loan shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Event of Default shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
Existing Clean Bankers' Acceptance shall mean each bill of exchange or draft denominated in
dollars that (a) was drawn by the Borrower in the ordinary course of the Borrower's business, (b) was
accepted by NationsBank, (c) is outstanding on the Restatement Date and (d) is listed in part I of
Schedule 1.01(a).
Existing Standby Letter of Credit shall mean each standby letter of credit that (a) was issued by
NationsBank for the account of the Borrower, (b) is outstanding on the Restatement Date and (c) is listed
in part II of Schedule 1.01(a).
Existing Trade Bankers' Acceptance shall mean each bill of exchange or draft denominated in
dollars that (a) was drawn by the beneficiary of a related commercial documentary letter of credit in the
ordinary course of the Borrower's business, (b) was accepted by NationsBank, (c) is outstanding on the
Restatement Date and (d) is listed in part III of Schedule 1.01(a).
Existing Trade Letter of Credit shall mean each commercial documentary letter of credit that
(a) was issued by NationsBank for the account of the Borrower, (b) is outstanding on the Restatement Date
and (c) is listed in part IV of Schedule 1.01(a).
Facilities shall mean, collectively, the Term Facility and the Revolving Facility.
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on over-
night 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 of the quotations for the
day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.
Fees shall mean the Administrative Fees, the Commitment Fees, the LC/BA Fees, the fees
specified in Section 2.05(c) and the fees specified in Section 3.09.
Financial Officer of any corporation shall mean the chief financial officer, principal accounting
officer, Treasurer or Controller of such corporation.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, for any period, the ratio of (a) EBITDA of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for such
period plus Lease Expense (but only to the extent of the amount of such Lease Expense that was deducted
in calculating such EBITDA) for such period less Capital Expenditures for such period to (b) the sum of
(i) Interest Expense for such period, (ii) cash income taxes paid by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis during such period, (iii) Lease Expense for such period, (iv) the Term Loan
Repayment Amounts scheduled to be paid during such period and (v) scheduled payments during such
period of the principal of permitted Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries other than the Loans.
Fronting Banks shall mean (a) with respect to Letters of Credit (other than IRB Letters of
Credit) and Bankers' Acceptances, the Primary Fronting Bank, and (b) with respect to IRB Letters of
Credit, the IRB Fronting Bank.
Funded Debt shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding Indebtedness described in clause (i) of the
definition of such term.
Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period, the ratio of
(a) Funded Debt on the last day of such period to (b) EBITDA of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for such period.
Funding I Lease shall mean (a) the sale and master operating leaseback of 72 store premises
pursuant to the Lease Agreement dated as of January 15, 1987, as amended to the date hereof, among JEC
Funding, Inc., as lessor, and the Borrower as lessee, and (b) the documents related thereto.
Funding II Lease shall mean (a) the capital lease of store premises pursuant to the Lease
Agreement dated as of March 31, 1989, among JEC Facilities Funding II, Inc., as lessor, and the
Borrower, as lessee, and (b) the documents related thereto.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
Governmental Authority shall mean any Federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental
agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body.
Guarantee of or by any Person shall mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise (whether or
not denominated as a guarantee), of such person guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other person (the
primary obligor ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such
person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for
the payment of such Indebtedness, (b) to purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of
assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment of such Indebtedness or (c) to maintain working
capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to
enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness; provided, however, that the term Guarantee shall
not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business.
Guarantee Agreement shall mean the Guarantee Agreement dated as of June 14, 1993, as
amended and restated as of August 3, 1994, among the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent.
Guarantor shall mean each Subsidiary that shall be one of the initial parties to the Guarantee
Agreement and any other Person that shall become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.10 or clause (q) of
Article VIII.
IC Florida shall mean Pharmacy Dynamics Group, Inc., a Florida corporation.
IC Holdings shall mean Insta-Care Holdings, Inc., a Florida corporation.
IC Holdings Convertible Debentures shall mean the Convertible Debentures issued pursuant to
the IC Holdings Management Subscription Agreement, as such Convertible Debentures may from time to
time be amended or modified in accordance with Section 7.10.
IC Holdings Employees shall mean (a) employees of IC Holdings or any of its subsidiaries and
their estates, (b) the spouses, parents and issue of employees of IC Holdings or any of its subsidiaries and
their estates and (c) trusts, corporations and partnerships, the beneficiaries, stockholders or partners of
which include only the persons listed in clauses (a) and (b) above.
IC Holdings Management Subscription Agreement shall mean the Subscription Agreement dated
as of May 1, 1990, among IC Holdings and certain IC Holdings Employees pursuant to which such IC
Holdings Employees have agreed to purchase IC Holdings Convertible Debentures, as such Subscription
Agreement may from time to time be amended or modified in accordance with Section 7.10.
IC Holdings Sale shall mean the sale, transfer or other disposition by the Borrower of the
business and assets of IC Holdings or the capital stock of IC Holdings, whether by means of an initial
public offering or otherwise.
IC Holdings Sale Balance shall mean (a) 100% of the Net Proceeds from the IC Holdings Sale
minus (b) the aggregate amount of such Net Proceeds that has been applied by the Borrower (or placed in
the Repurchase Account pursuant to Section 2.13(c) to be applied by the Borrower) to redeem or
repurchase 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures pursuant to Section 7.09(a)(iii)(A).
IC Texas shall mean Insta-Care Pharmacy Services Corp., a Texas corporation.
IFS Sale and Leaseback shall mean the sale and leaseback transaction consummated by the
Borrower on June 15, 1993, whereby the Borrower sold certain photographic processing equipment to
Imaging Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and entered into a lease in respect of such
equipment.
Inactive Subsidiary shall mean any subsidiary of the Borrower that (a) has assets with a total
market value not in excess of $1,000 and (b) has not conducted any business or other operations during
the prior 12-month period.
Indebtedness of any Person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person
for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind other than deposits or advances
in the ordinary course of business, (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 assets
purchased by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase
price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable and accrued expenses arising 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 obligations secured thereby have been assumed by such Person, (g) all
Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i)
all obligations of such Person in respect of interest rate protection agreements, foreign currency exchange
agreements or other interest or exchange rate hedging arrangements and (j) all obligations of such Person
as an account party to reimburse any bank or any other Person in respect of letters of credit or bankers'
acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which
such Person is a general partner.
Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement shall mean the Indemnity, Subrogation and
Contribution Agreement dated as of June 14, 1993, as amended and restated as of August 3, 1994, among
the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent.
Institutional Investors shall mean the Institutional Investors that purchased class A stock and
cumulative redeemable preferred stock pursuant to the Investor Stock Subscription Agreements.
Interest Coverage Ratio shall mean, for any period, the ratio of (a) EBITDA of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for such period less
Capital Expenditures during such period to (b) Interest Expense for such period.
Interest Expense shall mean, for any period, the gross interest expense of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding any
fees and expenses payable or amortized during such period by the Borrower in connection with the
Transactions. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect
to any net payments made or received by the Borrower with respect to Rate Protection Agreements.
Interest Payment Date shall mean (a) with respect to any Loan, the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part, (b) with respect to any Swingline Loan,
the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Swingline Loan and (c) with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months' duration, each day that would have been an
Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months' duration been applicable to such
Borrowing and, in addition, the date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a
Borrowing of a different Type, provided that upon any conversion of an ABR Borrowing to a Eurodollar
Borrowing on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period with respect to such ABR Borrowing, the
Interest Payment Date for such ABR Borrowing shall be the last day of such Interest Period.
Interest Period shall mean (a) as to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the
date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such
Borrowing, as the case may be, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no
numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months there-
after, as the Borrower may elect, (b) as to any ABR Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of
such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such
Borrowing, as the case may be, and ending on the earliest of (i) the next succeeding March 31, June 30,
September 30 or December 31, (ii) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term Loan Maturity Date,
as applicable, and (iii) the date such Borrowing is converted to a Borrowing of a different Type in
accordance with Section 2.10 or repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section 2.11, 2.12 or 2.13, and
(c) as to any Swingline Loan, the period commencing on the date such Swingline Loan is made or on the
last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Swingline Loan, as the case may
be, and ending on the earliest of (i) the next succeeding March 31, June 30, September 30 or
December 31, (ii) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (iii) any date on which the Swingline Lenders
require the Lenders to purchase all or any portion of such Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.22(c);
provided, however, that, 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 Eurodollar 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. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day
of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.
Investor Stock Subscription Agreements shall mean (a) the Subscription Agreement dated as of
April 30, 1986, among the Borrower, the financial institutions identified therein, the Merrill Lynch Affiliate
Investors and the Institutional Investors and (b) the Subscription Agreement dated as of April 30, 1986,
between the Borrower and Morgan Capital Corporation, as such Subscription Agreements may from time
to time be amended or modified in accordance with Section 7.10.
IRB Fronting Bank shall mean any Lender designated as such by written notice to the
Administrative Agent from the Borrower, which designation shall be effective upon receipt by the
Managing Agents of an instrument, in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing Agents, whereby
such Lender assumes the obligations of the IRB Fronting Bank hereunder.
IRB Letter of Credit shall mean any Standby Letter of Credit issued by the IRB Fronting Bank
in accordance with (a) Section 5.4 of the Lease Agreement dated as of November 1, 1986, between The
Industrial Development Board of the City of Hammond, Inc. and the Borrower or (b) Section 5.4 of the
Lease Agreement dated as of December 1, 1986, between Development Authority of Coweta County and
the Borrower, and any extensions and replacements thereof, as such Standby Letter of Credit may from
time to time be amended, supplemented or modified.
LC/BA Commitment shall mean at any time an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $155,000,000,
as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 3.08, and (b) the Revolving Credit
Commitment at such time. The LC/BA Commitment shall automatically and permanently terminate on the
LC/BA Maturity Date.
LC/BA Exposure shall mean, at any time of determination, the sum of (a) the Trade LC
Exposure, (b) the Standby LC Exposure and (c) the BA Exposure at such time.
LC/BA Fee shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04.
LC/BA Maturity Date shall mean the fifth Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date.
LC Disbursement shall mean any payment or disbursement made by a Fronting Bank under or
pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
Lease Expense shall mean, for any period, with respect to any operating leases of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries, all amounts paid or accrued during such period under such operating leases (whether
or not constituting rental expense) by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Leasehold Mortgage shall mean any Mortgage that is a leasehold mortgage.
Letter of Credit Application shall mean a commercial or standby letter of credit application, as
applicable, in the relevant Fronting Bank's customary form, as such form may be modified from time to
time by such Fronting Bank.
Letters of Credit shall mean Trade Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit.
LIBOR Spread shall have the meaning specified in the definition of the term Applicable Rate
Percentage .
Lien shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
assignments for security (whether collateral or otherwise), hypothecation, encumbrance, lease, sublease,
charge or security interest in or on such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement relating to such asset and (c) in the case of secu-
rities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
Loan Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the Bankers'
Acceptances, the BA Documents, the Security Documents, the Guarantee Agreement and the Indemnity,
Subrogation and Contribution Agreement.
Loans shall mean the Revolving Loans and the Term Loans.
Lockbox Agreements shall mean any lockbox agreements among the Borrower, the Collateral
Agent and a Sub-Agent (as defined in each Lockbox Agreement), substantially in the form of Annex 1 to
the Security Agreement.
Lockbox Collateral shall have the meaning assigned to such term in each of the Lockbox
Agreements.
Management Investors shall mean the officers of the Borrower who purchased Class A Stock
and Class B Stock pursuant to the Management Subscription Agreement.
Management Subscription Agreement shall mean, collectively, (a) the Management Subscription
Agreement dated as of April 30, 1986, (b) the Management Subscription Agreement dated as of June 30,
1987, and (c) the Management Subscription Agreement dated as of November 1, 1987, in each case, among
the Borrower and the Management Investors and pursuant to which the Management Investors purchased
Class A Stock and Class B Stock, as such agreements may from time to time be amended or modified in
accordance with Section 7.10.
Margin Stock shall have the meaning given such term under Regulation U.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean (a) a materially adverse effect on the business, assets,
operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, or the material agreements of the Borrower and
the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is or will be a party or (c) material
impairment of the rights of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Banks, the
Collateral Agent or the Lenders under any Loan Document.
Merrill Lynch Affiliate Investors shall mean the Affiliates of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. on
April 30, 1986, who purchased class A stock and cumulative redeemable preferred stock pursuant to the
Investor Stock Subscription Agreements.
Mortgaged Properties shall mean the owned real properties of the Borrower specified on
Schedule 1.01(b).
Mortgages shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust, leasehold mortgages, assignments of leases
and rents (including the Assignments of Leases and Rents), modifications and other security documents
delivered pursuant to Section 5.02(k) or Section 6.10, each (except in the case of any Leasehold Mortgage)
substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA
to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant
to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code) is making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make
contributions.
Net Income with respect to any Person for any period shall mean the aggregate net income (or
net deficit) of such Person and its subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for such period, which
shall be equal to gross revenues for such Person and its subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis
during such period less the aggregate for such Person and its subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis during such period of, without duplication, (a) cost of goods sold, (b) interest expense, (c) operating
expenses, (d) selling, general and administrative expenses, (e) taxes, (f) depreciation, depletion and
amortization of properties and (g) any other items that are treated as expense under GAAP, all computed
in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that the term Net Income shall exclude (i) gains and
losses from the sale of assets other than in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any write-up in the value
of any asset.
Net Proceeds shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event, the IC Holdings Sale or any
Equity Issuance, (a) the gross proceeds (including, if applicable, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards
and payments from time to time in respect of installment obligations) received by or on behalf of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event, the IC Holdings Sale or such
Equity Issuance, less (b) the sum of (i) in the case of a Prepayment Event under clause (a) or (b) of the
definition thereof or the IC Holdings Sale, the amount, if any, of all taxes (other than income taxes)
payable by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or the IC
Holdings Sale and the Borrower's good-faith best estimate of the amount of all income taxes payable in
connection with such Prepayment Event or the IC Holdings Sale (to the extent that such amount shall have
been set aside for the purpose of paying such income taxes), (ii) in the case of a Prepayment Event under
clause (a) of the definition thereof or the IC Holdings Sale, (A) the amount of any reasonable reserve
established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the assets sold or disposed of
and retained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that the amount of any subsequent
reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall
be deemed to be Net Proceeds of a Prepayment Event or the IC Holdings Sale occurring on the date of
such reduction, and (B) the amount applied to repay any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and the
Swingline Loans) to the extent such Indebtedness is required by its terms to be repaid as a result of such
Prepayment Event or the IC Holdings Sale and (iii) reasonable and customary fees, commissions and ex-
penses and other costs paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment
Event, the IC Holdings Sale or Equity Issuance (other than those payable to the Borrower or any subsidiary
of the Borrower), in each case only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred
to in clause (a) above.
Net Working Capital shall mean, with respect to any Person and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis at any date, (a) the sum of inventory (calculated using a first-in-first-out accounting
method), current receivables (including trade receivables and current rent receivables) and prepaid expenses
minus (b) the sum of accrued expenses currently payable and trade payables, as each of such items would
appear on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its subsidiaries as of the date of determination
in accordance with GAAP.
9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Note Indenture shall mean the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture
dated as of November 1, 1993, between the Borrower and State Street Bank and Trust Company of
Connecticut, National Association , as trustee, as such Senior Subordinated Note Indenture may from time
to time be amended or modified in accordance with Section 7.10.
9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes shall mean the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2004
of the Borrower, as such 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes may from time to time be amended or
modified in accordance with Section 7.10.
1993 Credit Agreement shall mean the Credit Agreement dated as of June 14, 1993, among the
Borrower, the Lenders listed therein, Chemical Bank and NationsBank, as Managing Agents and Swingline
Lenders, and Chemical Bank, as Administrative Agent.
Non-Voting Common Stock shall mean the Borrower's Non-Voting Common Stock (Series I),
par value $.01 per share.
Notes shall mean the Term Notes, the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swingline Notes.
Obligations shall mean all obligations defined as Obligations in the Guarantee Agreement and
the Security Documents.
Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances shall mean at any time the Bankers' Acceptances outstanding
at such time.
Outstanding Clean Bankers' Acceptances shall mean at any time the Clean Bankers' Acceptances
outstanding at such time.
Outstanding Letters of Credit shall mean at any time the Letters of Credit outstanding at such
time.
Outstanding Standby Letters of Credit shall mean at any time the Standby Letters of Credit
outstanding at such time.
Outstanding Trade Bankers' Acceptances shall mean at any time the Trade Bankers' Acceptances
outstanding at such time.
Outstanding Trade Letters of Credit shall mean at any time the Trade Letters of Credit
outstanding at such time.
Participating Lender shall mean at any time any Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment
at such time.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
or any successor thereto.
Perfection Certificate shall mean the Perfection Certificate, substantially in the form of Annex 2
to the Security Agreement, prepared by the Borrower.
Permitted Acquisition shall mean any Acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of
any Acquired Entity engaged in one or more lines of business substantially similar to those in which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary is principally engaged as of the Restatement Date, so long as (a) the
Consideration to be paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with such Acquisition does not
exceed $50,000,000 and (b) the sum of (i) the Consideration to be paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
in connection with such Acquisition and (ii) the aggregate Consideration paid by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in connection with all prior Permitted Acquisitions that were consummated in the fiscal year in
which such Acquisition will occur does not exceed $100,000,000. Notwithstanding the immediately
preceding sentence, no Acquisition for which the Consideration to be paid by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary exceeds $15,000,000 shall be deemed to be a Permitted Acquisition unless the Borrower shall,
not less than ten days prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, (a) furnish to the Lenders written
notice of such Acquisition and the Consideration to be paid in connection therewith, (b) furnish to the
Lenders a certificate, certified by one of the Borrower's Financial Officers, setting forth in reasonable
detail (i) the calculation of Acquired EBITDA, Acquired Interest Expense, Acquired Lease Expense and
Acquired Net Income with respect to such Acquired Entity and (ii) the calculation of the ratios specified
in clause (c) below and (c) furnish to the Lenders a certificate, certified by one of the Borrower's Financial
Officers, stating that, after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition as if it had been consummated on
the last day of the Borrower's most recently completed period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which
a certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(d), (i) the ratio of (A) Funded Debt on the last
day of such period to (B) the sum of (x) EBITDA of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for such period, (y) Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired
Entity for such period and (z) Acquired EBITDA of any previously acquired Acquired Entity (but only to
the extent that such Acquired EBITDA is allocable to such period) would be less than or equal to the ratio
set forth in Section 7.11 as being applicable to such period, (ii) the ratio of (A) the sum of (x) EBITDA
of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for
such period less Capital Expenditures during such period, (y) Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity
for such period and (z) Acquired EBITDA of any previously acquired Acquired Entity (but only to the
extent that such Acquired EBITDA is allocable to such period) to (B) the sum of (x) Interest Expense for
such period, (y) Acquired Interest Expense of such Acquired Entity for such period and (z) Acquired
Interest Expense of any previously acquired Acquired Entity (but only to the extent that such Acquired
Interest Expense is allocable to such period) would be greater than or equal to the ratio set forth in
Section 7.12 as being applicable to such period and (iii) the Acquisition Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for
such period shall be greater than or equal to 1.10 to 1.00.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(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 six months from the date of acquisition thereof by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary;
(b) without limiting the provisions of paragraph (d) below, investments in commercial
paper maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary and having, at such date of acquisition, a credit rating of A1 from Standard & Poor's
Corporation or P1 from Moody's Investors Service, Inc.;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and time deposits maturing
within six months from the date of acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary issued
or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, (i) any
domestic office of either Managing Agent or (ii) any domestic office of any other commercial
bank of recognized standing organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof which is rated (or the senior debt securities of the holding company of such commercial
bank are rated) in one of the three highest grades by Standard & Poor's Corporation or Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., or another nationally recognized rating agency if neither of such two
named rating agencies shall rate such bank;
(d) investments in commercial paper maturing within six months from the date of acquisi-
tion thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and issued by (i) the holding company of either
Managing Agent or (ii) the holding company of any other commercial bank of recognized standing
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof that has commercial
paper rated in one of the three highest grades by Standard & Poor's Corporation or Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., or another nationally recognized rating agency if neither of such two
named rating agencies shall rate such bank;
(e) repurchase agreements maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof
by the Borrower or a Subsidiary with (i) any Lender (of Affiliate thereof), (ii) any bank or trust
company referred to in paragraph (c) or (d) above or (iii) Broadway National Bank, in each case,
for, and fully collateralized by a perfected security interest in, underlying securities of the type
referred to in paragraph (a) above, provided that, in the case of any such repurchase agreements
with Broadway National Bank, the aggregate amount of the repurchase obligations thereunder shall
not at any time exceed $2,000,000.
(f) investments in Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund, Merrill Lynch Government Fund,
Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund, Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund, American Express
Daily Dividends Fund and American Express Government and Agencies Fund.
(g) other investment instruments approved in writing by the Required Lenders and offered
by financial institutions that have a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less
than $250,000,000.
Permitted Receivables Purchase Agreements shall mean, collectively, (a) the Receivables
Purchase Agreement dated as of March 29, 1990, as amended and restated as of May 16, 1991, and as
further amended as of June 14, 1993, and as the expiration date thereof may be extended from time to
time, between the Borrower and Mellon Bank, N.A., providing for the transfer to Mellon Bank, N.A. of
an undivided interest in a pool of Third Party Receivables, (b) any agreement providing for the transfer
by the Borrower of Third Party Receivables that is entered into with the prior written consent of the
Required Lenders and (c) any other agreements providing for the transfer by the Borrower of Third Party
Receivables in a true sale transaction, on terms no less favorable to the Borrower and the Lenders than the
receivables purchase agreement described in clause (a) above, in each case if and to the extent permitted
by Section 7.05(e).
Person shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association,
company, partnership or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Plan shall mean any pension plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions
of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code that is maintained for employees of the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate.
Pledge Agreement shall mean the Pledge Agreement dated as of June 14, 1993, as amended and
restated as of August 3, 1994, among the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent.
Prepayment Account shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(h).
Prepayment Event shall mean (a) any sale, transfer or other disposition of any business units,
assets or other properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (including dispositions in the nature
of casualties (to the extent covered by insurance) or condemnations), (b) any sale and leaseback of any asset
or the mortgaging of any real property other than pursuant to a Mortgage (or a modification thereof) by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (c) the issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than any indebtedness that the Borrower or any Subsidiary is
permitted to incur pursuant to Section 7.01), or the issuance or sale by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any debt securities or any obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any
person or entity any right, option or warrant to acquire from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries any
Indebtedness (other than any indebtedness that the Borrower or any Subsidiary is permitted to incur
pursuant to Section 7.01), or any such debt securities or any such convertible or exchangeable obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Prepayment Event shall not include:
(i) sales, transfers and other dispositions of business units, assets and other properties on
commercially reasonable terms permitted pursuant to Section 7.05(a) with Net Proceeds not
exceeding in the aggregate $6,000,000 in any fiscal year, provided that at any time when the Net
Proceeds of any such sale, transfer and other disposition, together with the aggregate Net Proceeds
of all other such sales, transfers and other dispositions during the same fiscal year, shall exceed
$6,000,000 in any fiscal year, a Prepayment Event shall be deemed to have occurred, and the
resultant prepayment in connection with such Prepayment Event shall equal the amount by which
the aggregate Net Proceeds of such sales, transfers and dispositions exceeds $6,000,000;
(ii) sales of inventory, used or surplus equipment, vehicles and other assets in the ordinary
course of business;
(iii) the receipt of insurance or condemnation proceeds in respect of the loss, damage,
destruction or taking of any asset of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, provided that (A) the
aggregate amount of insurance or condemnation proceeds received by the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in connection with the event that resulted in the loss, damage, destruction or taking
of such asset are less than $5,000,000, (B) such proceeds are reinvested in equipment, vehicles
or other assets (other than inventory that does not replace lost, damaged, destroyed or taken
inventory) used in the Borrower's principal lines of business within 180 days after the receipt
thereof, (C) if such proceeds are equal to or exceed $1,000,000, the Borrower, pending such
reinvestment, promptly applies such proceeds towards the payment of Swingline Loans or
Revolving Loans or deposits such proceeds so received and unreinvested in a cash collateral
account established with the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (D) at the
time such proceeds are received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iv) the IC Holdings Sale; or
(v) sales, transfers or other dispositions to Equipment Lessors of equipment purchased
by the Borrower, as agent for such Equipment Lessor, pursuant to Equipment Agency
Arrangements.
Primary Fronting Bank shall mean NationsBank.
Rate Protection Agreements shall mean interest rate cap agreements, interest rate swap
agreements and other agreements or arrangements entered into by the Borrower to provide protection to
the Borrower against fluctuations in interest rates.
Receivables Subsidiary means any bankruptcy-remote subsidiary of the Borrower created for
the purpose of purchasing accounts receivable from the Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to a
Permitted Receivables Purchase Agreement.
Reference Lenders shall mean the principal London offices of the Managing Agents and, as
long as it is a Lender, Union Bank of Switzerland.
Register shall have the meaning given such term in Section 10.04(d).
Regulation G shall mean Regulation G of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Repurchase Account shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(c).
Reportable Event shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or
the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA
Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of
the Code).
Required Lenders shall mean, at any time, Lenders holding Loans, a share of the used
LC/BA Commitments and unused Commitments representing greater than 50% of the sum of (a) the
aggregate principal amount of the Loans at such time, (b) the LC/BA Exposure at such time and (c) the
aggregate unused Commitments at such time.
Responsible Officer of any corporation shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer
of such corporation and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of
the obligations of such corporation in respect of this Agreement.
Restatement Date shall mean the date of the execution of this Agreement.
Revolving Credit Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.
Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of
such Lender to make Revolving Loans hereunder as set forth in clause (b) of Section 2.01, as the same
may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09.
Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall mean July 29, 2000.
Revolving Credit Note shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1, evidencing Revolving Loans.
Revolving Credit Utilization shall mean, at any time of determination, the sum of (a) the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding at such time, (b) the aggregate principal
amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at such time and (c) the LC/BA Exposure at such time.
Revolving Facility shall mean the aggregate of the Lenders' Revolving Credit Commitments.
Revolving Loans shall mean the revolving loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower
pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.01. Each Revolving Loan shall be a Eurodollar Revolving Loan or
an ABR Revolving Loan.
Secured Parties shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Security Agreement shall mean the Security Agreement dated as of June 14, 1993, as
amended and restated as of August 3, 1994, among the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Collateral
Agent.
Security Documents shall mean the Mortgages (including the Assignment of Leases and
Rents and any leasehold mortgage), the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Lockbox
Agreements, the Trademark Security Agreement and each of the security agreements, mortgages and
other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to
Section 6.10.
Standby LC Exposure shall mean, at any time of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate
undrawn amount of all Standby Letters of Credit outstanding at such time and (b) the aggregate amount
that has been drawn under any Standby Letters of Credit but for which the Fronting Banks or the
Lenders, as the case may be, have not been reimbursed by the Borrower at such time.
Standby Letter of Credit shall mean (a) each irrevocable letter of credit issued pursuant to
Section 3.01(a) under which a Fronting Bank agrees to make payments for the account of the
Borrower, on behalf of the Borrower, in respect of obligations of the Borrower incurred pursuant to
contracts made or performances undertaken or to be undertaken or like matters relating to contracts to
which the Borrower is or proposes to become a party in the ordinary course of the Borrower's business
and (b) each Existing Standby Letter of Credit.
Statutory Reserves shall mean 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
applicable reserve percentages, including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves
(expressed as a decimal) established by the Board and any other banking authority to which the
Administrative Agent is subject (a) with respect to the Base CD Rate (as such term is used in the
definition of the term Alternate Base Rate ) for new negotiable nonpersonal time deposits in dollars of
over $100,000 with maturities approximately equal to three months and (b) with respect to the Adjusted
LIBO Rate, for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board. Eurodollar Loans shall
be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without
benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any
Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Stockholders' Agreement shall mean the Stockholders' Agreement dated as of April 30,
1986, among the Borrower, the Management Investors, the Institutional Investors and the Merrill
Lynch Affiliate Investors, as such Stockholders' Agreement may be amended or modified from time to
time in accordance with Section 7.10.
Subordinated Debt Refinancing Indebtedness shall mean any Indebtedness incurred by the
Borrower as contemplated in Section 7.01(j) in connection with the refinancing of the 11-1/8%
Subordinated Debentures or the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes.
subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the parent ), any
corporation, partnership, association or other business 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
more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made,
owned, controlled or held or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, 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 shall mean any subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Inactive Subsidiary.
Swingline Commitment Percentage shall mean (a) in the case of Chemical Bank in its
capacity as a Swingline Lender, 50% and (b) in the case of NationsBank in its capacity as a Swingline
Lender, 50%.
Swingline Loans shall mean the swingline loans made by the Swingline Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.22.
Swingline Note shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-3, evidencing the Swingline Loans.
Term Borrowing shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans.
Term Facility shall mean the aggregate amount of the Lenders' Term Loan Commitments.
Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such
Lender to make Term Loans hereunder as set forth in clause (a) of Section 2.01, as the same may be
reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09.
Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean July 29, 2000.
Term Loan Repayment Amounts shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(a)(i).
Term Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(a)(i).
Term Loans shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to
clause (a) of Section 2.01. Each Term Loan shall be either a Eurodollar Term Loan or an ABR Term
Loan.
Term Note shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2, evidencing Term Loans.
Third Party Receivables shall mean the Accounts (as defined in the Security Agreement)
owing to the Borrower arising from the sale by the Borrower of goods or services in the ordinary
course of the pharmaceutical business of the Borrower and with respect to which the obligor is a Person
other than the Person to whom such goods or services were sold.
Trade BA Exposure shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum aggregate amount
that is, or at any time thereafter may become, payable by the Fronting Bank under all Trade Bankers'
Acceptances then outstanding and (b) the aggregate amount of BA Disbursements in respect of Trade
Bankers' Acceptances for which the Primary Fronting Bank or the Lenders, as the case may be, have
not been reimbursed by the Borrower at such time.
Trade Bankers' Acceptance shall mean (a) a Bankers' Acceptance originated by the Primary
Fronting Bank upon the presentation to the Primary Fronting Bank of a time draft for payment under a
Trade Letter of Credit by a beneficiary thereof and (b) each Existing Trade Bankers' Acceptance; each
origination of a Trade Bankers' Acceptance (other than an Existing Trade Bankers' Acceptance) shall
be in accordance with Section 3.02(e).
Trade LC Exposure shall mean, at any time of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate
undrawn amount of all Trade Letters of Credit outstanding at such time and (b) the aggregate amount
that has been drawn under any Trade Letters of Credit but for which the Primary Fronting Bank or the
Lenders, as the case may be, have not been reimbursed by the Borrower at such time.
Trade Letter of Credit shall mean (a) each commercial documentary letter of credit issued by
the Primary Fronting Bank for the account of the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.01(a) for the purchase
of goods in the ordinary course of business and (b) each Existing Trade Letter of Credit.
Trademark Security Agreement shall mean the Trademark Security Agreement dated as of
June 14, 1993, as amended and restated as of August 3, 1994, among the Borrower, the Guarantors
and the Collateral Agent.
Transactions shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02.
Type , when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to the Rate by reference
to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For
purposes hereof, the term Rate shall include the Adjusted LIBO Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.
Voting Common Stock shall mean the Borrowers' Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.
Withdrawal Liability shall mean 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. Terms Generally. The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both
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 . All references
herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed to be references to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require.
Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting
determinations hereunder shall be made and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder
shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis consistent
with the application used in the financial statements referred to in Section 4.05; provided, however,
that, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant set forth in Article VII, all accounting
terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in
accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of this Agreement applied on a basis consistent with the
application used in the financial statements referred to in Section 4.05.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. On the terms and subject to the conditions and relying upon the
representations and warranties herein set forth:
(a) each Lender having a Term Loan Commitment agrees severally and not jointly that it has
made Term Loans to the Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of its Term Loan Commitment, in
each case as set forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 2.01, and
(b) each Lender having a Revolving Credit Commitment agrees severally and not jointly to
make Revolving Loans to the Borrower, at any time and from time to time on or after the Restatement
Date and prior to the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender in accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed (after giving effect to all Revolving Credit
Loans repaid, and all reimbursements of LC Disbursements and BA Disbursements made, concurrently
with the making of any Revolving Credit Loans) an amount equal to the difference between (i) the
Revolving Credit Commitment set forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 2.01, as the same
may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, and (ii) such Lender's Applicable
Percentage of the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at such
time and (B) the LC/BA Exposure at such time. Within the limits set forth in the preceding sentence,
the Borrower may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans on or after the Restatement
Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, on the terms and subject to the conditions and
limitations set forth herein. Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
SECTION 2.02. Loans. (a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of
Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Term Loan Commitments or
Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender
to make any Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it
being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to
make any Loan required to be made by such other Lender). Each Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be
in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000
(or an aggregate principal amount equal to the remaining balance of the Revolving Credit Com-
mitments).
(b) Each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans, as the
Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03. Each Lender may at its option fulfill its Commitment
with respect to any Eurodollar 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 and the applicable
Note. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that
the Borrower shall not be entitled to request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in an aggregate
of more than six separate Eurodollar Loans of any Lender being outstanding hereunder at any one time.
For purposes of the foregoing, Loans having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they
commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Loans.
(c) Subject to paragraph (e) below, each Lender shall make a Loan in the amount of its
pro rata portion, as determined under Section 2.17, of each Borrowing hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent in New York, New
York, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, and the Administrative Agent shall by
3:00 p.m., New York City time, credit the amounts so received to the general deposit account of the
Borrower or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any condition precedent herein
specified shall not have been met, return the amounts so received to the respective Lenders. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that
such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's portion of such
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to
the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with this paragraph (c) and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such
date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion
available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is
repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the
time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount,
such amount shall constitute such Lender's Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this
Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled
to request any Revolving Credit Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would
end after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(e) The Borrower may refinance all or any part of any Revolving Credit Borrowing with a
Revolving Credit Borrowing of the same or a different Type, subject to the conditions and limitations
set forth in this Agreement. Any Revolving Credit Borrowing or part thereof so refinanced shall be
deemed to be repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section 2.04 or 2.12, as applicable, with the
proceeds of a new Revolving Credit Borrowing, and the proceeds of the new Revolving Credit
Borrowing, to the extent they do not exceed the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Borrowing
being refinanced, shall not be paid by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent or by the Administrative
Agent to the Borrower pursuant to paragraph (c) above.
(f) If a Fronting Bank has not received from the Borrower the payment required by
Section 3.05(a) within two hours after the Borrower shall have received notice from such Fronting
Bank that payment of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit will be made or, if the Borrower
shall have received such notice later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, not
later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately following Business Day, as provided in
Section 3.05(a), such Fronting Bank will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the LC
Disbursement and the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Participating Lender of such LC
Disbursement and its Applicable Percentage thereof. Each Participating Lender will pay to the
Administrative Agent not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date (or, if the
Participating Lenders shall have received such notice later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on
such date, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately following Business Day)
an amount equal to such Participating Lender's Applicable Percentage of such LC Disbursement (it
being understood that such amount shall constitute an ABR Revolving Loan of such Participating
Lender), and the Administrative Agent will promptly pay such amount to such Fronting Bank. The
Administrative Agent will promptly remit to each Participating Lender its Applicable Percentage of any
amounts subsequently received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in respect of such LC
Disbursement. If any Lender shall not have made its Applicable Percentage of such LC Disbursement
available to such Fronting Bank as provided above, such Lender agrees to pay interest on such amount,
for each day from and including the date such amount is required to be paid in accordance with this
subsection to but excluding the date an amount equal to such amount is paid to the Administrative
Agent for prompt payment to such Fronting Bank at, for the first such day, the Federal Funds Effective
Rate, and for each day thereafter, the Alternate Base Rate.
(g) If the Primary Fronting Bank has not received from the Borrower the payment required by
Section 3.05(b) by 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the stated maturity date of any Bankers'
Acceptance (or if such stated maturity date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, on the next
succeeding Business Day), as provided in Section 3.05(b), the Primary Fronting Bank will promptly
notify the Administrative Agent of the BA Disbursement and the Administrative Agent will promptly
notify each Participating Lender of such BA Disbursement and its Applicable Percentage. Each Partici-
pating Lender will pay to the Administrative Agent not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on
such date (or, if the Participating Lenders shall have received such notice later than 2:00 p.m., New
York City time, on such date, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately
following Business Day) an amount equal to such Participating Lender's Applicable Percentage of such
BA Disbursement (it being understood that such amount shall constitute an ABR Revolving Loan of
such Participating Lender), and the Administrative Agent will promptly pay such amount to the Primary
Fronting Bank. The Administrative Agent will promptly remit to each Participating Lender its
Applicable Percentage of any amounts subsequently received by the Administrative Agent from the
Borrower in respect of such BA Disbursement. If any Lender shall not have made its Applicable
Percentage of such BA Disbursement available to the Primary Fronting Bank as provided above, such
Lender agrees to pay interest on such amount, for each day from and including the date such amount is
required to be paid in accordance with this subsection to but excluding the date an amount equal to such
amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for prompt payment to the Primary Fronting Bank at, for
the first such day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and for each day thereafter, the Alternate Base
Rate.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, all Borrowings made on the
Restatement Date and during the period ending 30 days thereafter shall be made as (i) Eurodollar
Borrowings with Interest Periods of one month's duration or (ii) ABR Borrowings.
SECTION 2.03. Notice of Borrowings. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
written or telecopy notice (or telephone notice promptly confirmed in writing or by telecopy) (a) in the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days
before a proposed borrowing and (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New
York City time, one Business Day before a proposed borrowing. Such notice shall be irrevocable and
shall in each case refer to this Agreement and specify (a) whether the Borrowing then being requested
is to be a Term Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, and whether such Borrowing is to be a
Eurodollar Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing; (b) the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a
Business Day) and the amount thereof; and (c) if such Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
Interest Period with respect thereto. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such
notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to
any Eurodollar Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month's duration. If the Borrower shall not have given notice in
accordance with this Section 2.03 of its election to refinance a Revolving Credit Borrowing prior to the
end of the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing (unless such Borrowing is repaid at the end of
such Interest Period), then the Borrower shall be deemed to have given notice of an election to
refinance such Borrowing with an ABR Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the
Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.03 and of each Lender's portion of the requested
Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Notes; Repayment of Loans. The Revolving Loans made by each Lender
having a Revolving Credit Commitment, the Term Loans made by each Lender having a Term Loan
Commitment and the Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lenders, shall be evidenced by a
Revolving Credit Note, a Term Note and a Swingline Note, respectively, duly executed on behalf of
the Borrower, dated the Restatement Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibits A-1,
A-2 and A-3, respectively, with the blanks appropriately filled, (a) payable in the case of each Lender
to the order of such Lender or registered assigns in a principal amount equal to (i) the Revolving Credit
Commitment of such Lender, in the case of its Revolving Credit Note or (ii) the Term Loan
Commitment of such Lender, in the case of its Term Note, and (b) payable in the case of each
Swingline Lender to the order of such Swingline Lender in the principal amount of such Swingline
Lender's Swingline Commitment Percentage of $30,000,000, in the case of its Swingline Note. The
outstanding principal balance of each Loan or Swingline Loan, as evidenced by such a Note, shall be
payable (a) in the case of a Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan, on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable to such Loan and on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (b) in the case of a Term Loan,
as provided in Section 2.11(a)(i). Each Note shall bear interest from and including the Restatement
Date on the outstanding principal balance thereof as set forth in Section 2.06. Each Lender and each
Swingline Lender shall, and each hereby is, authorized by the Borrower to, endorse on the schedule
attached to each Note delivered to it (or on a continuation of such schedule attached to such Note and
made a part thereof), or otherwise to record in its internal records, an appropriate notation evidencing
the date and amount of each Loan from such Lender, or Swingline Loan from such Swingline Lender,
each payment and prepayment of principal of any such Loan or Swingline Loan, each payment of
interest on any such Loan or Swingline Loan and the other information provided for on such schedule;
provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or either Swingline Lender to make such a notation
or any error therein shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans made by such
Lender, or the Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the applicable Notes.
SECTION 2.05. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender, through the
Administrative Agent, on the Restatement Date and on the second Business Day following the last day
of March, June, September and December in each year and on each date on which any of the
Commitments of such Lender shall expire or be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee (a
Commitment Fee ) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate Percentage from time to time in
effect on the average daily unused amount of the Commitments of such Lender during the preceding
quarter (or other period commencing with the Restatement Date, as applicable, or ending with the date
on which any of such Commitments of such Lender shall expire or be terminated). The Commitment
Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue from and including the Restatement Date and shall
cease to accrue on, but excluding, the date on which such Commitments of such Lender shall expire or
be terminated as provided herein. For purposes of calculating Commitment Fees, any portion of the
Revolving Credit Commitments unavailable due to outstanding Swingline Loans shall be deemed to be
unused amounts of the Commitments. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account,
administration fees (the Administrative Fees ) at the time and in the amounts agreed upon in the fee
letter agreement dated April 5, 1993, between the Borrower and the Managing Agents.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for payment to the Managing
Agents and the other Lenders (to the extent applicable), on the Restatement Date the fees specified in
the fee letter agreement dated June 27, 1994, between the Borrower and the Managing Agents, and the
Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender on the Restatement Date that portion of such fees as is
owing to such Lender.
(d) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Fronting Bank, for its own account, the fees specified
in Section 3.09.
(e) All Fees (other than the fees payable to the Fronting Banks under Section 3.09) shall be
paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if
and as appropriate, among the Lenders. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any cir-
cumstances (other than corrections of error in payment).
SECTION 2.06. Interest on Loans. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07, the Loans
comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, when the Alternate Base Rate is
determined by reference to the Prime Rate and over a year of 360 days at all other times) at a rate per
annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the ABR Spread in effect at such time with respect to such
Loans. Swingline Loans shall bear interest at the rate applicable to ABR Loans.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07, the Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing
shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days)
at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Borrowing plus the LIBOR Spread in effect on the first day of such Interest Period.
(c) Interest on each Loan and each Swingline Loan shall be payable on the Interest Payment
Dates applicable to such Loan or Swingline Loan, as the case may be, except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement. The applicable ABR Spread or LIBOR Spread for each Interest Period or day within
an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such
determination shall be presumptively correct absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.07. Default Interest. If the Borrower shall default in the payment of the principal
of or interest on any Loan or Swingline Loan or any other amount becoming due hereunder or under
any Security Document, by acceleration or otherwise, the Borrower shall on demand from time to time
pay interest, to the extent permitted by law, on such defaulted amount up to (but not including) the date
of actual payment (after as well as before judgment) at a rate per annum (the Default Rate )
(computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to (a) in
the case of any ABR Loan, any Swingline Loan or any other amount, the rate that would be applicable
under Section 2.06 to a Term Loan that is an ABR Loan, plus 2% per annum, and (b) in the case of
any Eurodollar Loan, the rate that would be applicable under Section 2.06 to a Term Loan that is a
Eurodollar Loan, plus 2% per annum.
SECTION 2.08. Alternate Rate of Interest. In the event, and on each occasion, that on the day
two Business Days prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing the
Administrative Agent shall have determined that dollar deposits in the principal amounts of the Loans
comprising such Borrowing are not generally available in the London interbank market, or that the
rates at which such dollar deposits are being offered will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to at
least 20% of the Lenders of making or maintaining their Eurodollar Loans during such Interest Period,
or that reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Administrative
Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, give written or telecopy notice of such determination to
the Borrower and the Lenders. In the event of any such determination, any request by the Borrower for
a Eurodollar Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.10 shall, until the Administrative Agent shall
have advised the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer
exist (which the Administrative Agent shall be required promptly to do upon such circumstances
ceasing to exist), be deemed to be a request for an ABR Borrowing. Each determination by the
Administrative Agent hereunder shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.09. Termination, Reduction and Extension of Commitments. (a) The Term Loan
Commitments shall be automatically terminated at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Restatement
Date. The Revolving Credit Commitments and the LC/BA Commitment shall be automatically termi-
nated at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the LC/BA
Maturity Date, respectively.
(b) Upon at least three Business Days' prior irrevocable written or telecopy notice to the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower may at any time in whole permanently terminate, or from time to
time in part permanently reduce, the Commitments; provided, however, that (i) each partial reduction
of the Commitments shall be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and in a minimum principal amount
of $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not be permitted to terminate or reduce the Revolving
Credit Commitments if, as the result of such termination or reduction, (A) the LC/BA Commitment
would exceed the aggregate remaining Revolving Credit Commitments or (B) the Revolving Credit
Utilization would exceed the aggregate remaining Revolving Credit Commitments. The LC/BA
Commitment may be voluntarily terminated or reduced by the Borrower as provided in Section 3.08.
(c) The Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permanently reduced by the amount of any
mandatory prepayments applied to Swingline Loans or Revolving Credit Borrowings pursuant to
clause (ii) of Section 2.13(h).
(d) Each reduction in the Commitments hereunder shall be made ratably among the applicable
Lenders in accordance with their respective applicable Commitments. The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders, on the date of each termination or
reduction, the Commitment Fees on the amount of the Commitments so terminated or reduced accrued
to, but excluding, the date of such termination or reduction.
(e) Nothing in this Section 2.09 shall prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against
any Lender that fails to lend as required hereunder prior to the date of termination of any Commitment.
SECTION 2.10. Conversion and Continuation of Term Borrowings. The Borrower shall have
the right at any time upon prior irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (i) not later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, one Business Day prior to conversion, to convert any Eurodollar
Term Borrowing into an ABR Term Borrowing, (ii) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
three Business Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any ABR Term Borrowing into a
Eurodollar Term Borrowing or to continue any Eurodollar Term Borrowing as a Eurodollar Term
Borrowing for an additional Interest Period and (iii) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
three Business Days prior to conversion, to convert the Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar
Term Borrowing to another permissible Interest Period, subject in each case to the following:
(a) each conversion or continuation shall be made pro rata among the Lenders in
accordance with the respective principal amounts of the Loans comprising the converted or
continued Term Borrowing;
(b) if less than all the outstanding principal amount of any Term Borrowing shall be
converted or continued, the aggregate principal amount of such Term Borrowing converted or
continued shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000;
(c) each conversion shall be effected by each Lender by applying the proceeds of the
new Term Loan of such Lender resulting from such conversion to the Term Loan (or portion
thereof) of such Lender being converted, and accrued interest on a Term Loan (or portion
thereof) being converted shall be paid by the Borrower at the time of conversion;
(d) if any Eurodollar Term Borrowing is converted at a time other than the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall pay, upon demand, any amounts due to
the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.16;
(e) any portion of a Term Borrowing maturing or required to be repaid in less than
one month may not be converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Term Borrowing;
(f) any portion of a Eurodollar Term Borrowing that cannot be converted into or
continued as a Eurodollar Term Borrowing by reason of subparagraph (e) above shall be
automatically converted at the end of the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing into an
ABR Term Borrowing; and
(g) no Interest Period may be selected for any Eurodollar Term Borrowing that would
end later than a Term Loan Repayment Date occurring on or after the first day of such Interest
Period if, after giving effect to such selection, the aggregate outstanding amount of (i) the
Eurodollar Term Borrowings with Interest Periods ending on or prior to such Term Loan
Repayment Date and (ii) ABR Term Borrowings would not be at least equal to the principal
amount of Term Borrowings to be paid on such Term Loan Repayment Date.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement
and specify (i) the identity and amount of the Term Borrowing that the Borrower requests be converted
or continued, (ii) whether such Term Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar
Term Borrowing or an ABR Term Borrowing, (iii) if such notice requests a conversion, the date of
such conversion (which shall be a Business Day) and (iv) if such Term Borrowing is to be converted to
or continued as a Eurodollar Term Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect thereto. If no Interest
Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a Eurodollar
Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month's
duration. The Administrative Agent shall advise the other Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this
Section 2.10 and of each Lender's portion of any converted or continued Term Borrowing. If the
Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.10 to continue any Term
Borrowing into a subsequent Interest Period (and shall not otherwise have given notice in accordance
with this Section 2.10 to convert such Term Borrowing), such Term Borrowing shall, at the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto (unless repaid pursuant to the terms hereof), automatically be
continued into a new Interest Period as an ABR Term Borrowing.
SECTION 2.11. Repayment of Term Borrowings. (a) (i) The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the Business Day next succeeding the dates
set forth below (each such date being a Term Loan Repayment Date ), a principal amount of the
Term Loans (such amount, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.12(b) and 2.13(h),
being called the Term Loan Repayment Amount ) equal to the amount set forth below for such date,
together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but
excluding the date of such payment:
Date Amount
October 29, 1994 10,000,000
January 28, 1995 35,000,000
April 29, 1995 10,000,000
July 29, 1995 10,000,000
October 28, 1995 10,000,000
February 3, 1996 35,000,000
April 27, 1996 15,000,000
August 3, 1996 15,000,000
November 2, 1996 15,000,000
February 1, 1997 35,000,000
May 3, 1997 15,000,000
August 2, 1997 15,000,000
November 1, 1997 15,000,000
January 31, 1998 40,000,000
May 2, 1998 15,000,000
August 1, 1998 15,000,000
October 31, 1998 15,000,000
January 30, 1999 50,000,000
May 1, 1999 15,000,000
July 31, 1999 15,000,000
October 30, 1999 15,000,000
January 29, 2000 55,000,000
April 29, 2000 15,000,000
Term Loan Maturity Date 15,000,000
On each Term Loan Repayment Date, the Administrative Agent shall apply the Term Loan Repayment
Amount paid to the Administrative Agent to pay the Term Loans.
(b) To the extent not previously paid, all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Term
Loan Maturity Date, together with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but
excluding the date of payment.
(c) All repayments pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be subject to Section 2.16, but shall
otherwise be without premium or penalty.
SECTION 2.12. Optional Prepayments. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and
from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, upon written or telecopy notice (or
telephone notice promptly confirmed by written or telecopy notice) delivered to the Administrative
Agent (i) at least three Business Days prior to the date designated for such prepayment, in the case of
any prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, or (ii) by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date
designated for such prepayment in the case of any prepayment of an ABR Borrowing; provided,
however, that each partial payment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and
not less than $10,000,000.
(b) Optional prepayments of Term Loans made by the Borrower pursuant to paragraph (a)
above shall (i) first, be applied in the order of maturity against the scheduled installments of principal
of Term Loans due on Term Loan Repayment Dates occurring during the twelve-month period
commencing on the date of such prepayment and (ii) second, be applied pro rata against the remaining
scheduled installments of principal due in respect of Term Loans under Section 2.11(a)(i).
(c) Each notice of prepayment shall specify the amount to be prepaid, the prepayment date,
whether the related prepayment relates to a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Term Borrowing and the
principal amount of each Revolving Credit Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid or of each
Term Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrower
to prepay such obligations by the amount specified therein on the date specified therein. All
prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount
being prepaid to but excluding the date of the payment.
(d) No optional prepayment of Term Loans made by the Borrower pursuant to this
Section 2.12 shall reduce the Borrower's obligation to make mandatory prepayments pursuant to
paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of Section 2.13.
SECTION 2.13. Mandatory Prepayments. (a) On the date of any termination or reduction of
the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.09, the Borrower shall pay or prepay so
much of the then-outstanding Swingline Loans and the then-outstanding Revolving Credit Borrowings as
shall be necessary in order that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans and
Revolving Loans outstanding at such time will not exceed (ii) the aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments (after giving effect to such termination or reduction and after giving effect to each
deemed reduction to the Revolving Credit Commitments in connection with the making of a Swingline
Loan) less the aggregate LC/BA Exposure at such time.
(b) In the event and on each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall sub-
stantially simultaneously with (and in any event not later than the Business Day next following) the
occurrence of such Prepayment Event, apply an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds therefrom
to prepay outstanding Loans and Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.13(e).
(c) In the event that the IC Holdings Sale occurs, the Borrower shall, within five Business
Days following the occurrence of the IC Holdings Sale, (i) provide written notice to each Lender of the
aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds from the IC Holdings Sale that has been or will be applied by
the Borrower to redeem or repurchase 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures pursuant to
Section 7.09(a)(iii)(A), (ii) deposit in the Repurchase Account (as defined below) the portion of such
amount that will be so applied by the Borrower after the date of such written notice and (iii) apply an
amount equal to 100% of the IC Holdings Sale Balance to prepay outstanding Loans and Swingline
Loans in accordance with Section 2.13(e). For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Repurchase
Account" shall mean an account established by the Borrower with the Administrative Agent and over
which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right
of withdrawal in accordance with this paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) below. So long as no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent will, at the request of
the Borrower, release to the Borrower amounts on deposit in the Repurchase Account to enable the
Borrower to (i) make redemptions or repurchases of 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures pursuant to
Section 7.09(a)(iii) or (ii) prepay outstanding Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.12. The Administrative
Agent will, at the request of the Borrower, invest amounts on deposit in the Repurchase Account in
Permitted Investments; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to
make any investment that, in its sole judgment, would require or cause the Administrative Agent to be
in, or would result in any, violation of any law, statute, rule or regulation and (ii) the Administrative
Agent shall have no obligation to invest amounts on deposit in the Repurchase Account if a Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Other than interest earned on such
investments, the Repurchase Account shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such
investments shall be deposited in the Repurchase Account and reinvested as specified above or released
to the Borrower as specified above. If the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated pursuant to
Article VIII, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, apply all amounts on deposit in the
Repurchase Account to satisfy any of the Obligations. The Borrower hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders and
the Lenders, to secure the Obligations a security interest in the Repurchase Account.
(d) In the event and on each occasion that an Equity Issuance occurs, the Borrower shall,
within five Business Days following the occurrence of such Equity Issuance, (i) provide written notice
to each Lender of the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds from such Equity Issuance that has been or
will be applied by the Borrower to redeem or repurchase 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures pursuant to
Section 7.09(a)(iii)(B), (ii) deposit in the Repurchase Account the portion of such amount that will be
so applied by the Borrower after the date of such written notice and (iii) apply an amount equal to 50%
of the Equity Issuance Balance in respect of the Net Proceeds therefrom to prepay outstanding Loans
and Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.13(e).
(e) Mandatory prepayments of outstanding obligations under this Agreement made by the
Borrower pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above (i) first, shall be applied pro rata against the
remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of Term Loans under Section 2.11(a)(i)
and (ii) second, shall be applied to prepay Swingline Loans and then Revolving Credit Borrowings.
(f) During (i) the period commencing on the Restatement Date and ending on the first
anniversary thereof and (ii) each 12-month period thereafter, the Borrower shall repay Revolving Loans
and Swingline Loans in an amount necessary to cause the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans to be less than or equal to $100,000,000 for a period of
30 consecutive days.
(g) The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, (i) at the time of each prepayment
required under paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 2.13, a certificate signed by a Financial Officer
of the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment and
(ii) at least three Business Days prior to the time of each prepayment required under this Section 2.13
(if known at such time), a notice of such prepayment. Each required notice of prepayment shall specify
the prepayment date, the Type of each Loan being prepaid and the principal amount of each Loan or
Swingline Loan (or portion thereof) to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrower
to prepay such Loans by the amount stated therein on the date stated therein. All prepayments of Bor-
rowings and Swingline Loans under this Section 2.13 shall be subject to Section 2.16, but shall other-
wise be without premium or penalty. All prepayments of Borrowings and Swingline Loans under this
Section 2.13 shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount being prepaid to but
excluding the date of payment.
(h) Net Proceeds and such other amounts to be applied pursuant to this Section 2.13 to the pre-
payment of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans shall be applied, as applicable, first to reduce out-
standing ABR Term Loans and ABR Revolving Credit Loans. Any amounts remaining after each such
application shall, at the option of the Borrower, be applied to prepay Eurodollar Term Loans or Euro-
dollar Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, immediately and/or shall be deposited in the Pre-
payment Account (as defined below). The Administrative Agent shall apply any cash deposited in the
Prepayment Account (i) allocable to Term Loans to prepay Eurodollar Term Loans and (ii) allocable to
Revolving Credit Loans to prepay Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans, in each case on the last day of
their respective Interest Periods (or, at the direction of the Borrower, on any earlier date) until all out-
standing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, have been prepaid or until all the
allocable cash on deposit with respect to such Loans has been exhausted. For purposes of this Agree-
ment, the term Prepayment Account shall mean an account established by the Borrower with the
Administrative Agent and over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and
control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal for application in accordance with this
paragraph (h). The Administrative Agent will, at the request of the Borrower, invest amounts on
deposit in the Prepayment Account in Permitted Investments maturing prior to the last day of the
applicable Interest Periods of the Eurodollar Term Borrowings or Eurodollar Revolving Credit Bor-
rowings to be prepaid, as the case may be; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall
not be required to make any investment that, in its sole judgment, would require or cause the
Administrative Agent to be in, or would result in any, violation of any law, statute, rule or regulation
and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to invest amounts on deposit in the Pre-
payment Account if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. The Borrower
shall indemnify the Administrative Agent for any losses relating to the investments so that the amount
available to prepay Eurodollar Borrowings on the last day of the applicable Interest Periods is not less
than the amount that would have been available had no investments been made pursuant thereto. Other
than any interest earned on such investments, the Prepayment Account shall not bear interest. Interest
or profits, if any, on such investments shall be deposited in the Prepayment Account and reinvested as
specified above. If the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated pursuant to Article VIII, the
Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, apply all amounts on deposit in the Prepayment
Account to satisfy any of the Obligations. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for
its benefit and the benefit of the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders and the Lenders, to secure the
Obligations a security interest in the Prepayment Account.
SECTION 2.14. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances; Increased Costs. (a) Not-
withstanding any other provision herein, if after the date of this Agreement any change in applicable
law or regulation or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority
charged with the interpretation or administration thereof (whether or not having the force of law) shall
change the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender or either Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank of
the principal of or interest on any Eurodollar Loan made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or
Bankers' Acceptance reimbursement obligations, Fees or other amounts payable hereunder (other than
changes in respect of income and franchise taxes imposed on such Lender, Swingline Lender or
Fronting Bank by the jurisdiction in which such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank is
organized or has its principal office or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein), or shall 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 such Lender, Swingline
Lender or Fronting Bank (except any such reserve requirement that is reflected in the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or in the Alternate Base Rate) or shall impose on such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting
Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans
made by such Lender, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank hereunder or under the Notes (whether
of principal, interest or otherwise) by an amount deemed by such Lender, Swingline Lender or
Fronting Bank to be material, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender, Swingline Lender or
Fronting Bank following receipt of a certificate of such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank to
such effect in accordance with Section 2.14(d) such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank on an after-tax basis for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or either Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank shall have determined that the
applicability of any law, rule, regulation, agreement or guideline adopted pursuant to or arising out of
the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices entitled
International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards , or the adoption after the
date hereof of any other law, rule, regulation, agreement or guideline regarding capital adequacy, or
any change in any of the foregoing or in the interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by
any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or any lending office of such Lender) or either
Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank or any Lender's or either Swingline Lender's or Fronting Bank's
holding company with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy issued under any law, rule,
regulation or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or
comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's,
Swingline Lender's or Fronting Bank's capital or on the capital of such Lender's, Swingline Lender's
or Fronting Bank's holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by
such Lender, the Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender or the Letters of Credit or the
Bankers' Acceptances issued by such Fronting Bank pursuant hereto to a level below that which such
Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank or such Lender's, Swingline Lender's or Fronting Bank's
holding company could have achieved but for such applicability, adoption, change or compliance
(taking into consideration such Lender's, Swingline Lender's or Fronting Bank's policies and the
policies of such Lender's, Swingline Lender's or Fronting Bank's holding company with respect to
capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank to be
material, then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting
Bank following receipt of a certificate of such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank to such
effect in accordance with Section 2.14(d) such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank or such Lender's, such Swingline Lender's or Fronting
Bank's holding company on an after-tax basis for any such reduction suffered. Notwithstanding any
other provision in this paragraph (b), none of any Lender, either Swingline Lender or either Fronting
Bank shall be entitled to demand compensation pursuant to this paragraph (b) if it shall not be the
general practice of such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank, as applicable, to demand such
compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other comparable credit
agreements.
(c) The Borrower agrees that, in the event that any Bankers' Acceptance originated (or to be
originated) shall not, in the reasonable opinion of the Managing Agents, meet all requirements for
eligible bankers' acceptances (as determined in accordance with paragraph 7 of Section 13 of the
Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 372)), the Borrower shall, upon demand by the Managing Agents,
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Participating Lenders such additional amount or
amounts sufficient to compensate the Participating Lenders for any increased costs resulting therefrom
(including costs resulting from any reserve requirement, premium liability to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or a higher discount rate).
(d) A certificate of each Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank setting forth such amount
or amounts as shall be necessary to compensate such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank or its
holding company as specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above, as the case may be, and setting forth
in reasonable detail an explanation of the basis of requesting such compensation in accordance with
paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above, including calculations in reasonable detail, shall be delivered to the
Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay each Lender,
Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank the amount shown as due on any such certificate delivered by it
within 10 days after its receipt of the same.
(e) Failure on the part of any Lender or either Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank to demand
compensation for any increased costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in
return on capital with respect to any period shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's, Swingline
Lender's or Fronting Bank's right to demand compensation with respect to such period or any other
period, except that none of any Lender, either Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank shall be entitled to
compensation under this Section 2.14 for any costs incurred or reduction suffered with respect to any
date unless such Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank, as applicable, shall have notified the
Borrower that it will demand compensation for such costs or reductions under paragraph (d) above, not
more than six months after the later of (i) such date and (ii) the date on which such Lender, Swingline
Lender or Fronting Bank, as applicable, shall have become aware of such costs or reductions. The
protection of this Section 2.14 shall be available to each Lender, Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank
regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of the law, rule, regulation,
guideline or other change or condition that shall have occurred or been imposed.
(f) Each Lender, Fronting Bank and Swingline Lender will, at the request of the Borrower,
designate a different lending office if such designation (i) will avoid the need for, or minimize the
amount of, any compensation to which such Lender is entitled pursuant to this Section 2.14 and (ii) will
not, in the sole judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
(g) Without prejudice to the survival of any other provision of this Agreement, the provisions
of this Section 2.14 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.15. Change in Legality. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if after
the date hereof any change in any law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof by any governmental
authority charged with the administration or interpretation thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender
to make or maintain any Eurodollar Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby
with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, then, by written notice to the Borrower and to the Administrative
Agent, such Lender may:
(i) declare that Eurodollar Loans will not thereafter be made by such Lender
hereunder, whereupon any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Borrowing shall, as to
such Lender only, be deemed a request for an ABR Loan unless such declaration shall be sub-
sequently withdrawn; and
(ii) require that all outstanding Eurodollar Loans made by it be converted to ABR
Loans, in which event all such Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR
Loans as of the effective date of such notice as provided in paragraph (b) below.
In the event any Lender shall exercise its rights under subparagraph (i) or (ii) above, all payments and
prepayments of principal that would otherwise have been applied to repay the Eurodollar Loans that
would have been made by such Lender or the converted Eurodollar Loans of such Lender shall instead
be applied to repay the ABR Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting from the conversion
of, such Eurodollar Loans.
(b) For purposes of this Section 2.15, a notice to the Borrower by any Lender shall be
effective as to each Eurodollar Loan, if lawful, on the last day of the Interest Period currently
applicable to such Eurodollar Loan; in all other cases such notice shall be effective on the date of
receipt by the Borrower.
SECTION 2.16. Indemnity. The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss or
expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) any failure by the Borrower to
fulfill on the date of any Borrowing hereunder the applicable conditions set forth in Article V, (b) any
failure by the Borrower to borrow or to refinance, convert or continue any Loan hereunder after
irrevocable notice of such borrowing, refinancing, conversion or continuation has been given pursuant
to Section 2.03 or 2.10, (c) any payment, prepayment or conversion of a Eurodollar Loan required by
any other provision of this Agreement or otherwise (other than pursuant to Section 2.15) made or
deemed made on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (d) any default
in payment or prepayment of the principal amount of any Loan or any part thereof or interest accrued
thereon, as and when due and payable (at the due date thereof, whether by scheduled maturity,
acceleration, irrevocable notice of prepayment or otherwise) or (e) the occurrence of any Event of
Default, including, in each such case, any loss or reasonable expense sustained or incurred or to be
sustained or incurred in liquidating or employing deposits from third parties acquired to effect or
maintain such Loan or any part thereof as a Eurodollar Loan. Such loss or reasonable expense shall be
equal to the sum of (a) such Lender's actual costs and expenses incurred (other than any lost profits) in
connection with, or by reason of, any of the foregoing events and (b) an amount equal to the excess, if
any, as reasonably determined by such Lender of (i) its cost of obtaining the funds for the Loan being
paid, prepaid, converted or not borrowed, converted or continued (assumed to be the Adjusted LIBO
Rate applicable thereto) for the period from and including the date of such payment, prepayment,
conversion or failure to borrow, convert or continue to but excluding the last day of the Interest Period
for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period for such
Loan that would have commenced on the date of such failure) over (ii) the amount of interest (as
reasonably determined by such Lender) that would be realized by such Lender in reemploying the funds
so paid, prepaid, converted or not borrowed, converted or continued for such period or Interest Period,
as the case may be. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts, including
calculations in reasonable detail, that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.16
shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Without predjudice to
the survival of any other provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 2.16 shall survive
any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.17. Pro Rata Treatment. (a) Except as required under Section 2.15, each
Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing, each payment of interest on
the Loans, each payment of the Commitment Fees, each payment of the LC/BA Fees, each reduction
of the Term Loan Commitments or the Revolving Credit Commitments and each refinancing of any
Borrowing with, conversion of any Borrowing to or continuation of any Borrowing as a Borrowing of
any Type shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective applicable
Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, in accordance with the
respective principal amounts of their outstanding Loans). Each Lender agrees that in computing such
Lender's portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may, in its
discretion, round each Lender's percentage of such Borrowing, computed in accordance with Section
2.01, to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents, if at
any time the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent) receives any amounts under the Mortgage
in respect of the Mortgaged Property located in Florida (which Mortgage omits as a secured obligation
the Revolving Loans and all other amounts due in respect thereof), then such amounts shall not be
applied to the payment of outstanding obligations in respect of the Revolving Loans. It is the intent of
the Lenders, however, that each of the Lenders shall share in the aggregate proceeds of the Collateral
on a pro rata basis as provided in paragraph (a) above. Accordingly, if the proceeds in respect of the
above-described Florida Mortgage are not allocated to outstanding obligations in respect of the
Revolving Loans due to their omission as secured obligations under such Mortgage, the Administrative
Agent shall, to the extent it deems necessary, allocate and reallocate the proceeds of the other
Collateral to ensure that each Lender receives its pro rata share of the proceeds of all the Collateral. If
after giving effect to the allocations described in the preceding sentence any Lender shall have received
less than its pro rata share of the aggregate proceeds of all the Collateral due to the exclusion of the
Revolving Loans as secured obligations under the above-described Florida Mortgage, each Lender that
received more than its pro rata share of the aggregate proceeds of all the Collateral agrees to deliver to
the Administrative Agent, for reallocation to the Lenders that received less than their pro rata share of
the proceeds of all the Collateral, the excess of the aggregate amount received by such Lender in
respect of the proceeds of all the Collateral over the amount that would otherwise have been such
Lender's pro rata share of the proceeds of all the Collateral had such Mortgage included the Revolving
Loans as a secured obligation.
SECTION 2.18. Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise of
a right of banker's lien, setoff or counterclaim against the Borrower, or pursuant to a secured claim
under Section 506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or interest arising from, or in
lieu of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means, obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in
respect of any Loan or Loans or LC/BA Exposure as a result of which the unpaid principal portion of
its Loans or its LC/BA Exposure shall be proportionately less than the unpaid principal portion of the
Loans of any other Lender or any other Lender's LC/BA Exposure, such Lender shall be deemed
simultaneously to have purchased from such other Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay to such
other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in the Loans of such other Lender or the
LC/BA Exposure of such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans,
LC/BA Exposure and participations in Loans and LC/BA Exposure held by each Lender shall be in the
same proportion to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans and LC/BA Exposure then out-
standing as the principal amount of such Lender's Loans and LC/BA Exposure prior to such exercise of
banker's lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event was to the principal amount of all Loans and
LC/BA Exposure outstanding prior to such exercise of banker's lien, setoff or counterclaim or other
event; provided, however, that, if any such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be made
pursuant to this Section 2.18 and the payment giving rise thereto shall thereafter be recovered, such
purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the extent of such recovery and the purchase
price or prices or adjustment restored without interest. The Borrower expressly consents to the fore-
going arrangements and agrees that any Lender holding a participation in a Loan or LC/BA Exposure
deemed to have been so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker's lien, setoff or
counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing by the Borrower to such Lender by reason
thereof as fully as if such Lender had made a Loan directly to the Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
SECTION 2.19. Payments. (a) Except as provided in Sections 2.05(d) and 3.05(a) and (b), the
Borrower shall make each payment (including principal of or interest on any Loan or Swingline Loan
or any Fees or other amounts) hereunder and under any other Loan Document not later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due in dollars. Each such payment (other than
(i) the payments specified in Sections 3.05(a) and (b) and Section 3.09, which shall be paid directly to
the applicable Fronting Bank and (ii) principal of and interest on Swingline Loans, which shall be paid
directly to the Swingline Lenders) shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its office at 270 Park
Avenue, New York, New York. Payments made directly to the Fronting Banks shall be made to such
account of the applicable Fronting Bank as such Fronting Bank shall specify by notice to the Borrower.
Payments made directly to the Swingline Lenders shall be made to the applicable Swingline Lender in
the manner specified in such Swingline Lender's Swingline Note. Any payments received by the
Administrative Agent, either Fronting Bank or either Swingline Lender after the specified time for
receipt of such payment shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute to the applicable Lenders all payments received by the
Administrative Agent for their respective accounts, promptly following receipt thereof.
(b) Whenever any payment (including principal of or interest on any Borrowing or any Fees or
other amounts) hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall become due, or otherwise would
occur, on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Busi-
ness Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or
Fees, if applicable.
SECTION 2.20. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made, in
accordance with Section 2.19, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all current or future
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding taxes imposed on the net income of the Administrative Agent, either Fronting Bank or
Swingline Lender or any Lender (or any transferee or assignee thereof, including a participation holder
(any such entity being called a Transferee )) and franchise taxes imposed on the Administrative
Agent, either Fronting Bank or Swingline Lender or any Lender (or Transferee) by the United States or
any jurisdiction under the laws of which the Administrative Agent, such Fronting Bank, such Swingline
Lender or any such Lender (or Transferee) is organized or has its principal office or lending office or
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as Taxes ). If
any Taxes are required to be deducted from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender
(or any Transferee), the Administrative Agent or either Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank, (i) the sum
payable shall be increased by the amount necessary so that after making all required deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.20) such Lender (or
Transferee), the Administrative Agent or such Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank (as the case may be)
shall receive 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 taxing authority or other Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law;
provided, however, that no Transferee of any Lender shall be entitled to receive any greater payment
under this paragraph (a) than such Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights
assigned, participated or otherwise transferred unless (x) such assignment, participation or transfer shall
have been made at a time when the circumstances (including a Change of Law as defined in paragraph
2.20(f) below) giving rise to such greater payment did not exist or had not yet occurred or (y) such
assignment, participation or transfer shall have been at the request of the Borrower.
(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any current or future stamp, intangible or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including, without
limitation, mortgage recording taxes and similar fees) that arise from any payment made hereunder or
from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement, any
Assignment and Acceptance entered into at the request of the Borrower or any other Loan Document
(hereinafter referred to as Other Taxes ).
(c) The Borrower will indemnify each Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent and
each Swingline Lender and Fronting Bank for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any
Taxes or Other Taxes on amounts payable under this Section 2.20) paid by such Lender (or
Transferee), the Administrative Agent or such Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank, as the case may be,
and any liability (including penalties, interest and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom or with
respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the
relevant taxing authority or other Governmental Authority; provided, however, that the Borrower shall
not indemnify any Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent or either Swingline Lender or
Fronting Bank for Taxes, penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses arising as a result of its own
wilful misconduct or gross negligence. Such indemnification shall be made within 30 days after the date
any Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent, either Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank, as
the case may be, makes written demand therefor and provides the Borrower with either a copy of any
assessment thereof from the relevant taxing authority (deleting any confidential information contained
therein) or proof of payment of a tax for which the Borrower is liable hereunder. If a Lender (or
Transferee), the Administrative Agent or a Swingline Lender or a Fronting Bank shall become aware
that it is entitled to receive a refund (including interest and penalties, if any) in respect of Taxes or
Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.20, it shall
promptly notify in writing the Borrower of the availability of such refund (including interest and
penalties, if any) and shall, within 30 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower, apply for such
refund at the Borrower's expense. If any Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent or either
Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank receives a refund (including interest and penalties, if any) in
respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower pursuant to
this Section 2.20, it shall promptly notify the Borrower of such refund and shall, within 15 days of
receipt, repay such refund (to the extent of amounts that have been paid by the Borrower under this
Section 2.20 with respect to such refund and not previously reimbursed) to the Borrower, net of all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such Swingline Lender
or Fronting Bank and without any interest (other than the interest, if any, included in such refund),
provided that the Borrower, upon the request of such Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent
or such Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank, agrees to return such refund (plus penalties, interest or
other charges) to such Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent or such Swingline Lender or
Fronting Bank in the event such Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent, such Swingline
Lender or Fronting Bank is required to repay such refund. The Borrower shall return such refund
within 30 days after such Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent or such Swingline Lender
or Fronting Bank provides the Borrower with a copy of the notice or assessment from the relevant
taxing authority (deleting any confidential information contained therein) requiring repayment of such
refund. Nothing contained in this paragraph (c) shall require any Lender (or Transferee), the
Administrative Agent or either Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank to make available any of its tax
returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems to be confidential).
(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes withheld by the
Borrower in respect of any payment to any Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent or either
Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its
address referred to in Section 10.01, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment
thereof or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative
Agent or such Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank, as the case may be.
(e) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement contained herein, the agreements
and obligations contained in this Section 2.20 shall survive the payment in full of the principal of and
interest on all Loans made under any Loan Document until the expiration of the relevant statute of
limitations.
(f) Each of the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders and any
Lender (or Transferee) that is not incorporated or otherwise formed under the laws of the United States
of America or a state thereof (a Non-U.S. Person ) agrees that, on or prior to the Restatement Date
or, if later, the date it becomes a Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent, a Fronting Bank or
a Swingline Lender hereunder, it will deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent one
duly completed copy of United States Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or 4224, or, in the case of
Lenders (or Transferee) exempt from United States Federal withholding tax pursuant to Sections 871(h)
or 881(c) of the Code, Form W-8, or any successor applicable form (a Form 1001, 4224 or W-8 ), as
the case may be, certifying in each case that such Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent or
such Fronting Bank or Swingline Lender is entitled to receive payments hereunder payable to it without
deduction or withholding of any United States Federal income taxes, or subject to a reduced rate
thereof. Each of the Administrative Agent, either Fronting Bank or Swingline Lender or any Lender (or
Transferee) that delivers to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a Form 1001, 4224 or W-8
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence further undertakes to deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent further copies of such Form 1001, 4224 or W-8, as the case may be, or other
manner of certification reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower on or before the date that any such form
or certification expires or becomes obsolete or of the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the
most recent form or certification previously delivered by it to the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, and such extensions or renewals thereof as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, certifying that such Administrative Agent, Fronting Bank, Swingline Lender or
Lender (or Transferee), as the case may be, is entitled to receive payments hereunder without deduction
or withholding of any United States Federal income taxes, or subject to a reduced rate thereof. If at any
time there has occurred, on or prior to the date on which any delivery of such Form 1001, 4224 or
W-8, as the case may be, would otherwise be required, any change in law, rule, regulation, treaty,
convention or directive, or any change in the interpretation or application of any thereof ( Change of
Law ), that renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Administrative Agent,
Fronting Bank, Swingline Lender or Lender (or Transferee), as the case may be, from duly completing
and delivering any such form or certification with respect to it, such Administrative Agent, Fronting
Bank, Swingline Lender or Lender (or Transferee), as the case may be, shall advise the Borrower that
it shall be subject to withholding of United States Federal income tax at the full statutory rate. A
Non-U.S. Person shall be required to furnish a Form 1001, 4224 or W-8 only if it is entitled to claim
an exemption from or a reduced rate of withholding. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Fronting
Banks, the Swingline Lenders and any Lender that is a Non-U.S. Person and that is a party hereto as of
the Restatement Date hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Restatement Date, payments made
to it hereunder are exempt from withholding of United States Federal income taxes (i) because such
payments are effectively connected with a United States trade or business conducted by such Non-U.S.
Person; (ii) pursuant to the terms of an income tax treaty between the United States and such Non-U.S.
Person's country of residence; or (iii) because such payments are portfolio interest exempt pursuant to
Sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code. Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (a) above to the
contrary, the Borrower shall not have any obligation to pay any Taxes or Other Taxes or to indemnify
any Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent, or either Swingline Lender or Fronting Bank for
such Taxes or Other Taxes pursuant to Section 2.20 to the extent that such Taxes or Other Taxes result
from (i) the failure of any Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent, or either Fronting Bank
or Swingline Bank to comply with its obligations pursuant to this paragraph (f) or (ii) any
representation made on Form 1001, 4224 or W-8 or successor applicable form or certification by the
Lender (or Transferee), the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Bank, or the Swingline Bank incurring
such Taxes or Other Taxes proving to have been incorrect, false or misleading in any material respect
when so made or deemed to be made.
(g) Any of the Administrative Agent, a Fronting Bank, a Swingline Lender or any Lender (or
Transferee) claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall use reasonable
efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) (including reasonable efforts to change the
jurisdiction of its applicable lending office) to avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any such
additional amounts that may thereafter accrue, provided that such efforts would not, in the sole
determination of such Lender (or Transferee), Administrative Agent, Fronting Bank or Swingline
Lender, as the case may be, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender (or Transferee), the
Administrative Agent or such Fronting Bank or Swingline Lender.
(h) In the event any Lender (or Transferee) changes its applicable lending office as provided in
Section 2.14(f), such Lender (or Transferee) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
this Section 2.20 than such Lender (or Transferee) would have been entitled to receive had such change
not occurred, unless (i) such greater payment arises as a result of a Change in Law occurring after the
date of such change in applicable lending office or (ii) such change in applicable lending office shall
have been made at the request of the Borrower.
SECTION 2.21. Assignment of Commitments under Certain Circumstances. In the event that
any Lender shall have delivered a notice or certificate pursuant to Section 2.14, or the Borrower shall
be required to make additional payments to any Lender under Section 2.20 (or would be required to
make such additional payments with respect to the interest payment that would be made on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date), the Borrower shall have the right, but not the obligation, at its own
expense, upon notice to such Lender and the Managing Agents, to replace such Lender with an
assignee (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04(b)), and such
Lender hereby agrees to transfer and assign without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions contained in Section 10.04(b)) all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement
to such assignee; provided, however, that (a) no such assignment shall conflict with any law or any
rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority, (b) such assignee shall pay to the affected
Lender in immediately available funds on the date of such assignment the principal of the Loans made
by such Lender hereunder and (c) the Borrower shall pay to the affected Lender in immediately
available funds on the date of such assignment the interest accrued to the date of payment on the Loans
made by such Lender hereunder and all other amounts accrued for such Lender's account or owed to it
hereunder.
SECTION 2.22. Swingline Loans. (a) On the terms and subject to the conditions and relying
upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, each Swingline Lender agrees severally and
not jointly, at any time and from time to time from and including the Restatement Date to but excluding
the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitments, in accordance with the terms hereof, to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed such Swingline Lender's Swingline
Commitment Percentage of the lesser of (i) $30,000,000 and (ii) the difference between (A) the
aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, as the same may have been reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.09, at such time and (B) the sum of (I) the aggregate principal amount of
Revolving Loans outstanding at such time and (II) the LC/BA Exposure at such time. Each Swingline
Loan will be made by the Swingline Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Swingline
Commitment Percentages (it being understood that neither Swingline Lender shall be responsible for the
failure of the other Swingline Lender to make any Swingline Loan required to be made by such other
Swingline Lender). Each Swingline Loan shall be in a principal amount that is an integral multiple of
$500,000. Each Swingline Lender shall make its portion of each Swingline Loan available to the
Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with such Swingline
Lender by 3:00 p.m. on the date such Swingline Loan is requested to be made pursuant to
paragraph (b) below. Within the limits set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph, the Borrower
may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans on or after the Restatement Date and prior
to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date on the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set
forth herein.
(b) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent telephonic, written or telecopy notice (in
the case of telephonic notice, such notice shall be promptly confirmed by telecopy) not later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day of a proposed borrowing. Such notice shall be delivered
on a Business Day, shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement and shall specify the
requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of such Swingline Loan. The
Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the Swingline Lenders of any notice received from the
Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (b).
(c) The Swingline Lenders may by written or telecopy notice given to the Administrative
Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to
purchase all or any portion of the Swingline loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate
amount of Swingline Loans to be purchased and the Administrative Agent shall promptly upon receipt
of such notice give notice to each Lender, specifying in such notice to each Lender such Lender's pro
rata percentage (based on the percentage that such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment bears to the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments on the date of such notice) of such Swingline
Loan or Swingline Loans. Each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, not later than 2:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the date of such notice, such Lender's pro rata percentage (determined as
aforesaid) of the principal amount of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans. Each such payment
shall for all purposes hereunder be deemed to be an ABR Revolving Loan (it being understood that
(i) each Lender's obligation to make such payment is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any event or circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default hereunder or the failure of any condition precedent set forth in Article V to be satisfied, and
(ii) each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatso-
ever). The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the Borrower of any notice received from the
Swingline Lenders pursuant to this paragraph (c).
(d) The Borrower may prepay any Swingline Loan in whole or in part at any time without
premium or penalty, provided that the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent written or
telecopy notice (or telephone notice promptly confirmed in writing or by telecopy) of such prepayment
not later than 11:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day designated by the Borrower for
such prepayment. Each payment of principal of or interest on or any other amount in respect of
Swingline Loans shall be allocated, as between the Swingline Lenders, pro rata in accordance with their
respective Swingline Commitment Percentages.
ARTICLE III
Letters of Credit; Bankers' Acceptances
SECTION 3.01. Issuance of Letters of Credit. (a) Each Fronting Bank agrees, upon the receipt
of an appropriately completed and properly authorized Letter of Credit Application of such Fronting
Bank, in a form and containing terms and conditions that are reasonably acceptable to such Fronting
Bank and consistent with the terms hereof, and on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter
set forth, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, at any time and from time to time
on and after the Restatement Date until the earlier of (i) the LC/BA Maturity Date and (ii) the
termination of the LC/BA Commitment in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, however, that
(A) the IRB Fronting Bank shall not issue any Letter of Credit other than an IRB Letter of Credit and
(B) any Letter of Credit shall be issued only if, and each request by the Borrower for the issuance of
any Letter of Credit shall be deemed a representation and warranty of the Borrower that, immediately
following the issuance of any such Letter of Credit, (I) the LC/BA Exposure at such time shall not
exceed the LC/BA Commitment in effect at such time, (II) the Revolving Credit Utilization at such
time shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time, (III) the Standby LC
Exposure at such time shall not exceed $105,000,000 and (IV) the sum of (x) the Trade LC Exposure
at such time and (y) the BA Exposure at such time shall not exceed $50,000,000.
(b) No Letter of Credit shall be issued with a stated expiration date later than the earlier of (i)
the close of business on the LC/BA Maturity Date and (ii) the close of business on the date that is (x)
270 days after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, in the case of a Trade Letter of Credit, (y)
12 months after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, in the case of a Standby Letter of Credit
(other than an IRB Letter of Credit) and (z) 12 months and five days after the date of issuance of such
Letter of Credit, in the case of an IRB Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall provide for
payments of drawings in dollars.
(c) Each Trade Letter of Credit shall, among other things, provide for the payment of sight
drafts when presented for honor thereunder, or of time drafts with a maturity date occurring not later
than the earlier of (i) 120 days after the presentation thereof and (ii) the LC/BA Maturity Date, in each
case in accordance with the terms thereof and when accompanied by the required documents or when
such documents are presented to the Fronting Bank.
(d) Each Standby Letter of Credit may, in the absolute discretion of the Fronting Bank that
issued such Standby Letter of Credit, include a provision whereby such Standby Letter of Credit shall
be renewed automatically for additional consecutive periods of 12 months or less (but not beyond the
LC/BA Maturity Date) unless such Fronting Bank notifies the beneficiary thereof at least 60 days prior
to the then-applicable expiry date that such Standby Letter of Credit will not be renewed.
(e) The Borrower may request the extension or renewal of a Standby Letter of Credit that is
not automatically renewed in accordance with the terms contained therein by giving written notice to
the Fronting Bank that issued such Standby Letter of Credit at least three Business Days prior to the
then-current expiry date of such Standby Letter of Credit (provided that such Fronting Bank may
accommodate requests on shorter notice in its sole discretion). If no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, such Fronting Bank shall promptly issue such extension or renewal;
provided, however, that such Fronting Bank shall have no obligation to extend or renew any Standby
Letter of Credit (i) for a period in excess of 12 months or (ii) to an expiry date beyond the LC/BA
Maturity Date.
(f) Each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be made on reasonable prior
electronic, written or facsimile authenticated Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower to a
Fronting Bank specifying whether such Letter of Credit is to be a Trade Letter of Credit or a Standby
Letter of Credit (and if such Letter of Credit is to be a Standby Letter of Credit, the date on which
such Standby Letter of Credit is to be issued), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire, the
amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and
such other information as may be necessary or desirable to complete such Letter of Credit. The
Primary Fronting Bank will provide the Administrative Agent on the first Business Day of each week
(or on a more frequent basis if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent) a statement setting
forth the aggregate face amount of the Outstanding Standby Letters of Credit issued by it and the
aggregate face amount of the Outstanding Trade Letters of Credit for each day since the end of the
period covered by the prior such statement, together with such other information regarding the
Outstanding Letters of Credit as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 3.02. Origination of Bankers' Acceptances. (a) The Primary Fronting Bank agrees,
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in any BA Document, to originate Clean
Bankers' Acceptances, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Managing Agents and the Primary
Fronting Bank, appropriately completed, at any time and from time to time on and after the
Restatement Date until the earlier of (i) the 30th day preceding the LC/BA Maturity Date and (ii) the
termination of the LC/BA Commitment in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, however, that
any Clean Bankers' Acceptance shall be originated by the Primary Fronting Bank only if, and each
request by the Borrower for the origination of any Clean Bankers' Acceptance shall be deemed a
representation and warranty of the Borrower that, immediately following the origination of such Clean
Bankers' Acceptance, (A) the LC/BA Exposure at such time shall not exceed the LC/BA Commitment
in effect at such time, (B) the Revolving Credit Utilization at such time shall not exceed the aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments at such time, (C) the BA Exposure (exclusive of BA Exposure
attributable to outstanding Trade Bankers' Acceptances) at such time shall not exceed $25,000,000 and
(D) the sum of (I) the Trade LC Exposure at such time and (II) the BA Exposure at such time shall not
exceed $50,000,000.
(b) No Bankers' Acceptance shall be originated with a stated maturity date later than the
earlier of (i) the close of business on the LC/BA Maturity Date and (ii) the close of business on the
date that is 120 days after the origination of such Bankers' Acceptance. Each Banker's Acceptance shall
comply with any related BA Documents and shall be executed on behalf of the Borrower, in the case of
a Clean Bankers' Acceptance, or the beneficiary of a Trade Letter of Credit, in the case of a Trade
Bankers' Acceptance, and presented to the Primary Fronting Bank pursuant to such procedures as are
provided for in any such BA Documents or otherwise provided or required by the Primary Fronting
Bank. The stated maturity date of each Clean Bankers' Acceptance shall be a Business Day.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Primary Fronting Bank
shall not be obligated to originate any Clean Bankers' Acceptance (A) that is not eligible pursuant to
paragraph 7 of Section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 372), as in effect from time to time,
(B) if the origination thereof would cause the Primary Fronting Bank to exceed the maximum amount
of outstanding bankers' acceptances permitted by applicable law or (C) if, in the reasonable opinion of
the Fronting Bank, general conditions in the public market for re-discounting bankers' acceptances
render it economically disadvantageous to do so.
(c) To request a Clean Bankers' Acceptance, the Borrower shall hand deliver, telex or telecopy
to the Primary Fronting Bank a duly completed Bankers' Acceptance Request not later than 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the requested date of the origination of such Clean Bankers' Acceptance,
which Bankers' Acceptance Request shall be accompanied by such documents as are specified therein
and in any related BA Documents. The Primary Fronting Bank will provide the Administrative Agent
on the first Business Day of each week (or on a more frequent basis if reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent) a statement setting forth the aggregate face amount of the Outstanding Clean
Bankers' Acceptances and the aggregate face amount of the Outstanding Trade Bankers' Acceptances
for each day since the end of the period covered by the prior such statement, together with such other
information regarding the Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent.
(d) Upon the origination by the Primary Fronting Bank of a Clean Bankers' Acceptance, the
Primary Fronting Bank shall discount such Clean Bankers' Acceptance by deducting from the face
amount thereof a discount equal to the sum of (i) the BA Discount Rate then in effect and (ii) an
origination fee in an amount equal to 3/8 of 1% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual
number of days until payment under such Clean Bankers' Acceptance is due over a year of 360 days)
on the face amount of such Clean Bankers' Acceptance, and the Primary Fronting Bank shall make the
net amount available in immediately available funds to the Borrower. The Primary Fronting Bank shall
retain for its account from the amount so deducted the origination fee referred in clause (ii) above. The
Primary Fronting Bank may retain or re-discount, at its election, any Clean Bankers' Acceptance and
the amount received by the Primary Fronting Bank upon payment thereof at maturity or the amounts
received upon re-discounting shall be solely for the account of the Primary Fronting Bank.
(e) Promptly after it shall have ascertained that any time draft and any accompanying
documents presented under a Trade Letter of Credit appear to be in conformity with the terms and
conditions of such Trade Letter of Credit, the Primary Fronting Bank shall accept such draft and
thereby originate a Trade Bankers' Acceptance. The Primary Fronting Bank may discount any Trade
Bankers' Acceptance at the request of the holder thereof and the amount received by the Primary
Fronting Bank upon discounting shall be solely for the account of the Primary Fronting Bank.
SECTION 3.03. Participations; Unconditional Obligations. (a) By the issuance of a Letter of
Credit or the origination of a Bankers' Acceptance and without any further action on the part of the
Fronting Bank that issued such Letter of Credit or originated such Bankers' Acceptance or the
Participating Lenders in respect thereof, such Fronting Bank hereby grants to each Participating
Lender, and each Participating Lender hereby agrees to acquire from such Fronting Bank, a
participation in such Letter of Credit or Bankers' Acceptance, as the case may be, equal to such
Participating Lender's Applicable Percentage of the face amount of such Letter of Credit or Bankers'
Acceptance, as the case may be, effective upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit or Bankers'
Acceptance. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Participating Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the applicable
Fronting Bank, in accordance with Section 2.02(f), in the case of participations in Letters of Credit,
and Section 2.02(g), in the case of participations in Bankers' Acceptances, such Participating Lender's
Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement or BA Disbursement, as the case may be, made by
such Fronting Bank; provided, however, that the Participating Lenders shall not be obligated to make
any such payment to such Fronting Bank with respect to any wrongful payment or disbursement made
under any Letter of Credit or any Bankers' Acceptance as a result of the gross negligence or wilful
misconduct of such Fronting Bank.
(b) Each Participating Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire
participations pursuant to paragraph (a) above in respect of Letters of Credit and Bankers' Acceptances
is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the
occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default or Default hereunder, and that each such payment
shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
SECTION 3.04. LC/BA Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Participating Lenders for each calendar quarter (or shorter period commencing with the
date hereof or ending with the first date on which the LC/BA Commitment shall have expired or been
terminated and there shall be no Outstanding Letters of Credit or Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances) a
fee (the LC/BA Fee ) on the average daily amount of the aggregate Outstanding Letters of Credit and
Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances during such quarter or shorter period at a rate per annum equal to
(a) in the case of Standby Letters of Credit, the weighted average LIBOR Spread applicable to
Eurodollar Revolving Loans during such period and (b) in the case of Trade Letters of Credit and
Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances, the weighted average LIBOR Spread applicable to Eurodollar
Revolving Loans during such period minus 3/8 of 1%. The LC/BA Fee shall be computed on the basis
of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days. The Administrative Agent agrees to
disburse to each Participating Lender its pro rata portion of such LC/BA Fee promptly upon receipt.
The LC/BA Fee shall be paid in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and
December of each year and on the LC/BA Maturity Date (or the first date on which the
LC/BA Commitment shall have expired or been terminated and there shall be no Outstanding Letters of
Credit or Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances, if earlier), commencing on the first such date following
the Restatement Date. Once paid, the LC/BA Fee shall not be refundable in any circumstances (other
than corrections of error in payment).
SECTION 3.05. Agreement To Repay LC Disbursements and BA Disbursements. (a) If either
Fronting Bank shall pay any draft presented under a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall pay to such
Fronting Bank an amount equal to the amount of such draft not later than two hours after the Borrower
shall have received notice from such Fronting Bank that payment of such draft will be made or, if the
Borrower shall have received such notice later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business
Day, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately following Business Day. In
the event that after the payment of any such amount to such Fronting Bank, such Fronting Bank shall
not pay, and shall no longer be obligated to pay, such amount in respect of such draft, such Fronting
Bank shall return to the Borrower any such unpaid amount, together with interest thereon accrued at the
Federal Funds Effective Rate then in effect from and including the date such amount was paid by the
Borrower to such Fronting Bank to but excluding the date such amount was repaid by such Fronting
Bank to the Borrower.
(b) On the stated maturity date of each Bankers' Acceptance (or if such stated maturity date
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day), the Borrower shall pay
to the Primary Fronting Bank, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, an amount equal to the
face amount of such Bankers' Acceptance. In the event that, after the payment to the Primary Fronting
Bank of any such amount referred to above, the Primary Fronting Bank shall not pay, and shall no
longer be obligated to pay, such amount in respect of such Bankers' Acceptance, the Primary Fronting
Bank shall return to the Borrower any such unpaid amount, together with interest thereon accrued at the
Federal Funds Effective Rate then in effect from and including the date such amount was paid by the
Borrower to the Primary Fronting Bank to but excluding the date such amount was repaid by the
Primary Fronting Bank to the Borrower.
(c) The Borrower's obligation to repay the Fronting Banks for LC Disbursements and BA
Disbursements made by the Fronting Banks under the Outstanding Letters of Credit and the Outstanding
Bankers' Acceptances, respectively, shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable under any and all
circumstances and irrespective of:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or Bankers'
Acceptance;
(ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any
other person may at any time have against the beneficiary under any Letter of Credit, the
holder of any Bankers' Acceptance, either Fronting Bank, the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any other Person (other than the defense of payment in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement or a defense based on the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of a Fronting
Bank) or any other person in connection with this Agreement or any other agreement or
transaction;
(iii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue
or inaccurate in any respect, provided that payment by a Fronting Bank under such Letter of
Credit against presentation of such draft or document shall not have constituted gross
negligence or wilful misconduct of such Fronting Bank;
(iv) payment by a Fronting 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, provided
that such payment shall not have constituted gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such
Fronting Bank; and
(v) any other circumstance or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, provided that such other circumstance or event shall not have been the result of
gross negligence or wilful misconduct of a Fronting Bank.
It is understood that in making any payment under a Letter of Credit (i) a Fronting Bank's
exclusive reliance on the documents presented to it under such Letter of Credit as to any and all matters
set forth therein, including reliance on the amount of any draft presented under such Letter of Credit,
whether or not the amount due to the beneficiary equals the amount of such draft and whether or not
any document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be insufficient in any respect, if
such document on its face appears to be in order, and whether or not any other statement or any other
document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be forged or invalid or any statement
therein proves to be inaccurate or untrue in any respect whatsoever, and (ii) any noncompliance in any
immaterial respect of the documents presented under a Letter of Credit with the terms thereof shall, in
each case, not be deemed wilful misconduct or gross negligence of a Fronting Bank.
SECTION 3.06. Letter of Credit Operations. Each Fronting Bank shall, within a reasonable
time after its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment
under an Outstanding Letter of Credit to ascertain that the same appear on their face to be in
conformity with the terms and conditions of such Outstanding Letter of Credit. Each Fronting Bank
shall as promptly as possible give electronic or facsimile notification or telephonic notification,
promptly confirmed by electronic or facsimile notice, to the Borrower of such demand for payment and
of the determination by such Fronting Bank as to whether such demand for payment was in conformity
with such terms and conditions, and shall as promptly as possible give prior telephonic notification to
the Borrower of the determination by such Fronting Bank as to whether such demand for payment was
in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Outstanding Letter of Credit and whether such
Fronting Bank has made or will make a LC Disbursement thereunder, provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Fronting Bank with
respect to any such LC Disbursement.
SECTION 3.07. Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing,
the Borrower shall on the Business Day it receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Participating Lenders holding
participations in Outstanding Letters of Credit and Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances representing
greater than 50% of the aggregate undrawn amount of all Outstanding Letters of Credit and the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances) therefor, deposit in an account with the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Participating Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC/BA
Exposure as of such date. Such deposit shall be held by the Collateral Agent as collateral for the
payment and performance of the Obligations. The Collateral Agent shall have exclusive dominion and
control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned
on the investment of such deposits in Permitted Investments, which investments shall be made at the
option and sole discretion of the Collateral Agent, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or
profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall
(a) automatically be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Fronting Banks on a pro rata
basis for LC Disbursements and BA Disbursements, (b) be held for the satisfaction of the
reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC/BA Exposure at such time and (c) if the
maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Participating Lenders holding
participations in Outstanding Letters of Credit and Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances representing
greater than 50% of the aggregate undrawn amount of all Outstanding Letters of Credit and the
aggregate amount of all Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances), be applied to satisfy the Obligations. 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 Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
SECTION 3.08. Termination of LC/BA Commitment. The Borrower may permanently
terminate, or from time to time in part permanently reduce, the LC/BA Commitment, in each case
upon at least three Business Days' prior written or facsimile notice to the Administrative Agent and the
Fronting Banks, provided that, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, the LC/BA
Commitment shall not be less than the LC/BA Exposure at such time or greater than the available
Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
SECTION 3.09. Fronting Bank Fees. (a) The Borrower shall pay to each Fronting Bank, for
its own account, such commissions, issuance fees, transfer fees and other fees and charges in
connection with the issuance or administration of each Letter of Credit as the Borrower and such
Fronting Bank shall agree upon.
(b) The Borrower shall pay to each Fronting Bank, for its own account, (i) a fronting fee on
the average daily aggregate maximum amount available to be drawn (assuming compliance with all
conditions to drawing) under all Outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Fronting Bank and (ii)
without duplication of the amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.02(d)(ii), an origination fee on the
average daily aggregate face amount of all Outstanding Bankers' Acceptances originated by such
Fronting Bank, at the rate of 3/8 of 1% per annum, payable in arrears on the second Business Day
following the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the LC/BA
Maturity Date. Such fronting and origination fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.
SECTION 3.10. Resignation or Removal of a Fronting Bank. (a) A Fronting Bank may resign
at any time by giving 180 days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
Borrower, and may be removed at any time by the Borrower by notice to such Fronting Bank, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Borrower shall
(within 180 days after such notice of resignation or removal) either (i) appoint a Lender (with the
consent of such Lender) as successor or (ii) terminate the unutilized LC/BA Commitment; provided,
however, that, if the Borrower elects to terminate the unutilized LC/BA Commitment, the Borrower
may at any time thereafter that the Revolving Credit Commitments are in effect reinstate the LC/BA
Commitment, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in connection with the appoint-
ment of a Lender as successor Fronting Bank. Subject to paragraph (b) below, upon the acceptance of
any appointment as a Fronting Bank hereunder by a successor Fronting Bank, such successor shall
succeed to and become vested with all the interests, rights and obligations of the retiring Fronting Bank
and the retiring Fronting Bank shall be discharged from its obligations to issue additional Letters of
Credit and originate additional Bankers' Acceptances hereunder. At the time such removal or
resignation shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to
Section 2.05(d). The acceptance of any appointment as a Fronting Bank hereunder by a successor
Lender shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such successor, in a form satisfactory to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement,
(i) such successor Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the previous Fronting Bank under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) references herein and in the other Loan
Documents to a Fronting Bank shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Front-
ing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Fronting Banks, as the context shall require.
(b) After the resignation or removal of a Fronting Bank hereunder, the retiring Fronting Bank
shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Fronting Bank
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it or
Bankers' Acceptances originated by it prior to such resignation or removal, but shall not be required to
issue additional Letters of Credit or originate additional Bankers' Acceptances.
ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the
Managing Agents, the Swingline Lenders and the Fronting Banks that:
SECTION 4.01. Organization; Powers. Each of the Borrower and the Guarantors (a) is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on
its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required by the nature of its business, the character and location of its property,
business or customers, or the ownership or leasing of its properties, except for such jurisdictions in
which the failure so to qualify, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (d) has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated
thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of Borrower, to borrow hereunder. Each
Subsidiary is a Guarantor.
SECTION 4.02. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the
Borrower and the Guarantors of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, the Borrowings
hereunder, the issuance of the Letters of Credit, the origination of the Bankers' Acceptances, the use of
the proceeds of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Bankers' Acceptances,
the creation of the security interests contemplated by the Security Documents and the other transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents (all the foregoing, collectively, the Transactions ) (a) have been
duly authorized by all requisite corporate and, if required, stockholder action and (b) will not (i) violate
(A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, other than any law, statute, rule or regulation, the
violation of which will not result in a Material Adverse Effect, or of the Certificate of Incorporation or
other constitutive documents or By-laws of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (B) any order of any
Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any material indenture, agreement or other instrument
to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is
or may be bound, (ii) constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any such
indenture, agreement or other instrument or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other
than any Lien created under the Security Documents) upon or with respect to any property or assets
now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.03. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by the
Borrower and each Guarantor party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower and the Guarantors, as applicable, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its
terms (a) except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and (b) subject to general principles of equity.
SECTION 4.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or
filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with
the Transactions, except for (a) the filing of UCC financing statements and filings with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office to perfect the security interests that can be perfected by such filings
and (b) such actions, consents, approvals, registrations and filings as have been made or obtained and
are in full force and effect.
SECTION 4.05. Financial Statements. The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders
its consolidated balance sheets and statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows (a) as
of and for the fiscal years ended January 29, 1994, and January 30, 1993, audited by and accompanied
by the opinion of KPMG Peat Marwick, independent auditors. Such financial statements present fairly
the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of
such dates and for such periods. Such balance sheets and the notes thereto disclose all material
liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates
thereof. Such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis.
SECTION 4.06. No Material Adverse Change. There has been no material adverse change in
the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since January 29, 1994.
SECTION 4.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases. (a) Each of the Borrower and
the Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its material
properties and assets, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere in any material respect with
its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted. All such title to, or leasehold interest in,
material properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by
Section 7.02 and Liens with respect to which the Collateral Agent has received on or prior to the
Restatement Date duly executed releases and termination statements in connection therewith.
(b) Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under all
material leases to which it is a party. Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and
undisturbed possession under all such material leases necessary in any material respect for the operation
of their respective properties and assets taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.08. Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.08 sets forth as of the Restatement Date a list of all
the Subsidiaries and the percentage ownership interest of the Borrower and any other Subsidiary
therein.
SECTION 4.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws. (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.09,
there are not any actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental
Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or any business or property of any such person (i) that involve any Loan
Document or the Transactions or (ii) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse
determination and which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to, individually or in
the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective material
properties or assets, is (i) in violation of, nor will the continued operation of their material properties
and assets as currently conducted violate, any law, rule, regulation or statute (including any zoning,
building, environmental and safety law, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits) or any
restrictions of record or agreements affecting the Mortgaged Properties or (ii) in default with respect to
any judgment, writ, injunction, decree or order of any Governmental Authority, where such violation
or default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the issuance of
the Letters of Credit nor the origination of the Bankers' Acceptances will violate any applicable law or
regulation or violate or be prohibited by any judgment, writ, injunction, decree or order of any Gov-
ernmental Authority.
SECTION 4.10. Agreements. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries is in default
under any provision of any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness, or any
other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or
assets are or may be bound, where such default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.11. Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is
engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
(b) No part of the proceeds of any Letter of Credit or Bankers' Acceptance or any Loan or
Swingline Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or
ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose or
(ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations
of the Board, including Regulation G, U or X.
SECTION 4.12. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act. Neither the
Borrower nor any Subsidiary (a) is an investment company as defined in, or is subject to regulation
under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) is a holding company as defined in, or is subject
to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
SECTION 4.13. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the Letters of Credit and the
Bankers' Acceptances and the proceeds of the Loans and any Swingline Loans only for the purposes
specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
SECTION 4.14. Tax Returns. Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to
be filed all Federal, state and local income and other material tax returns required to have been filed by
it or with respect to it and has paid or caused to be paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such
returns or on any assessments received by it or with respect to it, except taxes that are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower has set aside on its books
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 4.15. No Material Misstatements. The information provided by or on behalf of the
Borrower and contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum (including all attachments and
exhibits thereto), as supplemented, and as supplemented further by information heretofore provided in
writing by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Lenders and any other materials, documents and
information that the Borrower or any of its Affiliates may have furnished to the Lenders, was (other
than with respect to information as to Persons other than the Borrower and the Subsidiaries), as of the
date of such Confidential Information Memorandum, the dates otherwise specified therein or the dates
upon which such information was provided in writing, accurate in all material respects and, taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, provided that to the extent any such information therein was based upon or constitutes a
forecast or projection, the Borrower represents only that it acted in good faith and utilized reasonable
assumptions, due and careful consideration and the information actually known to Responsible Officers
at the time in the preparation of such information.
SECTION 4.16. Employee Benefit Plans. Each of the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates is in
compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations there-
under. No Reportable Event has occurred in respect of any Plan of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to
the Borrower's knowledge after due inquiry, any other ERISA Affiliate, and the present value of all
benefit liabilities under each Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan) did not, as of
the last annual valuation date applicable thereto, exceed by more than $500,000 the value of the assets
of such Plan. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any Withdrawal Liability that
could result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has received
any notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated within the
meaning of Title IV of ERISA and, to the Borrower's knowledge after due inquiry, no Multiemployer
Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated where such reorganization or
termination has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result, through increases in the
contributions required to be made to such Plan or otherwise, in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.17. Environmental and Safety Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.17, the
Borrower and each Subsidiary has complied in all respects with all Federal, state, local and other
statutes, ordinances, orders, judgments, rulings and regulations relating to environmental pollution or to
environmental regulation or control or to employee health or safety, except where the failure to do so
would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.17, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has received
notice of any material failure so to comply. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.17, the Borrower's and
the Subsidiaries' facilities do not manage any hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous
materials, toxic substances, toxic pollutants or substances similarly denominated, as those terms or
similar terms are used in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendment
and Reauthorization Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Toxic Substance Control
Act, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Clean Water Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act or
any other applicable law relating to environmental pollution or employee health and safety, in violation
in any respect of any law or any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, except where the failure to
do so would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.17, the Borrower is aware of no events, conditions or
circumstances involving environmental pollution or contamination or employee health or safety that
could reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.18. Solvency. After giving effect to the Transactions to occur on the Restatement
Date, (a) the fair salable value of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, will exceed the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the existing debts and
other liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, as they mature, (b) the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will
not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry out their businesses as conducted or as proposed to be
conducted, including the capital needs of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis
(taking into account the particular capital requirements of the businesses conducted by such entities and
the projected capital requirements and capital availability of such businesses) and (c) the Borrower does
not intend to, or intend to permit any of the Subsidiaries to, and does not believe that it or any
Subsidiary will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the
timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such Subsidiary and the amounts to be payable
on or in respect of its obligations).
SECTION 4.19. Labor Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.19, as of the Rest-
atement Date there are no collective bargaining agreements or other labor agreements covering any of
the employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.20. Security Documents. (a) The Pledge Agreement, upon execution and delivery
by the parties thereto, will create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge
Agreement) and proceeds thereof and, when the Collateral is delivered to the Collateral Agent, the
Pledge Agreement will constitute a fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in, all
right, title and interest of the Borrower or the Guarantors party thereto, as applicable, in such
Collateral and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person.
(b) The Security Agreement, upon execution and delivery by the parties thereto, will create in
favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) and proceeds
thereof, and when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on
Schedule 4.20(b), the Lien created under the Security Agreement will constitute a fully perfected Lien
on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Borrower and the Guarantors, as applica-
ble, in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof (except insofar as the perfection of a Lien on, and
security interest in, such Collateral is obtained as described in paragraph (d) below), in each case prior
and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Sec-
tion 7.02.
(c) The Mortgages, upon execution and delivery by the parties thereto, will create in favor of
the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien
on all of Borrower's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties thereunder and the
proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.20(c), the
Mortgages will constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest
of the Borrower in such Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior
in right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights of Persons pursuant to Liens expressly
permitted by Section 7.02.
(d) The Trademark Security Agreement, upon execution and delivery by the parties thereto, will
create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Trademark Security Agreement) and the
proceeds thereof, and upon the recordation of such Trademark Security Agreement with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, together with financing statements in appropriate form filed in the
offices specified on Schedule 4.20(d), the Liens created under the Trademark Security Agreement will
constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right title and interest of the Borrower
in the Collateral and the proceeds thereof in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the
United States and its territories and possessions, in each case prior and superior in right to any other
person, other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.02; provided, however, that
subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office may be necessary to perfect a
Lien in registered trademarks and trademark applications acquired by the Borrower after the date
hereof.
(e) As of the Restatement Date, Schedule 4.20(e) accurately sets forth each post office box and
bank account to which any customers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary have been instructed to
transmit payments on account of goods or services purchased from the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.21. Labor Matters. As of the Restatement Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or
slowdowns against the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending or, to the Borrower's knowledge,
threatened. The hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Borrower have not been in
violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law
dealing with such matters, where such violations could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or
right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is bound on the
Restatement Date.
SECTION 4.22. Location of Real Property; Location of Leased Premises. (a) Schedule 4.22(a)
sets forth completely and correctly as of the Restatement Date all material real property owned by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, the addressees thereof and the county or counties in which such properties
are situated. The Borrower owns in fee all the real property set forth on Schedule 4.22(a).
(b) Schedule 4.22(b) lists completely and correctly as of the Restatement Date all material real
property leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the addresses thereof and the county or counties in
which such properties are situated. The Borrower has a valid lease in all the real property set forth on
Schedule 4.22(b).
ARTICLE V
Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit
The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder, the obligation of the Swingline
Lenders to make Swingline Loans hereunder and the obligation of the Fronting Banks to issue any
Letter of Credit or originate any Clean Bankers' Acceptance (each, a Credit Event ) hereunder are
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
SECTION 5.01. All Credit Events. On the date of each Credit Event, other than any Revolving
Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 2.02(f) and (g):
(a) The Administrative Agent and, where applicable, the Primary Fronting Bank, the
IRB Fronting Bank or the Swingline Lenders shall have received a notice of such Credit Event
as required by Section 2.03, Section 3.01(f), Section 3.02(c) and Section 2.22(b), respectively.
(b) The representations and warranties set forth in Article IV hereof shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Event with the same effect
as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.
(c) At the time of and immediately after such Credit Event no Event of Default or
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Credit Event shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the
date of such Credit Event as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 5.01.
Neither (a) continuations and conversions of outstanding Term Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.10 nor
(b) Revolving Credit Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.02(e) in which Revolving Credit Loans are
refinanced without any increase in the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans
outstanding shall be deemed to be Borrowings for the purpose of this Section 5.01.
SECTION 5.02. First Borrowing. On the Restatement Date:
(a) Each Lender and each Swingline Lender shall have received, as applicable, a duly
executed Revolving Credit Note, Term Note and Swingline Note, in each case complying with
the provisions of Section 2.04.
(b) The Managing Agents shall have received a written opinion of (i) Samuel J.
Henderson, Esq., Corporate Counsel of the Borrower, to the effect set forth in Exhibit N-1,
(ii) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, counsel for the Borrower and the Guarantors, to
the effect set forth in Exhibit N-2 and (iii) each local counsel listed on Schedule 5.02(b) to the
effect set forth in Exhibit N-3, in each case (A) dated the Restatement Date, (B) addressed to
the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks, the Lenders, the
Swingline Lenders and the Collateral Agent and (C) covering such matters incidental to the
Loan Documents and the Transactions as the Managing Agents shall request. The Borrower
hereby instructs each such counsel to deliver its opinion to the Administrative Agent.
(c) All legal matters incident to this Agreement and the Borrowings hereunder shall be
satisfactory to the Lenders and their counsel and to Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the
Managing Agents.
(d) The Managing Agents shall have received (i) a copy of the certificate of
incorporation, including all amendments thereto, of the Borrower and each Guarantor, certified
as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, and a certificate as
to the good standing of the Borrower and each Guarantor as of a recent date, from such
Secretary of State; (ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and
each Guarantor dated the Restatement Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true
and complete copy of the by-laws of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, as
in effect on the Restatement Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the
resolutions described in clause (B) below, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy
of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as
the case may be, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents
and the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or
amended and are in full force and effect as of the Restatement Date, (C) that the certificate of
incorporation of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, has not been amended
since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing
furnished pursuant to clause (i) above and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of
each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection
herewith on behalf of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be; (iii) a certificate of
another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary executing the certificate pursuant to (ii) above; and (iv) such other documents as the
Lenders or their counsel or Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the Managing Agents, may
reasonably request.
(e) The Managing Agents shall have received a certificate, dated the Restatement Date
and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions
precedent set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 5.01.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received all Fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Restatement Date.
(g) The Guarantee Agreement shall have been duly executed by the Guarantors and
delivered to the Collateral Agent, and shall be in full force and effect.
(h) The Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement shall have been duly
executed by the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, and shall be in full force and effect.
(i) The Pledge Agreement shall have been duly executed by the Borrower, the
Guarantors and the Collateral Agent and shall be in full force and effect, all the outstanding
capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries shall have been duly and validly pledged thereunder to
the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and certificates representing
such shares, accompanied by stock powers endorsed in blank, shall be in the actual possession
of the Collateral Agent.
(j) Each of the Security Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement and any
Lockbox Agreement required shall have been duly executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors
parties thereto and the Collateral Agent and shall be in full force and effect, and each
document (including each Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by law or
reasonably requested by the Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid and perfected first-
priority security interest in or lien on the Collateral (subject to any Lien expressly permitted by
Section 7.02) described in each of such agreements shall have been delivered to the Collateral
Agent.
(k) (i) Each of the Security Documents, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lenders, relating to each of the Mortgaged Properties (including each Mortgage and each
Assignment of Leases and Rents) shall have been duly executed by the parties thereto and
delivered to the Collateral Agent and shall be in full force and effect, (ii) none of such
Mortgaged Properties shall be subject to any Lien other than those permitted under Section
7.02, (iii) each of such Security Documents shall have been filed and recorded in the recording
office as specified on Schedule 4.20(b) (or a lender's title insurance policy, in form and
substance acceptable to the Managing Agents, insuring such Security Document as a first lien
on such Mortgaged Property (subject to any Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.02) shall
have been received by the Managing Agents) and, in connection therewith, the Managing
Agents shall have received evidence satisfactory to them of each such filing and recordation
and (iv) the Collateral Agent shall have received such other documents, including a policy or
policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company, together
with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as may be requested by the Managing
Agents, the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders and the Lenders, insuring the Mortgages as
valid first liens on the Mortgaged Properties, free of Liens other than those permitted under
Section 7.02, together with such surveys, abstracts, appraisals and legal opinions required to
be furnished pursuant to the terms of the Mortgages or as reasonably requested by the
Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders or the Lenders.
(l) The terms and conditions of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
that will remain outstanding on the Restatement Date shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Lenders in all respects.
(m) After giving effect to the Transactions on the Restatement Date, the Borrower
shall have no Indebtedness other than (i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents,
(ii) Indebtedness evidenced by the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures, (iii) Indebtedness
evidenced by the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes and (iv) other liabilities reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Lenders and Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01.
(n) The Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied in all respects with the tax and litigation
position and the contingent tax and other material liabilities of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries and plans of the Borrower with respect thereto.
(o) The Managing Agents shall be reasonably satisfied as to the amount and nature of
any environmental or employee health and safety exposures to which the Borrower or any
Subsidiary may be subject and the plans of the Borrower with respect thereto.
(p) All requisite Governmental Authorities and third parties shall have approved or
consented to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby to the extent
required, all applicable appeal periods shall have expired and there shall be no governmental
or judicial action, actual or threatened, that has or would have a reasonable likelihood of
restraining, preventing or imposing burdensome conditions on the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(q) There shall be no litigation or administrative proceedings or other legal or
regulatory developments (including but not limited to any governmental policy or initiative
relating to healthcare), actual or overtly threatened, that, in the reasonable judgment of the
Lenders, involve a reasonable possibility of a material adverse effect on the business, assets,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities, prospects or material agreements of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to perform its
obligations under Loan Documents, or the ability of the parties to consummate the
Transactions or the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights,
remedies and benefits available to the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the
Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lender, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the Loan
Documents or which would be materially inconsistent with the assumptions underlying the pro-
jections contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum.
(r) The Lenders shall be satisfied that the consummation of the Transactions will not
(i) violate any applicable law, statute, rule or regulation or (ii) conflict with, or result in a
default or event of default under, (A) any indenture relating to any existing Indebtedness of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or (B) any other material agreement of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary.
(s) The Lenders shall have received evidence satisfactory to them that there has been
no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business,
assets, liabilities, prospects or material agreements of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken
as a whole since January 29, 1994.
(t) Simultaneously with the initial funding under this Agreement, (i) all loans
outstanding under the 1993 Credit Agreement shall have been, as applicable, continued as or
converted to loans under this Agreement, (ii) all fees and related expenses owed by the
Borrower in respect of the 1993 Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full and (iii) all
commitments to lend under the 1993 Credit Agreement shall have been converted or continued
as commitments under this Agreement or reduced.
ARTICLE VI
Affirmative Covenants
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender, the Administrative Agent and each
Managing Agent, Fronting Bank and Swingline Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in
effect, the LC/BA Exposure shall not equal zero or the principal of or interest on any Loan or
Swingline Loan or any LC Disbursement, BA Disbursement, Fees or any other expenses or amounts
payable under any Loan Document shall be unpaid, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise
consent in writing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries (other than any
Receivables Subsidiary) to:
SECTION 6.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties. (a) Do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except as otherwise
permitted under Section 7.05.
(b) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force the
rights, licenses, permits, trademarks, trade names, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in
the normal conduct of its business, except for any trademarks, trade names or franchises that are not
material to the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole; maintain and operate
such business in substantially the manner in which it is currently conducted and operated; comply with
all applicable laws, rules, regulations and statutes affecting the Mortgaged Properties (including any
zoning, building, environmental and safety law, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits or
any restrictions of record or agreements affecting the Mortgaged Properties) and decrees and orders of
any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto, except where noncompliance
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of
any of the Mortgaged Properties; and at all times keep all property useful and necessary in its business
in good, working order and condition to the extent required by sound business practices.
SECTION 6.02. Insurance. Keep its insurable properties adequately insured at all times by
financially sound and reputable insurers; maintain such other insurance, to such extent and against such
risks, including fire and other risks insured against by extended coverage, as is customary with
companies of established repute in the same general area engaged in the same or similar businesses,
including public liability insurance against claims for personal injury or death or property damage
occurring upon, in, about or in connection with the use of any properties owned, occupied or controlled
by it or the use of any products sold by it; and maintain such other insurance as may be required by
law and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties, as set forth in the Mortgages.
SECTION 6.03. Obligations and Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all lawful
taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon or in respect of its
property or assets, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise that, if
unpaid, might give rise to a Lien upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that
such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such obligation, tax, assessment,
charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and the Borrower shall have set aside on its books, in accordance with GAAP,
adequate reserves with respect thereto and such contest operates to suspend enforcement of a Lien and,
in the case of a Mortgaged Property, there is no material risk of forfeiture of such property.
SECTION 6.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. In the case of the Borrower, furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, its consolidated balance sheets and
related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows, showing the financial
condition of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year
and the results of its operations and the operations of such subsidiaries during such year, all
audited by KPMG Peat Marwick or other independent auditors of recognized national standing
acceptable to the Required Lenders and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which
shall not be qualified in any material respect) to the effect that such consolidated financial
statements fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b)(i) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year, its consolidated balance sheets and related statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and cash flows, showing the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the results of its operations and the
operations of such subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the
fiscal year, and (ii) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of
each fiscal year and concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a)
above until the IC Sale is consummated, an income statement for IC Holdings and its
subsidiaries, showing the results of operations of IC Holdings on a consolidated basis during
the most recently completed fiscal quarter, in each case certified by one of its Financial
Officers as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower
on a consolidated basis and the results of operations of IC Holdings on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments;
(c) within 30 days after the end of each month (except the first two months of any
fiscal year and the last month of any fiscal quarter) and, with respect to the first two months of
each fiscal year, within 15 days after the day on which the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
the Borrower for the immediately preceding fiscal year is filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, its consolidated balance sheets and related statements of operations,
stockholders' equity and cash flows, showing the financial condition of the Borrower and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the close of such month and the results of its operations and the
operations of such subsidiaries during such month and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal
year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as fairly presenting the financial condition
and results of operations of the Borrower on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments;
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a), (b) or
(c) above, a certificate of the accounting firm or Financial Officer opining on or certifying
such statements (which certificate, when furnished by an accounting firm, may be limited to
accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations) (i) certifying that, after
due investigation and reasonable inquiry, no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if
such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and
any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth
computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating
compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 7.11, 7.12 and 7.13 and (iii) setting forth
computations of the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio in reasonable detail satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent;
(e) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above, a
certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of Change in
Liquidity From Receivables Programs for the fiscal year of the Borrower covered by such
financial statements;
(f) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other
reports, proxy statements and other materials (other than (i) the exhibits to registration
statements and (ii) any registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) filed by it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any governmental authority succeeding to any of
or all the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or
distributed to its shareholders, as the case may be;
(g) promptly following the preparation thereof, copies of each management letter
prepared by the Borrower's auditors (together with any response thereto prepared by the
Borrower);
(h) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 90 days after (i) January 28,
1995, and (ii) the end of each fiscal year through January 29, 2000, thereafter, one set of
projected consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as of
the end of the following fiscal year and each of the next four succeeding fiscal years, and the
related consolidated statements of projected cash flow, projected changes in financial position
and projected income for each of such five fiscal years, and, as soon as available, significant
revisions, if any, of such projections with respect to any such fiscal year, such set of
statements to be prepared on a basis consistent with the statements delivered pursuant to
paragraph (o) below, and such statement to be based, and to be certified by a Financial Officer
of the Borrower as being based on reasonable estimates, information and assumptions at the
time, and all such statements to be in reasonable detail;
(i) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations,
business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower, or compliance with the terms of any
Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, either Fronting Bank or
Swingline Lender or any Lender may reasonably request;
(j) promptly, a copy of any amendment or waiver of any provisions of any agreement
referenced in Section 7.10, or any other amendment or waiver of any provisions of any
agreement to the extent that such amendment or waiver is required hereunder to be furnished
to the Administrative Agent, either Fronting Bank or any Lender;
(k) a copy of all notices (other than regarding any scheduled or mandatory
repayments), certificates, financial statements and reports, as and when delivered by or on
behalf of the Borrower to the holders of the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures or the 9-1/4%
Senior Subordinated Notes (except to the extent any such notice, certificate, financial statement
or report is otherwise required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement); and
(l) within 30 days after the end of each month for which such a report was prepared,
a copy of the monthly report to the Board of Directors of the Borrower comparing the actual
results of operations to the projected results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated
subsidiaries for such month and the portion of the fiscal year then ended, including
management's discussion and analysis with respect to such actual results of operations and any
revisions by management of its projections for the next succeeding month and for the
remainder of the then-current fiscal year.
SECTION 6.05. Litigation and each Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent, each
Fronting Bank and Swingline Lender, the Collateral Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of
the following:
(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the
corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(b) the filing or commencement of, or any notice to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of the intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at
law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority, against the Borrower or any
subsidiary thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be anticipated to result
in, a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) any transaction, event or development that results in the Borrower or any
Subsidiary owning a parcel (or adjoining parcels) of real property that (i) is not a Mortgaged
Property and (ii) has a fair market value in excess of $3,000,000.
SECTION 6.06. ERISA. (a) Comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
ERISA and (b) furnish to the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, each Fronting Bank,
Swingline Lender and Lender (i) as soon as possible after, and in any event within 30 days after any
Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate either knows or has reason to know that,
any Reportable Event has occurred that alone or together with any other Reportable Event could
reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower to the PBGC in an aggregate amount
exceeding $1,000,000, (A) a copy of the notice of such event required to be given to the PBGC or, if
notice is not so required, a statement of an officer of the Borrower having responsibility over its
employee benefits (a Benefits Officer ) setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such event and
the action proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (B) as soon as practicable after the reasonable
request of the Lender following receipt of such copy of such notice, a like statement, (ii) promptly after
receipt thereof, a copy of any notice the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate may receive from the PBGC
relating to the intention of the PBGC to terminate any Plan or Plans (other than a Plan maintained by
an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of
Section 414 of the Code) or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or Plans, (iii) within 10 days
after the due date for filing with the PBGC pursuant to Section 412(n) of the Code of a notice of failure
to make a required installment or other payment with respect to a Plan, a copy of such notice, and, as
soon as practicable after the reasonable request of the Lender, a statement of a Benefits Officer setting
forth in reasonable detail the nature of such failure and the action proposed to be taken with respect
thereto and (iv) promptly and in any event within 30 days after receipt thereof by the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan, a copy of each notice received by the Bor-
rower or any ERISA Affiliate concerning (A) the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or (B) a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, terminated or in reorganization, in
each case within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 6.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain all
financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any representatives designated by the
Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, either Fronting Bank or Swingline Lender, the Collateral
Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of the Borrower at
reasonable times and upon reasonable notice and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts
from and copies of such financial records, and permit any representatives designated by the
Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, either Fronting Bank or Swingline Lender, the Collateral
Agent or any Lender to discuss at such reasonable times and at such reasonable intervals as may be
reasonably requested the affairs, finances and condition of the Borrower or any properties of Borrower
with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor.
SECTION 6.08. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Letters of Credit, the Bankers'
Acceptances and the Loans only for the purposes set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
SECTION 6.09. Fiscal Year. Cause its fiscal year to end on a date other than the Saturday
nearest to January 31 in each year without the prior written consent of the Managing Agents, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 6.10. Further Assurances. (a) Execute any and all further documents, financing
statements, agreements and instruments, and take all further action (including filing Uniform
Commercial Code and other financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust) that may be required
under applicable law, or which the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, either Managing
Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to effectuate the transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents and in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity
and first priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
In addition, from time to time, the Borrower, at its cost and expense, will promptly secure the
Obligations by pledging or creating, or causing to be pledged or created, perfected security interests
with respect to such of its assets and properties as the Administrative Agent, either Managing Agent or
the Required Lenders shall designate (it being understood that it is the intent of the parties that the
Obligations shall be secured by, among other things, substantially all the assets of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries (including real and other properties (other than leasehold interests of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries relating to retail stores) acquired subsequent to the Restatement Date)). Such security inter-
ests and Liens will be created under the Security Documents and other security agreements, mortgages,
deeds of trust and other instruments and documents in form and substance satisfactory to the Required
Lenders, and the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Lenders all such instruments
and documents (including legal opinions, title insurance policies and lien searches) as the Required
Lenders shall reasonably request to evidence compliance with this Section 6.10; provided, however, that
the Lenders shall not be entitled to receive landlord waivers in connection with security interests
granted the Collateral Agent in assets located on property leased by the Borrower or any Guarantor.
The Borrower agrees to provide such evidence as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request as to
the perfection and priority status of each such security interest and Lien.
(b) Cause each Subsidiary created or acquired by it from time to time, and each Inactive
Subsidiary prior to becoming a Subsidiary, to undertake the obligation of and to become a Guarantor
hereunder and a party to the Security Documents pursuant to one or more instruments or agreements
satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 6.11. Interest Rate Protection Agreements. In the case of the Borrower, maintain in
full force and effect, for a period reasonably acceptable to the Managing Agents, Rate Protection
Agreements at rates, in form and with parties reasonably acceptable to the Managing Agents, the effect
of which shall be to limit the interest payable by the Borrower in respect of at least $180,000,000 of
the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding under the Term Facility.
SECTION 6.12. Compliance with Law. Comply with the requirements of all applicable laws,
rules, regulations, court orders and decrees, and orders of any Governmental Authority that are
applicable to it or to any of its properties, except where noncompliance would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.13. Material Contracts. Maintain in full force and effect (including exercising any
available renewal option), and without amendment or modification, all its material contracts unless the
failure so to maintain such contracts (or the amendments or modifications thereto), individually or in
the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and promptly notify each Lender of each
failure to comply with this Section 6.13.
ARTICLE VII
Negative Covenants
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender, the Administrative Agent and each
Managing Agent, Fronting Bank and Swingline Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in
effect, the LC/BA Exposure shall not equal zero or the principal of or interest on any Loan or
Swingline Loan or any LC Disbursement, BA Disbursement, Fees or any other expenses or amounts
payable under any Loan Document shall be unpaid, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise
consent in writing, the Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Subsidiaries (other
than any Receivables Subsidiary) to:
SECTION 7.01. Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness,
except:
(a) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.01 (and any
extensions, renewals or replacements of such Indebtedness to the extent that such Indebtedness
is not at any time increased);
(b) in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness represented by the Notes and
reimbursement obligations in respect of the Letters of Credit and Bankers' Acceptances;
(c) in the case of each Guarantor, its guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the
Guarantee Agreement;
(d) (i) in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness consisting of purchase money
Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business after the
Restatement Date to finance Capital Expenditures and (ii) in the case of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, Indebtedness consisting of purchase money Indebtedness or Capital Lease
Obligations in existence with respect to any Acquired Entity at the time such Acquired Entity
is acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that (A) the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this paragraph (d), including any
Capital Lease Obligations, incurred in any fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000 and (B) in
the case of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (i) above, such Indebtedness shall be
incurred within 90 days after the making of the Capital Expenditures financed thereby;
(e) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower to make deferred purchase
price payments in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or the Borrower's purchase from
time to time of the assets of pharmacy businesses; provided, however, that the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this paragraph (e) shall not exceed
$5,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(f) reimbursement obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
connection with letters of credit and bankers' acceptances, provided that (i) such
reimbursement obligations are unsecured and (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate undrawn face
amount of such outstanding letters of credit, (B) the aggregate face amount of drafts drawn
under such letters of credit and paid or accepted by the issuers thereof and unreimbursed and
(C) the aggregate face amount of such outstanding bankers' acceptances shall not exceed
$5,000,000 at any time;
(g) in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness to any wholly owned Subsidiary and, in
the case of any Subsidiary, Indebtedness to the Borrower or any wholly owned Subsidiary,
provided that any such Indebtedness is evidenced by an intercompany note duly and validly
pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Pledge
Agreement;
(h) in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness evidenced by the 11-1/8% Subordinated
Debentures and the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes;
(i) in the case of the Borrower, the Rate Protection Agreements required by Sec-
tion 6.11 and any other Rate Protection Agreement on terms and with parties reasonably
acceptable to the Managing Agents;
(j) Indebtedness that is subordinate to the Obligations and the proceeds of which are
used solely to redeem or repurchase the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures or the 9-1/4%
Senior Subordinated Notes or both (or any refinancing of any such refinancing Indebtedness);
provided, however, that (i) such redemption or repurchase must be in whole and not in part,
(ii) the weighted average interest rate applicable to such Indebtedness must be less than or
equal to the interest rate applicable to the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures or the 9-1/4%
Senior Subordinated Notes or such refinancing Indebtedness, as applicable, (iii) no material
terms applicable to such Indebtedness (including the subordination provisions thereof) shall be
more favorable to the refinancing lenders than the terms that are applicable to the holders of
the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures or the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes or any such
refinancing Indebtedness, as applicable, (iv) the weighted average life to maturity of such
Indebtedness shall be greater than or equal to the weighted average life to maturity of the
11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures or the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes or any such
refinancing Indebtedness, as applicable, and the first scheduled principal payment in respect of
such Indebtedness shall not be earlier than the first scheduled principal payment in respect of
the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures or the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes or any such
refinancing Indebtedness, as applicable, (v) such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and shall not
be guaranteed by any Person in any respect, (vi) the principal amount of such Indebtedness
shall be equal to the principal amount then outstanding of the 11-1/8% Subordinated
Debentures or the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes or any such refinancing Indebtedness, as
applicable, and (vii) such Indebtedness may not be incurred if at the time of such refinancing a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;
(k)(i) Indebtedness of the Borrower incurred in connection with the purchase or
redemption pursuant to the Management Subscription Agreement of shares of Common Stock
held by the Management Investors as provided in Section 7.06(b) and (ii) Indebtedness of IC
Holdings incurred in connection with the purchase or redemption pursuant to the IC Holdings
Management Subscription Agreement of shares of common stock or convertible debentures of
IC Holdings;
(l) Indebtedness of the Borrower to insurance companies borrowed against existing life
insurance policies maintained by the Borrower under the Borrower's Executive Supplemental
Benefit Plan, the proceeds of which Indebtedness are used to pay the annual insurance
premiums on such policies and the interest due under such policies with respect to the
Indebtedness permitted under this paragraph (l), provided that the Borrower shall not incur
such Indebtedness for the payment of premiums in any given year in excess of $750,000 in the
aggregate, and provided further that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness permitted under this
paragraph (l) shall not at any time exceed the then-current aggregate cash surrender value of
such policies;
(m) obligations of IC Holdings under debentures held by IC Holdings Employees and
convertible into no more than 20% of the issued and outstanding common stock of IC
Holdings; and
(n) Indebtedness of the Borrower in the form of its obligation as of the date hereof to
purchase up to 300,000 options to acquire shares of common stock of IC Holdings, provided
that the aggregate purchase price for such options shall not exceed $3,000,000.
SECTION 7.02. Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or
assets (including stock or other securities of any Person) now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on
any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrower existing on the date hereof and set
forth on Schedule 7.02(a), provided that, subject to paragraph (j) below, such Liens shall
secure only those obligations that they secure on the date hereof;
(b) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or
in connection with such acquisition, (ii) such Lien does not apply to any other property or
assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien does not (A) materially interfere
with the use, occupancy and operation of any property or (B) materially reduce the fair market
value of such property but for such Lien;
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or charges not yet due or which are being contested
in compliance with Section 6.03;
(d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's, vendors',
workmen's, operators', landlord's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
and securing obligations that are not due and payable or are being contested in compliance with
Section 6.03;
(e) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regula-
tions;
(f) pledges and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than
for Indebtedness), leases, licenses, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance
bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) leases or subleases or other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course
of business or minor imperfections in title that, in the aggregate, are not material in amount
and do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with
the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(h) purchase money security interests in real property, improvements thereto or
equipment hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by the Borrower
or any Subsidiary (or, in the case of an Acquired Entity, in existence at the time such
Acquired Entity is acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary), provided that (i) such security
interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(d), (ii) such security interests are
incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 90 days after such acquisition
(or construction), (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 80% of the lesser of
the cost or the fair market value of such real property, improvements or equipment at the time
of such acquisition (or construction) and (iv) such security interests do not apply to any other
property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary ; provided, however, that clauses (ii) and
(iii) shall not apply to any security interests created or Indebtedness incurred by any Acquired
Entity prior to the date such Acquired Entity is acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(i) Liens incurred in connection with Capital Lease Obligations permitted by Section
7.01(d);
(j) any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any
Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted under paragraphs (a) through (i) above, provided
that such Indebtedness is not increased and is not secured by any additional assets;
(k) Liens arising pursuant to one or more orders of attachment, distraint or similar
legal process issued in connection with one or more court proceedings (which may or may not
be related) so long as the execution or other enforcement thereof is effectively stayed and the
claims secured thereby do not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate and are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(l) Liens in respect of goods consigned to the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business, including (i) goods consisting of lamps, light bulbs and related
products consigned to the Borrower and all accounts receivable, contract rights, chattel paper
and any other right to payment arising from the sale of said inventory, (ii) goods consisting of
packaged vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements and related products bearing the Your
Life brand name and packaged natural vitamins bearing the Eckerd private label consigned to
the Borrower, (iii) videotapes, display racks and related equipment consigned to the Borrower,
(iv) goods consisting of hosiery, pantyhose and related products bearing the trade name
L'eggs and display racks and related equipment consigned to the Borrower and (v) any
pharmaceuticals consigned to the Borrower;
(m) Liens on equipment consisting of an Equipment Lessor's right to acquire such
equipment under an Equipment Agency Arrangement;
(n) a collateral assignment by the Borrower, to the lessor under the Funding II Lease,
of subleases by the Borrower, as sublessor, to Visionworks, Inc., as sublessee, of the
properties listed on Schedules 7.02(n); and
(o) any Lien created under the Loan Documents.
SECTION 7.03. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or
indirectly, with any person 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 being sold or transferred; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the IFS
Sale and Leaseback or the renewal, modification or extension of the Funding I Lease or the Funding II
Lease or (b) transactions effected pursuant to the Equipment Agency Agreements.
SECTION 7.04. Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire any capital
stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances
to, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, except:
(a) investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.04;
(b) Permitted Investments;
(c) the Borrower's and any Subsidiary's equity investments in any Subsidiary, the
Borrower's and any Subsidiary's equity investments in any Inactive Subsidiary as of the date
hereof and loans or advances by the Borrower to Subsidiaries to the extent such loans or
advances are permitted by Section 7.01(g);
(d) loans or advances by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or other Subsidiaries to the
extent such loans or advances are permitted by Section 7.01(g);
(e) deposits permitted under Section 7.02(f);
(f) investments constituting all the capital stock of any Acquired Entity acquired in
connection with any Permitted Acquisition so long as such capital stock is duly and validly
pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Pledge
Agreement;
(g) loans or advances to employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary not in excess of
$1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(h) guarantees by the Borrower of obligations of any Subsidiary in the ordinary course
of business;
(i) advances consisting of payments by the Borrower on behalf of Equipment Lessors
in respect of the purchase price of equipment under Equipment Agency Agreements not in
excess of $6,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(j) all Guarantees permitted by Section 7.01 hereof; and
(k) investments not otherwise permitted above so long as the amount of all such
investments does not exceed $7,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
SECTION 7.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or
consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or
sell, transfer, assign, lease, sublease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of
transactions) all or any substantial part of any asset (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or any
capital stock of any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series
of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other Person (other than in connection
with an acquisition of the stock, or all or substantially all the assets, of any Person whose assets consist
solely of equipment or real estate that do constitute an independent business organization); provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit:
(a) sales, transfers and other dispositions of used or surplus equipment, vehicles and
other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(b) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of
Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any wholly owned Subsidiary or
Acquired Entity may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the
surviving corporation, (ii) any wholly owned Subsidiary or Acquired Entity may merge into or
consolidate with any other wholly owned Subsidiary or Acquired Entity in a transaction in
which the surviving entity is a wholly owned Subsidiary and no person other than the
Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary receives any consideration and (iii) IC Florida and IC
Texas may merge into or consolidate with each other or IC Holdings;
(d) sales of assets after the Restatement Date so long as (i) the aggregate Net Proceeds
of all such sales does not exceed $35,000,000 (of which sales with Net Proceeds of no more
than $10,000,000 may be made in any twelve-month period) and (ii) prior to the
consummation of each such sale, a Financial Officer of the Borrower certifies to the Collateral
Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties that such sale is at a price equal to or greater than the
then fair market value of such asset;
(e) sales of Third Party Receivables pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Purchase
Agreement, provided that the aggregate net investment in such Third Party Receivables of the
purchaser thereof shall not at any time exceed $75,000,000;
(f) the Borrower or IC Holdings may issue, sell or otherwise transfer no more than
20% of the issued and outstanding common stock of IC Holdings (or debentures convertible
into such common stock) to IC Holdings Employees upon conversion of the debentures
previously sold to such employees for notes;
(g) the purchase or other acquisition of any assets acquired in connection with any
Permitted Acquisitions;
(h) the IC Holdings Sale;
(i) the sale of the facility and real estate described in item 6 of Schedule 4.22(a);
(j) the lease or sublease of all or part of any interest, including a leasehold interest,
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in real property or the assignment of any lease of real
property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that (i) such lease, sublease or
assignment is on commercially reasonable terms, (ii) such lease or sublease could not and will
not be characterized by the lessor or lessee thereunder as a capital lease under GAAP, (iii) the
leasing or subleasing of such real property or the assignment of such lease shall not have an
adverse material effect, individually or in the aggregate, upon the conduct of the Borrower's or
any Subsidiary's business or the value or use of the real property encumbered by such lease or
sublease, (iv) in the case of a lease in respect of any real property owned by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary (other than a retail store and the distribution center located in Clearwater,
Florida), the lease shall be of an immaterial portion of such real property and (v) in the case of
a lease or sublease in respect of a retail store, the decision to lease or sublease such retail store
is made on a basis that is consistent with the practices of the Borrower or such Subsidiary
prior to the date hereof with respect to the leasing or subleasing of retail stores; and
(k) sales of equipment to Equipment Lessors pursuant to the Equipment Agency
Arrangements.
SECTION 7.06. Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any
dividend or make any other distribution on any shares of the Borrower's capital stock (except dividends
payable solely in shares of such capital stock or rights to acquire shares of such capital stock) (by
reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with
respect to any shares of its capital stock or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise
acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any shares of any class of its capital
stock or set aside any amount for any such purpose, except that:
(a) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to the
Borrower;
(b) the Borrower may (i) purchase or redeem shares of Common Stock held by the
Management Investors under the circumstances and at the prices specified in the Management
Subscription Agreement or the Borrower's restated certificate of incorporation or purchase or
redeem up to 540,000 shares of Common Stock under a long-term incentive or other employee
benefit plan to the extent required by applicable law (provided in each case that the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock purchased or redeemed during the twelve-month period
commencing on April 12, 1994, or any subsequent April 12 shall not exceed 4% of the shares
of Common Stock outstanding on such date) and (ii) purchase up to 240,000 shares of
Common Stock from employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in accordance with the
terms of Sections III.E and III.F of the Borrower's restated certificate of incorporation,
provided that the aggregate amount of all payments made pursuant to clause (i) and (ii) above
(other than any such payments made in respect of amounts shown as accruals on the
Borrower's consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 1994) shall not exceed $10,000,000; and
(c) the Borrower and IC Holdings may make the payments required under the IC
Holdings Management Subscription Agreement and the IC Holdings Convertible Debentures,
provided that the aggregate amount of all such payments shall not exceed $1,000,000.
SECTION 7.07. Transactions with Affiliates. Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or
purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with,
any of its Affiliates, except that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may engage in any of the foregoing
transactions in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions no less favorable
to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than could be obtained on an arm's-length
basis from unrelated third parties; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict the
transactions contemplated by the Funding I Lease and the Funding II Lease and, as long as no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the following transactions:
(a) any transaction listed on Schedule 7.07;
(b) any transaction with an Affiliate expressly permitted by this Agreement (including
transactions expressly permitted by Section 7.01, 7.04, 7.05 or 7.06);
(c) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may participate in, or effect any transaction in
connection with, any joint enterprise or other joint arrangement with any Affiliate if the
Borrower or such Subsidiary participates in the ordinary course of its business and on a basis
no less advantageous than the basis on which such Affiliate participates; and
(d) the Borrower may make payments or provide compensation for investment banking
services rendered by any Affiliate if such services are rendered in the ordinary course of such
Affiliate's business and if the amount of any such payment or compensation is comparable to
the amount that would be charged if such services were performed by a Person not an
Affiliate.
SECTION 7.08. Business of Borrower and Subsidiaries. (a) Engage at any time in any
business or business activity other than the business currently conducted by it and the Subsidiaries and
business activities reasonably related thereto.
(b) In the case of any Subsidiary, fail to be a Guarantor or a party to any Security Document.
SECTION 7.09. Limitations on Debt Prepayments. (a) Optionally prepay, repurchase or
redeem or otherwise defease or segregate funds with respect to any Indebtedness for borrowed money
of the Borrower; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the Borrower from (i) making
any payment pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.13, (ii) redeeming or repurchasing the 11-1/8%
Subordinated Debentures, the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes or the Subordinated Debt Refinancing
Indebtedness with Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(j) (it being understood that, following any
such redemption or repurchase under this clause (ii), this Section 7.09 shall apply to the Indebtedness
incurred in connection with any such refinancing) or (iii) redeeming or repurchasing 11-1/8%
Subordinated Debentures with (A) a portion of the Net Proceeds from the IC Holdings Sale equal to
the greater of (x) the lesser of (1) 100% of such Net Proceeds and (2) $50,000,000 and (y) 75% of
such Net Proceeds and (B) the Net Proceeds of any Equity Issuance.
(b) Permit any amendment, waiver or modification to the terms of (i) the 9-1/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes or the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures or any indenture relating to, or other
agreement of the Borrower entered into in connection with, any of the foregoing, if the effect of such
amendment or modification is to impose additional or increased scheduled or mandatory repayment,
retirement, repurchase or redemption obligations in respect of such Indebtedness or to require any
scheduled or mandatory payment to be made in respect of such Indebtedness prior to the date that such
payment would otherwise be due.
SECTION 7.10. Amendment of Certain Documents. Permit any termination of, or any amend-
ment, waiver or modification to, (a) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
(b) the By-laws of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (c) the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures, (d) the
11-1/8% Subordinated Debenture Indenture, (e) the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes, (f) the 9-1/4%
Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, (g) the Management Subscription Agreement, (h) the
Stockholders' Agreement, (i) the IC Holdings Convertible Debentures, (j) the IC Holdings Management
Subscription Agreement and (k) the Investor Stock Subscription Agreements unless any such
termination, amendment, waiver or modification is not adverse in any respect to the Lenders. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to the documents specified in clauses (c), (d), (e)
and (f) of the immediately preceding sentence, it is understood that any increase in the interest, fees or
other amounts payable in connection therewith, or any amendment that imposes additional covenants or
events of default or makes more restrictive the covenants or events of default contained therein, shall
require the consent of the Required Lenders.
SECTION 7.11. Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio. Permit the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio of
the Borrower for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of or during the
period indicated below to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such period:
From and Including:
To and Including:
Ratio:
July 31, 1994
October 29, 1994
5.00
October 30, 1994
January 28, 1995
4.50
January 29, 1995
April 29, 1995
4.50
April 30, 1995
July 29, 1995
4.50
July 30, 1995
October 28, 1995
4.50
October 29, 1995
February 3, 1996
3.75
February 4, 1996
April 27, 1996
3.50
April 28, 1996
August 3, 1996
3.50
August 4, 1996
November 2, 1996
3.50
November 3, 1996
February 1, 1997
3.25
February 2, 1997
May 3, 1997
3.00
May 4, 1997
August 2, 1997
3.00
August 3, 1997
November 1, 1997
3.00
November 2, 1997
January 31, 1998
2.50
February 1, 1998
May 2, 1998
2.50
May 3, 1998
August 1, 1998
2.50
August 2, 1998
October 31, 1998
2.50
November 1, 1998
January 30, 1999
2.00
January 31, 1999
May 1, 1999
2.00
May 2, 1999
July 31, 1999
2.00
August 1, 1999
October 30, 1999
2.00
October 31, 1999
January 29, 2000
2.00
January 30, 2000
April 29, 2000
2.00
April 30, 2000
July 29, 2000
2.00
SECTION 7.12. Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Interest Coverage Ratio on the last day
of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of or during any period
indicated below (or, if shorter than four consecutive fiscal quarters, any period beginning on July 31,
1994, and ending on the last day of or during such period) to be less than the ratio set forth opposite
such period:
From and Including:
To and Including:
Ratio:
July 31, 1994
October 29, 1994
1.65
October 30, 1994
January 28, 1995
1.75
January 29, 1995
April 29, 1995
1.75
April 30, 1995
July 29, 1995
1.75
July 30, 1995
October 28, 1995
1.75
October 29, 1995
February 3, 1996
2.00
February 4, 1996
April 27, 1996
2.00
April 28, 1996
August 3, 1996
2.15
August 4, 1996
November 2, 1996
2.15
November 3, 1996
February 1, 1997
2.30
February 2, 1997
May 3, 1997
2.30
May 4, 1997
August 2, 1997
2.50
August 3, 1997
November 1, 1997
2.50
November 2, 1997
January 31, 1998
2.70
February 1, 1998
May 2, 1998
2.70
May 3, 1998
August 1, 1998
2.90
August 2, 1998
October 31, 1998
2.90
November 1, 1998
January 30, 1999
3.20
January 31, 1999
May 1, 1999
3.20
May 2, 1999
July 31, 1999
3.60
August 1, 1999
October 30, 1999
3.60
October 31, 1999
January 29, 2000
4.00
January 30, 2000
April 29, 2000
4.00
April 30, 2000
July 29, 2000
4.00
SECTION 7.13. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on
the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on any day prior to the Term Loan
Maturity Date to be less than 1.00 to 1.00.
SECTION 7.14. Bank Accounts. Establish or maintain a bank account or similar account with
any financial institution that is not a Lender, other than (a) a bank account used exclusively by one or
more drug stores, optical centers or other retail stores of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in which an
aggregate amount is on deposit not in excess of the amount reasonably required to finance the working
capital requirements of the depositor, (b) a collection account used exclusively in connection with a
Permitted Receivables Purchase Agreement, (c) bank accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
maintained with Barnett Bank of Pinellas County and Wachovia Bank of N.C., N.A., in which an
aggregate amount is on deposit not in excess of $4,000,000, and (d) bank accounts of IC Holdings and
its subsidiaries maintained with Broadway National Bank, in which an aggregate amount is on deposit
not in excess of $3,000,000.
ARTICLE VIII
Events of Default
In case of the happening of any of the following events( Events of Default ):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made in any Loan Document, or
any representation, warranty, statement or information contained in any report, certificate,
financial statement or other instrument furnished pursuant to any Loan Document, shall prove
to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made or fur-
nished;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan or Swingline
Loan or LC Disbursement or BA 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 by
acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or Swingline
Loan or any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in paragraph (b)
above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable,
and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower of
any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 2.13(b), (c) or (d), 6.01(a), 6.05(a),
6.08 or in Article VII;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document
(other than those defaults specified in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) above) and, except as may be
otherwise provided in the applicable Mortgage, if any, such default shall continue unremedied
for a period of 15 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to the Borrower;
(f) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) fail to pay any principal or interest,
regardless of amount, due in respect of any Indebtedness in a principal amount in excess of
$3,000,000, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any
applicable grace period), or (ii) fail to observe or perform any other term, covenant, condition
or agreement contained in any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any such
Indebtedness (after giving effect to any applicable grace period) if the effect of any failure
referred to in this clause (ii) is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such
Indebtedness or a trustee on its or their behalf to cause, such Indebtedness to become due prior
to its stated maturity;
(g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be
filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or a Subsidiary,
under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any
other Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (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 the property or assets of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the Borrower or a Subsidiary; and such
proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving
or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(h) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or
file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or
hereafter amended, or any other Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or simi-
lar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner,
any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) above, (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 the property or
assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (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, (vi) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay
its debts as they become due or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing;
(i) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess
of $250,000 (to the extent not covered by insurance) shall be rendered against the Borrower,
any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period
of ten consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action
shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(j) a Reportable Event or Reportable Events, or a failure to make a required
installment or other payment (within the meaning of Section 412(n)(l) of the Code), shall have
occurred with respect to any Plan or Plans that reasonably could be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect and, within 30 days after the reporting of any such Reportable Event
to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.06(b)(i)(A) or after the receipt by the Agent
of the statement required pursuant to Section 6.06(b)(iii), the Administrative Agent shall have
notified the Borrower in writing that (i) the Required Lenders have reasonably determined that,
on the basis of such Reportable Event or Reportable Events or the failure to make a required
payment, there are reasonable grounds (A) for the termination of such Plan or Plans by the
PBGC, (B) for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to
administer such Plan or Plans or (C) for the imposition of a lien in favor of a Plan and (ii) as
a result thereof an Event of Default exists hereunder; or a trustee shall be appointed by a
United States District Court to administer any such Plan or Plans; or the PBGC shall institute
proceedings to terminate any Plan or Plans;
(k) (i) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of
a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan,
(ii) the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate does not have reasonable grounds for contesting
such Withdrawal Liability or is not in fact contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and
appropriate manner and (iii) the amount of the Withdrawal Liability specified in such notice,
when aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans in
connection with Withdrawal Liabilities (determined as of the date or dates of such notification),
either (A) is $500,000 or more or (B) is less than $500,000 and any payment due as a result
of such liability remains unpaid 30 days after such payment is due;
(l) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a
Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, if solely as a result of such reorganization or
termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates to all
Multiemployer Plans that are then in reorganization or have been or are being terminated have
been or will be increased over the amounts required to be contributed to such Multiemployer
Plans for their most recently completed plan years by an amount exceeding $500,000;
(m) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;
(n) any material security interest purported to be created by any Security Document
shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by the Borrower or any Guarantor not to be, a valid,
perfected, first priority (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or such
Security Document) security interest in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby,
except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the
Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates representing securities pledged under the
Pledge Agreement or otherwise take any action within its control (including the filing of UCC
continuation statements);
(o) any Loan Document shall not be for any reason, or shall be asserted by the
Borrower or any Guarantor party thereto not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in
all material respects in accordance with its terms;
(p) the Obligations and the guarantee thereof pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement
shall cease to constitute, or shall be asserted by the Borrower not to constitute, senior
indebtedness under the subordination provisions of the 11-1/8% Subordinated Debentures or
the 9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes (or the provisions of the Subordinated Debt Refinancing
Indebtedness) or such subordination provisions shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to be a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with its
terms; or
(q) any Person shall (i) become the owner or holder of record of all the common
equity securities of the Borrower and (ii) fail, prior to or simultaneously with obtaining such
shares, to (A) become a Guarantor of the Obligations and (B) pledge all such common equity
securities to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in each case pursuant
to one or more instruments or agreements reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Collateral Agent;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
described in paragraph (g) or (h) above), 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 any of or all the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate
forthwith the Commitments and the LC/BA Commitment, (ii) declare the Loans and the Swingline
Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of
the Loans and the Swingline Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest
thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and
under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding,
(iii) require cash collateral as contemplated by Section 3.07 and (iv) exercise any remedies available
under any Loan Document or otherwise; and in any event with respect to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary described in paragraph (g) or (h) above, the Commitments and the LC/BA Commitment
shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans and the Swingline Loans then outstanding,
together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the
Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the
contrary notwithstanding.
ARTICLE IX
The Administrative Agent, the Managing
Agents and the Fronting Banks
In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (a) Chemical Bank is
hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Fronting Banks, the Swingline
Lenders and the Lenders and (b) Chemical Bank and NationsBank are hereby appointed to act as
Managing Agents on behalf of the Lenders (the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents and the
Collateral Agent for purposes of this Article are collectively referred to as the Agents ). Each of the
Lenders, each subsequent holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof, the Fronting Banks and the
Swingline Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize each Agent to take such actions on their behalf and to
exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and
of the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, the Fronting Banks
and the Swingline Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive all Loan
Documents on the Restatement Date, including the Notes, (b) to receive on behalf of the Lenders, the
Fronting Banks and the Swingline Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all
the Swingline Loans, all payments in respect of BA Disbursements and LC Disbursements and all other
amounts due to the Lenders, the Fronting Banks and the Swingline Lenders hereunder, and promptly to
distribute to each Lender, Fronting Bank and Swingline Lender its proper share of each payment so
received, (c) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrower of any Event of Default
specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in
connection with its agency hereunder and (d) to distribute to each Lender, Fronting Bank and Swingline
Bank copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by the Borrower pursuant
to this Agreement as received by the Administrative Agent (including notices of an occurrence of any
Event of Default).
None of the Agents nor either Fronting Bank nor any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or agents shall be liable as such for any action taken or omitted by any of them except for
its, his or her own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement,
warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or
be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Bor-
rower or any Guarantor of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any
Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders or the holders of the Notes or the
Fronting Banks or the Swingline Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or
effectiveness of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or
agreements. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof
for all purposes hereof until it shall have received from the payee of such Note notice, given as
provided herein, of the transfer thereof in compliance with Section 10.04. The Administrative Agent
shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written
instructions signed by the Required Lenders (and a Fronting Bank, with respect to Letters of Credit and
Bankers' Acceptances) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any
action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders, each subsequent holder of any
Note, the Fronting Banks and the Swingline Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall, in the absence of
knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good
faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None
of the Agents nor either Fronting Bank nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or
agents shall have any responsibility to the Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in
performance or breach by any Lender (or, in the case of the Agents, by the Fronting Bank or either
Swingline Lender) of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender (or, in the case of the Agents,
the Fronting Banks or Swingline Lenders) on account of the failure of or delay in performance or
breach by any other Lender (or, in the case of the Agents, the Fronting Banks or the Swingline
Lenders) or the Borrower or any Guarantor of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under
any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent and Fronting Bank may
execute any and all duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and shall be entitled to rely
upon the advice of legal counsel selected by either of them with respect to all matters arising hereunder
and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by either of them in accordance
with the advice of such counsel.
The Lenders, the Fronting Banks and the Swingline Lenders hereby acknowledge that none of
the Agents nor either Fronting Bank shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted
to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to
do so by the Required Lenders.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, any Agent
may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders and the
Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor.
If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Fronting Bank, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be
a bank with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent
hereunder by a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations hereunder. After any Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article
and Section 10.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it while it was acting as Agent.
With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder and the Notes issued to it, each Agent and
Fronting Bank, in its individual capacity and not as Agent or Fronting Bank, as the case may be, shall
have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
an Agent or a Fronting Bank, as the case may be, and each Agent and its Affiliates and each Fronting
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 an Agent or a
Fronting Bank, as the case may be.
Each Lender, Fronting Bank and Swingline Lender recognizes that applicable laws, rules,
regulations or guidelines of Governmental Authorities may require the Administrative Agent to
determine whether the transactions contemplated hereby should be classified as highly leveraged or
assigned any similar or successor classification and that such determination may be binding upon the
other Lenders, the Fronting Banks and the Swingline Lenders. Each Lender, Fronting Bank and
Swingline Lender understands that any such determination shall be made solely by the Administrative
Agent based upon such factors (which may include the Administrative Agent's internal policies and
prevailing market practices) as the Administrative Agent shall deem relevant and agrees that the
Administrative Agent shall have no liability for the consequences of any such determination.
Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse each Agent and Fronting Bank, on demand, in the amount
of such Lender's pro rata share (based on its Commitment hereunder) of any expenses incurred for the
benefit of the Lenders by such Agent or Fronting Bank, including counsel fees and compensation of
agents paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the
Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and Fronting Bank and any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share,
from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as an Agent or a Fronting Bank, as the
case may be, or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower, provided that (i) no
Lender shall be liable to any Agent or a Fronting Bank for any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from
the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Agent or Fronting Bank, as the case may be, or any
of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents and (ii) Lenders that do not have Revolving
Credit Commitments (other than through the termination thereof) shall be under no obligation to
reimburse or indemnify the Fronting Banks under clauses (a) and (b) above.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents,
any other Lender, the Fronting Banks or the Swingline Lenders and based on such documents and infor-
mation 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
Agents, any other Lender, the Fronting Banks or the Swingline Lenders 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 or any other Loan Document, any
related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.01. Notices. Except as otherwise expressly permitted herein, notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed or sent by telex, graphic scanning or other telegraphic communications
equipment of the sending party, as follows:
(a) If to the Borrower, at 8333 Bryan Dairy Road, Largo, Florida 34647, Attention of
Chief Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (813) 399-6359).
(b) If to the Administrative Agent or Chemical Bank, as Swingline Lender or
Managing Agent, at 270 Park Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10017, Attention of
Hans Von Nolde (Telecopy No. (212) 270-1474); with a copy to Chemical Bank Agency
Services Corporation, Grand Central Tower, 140 East 45th Street, New York, New
York 10017, Attention of Hilma Gabbidon (Telecopy No. (212) 622-0854).
(c) If to NationsBank, as Swingline Lender, Primary Fronting Bank, Documentation
Agent or Managing Agent, at 400 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, Florida 33602, Attention of
Andrew M. Airheart (Telecopy No. (813) 224-5948).
(d) If to the IRB Fronting Bank, at its address (or telecopy number) set forth on
Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have
become a party hereto.
(e) If to a Lender, at its address (or telecopy number) set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party
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 if delivered by hand or
overnight courier service or sent by telex, telecopy or other telegraphic communications equipment of
the sender, or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in
each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 10.01
or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this
Section 10.01. The Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower a copy of each Administrative
Questionnaire received by it.
SECTION 10.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Borrower herein and the Borrower and the Guarantors in the certificates or
other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders, the Fronting Banks and
the Swingline Lenders and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, the making by the
Swingline Lenders of the Swingline Loans, the issuance of Letters of Credit by the Fronting Banks and
the origination of the Bankers' Acceptances by the Primary Fronting Bank, and the execution and
delivery to the Lenders and the Swingline Lenders of the Notes evidencing such loans, regardless of
any investigation made by the Lenders, the Fronting Banks and the Swingline Lenders or on their
behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on
any Loan or Swingline Loan or any Fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit or Bankers' Acceptance is out-
standing and so long as the Commitments and the LC/BA Commitment have not been terminated.
SECTION 10.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have
been executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks
and the Swingline Lenders and when the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof that,
when taken together, bear the signatures of each Lender, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks,
the Swingline Lenders and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that the
Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior
consent of all the Lenders (and any attempted assignment by the Borrower shall be void).
SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties
hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such
party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Managing
Agents, the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders or the Lenders that are
contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and
assigns.
(b) Each Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its interests, rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and LC/BA
Commitment, the outstanding Letters of Credit and Bankers' Acceptances and the Loans at the time
owing to it and the Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) except in the case of an assignment to
a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (and in the
case of an assignment of a Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment, the Swingline Lenders and the
Fronting Banks) must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld); provided, however, the consent of the Borrower shall not be required if a
Default or an Event of Default under paragraph (b) or (c) of Article VIII has occurred and is
continuing on the date of the Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) if the assignee shall not be a Lender or
an Affiliate of a Lender, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such
assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment
is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 (or an amount equal to the
remaining balance of the Commitments), (iii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with the Note or Notes
subject to such assignment and, unless the assigning Lender is a Managing Agent and the Assignment
and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to
the date that is 90 days after the Restatement Date, a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 and
(iv) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire. Upon acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 10.04, from
and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be
at least five Business Days after the execution thereof, (i) the assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights
and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining
portion of an 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 10.05 and, with respect
only to liabilities of the Borrower thereunder to such Lender that have accrued or otherwise arise by
reason of circumstances or events prior to the assignment of its rights and obligations hereunder,
Sections 2.14, 2.16 and 2.20, as well as to any Fees accrued for its account and not yet paid).
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender
thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the
other parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its
Commitments and LC/BA Commitment, and the outstanding balances of its Term Loans and Revolving
Credit Loans, in each case without giving effect to assignments thereof that have not become effective,
are as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) except as set forth in clause (i) above, such
assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to
any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial
condition of the Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its obligations
under this Agreement or the Borrower or any Guarantor under any other Loan Document or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is
legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has
received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 6.04 and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance;
(v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, such
assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Managing
Agents to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as
are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Managing Agents by the terms hereof, together with
such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be
performed by it as a Lender.
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as agent for the Borrower, shall maintain
at one of its offices in The City of New York a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to
it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments
and LC/BA 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 in the
absence of manifest error and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Banks, the
Swingline Lenders and the Lenders shall 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, the Fronting
Banks, the Swingline Lenders and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(e) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee together with the Note or Notes subject to such assignment, an Administrative
Questionnaire completed in respect of the assignee (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender
hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) above and the written
consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (and if required under paragraph (b) above, the
Swingline Lenders and the Fronting Banks) to such assignment, the Administrative Agent shall (i)
accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register
and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders, the Fronting Banks and the Swingline Lenders. No
assignment shall be effective unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this
paragraph (e). Within five Business Days after receipt of notice, the Borrower, at its own expense,
shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, in exchange for the surrendered Note or Notes, a
new Note or Notes payable to such assignee or registered assigns in a principal amount equal to the
applicable Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the
assigning Lender has retained a Commitment, a new Note payable to such assigning Lender or
registered assigns in a principal amount equal to the applicable Commitment retained by it; provided,
however, that any such Note or Notes shall comply with Section 2.04. Such new Note or Notes shall be
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such surrendered Note;
such new Notes shall be dated the date of the surrendered Notes that they replace and shall otherwise
be in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1, A-2 or A-3, as appropriate. Notes that are replaced with
substitute Notes shall be returned to the Borrower.
(f) Each Lender may without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
Fronting Banks or the Swingline Lenders sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in all
or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitments and the Loans owing to it and the Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) such
Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the participating
banks or other entities shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions contained in
Sections 2.14, 2.16 and 2.20 to the same extent as if they were Lenders, provided that the Borrower
shall not be required to reimburse the participating lenders or other entities pursuant to Section 2.14,
2.16 or 2.20 in an amount in excess of the amount that would have been payable thereunder to such
Lender had such Lender not sold such participation and (iv) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders 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, and such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the obligations of the Bor-
rower relating to the Loans, LC Disbursements or BA Disbursements and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement (provided that the participating bank or other
entity may be provided with the right to approve amendments, modifications or waivers affecting it
with respect to (A) any decrease in the Fees payable hereunder with respect to Loans in which the
participating bank or other entity has purchased a participation, (B) any change in the amount of
principal of, or decrease in the rate at which interest is payable, on the Loans in which the participating
bank or other entity has purchased a participation, (C) any extension of the final scheduled maturity of
any Loan in which the participating bank or other entity has purchased a participation or (D) any
release of all or substantially all the Collateral).
(g) In the event that Standard & Poor's Corporation, Moody's Investors Service, Inc., and
Thompson's BankWatch (or InsuranceWatch Ratings Service, in the case of Lenders that are insurance
companies (or Best's Insurance Reports, if such insurance company is not rated by InsuranceWatch
Ratings Service)) shall, after the date that any Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment becomes a
Lender, downgrade the long-term certificate of deposit ratings of such Lender, and the resulting ratings
shall be below BBB-, Baa3 and C (or BB, in the case of a Lender that is an insurance company (or B,
in the case of an insurance company not rated by InsuranceWatch Ratings Service)), then each Fronting
Bank shall have the right, but not the obligation, at its own expense, upon notice to such Lender and
the Administrative Agent, to replace (or to request the Borrower to use its reasonable efforts to replace)
such Lender with an assignee (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Sec-
tion 9.04(b)), and such Lender hereby agrees to transfer and assign without recourse (in accordance
with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04(b)) all its interests, rights and obligations
in respect of its Revolving Credit Commitment to such assignee; provided, however, that (i) no such
assignment shall conflict with any law, rule and regulation or order of any Governmental Authority and
(ii) such Fronting Bank or such assignee, as the case may be, shall pay to such Lender in immediately
available funds on the date of such assignment the principal of and interest accrued to the date of
payment on the Loans made by such Lender hereunder and all other amounts accrued for such Lender's
account or owed to it hereunder.
(h) Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) above, any Lender may at any
time assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and the Notes issued to it to a Federal
Reserve Bank without the prior written consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, provided
that no such assignment shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder.
(i) The Borrower shall not assign or delegate any of its rights or duties hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks, the
Swingline Lenders and each Lender. Except as provided in Section 3.10 and Section 2.22, respectively,
neither Fronting Bank or Swingline Lender may assign or delegate any of its respective rights and
duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the Borrower and Managing Agents (and any
attempted assignment by the Borrower shall be void).
SECTION 10.05. Expenses; Indemnity. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks, the Swing-
line Lenders and the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents or in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provi-
sions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions hereby contemplated shall be consummated) or
incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks, the Swingline
Lenders, the Collateral Agent or any Lender in connection with the enforcement or protection of their
rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in connection with the
Loans made or the Notes or Letters of Credit issued or Bankers' Acceptances originated hereunder,
including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel
for the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Banks and the
Fronting Banks (which fees, other charges and disbursements will be set forth in accordance with the
Borrower's standard billing policy), and, in connection with any such enforcement or protection, the
reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of any other counsel for the Administrative Agent, the
Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders, the Collateral Agent or any Lender. The
Borrower further agrees that it shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the
Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders from and hold them harmless
against any documentary taxes, assessments or similar charges made by any Governmental Authority by
reason of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each
Fronting Bank, Swingline Lender and Lender and each of their respective directors, officers, employees
and agents (each such person being called an Indemnitee ) against, and to hold each Indemnitee
harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including rea-
sonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising
out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the per-
formance by the parties hereby or thereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the
consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the
use of the Letters of Credit or the Bankers' Acceptances or the proceeds of the Loans, the Swingline
Loans and the Bankers' Acceptances or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to
any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity
shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or related expenses have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) The provisions of this Section 10.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Loans or the Swingline Loans, the invalidity or
unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Fronting
Banks, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lenders or any Lender. All amounts due under this
Section 10.05 shall be payable on written demand therefor.
SECTION 10.06. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, and the Administrative Agent shall have declared, or the Required Lenders shall have
requested the Administrative Agent to declare, the Loans and the Swingline Loans immediately due and
payable pursuant to Article VIII, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time
owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the
obligations of such entity now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and other Loan Documents
held by such Lender, irrespective of whether such Lender shall have made any demand under this
Agreement or such other Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights
of each Lender under this Section 10.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other
rights of setoff) that such Lender may have.
SECTION 10.07. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THE MORTGAGES) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10.08. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay on the part of the
Administrative Agent, either Managing Agent, Fronting Bank or Swingline Lender, the Collateral
Agent or any Lender in exercising any power or right hereunder 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 Managing
Agents, the Fronting Banks, the Swingline Lenders, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies
that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other 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) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on the
Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or
other circumstances. Each holder of a Note shall be bound by any amendment, modification, waiver or
consent authorized as provided herein, whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate
such amendment, modification, waiver or consent.
(b) Neither this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents nor any provision hereof or
thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, (i) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an
agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders, (ii) in the
case of the Guarantee Agreement and the Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement,
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Guarantors and the Collateral
Agent and consented to by the Required Lenders, (iii) in the case of any of the Security Documents,
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Collateral
Agent and consented to by the Required Lenders, (iv) in the case of a Letter of Credit, pursuant to an
agreement or agreements entered into by the Borrower and the relevant Fronting Bank or (v) in the
case of any Note, pursuant to an agreement or agreements entered into by the Borrower and the holder
of such Note and consented to by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement
shall (A) change the principal amount of, or extend the final scheduled maturity of, any principal of or
interest on, any Loan, or forgive any such payment or any part thereof, or reduce the rate of interest
on any Loan, without the prior written consent of each holder of a Note affected thereby, (B) increase
the Commitment or the LC/BA Commitment or reduce the Fees of any Lender without the prior
written consent of such Lender, (C) amend or modify the provisions of Section 2.17, the provisions of
this Section 10.08(b) or the definition of the term Required Lenders without the prior written consent
of each Lender , (D) reduce any Term Loan Repayment amount or extend any Term Loan Repayment
Date (other than the Term Loan Maturity Date), in each case without the prior written consent of
Lenders holding Term Loans representing at least 75% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the Term Loans or (E) release any material Collateral under any Security Document or under such
Security Document, except as expressly permitted thereby or hereby, without the prior 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, the Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks or the Swingline
Lenders hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents,
the Fronting Banks or the Swingline Lenders, as the case may be. Each Lender and each holder of a
Note shall be bound by any modification or amendment authorized by this Section 10.08 regardless of
whether its Note shall have been marked to make reference thereto, and any consent by any Lender or
holder of a Note pursuant to this Section 10.08 shall bind any person subsequently acquiring a Note
from it, regardless of whether such Note shall have been so marked.
SECTION 10.09. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Notes to
the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all fees and charges that are
treated as interest under applicable law (collectively, the Charges ), as provided for herein or in any
other document executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken
or reserved by any Lender or either Swingline Lender, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the
Maximum Rate ) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender or
such Swingline Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable under the Note
held by such Lender or such Swingline Lender, together with all Charges payable to such Lender or
such Swingline Lender, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate.
SECTION 10.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
fee letter referred to in Section 2.05(c) constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the
subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or
in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the
parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 10.11. 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 respect of any litigation directly
or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents. 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 and the other Loan Documents, as applicable, by, among other
things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 10.11.
SECTION 10.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotia-
tions to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic
effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 10.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall
constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 10.03.
SECTION 10.14. 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 are not to affect the
construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 10.15. Confidentiality. (a) Each Lender agrees not to disclose to any Person the
Information (as defined below) without the prior written consent of the Borrower, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, except that any Lender shall be permitted to disclose Information (i) to
its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives; (ii) to the extent required by applicable
laws and regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, or requested by any bank regulatory
authority; (iii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a
breach of this Agreement, (B) becomes available to such Lender on a non-confidential basis from a
source other than the Borrower or its Affiliates or (C) was available to such Lender on a non-
confidential basis prior to its disclosure to such Lender by the Borrower or its Affiliates; (iv) to any
actual or prospective assignee of, or prospective purchaser of a participation in, the rights of such
Lender hereunder, in each case subject to paragraph (c) below; or (v) in connection with any suit,
action or proceeding relating to the enforcement of rights hereunder or under any other Loan Document
or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. As used in this Section 10.15, as to any
Lender, the Information shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum and any other
materials, documents and information that the Borrower or any of its Affiliates may have furnished or
may hereafter furnish to any Lender in connection with this Agreement.
(b) Each Lender agrees that it will use the Information only for purposes related to the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents, provided that (i) if the conditions
referred to in any of subclauses (A) through (C) of clause (iii) of paragraph (a) above are met, such
Lender may otherwise use the Information and (ii) if such Lender is otherwise a creditor of the
Borrower, such Lender may use the Information in connection with its other credits to the Borrower.
(c) Each Lender agrees that it will not disclose any of the Information to any actual or
prospective assignee of such Lender or participant in any rights of such Lender under this Agreement
unless such actual or prospective assignee or participant first executes and delivers to such Lender a
confidentiality letter containing substantially the undertakings set forth in this Section 10.15.
SECTION 10.16. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) The Borrower hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of
any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City,
and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, 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 New York 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 any Lender
may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection that 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 or the other Loan Documents
in any New York State or Federal court. 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.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 10.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to
this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the
Swingline Lenders and the Lenders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
ECKERD CORPORATION,
by
Martin W. Gladysz
Name: Martin W. Gladysz
Title: Vice President
CHEMICAL BANK, individually and as
Administrative Agent, Managing Agent and
Swingline Lender,
by
Meredith Vanden Handel
Name: Meredith Vanden Handel
Title: Vice President
NATIONSBANK OF FLORIDA, N.A.,
individually and as Managing Agent, Swingline
Lender, Primary Fronting Bank and Documentation
Agent,
by
Andrew M. Airheart
Name: Andrew M. Airheart
Title: Senior Vice President
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
by
Margaret H. Harper
Name: Margaret H. Harper
Title: Vice President
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON,
by
William C. Purinton
Name: William C. Purinton
Title: Vice President
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
by
Peter W. Clark
Name: Peter W. Clark
Title: Assistant Vice President
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK USA,
by
W. Wakefield Smith
Name: W. Wakefield Smith
Title: Vice President
THE LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF JAPAN,
LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH,
by
John J. Sullivan
Name: John J. Sullivan
Title: Joint General Manager
BANQUE PARIBAS,BANQUE PARIBAS,
by by
Ann C. Pifer Richard G. Burrows
Name: Ann C. Pifer Name: Richard G. Burrows
Title: Assistant Vice President Title: Vice President
THE NIPPON CREDIT BANK, LTD.,
by
Hideaki Mori
Name: Hideaki Mori
Title: Vice President and
Manager
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION,
by
Elaine L. Moore
Name: Elaine L. Moore
Title: Senior Vice President
SOCIETE GENERALE,
by
John J. Wagner
Name: John J. Wagner
Title: Vice President
UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND, NEW YORK UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND,
BRANCH, NEW YORK BRANCH,
by by
Jeanne L. Johnson Jeffrey W. Wald
Name: Jeanne L. Johnson Name: Jeffrey W. Wald
Title: Assistant Treasurer Title: Vice President
MELLON BANK, N.A.,
by
Lisa M. Pellow
Name: Lisa M. Pellow
Title: Vice President
UNION BANK OF FINLAND LTD.
GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH,
by
Durval Araujo
Name: Durval Araujo
Title: Vice President
by
John Kehnle
Name: John Kehnle
Title: Vice President
NATIONAL CITY BANK,
by
Brian H. Bucher
Name: Brian H. Bucher
Title: Vice President
FIRST INTERSTATE BANK OF TEXAS N.A.,
by
Frank W. Schageman
Name: Frank W. Schageman
Title: Assistant Vice President
VAN KAMPEN MERRITT, PRIME RATE
INCOME TRUST,
by
Jeffrey W. Maillet
Name: Jeffrey W. Maillet
Title: Vice President and Portfolio
Manager
THE BANK OF TOKYO,
by
Adane Dessie
Name: Adane Dessie
Title: Vice President
THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED,
by
Katsunori Nozawa
Name: Katsunori Nozawa
Title: Vice President and Manager
CREDIT LYONNAIS CAYMAN ISLAND
BRANCH,
by
Frederick Haddad
Name: Frederick Haddad
Title: Authorized Signature
SHAWMUT NATIONAL BANK OF
CONNECTICUT, N.A.,
by
Stephen B. Shelton
Name: Stephen B. Shelton
Title: Vice President
ABN-AMRO BANK, N.V.,
by
W. P. Fischer
Name: W. P. Fischer
Title: Senior Vice President
by
Bruce W. Swords
Name: Bruce W. Swords
Title: Vice President
BANK OF SCOTLAND,
by
Catherine M. Oniffrey
Name: Catherine M. Oniffrey
Title: Vice President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
by
Mary Jo Jolly
Name: Mary Jo Jolly
Title: Assitant Vice President
HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK,
by
Troy J. Villafarra
Name: Troy J. Villafarra
Title: Assistant Vice President
MCI CAPITAL INC.,
by
Naomichi Komuro
Name: Naomichi Komuro
Title: Executive Vice President
FLEET BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS, N.A.,
by
Maryann S. Smith
Name: Maryann S. Smith
Title: Vice President
THE SAKURA BANK, LIMITED,
by
Minoru Inaba
Name: Minoru Inaba
Title: Vice President and Senior
Manager
NATIONAL CANADA FINANCE CORP.,
by
Michael S. Bloomenfeld
Name: Michael S. Bloomenfeld
Title: Vice President
GIROCREDIT BANK,
by
John P. Redding
Name: John P. Redding
Title: Vice President
RESTRUCTURED OBLIGATIONS BACKED BY
SENIOR ASSETS B.V.,
by
Christopher E. Jansen
Name: Christopher E. Jansen
Title: Managing Director
CHANCELLOR SENIOR SECURED
MANAGEMENT, INC., as
Portfolio Advisor
STICHTING RESTRUCTURED OBLIGATIONS
BACKED BY SENIOR ASSETS 2 (ROSA 2),
by
Christopher E. Jansen
Name: Christopher E. Jansen
Title: Managing Director
CHANCELLOR SENIOR SECURED
MANAGEMENT, INC., as
Portfolio Advisor
PROSPECT STREET SENIOR PORTFOLIO,
L.P.,
by PROSPECT STREET SENIOR LOAN
CORP., as Managing General Partner,
by
Dana E. Erikson
Name: Dana E. Erikson
Title: Vice President
PEARL STREET, L.P.,
by
Robert J. O'Shea
Name: Robert J. O'Shea
Title: Authorized Signer
COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE DE CIC ET DE
L'UNION EUROPEENNE,
by
Marcus Edward
Name: Marcus Edward
Title: Vice President
by
Sean Mounier
Name: Sean Mounier
Title: Vice President
THE MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING
CORPORATION,
by
Patricia M. Loret de Mola
Name: Patricia M. Loret de Mola
Title: Senior Vice President
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF
OREGON,
by
David Wynde
Name: David Wynde
Title: Vice President
THE YASUDA TRUST & BANKING
COMPANY, LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH,
by
Neil T. Chau
Name: Neil T. Chau
Title: First Vice President
BANK OF IRELAND, GRAND CAYMAN
BRANCH,
by
Roger M. Burns
Name: Roger M. Burns
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 15.1
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Eckerd Corporation and Subsidiaries
8333 Bryan Dairy Road
Largo, FL 34647
Gentlemen:
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-50223)
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-49977)
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-10721)
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-50755)
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52939)
With respect to the above referenced registration statements, we acknowledge our
awareness of the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated September
7, 1994 related to our review of interim financial information, which report was
included in the Form 10-Q of Eckerd Corporation and Subsidiaries for the thirteen
and twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 1994.
Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1993, such report is not
considered a part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an
accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of
sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Tampa, Florida
September 7, 1994
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