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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
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(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED,
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 7, 1996).
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)
For the transition period from _______ to _______
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Commission file number 000-22298
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
A Delaware Corporation
IRS No. 13 361 5274
1500 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30201
(770) 664-3700
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act
and listed on the NYSE
Common Stock, $.001 Par Value
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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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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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulations S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in proxy or information statements incorporated
by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
[x]
The aggregate market value of the Common Stock of the Registrant held by non
affiliates of the Registrant on March 17, 1997 was $310,203,803. The aggregate
market value was computed by reference to the closing price of the stock on the
New York Stock Exchange on such date. For the purposes of this response,
executive officers and directors are deemed to be the affiliates of the
Registrant and the holding by non affiliates was computed as 11,490,856 shares.
The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's Common Stock as of March
17, 1997 was 12,164,855 shares.
Documents incorporated by reference:
The Registrant's proxy statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
to be held May 16, 1997, which will be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within
120 days of the close of Registrant's fiscal year, is incorporated by reference
in answer to Part III of this report but only to the extent indicated in Part
III herein. In addition, pages 14 through 31 of Scientific Games Holdings
Corp.'s 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders are incorporated by reference in
answer to Items 6, 7 and 8 of Part II and Item 14(a) of Part IV of this report.
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PART 1
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
GENERAL
Scientific Games Holdings Corp. (the "Company" or "Scientific Games")
through its wholly owned subsidiaries, principally, Scientific Games Inc.
("SGI") and Scientific Games International, Limited ("SGIL"), is the leading
worldwide manufacturer of instant lottery tickets based upon the number of
instant lottery tickets sold. The Company has production facilities in
Alpharetta, Georgia (suburban Atlanta), Gilroy, California, Albert Lea,
Minnesota and the United Kingdom and employs approximately 1,022 people in
total. Scientific Games' business consists primarily of manufacturing and
selling instant lottery tickets to domestic and foreign governmental lottery
authorities and licensees and providing lottery services to such customers. The
Company also offers its customers a full range of instant lottery services
under cooperative services contracts, including some or all of the following
services: designing and installing game management software, ticket production,
telemarketing, field sales, accounting, ticket distribution, training sales
staff, estimating ticket needs, managing staff, advising with respect to
security, ticket validation and provision of computer hardware, validation
terminals, SciScan Technology validators, maintenance, communication network
and sales agent hot-line service. Through the acquisition of a pull-tab ticket
business, GameTec, in June 1994, the Company now also manufactures and sells
pull-tab tickets to lotteries and charities. The GameTec facility is located
in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The Company announced in January 1997 that it had
signed a letter of intent to purchase Tele Control, a Vienna, Austria based
on-line lottery and transaction processing company.
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Lotteries are operated by domestic and foreign governmental authorities
and their licensees in approximately 200 jurisdictions throughout the world.
Currently, 39 jurisdictions in the United States sell instant lottery tickets.
Of the approximately 7.2 billion tickets sold by the Company in 1996,
approximately 27% were sold outside the United States. Governments typically
authorize lotteries as a means of generating revenues without the imposition of
additional taxes. Lottery revenues are frequently being set aside for particular
public purposes, such as education, aid to the elderly, conservation,
transportation and economic development. As lottery ticket sales have become a
significant source of funding for such programs, many jurisdictions have come to
rely on the revenues generated by such sales.
Although there are many types of lotteries worldwide, government
authorized lotteries may generally be categorized into three principal groups:
instant lotteries, on-line lotteries and the traditional draw-type lotteries.
An instant lottery is one which is typically played by removing a coating from
a preprinted ticket to determine whether it is a winner. On-line lotteries are
generally pari-mutuel in nature (although fixed prizes are also offered) and
are conducted through a computerized lottery system in which lottery terminals
are connected to a central computer, usually by dedicated telephone lines.
Internationally, the older form of traditional draw-type lottery games, in
which players purchase tickets which are manually processed for a future
drawing for prizes of a fixed amount, is the prevalent form of play. In
addition to the foregoing types of lotteries, there are video lotteries played
on electronic machines featuring keno, "line-up" (cherries, bars, plums, etc.)
and similar video games. Video lotteries are typically targeted to locations
such as horse and dog racing tracks, athletic arenas, certain bars, clubs and
similar establishments.
There are many promotional (i.e., commercial) game suppliers (including
the Company) in the United States which produce tickets for both sales
promotion companies and their end users. Management believes Scientific Games
is the only company which also offers the commercial market a full line of
support and services similar to those which the Company offers to the
government lottery market. Management believes the total potential commercial
game market may be larger than the instant lottery market and that such market
has shown extensive growth in recent years. While potential lottery customers in
the United States currently are limited to the 39 jurisdictions where such games
are legally permitted, commercial games are believed permitted in substantially
all states. Commercial games are used to promote a manufacturer's or retailer's
products and typically do not involve a cumbersome bidding/procurement process.
Orders for commercial games may vary in quantity from less than 50,000 to more
than 500 million tickets. Commercial games are subject to a variety of state
laws which regulate promotional games of chance. A significant difference
between lottery games and commercial games is the lower level of security
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requirements associated with commercial games which typically offer less
valuable prizes. Tickets for commercial games may not require foil, laminated or
similar paper stock or overprint inks.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
The Company is the leading worldwide supplier of instant lottery tickets
and support services. Scientific Games intends to expand this leadership
position by (i) pursuing new instant ticket printing opportunities in both the
domestic and foreign marketplaces, (ii) emphasizing and marketing Scientific
Games' capabilities in cooperative services, (iii) reentering the on-line
lottery business through its acquisition of Tele Control, (iv) continuing the
Company's emphasis on customer service and responsiveness to customer needs
both before and after delivery of products and services, (v) investing in its
facilities while aggressively pursuing practices and methods which reduce
operating costs, and (vi) funding research and development costs that continue
to provide innovations for the Company's customers.
As state governments face budgetary pressures, they increasingly seek
methods of reducing state spending. A method of reducing spending which is
often considered by states is privatization or outsourcing of various
operating tasks associated with lottery operations. The Company estimates that
nine domestic lotteries have elected to privatize certain operating functions
related to the management of instant ticket games, including six lotteries with
whom the Company has, or is negotiating, cooperative services contracts. The
Company has significant experience in this field and is well positioned to
offer this privatization or outsourcing option to the industry. The Company
intends to continue to emphasize and invest in its growing cooperative services
business.
The increased application of computer-based and communications
technologies (including proprietary technologies) to the manufacturing and
servicing of instant tickets (See "Business-New Product Development") continues
to separate the instant ticket from conventional forms of printing. The Company
is generally recognized within the lottery industry as the leader in applying
these technologies to the manufacturing and sale of instant tickets. In order
to maintain its position as a leading innovator within the lottery industry,
the Company intends to continue to explore and develop new technologies and
their application to instant lottery tickets and systems.
In addition to the internal development of new products, the Company
intends to leverage its management expertise, reputation, and contacts in the
lottery industry by pursuing joint ventures and considering acquisitions which
will provide access to lottery related products and services that the Company
does not currently provide. In January 1997, the Company signed a letter of
intent to purchase Tele Control, an Austria based company providing on-line
lottery and transaction processing to the European market. The Company is
presently evaluating various opportunities to enter other areas of the lottery
business by either utilizing its in-house expertise or by acquisition of, or
combining with, another entity engaged in such areas, or some combination of
the foregoing.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
In 1974, the Company introduced the first "secure" instant game ticket.
Today, instant tickets manufactured by the Company are typically printed on
recyclable ticket stock by a series of computer controlled presses and ink-jet
imagers and are believed by management to incorporate the most advanced
technology and security currently available in the industry. Tickets range in
size from 1.5 inches by 3 inches to ticket sizes as large as some greeting
cards; tickets are normally played by removing a coating to determine if they
are winning tickets. The Company markets tickets to domestic lottery
jurisdictions, foreign lottery jurisdictions and commercial customers. The
Company has contracts with 24 of the 39 states/jurisdictions in the U.S. which
currently sell instant lottery tickets. These domestic contracts are typically
at a fixed price per thousand tickets and typically range from one to three
years in duration, although they usually have one or more extension options.
Customers of Scientific Games have exercised extension options in domestic
lottery contracts with the Company a majority of the time. In 1996, the Company
sold approximately 7.2 billion tickets. Such instant ticket sales included more
than 50% of all instant lottery tickets sold by all companies to domestic
lotteries and approximately twice as many instant tickets as were sold by the
Company's next largest domestic competitor.
The Company currently manufactures tickets for the promotional game
market. Examples of promotional games produced by the Company include games for
European newspapers, major food and beverage companies and games for various
other commercial customers. In the past, Scientific Games was not in a position
to penetrate this market fully because of, among other factors, very short lead
times and plant capacity constraints. The Company believes its installation in
1995, in the Georgia Facility, of an additional press better suited to shorter
press runs than its two existing gravure presses provides it with the capacity
and flexibility necessary to better compete in this
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market. The Company's promotional game operations also have expanded as a result
of its acquisition of SGIL in October 1996 whose sales are approximately 50% to
promotional game customers.
Scientific Games pioneered the idea of cooperative services as a means of
reducing the operating costs of lotteries while increasing lottery revenues and
is the only instant ticket manufacturer which has a separate lottery ticket
cooperative support services business to supplement its manufacturing
operations. Cooperative services consist of lottery ticket distribution and
support services involving the performing of selected key sales, distribution,
marketing and/or data processing services for lottery jurisdictions. While most
lottery jurisdictions to date have chosen to control the distribution and sales
of tickets, Scientific Games has been successful in demonstrating to a number of
jurisdictions that the Company can perform these functions effectively and at a
lower cost.
Domestically, the Company has cooperative services agreements with the
states of Georgia, Maine, Nebraska, and West Virginia and is currently
finalizing contracts with the states of Florida and Pennsylvania. Under
cooperative services contracts, the Company typically provides selected
management, distribution services and/or data processing for the jurisdiction's
instant lottery game business and is paid a percentage of the lottery's total
instant ticket revenues. Customers select those services which they desire to
privatize from a menu of services offered, including: designing and installing
game management software, ticket production, telemarketing, field sales,
accounting, ticket distribution, sales staff training, estimating ticket needs,
managing staff, advising with respect to security, ticket validation, and
provision of computer hardware, validation terminals, SciSan Technology
validation units, maintenance, communication network and sales agent hot-line
service. Cooperative services contracts can be associated with large conversion
costs for the lottery, as the lottery would have to hire and/or retrain its
staff and redesign and install a software system to control the instant ticket
lottery business.
In addition to laminated scratch off instant tickets, the Company's
business also includes the manufacture and sale of pull-tab tickets, a business
the Company entered through the June 1994 acquisition of the assets of GameTec,
a pull-tab manufacturer located in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The Company
currently sells pull-tab tickets to five lotteries in the U.S. and to
distributors who sell them to charities.
In January 1997, the Company announced that it had signed a letter of
intent to purchase Tele Control, a subsidiary of Autotote Corporation. Tele
Control is an on-line lottery and transaction processing company in Vienna,
Austria currently serving the European market. Scientific Games' predecessor
company developed and operated on-line systems from 1985 until 1991. During
that period, Scientific Games supplied and operated systems in Iowa, Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont and West Virginia.
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Since its inception, Scientific Games has provided many of the innovations
in instant ticket technology, in both manufacturing and game development, which
subsequently became the industry standard. Past examples of new products
developed by Scientific Games include the ink-jet printed instant ticket,
cooperative services (lottery privatization), bar coding on the front and back
of tickets (which facilitates validation), the IL/MVS instant ticket accounting
management and ticket validation software technology and Terra 2000(R) tickets.
The Terra 2000(R) ticket is a recyclable and biodegradable paper ticket which
meets the rigorous security standards demanded by the lottery industry. The
Company's latest innovation is SciScan Technology(R), a keyless validation
system for retailers which significantly reduces the time requirements of ticket
validation while at the same time improving security of the game. This
technology will also open other opportunities for advanced ticket play-styles
and may also have applications in other industries where currency, check,
credit and debit card and bearer documents verification is required.
Certain technology associated with these innovations is the subject of
issued patents and patent applications currently pending with the United States
Patent Office and selected other countries outside the United States. The
Company also holds a number of other patents and licenses with respect to
certain technology used in its business. The loss of any such patent or
license, however, would not in the opinion of management have a material
adverse effect on the Company's overall business. Scientific Games is
continually looking for ways to apply its expertise in specialty printing
technologies and security/randomization techniques to develop commercially
viable products for both the lottery industry as well as for other commercial
applications.
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CUSTOMER SERVICE
The Company has an active professional Customer Service Department which
works closely with its account managers, the lotteries, and Scientific Games'
Graphics and Game Programming Departments in the area of initial game design.
Artwork concepts, game play style and prize structure are assembled, proposed,
and refined. Important manufacturing information is also assembled and
documented in the "working papers" by the Company's customer service
representatives. This information, when approved by the lottery, becomes the
technical manufacturing specifications for specific ticket orders.
MARKETING
Scientific Games has been instrumental in the development of marketing
strategies for instant games for domestic and foreign lotteries, including some
of the most successful lotteries in North America. The Company's involvement
includes all phases of instant game marketing support including: marketing
strategies, prize structures, game rules, delivery schedules, play styles,
telemarketing, ticket ordering and billing, field sales support, research, game
design, working papers, retailer manuals, instant game concepts, ticket
quantities, delivery and promotions. Scientific Games or its predecessor has
prepared market research analyses of gaming tendencies in most new state
lotteries since 1982, and the company can provide customers with a bank of
lottery-specific consumer and market research data derived from these years of
analyses.
Instant tickets are believed to have the broadest consumer appeal of any
lottery product. Consumers are generally split equally between men and women,
are distributed evenly between ages 25 and 65, and cover a broad range of
socioeconomic groupings. This broad-based market is significantly affected by
appropriate advertising and promotion. The most successful lotteries have found
that instant lottery products are largely an impulse item which must be
marketed like other consumer products.
Sales of instant lottery tickets are based on, among other factors, the
quality of the lottery product, prize structure design and the existence of
efficient retail distribution systems which allow maximum convenience to
consumers. Scientific Games, with its large game library and extensive research
into product design and consumer purchasing habits, has been an industry leader
in producing new products, distribution methodologies and consumer promotions
to enhance sales.
SECURITY
Scientific Games recognizes that security and integrity are the foundation
of successful lottery organizations. As the incidence and severity of publicly
reported cases of physical and computer crime continue, major lotteries
periodically reassess key security questions concerning the vulnerability of
lottery games. Attempts to penetrate security measures may come from various
combinations of customers, retailers, vendors, lottery officials and others.
Because the integrity of a lottery is believed essential to its successful
operation, both the vendor and lottery must guard their systems against
unauthorized actions. The Company is unaware of any practical, economically
feasible way to breach the security of its instant lottery tickets which could
result in a material loss to any of its customers, nor is it aware of any
breach thereof which has resulted in any material loss to any of its lottery
customers.
Scientific Games constantly assesses the adequacy of its security systems,
incorporating various improvements, bar coding and additional layers of
protection. There must be well-planned security measures in place at every
stage of the lottery operation. Scientific Games has pioneered and effected
security safeguards in areas of ticket specifications, production, packaging,
delivery, distribution and accounting. Also, computer function safeguards,
including secure ticket data, control number encryption, winner file data, and
ticket stock control have been incorporated in the Company's data processing
and the computer operations phase.
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Using a series of computer-controlled presses and ink-jet imagers,
management believes Scientific Games' tickets incorporate the most advanced
technology and security methodology available in the industry. Its facilities
are designed for efficient, secure production of instant game tickets and
support ink-jet image tape generation, printing, packaging and storage.
The Company's dedicated computer-controlled printing process is
specifically designed for producing instant lottery game tickets for
governmentally sanctioned lotteries and high volume commercial games. The
process
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is not a business forms press or a direct mail press temporarily diverted to
lottery work. The Company's specialized equipment contributes to the underlying
superior manufacturing and product quality. Instant ticket games are delivered
finished and ready for distribution by the lottery, or by Scientific Games in
the jurisdictions which are part of a cooperative services contract with
Scientific Games.
Paper and ink are the principal raw materials consumed in the Company's
manufacturing operations. The Company has a variety of sources for both paper
and ink and should, therefore, not be dependent on any particular supplier.
PERSONNEL
As of December 31, 1996, the Company had approximately 1,022 full-time
employees. None of Scientific Games' employees are represented by a labor union
and the Company believes that its employee relations are good. At the
California Facility (See "Properties"), ticket packaging is performed by a
MBE/W (minority business enterprise/woman) owned subcontractor, the employees
of which are unionized. Scientific Games is, at present, the subcontractor's
only customer. Tele Control's employees are represented by Worker's Councils as
is typical in many European companies.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the executive
officers of the Company as of March 1, 1997:
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William G. Malloy... 50 Director, Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
William F. Behm..... 51 Director and Executive Vice President
Thomas F. Little.... 52 Senior Vice President-International
Cliff O. Bickell.... 54 Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
C. Gray Bethea, Jr.. 52 Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
David A. Bausch..... 62 Vice President
James R. Culver..... 64 Vice President-Marketing and Sales
John J. Kriz........ 55 Vice President-Manufacturing
Terry D. Mangold.... 56 Vice President-Instant Game Services
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WILLIAM G. MALLOY transferred from the corporate staff of Bally
Manufacturing Company to the Company in 1987 and became President and Chief
Executive Officer in 1990. Mr. Malloy was elected a Director and Chairman of
the Board in October 1991 when Centre Partners L.P. and certain executive
officers of the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of the
instant lottery ticket sales business, the instant ticket cooperative sales
business and the video lottery business of the predecessor to the Company in a
leveraged buy-out transaction ("Acquisition"). Prior to becoming the Company's
President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Malloy served as Vice President,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Malloy has over twenty years of
experience in the coin-operated amusement and gaming industry.
WILLIAM F. BEHM joined the Company in 1978 and was promoted to Executive
Vice President in 1988 and was elected a Director in 1992. Mr. Behm has overall
management responsibility for Scientific Games' research and business
development projects. In addition, he is also responsible for the Company's
product security. Prior to joining Scientific Games, Mr. Behm was an aerospace
engineer with McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Mr. Behm was instrumental in the
development of the Company's former on-line lottery system, the invention of
instant lottery bar codes, and the development of the Company's new
environmental instant ticket. He is co-named as the inventor of several issued
patents and pending applications and is a regular speaker at trade shows and
conferences on the subject of technology in the lottery industry.
THOMAS F. LITTLE joined the Company in 1975 and was promoted to Senior
Vice President-International in 1991. Mr. Little has overall management
responsibility for Scientific Games' international marketing and sales efforts.
He is also responsible for the Company's marketing and sales efforts in the
commercial game industry. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Little was Manager
of Data Processing for First National Bank of Atlanta. Mr. Little's experience
includes the introduction of the first video lottery test in Illinois, the
development of the Company's former on-line lottery system and extensive
contacts with the international lottery industry.
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CLIFF O. BICKELL joined the Company as Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer in January of 1995. Mr. Bickell has overall management
responsibility for Scientific Games' corporate financial, accounting, and
administrative affairs, including the Company's human resource function. Prior
to joining Scientific Games, Mr. Bickell was Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of Paragon Trade Brands, a multi-national consumer
products manufacturer where he had similar financial responsibilities. In
addition, Mr. Bickell has held the positions as Senior Vice President,
Corporate Administration - Chief Financial Officer of the W. A. Krueger Co., a
commercial printing company, and Treasurer of Dataproducts Corporation, a
multinational electronics manufacturer.
C. GRAY BETHEA, JR. joined the Company in 1985 as Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel. Mr. Bethea has overall management responsibility
for Scientific Games' legal compliance, statutory interpretation, corporate
matters, governmental affairs, and contract preparation. Throughout his
corporate and private practice of law, Mr. Bethea has had extensive experience
in corporate and contract law. Prior to joining Scientific Games, Mr. Bethea
was a partner with the firm of Smith, Gambrell & Russell in Atlanta, Georgia.
DAVID A. BAUSCH joined the Company in 1988 and has served as Vice
President since that time. Mr. Bausch has overall management responsibility for
Scientific Games' efforts in software systems development, video lottery
operations, and cooperative services operations. Prior to joining Scientific
Games, Mr. Bausch served as Deputy Director of the Illinois Lottery where he
implemented both its instant and on-line games. He was more recently the
Assistant Secretary of the Florida Lottery where he was responsible for that
lottery's overall start-up and ongoing operations.
JAMES R. CULVER joined the Company in 1984 as an Account Executive and was
promoted to Vice President-Marketing and Sales in 1990. Mr. Culver has overall
management responsibility for Scientific Games' North American marketing and
sales efforts. In addition, he is the Company's Public Relations Officer. Prior
to joining Scientific Games, Mr. Culver was with the Michigan Lottery for over
eight years where he served as Marketing Director and later Acting Director.
Mr. Culver has over twenty years of lottery experience specializing in all
phases of marketing including, advertising, promotions, sales training and
motivation. He is the developer of several industry standards including the
Scientific Games Key Account Program which is currently used by several
lotteries as a model of key account and chain store sales management. Mr.
Culver also has twelve years of television experience both as a producer and
performer and regularly speaks at lottery trade shows and conferences.
JOHN J. KRIZ joined the Company in 1990 as Vice President-Manufacturing.
Mr. Kriz has overall management responsibility for Scientific Games' instant
ticket printing operations. Prior to joining Scientific Games, Mr. Kriz spent
twenty-six years with Ringier American (formerly W. A. Krueger Co.) in various
executive, operational and technical positions. As Vice President for
Manufacturing Services, Mr. Kriz directed all manufacturing activities for
three divisions for this major publication, commercial and book printer. His
experience includes the design, construction and implementation of printing
operations.
TERRY D. MANGOLD joined the Company in 1975 and was promoted to Vice
President-Instant Games Services in 1987. Mr. Mangold has overall management
responsibility for Scientific Games' instant ticket game programming
operations, i.e., the generation of games with the proper distribution of
winning and non-winning tickets. Prior to joining Scientific Games, Mr. Mangold
was responsible for computerized systems at First National Bank of Atlanta.
THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION OF ASPECTS OF THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS ALSO
CONSTITUTES A CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE "SAFE HARBOR" PROVISIONS
OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995.
The Company wishes to caution readers that the following important
factors, among others, in some cases have affected, and in the future could
affect, the Company's actual results and could cause the Company's actual
quarterly and annual consolidated results for 1997, and beyond, to differ
materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or
on behalf of, the Company:
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GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
Lotteries are not permitted in the various states/jurisdictions of the
United States unless expressly authorized by law. The ongoing operations of
authorized lotteries in the United States typically are extensively regulated.
Applicable legislation varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but, in
addition to authorizing the lottery and creating the applicable regulatory
authority, the lottery statues generally dictate certain broad parameters of
lottery operation, including the percentage of lottery revenues which must be
paid out in prizes. Lottery authorities typically exercise significant control
as to the selection of vendors (such as the Company) and award of lottery
contracts, ticket prices, types of games played and marketing strategy, all of
which can affect the Company's operating results.
Prior to and after granting a lottery contract, governmental authorities
generally conduct an investigation of the Company and its employees and such
authorities may require removal of an employee deemed to be unsuitable. The
Company has not been disqualified from a lottery contract as a result of any
such investigation. Certain states also require extensive personal and
financial disclosure (including, among other things, submission of
fingerprints, personal financial statements and federal and state income tax
returns) and background checks of control persons and entities beneficially
owning a specified percentage (typically 5% or more) of the Company's
securities. The failure of such beneficial owners to submit to such background
checks and provide such disclosure could jeopardize the award of a lottery
contract to the Company or provide the basis for cancellation of existing
lottery contracts.
Scientific Games generally retains governmental affair representatives is
various states of the United States to advise legislators and the public
concerning its views on lottery legislation, to monitor any such legislation
and to advise the Company on contract proposals to lottery authorities.
Scientific Games also makes campaign contributions to various state political
parties and political candidates. The Company believes it has complied with
applicable laws and regulations concerning campaign contributions and lobbying
disclosures.
The award of lottery contracts and ongoing operations of lotteries in
international jurisdictions also are extensively regulated, although this
regulation usually varies from that prevailing in the United States.
Restrictions are frequently imposed on foreign corporations seeking to do
business in such jurisdictions and, as a consequence, the Company has, in a
number of instances, allied itself with a local company when seeking foreign
lottery contracts. Laws and regulations applicable to lotteries in the United
States and foreign jurisdictions are subject to change and the effect of such
changes on the Company's ongoing and potential operations cannot be predicted
with certainty.
LOTTERY CONTRACTS: PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS
Lotteries in the United States typically select an instant ticket supplier
by issuing a Request for Proposals ("RFP") which outlines contractual
obligations as well as products and services to be delivered. An evaluation
committee frequently comprised of key lottery staff evaluates responses based
on various criteria. These criteria usually include quality of product,
security plan and features, experience in the industry, quality of personnel
and services to be delivered and price. The Company believes that the quality
of its personnel, technical expertise and manufacturing efficiency give it many
advantages relative to the competition when responding to state lottery RFPs.
However, many lotteries still award the contract to the vendor with the lowest
price. Contract awards by lottery authorities in the United States are
sometimes challenged by unsuccessful competitors which can result in costly
legal proceedings for all concerned.
The Company's domestic lottery contracts typically contain provisions for
payment of liquidated damages for late delivery of tickets or delivery of
defective tickets, which in the aggregate could result in several million
dollars or more per day in penalties to the Company. Although the incurrence of
liquidated damages with respect to on-line lotteries may not be uncommon, the
Company believes it is uncommon for instant lotteries. Scientific Games has not
paid any material liquidated damages under an instant lottery contract,
although it has on occasion negotiated customer allowances which management
does not consider material.
Substantially all of the Company's revenues are derived from its lottery
and service contracts. The Company's domestic lottery contracts typically have
an initial term of from one to three years and usually provide the customer
with options to extend the contract one or more times under the same terms and
conditions for additional periods generally ranging from one to three years.
The Company's international lottery contracts are less likely to have firm
contract periods and, historically, international lottery ticket customers have
sought competitive bids for such contracts more frequently. Lottery contracts
to which the Company is party typically contain exacting implementation
schedules and performance requirements. Failure to meet these schedules and
requirements can result in substantial monetary liquidated damages, as well as
possible contract termination.
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NOTE: THE MATERIAL HEREIN MARKED BY BRACKETS AND AN ASTERISK HAS BEEN DEEMED
CONFIDENTIAL BY SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP. AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
The Company maintains a bonding program for its bid bonds, litigation
bonds and performance bonds through various insurance companies. As of December
31, 1996, $47.3 million was outstanding in aggregate face amount of surety
bonds issued. One or more of these bonds is generally required by a lottery
customer in order to participate in a lottery procurement or to enter into a
contract with the lottery following successful bid. Failure to provide such
bonds would materially and adversely affect the Company's ability to do
business. The Company's bonding program is backed by a blanket indemnity.
Lottery contracts of the Company periodically expire and/or reach optional
extension dates. Upon the expiration of a contract (including any extensions
thereof), lottery authorities may award new contracts through a competitive
procurement process. There can be no assurance that the Company's contracts
will be extended or that the Company will be awarded new contracts as a result
of competitive procurement processes in the future. The Company's lottery
contracts typically permit a lottery authority to terminate the contract at any
time for failure to perform and other specified reasons, and many of such
contracts permit the lottery authority to terminate the contract at will
without penalty. Depending upon, among other factors, the amount of new revenue
derived by the Company thereunder, the termination, expiration or failure to
renew one or more instant lottery contracts could have a material adverse
effect on the Company's business or prospects.
MARKETS
With 38 states and the District of Columbia currently operating lotteries
in the United States, the Company's growth in the domestic market depends
primarily on expanded activities of existing lotteries as well as winning new
contract awards, re-bids and contract extensions. Contrasted with the domestic
market, the international market is far from mature, with various countries
viewing lotteries as a source of revenue for a variety of governmental
programs.
In 1996, only one state [*] accounted for more than 10% of the revenues
of the Company. The Company has two domestic contracts which are scheduled to
expire in 1997. Management believes new contracts for those states will be
awarded through a competitive procurement process in which the Company will
participate. The Company's management estimates that these two states had
aggregate ticket sales equaling approximately 5% of the Company's ticket
shipments in 1996 and that these two states represented approximately 2.7% of
the domestic lottery retail sales of all instant tickets in 1996. In contrast,
management believes that lottery contracts with seven states currently serviced
by its competitors also will expire or extensions will not be granted in 1997
and expects that new contracts for such states will be awarded through the
competitive procurement process in which the Company also expects to
participate. The Company's management estimates that these seven states
aggregate ticket sales equaling approximately 26% of all domestic lottery
instant ticket retail sales in 1996. The Company estimates that the retail
sales value of its domestic customer base was in excess of 50% of total
domestic instant ticket retail sales in 1996.
COMPETITION
The instant lottery business is highly competitive, and the Company
business faces competition from a number of domestic and foreign instant and
pull-tab manufacturers and other competitors.
In particular, Scientific Games currently has two primary domestic instant
lottery ticket competitors: Dittler Brothers, Inc. ("Dittler") and Pollard
Banknote Limited ("Pollard"), which purchased a competitor, Webcraft Games,
Inc. in December 1996. In addition, several Canadian owned companies provide
limited competition for instant tickets in the United States. The Company
estimates that the retail sales value of its domestic customer base was in
excess of 50% of total domestic instant ticket retail sales in 1996 -
approximately twice as many as its next largest competitor. Except as permitted
by the applicable provisions of the North American Free Trade Act with respect
to Canada and Mexico, it is currently illegal to import lottery tickets into the
United States from a foreign country. The Company's business could be adversely
affected should additional foreign competitors be allowed to operate in the U.S.
market.
Internationally, there are many instant lottery ticket vendors which
provide competition to the Company, including, among others, BABN Technologies
(a subsidiary of Group Francois-Charles Oberthur), Pollard Banknote Limited,
government owned printers in Scandinavia, GPS Honsel, Ciccone Y Limos, Dittler,
Creative Games International Inc., and various other vendors.
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Both in the domestic market and internationally, factors which influence
the award of lottery contracts in addition to price, are believed to include,
among others, the ability to optimize lottery revenues through game design and
technical capability, quality of the product, dependability, production
capacity, marketing experience, financial condition and reputation of the
bidder, the security and integrity of the bidder's production operations,
products and services and the satisfaction of various other requirements and
qualifications imposed by specific jurisdictions.
Scientific Games' position as a leading worldwide producer of instant
lottery tickets and its reputation as a developer of state-of-the-art
technology and marketing concepts, as well as its experience in the industry,
are believed to enhance significantly the Company's competitive position. The
large capital investment necessary to purchase, customize and install an
instant ticket printing operation, the high level of security required in the
lottery industry and the fact that all states in the U.S. which have lotteries
have typically required potential suppliers to have prior lottery experience
are all factors which tend to limit the number of firms which are willing to,
or are in the position to, enter the instant lottery ticket production
business. The Company's business could be adversely affected should its
competitor's research and development activities result in reduced
technological differentiation between the products of the Company and its
competitors. Similarly, in the event technological developments materially
reduce the capital investment required to finance secure lottery ticket
printing operations, the Company's business could be adversely affected by
increased competition. Management does not anticipate any material reduction in
the level of capital financing required for entry into the lottery ticket
product business in the foreseeable future.
In the cooperative services business, the Company believes it has no
current competitor in the U.S. market which both produces instant lottery
tickets and offers a full range of cooperative services to state lotteries.
Competitors have typically either manufactured only instant tickets or provided
only certain services which comprise cooperative services, such as software for
the management systems, marketing assistance or other specific duties. However,
an on-line vendor in cooperation with an instant ticket supplier may be
considered a competitor or potential competitor in cooperative services. In
addition, an on-line vendor not in cooperation with an instant ticket supplier
may nonetheless provide various cooperative services, including data processing
services. Scientific Games has two primary domestic and international
competitors in this regard: GTech Corporation and Video Lottery Technologies,
Inc.
The Company's pull-tab ticket business is subject to competition from a
number of competitors. Pull-tab tickets are primarily marketed to the charity
industry. Although the Company is not a significant supplier of pull-tab
tickets, it currently has 5 contracts with state lotteries for pull-tab tickets
and, the Company believes it is desirable to offer pull-tab tickets to its
lottery customers to maintain a full range of products and services.
POTENTIAL FLUCTUATIONS IN OPERATING RESULTS
The Company's operating results may vary significantly from period to
period. Revenues and capital expenditures may be difficult to forecast because
the Company's sales cycle may vary and depend upon facts such as the size and
timing of awarded contracts, changes in customer budgets, delays in customer
orders, changes in lottery marketing strategies and ticket ordering patterns
and general economic conditions. Contracts with governmental entities operating
newly authorized instant lotteries tend to generate higher levels of ticket
sales in the initial months.
Operating results also may be affected by the working capital requirements
associated with preparing facilities and equipment, establishing the
distribution system and printing tickets for a recently awarded contract,
and by the amount of time elapsing before the receipt and/or recognition of
revenues from the sale of instant lottery tickets and the provision of
cooperative services. In addition, operating results may be affected by
utilization of overtime labor and the Company's ability to smoothly generate
new and/or upgraded production equipment with its existing production
operations. Revenues from the sale of tickets, cooperative services, software
and hardware development may be recognized based upon ticket shipment, a
percentage of the lottery's sales to the public, a contracted price or any
combination of the foregoing. Accordingly, quarter to quarter fluctuations in
revenues may be expected.
Additionally, circumstances encountered in international markets,
including the substantial amount of time involved in bidding on any
international contract, the evaluation of such bid and the resultant contract
award or rejection can vary significantly from that originally anticipated when
the bid is prepared. All of these factors may make it difficult to forecast
revenues and expenditures related to the Company's operations over extended
periods and may result in fluctuations in the Company's quarterly financial
results.
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RELIANCE ON SENIOR MANAGEMENT
The Company believes it has benefited and continues to benefit
substantially from the skills, experience and efforts of its senior management
(See "Executive Officers'). The loss of the services of members of the
Company's senior management could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business and prospects.
ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS AND INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS
Additional or related factors which could affect the Company's actual
results and could cause the Company's actual consolidated results for the first
quarter of 1997, and beyond, to differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statement made by, or on behalf of, the Company include:
Continued or increased pressure to change the selling prices for the
Company's products, and the resulting effects on margins, the Company's actions
in connection with continued and increasing competition in many product areas,
including, but not limited to, price competition and fluctuating demand for
certain lottery tickets products by one or more lottery customers;
Difficulties or delays in the development, production, testing and
marketing of products, including, but not limited to, a failure to ship new
products utilizing SciScan Technology and/or other technologies when
anticipated, the failure of customers to accept these products or technologies
when planned, any defects in products and a failure of manufacturing economies
to develop when planned;
Occurrences affecting the Company's ability to reduce product and other
costs, and to increase productivity;
Inability to offset pricing competition with production efficiencies and
economies of sales; underutilization of the Company's plants and factories
resulting in production inefficiencies and higher costs; start-up expenses and
inefficiencies and delays and increased depreciation costs in connection with
the start of production in new plants and expansions;
The amount, and rate of growth in, the Company's selling, general and
administrative expenses, and the impact of unusual items resulting from the
Company's ongoing evaluation of its business strategies, asset valuations and
organizational structures;
The compromise or breach or perceived compromise or breach of the
Company's production security and integrity or the security and integrity of
its products or services;
Difficulties in obtaining raw materials, supplies, power and natural
resources and any other items needed for production of lottery tickets and
other products;
The acquisition of fixed assets and other assets, including inventories
and receivables, and the making or incurring of any expenditures and expenses,
including, but not limited to, depreciation and research and development
expenses, any revaluation of assets or related expenses and the amount of, and
any changes to, tax rates;
The effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies, laws
and regulations, other activities of governments, agencies and similar
organizations, and social and economic conditions, such as trade restrictions
or prohibitions, inflation and monetary fluctuations, import and other changes
or taxes, the ability or inability of the Company to obtain, or hedge against,
foreign currency, foreign exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates, loss
of international contracts or lower international revenue resulting from
increased expenses associated with overseas operations, the impact of foreign
labor laws and disputes, adverse effects arising out of political unrest,
terrorist activity, nationalizations and unstable governments and legal
systems, and intergovernmental disputes, as well as actions affecting
frequency, use and availability of lottery products and licensing of lotteries
for business;
The costs and other effects of legal or administrative cases and
proceedings (whether civil, such as environmental and product-related, or
criminal), settlements and investigations, claims, and changes in those items;
developments or assertions by or against the Company relating to intellectual
property rights and intellectual property licenses; adoptions of new, or
changes in, accounting policies and practices and the application of such
policies and practices;
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The effects of changes within the Company's organization or in
compensation and benefit plans; any activities of parties with which the
Company has an agreement or understanding, including any issues affecting any
investment or joint venture in which the Company has an interest; the amount,
type and cost of the financing which the Company has, and any changes to that
financing; and
The ability to integrate acquisitions into the Company's existing
operations and unexpected difficulties or problems with such acquired entities
including inadequate production equipment, inadequate production capacity or
quality, outdated or incompatible technologies or an inability to realize
anticipated synergies and efficiencies, whether within anticipated time frames
or at all.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The Company currently has four instant ticket manufacturing sites: a
71,000 square foot leased facility in Gilroy, California (the "California
Facility"), a 185,000 square foot owned headquarters and manufacturing facility
in Alpharetta, Georgia (the "Georgia Facility"), a 112,000 square foot leased
facility in Leeds, United Kingdom (the "Leeds Facility"), and a 30,000 square
foot leased facility in Bradford, United Kingdom (the "Bradford Facility").
Sales support, research, product development and graphics are located in the
Company's corporate headquarters at the Georgia Facility. The four
manufacturing facilities have a combined maximum production capacity of
approximately 14 billion "standard sized" (2 by 4 inch) tickets per year.
However, at maximum production capacity, the Company incurs substantial
overtime expense and can encounter reduced efficiencies. The California
Facility consists of office and production space equipped with a modern gravure
press with multiple ink-jet imagers. The California Facility lease expires
April 30, 2005. Currently, annual rents for the California Facility are
approximately $680,000. Approximately 2,200 square feet of the California
Facility are subleased to the Company's exclusive packaging subcontractor. In
addition, the Company separately leases in California an approximately 14,000
square foot ink production facility under a lease expiring April 30, 1999 with
annual rents of approximately $90,000. The Leeds Facility consists of office
and production space equipped with five sheet-fed offset presses. The
administrative and game development departments for both the Leeds and
Bradford Facilities are in this location. The Leeds Facility subleases offices
to a firm which provides the graphics for all games produced at the Leeds and
Bradford Facilities. The Leeds Facility lease expires October 31, 2001 with
annual rents of approximately $368,000. The Bradford Facility includes office
and production space and is equipped with three separate printing processes:
offset, inkjet and rotary screen. The Bradford Facility lease expires June 30,
2016 with annual rents of approximately $212,000. Should it chose to do so, the
Company does not anticipate any material difficulty in re-leasing any of its
leased facilities.
Scientific Games' headquarters and printing facility in Georgia began
operation in February 1992. The Georgia Facility operates two presses,
including a modern 15 station gravure press. The Company invested approximately
$20 million to initially build and equip the Georgia Facility. Included in
such amount was approximately $9.4 million to purchase and install printing
equipment and approximately $10.6 million to purchase the land and construct
the building.
The Georgia Facility's gravure press is equipped with a state-of-the-art
register control system, designed to reduce overall waste while achieving high
quality. The press has four reversible stations providing color flexibility
including potential four-color back printing in selected situations and is
designed to accommodate alternative printing technology on a station-by-station
basis. The press is designed to dry both water-based and solvent-based inks at
full press speed. Currently, the use of water-based inks is increasing as the
printing industry moves to reduce its output of volatile organic compounds
(VOC's) created as the result of drying solvent based inks.
In 1994-95, after an analysis of projected future manufacturing
requirements, the Company installed new imagers, data stations and related
equipment incorporating significantly advanced technology for its existing
presses in its California and Georgia facilities at a total cost of
approximately $5 million. Such imagers materially increased the efficiency and
flexibility (and thus capacity) of the Company's existing presses.
In 1995, the Company also installed an additional custom-designed printing
press, including new imagers, data stations and related equipment, in its
Georgia Facility. The total cost of the equipment and building expansion was
approximately $15.5 million. The new press is designed to employ both offset
and flexographic printing technologies and allows Scientific Games to more
economically produce smaller print runs than the existing two gravure presses,
by, among other things, reducing press set-up costs versus the existing two
gravure presses. The
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savings in operation of the third press are attributable to, among other
factors, the flexographic and offset technologies which use photopolymer and
aluminum plates rather than the engraved chrome plated cylinders used in the
gravure process.
In October 1996, the Company purchased SGIL which has presses at the Leeds
and Bradford Facilities. The Leeds Facility has five sheet-fed offset presses
as well as imaging and silk screen equipment. The Bradford Facility utilizes
three separate printing processes, which are an offset, inkjet and rotary
screen.
The Company also has a pull-tab ticket manufacturing facility in Albert
Lea, Minnesota which it acquired in June 1994. The pull-tab facility is 20,000
square feet and is leased from the city of Albert Lea, Minnesota. GameTec is a
sheet feed printing operation with two presses and the related collating,
gluing, and packaging equipment. The pull-tab facility has the capacity to
print approximately 1 billion tickets annually. Currently, annual rents for
the GameTec facility are approximately $65,000. In addition, GameTec has a
product distribution center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The facility is
14,000 square feet and is leased. Certain pull-tab tickets, primarily those
purchased by charitable organizations, are distributed from this location. The
annual rents for this facility are approximately $50,000.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company's SGI subsidiary owns a minority interest in Wintech de
Colombia S.A. ("Wintech"), which has operated the Colombian national lottery
under contract with Empresa Colombian de Recuros para la Salud, S.A.
("Ecosalud"), an agency of the Colombian government. The contract projected
that certain levels of lottery ticket sales would be attained, and provided a
penalty against Wintech, SGI and the other shareholders of up to $5,000,000 if
such levels were not achieved. In addition, with respect to the further
guarantee of performance under the contract with Ecosalud, SGI delivered to
Ecosalud a $4,000,000 bond issued by a Colombian surety. Wintech started the
instant lottery in Colombia but, due to difficulties beyond its control, the
projected sales level was not met for the year ending 1993. On July 1, 1993,
Ecosalud adopted resolutions declaring, among other things, that the contract
was in default and asserted various claims for compensation and penalties
against Wintech, SGI and shareholders of Wintech. As the Company has previously
disclosed in its filings with the Commission, litigation is pending in Colombia
concerning various claims among Ecosalud, Wintech and the Company relating to
the termination of the contracts with Ecosalud (the "Colombian Litigation").
Ecosalud's claims in the Colombian Litigation are for, among other things,
realization on the full amount of the penalty plus interest and costs of the
bond.
SGI has consulted with Colombian counsel and been advised that SGI has
various legal defenses to Ecosalud's claims. SGI also has certain cross
indemnities and undertakings from the two other private shareholders of Wintech
for their respective shares of any liability to Ecosalud. That obligation is
secured in part by a $1,500,000 confirmed letter of credit in favor of SGI. The
Colombian surety which issued a $4,000,000 bond to Ecosalud under the contract
has reportedly paid $2,400,000 to Ecosalud under the bond, and made demand upon
SGI for that amount under the indemnity agreement entered into by the surety and
SGI. SGI declined to make or authorize any such payment and notified the surety
that any payment in response to Ecosalud's demand on the bond is at the surety's
risk. No suit by the Colombian surety has been filed to date. No assurance can
be given that the other shareholders of Wintech will, or have sufficient assets
to, honor their indemnity undertakings to SGI when the claims by Ecosalud
against SGI and Wintech are resolved in the even such claims result in any
liability.
In June 1996, Ecosalud filed a complaint against the Company in the Unites
States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division
(the "Georgia Litigation"). Total damages claimed in the original Complaint
were "not less than $84,423,267." The Complaint also sought reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs allegedly pursuant to the contract. In response to
the complaint, SGI filed a motion to dismiss the action on multiple grounds,
including the mandatory arbitration clause contained within the contract.
Ecosalud then filed an "Amended Complaint" in which it withdrew its claim for
in excess of $84,000,000 and, instead, is seeking $5,000,000 under an
"Executive Title," a purported joint and several guarantee by the Company,
Wintech and other shareholders in Wintech that projected levels of lottery
sales would be attained. In addition, Ecosalud also seeks attorneys' fees and
interest on the claim. SGI has filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint
on the ground, inter alia, that litigation involving the same subject matter is
pending in Colombia, the dispute is subject to an arbitration clause and
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forum non conveniens. On March 17, 1997 the United States District Court entered
an order dismissing the complaint in the Georgia Litigation based upon, among
other things, Ecosalud's failure to state a claim upon which relief could be
granted. Judgment was entered in favor of SGI on March 19, 1997. Ecosalud has
thirty days from such date to file an appeal.
SGI intends to vigorously defend the Colombian Litigation and any further
proceedings in the Georgia Litigation and has been advised by counsel that the
Company has numerous defenses on the merits, as well as procedural defenses to
the litigation. Although it is not possible to determine the outcome of the
litigation, either in Georgia or Colombia, or the other related surety and
indemnity claims, management believes based upon, among other things, the
advice of counsel, that adequate provision has been made for such claims and
the disposition thereof should not materially adversely affect the Company's
consolidated financial condition or consolidated results of operations.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matter was submitted to a vote of security holders at any time during
the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 1996.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information presented under the caption "Corporate Information" on
page 33 of the Company's 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders is incorporated
herein by reference.
ITEM 6 SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The information presented under the caption "Five-Year Selected Financial
Data" on page 14 of the Company's 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders is
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7 MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
The information presented under the caption "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" on pages 15 through
18 of the Company's 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders is incorporated herein
by reference.
ITEM 8 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The information presented under the caption's "Consolidated Statements of
Income", "Consolidated Balance Sheets", "Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows", "Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity", and "Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements", on pages 19 - 30 of the Company's 1996
Annual Report to Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9 CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Not Applicable
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PART III
ITEM 10 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
This information required by Item 10 is incorporated by reference from the
information in Registrant's proxy statement (filed or to be filed pursuant to
Regulation 14A) for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 16, 1997,
except as to biographical information on Executive Officers which is contained
in Item 1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
ITEM 11 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by Item 11 is incorporated by reference from the
information in Registrant's proxy statement (filed or to be filed pursuant to
Regulation 14A) for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 16, 1997.
ITEM 12 SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The information required by Item 12 is incorporated by reference from the
information in Registrant's proxy statement (filed or to be filed pursuant to
Regulation 14A) for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 16, 1997.
ITEM 13 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The information required by Item 13 is incorporated by reference from the
information in Registrant's proxy statement (filed or to be filed pursuant to
Regulation 14A) for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 16, 1997.
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PART IV
ITEM 14 EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a)(1) Consolidated Financial Statements
The following financial statements and notes thereto of Scientific Games
Holdings Corp. are incorporated in Item 8 by reference from the Company's 1996
Annual Report to Shareholders:
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Consolidated Statements of Income, Years ended
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 19
Consolidated Balance Sheets-- December 31, 1996 and 1995 20
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -- Years ended
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 21
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity, Years
ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 22
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements --
December 31, 1996 23-30
Report of Independent Auditors 31
(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules
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The following reports and consolidated financial statement schedules of
Scientific Games Holdings Corp. and subsidiaries are filed herewith:
Schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting
regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the
related instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.
(a)(3) Reports on Form 8-K
Form 8-K/A-1 was filed October 15, 1996 relating to the acquisition of
Opax International Limited, a United Kingdom company, renamed Scientific Games
International Limited.
Form 8-K/A-2 was filed December 18, 1996 in order to disclose the required
financial statements related to the acquisition of Opax International Limited,
renamed Scientific Games International Limited.
(a)(4) Listing of Exhibits
The exhibits listed below are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this annual report on Form 10-K.
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3. 1 -- First Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Scientific Games Holdings Corp. with
certificate of Retirement (5)
3.2 -- Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of Scientific
Games Holdings Corp. (4)
10.1 -- New York State Lottery Distribution Services Agreement
by and between The State of New York, the New York
State Division of the Lottery and Scientific Games,
Inc. (1)
10.2 -- Agreement by and between the Massachusetts State
Lottery Commission and Scientific Games, Inc. dated
December 18, 1987 and extensions thereto (1)
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10.6 -- Employment Agreement ("Malloy Employment Agreement")
dated as of October 1, 1991 between Scientific Games
operating Corp. (now known as Scientific Games Inc.)
and William G. Malloy (1)
10.7 -- Employment Agreement ("Behm Employment Agreement")
dated as of October 1, 1991 between Scientific Games
Operating Corp. (now known as Scientific Games Inc.)
and William F. Behm (1)
10.8 -- Employment Agreement ("Little Employment Agreement")
dated as of October 1, 1991 between Scientific Games
Operating Corp. (now known as Scientific Games Inc.)
and Thomas F. Little (1)
10.10 -- Form of Promissory Note evidencing loans to Management
Stockholders (1)
10.11 -- Form of Pledge Agreement dated as of October 1, 1991
between Management Stockholders and Scientific Games
Operating Corp. (now known as Scientific Games Inc.)
(1)
10.14 -- License Agreement dated as of October 1, 1991 between
Bally Manufacturing Corporation and Scientific Games
Operating Corp. (now known as Scientific Games Inc.)
(1)
10.15 -- Non-Competition Agreement dated as of October 1, 1991
between Bally Manufacturing Corporation and Scientific
Games Operating Corp. (now known as Scientific Games
Inc.) (1)
10.16 -- Second Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated as
of October 1, 1991 between Bally Manufacturing
Corporation and Scientific Games Operating Corp. (now
known as Scientific Games Inc.) (re: Earnout) (1)
10.17 -- Stockholders' Agreement dated as of July 1, 1993, as
amended (1)
10.18 -- Amended First 1991 Management Stock Option Plan (1)
10.19 -- Amended Second 1991 Management Stock Option Plan (1)
10.20 -- 1993 Management Stock Option Plan (1)
10.21 -- Industrial Real Estate Lease dated December 4, 1984
between Arroyo One as Landlord and Scientific Games
Inc. as Tenant (Gilroy Lease), as amended (1)
10.22 -- Lease dated April 27, 1987 between Kishimura Bros. and
Scientific Games of California, Inc. (Scientific Games
of California, Inc. assigned its leasehold interest to
Scientific Games Operating Corp., now known as
Scientific Games, Inc.), as amended (1)
10.23 -- Form of Amendment to Malloy Employment Agreement (1)
10.24 -- Form of Amendment to Behm Employment Agreement (1)
10.25 -- Form of Amendment to Little Employment Agreement (1)
10.26 -- Instant Ticket and Associated Products and Services
Agreement dated May 4, 1993 by and between Georgia
Lottery Corporation and Scientific Games, Inc. (4)
10.27 -- Loan Agreement for Loans From First Union National
Bank of Georgia to Scientific Games Holdings Corp. and
Scientific Games, Inc., dated October 6, 1993 (2)
10.28 -- Contract #1092RR dated November 18, 1993 between
Scientific Games, Inc. and Hamilton-Stevens Group,
Inc. (new press) (3) (4)
10.29 -- Purchase Agreement dated as of December 22, 1993
between Scientific Games, inc. and Scitex Digital
Printing, Inc. (Alpharetta imagers) (4)
10.30 -- Purchase Agreement dated as of January 4, 1994 between
Scientific Games, Inc. and Scitex Digital Printing,
Inc. (Gilroy imager) (4)
10.31 -- Form of revised Severance Benefits Agreement (4)
10.32 -- Amendment to Amended First 1991 Management Stock
Option Plan (4)
10.33 -- Amendment to Amended Second 1991 Management Stock
Option Plan (4)
10.34 -- Amendment to 1993 Management Stock Option Plan (4)
10.35 -- First Amended and Restated 1993 Directors' Stock
Option Plan (4)
10.36 -- Contract dated August 1, 1994 between Scientific Games
Inc. and M.G. Patton Construction Company for building
expansion (6)
10.37 -- 1994 Management Stock Option Plan (6)
10.38 -- 1995/1996 Management Stock Option Plan (6)
10.39 -- Key Employee Restricted Stock Option Plan (6)
10.40 -- Severance Benefits Agreement dated as of May 5, 1995,
between Scientific Games Holdings Corp. and Cliff O.
Bickell (7)
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10.41 -- 1995/1996 Management Stock Option Plan (6)
10.42 -- Key Employee Restructed Stock Plan (6)
10.43 -- Form of Key Employee Restricted Stock Plan Restricted
Stock Award Agreement (7)
10.44 -- Loan Agreement for Line of Credit From First Union
National Bank of Georgia to Scientific Games Holdings
Corp. and Scientific Games Inc. Date Closed: August 16,
1995 (8)
10.45 -- Instant Lottery Tickets Scientific Games Inc. and
Camelot Group plc, dated June 15, Supply Agreement
between 1995. (3)(8) Thomas De La Rue Limited,
10.46 -- Credit Agreement for Line of Scientific Games Holdings
Corp. and Scientific Games Inc. Credit From First Union
National Bank of Georgia to Dated: December 20, 1996
11.0 -- Statement re: computation of per share earnings (loss)
13.1 -- 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders pages 14, 15-30 and
33 only
21.0 -- List of Subsidiaries of Registrant
23.0 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
27.0 -- Financial Data Schedule (for SEC use only).
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(1) Previously filed with Registration Statement No. 33-65582, filed on
July 2, 1993 or as subsequently amended on July 28, 1993, August 9,
1993 or August 20, 1993.
(2) Previously filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the Quarter Ended September 30, 1993.
(3) Portions of Exhibits 10.28 and 10.43 deemed confidential by the
Company have been omitted, were filed separately with the Commission
and confidential treatment has been granted for portions of these
exhibits.
(4) Previously filed with the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-75168, filed on February 11, 1994 or as subsequently amended on
March 4, 1994.
(5) Previously filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1993.
(6) Previously filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1994.
(7) Previously filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 1995.
(8) Previously filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended September 30, 1995.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K: none.
(c) Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements.
(i) Employment Agreement ("Malloy Employment
Agreement") dated as of October 1, 1991 between Scientific
Games Operating Corp. (now known as Scientific Games Inc.)
and William G. Malloy, Exhibit 10.6 (1)
(ii) Employment Agreement ("Behm Employment
Agreement") dated as of October 1, 1991 between Scientific
Games Operating Corp. (now known as Scientific Games Inc.)
and William F. Behm, Exhibit 10.7 (1)
(iii) Employment Agreement ("Little Employment
Agreement") dated as of October 1, 1991 between Scientific
Games Operating Corp. (now known as Scientific Games Inc.)
and Thomas F. Little, Exhibit 10.8 (1)
(iv) Amended First 1991 Management Stock Option
Plan, Exhibit 10.18 (1)
(v) Amended Second 1991 Management Stock Option
Plan, Exhibit 10.19 (1)
(vi) 1993 Management Stock Option Plan, Exhibit 10.20 (1)
(vii) Form of Amendment to Malloy Employment Agreement, Exhibit
10.23 (1)
(viii) Form of Amendment to Behm Employment Agreement, Exhibit
10.24 (1)
(ix) Form of Amendment to Little Employment Agreement, Exhibit
10.25 (1)
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(x) Form of revised Severance Benefits Agreement,
Exhibit 10.31 (2)
(xi) Amendment to Amended First 1991 Management
Stock Option Plan, Exhibit 10.32 (2)
(xii) Amendment to Amended Second 1991 Management Stock Option
Plan, Exhibit 10.33 (2)
(xiii) Amendment to 1993 Management Stock Option Plan, Exhibit
10.34 (2)
(xiv) 1994 Management Stock Option Plan, Exhibit 10.37 (3)
(xv) 1995/1996 Management Stock Option Plan, Exhibit 10.38 (3)
(xvi) Severance Benefits Agreement dated as of May 5, 1995,
between
Scientific Games Holdings Corp and Cliff O. Bickell,
Exhibit 10.40 (4)
(xvii) Key Employee Restricted Stock Plan, Exhibit 10.42 (3)
(xviii) Form of Key Employee Restricted Stock Plan Restricted Stock
Award Agreement, Exhibit 10.43 (4)
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(1) Previously filed with Registration Statement No. 33-65582,
filed on July 2, 1993 or as subsequently amended on July 28,
1993, August 9, 1993 or August 20, 1993.
(2) Previously filed with Registration Statement No. 33-75168,
filed on February 11, 1994 or as subsequently amended on
March 4, 1994.
(3) Previously filed December 31, 1994. with the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
(4) Previously filed June 30, 1995. with the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
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SIGNATURE PAGE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant, Scientific Games Holdings Corp. has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Alpharetta, and State of Georgia on this 31st
day of March, 1997.
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
By: /s/ William G. Malloy
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William G. Malloy, Chairman
of the Board, President, and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, this report
has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant,
Scientific Games Holdings Corp. in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ William G. Malloy Chairman of the Board, President, March 31, 1997
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William G. Malloy and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Cliff O. Bickell Chief Financial Officer, March 31, 1997
- --------------------- Vice President and Treasurer
Cliff O. Bickell (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Paul F. Balser Director March 31, 1997
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Paul F. Balser
/s/ William F. Behm Director March 31, 1997
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William F. Behm
/s/ Mark E. Jennings Director March 31, 1997
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Mark E. Jennings
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/s/ Frank S. Jones Director March 31, 1997
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Frank S. Jones
/s/ Edith K. Manns Director March 31, 1997
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Edith K. Manns
/s/ Dennis L. Whipple Director March 31, 1997
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Dennis L. Whipple
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EXHIBIT 10.46
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 20, 1996
BY AND AMONG
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
AND
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
AS CO-BORROWERS,
THE LENDERS REFERRED TO HEREIN,
AND
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.2 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1.3 Accounting Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1.4 Other Definitions and Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1.5 Exhibits and Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ARTICLE II CREDIT FACILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 2.1 Revolver Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 2.2 Procedure for Advances of Revolver Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 2.3 Swingline Loan Subfacility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 2.4 Repayment of Revolver Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 2.5 Termination of Revolver Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 2.6 Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 2.7 Co-Borrower and Guarantor Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 2.8 Subordination of Subrogation and Contribution Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 2.9 Foreign Subsidiary Guaranties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ARTICLE III GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 3.1 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 3.2 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 3.3 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 3.4 Manner of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 3.5 Crediting of Payments and Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 3.6 Nature of Obligations of Lenders Regarding Loans; Assumption by
Administrative Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 3.7 Changed Circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 3.8 Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 3.9 Capital Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 3.10 Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ARTICLE IV CLOSING: CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 4.1 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 4.2 Conditions to Closing and Initial Loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 4.3 Conditions to All Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CO-BORROWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 5.1 Representations and Warranties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 5.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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ARTICLE VI FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND NOTICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 6.1 Financial Statements and Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 6.2 Officer's Compliance Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 6.3 Other Certificates and Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 6.4 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 6.5 Accuracy of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 7.1 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 7.2 Maintenance of Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 7.3 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 7.4 Accounting Methods and Financial Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 7.5 Payment and Performance of Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 7.6 Compliance With Laws and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 7.7 Environmental Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 7.8 Compliance with ERISA and the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 7.9 Compliance With Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 7.10 Conduct of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 7.11 Visits and Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 7.12 Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 7.13 Further Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ARTICLE VIII FINANCIAL COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 8.1 Leverage Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 8.2 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ARTICLE IX NEGATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.1 Limitations on Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.2 Limitations on Contingent Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.3 Limitations on Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.4 Limitations on Loans, Advances, Investments and Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.5 Limitations on Mergers and Liquidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 9.6 Limitations on Sale of Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 9.7 Transactions with Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 9.8 Certain Accounting Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 9.9 Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 9.10 Restrictive Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ARTICLE X DEFAULT AND REMEDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 10.1 Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 10.2 Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 10.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 10.4 Set-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 10.5 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 10.6 Consents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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ARTICLE XI THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 11.1 Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 11.2 Nature of Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 11.3 Exculpatory Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 11.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 11.5 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 11.6 Notice of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 11.7 Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 11.8 The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 11.9 Successor Administrative Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 12.1 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 12.2 Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 12.3 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 12.4 Consent to Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 12.5 Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 12.6 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 12.7 Reversal of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 12.8 Injunctive Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 12.9 Successors and Assigns; Participations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 12.10 Amendments, Waivers and Consents: Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 12.11 Performance of Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 12.12 Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 12.13 All Powers Coupled with Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 12.14 Survival of Indemnities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 12.15 Titles and Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 12.16 Severability of Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 12.17 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 12.18 Term of Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Exhibit A-1 - Form of Revolver Note
Exhibit A-2 - Form of Swingline Note
Exhibit B - Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit C - Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit D - Form of Officer's Certificate
Exhibit E - Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit F - Form of Negative Pledge Agreement
Exhibit G - Form of Intercompany Subordination Agreement
Exhibit H - Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit I - Form of Foreign Subsidiary Note
Exhibit J - Form of Limited Foreign Guaranty
Exhibit K - Form of Note Pledge Agreement
Exhibit L - Form of Guaranty
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Schedule 1.1 - Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 5.1(a) - Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification to Do
Business as Foreign Corporation
Schedule 5.1(b) - Subsidiaries and Capitalization
Schedule 5.1(d) - Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowings
with Laws
Schedule 5.1(g) - Environmental Matters
Schedule 5.1(h) - ERISA Plans
Schedule 5.1(1) - Material Contracts
Schedule 5.1(m) - Labor and Collective Bargaining Agreements
Schedule 5.1(o) - Liabilities Not Reflected in Financial Statements
Schedule 5.1(q) - Real Property
Schedule 5.1(s) - Debt and Contingent Obligations
Schedule 5.1(t) - Litigation
Schedule 9.1 - Existing Debt
Schedule 9.3 - Existing Liens
Schedule 9.4 - Existing Loans, Advances and Investments
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of the 20th day of December, 1996, by and
among SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP., a corporation organized under the laws
of Delaware ("Holdings"), SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC. (the "Company"), a
corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and a wholly-owned Subsidiary
of Holdings (Holdings and the Company together are the "Co-Borrowers"), the
financial institutions which may become party hereto (the "Lenders"), and FIRST
UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, a national banking association ("Administrative
Agent"), as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Co-Borrowers have requested that Administrative Agent and the
Lenders provide the credit facilities hereunder. The parties have agreed that
the credit facilities are to be governed by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
covenants and provisions herein contained and for TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Co-Borrowers, the Lenders and Administrative Agent
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined above and
the terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms when used in this
Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them below:
"Accounts Designation Letter" means the letter executed by each of the
Co-Borrowers, delivered on the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter,
designating the accounts of the Co-Borrowers to which proceeds of Revolver
Loans are to be disbursed and authorizing the Administrative Agent to disburse
such proceeds to such accounts.
"Administrative Agent" means Administrative Agent in its capacity as
administrative agent hereunder, and any successor thereto appointed pursuant to
Section 11.9.
"Administrative Agent's Office" means the office of the Administrative
Agent specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
12.1.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (other
than a Subsidiary of such Person) which directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control
with, such Person. The term "control" means (i) the power to vote ten percent
(10%) or more of the securities or other equity interests of a Person having
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ordinary voting power, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of any
other power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
"Aggregate Commitment" means the aggregate amount of the Lenders'
Commitments hereunder, as such amount may be reduced at any time or from time
to time pursuant to this Agreement. On the Closing Date, the Aggregate
Commitment shall be Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000).
"Aggregate Revolver Loan Commitment" means the aggregate amount of the
Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders in effect from time to time
hereunder.
"Agreement" means this Credit Agreement, as amended or supplemented
from time to time.
"Alternative Currency" shall mean French francs, British pounds
sterling, and German marks.
"Applicable Law" means all applicable provisions of constitutions,
laws, statutes, treaties, rules, regulations and orders of all Governmental
Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
"Applicable Margin" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.1(a) and may be a negative number.
"Assigned Dollar Value" shall mean, in respect of any Foreign Currency
Loan, the Dollar Equivalent thereof determined based upon the applicable Spot
Exchange Rate as of the Denomination Date for such Loan.
"Assigned Dollar Value Excess" shall mean the Dollar amount by which,
at the end of any Interest Period for a Foreign Currency Loan, the Assigned
Dollar Value of all outstanding Foreign Currency Loans, but calculated for all
Foreign Currency Loans as of three Business Days before the end of such
Interest Period, rather than as of their respective Denomination Dates,
exceeds the Foreign Currency Sublimit.
"Assignment and Acceptance" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 12.9(a).
"Bankruptcy Code" means the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C.
Section 101 et seq., as amended.
"Base Rate" means, at any time, the higher of (a) the Prime Rate or
(b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%; each change in the Base Rate shall
take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate.
"Base Rate Loan" means any loan under the Revolver bearing interest at
a rate determined with reference to the Base Rate.
"Benefitted Lender" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
10.5.
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"British pounds sterling" or "STG" shall mean lawful money of the
United Kingdom.
"Business Day" means (i) for all purposes other than as set forth in
clause (ii) below, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on
which banks in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia, are open for
the conduct of their commercial banking business, and (b) with respect to all
notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and
interest on, any LIBOR Rate Loan or Foreign Currency Loan, any day that is a
Business Day described in clause (i) and that is also, with respect to LIBOR
Rate Loans, a day for trading by and between banks in dollar deposits in the
London interbank market, and, with respect to Foreign Currency Loans, is not,
with respect to such Loans made in French francs, a banking holiday in Paris,
or, with respect to such Loans made in German marks, a banking holiday in
Berlin..
"Capital Asset" means, with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries,
any asset that would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be classified and
accounted for as a capital asset on a Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries.
"Capital Expenditures" means, with respect to each Co-Borrower and
their Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate cost of all Capital Assets
acquired by the Co-Borrowers and the Subsidiaries during such period,
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Lease" means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any
property that would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be classified and
accounted for as a capital lease on its balance sheet.
"Cash Flow Percentage" means, for any corporation, partnership, or
other entity in which either Co-Borrower has any direct or indirect investment
or other interest, for any period of calculation, the percentage derived by
dividing (A) the product of (i) Consolidated EBITR for such corporation,
partnership, or other entity during the period, multiplied by (ii) the
percentage amount of direct or indirect ownership by either or both
Co-Borrowers of all outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of
the corporation, partnership, or other entity at the end of the period BY (B)
Consolidated EBITR for Holdings and all Subsidiaries during the period.
"Change in Control" means (i) any person or group of persons shall
obtain beneficial ownership or control (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) in one or more series of
transactions of more than fifty percent (50%) of the common stock of either of
the Co-Borrowers, (ii) any person or group of persons shall obtain more than
fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of shareholders of either of the
Co-Borrowers entitled to vote in the election of members of the Board of
Directors, (iii) during any period of twenty-four consecutive months,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of
Directors of Holdings cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of such company, or (iv) there shall have
occurred under any indenture or other instrument evidencing any Debt in excess
of $5 million any "change in control" (as defined in such indenture or other
evidence of Debt) obligating either of the Co-Borrowers or any Subsidiary to
repurchase, redeem or repay all or any part of the Debt or capital stock
provided for therein.
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"Closing Date" means the date of this Agreement.
"Co-Borrowers" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble
hereof.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, each as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Commitment" means the Commitment of a Lender to make Loans hereunder.
"Commitment Percentage" means, with respect to any Lender, the ratio
of (i) the amount of the Commitment of such Lender to (ii) the aggregate
Commitments of all Lenders.
"Consolidated" means, when used with reference to financial statements
or financial statement items of any Person, such statements or items on a
consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation
under GAAP.
"Contribution Agreement" means that certain Contribution Agreement,
dated of even date, and providing for certain contribution and indemnity
claims among the Co-Borrowers and Material Subsidiaries with respect to amounts
paid in connection with the Obligations.
"Contingent Obligation" means, with respect to Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of
any such Person pursuant to which such Person has directly or indirectly
guaranteed any Debt or other monetary obligation of any other Person and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person (i) to purchase or pay
(or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other
obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement
to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement condition or otherwise) or (ii)
entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of
such Debt or other monetary obligation of the payment thereof or to protect
such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided,
that the term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the related obligation (unless the Contingent Obligation
is limited by its terms to a lesser amount, in which case to the extent of such
amount) or, if not so stated or determinable, the reasonably anticipated
liability thereof.
"Credit Facility" means the Revolver Facility.
"Debt" means, with respect to Co-Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, at
any date and without duplication, the sum, calculated in accordance with GAAP,
of (i) all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money
including but not limited to obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or other similar instruments of any such Person, (ii) all obligations to pay
the deferred purchase price of property or services of any such Person, except
trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business not more than ninety
(90) days past due, (iii) the capitalized obligations of any such Person as
lessee under capital leases (excluding tax indemnities and other
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Contingent Obligations), (iv) all Debt of any other Person secured by a Lien
on any asset of any such Person, (v) all obligations, contingent or otherwise,
of any such Person relative to the face amount of letters of credit, whether or
not drawn, exclusive of (A) standby letters of credit (other than letters of
credit securing obligations of a type described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or
(iv)) having a term of one year or less and entered into in the ordinary course
of business to the extent such letters of credit have not been drawn upon and
(B) bid, performance, litigation and similar bonds or guarantees entered into
in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same have not been drawn
upon, or if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed not later
than the 10th Business Day following receipt by Co-Borrowers or a Subsidiary of
a demand for reimbursement on such bonds or guarantees by the surety or other
issuer thereof), (vi) all Contingent Obligations of such Person for the
repayment of money borrowed or the deferred purchase price of property,
including, without limitation, all guaranty, surety, accommodation and like
undertakings with respect to such obligations, (vii) all obligations to redeem,
repurchase, exchange, defease or otherwise make payments in respect of capital
stock or securities of such Person and (vii) all termination payments which
would be due and payable by any such Person pursuant to a hedging agreement.
"Deemed Distribution Event" means the delivery by the Company to the
Administrative Agent of an opinion (reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) from the Company's regular outside counsel or its tax
advisors to the effect that a foreign Material Subsidiary's becoming or
continuing to be liable under the Guaranty could reasonably be expected to
create taxable income for Holdings or any Subsidiary organized in the United
States under Section 956 of the Code.
"Default" means any of the events specified in Section 10.1 which with
the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would
constitute an Event of Default.
"Denomination Date" means, in relation to any Foreign Currency Loan
and as applicable, the date that is three Business Days before the date a
Foreign Currency Loan is to be advanced or its Interest Period is scheduled to
conclude.
"Dollars" or "$" means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in lawful
currency of the United States.
"Dollar Equivalent" shall mean, with respect to an amount of any
Alternative Currency on any date, the amount of Dollars that may be purchased
with such amount of such Alternative Currency at the Spot Exchange Rate with
respect to such Alternative Currency on such date.
"EBITR" means, with respect to any Person, for any period of
calculation and without duplication, (i) Net Income for such period, plus (ii)
Interest Expense paid or accrued but not paid during such period, plus (iii)
income tax expense paid during such period, plus (iv) rental expense (exclusive
of Capital Leases) paid during such period.
"Eligible Assignee" means (i) a commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof and having total assets in
excess of $1,000,000,000, (ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of
any other country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development or any successor thereto (the "OECD") or a political
subdivision of
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any such country and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000, provided
that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United
States, in the country under the laws of which it is organized or in another
country that is also a member of the OECD, (iii) the central bank of any
country that is a member of the OECD, (iv) a finance company, insurance company
or other financial institution or fund that is engaged in making, purchasing or
otherwise investing in loans in the ordinary course of its business and having
total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000, (v) any Affiliate of an existing
Lender or (vi) any other Person approved by the Required Lenders, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
"Employee Benefit Plan" means any employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which (i) is maintained for employees or
former employees of any Co-Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or (ii) has at any
time within the preceding six years been maintained for the employees or former
employees of any Co-Borrower or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.
"Environmental Law" means any and all applicable federal, state,
provincial and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits,
licenses, written approvals and published interpretations, and orders of courts
or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of human health or the
environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or
remediation of Hazardous Materials.
"Equipment" means as to any Person all of such Person's now owned and
hereafter acquired machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, and
other tangible personal property (except Inventory), including, without
limitation, data processing hardware and software, motor vehicles, aircraft,
dies, tools, jigs, and office equipment, as well as all of such types of
property leased by such Person and all of such Person's rights and interest
with respect thereto under such leases (including, without limitation, options
to purchase); together with all present and future additions and accessions
thereto, replacements therefor, component and auxiliary parts and supplies used
or to be used in connection therewith, and all substitutes for any of the
foregoing, and all manuals, drawings, instructions, warranties and rights with
respect thereto; wherever any of the foregoing is located.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and
the rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended or modified from time to
time.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any Person who together with any Co-Borrower
is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m)
or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
"Euro Lending Office" means the office of each Lender that will
advance funds under and receive repayments of each Foreign Currency Loan.
"Event of Default" means any of the events specified in Section 10.1,
provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any
other condition, has been satisfied.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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"Expiration Date" means the third anniversary of the Closing Date,
subject to extension upon the terms and conditions hereinafter provided.
"Extension Fee" means the $64,000 fee payable by the Co-Borrowers, for
the ratable account of the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitment Percentages, on each of the second and third anniversary dates of
the Closing Date if the Co-Borrowers are eligible and elect to extend the
Expiration Date from such anniversary dates.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate
per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard or Daylight Time) for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or if such rate is not so published for any
day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it in good faith as reasonably representative
of such rate.
"Fiscal Year" means each fiscal year of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
ending on December 31.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, for any period of calculation,
EBITR divided by (i) Interest Expense and (ii) rental expense (exclusive of
Capital Leases) paid during such period.
"Floor Rate" means, at any time, the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%
and plus the Applicable Margin then applicable for LIBOR Rate Loans.
"Foreign Currency Loan" means any Loan under the Revolver Facility
that is borrowed in, and to be repaid in, either British pounds sterling or
French francs or German marks.
"Foreign Currency Sublimit" means the Assigned Dollar Value of
$30,000,000.
"Foreign Subsidiary Note" means each and every promissory note made to
the Company or Holdings from a foreign Material Subsidiary executing a Limited
Foreign Guaranty and made to evidence the loans to be made by the Company or
Holdings to the foreign Material Subsidiary from proceeds of the Loans and
other cash sources.
"French francs" or "FRF" shall mean lawful money of the Republic of
France.
"GAAP" means, as of any date of determination, generally accepted
accounting principles, as recognized by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently
applied and maintained on a consistent basis for Holdings and its Subsidiaries
throughout the period indicated and consistent with the prior financial
practice of Holdings and the Subsidiaries. The term "consistently applied" as
used in connection therewith, means that the accounting principles applied as
at a date or for a period specified are consistent in all material respects to
those applied as at prior dates or for prior periods.
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"German marks" or DM means the lawful money of the Federal Republic of
Germany.
"Governmental Approvals" means all authorizations, consents,
approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and
reports to, all Governmental Authorities.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation, province, state or
political subdivision thereof, and any government or any Person exercising
executive, legislative, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through
stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing having
jurisdiction over the Person and the subject matter.
"Guaranty" means that certain Guaranty of even date, executed by each
of the Guarantors and by which each of the Guarantors (other than SGIL, which
shall execute a Limited Foreign Guaranty) shall guarantee the payment of the
full amount of the Obligations substantially in the form of Exhibit L attached
hereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Guarantors" means those Persons who have executed a Guaranty or a
Limited Foreign Guaranty, including, without limitation, all of the Material
Subsidiaries.
"Hazardous Materials" means any substances or materials (i) which are
or become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants,
contaminants or toxic substances under any Environmental Law, (ii) which are
toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic,
mutagenic or similar in kind and harmful to human health or the environment and
are or become regulated by any Governmental Authority, (iii) the presence of
which require investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law, (iv)
the discharge or emission or release of which requires a permit or license
under any Environmental Law or other Governmental Approval, (v) which are
deemed to constitute a nuisance, a trespass or pose a health or safety hazard
to persons or neighboring properties, (vi) which are materials consisting of
underground or aboveground storage tanks, whether empty, filled or partially
filled with any substance, or (vii) which contain, without limitation,
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde foam insulation,
petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste, crude oil,
nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
"IBOR" means, with respect to each Foreign Currency Loan and for each
Interest Period, a rate of interest equal to the prevailing rate of interest at
which deposits in the applicable foreign currency, for a period comparable to
the Interest Period and in an amount comparable to the amount of such Foreign
Currency Loan, are offered, based on relevant information appearing on Telerate
Page 3740 and 3750 (or, if it is unavailable from Telerate for any reason, by
reference to relevant information on the Reuters Screen) as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on the day which is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period.
"IBOR Rate" means (i) IBOR divided by (ii) one (1) less the Reserve
Percentage (such rate to be rounded upward to the next whole multiple of 1/16
of 1%).
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"Intercompany Subordination Agreement" means the Intercompany
Subordination Agreement of even date by and among, certain Subsidiaries of
Co-Borrowers identified therein and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of itself and the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit G attached
hereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Initial Interest Rate Period" means the period during which all Loans
shall be Base Rate Loans, which period shall commence on the Closing Date and
end on the date three (3) Business Days thereafter.
"Interest Expense" means, with respect to Holdings and the
Subsidiaries, for any period of calculation and without duplication, gross
interest expense (including without limitation, interest expense attributable
in accordance with GAAP to Capital Leases and all net obligations pursuant to
hedging agreements), determined for such period in accordance with GAAP.
"Interest Payment Date" means, with respect to Base Rate Loans, the
last Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing with the first calendar
quarter ending after the Closing Date, and with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans or
Foreign Currency Loans, the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto
(unless such Interest Period extends over three (3) months, in which case
"Interest Payment Date" shall also include the last Business Day of the third
month during such Interest Period).
"Interest Period" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.1(b).
"Joinder Agreement" means a Joinder Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit H executed by each Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.12,
as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Lender" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble
hereof, and included each Person executing this Agreement as a Lender set forth
on the signature pages hereto and each Person that hereafter becomes a party to
this Agreement as a Lender pursuant to Section 12.9.
"Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such
Lender maintaining such Lender's applicable Commitment Percentage of the Loans,
but, with respect to each Foreign Currency Loan, shall mean the Euro Lending
Office.
"Leverage Ratio" means at any date the ratio of (i) the Consolidated
Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of such date to (ii) the sum of (A)
the Consolidated Net Worth of Holdings and its Subsidiaries plus (B) the
Consolidated Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, each as of such date.
"LIBOR" means the prevailing rate of interest determined on the basis
of the rate for deposits in dollars for a period equal to the applicable
Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing
on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to
the first day of the applicable Interest Period. In the event that such rate
does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, "LIBOR" shall be the rate per annum at
which deposits in Dollars are offered by leading reference banks in the London
interbank market to the Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m.
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(London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable
Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period and in an amount
substantially equal to the amount of the applicable Loan.
"LIBOR Rate" means (i) LIBOR divided by (ii) one (1) less the Reserve
Percentage (such rate to be rounded upward to the next whole multiple of 1/16
of 1%).
"LIBOR Rate Loan" means any loan under the Revolver bearing interest
at a rate determined with reference to the LIBOR Rate.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset.
For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to
a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a
vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease or other
title retention agreement relating to such asset.
"Limited Foreign Guaranty" means the Limited Foreign Guaranty executed
by any Material Subsidiary (including, without limitation, SGIL) not organized
in the United States of America and for which the Company has established that
there is a Deemed Distribution Event.
"Loan" means any loan or advance made by any Lender pursuant to this
Agreement.
"Loan Documents" means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the
Intercompany Subordination Agreement, any Joinder Agreement, the Guaranty, the
Limited Foreign Guaranty, the Negative Pledge Agreement, the Note Pledge
Agreement, and each other document, instrument and agreement executed and
delivered by either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to and in
connection with this Agreement.
"Loan Year" means the period of twelve (12) consecutive months
commencing on the Closing Date and each succeeding period of twelve (12)
consecutive months commencing on each anniversary of the Closing Date.
"Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries, a material adverse effect on the properties, business,
prospects, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of any such Person
so as to impair the ability of any such Person to perform its obligations under
the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
"Material Contract" means any contract or other agreement, written or
oral, of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries involving monetary liability of
or to any such Person in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 per annum.
"Material Judgment Amount" means $1,000,000.
"Material Subsidiary" means GameTec Inc., SGIL, and any corporation,
partnership or other entity (i) having, at any time, total assets equal to or
greater than ten percent (10%) of the then total
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consolidated assets of Holdings or (ii) having at any fiscal quarter end, a
Cash Flow Percentage, for the period consisting of such quarter and the
immediately preceding three quarters, equal to or greater than ten percent
(10%) or (iii) of which more than eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding
capital stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such
corporation, partnership or other entity is at the time, directly or
indirectly, owned by either of the Co-Borrowers or the management is otherwise
controlled by such person (irrespective of whether, at the time, capital stock
or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of such corporation,
partnership or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of
the happening of any contingency).
"Multiemployer Plan" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Co-Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
has made, or accrued an obligation to make, contributions within the preceding
six years.
"Negative Pledge Agreement" means the agreement executed by each of
the Co-Borrowers and the Material Subsidiaries and prohibiting the sale or
collateral conveyance of the signatories' assets.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, for any period and
without duplication, net income (or loss) for such period determined in
accordance with GAAP; provided, that other than in the calculation called for
by subsection (ii) of the definition of Material Subsidiary, there shall be
excluded from the calculation of such Net Income the income of any Subsidiary
(other than a Material Subsidiary) if and to the extent that a Co-Borrower or
a Material Subsidiary has not received the income in a cash distribution.
"Notes" means the Revolver Notes and the Swingline Note.
"Note Pledge Agreement" means each Note Pledge Agreement taken at the
time of the issuance of a Foreign Subsidiary Note issued by a foreign Material
Subsidiary subject to a Deemed Distribution Event, by which the Company will
grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and to secure
all of the Obligations a first priority pledge and security interest in the
subject Foreign Subsidiary Note issued to the Company.
"Notice of Borrowing" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2.2(a).
"Notice of Conversion/Continuation" shall have the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 3.2.
"Obligations" means, in each case, whether now in existence or
hereafter arising: (i) the principal of and interest on (including interest
accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the Loans,
(ii) all payment and other obligations owing under any hedging agreement and
(iii) all other fees and commissions (including attorney's fees), charges,
indebtedness, loans, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing to
the Lenders or to the Administrative Agent, of every kind, nature and
description, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due,
contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not
evidenced by any note, and whether or not
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for the payment of money in each case under or in respect of this Agreement,
the Note or any of the other Loan Documents.
"Officer's Compliance Certificate" shall have the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 6.2.
"Other Taxes" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.10(b).
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor
agency.
"Pension Plan" means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a
Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code and which (i) is maintained for employees or former
employees of any Co-Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates or (ii) has at any time
within the preceding six years been maintained for the employees or former
employees of any Co-Borrower or any of their current or former ERISA
Affiliates.
"Permissible Restrictive Agreement" means an agreement entered into
by either or both Co-Borrowers or one or more Subsidiary that restricts the
payment of dividends by the Co-Borrower or Subsidiary party to the agreement,
but only restricts such dividend payment to the extent it, when added to all
other dividend payments since the inception of the agreement, would exceed more
than half of the cumulative net income earned by the Co-Borrower or Subsidiary
since the inception of the agreement.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens for taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges or levies (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of
the provisions of ERISA or Environmental Law) not yet due or as to which the
period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or procedures if
adequate reserves are maintained (to the extent required by GAAP), (ii) the
claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, processors or
landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary
course of business, (A) which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty
(30) days or (B) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings or procedures, (iii) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made
in the ordinary course of business in connection with, or to secure payment of,
obligations under workers' compensation, unemployment insurance or similar
legislation or obligations under customer service contracts, (iv) Liens
constituting covenants, conditions, encumbrances in the nature of zoning
restrictions and other Applicable Law restricting the right, use or enjoyment
of real property, easements and rights or restrictions of record on the use of
real property, facilities or Equipment which in the aggregate do not materially
detract from the value of such property, facilities or Equipment or materially
impair the use thereof in the ordinary conduct of business, including, without
limitation: (A) easements, exceptions, reservations, or other agreements for
the purpose of pipelines, conduits, cables, wire communication lines, power
lines and substations, streets, trails, walkways, drainage, irrigation, water,
and sewerage purposes, dikes, canals, ditches, the removal of oil, gas, other
minerals, and other like purposes affecting real property, facilities, or
Equipment which, in the aggregate, do not materially burden or impair the value
or use of such property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be
expected to be held; (B) easements, exceptions, reservations, or other
agreements for the purpose of facilitating the joint or common use of property
in a development or similar real property project affecting real property
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which, in the aggregate, do not materially burden or impair the value or use of
such property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to
be held; and (C) rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority by
Applicable Law to control or regulate, or obligations or duties under
Applicable Law to any Governmental Authority with respect to, the use of any
real property; (v) inchoate Liens incident to construction or maintenance of
real property or Liens incident to construction or maintenance of real property
now or hereafter filed of record for which adequate reserves have been
established (to the extent required by GAAP) and which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings or procedures and have not proceeded to
judgment; (vi) rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority by
Applicable Law to control or regulate or obligations or duties under Applicable
Law to any Governmental Authority with respect to any right, power, franchise,
grant, license, or permit; (vii) statutory Liens or other Liens which arise by
operation of Applicable Law, other than those described in clauses (i) or (ii)
above, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to (A)
obligations which are not delinquent or are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings or procedures, provided that adequate reserves have
been established (to the extent required by GAAP) with respect thereto and, by
reason of nonpayment, no property is subject to a material risk of loss or
forfeiture; or (B) in favor of unpaid sellers of goods or prepaying buyers of
goods, or Liens in items of any accompanying documents or proceeds of either
arising in favor of a collecting bank; (viii) Liens of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; (ix)
Existing Liens described on Schedule 9.3; and (x) Liens on Debt permitted by
Section 9.1.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association,
trust, business trust, limited liability company, joint venture, joint stock
company, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization,
Governmental Authority or any other form of entity or group.
"Prime Rate" means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum
publicly announced from time to time by the Agent as its prime rate. Each
change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on
the day such change in the Prime Rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge
that the rate announced publicly by the Agent as its Prime Rate is an index or
base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its
customers or other banks.
"Projections" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
6.1(c).
"Receivables"means as to any Person any right to payment from or on
behalf of any obligor, whether constituting an account, chattel paper,
instrument, letter of credit, general intangible or otherwise, arising from the
sale or financing by such Person of merchandise or services, and monies due
thereunder, security in the merchandise and services financed thereby, records
related thereto, and the right to payment of any interest or finance charges
and other obligations with respect thereto, proceeds from claims on insurance
policies related thereto, any other proceeds related thereto, and any other
related rights.
"Register" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 12.9(b).
"Required Lenders" means, at any date, any combination of Lenders
holding at least 51% of the combined maximum of the Commitments.
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"Reserve Percentage" means the maximum daily arithmetic reserve
requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or
any successor) under Regulation D on Eurocurrency liabilities (as defined in
Regulation D) for the applicable Interest Period as of the first day of such
Interest Period, but subject to any changes in such reserve requirement
becoming effective during the Interest Period. For purposes of calculating the
Reserve Percentage, the reserve requirement shall be as set forth in Regulation
D without benefit of credit for prorations, exemptions or offsets under
Regulation D, and further without regard to whether or not any Lender elects to
actually fund any Loan or portion thereof with Eurocurrency liabilities. Each
calculation by the Agent of the LIBOR Rate or IBOR shall be entitled to a
presumption of correctness, absent manifest error.
"Responsible Officer" of any Person means the chief executive officer,
president, chief financial officer, general counsel or chief accounting officer
of such Person.
"Revolver Facility" means the revolving credit facility extended to
the Co-Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.1 in the aggregate principal amount not
to exceed at any time EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS ($80,000,000).
"Revolver Facility Termination Date" means the earliest of the dates
referred to in Section 2.5.
"Revolver Loan" means any loan made to the Co-Borrowers pursuant to
Section 2.1, and all such Loans collectively as the context requires.
"Revolver Loan Commitment" means, as to any Lender, the obligation of
such Lender to make Revolver Loans to the Co-Borrowers hereunder in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the amount set
forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 1.1, as the same may be reduced
or modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.4 and 12.9.
"Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage" means, as to any Lender at any
time, the ratio of (i) the amount of the Revolver Loan Commitment of such
Lender to (ii) the Aggregate Revolver Loan Commitments.
"Revolver Notes" means the separate Revolving Credit Notes made by the
Co-Borrowers payable to the order of each Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1 hereto, evidencing the Revolver Facility, and any amendments and
modifications thereto, any substitutes therefor, and any replacements,
restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part; "Revolver
Note" means any of such Notes.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SGIL" means Scientific Games International Limited.
"Solvent" means, with respect to Holdings and each of its
Subsidiaries, that such Person (i) has capital sufficient to carry on its
business and transactions and all business and transactions in which it is
about to engage and is able to pay its debts as they mature, (ii) owns property
having a
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value, both at fair valuation and at present fair saleable value, greater than
the amount required to pay its probable liabilities (including contingencies),
and (iii) does not believe that it will incur debts or liabilities beyond its
ability to pay such debts or liabilities as they mature.
"Spot Exchange Rate" shall mean, on any day, (i) with respect to any
Alternative Currency, the spot rate at which Dollars are offered on such day by
First Union National Bank of North Carolina, in London, for such Alternative
Currency at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte time), and (ii) with respect
to Dollars in relation to any specified Alternative Currency, the spot rate at
which such specified Alternative Currency is offered on such day by First Union
National Bank of North Carolina in London for Dollars at approximately 11:00
a.m. (Charlotte time). For purposes of determining the Spot Exchange Rate in
connection with a Foreign Currency Borrowing, such Spot Exchange Rate shall be
determined as of the Denomination Date for such Borrowing with respect to
transactions in the applicable Alternative Currency that will settle on the
date of such Borrowing.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation, partnership or other entity of
which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other
entity is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by either of the
Co-Borrowers or the management is otherwise controlled by such Person
(irrespective of whether, at the time, capital stock or other ownership
interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership or
other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening
of any contingency).
"Swingline Committed Amount" means $5,000,000.
"Swingline Lender" means First Union National Bank of Georgia, as the
Lender with respect to Swingline Loans.
"Swingline Loans" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2.3.
"Swingline Note" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2.3.
"Taxes" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.10(a).
"Termination Event" means: (i) a "Reportable Event" described in
Section 4043 of ERISA (other than a Reportable Event as to which the provision
of 30 days notice has been waived by the PBGC under applicable regulations or
is not subject to the provision for 30 days notice to the PBGC); (ii) the
withdrawal of any Co-Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during
a plan year in which it was a "substantial employer" as defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (iii) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a
notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan
amendment as a distress termination under Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the
institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with
respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC; (v) any other event or condition
which is reasonably expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer,
any Pension Plan; (vi) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Co-Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; (vii) the imposition of a
Lien pursuant to Section
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412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA; (viii) any event or condition which
results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under
Sections 4241 or 4245 of ERISA; or (ix) any event or condition which results in
the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the
institution by PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under
Section 4042 of ERISA.
"United States" means the United States of America.
SECTION 1.2 General. All terms of an accounting nature not
specifically defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto by GAAP.
Unless otherwise specified, a reference in this Agreement to a particular
section, subsection, Schedule or Exhibit is a reference to that section,
subsection, Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement. Wherever from the context
it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall
include the singular and plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine
or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter. Any
reference herein to "Charlotte time" shall refer to the applicable time of day
in Charlotte, North Carolina.
SECTION 1.3 Accounting Matters. All financial and accounting
calculations, measurements and computations made for any purpose relating to
this Agreement, including without limitation, all computations utilized by
Holdings or any Subsidiary thereof to determine compliance with any covenant
contained herein, shall, except as otherwise expressly contemplated hereby or
unless there is an express written direction by the Administrative Agent to the
contrary agreed to by the Co-Borrowers, be performed in accordance with GAAP.
In the event that changes in GAAP (as in effect on the Closing Date) shall be
mandated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any similar accounting
body of comparable standing or shall be recommended by the Co-Borrowers'
certified public accountants, to the extent that such changes would modify such
accounting terms or the interpretation or computation thereof, such changes
shall be followed in defining such accounting terms only from and after the
date the Co-Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have
entered into an amendment of this Agreement to the extent necessary to reflect
any such changes in the financial covenants and other terms and conditions of
this Agreement and to conform the covenants for evaluating Co-Borrowers
financial condition to substantially the same criteria as were in effect prior
to such change in GAAP.
SECTION 1.4 Other Definitions and Provisions.
(a) Use of Capitalized Terms. Unless otherwise defined therein,
all capitalized terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents and any
certificate, report or other document made or delivered pursuant to this
Agreement.
(b) Miscellaneous. The words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder"
and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
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SECTION 1.5 Exhibits and Schedules. All Exhibits and Schedules to this
Agreement, either as originally existing or as the same may from time to time
be supplemented, modified, or amended are incorporated herein by reference. A
matter disclosed on any Schedule shall be deemed disclosed on all Schedules.
The disclosure of any matter, if such matter constitutes a Default or an Event
of Default, will not cure any such Default or Event of Default.
ARTICLE II
CREDIT FACILITY
SECTION 2.1 Revolver Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, each Lender severally but not jointly agrees to make Revolver
Loans to the Co-Borrowers jointly and severally from time to time from the
Closing Date through the Revolver Facility Termination Date as requested by the
Company, on behalf of Co-Borrowers, in accordance with the terms of Section
2.2; provided that (i) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Revolver Loans (including the Assigned Dollar Value of all Foreign
Currency Loans) plus the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Swingline Loans (after giving effect to any amount requested) shall not exceed
the Aggregate Revolver Loan Commitments, (ii) the principal amount of Revolver
Loans from any single Lender shall not at any time exceed such Lender's
Revolver Loan Commitment, and (iii) in the case of a Revolving Loan to be made
as a Foreign Currency Loan, the Assigned Dollar Value of any requested Foreign
Currency Loan, when added to the Assigned Dollar Value of all other then
outstanding Foreign Currency Loans (with the Denomination Date for each of such
outstanding Foreign Currency Loans for the purposes of this proviso to be the
Denomination Date for each such requested Foreign Currency Loan), shall not
exceed the Foreign Currency Sublimit. Each Revolver Loan by a Lender shall be
in a principal amount equal to such Lender's Revolver Loan Commitment
Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Revolver Loans requested on
such occasion, up to a principal amount at any time outstanding under the
Revolver Facility equal to such Lender s Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage.
If at any time the Lenders shall make Revolver Loans to the Co-Borrowers such
that the aggregate amount of Revolver Loans outstanding hereunder exceeds the
aggregate Revolver Loan Commitments, such Revolver Loans shall nonetheless
constitute Obligations hereunder. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
the Co-Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolver Loans hereunder until
the Revolver Facility Termination Date.
SECTION 2.2 Procedure for Advances of Revolver Loans.
(a) Requests for Borrowing. The Company, on behalf of the
Co-Borrowers, shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written
notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (a "Notice of Borrowing") not
later than 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte time) (i) on the date of borrowing with
respect to each Base Rate Loan (ii) at least three (3) Business Days before
each LIBOR Rate Loan, and (iii) at least four (4) Business Days before each
Foreign Currency Loan, of its intention to borrow, specifying (A) the date of
such borrowing, which shall be a Business Day, (B) the amount of such
borrowing, which shall, with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, be
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in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof, with respect to Foreign Currency Loans, have a
minimum Assigned Dollar Value of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000
of Assigned Dollar Value in excess thereof, and, with respect to Base Rate
Loans, be in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000 and or a whole multiple
of $100,000 in excess thereof, (C) whether the Loans are to be LIBOR Rate
Loans, Base Rate Loans, or Foreign Currency Loans and, if Foreign Currency
Loans, whether the borrowings are to be in British pounds sterling, French
francs, or German marks, and (D) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Foreign
Currency Loan, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto. Notices
received after 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte time) shall be deemed received on the next
Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of
each Notice of Borrowing.
(b) Disbursement of Revolver Loans. Not later than 1:00 p.m.
(Charlotte time) on the proposed borrowing date for any Revolver Loan other
than a Foreign Currency Loan, and 11:00 a.m. in London, Paris, or Berlin for
Foreign Currency Loans to be made in British pounds sterling, French francs, or
German marks, respectively, each Lender will make available to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Co-Borrowers, at the appropriate
Lending Office in Dollars or the applicable Alternative Currency and funds
immediately available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender's Revolver Loan
Commitment Percentage of the Revolver Loans requested. The proceeds of each
borrowing requested pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) shall be disbursed in
immediately available funds by crediting such proceeds to the account of
Co-Borrowers designated in the Accounts Designation Letter. Subject to Section
3.6 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to disburse the
proceeds of any Revolver Loan requested pursuant to this Section 2.2 until each
Lender shall have made available to the Administrative Agent its applicable
Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage of such Revolver Loan; provided, however,
that the failure of a Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent such
Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage shall not affect the obligation of the
Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of any Revolver Loan with respect
to that portion of such loan as to which the Administrative Agent shall have
received the applicable Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage.
SECTION 2.3 Swingline Loan Subfacility.
(a) Swingline Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, Administrative Agent, in its individual capacity as Swingline
Lender, agrees to make certain revolving credit loans requested by the
Co-Borrowers in Dollars to the Co-Borrowers (each a "Swingline Loan" and,
collectively, the "Swingline Loans") from time to time from the Closing Date
until the Revolver Facility Termination Date for the purposes hereinafter set
forth; provided, however, that at any time (i) the aggregate principal amount
of Swingline Loans outstanding shall not exceed the Swingline Committed Amount,
and (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Revolver
Loans (including the Assigned Dollar Value of all Foreign Currency Loans) plus
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans shall not exceed
the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment. Swingline Loans hereunder shall be
made as Base Rate Loans and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the
provisions hereof.
(b) Swingline Loan Advances.
(i) Notices; Disbursement. Whenever the Co-Borrowers desire
a Swingline Loan advance hereunder, the Company, on behalf of the Co-Borrowers,
shall give written notice (or telephone notice promptly confirmed in writing)
to the Swingline Lender not later than 11:00 a.m.
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(Charlotte time) on the Business Day of the requested Swingline Loan advance.
Each such notice shall be irrevocable, shall constitute a reaffirmation of the
accuracy of the representations and warranties as of such date (except where
such representation or warranty is expressly stated as of a specific date) and
of the absence of any Default or Event of Default and shall specify (A) that a
Swingline Loan advance is requested, (B) the date of the requested Swingline
Loan advance (which shall be a Business Day) and (C) the principal amount of
the Swingline Loan advance requested. Each Swingline Loan shall be made as a
Base Rate Loan and shall have such maturity date as may be determined at the
discretion of the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Minimum Amounts. Each Swingline Loan advance shall be
in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 and in integral multiples of $50,000
in excess thereof (or the remaining amount of the Swingline Committed Amount,
if less).
(iii) Repayment of Swingline Loans. The principal amount of
all Swingline Loans shall be due and payable on the earlier of (A) 11:00 a.m.
on the maturity date specified by the Administrative Agent or (B) the Revolver
Facility Termination Date. The Swingline Lender may, at any time, in its sole
discretion, by written notice to the Co-Borrowers and the Lenders not later
than 11:00 a.m. on the date of the repayment, demand repayment of its Swingline
Loans by way of an advance under the Revolver Facility, in which case the
Co-Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested a Revolver Loan comprised solely
of Base Rate Loans in the amount of such Swingline Loans; provided, however,
that any such demand shall be deemed to have been given one Business Day prior
to the Revolver Facility Termination Date and on the date of the occurrence of
any Event of Default described in Section 10.1 and upon acceleration of the
Obligations hereunder and the exercise of remedies in accordance with the
provisions of Section 10.2. Each Lender hereby irrevocably agrees to make its
pro rata share of each such Revolver Loan in the amount, in the manner and on
the date specified in the preceding sentence notwithstanding (I) the amount of
such borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for advances of Revolver
Loans otherwise required hereunder, (II) whether any conditions specified in
Section 4.3 are then satisfied, (III) whether a Default or an Event of Default
then exists, (IV) failure of any such request or deemed request for Revolver
Loan to be made by the time otherwise required hereunder, (V) whether the date
of such borrowing is a date on which Revolver Loans are otherwise permitted to
be made hereunder or (VI) any termination of the Revolver Facility relating
thereto immediately prior to or contemporaneously with such borrowing. In the
event that any Revolver Loan cannot for any reason be made on the date
otherwise required above (including, without limitation, as a result of the
commencement of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any
Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Co-Borrower), then each Lender hereby
agrees that it shall forthwith purchase (as of the date such borrowing would
otherwise have occurred, but adjusted for any payments received from such
Co-Borrower on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the
Swingline Lender such participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans as
shall be necessary to cause each such Lender to share in such Swingline Loans
ratably based upon its Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage of the aggregate
Revolver Loan Commitments (determined before giving effect to any termination
of the Revolver Facility pursuant to Section 2.8), provided that (A) all
interest payable on the Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the
Swingline Lender until the date as of which the respective participation is
purchased and (B) at the time any purchase of participations pursuant to this
sentence is actually made, the purchasing Lender shall be required to pay to
the Swingline
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Lender, to the extent not paid to the Swingline Lender by the Co-Borrowers in
accordance with the terms of subsection (c) hereof, interest on the principal
amount of participation purchased for each day from and including the day upon
which such borrowing would otherwise have occurred to but excluding the date of
payment for such participation, at the rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate.
Without fee or penalty, the Co-Borrowers may at any time and from time to time
repay the Swingline Loan amounts, in whole or in part, upon irrevocable notice
to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. Charlotte time on the
date of payment, specifying the date and amount of repayment.
(c) Interest on Swingline Loans. Subject to the provisions of
Section 3.1, each Swingline Loan shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal
to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(d) Payment of Interest. Interest on Swingline Loans shall be
payable in arrears at the end of each calendar quarter.
(e) Swingline Note. The Swingline Loans shall be evidenced by a duly
executed promissory note (the "Swingline Note") of the Co-Borrowers to the
Swingline Lender in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2.
SECTION 2.4 Repayment of Revolver Loans.
(a) Repayment on Revolver Facility Termination Date. The
Co-Borrowers shall repay the outstanding principal amount of all Revolver Loans
made to such Co-Borrowers in full, together with all accrued but unpaid
interest thereon, on the Revolver Facility Termination Date.
(b) Mandatory Repayment of Excess Loans. If at any time the sum
of the outstanding principal amount of all Revolver Loans (including the
Assigned Dollar Value of all Foreign Currency Loans) plus the outstanding
amount of all Swingline Loans exceeds the Aggregate Commitments, the
Co-Borrowers shall repay such excess, and such payment shall be applied in the
following order: (i) first, to Swingline Loans; (ii) secondly, to Revolver
Loans which are Base Rate Loans; (iii) thirdly, to LIBOR Loans; and (iv)
lastly, to Foreign Currency Loans. Each such repayment shall be accompanied by
accrued interest on the amount repaid and any amount required to be paid
pursuant to Section 3.8 hereof.
(c) Optional Repayments and Commitment Reductions. Without fee or
penalty, the Co-Borrowers may at any time and from time to time repay the
Revolver Loans made thereto, in whole or in part, upon irrevocable notice to
the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte time) on the date
of repayment with respect to Base Rate Loans, at least four (4) Business Days
before with respect to Foreign Currency Loans, and at least three (3) Business
Days before with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, specifying the date and amount of
repayment and whether the repayment is of Base Rate Loans, LIBOR Rate Loans,
or Foreign Currency Loans, or a combination thereof, and, if of a combination
thereof, the amount allocable to each. Upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender. If any such notice is
given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date
set forth in such notice. Partial repayments shall be in an aggregate amount
of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof with respect
to LIBOR Rate Loans, $1,000,000 of Assigned Dollar Value or a whole
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multiple of $1,000,000 of Assigned Dollar Value in excess thereof with respect
to Foreign Currency Loans, and $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof with respect to Base Rate Loans. Each such repayment shall be
accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.8. Upon
the repayment of any Loan, the Co-Borrowers, without fee or penalty, upon
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days
prior to the proposed commitment reduction, may reduce the Revolver Loan
Commitment for more or less than the repaid Loan amount, but with such
commitment reduction to be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(d) Limitation on Repayment of Foreign Currency Loans and LIBOR
Rate Loans. No Co-Borrower may repay any Foreign Currency Loan or LIBOR Rate
Loan hereunder on any day other than on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto unless such repayment is accompanied by any amount required
to be paid pursuant to Section 3.8.
SECTION 2.5 Termination of Revolver Facility. The Lenders' Revolver
Loan Commitments under Sections 2.1 and 2.3 shall terminate on the earlier of
(i) the Expiration Date or (ii) the date of termination by the Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to Section 10.2(a); provided, however,
upon written request by the Co-Borrowers at least sixty days in advance, with
the approval of each of the Lenders given or withheld in their sole discretion,
and on payment of the Extension Fee in each instance, the Co-Borrowers, on and
as of each of the first and second anniversary of the Closing Date, may extend
the Revolver Facility and the Revolver Loan Commitments for a period of one (1)
year following the Expiration Date, with final maturity not to exceed five
years from closing, subject in all respects to prior termination of the
Revolver Facility by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant
to Section 10.2(a).
SECTION 2.6 Use of Proceeds. The Co-Borrowers shall use the proceeds
of the Loans for working capital and general corporate requirements of the
Co-Borrowers, including, without limitation, public stock repurchases.
SECTION 2.7 Co-Borrower and Guarantor Liability. With respect to the
respective liabilities for the Obligations, the Co-Borrowers and Guarantors
have executed with the Administrative Agent that certain Contribution
Agreement, of even date, providing for certain contribution and other rights
among the Co-Borrowers and Guarantors.
SECTION 2.8 Subordination of Subrogation and Contribution Claim.
Each Co-Borrower and Guarantor hereby subordinates, to the collection and
payment in full of the Obligations and to the fullest extent possible, and
irrevocably agrees to delay until full and final payment of the Obligations any
enforcement of, any and all rights, whether at law, in equity, by agreement or
otherwise, to subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement, contribution, or any
other similar claim, cause of action or remedy that otherwise would arise out
of such Co-Borrower's or Guarantor's payment or performance of the Obligations,
including, without limitation, any and all claims under the Contribution
Agreement.
SECTION 2.9 Foreign Subsidiary Guaranties. If at any time and from
time to time the Company shall establish for any foreign Material Subsidiary a
Deemed Distribution Event, the foreign
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Material Subsidiary shall execute a Limited Foreign Guaranty, and, upon such
execution, be relieved of liability under the Guaranty.
ARTICLE III
GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS
SECTION 3.1 Interest.
(a) Interest Rate Options. Loans made on the Closing Date and
during the Initial Interest Period shall be Base Rate Loans and shall bear
interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin (the "Applicable Margin")
as set forth below in this Section 3.1. Thereafter, Foreign Currency Loans
shall bear interest at the IBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin, Base Rate
Loans shall bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of the (i) Floor Rate
or the (ii) Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, Swingline Loans shall bear
interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, and, LIBOR Rate Loans
shall bear interest at the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin. The
Applicable Margin may be a negative number. On behalf of the Co-Borrowers,
the Company shall determine whether a Revolving Loan is to be a Base Rate Loan,
LIBOR Rate Loan, or Foreign Currency Loan and select the Interest Period, if
any, applicable to any Revolving Loan at the time a Notice of Borrowing is
given pursuant to Section 2.2 or at the time a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation is given pursuant to Section 3.2. Any Loan or any
portion thereof as to which the Company has not duly specified an interest rate
as provided herein shall be deemed a Base Rate Loan, and, if it is a LIBOR
Rate Loan or a Foreign Currency Loan for which an Interest Period has ended,
shall, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and shall be continuing, be
deemed renewed as a Base Rate Loan and, in each case, no Event of Default shall
arise as a result thereof.
(b) Interest Periods. In connection with each Foreign Currency
Loan and LIBOR Rate Loan, the Company, on behalf of the Co-Borrowers, by
giving notice at the times described in Section 3.1(a), shall elect an interest
period (each, an "Interest Period") to be applicable to such Loan, which
Interest Period shall be a period of one, two, three, or six months; provided
that:
(i) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of
advance of or conversion to any Foreign Currency Loan or LIBOR Rate
Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each
successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the
next preceding Interest Period expires;
(ii) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a
day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on
the next succeeding Business Day; provided, that, with respect to any
Foreign Currency Loan or LIBOR Rate Loan, if any Interest Period would
otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of
the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month,
such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day;
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(iii) with respect to any Foreign Currency Loan or LIBOR
Rate Loan, any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of
a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period;
(iv) no Interest Period for Revolver Loans shall extend
beyond the Revolver Facility Termination Date;
(v) there shall be no more than five Types of LIBOR Rate
Loans and three Types of Foreign Currency Loans outstanding at any
time; for purposes of this provision, a "Type" of Loan shall refer to
Loans with Interest Periods beginning and ending on the same date;
and
(vi) such right of election is subject to Section
3.1(e)(i).
(c) Applicable Margin. On and after the Closing Date until
adjustments, if any, pursuant to Subsection 3.1(d) below after receipt by the
Administrative Agent of financial statements for Holdings and Subsidiaries for
the quarter ended December 31, 1996, the Applicable Margin (which may be a
negative number) for LIBOR Rate Loans and Foreign Currency Loans will be .375%
and for Base Rate and Swingline Loans be -1.250%, and, thereafter, the
Applicable Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans, LIBOR Rate Loans, Foreign
Currency Loans, and Swingline Loans shall be determined as provided below by
reference to the Leverage Ratio at the end of each fiscal quarter of Holdings
as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Applicable Margin
<S> <C> <C>
Leverage LIBOR Base Rate
Ratio or IBOR Margin
Margin
Less than or equal to 25% 0.375% - 1.250%
Greater than 25%, but less 0.500% - 0.750%
than or equal to 40%
Greater than 40% 0.625% 0.000%
</TABLE>
(d) Adjustments to Applicable Margin. Adjustments, if any, in the
Applicable Margin shall be made by the Administrative Agent ten (10) Business
Days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of quarterly financial
statements for Holdings and its Subsidiaries and the accompanying Officer's
Compliance Certificate setting forth the Leverage Ratio for Holdings and its
Subsidiaries as of the most recent fiscal quarter end. In the event Holdings
fails to deliver such financial statements
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and certificate within the time required by Sections 6.1(a) or (b) and Section
6.2 hereof, the Applicable Margin shall be the highest Applicable Margin set
forth above until five (5) Business Days after the delivery of such financial
statements and certificate.
(e) Default Rate. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, (i) the Co-Borrowers shall no longer have the option
to request LIBOR Rate Loans or Foreign Currency Loans, (ii) at the election of
the Required Lenders, each Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum one
and one-half percent (1.5%) in excess of the highest rate otherwise then
applicable to the Loan and (iii) all Foreign Currency Loans and LIBOR Rate
Loans at the end of their applicable Interest Period shall be converted to Base
Rate Loans. Interest shall continue to accrue on the Notes after the filing by
or against either or both Co-Borrowers of any petition seeking any relief in
bankruptcy or under any act or law pertaining to insolvency or debtor relief,
whether state, federal or foreign.
(f) Interest Payment and Computation. Interest on each Loan
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. Interest on Base
Rate Loans (including Swingline Loans) and Foreign Currency Loans made in
British pounds sterling shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days
(with appropriate adjustments for any Base Rate Loans and Swingline Loans
during a leap year) and assessed for the actual number of days elapsed, and
interest on LIBOR Rate Loans and Foreign Currency Loans made in French francs
or German marks shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and
assessed for the actual number of days elapsed.
(g) Maximum Rate. In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the
aggregate of all amounts deemed interest hereunder or under any of the Notes
charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or pursuant to any
of the Notes exceed the highest rate permissible under any Applicable Law which
a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem
applicable hereto. In the event that such a court determines that the Lenders
have charged or received interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable
rate, the rate in effect hereunder shall automatically be reduced to the
maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law and the Lenders shall at the
Administrative Agent's option promptly refund to the applicable Co-Borrower or
Co-Borrowers any interest received by Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful
rate or shall apply such excess to the principal balance of the Obligations.
It is the intent hereof that the Co-Borrowers not pay or contract to pay, and
that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender receive or contract to
receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of
that which may be paid by the Co-Borrowers under Applicable Law.
SECTION 3.2 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans.
After the Initial Interest Rate Period, provided that no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Co-Borrowers shall have the
option to (i) convert at any time all or any portion of their outstanding Base
Rate Loans in a principal amount equal to $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof into LIBOR Rate Loans, (ii) upon the expiration
of any Interest Period, convert all or any part of their outstanding LIBOR Rate
Loans in a principal amount equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000
in excess thereof into Base Rate Loans, (iii) upon the expiration of its
Interest Period, continue any LIBOR Rate Loan in a principal amount of
$5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof as a LIBOR
Rate Loan, and (iv) upon the
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expiration of its Interest Period, continue any Foreign Currency Loan with an
Assigned Dollar Value of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 of
Assigned Dollar Value in excess thereof as a Foreign Currency Rate Loan in the
same Foreign Currency; provided, that the Co-Borrowers shall not be entitled to
continue, but shall repay, such portion of the Foreign Currency Loan that
equals the Assigned Dollar Value Excess as of the end of the Interest Period.
Whenever the Co-Borrowers desire to convert or continue Loans as provided
above, the Company, on behalf of the Co-Borrowers, shall give the
Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written notice in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit C (a "Notice of Conversion/Continuation") not later than
11:00 a.m. (Charlotte time) three (3) Business Days before the Business Day, in
the case of a conversion to or a continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan, four (4)
Business Days before the Business Day, in the case of a continuation of a
Foreign Currency Loan, and the same Business Day, in the case of a conversion
to a Base Rate Loan, on which a proposed conversion or continuation of such
Loan is to be effective specifying (i) the Loans to be converted or continued
and, with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan to be converted or continued, the last
day of the current Interest Period therefor, (ii) the effective date of such
conversion or continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal
amount of such Loans to be converted or continued and (iv) with respect to a
continuation of Foreign Currency Loan, the Alternative Currency and the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Lenders of such Notice of Conversion/Continuation.
SECTION 3.3 Fees.
(a) Unused Revolver Fee. Commencing on the Closing Date and
continuing through and including the Revolver Facility Termination Date, the
Co-Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Lenders, a non-refundable unused revolver fee at a rate per annum (based on a
360 day year) equal to .125% multiplied by the average daily unused portion of
the aggregate Commitments. The fee shall be payable in arrears on the last
Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing December 31, 1996, and on the
Revolver Facility Termination Date. Such commitment fee shall be distributed
by the Administrative Agent among the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the
Lenders' respective Commitment Percentages.
(b) Agent's Fees. In order to compensate the Administrative Agent
for its obligations hereunder, the Co-Borrowers jointly and severally agree to
pay to the Administrative Agent and First Union Capital Markets Corp., for
their own account, the fees set forth in the Commitment and Term Sheet between
Administrative Agent and the Co-Borrowers, dated September 9, 1996, and the
Fee Letter executed by the Co-Borrowers in connection therewith (collectively,
the "Term Sheet").
(c) Lender's Fees. In order to compensate the Lenders other
than the Administrative Agent for extending their Commitment and closing the
Credit Facility, the Co-Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to each of
the Lenders (other than Administrative Agent) at the Closing Date a closing fee
equal to .125% of the Lender's Commitment.
(d) Fee and Cost Determination Detail. The Administrative Agent,
and any Lender, shall provide reasonable detail to Co-Borrowers regarding the
manner in which the amount of any payment to the Lenders, or that Lender, under
this Agreement has been computed.
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SECTION 3.4 Manner of Payment.
(a) Each payment (including repayments described in Article II) by
any Co-Borrower on account of the principal of or interest on the Loans other
than Foreign Currency Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts payable
to the Lenders under this Agreement or any Note shall be made not later than
1:00 p.m. (Charlotte time) on the date specified for payment under this
Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders to be
distributed pro rata among the Revolver Loans and among such Lenders in
accordance with their respective Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage (except
for payment of Swingline Loans, which are for the account of the Swingline
Lender), at the Administrative Agent's Office, in immediately available funds,
and shall be made without any set-off, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever.
Any payment received after such time but before 2:00 p.m. (Charlotte time) on
such day shall be deemed a payment on such date for the purposes of Section
10.1, but for all other purposes shall be deemed to have been made on the next
succeeding Business Day. Any payment received after 2:00 p.m. (Charlotte time)
shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all
purposes. All Loans other than Foreign Currency Loans shall be repayable in
Dollars, and each Foreign Currency Loan shall be repayable in the Alternative
Currency in which the Loan was made and at the Euro Lending Office of the
Administrative Agent before 11:00 a.m. London time.
(b) Pro Rata Treatment. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent
of each such payment for the account of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent
shall credit each Lender's account with its pro rata share of such payment in
accordance with such Lender's Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage and shall
wire advice of the amount of such credit to each Lender. Each payment to the
Administrative Agent of its fees or on the Swingline Loans shall be made in
like manner, but for the account of the Administrative Agent or the Swingline
Lender, as the case may be. Subject to Section 3.1 (b), if any payment under
this Agreement or any Note shall be specified to be made upon a day which is
not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a
Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in
computing any interest if payable along with such payment.
SECTION 3.5 Crediting of Payments and Proceeds. In the event that
Co-Borrowers shall fail to pay any of the Obligations when due and the
Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 10.2, all payments
received by the Lenders upon the Notes and the other Obligations and all net
proceeds from the enforcement of the Obligations shall be distributed pro rata
among the Revolver Facility and shall be further applied among the
Administrative Agent and such Lenders first, to all Administrative Agent's fees
and expenses then due and payable, then to all other expenses then due and
payable by the Co-Borrowers hereunder, then to all indemnity obligations then
due and payable by the Co-Borrowers hereunder, then to all commitment and other
fees and commissions then due and payable, then to accrued and unpaid interest
on the Notes (pro rata in accordance with all such amounts due), then to the
principal amount of the Notes, in that order.
SECTION 3.6 Nature of Obligations of Lenders Regarding Loans;
Assumption by Administrative Agent. The obligations of the Lenders under this
Agreement to make the Loans are several and are not joint or joint and several.
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the applicable time period specified in Section 2.2 (b) on a proposed
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borrowing date that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative
Agent such Lender's ratable portion of the amount to be borrowed on such date
(which notice shall not release such Lender of its obligations hereunder), the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion
available to the Administrative Agent on the proposed borrowing date in
accordance with Section 2.2 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon
such assumption, make available to the Co-Borrowers on such date a
corresponding amount. If such amount is made available to the Administrative
Agent on a date after such borrowing date, such Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent on demand an amount, until paid, equal to such Lender's
applicable Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage of such borrowing and interest
thereon at a rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Rate
during such period as determined by the Administrative Agent. A certificate of
the Administrative Agent with respect to any amounts owing under this Section
shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such Lender's applicable
Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage of such borrowing is not made available to
the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three (3) Business Days of such
borrowing date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such
amount made available by the Administrative Agent with interest thereon at the
rate per annum then applicable to such Loan hereunder, on demand, from the
applicable Co-Borrower or Co-Borrowers. The failure of any Lender to make its
applicable Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage of any Loan available shall not
relieve it or any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its
applicable Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on such
borrowing date or prejudice any rights of Co-Borrowers against such Lender,
but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make
its applicable Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on
the borrowing date.
SECTION 3.7 Changed Circumstances.
(a) Circumstances Affecting LIBOR Rate or IBOR Rate Availability.
If with respect to any Interest Period the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(after consultation with Administrative Agent) shall determine that by reason
of circumstances affecting the foreign exchange and interbank markets
generally, deposits in Eurodollars in the applicable amounts are not being
offered (through Telerate Page 3750 or otherwise) to the Administrative Agent
or such Lender for such Interest Period, then the Administrative Agent shall
forthwith give notice thereof to the Co-Borrowers. Thereafter, until the
Administrative Agent notifies the Co-Borrowers that such circumstances no
longer exist, the obligation of the Lenders to make Foreign Currency Loans and
Foreign Currency Loans, and the right of the Co-Borrowers to convert any Loan
to or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan or Foreign Currency Loans, shall
be suspended, and the applicable Co-Borrower or Co-Borrowers shall repay in
full (or cause to be repaid in full) the then-outstanding principal amount of
each such LIBOR Rate Loan and Foreign Currency Loan, together with accrued
interest thereon, on the last day of the then current Interest Period
applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan or Foreign Currency Loan or convert the
then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan and Foreign
Currency Loan to a Base Rate Loan, if available, as of the last day of such
Interest Period.
(b) Laws Affecting LIBOR Rate or IBOR Rate Availability. If,
after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable
Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or any
of their
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respective Lending offices) with any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or
comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for any of the Lenders
(or any of their respective Lending Offices) to honor its obligations hereunder
to make or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan or Foreign Currency Loan, such Lender
shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice to the Co-Borrowers and the
other Lenders. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the
Co-Borrowers that such circumstances no longer exist (which notification shall
be given promptly, but in any event within thirty (30) days after the
Administrative Agent obtains actual knowledge that such circumstances no longer
exist), (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans or Foreign
Currency Loans and the right of the Co-Borrowers to convert any Loan or
continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be suspended and thereafter the
Co-Borrowers may select only Base Rate Loans hereunder, and (ii) if any of the
Lenders may not lawfully continue to maintain a Foreign Currency Loan or LIBOR
Rate Loan to the end of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto,
the applicable Loan shall immediately be converted to a Base Rate Loan for the
remainder of such Interest Period, and the applicable Co-Borrower or
Co-Borrowers shall pay any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.8.
(c) Increased Costs. If, after the date hereof, the introduction
of, or any change in, any Applicable Law, or in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or
compliance by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices)
with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of such
Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency:
(i) shall subject any of the Lenders (or any of their
respective Lending Offices) to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to
any LIBOR Rate Loan, Foreign Currency Loan or any Note or shall change the
basis of taxation of payments to any of the Lenders (or any of their respective
Lending Offices) of the principal of or interest on any LIBOR Rate Loan,
Foreign Currency Loan or any Note or any other amounts due under this
Agreement in respect thereof (except for changes in the rate of tax on the
overall net income of any of the Lenders or any of their respective Lending
Offices imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Lender is organized or is or
should be qualified to do business or such Lending Office is located); or
(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve
(including, without limitation, any imposed by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System), special deposit, insurance or capital or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) or
shall impose on any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices)
or the foreign exchange and interbank markets any other condition affecting any
LIBOR Rate Loan, Foreign Currency Loan, or any Note; and the result of any of
the foregoing is to increase the costs to any of the Lenders of maintaining any
LIBOR Rate Loan or Foreign Currency Loan or to reduce the yield or amount of
any sum received or receivable by any of the Lenders under this Agreement or
under the Notes in respect of a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Foreign Currency Loan,
then such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Co-Borrowers of such fact and
demand compensation therefor and, within fifteen (15) days after such notice by
the Administrative Agent,
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the Co-Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Co-Borrowers of any event of
which it has knowledge that will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant
to this Section 3.7(c); provided, that the Administrative Agent shall incur no
liability whatsoever to the Lenders or the Co-Borrowers in the event it fails
to do so. A certificate of the Administrative Agent setting forth the basis
for determining such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate such
Lender or Lenders shall be conclusively presumed to be correct absent manifest
error. If any Lender claims compensation under this Section, a Co-Borrower may
at any time, upon at least four (4) Business Days' prior notice to the
Administrative Agent and such Lender and upon payment through the date of such
payment plus any prepayment fee required or charges imposed under Section 3.8
hereof, pay in full the affected LIBOR Rate Loans and Foreign Currency Rate
Loans of such Lender or request that such LIBOR Rate Loans and Foreign Currency
Rate Loans be converted to Base Rate Loans.
SECTION 3.8 Indemnity. Each Co-Borrower jointly and severally shall
and hereby do indemnify each of the Lenders against any loss or expense
(including without limitation any foreign exchange costs) which may arise or be
attributable to each Lender's obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits or
other funds acquired to effect, fund or maintain the Loans (i) as a consequence
of any failure by the Co-Borrowers to make any payment when due of any amount
due hereunder in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Foreign Currency Loan
IBOR Rate Loan, (ii) due to any failure of the Co-Borrowers to borrow on a date
specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Continuation/Conversion with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan or Foreign Currency
Loan or (iii) due to any payment, prepayment or conversion of any LIBOR Rate
Loan or Foreign Currency Loan on a date other than the last day of the Interest
Period therefor. Each Lender's calculations of any such loss or expense shall
be furnished to the Co-Borrowers and shall be presumed to be correct, absent
manifest error.
SECTION 3.9 Capital Requirements. If either (i) the introduction of,
or any change in, or in the interpretation of, any Applicable Law or (ii)
compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or comparable
agency or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of
law), has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the
capital of, or has affected or would affect the amount of capital required to
be maintained by, any Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a
consequence of, or with reference to the Commitments and other commitments of
this type, below the rate which such Lender or such other corporation could
have achieved but for such introduction, change or compliance, then within five
(5) Business Days after written demand by any such Lender, the Co-Borrowers
shall pay to such Lender from time to time as specified by such Lender
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or other corporation
for such reduction. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the
Co-Borrowers and the Administrative Agent by such Lender, shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be presumed to be correct and binding for all purposes.
SECTION 3.10 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free and Clear. Any and all payments by the
Co-Borrowers hereunder or under the Notes shall be made free and clear of and
without deduction for any and all present or
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future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholding, and all
liabilities with respect thereto excluding, (i) in the case of each Lender and
the Administrative Agent, income and franchise taxes imposed by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Administrative Agent
(as the case may be) is organized or is or should be qualified to do business
or any political subdivision thereof and (ii) in the case of each Lender,
income and franchise taxes imposed by the jurisdiction of such Lender's Lending
Office or any political subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being
hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If any Co-Borrower shall be required by
law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or
under any Note to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, (A) the sum payable
shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section 3.10) such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be)
receives an amount equal to the amount such party would have received had no
such deductions been made, (B) such Co-Borrower shall make such deductions, (C)
such Co-Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing
authority or other authority in accordance with Applicable Law, and (D) such
Co-Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such payment
to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in the manner provided in
Section 3.10(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Taxes" shall not include any
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, fees, charges or withholdings which
are the result of any one or more of the following events: (A) the failure of
the Lenders to properly or timely file any tax return required to be filed by
the Lenders, (B) any transfer of the Lender's Commitment Percentage or the
Notes, or any part thereof, or any participation therein, by the Lenders, or
(C) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Lenders or any Affiliate
thereof or any breach by the Lenders of their obligations hereunder.
(b) Stamp and Other Taxes. In addition, the Co-Borrowers shall
pay any present or future stamp, registration, recordation or documentary taxes
or any other similar fees or charges or excise or property taxes, levies of the
United States or any state or political subdivision thereof or any applicable
foreign jurisdiction which arise from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement, the Loans, the other Loan Documents, or the perfection of any rights
in respect thereto (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes").
(c) Indemnity. The Co-Borrowers jointly and severally shall and
do hereby indemnify each Lender and the Administrative Agent for the full
amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes and
Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section
3.10) paid by such Lender or Agent (as the case may be) and any liability
(including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
asserted. Such indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days from the
date such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes written
demand therefor.
(d) Evidence of Payment. Within thirty (30) days after the date
of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes, the affected Co-Borrower shall furnish
to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 12.1, the
original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof or other
evidence of payment satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(e) Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other
agreement of the Co-Borrowers hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the
Co-Borrowers contained in this Section 3.10 shall survive the payment in full
of the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments.
(f) Failure to Pay in Foreign Currency. If any Co-Borrower is
unable for any reason to effect payment of a Foreign Currency Loan in the
Alternative Currency in which borrowed as required by this Agreement or if any
Co-Borrower shall default in any Foreign Currency Loan, each Bank may, through
the Administrative Agent, require such payment to be made in Dollars in the
Dollar Equivalent amount of such payment. In any case in which any Co-Borrower
shall make such payment in Dollars, such Co-Borrower agrees to hold the Lenders
harmless from any loss incurred by the Lenders arising from any change in the
value of Dollars in relation to such Alternative Currency between the date such
payment became due and the date of payment thereof. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, if any Co-Borrower is unable for any reason to
effect payment of a Foreign Currency Loan in the Alternative Currency in which
borrowed as required by this Agreement or if any Co-Borrower shall default in
any Foreign Currency Loan, then Agent shall be authorized, without notice to
either of the Co-Borrowers or the other Lenders, to extend Base Rate Loans
under the Revolver Facility in an amount sufficient to purchase an amount of
the Alternative Currency sufficient to repay the Foreign Currency Loan in full.
(g) Judgment Currency. If for the purpose of obtaining judgment
in any court or enforcing any such judgment it is necessary to convert any
amount due in any Alternative Currency into any other currency, the rate of
exchange used shall be the Administrative Agent's spot rate of exchange for the
purchase of the Alternative Currency with such other currency at the close of
business on the Business Day preceding the date on which judgment is given or
any order for payment is made. The obligation of the relevant Co-Borrower in
respect of any amount due from it hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment
or order for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due hereunder or
under any judgment or order in any other currency or otherwise, be discharged
only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the
Administrative Agent of any payment in a currency other than the relevant
Alternative Currency the Administrative Agent is able (in accordance with
normal banking procedures) to purchase the relevant Alternative Currency with
such other currency. If the amount of the relevant Alternative Currency that
the Administrative Agent is able to purchase with such other currency is less
than the amount due in the relevant Alternative Currency, notwithstanding any
judgment or order, such Co-Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders for the
shortfall.
ARTICLE IV
CLOSING: CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING
SECTION 4.1 Closing. The closing shall take place at the offices of
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P., at First Union Plaza, 999 Peachtree
Street, N.E., 23rd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia at 10:00 a.m. on the Closing Date or
at such other time and place as the parties shall agree.
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SECTION 4.2 Conditions to Closing and Initial Loan. The obligations
of the Lenders to make the initial Loans are subject to the satisfaction of
each of the following conditions:
(a) Executed Loan Documents. (i) This Agreement, (ii) the Notes,
(iii) the Guaranty (iv) the Limited Foreign Guaranty executed by SGIL (v) the
Negative Pledge Agreement, (vi) the Note Pledge Agreement with respect to the
Foreign Subsidiary Note executed by SGIL, and the other Loan Documents shall
have been duly authorized and executed by the parties thereto in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, shall be in full force and
effect and no Default or Event of Default shall exist hereunder or thereunder,
and the Co-Borrowers shall have delivered original counterparts thereof to the
Administrative Agent.
(b) Closing Certificates; etc.
(i) Officer's Certificate. The Administrative Agent
shall have received a certificate from the chief executive officer or chief
financial officer of, on behalf of the Co-Borrowers, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the effect that, to the
best knowledge and belief of such officer, all representations and warranties
of the Co-Borrowers contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
are true and correct in all material respects; that the Co-Borrowers are not in
violation of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents; that, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
that the Co-Borrowers have satisfied each of the closing conditions to be
satisfied thereby; and that the Co-Borrowers have filed all required tax
returns and owe no delinquent taxes.
(ii) Certificate of Secretary of each Co-Borrower. The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the secretary or
assistant secretary (or, in the case of any Person organized or incorporated
other than pursuant to the laws of the United States or any state thereof, a
director or such other officer as such Person may reasonably designate) each
Co-Borrower and Guarantor certifying, as applicable, that attached thereto is a
true and complete copy of the articles of incorporation or other charter
documents of such Co-Borrower or Guarantor and all amendments thereto,
certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority in its
jurisdiction of incorporation; that attached thereto is a true and complete
copy of the bylaws of such Co-Borrower or Guarantor as in effect on the date of
such certification; that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of
resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Co-Borrower,
authorizing the borrowings or guarantee contemplated hereunder or thereunder
and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents to which it is a party; and as to the incumbency and genuineness
of the signature of each officer of such Co-Borrower or Guarantor executing
Loan Documents to which such Co-Borrower or Guarantor is a party.
(iii) Certificates of Good Standing. The Administrative
Agent shall have received certificates as of a recent date of the good standing
or valid existence of each Co-Borrower and Guarantor (exclusive of any
Guarantor incorporated under the laws of any jurisdiction located outside the
United States) under the laws of California, Delaware, and Georgia.
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(iv) Accounts Designation Letter. The Accounts
Designation Letter to be delivered by the Co-Borrowers pursuant to Section
2.2, dated as of the Closing Date.
(v) Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall
have received favorable opinions of counsel to the Co-Borrowers and Guarantors
and addressed to the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to the Co-
Borrowers and the Guarantors, the Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated
thereby, regulatory matters and such other matters as the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders may reasonably request, reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Administrative Agent and Lenders. Such opinions, with respect
to United States law matters, may be rendered by its regular outside counsel
or combination thereof without regard to whether such counsel is admitted to or
authorized to practice in any jurisdiction other than the State of Georgia.
(c) Consents; No Adverse Change.
(i) Governmental and Third Party Approvals. All
necessary approvals, authorizations and consents, if any be required, of any
Person and of all Governmental Authorities and courts having jurisdiction with
respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall have been obtained.
(ii) Permits and Licenses. All material permits and
licenses, including material permits and licenses required under Applicable
Law, necessary to the conduct of business by the Co-Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries shall have been obtained.
(iii) No Injunction, Etc. No action, proceeding,
investigation, regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened
or proposed before any Governmental Authority to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit,
or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, or which is related to or
arises out of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or which, in the
Administrative Agent's reasonable discretion, would make it inadvisable to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such other Loan
Documents.
(iv) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 1995,
there shall not have occurred any event or condition (other than matters of
general economic or political nature) that has had or is reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) No Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing.
(d) Financial Matters.
(i) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent and
each Lender shall have received recent annual and interim financial statements
and other financial information with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries
prepared in accordance with GAAP. Without limitation of the foregoing, the
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received audited financial
statements
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for Holdings and Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1995 and
unaudited financial statements for Holdings and Subsidiaries for the nine
month period ended September 30, 1996.
(ii) Payment at Closing. There shall have been paid by
the Co-Borrowers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the fees set forth
or referenced in Section 3.3 and any other accrued and unpaid fees or
commissions due hereunder (including, without limitation, legal fees and
expenses), and to any other Person such amount as may be due thereto in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including all taxes, fees
and other charges in connection with the execution and delivery of any of the
Loan Documents.
(e) Miscellaneous.
(i) Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall
have received written instructions from the Company, on behalf of the
Co-Borrowers, directing the payment of any proceeds of Loans made under this
Agreement that are to be made on the Closing Date.
(ii) Proceedings and Documents. All opinions,
certificates and other instruments and all proceedings in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Lenders. The Lenders shall have received copies
of all other instruments and other evidence as the Lenders may reasonably
request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the taking of
all actions in connection therewith.
(iii) Due Diligence and Other Documents. The Co-Borrowers
and Material Subsidiaries shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent such
other documents, certificates and opinions as the Administrative Agent
reasonably request.
SECTION 4.3 Conditions to All Loans. The obligations of the Lenders
to make any Loan is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent on the relevant borrowing date:
(i) Continuation of Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties contained in Article V shall be true and correct
in all material respects on and as of such borrowing date with the same effect
as if made on and as of such date except any of which speak as of a specific
date, in which event such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of such specific date.
(ii) No Existing Default. No Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing hereunder on the borrowing date with
respect to such Loan or after giving effect to the Loans to be made on such
date.
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CO-BORROWERS
SECTION 5.1 Representations and Warranties. To induce the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce
the Lenders to make the Loans, the Co-Borrowers hereby jointly and severally
represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
(a) Organization; Power; Qualification. Each Co-Borrower, their
Material Subsidiaries and each Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
formation, has the power and authority to own its properties and to carry on
its business as now being conducted and is duly qualified and authorized to do
business in each jurisdiction where its business requires such qualification
and authorization. The jurisdictions in which the Co-Borrowers and its
Material Subsidiaries are organized and qualified to do business are described
on Schedule 5.1(a).
(b) Ownership. Each Subsidiary of the Co-Borrowers as of the
Closing Date is listed on Schedule 5.1(b). As of the Closing Date, the
capitalization of the Co-Borrowers and each of its Subsidiaries consists of
the number of shares, authorized, issued and outstanding, of such classes and
series, with or without par value, described on Schedule 5.1(b). All
outstanding shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid and nonassessable. As of the Closing Date, the shareholders of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries of the Co-Borrowers and the number of
shares owned by each are described on Schedule 5.1(b). As of the Closing Date,
there are no outstanding stock purchase warrants, subscriptions, options,
securities, instruments or other rights of any type or nature whatsoever, which
are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise provide for or permit the
issuance of capital stock of the Co-Borrowers, or any of its Subsidiaries,
except as described on Schedule 5.1(b).
(c) Authorization of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing.
Each of the Co-Borrowers and Guarantors has the right, power and authority and
has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents
to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms. This
Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and
delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Co-Borrowers and Guarantors
and each such Loan Document executed and delivered by a Co-Borrower or a
Guarantor constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Co-Borrowers or the Guarantor, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor
relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of
creditors' rights in general or by general principles of equity.
(d) Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with
Laws, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Co-Borrowers and
each Guarantor of the Loan Documents to which each such Person is a party in
accordance with their respective terms, the borrowings hereunder and the
transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not, by the passage
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of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (i) except as set forth on Schedule
5.1(d) hereto, require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law
relating to Co-Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result
in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational documents of Co-Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Material Contract to which such Person is a party or by
which any of its properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating
to such Person or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon or with respect to any material property now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Person.
(e) Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals. Each of the
Co-Borrowers and each Subsidiary (i) has all material Governmental Approvals
required by any Applicable Law for it to conduct its business and (ii) is in
material compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in
compliance with all other Applicable Law relating to it or any of its
respective properties because of the conduct of its business. Each such
Governmental Approval is in full force and effect, is final and not subject to
review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Co-Borrowers, threatened attack by direct or collateral
proceeding.
(f) Tax Returns and Payments. Each of Co-Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries has duly filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and
other tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed, and has paid, or made
adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state, local and other
taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it and its property,
income, profits and assets which are due and payable, except where the payment
of such tax is being disputed in good faith and adequate reserves have been
established (if and to the extent required by GAAP). No Governmental Authority
has asserted any Lien or other claim against Co-Borrowers or any Subsidiary
thereof with respect to the payment of all material state and federal taxes
which has not been discharged or resolved or is not being disputed in good
faith. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of Co-Borrowers and any
of its Subsidiaries in respect of federal, state, local and other taxes for all
Fiscal Years and portions thereof are in the judgment of the Co-Borrowers
adequate, and the Co-Borrowers do not anticipate any additional material taxes
or assessments for any of such years.
(g) Environmental Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule
5.1(g), the properties of each Co-Borrower and all Subsidiaries are in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Law, and
there is no contamination at, under or about such properties or such operations
which could interfere in any material respect with the continued operation of
such properties or impair in any material respect the fair saleable value
thereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(g), neither Co-Borrower nor any
of their Subsidiaries has received any written notice of material violation,
alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding
environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Law with regard to any
of its properties or the operations conducted in connection therewith, nor does
either Co-Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries have knowledge that any such
notice will be received or is being threatened.
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(h) ERISA.
(i) Neither Co-Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains
or contributes to, or has any obligation under, any Employee Benefit Plans
other than those identified on Schedule 5.1(h);
(ii) Each Co-Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate is in
material compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA and all other laws
applicable to any Employee Benefit Plans and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans except
for any required amendments for which the remedial amendment period as defined
in Section 401(b) of the Code has not yet expired. Each Employee Benefit Plan
that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has been
determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be so qualified, and each trust
related to such plan has been determined to be exempt under Section 501(a) of
the Code. Each such Employee Benefit Plan has been operated in a manner to
preserve such qualification. No liability has been incurred by any Co-Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties
with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any Multiemployer Plan;
(iii) No Pension Plan has been terminated, nor has any
accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 412 of the Code) been
incurred (without regard to any waiver granted under Section 412 of the Code),
nor has any funding waiver from the Internal Revenue Service been received or
requested with respect to any Pension Plan, nor has either Co-Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate failed to make any contributions or to pay any amounts due and
owing as required by Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or the terms
of any Pension Plan prior to the due dates of such contributions under Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, nor has there been any event requiring
any disclosure under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA with respect to
any Pension Plan;
(iv) Neither any Co-Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has:
(A) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code; (B) incurred any liability to the PBGC which
remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums and there are no premium
payments which are due and unpaid; (C) failed to make a required contribution
or payment to a Multiemployer Plan; or (D) failed to make a required
installment or other required payment under Section 412 of the Code;
(v) The execution and delivery by Co-Borrowers of this
Agreement and the borrowings hereunder will not involve any prohibited
transaction under ERISA or the Code;
(vi) No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur; and
(vii) No material proceeding, claim, lawsuit and/or
investigation is existing or, to the best knowledge of Co-Borrowers, threatened
concerning or involving any (A) employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(1) of ERISA) maintained or contributed to by any Co-Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate, (B) Pension Plan or (C) Multiemployer Plan.
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(i) Margin Stock. Neither Co-Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof
is engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending
credit other than in connection with any employee benefit plan for the purpose
of "purchasing" or "carrying" any "margin stock" (as each such term is defined
or used in Regulations G and U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System). No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans will be used for
purchasing or carrying margin stock or for any purpose which violates, or which
would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation G, T, U or X of such
Board of Governors.
(j) Government Regulation. Neither Co-Borrower nor any Subsidiary
thereof is an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment
company" (as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended) and neither Co-Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is, or
after giving effect to any Loan will be, a "Holding Company" or a "Subsidiary
Company" of a "Holding Company" or an "affiliate" of a "Holding Company" within
the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 as amended, or any other Applicable Law which
materially limits its ability to incur or consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(k) Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Co-Borrowers and their
Material Subsidiaries own or possess all patent, copyright and trademark rights
which are required to conduct their business without infringing upon any
validly asserted rights of others. To the best knowledge and belief of
Co-Borrowers, no event has occurred which permits, or after notice or lapse of
time or both would permit, the revocation or termination of any such rights
which revocation or termination constitutes a Material Adverse Effect. Neither
Co-Borrower nor any of their Subsidiaries has been threatened with any
litigation regarding patents, copyrights or trademarks that would present a
material impediment to the business of any such Person.
(l) Material Contracts. Schedule 5.1(1) sets forth a complete and
accurate list of all Material Contracts of Co-Borrowers and their Subsidiaries
in effect as of the Closing Date not listed on any other Schedule hereto; other
than as set forth in Schedule 5.1(1), each Co-Borrower and any Subsidiary
thereof party thereto has performed all of its material obligations under such
Material Contracts and, to the best knowledge of the Co-Borrowers, each other
party thereto is in substantial compliance with each such Material Contract,
and each such Material Contract is, and after giving effect to the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will be, in full force
and effect in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Co-Borrower and its
Subsidiaries have made available on a confidential basis for inspection by the
Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of each Material Contract
required to be listed on Schedule 5.1(1).
(m) Employee Relations. As of the Closing Date, each of
Co-Borrowers and their Subsidiaries is not, except as set forth on Schedule
5.1(m), party to any collective bargaining agreement nor has any labor union
been recognized as the representative of its employees. Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(m), each Co-Borrower knows of no pending, threatened or
contemplated strikes, work stoppage or other collective labor disputes
involving their employees or those of its Subsidiaries that reasonably could be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(n) Burdensome Provisions. Neither Co-Borrower nor any
Subsidiary thereof is a party to any indenture, agreement, lease or other
instrument, or subject to any corporate or partnership restriction,
Governmental Approval or Applicable Law which is so unusual or burdensome as in
the foreseeable future could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither Co-Borrower or its Subsidiaries presently anticipate that
future expenditures needed to meet the provisions of any statutes, orders,
rules or regulations of a Governmental Authority will be so burdensome as to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Financial Statements. All balance sheets, statements of
income, retained earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows, and all other
financial information of Co-Borrowers and their Subsidiaries (exclusive of any
financial projection under Section 6.1(c) or otherwise) which have been
furnished by each Co-Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for
the purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, including without
limitation the financial statements described in Section 4.2 (d), have been
prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the periods involved and present fairly in accordance with GAAP in
all material respects the matters reflected therein subject, in the case of
unaudited statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end audit
adjustments and items that would be disclosed in footnotes to the audited
statements. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(o),
neither Co-Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or
liability for taxes, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term
commitments which are not reflected in the financial statements described above
or in the notes thereto.
(p) Solvency. As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to
each Loan made hereunder, each Co-Borrower and each of their Material
Subsidiaries will be Solvent.
(q) Titles to Properties. Each Co-Borrower and their Subsidiaries
has such title to the real property owned or leased by it as is necessary or
desirable to the conduct of its business and good and valid title to all of its
personal property sufficient to carry on its business as presently conducted,
except such property as has been disposed of by either Co-Borrower or its
Subsidiaries subsequent to such date which dispositions have been in the
ordinary course of business or as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder.
Schedule 5.1(q) hereto sets forth the address of all real property owned or
leased by a Borrower (and if leased, the record owner thereof).
(r) Liens. None of the properties and assets of either
Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof is subject to any Lien, except in each
case Permitted Liens. No financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code
of any state which names either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any
of their respective trade names or divisions as debtor and which is still in
effect, has been filed in any state or other jurisdiction and neither
Co-Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof has signed any such financing statement
or any security agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder to file any
such financing statement, except to perfect Permitted Liens.
(s) Debt and Contingent Obligations. Schedule 5.1(s) is a
complete and correct listing as of the Closing Date of all Debt and Contingent
Obligations of Co-Borrowers and their Subsidiaries exceeding individually the
amount of $500,000. Each Co-Borrower and their Subsidiaries have performed and
are in material compliance with all of the terms of such Debt and
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Contingent Obligations and all instruments and agreements relating thereto, and
no default or event of default, or event or condition which with notice or
lapse of time or both would constitute such a default or event of default on
the part of either Co-Borrower or their Subsidiaries exists with respect to any
such Debt or Contingent Obligation.
(t) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(t), there are
no actions, suits or proceedings pending nor, to the knowledge of the
Co-Borrowers, threatened against or in any other way relating adversely to or
affecting either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their
respective properties in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or
before or by any Governmental Authority which, if adversely determined, is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Franchise and License Fees. Each Co-Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries have paid all material franchise, license or other fees and
charges which have become due pursuant to any Governmental Approval in respect
of its business and has made appropriate provisions as is required by GAAP for
any such fees and charges which have accrued.
(v) Absence of Defaults. No event has occurred or is continuing
which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, or which constitutes, or
which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute, a
default or event of default by either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiaries thereof
under any Material Contract or material judgment, decree or order of a court of
competent jurisdiction to which either Co-Borrower or its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which either Co-Borrower or their Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties may be bound or which would require either Co-Borrower or
their Subsidiaries to make any payment thereunder prior to the scheduled
maturity date therefor.
(w) Accuracy and Completeness of Information. All written
information, reports and other papers and data produced by or on behalf of
either Co-Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries thereof and furnished to the
Lenders were, at the time the same were so furnished, complete and correct in
all material respects. No document furnished or written statement made to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders by either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary
thereof in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents contains or will, when considered as a
whole, contain any untrue statement of a fact material to the creditworthiness
of Co-Borrower or its Subsidiaries or omits or will omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not
misleading. Neither Co-Borrower is aware of any facts which it has not
disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent having a Material Adverse
Effect, or insofar as either Co-Borrower can now foresee, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. All
representations and warranties set forth in this Article V and all
representations and warranties contained in any certificate or in any of the
Loan Documents (including without limitation, any such representation or
warranty made in or in connection with any amendment thereto) shall constitute
representations and warranties made under this Agreement. All representations
and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at
and as of the Closing Date, shall survive the Closing Date and shall
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not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Lenders or any borrowing hereunder.
ARTICLE VI
FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND NOTICES
Until payment in full of the Obligations and termination of the
Commitments, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth in
Section 12.10 hereof, the Co-Borrowers will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Administrative Agent and each Lender at their respective addresses set
forth in Section 12.1 hereof, or such other address as may be designated by
such Administrative Agent or Lenders from time to time:
SECTION 6.1 Financial Statements and Projections.
(a) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in
any event no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal
quarter, an unaudited Consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of each
Holdings and the Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and
unaudited Consolidated and consolidating statements of income, retained
earnings and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of
the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable
detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding budgeted figures for
the portion of the Fiscal Year then ended and the corresponding figures for the
preceding Fiscal Year for the portion of the Fiscal Year then ended and
prepared by in accordance with GAAP, and certified by the chief financial
officer of Holdings to present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and
the results of operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the respective
periods then ended.
(b) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in
any event no later than ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, an
unaudited consolidating balance sheet of Holdings and Subsidiaries and an
audited Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and Subsidiaries as of the
close of such Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements of income,
retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, including the
notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by an
independent certified public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing
in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by a report thereon by such certified
public accountants that is not qualified with respect to scope limitations
imposed by either Co-Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or with respect to
accounting principles followed by Co-Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries not
in accordance with GAAP.
(c) Annual Business Plan and Financial Projections. As soon as
practicable and in any event within thirty (30) days after the beginning of
each Fiscal Year, a business plan of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the
ensuing four fiscal quarters, such plan to include, on a quarterly basis, the
following: a quarterly operating and capital budget, a projected income
statement, statement of cash flows and balance sheet and a report containing
management's discussion and analysis of such
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projections (such business plan and projections, the "Projections"),
accompanied by a certificate from the chief financial officer of each
Co-Borrower to the effect that, to the best of such officer's knowledge, the
Projections are good faith estimates of the financial condition and operations
of each Co-Borrower and their Subsidiaries for such four quarter period.
SECTION 6.2 Officer's Compliance Certificate At each time financial
statements are delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b), a certificate of
the chief financial officer of each Co-Borrower in the form of Exhibit D
attached hereto (an "Officer's Compliance Certificate"):
(a) stating that such officers have reviewed such financial
statements and such statements fairly present the financial condition of each
Co-Borrower and their Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of
their operations and cash flows for the periods indicated;
(b) stating that to such officer's knowledge, based on a
reasonable examination, no Default or Event of Default exists, or, if such is
not the case, specifying such Default or Event of Default and its nature, when
it occurred, whether it is continuing and the steps being taken by the
Co-Borrowers with respect to such Default or Event of Default;
(c) setting forth as at the end of such fiscal quarter or Fiscal
Year, as the case may be, the calculations required to establish whether or not
each Co-Borrower and their Subsidiaries were in compliance with the financial
covenants set forth in Article VIII hereof as at the end of each respective
period and the Applicable Margin pursuant to Section 3.1(c) as at the end of
each respective period;
(d) setting forth as at the end of such fiscal quarter or Fiscal
Year, as the case may be, for each corporation, partnership, or other entity in
which either or both Co-Borrowers has any ownership interest at the end of such
period, the Cash Flow Percentage for such entity for the four quarter period
consisting of the Fiscal Year or such fiscal quarter and the immediately
preceding three quarters; and
(e) stating all amounts outstanding under each outstanding Foreign
Subsidiary Note, as of the end of such fiscal quarter or Fiscal Year, as the
case may be.
SECTION 6.3 Other Certificates and Reports
(a) At each time financial statements are required to be
delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1 (a) or (b), a certificate of the chief
financial officer in such form as the Administrative Agent may require setting
forth the Assigned Dollar Value as of the end of the fiscal quarter (but
calculated using the Spot Exchange Rate as of such date) of all Foreign
Currency Loans outstanding at such fiscal quarter end;
(b) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any management report
and any management responses thereto submitted to any Co-Borrower or their
Board of Directors by their independent public accountants in connection with
their auditing function;
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(c) Promptly after a request therefor, such other information
regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of each
Co-Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may reasonably request;
(d) Promptly upon filing or receipt of any filing made with the
SEC by or with respect to Holdings or any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, copies of the same, and copies of all notices and
proxy and other information provided by Holdings to its shareholders; and
(e) At each time financial statements are required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 6.1(b) a listing setting forth as of the end of such Fiscal
Year all Material Contracts constituting lottery or promotional game customer
contracts.
SECTION 6.4 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. Promptly (but in
no event later than ten (10) days after a Responsible Officer of any
Co-Borrower or Guarantor obtains actual knowledge thereof) give telephonic and
written notice of:
(a) the commencement of all material proceedings and
investigations by or before any Governmental Authority and all material actions
and proceedings in any court or before any arbitrator against or involving
either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective
properties, assets or businesses;
(b) any notice of any material violation received by either
Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof from any Governmental Authority,
including without limitation, any notice of a material violation of
Environmental Law;
(c) any labor controversy that has resulted in, or could
reasonably be expected to result in, a strike or other work action against
either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof;
(d) any attachment, judgment, lien, levy or order exceeding the
Material Judgment Amount that may be placed upon or assessed against either
Co-Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries;
(e) any Default or Event of Default, or any event, of which a
Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, which constitutes or which with the
passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute a default or event
of default under any Material Contract to which either Co-Borrower or any of
their Subsidiaries is a party or by which either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary
thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound;
(f) (i) the failure of either Co-Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
to make a required installment or payment under Section 302 of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code by the due date, (ii) any Termination Event or "prohibited
transaction," as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code, in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan or any trust created
thereunder, along with a description of the nature thereof, what action such
Co-Borrower has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and,
when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the
Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto, (iii) all
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notices received by either Co-Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC's
intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to
administer any Pension Plan, (iv) all notices received by any Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning the imposition or
amount of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA, (v) any
Borrower obtaining knowledge or reason to know that either Co-Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate has filed or intends to file a notice of intent to terminate
any Pension Plan under a distress termination within the meaning of Section
4041(c) of ERISA, and (vi) the requirement to file any notice with the Internal
Revenue Service, Department of Labor, PBGC or any plan participant, beneficiary
or alternate payee required under Sections 101(d), 302(f)(4), 303 and 307 of
ERISA or under Section 401(a)(29) of the Code with respect to any Employee
Benefit Plan of either Co-Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; or
(g) any event which makes any of the representations set forth in
Section 5.1 inaccurate in any material respect.
SECTION 6.5 Accuracy of Information. All written information,
reports, statements and other papers and data furnished by or on behalf of
either Co-Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender whether pursuant
to this Article VI or any other provision of this Agreement, or any of the Loan
Documents, shall be, at the time the same is so furnished, complete and correct
in all material respects based on the applicable Co-Borrower's knowledge
thereof.
ARTICLE VII
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until payment in full of the Obligations and termination of the
Commitments, unless consent has been obtained in the manner provided for in
Section 12.10, each Co-Borrower will, and will cause each of their
Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 7.1 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters.
Except as permitted by Section 9.5, preserve and maintain its separate
corporate existence and all material rights, franchises, licenses and
privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and qualify and remain
qualified as a foreign corporation and authorized to do business in each
jurisdiction where it is doing business so as to require such qualification and
authorization.
SECTION 7.2 Maintenance of Property. Take commercially reasonable
actions to protect and preserve all material properties useful in and material
to its business, including material copyrights, patents, trade names and
trademarks; maintain in good working order and condition (reasonable wear and
tear excepted) all buildings, equipment and other tangible real and personal
property; and from time to time make or cause to be made all renewals,
replacements and additions to such property necessary in the reasonable
judgement of such Co-Borrower for the conduct of its business, so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously
conducted at all times.
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SECTION 7.3 Insurance. Maintain insurance with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as are
customarily maintained by similar businesses and as may be required by
Applicable Law, and on the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter
deliver on a confidential basis to the Administrative Agent upon its request a
detailed list of the insurance then in effect, stating the names of the
insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the dates of the
expiration thereof and the properties and risks covered thereby.
SECTION 7.4 Accounting Methods and Financial Records. Maintain a
system of accounting, and keep such books, records and accounts (which shall be
true and complete in all material respects) as may be required or as may be
necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with
GAAP and in compliance with the regulations of any Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties.
SECTION 7.5 Payment and Performance of Obligations. Pay and perform
all Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, subject to
notice and cure provisions, and pay or perform (i) all taxes, assessments and
other governmental charges that may be levied or assessed upon it or any of its
property, and (ii) all other indebtedness, obligations and liabilities in
accordance with customary trade practices; provided, however, that each
Co-Borrower and its Subsidiaries may contest or dispute any item described in
clauses (i) and (ii) hereof in good faith so long as adequate reserves are
maintained with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 7.6 Compliance With Laws and Approvals. In jurisdictions
where doing business, observe and remain in material compliance with all
Applicable Law and maintain in full force and effect all material Governmental
Approvals, in each case applicable or necessary to the conduct of its business.
SECTION 7.7 Environmental Law. In addition to and without limiting
the generality of Section 7.6, (i) comply in all material respects with, and
use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure such compliance by all of its
tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Law and
obtain and comply with and maintain, and use commercially reasonable efforts to
ensure that all of its tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and
maintain, any and all material licenses, approvals, notifications,
registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Law, provided,
that allegations of noncompliance may be contested in good faith by reasonable
procedures so long as the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) conduct and complete all
investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and
other actions required under Environmental Law, and timely comply with all
lawful orders and directives of any Governmental Authority regarding
Environmental Law; and (iii) defend, indemnify and hold harmless the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and their respective parents,
Subsidiaries, Affiliates, employees, agents, officers and directors, from and
against any claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements,
damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature known or unknown,
contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to the
violation of, noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Law
applicable to the operations of such Co-Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or any
orders, requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities related thereto,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's and consultant's fees,
investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation
expenses,
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except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise out of or relate to the
breach of law, gross negligence or willful misconduct of any party who would
otherwise be entitled to indemnification therefor.
SECTION 7.8 Compliance with ERISA and the Code. In addition to and
without limiting the generality of Section 7.6, make timely payment of
contributions required to meet the minimum funding standards set forth in ERISA
or the Code with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan; not take any action or
fail to take action the result of which could be a material liability to the
PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan; not participate in any prohibited transaction
that could result in any material civil penalty under ERISA or material tax
under the Code; furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative
Agent's request such additional information about any Employee Benefit Plan as
may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; and operate each
Employee Benefit Plan in such a manner that such plan would not reasonably be
expected to incur any material tax liability under Section 4980B of the Code or
any material liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B
of the Code.
SECTION 7.9 Compliance With Agreements. Comply in all material
respects with each term, condition and provision of all material leases,
agreements and other instruments entered into in the conduct of its business
including, without limitation, any Material Contract in each instance in which
failure to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, provided, that whether or not failure to comply could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Co-Borrower and its
Subsidiaries shall always attempt in good faith to comply in all material
respects with all such leases, agreements, and other instruments.
SECTION 7.10 Conduct of Business. Engage only in (i) the business of
producing instant and pull-tab lottery tickets and instant ticket hardware and
software or (ii) within other business segments of the lottery and promotional
game industry.
SECTION 7.11 Visits and Inspections. Upon reasonable prior notice
therefrom and during normal business hours, permit representatives of any of
the Administrative Agent or Lenders, from time to time, in each case subject to
reasonable security procedures, (i) to visit and inspect its properties; (ii)
inspect, audit and make extracts from its books, records and files, including,
but not limited to, management letters prepared by independent accountants; and
(iii) discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its
business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and
business prospects.
SECTION 7.12 Subsidiaries. Co-Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may
acquire new Subsidiaries or form new Subsidiaries and use such Subsidiaries to
acquire any business permitted under Section 7.10 or a substantial portion of
the assets of any Person or to enter into and perform any contract involving
the conduct of business permitted by Section 7.10, subject to the provisions of
this Section 7.12 and to the other terms of this Agreement. Unless a new
Subsidiary is, as a part of an acquisition transaction, merged upon the
consummation thereof into one of the Co-Borrowers with such Co-Borrower being
a surviving entity, then the Co-Borrowers shall cause each new Subsidiary,
which is a Material Subsidiary or a Guarantor, to cause to be executed and
delivered to the Administrative Agent: (i) unless the new Subsidiary is a
foreign Subsidiary for which the
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Company has established that there is a Deemed Distribution Event, in which
case the Subsidiary will execute a Limited Foreign Guaranty, a Joinder
Agreement and the documents referred to therein, (ii) such other documents
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent consistent with the terms of
this Agreement which provide that such Subsidiary shall become bound by all of
the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Loan Documents and (iii)
such other documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request,
including without limitation, officers' certificates, financial statements,
opinions of counsel, board resolutions, charter documents, certificates of
existence and authority to do business and any other closing certificates and
Loan Documents described in Section 4.2.
As soon as practicable upon any corporation, partnership or other
entity's becoming a Material Subsidiary, the corporation, partnership, or
other entity, unless it is an entity for which the Company has established that
there is a Deemed Distribution Event, in which case the entity will execute
a Limited Foreign Guaranty, will execute (i) a Joinder Agreement and the
documents referred to therein, (ii) such other documents reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent consistent with the terms of this Agreement which
provide that such entity shall become bound by all of the terms, covenants and
agreements contained in the Loan Documents and (iii) such other documents as
the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, including without
limitation, officers' certificates, financial statements, opinions of counsel,
board resolutions, charter documents, certificates of existence and authority
to do business and any other closing certificates and Loan Documents described
in Section 4.2.
SECTION 7.13 Further Assurances. Make, execute and deliver all such
additional and further acts, things and instruments as any Agent or Lender may
reasonably require to and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
to vest completely in and insure each Agent and the Lenders their respective
rights under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents.
ARTICLE VIII
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Until payment in full of the Obligations and termination of the
Commitments, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth in
Section 12.10 hereof, Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis
will not:
SECTION 8.1 Leverage Ratio. As of any fiscal quarter end, permit the
Leverage Ratio to exceed fifty percent (50%).
SECTION 8.2 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. At each fiscal quarter
end, permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Holdings and its Subsidiaries
for the four quarter period consisting of such quarter and the immediately
preceding three quarters to be less than three (3) to one (1).
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ARTICLE IX
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until payment in full of the Obligations and termination of the
Commitments, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth in
Section 12.10 hereof, each Co-Borrower will not and will not permit any of
their Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 9.1 Limitations on Debt. Create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Debt except (i) the Obligations, (ii) Debt set forth on Schedule
9.1, and renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof in principal amount not
in excess of that outstanding as of the date of such renewal, refinancing or
extension and having the terms, collateral and guarantors not materially less
favorable to Co-Borrowers, taken as a whole, than as the renewed Debt, (iii)
Debt consisting of Contingent Obligations permitted by Section 9.2, (iv) Debt
not in excess of the higher of (A) twenty million Dollars ($20,000,000) or (B)
an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the then Holdings' shareholders
equity (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP), (v) Debt
of any Co-Borrower or Guarantor to any other Co-Borrower or Guarantor, but only
if such Debt is subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, (vi) Debt that may be
payable with respect to hedging agreements entered into in order to manage
existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks
and not for speculative purposes; and (vii) Debt and obligations owing under
documentary letters of credit generally. Each of the categories of Permitted
Debt referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above is cumulative and
independent of each other category.
SECTION 9.2 Limitations on Contingent Obligations. Other than as
provided in Schedule 9.2, or as otherwise permitted by Section 9.1, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligations except Contingent
Obligations arising under hedging agreements entered into in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders and hedging agreements otherwise entered into in order to manage
existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks
and not for speculative purposes.
SECTION 9.3 Limitations on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its assets or properties
(including shares of capital stock), real or personal, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens, including those set forth on
Schedule 9.3.
SECTION 9.4 Limitations on Loans, Advances, Investments and
Acquisitions.
(a) Allow its aggregate loans, investments (measured at the time of
the making of the investments), and interests (measured at the time of
obtaining the interests) in other than Material Subsidiaries that are
Guarantors to exceed at any time an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the
then Consolidated shareholders equity of Holdings.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (i) through (ix) below,
purchase, own, invest in or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any
capital stock, interests in any partnership or joint venture,
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evidence of Debt or other obligation or security, substantially all or a
material portion of the business or assets of any other Person or any other
investment or interest whatsoever in any other Person; or make or permit to
exist, directly or indirectly, any loans, advances or extensions of credit to,
or any investment in cash or by delivery of property in, any Person; or enter
into, directly or indirectly, any commitment or option in respect of the
foregoing:
(i) investments in Material Subsidiaries that are Guarantors and
the other existing loans, advances and investments described
on Schedule 9.4;
(ii) investments in (A) marketable direct obligations issued or
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or
any agency thereof (or if the investment is made by a foreign
Subsidiary, by the government or agency thereof of the country
in which such funds, instruments or obligations are
denominated) ("Government Securities") maturing within one
(1) year from the date of acquisition thereof, (B) commercial
paper maturing no more than 120 days from the date of creation
thereof and currently having the highest rating obtainable
from either Standard & Poor's Corporation, Moody's Investors
Service, Inc., or Fitch's Investors Services, Inc., (C)
certificates of deposit issued by bankers' acceptances of, and
reverse repurchase agreements covering Government Securities
issued by, any Lender or any other commercial bank
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or
any state thereof (or, if the investment is made by a foreign
Subsidiary, by the government or agency thereof in which such
funds, instruments or obligations, as the case may be are
denominated, if any), each having combined capital, surplus
and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and
having, in the case of institutions organized in the United
States, a rating of "A" or better by a nationally recognized
rating agency; provided, that the aggregate amount invested in
such certificates of deposit shall not at any time exceed
$5,000,000 for any one such certificate of deposit and
$10,000,000 for any one such bank, or (D) demand or time
deposits maturing no more than one year from the date of
creation thereof with commercial banks or savings banks or
savings and loan associations each having membership either in
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") or the
deposits of which are insured by the FDIC and in amounts not
exceeding the maximum amounts of insurance thereunder;
(iii) investments in either Co-Borrowers or Material Subsidiaries
created or acquired after the Closing Date; provided, that
such Material Subsidiaries become Guarantors hereunder
pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.12 hereof;
(iv) loan and advances to officers, directors and employees of one
or more of the Co-Borrowers or their Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $1 million at any time
outstanding;
(v) deposits for utilities, security deposits, leases and similar
prepaid expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(vi) trade accounts created in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) shares of money market funds, including those of one or more
of the Lenders, that invest solely in permitted investments of
the kinds described in clause (ii) above;
(viii) investments consisting of hedging agreements as permitted
under Section 9.1;
(ix) investments received in connection with the settlement of
litigation or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and
other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the
ordinary course of business or in connection with the
bankruptcy or reorganization of any Person;
(x) investments by either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary in the
form of acquisitions of all or substantially all of the
business or a line of business (whether by the acquisition of
capital stock, assets or any combination thereof) of any other
Person so long as (A) the acquisition is within the current
business of Co-Borrowers in producing instant and pull-tab
lottery tickets and instant ticket hardware and software or
(B) within other business segments of the lottery and
promotional game industry and (C) no Default or Event of
Default is in existence at the time of such acquisition or
would be created as a consequence of such acquisition.
SECTION 9.5 Limitations on Mergers and Liquidation. Merge,
consolidate or enter into any similar combination with any other Person or
liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution) except (i) any Co-Borrowers or any Material Subsidiary of either
Co-Borrower that is a Guarantor may merge with either Co-Borrower or any other
Material Subsidiary of either Co-Borrower that is a Guarantor and (ii) any
Material Subsidiary may merge with or into any other Person for the purpose of
consummating any acquisition permitted by Section 9.4 as long as either a
Co-Borrower or a Material Subsidiary that is a Guarantor is the surviving
Person and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred before and after
giving effect to such merger.
SECTION 9.6 Limitations on Sale of Assets. Convey, sell, lease,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or
assets (including, without limitation, the sale of any receivables and
leasehold interests and any sale-leaseback or similar transaction), whether now
owned or hereafter acquired except:
(i) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) the sale of investments in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) the sale of obsolete or surplus assets no longer used or
usable in the business of either Co-Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or as
otherwise permitted by Section 7.2;
(iv) the sale or discount without recourse of Receivables arising
in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or
collection thereof;
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(v) the sale by any Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of its
property to any Co-Borrower or to any Subsidiary which is or becomes a
Guarantor; or
(vi) the sale of property and assets not contemplated by the
foregoing clauses, which, when added to other sales of property and assets in
the same Loan Year, were not conveyed for total gross consideration of more
than ten million Dollars ($10,000,000) and which, when added to other sales of
property and assets since the Closing Date, were not for total gross
consideration payable of more than twenty million Dollars ($20,000,000).
SECTION 9.7 Transactions with Affiliates. Except as otherwise
permitted by Section 9.4(b)(iv), directly or indirectly: (i) make any loan or
advance to, or purchase or assume any note or other obligation to or from, any
of its officers, directors, shareholders or other Affiliates, or to or from any
member of the immediate family of any of its officers, directors, shareholders
or other Affiliates, or (ii) enter into, or be a party to, any transaction
with any of its Affiliates, except (A) upon fair and reasonable terms that are
fully disclosed to the Required Lenders and are no less favorable to it than it
would obtain in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person not its
Affiliate, or (B) transactions between Co-Borrowers and any Material Subsidiary
or other Guarantor or between Material Subsidiaries or Guarantors, or (C) any
employee or director compensation arrangement of the Co-Borrowers or their
Subsidiaries which has been approved by a majority of Holdings disinterested
directors. No director shall be deemed not to be a "disinterested director" by
reason of his or her receipt of normal directors fees or participation in
director benefit plans, including, without limitation, director stock grant or
stock option plans, deferred compensation plans or other forms of director
remuneration as shall be reasonable and customary.
SECTION 9.8 Certain Accounting Changes. Change its Fiscal Year end,
or make any material change in its accounting treatment and reporting practices
except as required by GAAP.
SECTION 9.9 Licenses. Terminate any Governmental Approval or any
Material Contract unless the Board of Directors of the Co-Borrower or
Subsidiary proposing to effect the termination has determined that such
termination would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 9.10 Restrictive Agreements. Except as to any Debt permitted
by Section 9.1(iv) of this Agreement, enter into (i) any agreement providing
for Debt of either Co-Borrower or their Subsidiaries which contains any
negative pledge on assets or any covenants materially more restrictive than the
provisions of this Agreement hereof, or which restricts, limits or otherwise
encumbers its ability to incur Liens on or with respect to any of its assets or
properties other than the assets or properties securing such Debt, or (ii) any
agreement other than a Permissible Restrictive Agreement which shall restrict,
limit or otherwise encumber (by covenant or otherwise) the ability to make any
payment to either Co-Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, in the form of
dividends, intercompany advances or otherwise.
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ARTICLE X
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 10.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall
constitute an Event of Default, whatever the reason for such event and whether
it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation
of any Governmental Authority or otherwise:
(a) Default in Payment of Principal of Loans. Either Co-Borrower
shall default in any payment of principal of any Loan or Note when and as due
(whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise).
(b) Other Payment Default. Either Co-Borrower shall fail to pay
interest on any Loan or Note or any fee or any other Obligation within five
Business Days of the date the same shall be due.
(c) Misrepresentation. Any representation or warranty made or
deemed to be made by either Co-Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under this
Agreement, any Loan Document or any amendment hereto or thereto, shall at any
time prove to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when
made or deemed made.
(d) Default in Performance of Certain Covenants. There shall be
a default in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement
contained in Sections 6.4, 7.1, 7.11, 7.12 or Articles VIII or IX of this
Agreement (other than a default caused by a reduction or downgrade in the
ratings required for investments under Section 9.4(b)(ii) after the investments
have been made, so long as the investments have been fully disposed of within
ten (10) Business Days after the reduction or downgrade).
(e) Default in Performance of Other Covenants and Conditions.
Either Co-Borrower or Subsidiary thereof shall default in the performance or
observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this
Agreement (other than as specifically provided for otherwise in this Section
10.1) or any other Loan Document and such default shall continue for a period
of ten (10) days after written notice thereof has been given to such
Co-Borrower or Subsidiary by the Administrative Agent.
(f) Debt Cross-Default. Either Co-Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries shall (i) default in the payment of any Debt (exceeding five
million ($5,000,000) in outstanding principal amount) beyond the period of
grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Debt
was created; or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other
agreement or condition relating to any Debt (exceeding five million
($5,000,000) in outstanding principal amount) or contained in any instrument or
agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any other event shall
occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or
condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Debt (or a
trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving
of notice if required, any such Debt to become due prior to its stated maturity
(any applicable grace period having expired).
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(g) Other Cross-Defaults. Either Co-Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries shall default in the payment when due, or in the performance or
observance, of any obligation or condition of any Material Contract the breach
of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect unless,
but only as long as, the existence of any such default is being contested by
such Co-Borrower or such Subsidiary in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and adequate reserves in respect thereof have been established on the books of
or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP.
(h) Change in Control. A Change in Control shall occur.
(i) Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. Either Co-Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof shall (i) commence a voluntary case under the federal
bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect); (ii) file a petition seeking
to take advantage of any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition for
adjustment of debts; (iii) consent to or fail to contest within sixty (60) days
of the filing thereof any petition filed against it in an involuntary case
under such bankruptcy laws or other laws; (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail
to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the
taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of
itself or of a substantial part of its property; (v) fail or admit in writing
its failure or inability to pay its debts as they become due; (vi) make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (vii) take any corporate
action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing; provided that it
shall not constitute an event of default for a debtor relief proceeding to be
instituted and remain unstayed if instituted under laws other than the federal
or state laws of the United States of America by a Subsidiary not constituting
a Material Subsidiary or by a Person or Persons not controlled, directly or
indirectly by either Co-Borrower (including the Subsidiary itself, if its
board of directors is not subject to control by a Co-Borrower).
(j) Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. A case or other
proceeding shall be commenced against either Co-Borrower or any Subsidiary
thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief under the
federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other
laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
winding up or adjustment of debts; or (ii) the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like for either Co-Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof or for all or any substantial part of their respective
assets, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed or unstayed for
a period of sixty (60) consecutive calendar days, or an order granting the
relief requested in such case or proceeding (including, but not limited to, an
order for relief under such federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered; provided
that it shall not constitute an event of default for a debtor relief proceeding
to be instituted and remain unstayed if instituted under laws other than the
federal or state laws of the United States of America against a Subsidiary not
constituting a Material Subsidiary or by a Person or Persons not controlled,
directly or indirectly by either Co-Borrower (including the Subsidiary itself,
if its board of directors is not subject to control by a Co-Borrower).
(k) Failure of Agreements. Any material provision of any other
Loan Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on either
Co-Borrower or Subsidiary thereof party thereto.
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(l) Termination Event. The occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) either Co-Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to make full
payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Pension Plan
or Section 412 of the Code, such Borrower or ERISA Affiliate is required to pay
as contributions thereto; (ii) an accumulated funding deficiency in excess of
$250,000 occurs or exists, whether or not waived, with respect to any Pension
Plan; (iii) a Termination Event; or (iv) either Co-Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate as employers under one or more Multiemployer Plan makes a complete or
partial withdrawal from any such Multiemployer Plan and the plan sponsor of
such Multiemployer Plan notifies such withdrawing employer that such employer
has incurred a withdrawal liability requiring payments in an amount exceeding
$250,000.
(m) Judgment. A judgment or order for the payment of money which
exceeds in amount the Material Judgment Amount shall be entered formally
against either Co-Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries by any court and such
judgment or order shall continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty
(60) days.
(n) Attachment. A warrant or writ of attachment or execution or
similar process shall be issued against any property of either Co-Borrower or
any Subsidiary thereof which exceeds in value the Material Judgment Amount and
such warrant or process shall continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of
thirty (30) days.
SECTION 10.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and
at any time thereafter so long as such Event of Default shall be continuing,
the Administrative Agent shall, upon the request and direction of the Required
Lenders, by notice to the Co-Borrowers:
(a) Acceleration: Termination of Facilities. Declare the
principal of and interest on the Loans and the Notes at the time outstanding,
and all other amounts owed to the Lenders and to the Administrative Agent under
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and all other Obligations, to
be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due
and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind,
all of which are expressly waived, anything in this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, make the election regarding interest
on the Loans pursuant to Section 3.1(e)(ii), and terminate the Credit Facility
and the Commitments and any right of the Co-Borrowers to request borrowings
thereunder; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified
in Section 10.1(j) or (k), the Credit Facility and the Commitments shall be
automatically terminated and all Obligations shall automatically become due and
payable, and the interest rate election pursuant to Section 3.1(e)(ii) shall be
deemed to have been made.
(b) Rights of Collection. Exercise on behalf of the Lenders all
of their other rights and remedies under this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents and Applicable Law, in order to satisfy all of the Co-Borrowers'
Obligations.
SECTION 10.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc. The
enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders set forth in this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the
exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any right or remedy
shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which
shall be
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cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given
hereunder or under the Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist in law
or in equity or by suit or otherwise. No delay or failure to take action on
the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right,
power or privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege
or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default. No course of
dealing between the Co-Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or
their respective agents or employees shall be effective to change, modify or
discharge any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or
to constitute a waiver of any Event of Default.
SECTION 10.4 Set-off. Except to the extent prohibited by law, in
addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under Applicable Law and not by
way of limitation of any such rights, upon and after the occurrence of any
Event of Default and during the continuance thereof after acceleration pursuant
to Section 10.2(a), the Lenders and any assignee or participant of a Lender in
accordance with Section 12.9 are hereby authorized by the Co-Borrowers at any
time or from time to time, without notice to the Co-Borrowers or to any other
Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to
appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates
of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, excluding government securities
required by Applicable Law to be held as security for worker's compensation and
similar claims) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the
Lenders, or any such assignee or participant to or for the credit or the
account of the Co-Borrowers against and on account of the obligations
irrespective of whether or not (a) the Lenders shall have made any demand under
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (b) the Administrative
Agent shall have declared any or all of the Obligations to be due and payable
as permitted by Section 10.2.
SECTION 10.5 Adjustments. If any Lender (a "Benefitted Lender") shall
at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest
thereon in a greater proportion than any such payment received by any other
Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender's Loans, or interest thereon,
such Benefitted Lender shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law,
purchase for cash from the other Lenders such portion of each such other
Lender's Loans as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share
the excess payment or benefits ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, that
if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter
recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and
the purchase price and benefits returned to the extent of such recovery, but
without interest. The Co-Borrowers agree that each Lender so purchasing a
portion of another Lender's Loans may exercise all rights of payment
(including, without limitation, rights of set-off) with respect to such portion
as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion.
SECTION 10.6 Consents. The Co-Borrowers acknowledge that certain
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
certain actions which may be taken by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
in the exercise of their respective rights under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents may require the consent of a Governmental Authority. If counsel
to the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the consent of a
Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance of any of the
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aforesaid Loan Documents or any Loan Documents delivered to the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders in connection therewith or as a result of any action which
may be taken pursuant thereto, then the Co-Borrowers, at the Lenders' sole cost
and expense, agree to use their reasonable efforts to secure such consent and
to cooperate with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in any action
commenced by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to secure such consent.
ARTICLE XI
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 11.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and
authorizes Administrative Agent to act as Administrative Agent hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents and to take such actions as agent on its behalf
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and
to perform such duties, as are specifically delegated to the Administrative
Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such other powers and
duties as are reasonably incidental thereto.
SECTION 11.2 Nature of Duties. The Administrative Agent shall have no
duties or responsibilities other than those expressly set forth in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall not
have, by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, a fiduciary
relationship in respect of any Lender; and nothing in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, express or implied, is intended to or shall be so
construed as to impose upon the Administrative Agent any obligations or
liabilities in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document except as
expressly set forth herein or therein. The Administrative Agent may execute
any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through
agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible for the negligence or
misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact that it selects with reasonable
care. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to consult with legal
counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by it with
respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and its duties hereunder and thereunder and shall not be liable for
any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with
the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts. The Lenders hereby
acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty to take
any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall be requested in
writing to do so by the Required Lenders (or, where a higher percentage of the
Lenders is expressly required hereunder, such Lenders).
SECTION 11.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent
nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
Affiliates (each an "Exculpated Person") shall be (i) liable for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it or any Exculpated Person under or in
connection with the Loan Documents, except for its or any Exculpated Person's
breach of any Loan Document, violation of Applicable Law, gross negligence or
willful misconduct, (ii) responsible in any manner to any Lender for any
recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in
any other Loan Document or in any document, instrument, certificate, report or
other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, for the execution,
effectiveness, genuineness,
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validity, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or for the financial condition of Co-Borrowers or any of their
Subsidiaries or any other Person, or (iii) required to ascertain or make any
inquiry concerning the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default, or to
inspect the properties, books or records of the Co-Borrowers or any of their
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 11.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
any notice, statement, consent or other communication (including, without
limitation, any thereof by telephone, telecopy, telex, telegram or cable)
believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed,
sent or made by the proper Person or Persons. The Administrative Agent may
deem and treat each Lender as the owner of its interest hereunder for all
purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment,
negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been given to the Administrative
Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to refrain from taking or omitting to take any action
in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (i) if such action
or omission would, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent,
violate any Applicable Law or any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or (ii) unless and until it shall have received such advice or
concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, where a higher percentage of the
Lenders is expressly required hereunder, such Lenders) as it deems appropriate
or it shall first have been indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders
against any and all liability and expense (other than liability and expense
arising from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) that may be
incurred by it by reason of taking, continuing to take or omitting to take any
such action. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of
action whatsoever against the Administrative Agent as a result of the
Administrative Agent's acting or refraining from acting hereunder or under any
other Loan Document in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders
(or, where a higher percentage of the Lenders is expressly required hereunder,
such Lenders), and such instructions and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (including all
subsequent Lenders).
SECTION 11.5 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor
any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
Affiliates has made any representation or warranty to it and that no act by the
Administrative Agent or any such Person hereafter taken, including any review
of the affairs of each Co-Borrower and their Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to
constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any
Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that (i) it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business,
prospects, operations, properties, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of each Co-Borrower and their Subsidiaries and made its own
decision to enter into this Agreement and extend credit to the Co-Borrowers
hereunder, and (ii) it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action
hereunder and under the other Loan Document and to make such investigation
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as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects,
operations, properties, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of
each Co-Borrower and their Subsidiaries. Except as expressly provided in this
Agreement and the other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall have no
duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide
any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business,
prospects, operations, properties, financial or other condition or
creditworthiness of each Co-Borrower and their Subsidiaries or any other Person
that may at any time come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or
any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
Affiliates.
SECTION 11.6 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be
deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default (other than Events of Default under Section 10.1(b) with respect to
interest or fees) unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written
notice from Co-Borrowers or a Lender referring to this Agreement, describing
such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of
default." In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice,
the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to the Lenders as soon as
reasonably practicable; provided, however, that if any such notice has also
been furnished to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall have no
obligation to notify the Lenders with respect thereto. The Administrative Agent
shall (subject to Sections 11.4 and 12.10) take such action with respect to
such Default or Event of Default as shall reasonably be directed by the
Required Lenders; provided that, unless and until the Administrative Agent
shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall
not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with
respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the
best interests of the Lenders.
SECTION 11.7 Indemnification. To the extent the Administrative Agent
is not reimbursed by or on behalf of Co-Borrowers, and without limiting the
joint and several obligations of CoBorrowers to do so, the Lenders (i) shall
and do hereby indemnify the Administrative Agent and its officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact and Affiliates, ratably in proportion to
their respective percentages as used in determining the Required Lenders as of
the date of determination, from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and expenses) or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may at any time (including
at any time following the repayment in full of the Loans and the termination of
the Commitments) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or
omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the
foregoing, and (ii) shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand,
ratably in proportion to their respective percentages as used in determining
the Required Lenders as of the date of determination, for any expenses incurred
by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation,
execution, delivery, administration, amendment, modification, waiver or
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of,
or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses and compensation of agents and employees paid for
services rendered on behalf of the Lenders); provided, however, that no Lender
shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages,
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penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the
extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party
to be indemnified.
SECTION 11.8 The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity. With
respect to its Commitment, the Loans made by it and the Note or Notes issued to
it, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as
Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under the Loan
Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
performing the agency duties specified herein; and the terms "Lenders,"
"Required Lenders," "holders of Notes" and any similar terms shall, unless the
context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its
individual capacity. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking,
trust, financial advisory or other business with either Co-Borrower, any of
their Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates as if the
Administrative Agent were not performing the agency duties specified herein,
and may accept fees and other consideration from any of them for services in
connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the
same to the Lenders.
SECTION 11.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the
Co-Borrowers and the Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation, the Required
Lenders will, with the prior written consent of the Co-Borrowers (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), appoint from among the Lenders a successor
to the Administrative Agent (provided that the Co-Borrowers consent shall not
be required in the event a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing). If no successor to the Administrative Agent shall have been so
appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within such thirty-day period, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on
behalf of the Lenders and after consulting with the Lenders and the
Co-Borrowers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent from among the Lenders.
Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor
Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon
succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the
other Loan Ns. After any retiring Administrative Agent's resignation as
Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article XI shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Administrative Agent. If no successor to the Administrative Agent has accepted
appointment as Administrative Agent by the thirtieth (30th) day following a
retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become
effective, and the Lenders shall thereafter perform all of the duties of the
Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents until such
time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent
as provided for hereinabove.
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ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.1 Notices.
(a) Method of Communication. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, all notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing, or by
telephone subsequently confirmed in writing. Any notice shall be effective if
delivered by hand delivery or sent via telecopy, recognized overnight courier
service or certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be presumed to
be received by a party hereto (i) on the date of delivery if a Business Day (or
the next Business Day is the day of delivery is not a Business Day) if
delivered by hand or sent by telecopy and if delivered or transmitted during
normal business hours, otherwise on the next Business Day, (ii) on the next
Business Day if sent by recognized overnight courier service and (iii) on the
third Business Day following the date sent by certified mail, return receipt
requested. A telephonic notice to any Agent as understood by such Agent will
be deemed to be the controlling and proper notice in the event of a discrepancy
with or failure to receive a confirming written notice.
(b) Addresses for Notices. Notices to any party shall be sent to
it at the following addresses, or any other address as to which all the other
parties are notified in writing.
If to either Co-Borrower: Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
1500 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway.
Alpharetta, Georgia 30201-7712
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone No.: (770) 664-3700
Telecopy No.: (770) 343-8798
If to First Union,
as Administrative Agent: First Union National Bank of Georgia
4570 Ashford-Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30346
Attention: Dana Tucker
Telephone No.: (404) 865-2377
Telecopy No.: (404) 865-2388
and
First Union National Bank of North Carolina
301 South College Street, TW-10
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0608
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Telephone No.: (704) 383-0281
Telecopy No.: (704) 383-0288
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If to any Lender: The Address set forth on Schedule 1.1
(c) Administrative Agent's Office. The Administrative Agent
hereby designates its Syndication Agency Services office at 301 South College
Street, TW-10, Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0608, or any subsequent office
which shall have been specified for such purpose by written notice to the
Co-Borrowers and Lenders, as the Administrative Agent's office referred to
herein, to which payments due are to be made and at which Loans will be
disbursed.
SECTION 12.2 Expenses. Subject to the limitations contained in the
Term Sheet, the Co-Borrowers will pay the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of
the Administrative Agent in connection with: (i) the preparation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, whenever the
same shall be executed and delivered, including all syndication and due
diligence expenses, appraiser's fees, search fees, recording fees, taxes and
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent;
(ii) the preparation, execution and delivery of any waiver, amendment or
consent by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders requested by the
Co-Borrowers relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative
Agent, search fees, appraiser's fees, recording fees and taxes imposed in
connection therewith; and (iii) after the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, consulting with one or more Persons, including
appraisers, accountants, engineers and attorneys, concerning or related to the
nature, scope or value of any right or remedy of the Administrative Agent or
any of the Lenders hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents,
including any review of factual matters in connection therewith, which expenses
shall include the reasonable fees and disbursements of such Persons. In
addition, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Co-Borrowers will pay the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender in connection with prosecuting or
defending any claim in any way arising out of, related to, connected with, or
enforcing any provision of, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
which expenses shall include the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
and of experts and other consultants retained by the Administrative Agent (but
with any counsel engaged by the Administrative Agent, to be approved by both
the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, with the Administrative
Agent not to withhold its approval unreasonably but to have the sole choice of
counsel if the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders cannot agree) or
any of the Lenders but shall not, with respect to all counsel hired by the
Lenders other than the Administrative Agent, result in the payment of legal
fees by the Co-Borrowers in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the
subject Event of Default; provided, however, that in connection with any
litigation or other proceeding (i) between the Co-Borrowers and the Lenders,
the Co-Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay any expenses or costs of the
Lenders (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses) that are attributable to any issue raised in such litigation or other
proceeding with respect to which the Co-Borrowers shall have prevailed (the
determination, if necessary, of which party shall have prevailed may be made by
the court or arbitration panel in the trial or appeal of such action or other
proceeding) and (ii) solely between any Lender and the Administrative Agent,
the Co-Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay any expenses or costs of any
Lender or the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 12.3 Governing Law. This Agreement, the Notes and the other
Loan Documents, unless otherwise expressly set forth therein, shall be governed
by, construed and enforced in accor-
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dance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without reference to the conflicts
or choice of law principles thereof.
SECTION 12.4 Consent to Jurisdiction. The Co-Borrowers hereby
irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts located in Fulton County, Georgia, in any action, claim or other
proceeding arising out of any dispute in connection with this Agreement, the
Notes and the other Loan Documents, any rights or obligations hereunder or
thereunder, or the performance of such rights and obligations. The
Co-Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby irrevocably
consent to the service of a summons and complaint and other process in any
action, claim or proceeding brought by any party hereto in connection with this
Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents, any rights or obligations
hereunder or thereunder, or the performance of such rights and obligations, on
behalf of itself or its property, in the manner specified in Section 12.1, if
and to the extent otherwise in compliance with Applicable Law. Nothing in this
Section 12.4 shall affect the right of the Co-Borrowers, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by
Applicable Law or affect the right of the Co-Borrowers, Administrative Agent or
any Lender to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Applicable
Law or affect the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to bring any
action or proceeding against any party hereto or its properties in the courts
of any other jurisdictions.
SECTION 12.5 Arbitration.
(a) Binding Arbitration. Upon demand of any party, whether made
before or after institution of any judicial proceeding, any dispute, claim or
controversy arising out of, connected with or relating to the Notes or any
other Loan Documents ("Disputes"), between or among parties to the Notes or
any other Loan Document shall be resolved by binding arbitration as provided
herein. Institution of a judicial proceeding by a party does not waive the
right of that party to demand arbitration hereunder. Disputes may include,
without limitation, tort claims, counterclaims, claims brought as class
actions, claims arising from Loan Documents executed in the future, or claims
concerning any aspect of the past, present or future relationships arising out
of or connected with the Loan Documents. Arbitration shall be conducted under
and governed by the Commercial Financial Disputes Arbitration Rules (the
"Arbitration Rules") of the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA") and
Title 9 of the U.S. Code. All arbitration hearings shall be conducted in
Atlanta, Georgia. The expedited procedures set forth in Rule 51, et seq. of the
Arbitration Rules shall be applicable to claims of less than $1,000,000. All
applicable statutes of limitation shall apply to any Dispute. A judgment upon
the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The panel from
which all arbitrators are selected shall be comprised of licensed attorneys.
The single arbitrator selected for expedited procedure shall be a retired judge
from the highest court of general jurisdiction, state or federal, of the state
where the hearing will be conducted. The arbitrators shall be appointed as
provided in the Arbitration Rules.
(b) Preservation of Certain Remedies. Notwithstanding the
preceding binding arbitration provisions, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders preserve, without diminution, certain remedies that the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders may employ or exercise freely, either alone, in
conjunction with or during a Dispute. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall have and hereby reserve the right to proceed in any court of proper
jurisdiction or by self help to exercise or
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prosecute the following remedies: (i) all rights to foreclose against any real
or personal property or other security by exercising a power of sale granted in
the Loan Documents or under applicable law or by judicial foreclosure and sale,
(ii) all rights of self help including peaceful occupation of property and
collection of rents, set off, subject to the provisions of Section 10.4, and
peaceful possession of property, (iii) when applicable, a judgement by
confession of judgement and (iv) obtaining provisional or ancillary remedies
including injunctive relief, sequestration, garnishment, attachment,
appointment of receiver and in filing an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding.
Preservation of these remedies does not limit the power of an arbitrator to
grant similar remedies that may be requested by a party in a Dispute.
SECTION 12.6 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, EACH LENDER AND EACH CO-BORROWER
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT
TO ANY ACTION, CLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, ANY
RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER, OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
SECTION 12.7 Reversal of Payment. To the extent any Co-Borrower makes
a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders which payments or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be
repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law,
state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of
such payment or proceeds repaid, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such
payment or proceeds had not been received by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 12.8 Injunctive Relief. The Co-Borrowers, Administrative
Agent and each Lender recognize that, in the event any of them fail to
perform, observe or discharge any of their obligations or liabilities under
this Agreement, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the
other parties. Therefore, the Co-Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each
Lender agree that the other parties, at such parties' option, shall be entitled
to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the
necessity of proving actual damages.
SECTION 12.9 Successors and Assigns; Participations.
(a) Each Lender may assign to one or more other Eligible
Assignees or, during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default, to
any Person (each, an "Assignee"), all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Commitment, the outstanding Loans made by it and the Note or
Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) any such assignment (other than
an assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender) shall not be made
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and, if a Default
or Event of Default has not occurred and is not continuing, the Co-Borrowers
(to be evidenced by their counter execution of the relevant Assignment and
Acceptance), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (ii) except in
the case of an assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate
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of such Lender or during the existence and continuance of a Default or Event of
Default, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned
pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment
and Acceptance with respect to each such assignment) shall in no event be less
than the lesser of (A) the entire Commitment of such Lender immediately prior
to such assignment or (B) $5,000,000, and (iii) the parties to each such
assignment will execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its
acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance (an
"Assignment and Acceptance") in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, together
with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment, and the Assignee will pay a
non-refundable processing fee of $3000 to the Administrative Agent for its own
account. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording of the
Assignment and Acceptance, from and after the effective date specified therein,
which effective date shall be at least five Business Days after the execution
thereof (unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise agree), (A) the
Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and
obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and
Acceptance, shall have the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender
hereunder with respect thereto and (B) the assigning Lender shall, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant
to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (other than rights
under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents relating to
indemnification or payment of fees, costs and expenses, to the extent such
rights relate to the time prior to the effective date of such Assignment and
Acceptance) and be released from its obligations under this Agreement, other
than obligations arising prior to the effective date of such Assignment and
Acceptance (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or
the remaining portion of such assigning Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). The terms and
provisions of each Assignment and Acceptance shall, upon the effectiveness
thereof, be incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement, and the
covenants, agreements and obligations of each Lender set forth therein shall be
deemed made to and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other
parties hereto as if set forth at length herein.
(b) The Administrative Agent will maintain at its address for
notices referred to herein a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered
to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of the Lenders and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the
Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error, and the Co-Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat
each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection
by Co-Borrowers and each Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time
upon reasonable prior notice.
(c) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance
executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee and counter executed by the
Co-Borrowers (if required), together with any Note or Notes subject to such
assignment and the processing fee referred to in subsection (a) above, the
Administrative Agent will (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) on
the effective date thereof, record the information contained therein in the
Register and (iii) give notice thereof to the Co-Borrowers and the Lenders.
Within five (5) Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the
Co-Borrowers, at their own expense, will execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent
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in exchange for the surrendered Note or Notes a new Note or Notes to the order
of such Assignee in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Commitment (or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the principal
amount of the Loans) assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance
and, to the extent the assigning Lender has retained its Loans and/or
Commitment hereunder, a new Note or Notes to the order of the assigning Lender
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Commitment (or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the principal amount
of the Loans) retained by it hereunder. Such new Note or Notes shall be dated
the date of the replaced Note or Notes and shall otherwise be in substantially
the forms of the Notes attached hereto. The Administrative Agent will return
canceled Notes to the Co-Borrowers.
(d) Each Lender may, without the consent of the Co-Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, sell to one or more other Persons
(each, a "Participant") participations in any portion comprising less than all
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, a portion of its Commitment, the outstanding Loans made by it and
the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender's
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged and such Lender shall
remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (ii) any
such participation shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of such Lender's post
assignment Commitment, (iii) the Co-Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the
other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, and
no Lender shall permit any Participant to have any voting rights or any right
to control the vote of such Lender with respect to any amendment, modification,
waiver, consent or other action hereunder or under any other Loan Document
(except as to actions that would (w) reduce or forgive the principal amount of,
or rate of interest on, any Loan, or reduce or forgive any fees or other
Obligations, (x) extend any date (including without limitation, the Revolver
Facility Termination Date) fixed for the payment of any principal of or
interest on any Loan, any fees or any other Obligations, or (y) increase any
Commitment of any Lender), and (iv) no Participant shall have any rights under
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, each Participant's rights
against the granting Lender in respect of any participation to be those set
forth in the participation agreement, and all amounts payable by the
Co-Borrowers hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not granted
such participation.
(e) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit any
Lender from pledging or assigning all or any portion of its rights and
interest hereunder or under any Note to any Federal Reserve Bank as security
for borrowings therefrom; provided, however, that no such pledge or assignment
shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder.
(f) Disclosure of Information; Confidentiality. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat as confidential all non-public
information, including, without limitation, all financial projections, obtained
pursuant to the Loan Documents and shall disclose such information outside
their organizations only as may be deemed appropriate by any of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders in the exercise of its or their rights
under the Loan Documents with respect to the repayment or administration of, or
transfer or assignment of participations or interests in, the Loans or, to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, upon reasonable prior notice to the
Co-Borrowers, as compelled by judicial or administrative process or by other
requirements of Applicable Law.
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SECTION 12.10 Amendments, Waivers and Consents: Renewal. Except as set
forth below, any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents may be amended or waived by the Lenders upon
request of the Co-Borrowers, and any consent given by the Lenders in response
to a request by the Co-Borrowers, if, but only if, such amendment, waiver or
consent is in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative
Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and delivered to the
Administrative Agent and, in the case of an amendment, signed by the
Co-Borrowers; provided, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall (a) increase
the amount or extend the time of the obligation of the Lenders to make Loans,
(b) extend the originally scheduled time or times of payment of the principal
of any Loan or the time or times of payment of interest on any Loan, (c) reduce
the rate of interest or fees payable on any Loan, (d) permit any subordination
of the principal or interest on any Loan, (e) amend the provisions of this
Section 12.10 or the definition of Required Lenders, (f) increase the Swingline
Commitment, the Aggregate Commitment, or the Aggregate Revolver Loan
Commitments, or (g) release any Guarantor or amend the provisions of Section
7.12 (but with a waiver of, or consent to departure from, the provisions of
Section 7.12 as it pertains to any Material Subsidiary not organized under the
laws of one of the United States to require only the approval of the Required
Lenders), without the prior written consent of each Lender bound thereby. In
addition, no amendment, waiver or consent to the provisions of Article XI shall
be made without the written consent of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 12.11 Performance of Duties. The Co-Borrowers' obligations
under this Agreement and each of the Loan Documents shall be performed at the
joint and several sole cost and expense of the Co-Borrowers.
SECTION 12.12 Indemnification.
(a) Each Co-Borrower jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all reasonable costs and expenses,
including reasonable counsel or other out-of-pocket fees and disbursements
reasonably incurred, and the Co-Borrowers hereby indemnify and hold the
Administrative Agent and each Lender (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties"
and individually, an "Indemnified Party") harmless from and against all losses
suffered by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with (i) the
exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, of any remedy granted to them by
Co-Borrowers under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) any
claim by any third party against the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising
out of or in any way connected with the acts or omissions of the Co-Borrowers
or any Subsidiary thereof under or pursuant to this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, and (iii) the collection or enforcement of the
Obligations or any of them against the Co-Borrowers, after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default; provided, that no reimbursement
obligation or undertaking to indemnify contained herein shall apply (A) to any
expenses that are attributable to any issue raised in any litigation or other
proceeding with respect to which the Co-Borrowers shall have prevailed (the
determination, if necessary, of which party shall have prevailed may be made by
the court or arbitration panel in the trial or appeal of such action or other
proceeding), or (B) to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or other expenses result from the breach by any Indemnified Party
of its obligations hereunder or under any Loan Document, the violation of
Applicable Law, gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Indemnified
Party.
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(b) The following shall apply to all claims for indemnity under
this Section 12.12 or otherwise under the Loan Documents:
(i) If any Indemnified Party has knowledge of any claim or
matter for which it believes it is entitled to indemnification hereunder, it
shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Co-Borrowers; provided,
however, that the failure of an Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not
relieve the Co-Borrowers of its obligations hereunder.
(ii) Each claim against an Indemnified Party by a third party
shall, if reasonably requested by the Co-Borrowers, be contested by the
Indemnified Party in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that the
Co-Borrowers shall indemnify such Indemnified Party in full in respect of any
out-of-pocket fees, costs or expenses actually incurred by such Indemnified
Party in conducting such contest and the amount of any interest or penalties,
if any, which are required to be paid as a direct result of contesting such
claim.
(iii) In connection with any litigation or other proceeding
between the Co-Borrowers and the Lenders, the Co-Borrowers shall not be
obligated to pay any expenses or costs of the Lenders (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) that are attributable to
any issue raised in such litigation or other proceeding with respect to which
the Co-Borrowers shall have prevailed (the determination, if necessary, of
which party shall have prevailed may be made by the court or arbitration panel
in the trial or appeal of such action or other proceeding).
SECTION 12.13 All Powers Coupled with Interest. All powers of
attorney and other authorizations granted to the Lenders, the Administrative
Agent and any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or such Lenders
pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as
any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied or the Credit Facility have
not been terminated.
SECTION 12.14 Survival of Indemnities. Notwithstanding any
termination of this Agreement, the indemnities to which the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions of this Article XII and
any other provision of this Agreement and the Loan Documents shall continue in
full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders against events arising after such termination as well as before.
SECTION 12.15 Titles and Captions. Titles and captions of Articles,
Sections and subsections in this Agreement are for convenience only, and
neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 12.16 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or
affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
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SECTION 12.17 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and shall be binding upon all parties, their successors and assigns, and all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 12.18 Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in
effect from the Closing Date through and including the date upon which all
Obligations shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in
full and the Commitments have been terminated. No termination of this
Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising
prior to such termination.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first
written above.
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
By: /s/ Cliff O. Bickell
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Name: Cliff O. Bickell
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Title: Vice President,
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Treasurer & CFO
[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By: /s/ Cliff O. Bickell
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Name: Cliff O. Bickell
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Title: Vice President,
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Treasurer & CFO
Domestic Office Address: FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF
GEORGIA, as Administrative Agent and Lender
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By: /s/ Susan E. Harber
Euro Lending Office Address: ---------------------------------------
Name: Susan E. Harber
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Domestic Office Address:
191 Peachtree St. NE
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Atlanta, GA
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30503-1757
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WACHOVIA BANK OF GEORGIA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Euro Lending Office Address: By: /s/ Ann B. Edwards
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191 Peachtree St. NE Name: Ann B. Edwards
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Atlanta, GA Title: Assistant Vice President
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Domestic Office Address: ABN AMRO BANK, N.V.
ABN AMRO BANK N.V. By: /s/ Larry Kelley Steven Hipsman
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ONE RAVINIA DR. SUITE 1200 Name: Larry Kelly Steven Hipsman
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ATLANTA, GA. 30346 Title: Group Vice President Vice President
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PHONE: (770) 396-0066
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FAX: (770) 395-9188
Euro Lending Office Address:
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
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ONE RAVINIA DR. SUITE 1200
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ATLANTA, GA. 30346
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PHONE: (770) 396-0066
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF REVOLVER NOTE
$30,000,000 December __, 1996
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.,
a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware ("Holdings"), and
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and a
Wholly-Owned subsidiary of Holdings (the "Company") (Holdings and the Company
together, the "Co-Borrowers"), hereby unconditionally jointly and severally
promise to pay to the order of Wachovia Bank of Georgia, National Association
(the "Lender"), at the times, at the place and in the manner and currency
provided in the Credit Agreement hereinafter referred to, the principal sum of
up to Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000 inclusive of the "Assigned Dollar
Value" of Foreign Currency Loans as defined in the Credit Agreement hereinafter
described), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolver
Loans disbursed to Co-Borrowers by the Lender under the Credit Agreement
referred to below, together with interest at the rates as in effect from time
to time with respect to each portion of the principal amount hereof, determined
and payable as provided in Article III of the Credit Agreement.
This Note is a Revolver Note referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Credit Agreement dated as of December __, 1996 (together with
all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to time hereafter
made thereto, the "Credit Agreement") by and among the Co-Borrowers, the
financial institutions (the "Lenders") as are, or may from time to time become,
parties thereto and First Union National Bank of Georgia, as Administrative
Agent for the Lenders ("Agent"). Capitalized terms not defined in this Note
are to have the meaning provided them in the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement contains, among other things, provisions for the
time, place and manner of payment of this Note, the determination of the
interest rate borne by and fees payable in respect of this Note, acceleration
of the payment of this Note upon the happening of certain stated events and the
mandatory repayment of this Note under certain circumstances. The Credit
Agreement further provides that certain Foreign Currency Loans are to be made
to the Co-Borrowers pursuant to this Note in Alternative Currencies of French
francs and British pounds sterling, with such Foreign Currency Loans to be
repaid in the Alternative Currency in which they were extended.
Subject to the terms and qualifications of the Credit Agreement, the
Co-Borrowers hereby jointly and severally agree to pay on demand all reasonable
costs and expenses actually incurred in collecting the Co-Borrowers'
obligations hereunder or in enforcing or attempting to enforce any of the
Lender's rights hereunder in each case after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses if collected by or through an attorney, whether or
not suit is filed.
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Presentment for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of
protest are hereby waived.
THIS NOTE IS MADE AND DELIVERED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Co-Borrower has caused this Note to be
executed under seal by a duly authorized officer as of the day and year first
above written.
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By:
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF REVOLVER NOTE
$30,000,000 December __, 1996
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.,
a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware ("Holdings"), and
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and a
Wholly-Owned subsidiary of Holdings (the "Company") (Holdings and the Company
together, the "Co-Borrowers"), hereby unconditionally jointly and severally
promise to pay to the order of First Union National Bank of Georgia (the
"Lender"), at the times, at the place and in the manner and currency provided
in the Credit Agreement hereinafter referred to, the principal sum of up to
Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000 inclusive of the "Assigned Dollar Value" of
Foreign Currency Loans as defined in the Credit Agreement hereinafter
described), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolver
Loans disbursed to Co-Borrowers by the Lender under the Credit Agreement
referred to below, together with interest at the rates as in effect from time
to time with respect to each portion of the principal amount hereof, determined
and payable as provided in Article III of the Credit Agreement.
This Note is a Revolver Note referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Credit Agreement dated as of December __, 1996 (together with
all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to time hereafter
made thereto, the "Credit Agreement") by and among the Co-Borrowers, the
financial institutions (the "Lenders") as are, or may from time to time become,
parties thereto and First Union National Bank of Georgia, as Administrative
Agent for the Lenders ("Agent"). Capitalized terms not defined in this Note
are to have the meaning provided them in the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement contains, among other things, provisions for the
time, place and manner of payment of this Note, the determination of the
interest rate borne by and fees payable in respect of this Note, acceleration
of the payment of this Note upon the happening of certain stated events and the
mandatory repayment of this Note under certain circumstances. The Credit
Agreement further provides that certain Foreign Currency Loans are to be made
to the Co-Borrowers pursuant to this Note in Alternative Currencies of French
francs and British pounds sterling, with such Foreign Currency Loans to be
repaid in the Alternative Currency in which they were extended.
Subject to the terms and qualifications of the Credit Agreement, the
Co-Borrowers hereby jointly and severally agree to pay on demand all reasonable
costs and expenses actually incurred in collecting the Co-Borrowers'
obligations hereunder or in enforcing or attempting to enforce any of the
Lender's rights hereunder in each case after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses if collected by or through an attorney, whether or
not suit is filed.
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Presentment for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of
protest are hereby waived.
THIS NOTE IS MADE AND DELIVERED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Co-Borrower has caused this Note to be
executed under seal by a duly authorized officer as of the day and year first
above written.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF REVOLVER NOTE
$15,000,000 December __, 1996
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.,
a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware ("Holdings"), and
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and a
Wholly-Owned subsidiary of Holdings (the "Company") (Holdings and the Company
together, the "Co-Borrowers"), hereby unconditionally jointly and severally
promise to pay to the order of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the "Lender"), at the times,
at the place and in the manner and currency provided in the Credit Agreement
hereinafter referred to, the principal sum of up to Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000 inclusive of the "Assigned Dollar Value" of Foreign Currency Loans
as defined in the Credit Agreement hereinafter described), or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolver Loans disbursed to
Co-Borrowers by the Lender under the Credit Agreement referred to below,
together with interest at the rates as in effect from time to time with respect
to each portion of the principal amount hereof, determined and payable as
provided in Article III of the Credit Agreement.
This Note is a Revolver Note referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Credit Agreement dated as of December __, 1996 (together with
all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to time hereafter
made thereto, the "Credit Agreement") by and among the Co-Borrowers, the
financial institutions (the "Lenders") as are, or may from time to time become,
parties thereto and First Union National Bank of Georgia, as Administrative
Agent for the Lenders ("Agent"). Capitalized terms not defined in this Note
are to have the meaning provided them in the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement contains, among other things, provisions for the
time, place and manner of payment of this Note, the determination of the
interest rate borne by and fees payable in respect of this Note, acceleration
of the payment of this Note upon the happening of certain stated events and the
mandatory repayment of this Note under certain circumstances. The Credit
Agreement further provides that certain Foreign Currency Loans are to be made
to the Co-Borrowers pursuant to this Note in Alternative Currencies of French
francs and British pounds sterling, with such Foreign Currency Loans to be
repaid in the Alternative Currency in which they were extended.
Subject to the terms and qualifications of the Credit Agreement, the
Co-Borrowers hereby jointly and severally agree to pay on demand all reasonable
costs and expenses actually incurred in collecting the Co-Borrowers'
obligations hereunder or in enforcing or attempting to enforce any of the
Lender's rights hereunder in each case after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default as defined in the Credit Agreement,
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses if
collected by or through an attorney, whether or not suit is filed.
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Presentment for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of
protest are hereby waived.
THIS NOTE IS MADE AND DELIVERED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Co-Borrower has caused this Note to be
executed under seal by a duly authorized officer as of the day and year first
above written.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
---------------------------------
[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By:
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Name:
----------------------------------
Title:
---------------------------------
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF SWINGLINE NOTE
$5,000,000 December __, 1996
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.,
a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware ("Holdings"), SCIENTIFIC
GAMES INC., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and a
Wholly-Owned subsidiary of Holdings (the "Company") (Holdings and the Company,
the "Co-Borrowers"), hereby unconditionally jointly and severally promise to
pay to the order of FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, a national banking
association ("First Union"), at the times, at the place and in the manner
provided in the Credit Agreement hereinafter referred to, the principal sum of
up to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Swingline Loans disbursed to Co-Borrowers by First
Union under the Credit Agreement referred to below, together with interest at
the rates as in effect from time to time with respect to each portion of the
principal amount hereof, determined and payable as provided in Section 2.3 of
the Credit Agreement.
This Note is the Swingline Note referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Credit Agreement dated as of December __, 1996 (together with
all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to time hereafter
made thereto, the "Credit Agreement") by and among the Co-Borrowers, the
financial institutions (the "Lenders") as are, or may from time to time become,
parties thereto and First Union, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders
("Agent"). The Credit Agreement contains, among other things, provisions for
the time, place and manner of payment of this Note, the determination of the
interest rate borne by and fees payable in respect of this Note, acceleration
of the payment of this Note upon the happening of certain stated events and the
mandatory repayment of this Note under certain circumstances.
Subject to the terms and qualifications of the Credit Agreement, the
Co-Borrowers hereby jointly and severally agree to pay on demand all reasonable
costs and expenses actually incurred in collecting the Co-Borrowers'
obligations hereunder or in enforcing or attempting to enforce any of First
Union's rights hereunder in each case after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees actually incurred and expenses if collected by or through an
attorney, whether or not suit is filed.
Presentment for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of
protest are hereby waived.
THIS NOTE IS MADE AND DELIVERED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Co-Borrower has caused this Note to be
executed under seal by a duly authorized officer as of the day and year first
above written.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By:
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Name:
-------------------------------
Title:
-------------------------------
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
First Union National Bank
of Georgia, as Administrative Agent
One First Union Center
301 South College Street, TW-10
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0608
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable Notice of Borrowing is delivered to you by Scientific
Games Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the "Company")
, on behalf of the Co-Borrowers referred to below, under Section 2.2(a) of the
Credit Agreement dated as of December __, 1996 (together with all amendments
and other modifications, if any, from time to time made thereto, the "Credit
Agreement"), by and among the Company, Scientific Games Holdings Corp., a
corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, the Lenders party thereto and
First Union National Bank of Georgia, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.
1. The Company, on behalf of the Co-Borrowers, hereby requests that
the Lenders make a Revolver Loan to the following Co-Borrower(s): (COMPLETE THE
ENSUING BLANK(S) WITH THE APPLICABLE CO-BORROWER(S))
---------------
---------------
2. The Company, on behalf of the Co-Borrowers, hereby requests that
the Lenders make a Revolver Loan in the aggregate principal amount of
$______________ (the "Loan"). (FOR LIBOR RATE LOANS COMPLETE WITH AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO $5,000,000 OR A WHOLE MULTIPLE OF $1,000,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF, FOR
FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS COMPLETE WITH AN ASSIGNED DOLLAR AMOUNT EQUAL TO
$1,000,000 OR A WHOLE MULTIPLE OF $1,000,000 IN ASSIGNED DOLLAR VALUE IN EXCESS
THEREOF, AND FOR BASE RATE LOANS COMPLETE WITH AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO $500,000 OR A
WHOLE MULTIPLE OF $100,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF.)
3. The Company, on behalf of the Co-Borrowers, hereby requests that
the Revolver Loan be made on the following Business Day: (COMPLETE WITH A DATE
ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE FOR A BASE RATE LOAN, AT LEAST THREE (3)
BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE FOR A LIBOR RATE LOAN, AND AT LEAST
FOUR (4) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE FOR A FOREIGN CURRENCY
LOAN.)
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4. For Foreign Currency Loans only: The Company, on behalf of the
Co-Borrowers, hereby requests that the Revolver Loan be made in the following
currency: (FOR EACH LOAN COMPLETE WITH BRITISH POUNDS STERLING, FRENCH FRANCS,
OR GERMAN MARKS.)
____________________
5. Holdings, on behalf of the Co-Borrowers, hereby requests that the
Revolver Loan bear interest at the following interest rate, plus the Applicable
Margin, as set forth below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Component Interest Period
of Loan Interest Rate (As Applicable)
---------------------------- ------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C>
$_________ [Base Rate, LIBOR Rate or [One, two, three or six
Foreign Currency Loan Rate] months for Foreign Currency
Loans and LIBOR Rate
Loans]
</TABLE>
6. The principal amount of all Loans and Foreign Currency Loans,
respectively, outstanding as of the date hereof (including the requested Loan)
does not exceed the maximum amount permitted to be outstanding pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement.
7. The obligations of the Co-Borrowers and Guarantors as set forth in
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are valid, binding and
enforceable obligations of those parties as of the date hereof, both before and
after giving effect to the Revolving Loan requested herein, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in
effect which affect the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and the
availability of equitable remedies.
8. All of the conditions applicable to the Revolving Loan requested
herein as set forth in the Credit Agreement have been satisfied as of the date
hereof and will remain satisfied to the date of such Revolving Loan.
9. No Default or Event of Default exists, and none will exist upon the
making of the Revolving Loan requested herein.
10. The representations and warranties of the Co-Borrowers and
Guarantors under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and
correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, both before and after
giving effect to the Revolving Loan requested herein, except to the extent that
such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date,
in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and
correct on and as of such date.
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11. All capitalized undefined terms used herein have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of
Borrowing this _________ day of ___________________, 19__.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
[CORPORATE SEAL]
By:
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Name:
-------------------------------
Title:
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</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
First Union National Bank
of Georgia, as Administrative Agent
One First Union Center
301 South College Street, TW-10
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0608
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable Notice of Conversion/Continuation is delivered to you
under Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement dated as of December __, 1996
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among Scientific Games
Holdings Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware
("Holdings"), Scientific Games Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware and a wholly- owned Subsidiary of Holdings, as Co-Borrowers
(collectively, the "Co-Borrowers"), the Lenders party thereto and First Union
National Bank of Georgia, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.
1. This Notice of Conversion/continuation is submitted for the purpose
of: (CHECK ONE AND COMPLETE APPLICABLE INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
3.2.)
/ / Converting a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Rate Loan
(a) The aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Loan is
$__________.
(b) The principal amount of such Loan to be converted is
$____________.
(c) The requested effective date of the conversion of such Loan
is _________.
(d) The requested Interest Period applicable to the converted
Loan is ________.
/ / Converting a LIBOR Rate Loan into a Base Rate Loan
(a) The aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Loan is
$__________.
(b) The last day of the current Interest Period for such Loan
is ___________.
(c) The principal amount of such Loan to be converted is
$____________.
(d) The requested effective date of the conversion of such Loan
is _________.
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/ / Continuing a LIBOR Rate Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan
(a) The aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Loan is
$_________.
(b) The last day of the current Interest Period for such Loan
is __________.
(c) The principal amount of such Loan to be continued is
$__________.
(d) The requested effective date of the continuation of such
Loan is ________.
(e) The requested Interest Period applicable to the continued
Loan is _________.
/ / Continuing a Foreign Currency Loan as a Foreign Currency Loan
(a) The aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Loan is
$_________ (less such portion of the Foreign Currency Loan
that equals the Assigned Dollar Value Excess as of the end
of the Interest Period) (_________) Net balance of such
Loan $_________.
(b) The last day of the current Interest Period for such Loan
is __________.
(c) The Assigned Dollar Value of such Loan to be continued is
$__________.
(d) The requested effective date of the continuation of such
Loan is ________.
(e) The requested Interest Period applicable to the continued
Loan is _________.
(f) The Alternative Currency for the Loan that is to be
continued is _________.
2. The principal amount of all Loans outstanding as of the date hereof
does not exceed the maximum amount permitted to be outstanding pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement.
3. The obligations of the Co-Borrowers set forth in the Credit
Agreement and the Loan Documents are valid, binding and enforceable obligations
of the Co-Borrowers as of the date hereof, both before and after giving effect
to the Revolving Loan requested herein, except as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state
or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the
enforcement of creditors' rights in general and the availability of equitable
remedies.
4. All of the conditions applicable to the conversion or continuation
of the Loan requested herein as set forth in the Credit Agreement have been
satisfied as of the date hereof and will remain satisfied to the date of such
Loan.
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5. No Default or Event of Default exists, and none will exist upon the
conversion or continuation of the Loan requested herein.
6. The representations and warranties of the Co-Borrowers under the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all
material respects as of the date hereof, both before and after giving effect to
the conversion or continuation of the Loan requested herein, except to the
extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an
earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been
true and correct on and as of such earlier date.
7. All capitalized undefined terms used herein have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Co-Borrowers have executed this Notice of
Conversion/Continuation this ___ day of ___________________, 19__.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
[CORPORATE SEAL]
By:
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Name:
----------------------------------
Title:
---------------------------------
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC
[CORPORATE SEAL]
By:
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Name:
----------------------------------
Title:
---------------------------------
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF OFFICER'S COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, on behalf of Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
("Holdings") and Scientific Games Inc. (the "Company"), each a corporation
organized under the laws of Delaware (together, the "Co-Borrowers"), hereby
certifies to First Union National Bank of Georgia, as Administrative Agent (the
"Administrative Agent") to the best of the undersigned's knowledge and belief,
as follows:
1. This Certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Section 6.2
of the Credit Agreement dated as of December ___, 1996 (together with all
amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to time made thereto, the
"Credit Agreement"), by and among Holdings, the Company, the Lenders party
thereto and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit
Agreement.
2. I have examined the consolidated financial statements of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries dated as of ________________ and for the
period[s] then ended and such statements fairly present in all material
respects in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles the
financial condition of Holdings, the Company, and their Subsidiaries, as
applicable, as of the dates indicated [except as to the absence of footnotes
and year-end audit adjustments], and the results of their operations and cash
flows for the period[s] indicated.
3. I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Notes
and the related Loan Documents and have made, or caused to be made under my
supervision, a review and examination in reasonable detail of the transactions
and the condition of Holdings, the Company, and their Subsidiaries during the
accounting period covered by the financial statements referred to in Paragraph
2 above. Such review and examination have not disclosed the existence during
or at the end of such accounting period of any condition or event that
constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, nor do I have any knowledge of
the existence of any such condition or event as at the date of this Certificate
[except, if such condition or event existed or exists, describe the nature and
period of existence thereof, when it occurred, whether it is continuing, and
what action Holdings and its Subsidiaries have taken, are taking and propose to
take with respect thereto].
4. The calculations necessary as of the end of the most recent
fiscal quarter (i) to establish the Applicable Margin pursuant to Section
3.1(c) of the Credit Agreement, (ii) to establish Co-Borrowers' compliance with
the financial covenants set forth in Article VIII of the Credit Agreement, and
(iii) to set forth the Cash Flow Percentages for each corporation, partnership,
or other entity in which either Co-Borrower has any ownership interest , are
set forth on the attached Schedule 1. Holdings and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with the covenants contained in Article VIII of the Credit Agreement
as shown on such Schedule 1, the Applicable Margin as described in Section
3.1(c) of the Credit Agreement has been calculated as shown on such Schedule 1,
and the Cash Flow Percentages have been calculated as shown on such Schedule 1.
[Named Entity is required to execute a Joinder Agreement pursuant to Section
7.12 of the Credit Agreement.]
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5. The amounts outstanding under each outstanding Foreign Subsidiary
Note at the end of the most recent fiscal quarter are shown on Schedule 1.
WITNESS the following signature as of the _______ day of _______________,
199__.
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
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Name:
-------------------------------
Title:
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SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By:
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Name:
-------------------------------
Title:
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Schedule 1
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
I. Applicable Margin Calculation
A. Leverage Ratio
1. The ratio of the following as of ________________
(a) Consolidated Debt of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries 1(a) _________
(b) The sum of (A) the Consolidated
Net Worth of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries plus (B) the Consolidated
Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries 1(b) _________
(c) Leverage Ratio: Divide line 1(a) by
line 1(b) 1(c) _________
2. Maximum Leverage Ratio permitted by Section
8.1 as of any fiscal quarter end 2 50%
---
B. Applicable Margin Selection
1. Check the appropriate box in accordance with Section
3.1 of the Credit Agreement:
// If 1(C) is less than or equal to 25%, then the
Applicable Margin for LIBOR Rate Loans or IBOR Rate
(Foreign Currency) Loans is 0.375%, and the Applicable
Margin for Base Rate (and Swingline) Loans is -
1.250%.
// If 1(C) is greater than 25%, but less than or equal to
40%, then the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Rate Loans
or IBOR Rate (Foreign Currency) Loans is 0.500 %, and
the Applicable Margin for Base Rate (and Swingline)
Loans is - 0.750%.
// If 1(C) is greater than 40%, then the Applicable
Margin for LIBOR Rate Loans or IBOR Rate (Foreign
Currency) Loans is 0.625%, and the Applicable Margin
for Base Rate (and Swingline) Loans is 0.000%.
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
II. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation
1. EBITR: The sum of the following for the period
of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending
on such preceding fiscal quarter:
(a) Net Income of Holdings and the
Subsidiaries for the period 1(a) _________
(b) Interest Expense of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries accrued
but not paid during such period 1(b) _________
(c) Income tax expenses of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries paid during the period 1(c) _________
(d) Real and personal property rental
expense of Holdings and its Sub-
sidiaries (exclusive of Capital Leases)
paid during the period 1(d) _________
(e) EBITR: Add lines 1(a) through 1(d) 1(e) _________
2. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio: The result of
the following calculations for the period:
(a) Add line 1(b) and line 1(d) 2(a) _________
(b) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
Divide line 1(e) by line 2(a) 2(b) _________
3. The Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
permitted by Section 8.2 as of each fiscal
quarter end for the four quarter period
consisting of such quarter and the
immediately preceding three quarters 3 3 to 1
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</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
III. Cash Flow Percentage Calculation
1. Consolidated EBITR: The sum of the following for the
period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending
on such preceding fiscal quarter for any corporation,
partnership, or other entity (the "Person") in which
either Co-Borrower has any direct or indirect investment
or other interest:
(a) Net Income of the Person for the period 1(a) _________
(b) Interest Expense of the Person accrued
but not paid during such period 1(b) _________
(c) Income tax expenses of the Person
paid during the period 1(c) _________
(d) Real and personal property rental
expense (exclusive of Capital Leases)
of the Person paid during the period 1(d) _________
(e) Consolidated EBITR of the Person:
Add lines 1(a) through 1(d) 1(e) _________
2. The percentage amount of direct or indirect
ownership by either or both Co-Borrowers
(but without duplication) of all outstanding
capital stock or other ownership interests
of the corporation, partnership, or other
entity at the end of the period 2 _________
3. Multiply line 1(e) by line 2 3 _________
4. Consolidated EBITR for Holdings and the
Subsidiaries during the period (see Part II,
line 1(e) above) 4 _________
5. Cash Flow Percentage: Divide line 3 by line 4 5 _________
</TABLE>
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6. Check the appropriate box in accordance with the definition of
"Material Subsidiary" in the Credit Agreement:
// If the amount in LINE 5 is greater than or equal to 10%, then
the corporation, partnership, or other entity in question IS a
Material Subsidiary within the meaning of the Credit Agreement.
// If the amount in LINE 5 is less than 10%, then the corporation,
partnership, or other entity in question IS NOT a Material
Subsidiary within the meaning of the Credit Agreement.
IV [LIST EACH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY NOTE OUTSTANDING BY MAKER AND DATE OF
ISSUANCE AND PROVIDE DOLLAR AMOUNTS OUTSTANDING AS OF END OF MOST RECENT FISCAL
QUARTER]
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Dated __________
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December ___,
1996 (together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time
to time made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among Scientific Games
Holdings Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware
("Holdings"), Scientific Games Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings (the "Company"), as
Co-Borrowers (together, the "Co-Borrowers"), the Lenders party thereto and
First Union National Bank of Georgia, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders
(the "Administrative Agent"). Capitalized terms which are defined in the
Credit Agreement and which are used herein without definition shall have the
same meanings herein as in the Credit Agreement.
_____________________________ (the "Assignor") and ___________________________
(the "Assignee") agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the
Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, as of the Effective
Date (as defined below), a ___% interest in and to the Revolver Loan
Commitment, and all of the Assignor's interests, rights and obligations under
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect thereto. The
Assignor thereby retains ___% of its interest in the Revolver Loan Commitment,
and all of the Assignor's interests, rights and obligations under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect thereto. This Assignment
and Acceptance is entered pursuant to, and authorized by, Section 12.9 of the
Credit Agreement.
2. The Assignor (a) represents that, as of the date hereof, its
Revolver Loan Commitment Percentage (without giving effect to assignments
thereof which have not yet become effective) under the Credit Agreement is
______% and the outstanding balance of its Revolver Loans (unreduced by any
assignments thereof which have not yet become effective) under the Credit
Agreement is $_______; (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations
made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document
or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or value of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor is the legal and beneficial
owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is
free and clear of any adverse claim; (c) makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the
Co-Borrowers or the performance or observance by the Co-Borrowers of any of
their obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; and
(d) attaches the Revolver Note or Notes delivered to
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it under the Credit Agreement and requests that the Co-Borrowers exchange such
Note or Notes for a new Note or Notes payable to each of the Assignor and the
Assignee as follows:
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Payable the Order of: of Note:
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3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (b) confirms that it
has received from the Assignor a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with
copies of the most recent financial statements and projections delivered
pursuant to Section 6.1 thereof and such other documents and information as it
has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into this Assignment and Acceptance; (c) agrees that it will, independently and
without reliance upon the Assignor or any other Lender or the Administrative
Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking
action under the Credit Agreement; (d) if this Assignment and Acceptance is not
made after an Event of Default, confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (e)
appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent
on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents as are delegated to such Administrative Agent by the terms
thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (f)
agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations
which by the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are
required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (g) agrees that it will keep
confidential all the information with respect to the Co-Borrowers furnished to
it thereby or the Assignor in accordance with Section 12.9(f).
4. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance shall be
__________________ (the "Effective Date"). Following the execution of this
Assignment and Acceptance, it shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent
for consent by the Co-Borrowers and Administrative Agent and acceptance and
recording in the Register, in accordance with Section 12.9(b).
5. Upon such consents, acceptance and recording, from and after
the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents to which such Assignor is a party and, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under each such agreement, and (ii) the Assignor shall,
to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights
(other than rights under the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents relating to indemnification or payment of fees, costs and
expenses, to the extent such rights relate to the time prior to the effective
date of this Assignment and Acceptance) and be released from its obligations
under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, other than obligations
arising prior to the effective date
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of this Assignment and Acceptance; provided, that to the extent that the
Assignor retains any portion of its Revolver Loan Commitment, its rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents with respect to
such retained portion of its Revolver Loan Commitment shall continue to be of
full force and effect.
6. Upon such consents, acceptance and recording, from and after
the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect
of the interest assigned hereby (including payments of principal, interest,
fees and other amounts) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall make
all appropriate adjustments in payments for periods prior to the Effective Date
or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.
7. THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A
CONTRACT UNDER SEAL AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE
CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
ASSIGNOR
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Commitment Percentage ______
After Assignment
By:
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Title:
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ASSIGNEE
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Commitment Percentage ______
After Assignment
By:
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Title:
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[IF CONSENT REQUIRED
The undersigned hereby consents to and
accepts the foregoing assignment by
Assignor to Assignee:
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SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
[CORPORATE SEAL]
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
[CORPORATE SEAL]
By:
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Name:
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Title: ]
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The undersigned hereby consents to and
accepts the foregoing assignment by
Assignor to Assignee:
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT F
NEGATIVE PLEDGE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, made and entered into as of December ___, 1996, by
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP., a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware ("Holdings"), SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC., a corporation organized under
the laws of Delaware and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (the "Company"),
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a corporation organized under the laws
of the United Kingdom, and GAMETEC INC., a corporation organized under the laws
of Delaware (collectively, the "Guarantors"), in favor of FIRST UNION NATIONAL
BANK OF GEORGIA, a national banking corporation ("Administrative Agent"), for
the benefit of itself and the Lenders (as herein defined).
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The Guarantors each desire that Administrative Agent and Lenders
provide them with certain revolving loan facilities pursuant to the terms of
that certain Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Guarantors
and the Administrative Agent (as the same may be hereafter amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms used
herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Credit Agreement).
It is a condition precedent to the Administrative Agent and Lenders
entering into the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors each execute this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Guarantors hereby agree as follows:
STATEMENT OF TERMS
1.
Neither Guarantor shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any
Lien on or with respect to any of its assets or properties (including shares of
capital stock), real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except Permitted Liens.
2.
This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without reference to the
conflicts or choice of law principles thereof.
3.
This Agreement is binding upon each Guarantor and their successors and
assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and each
Lender and their successors and assigns.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantors have executed this Agreement under
seal, as of the date set forth above.
GUARANTORS:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Attest:
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Title:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Attest:
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Title:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Attest:
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Title:
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
[CORPORATE SEAL] GAMETEC INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Attest:
--------------------------------
Title:
---------------------------------
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
THIS INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of December 20,
1996 among SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP., a corporation organized under the
laws of Delaware ("Holdings"), SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC., a corporation organized
under the laws of Delaware and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings (the
"Company"), and the other signatory subsidiaries of Holdings and the Company
executing this Agreement (collectively, the "Intercompany Loan Parties"), and
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, as Administrative Agent (the
"Administrative Agent") for the benefit of itself and the financial
institutions (the "Lenders") party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
Statement of Purpose
Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement of even date herewith
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time hereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among the
Intercompany Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders agreed to extend certain Loans to certain of the Intercompany Loan
Parties as more specifically described in the Credit Agreement. Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
thereto in the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement requires that the Intercompany Loan Parties agree
to subordinate all intercompany obligations owing by any Intercompany Loan
Party to any other Intercompany Loan Party to all obligations owed to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document (the "Senior Indebtedness") by any of the Intercompany Loan Parties.
To induce the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement, the
Intercompany Loan Parties have agreed to enter into this Intercompany
Subordination Agreement with respect to all such intercompany obligations.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. SUBORDINATION.
1.1 Subordination to Senior Indebtedness.
Each Intercompany Loan Party for itself and its successors agrees
that, to the extent it is from time to time entitled to receive payment in
respect of any intercompany loan, advance or other account from any other
Intercompany Loan Party (other than a loan, advance or other account
representing the proceeds of Debt permitted under Section 9.1 of the Credit
Agreement) (a "Subordinated Obligation"), the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, interest on (including all interest accruing thereon
subsequent to a Bankruptcy Event ("Post-Petition Interest")) or other fees,
costs, expenses and any other amounts accrued, incurred or otherwise due in
connection with
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all such Subordinated Obligations from time to time, is subordinated in right
of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided herein, to the payment in
full of all Senior Indebtedness.
1.2 No Payment on the Subordinated Obligations in Certain
Circumstances.
(a) No payment shall be made, either directly or indirectly, by or
on behalf of any Intercompany Loan Party, in cash, property or securities on
account of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Post-
Petition Interest) on any Subordinated Obligation at the time outstanding, or
other fees, costs, expenses and any other amounts accrued, incurred or
otherwise due in respect of any such Subordinated Obligation, and no
prepayment, purchase, redemption, retirement, exchange, defeasance or
acquisition of any Subordinated Obligation or any instrument evidencing a
Subordinated Obligation for cash or property shall be made (collectively,
"Subordinated Payments"), (i) upon the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness by
acceleration or otherwise, unless and until all principal, interest (including
Post-Petition Interest) and premium, if any, on and all other fees, costs,
expenses and other amounts accrued or incurred pursuant to the terms of the
Senior Indebtedness then due, shall have first been paid in full or waived, or
(ii) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness (unless and until such Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement).
(b) In furtherance of the provisions of Section 1.1, in the event
that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.2, any
Subordinated Payment, either directly or indirectly, shall be made by or on
behalf of any Intercompany Loan Party, and received by another Intercompany
Loan Party at a time when such payment was prohibited by the provisions of this
Section 1.2, then, unless and until such payment is no longer prohibited by
this Section 1.2, such payment shall be segregated and held in trust for the
benefit of and shall be promptly paid over to, the Administrative Agent, for
the benefit of the Lenders.
(c) Holdings shall give prompt written notice to each other
Intercompany Loan Party of any Event of Default with respect to such Senior
Indebtedness. Failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination
of the Subordinated Obligations to the Senior Indebtedness provided in this
Intercompany Subordination Agreement.
1.3 Subordination of Intercompany Obligations on Dissolution,
Liquidation or Reorganization of an Intercompany Loan Party.
Upon any distribution by any Intercompany Loan Party of assets of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon
any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of such Intercompany
Loan Party (the "Liquidating Loan Party") (whether in a voluntary or
involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise):
(a) the Lenders shall first receive payment in full in
cash, to the extent then presently available for payment, of the
principal, interest (including Post-Petition Interest) and premium, if
any, due with respect to the Senior Indebtedness and all other fees,
costs, expenses, or other amounts accrued or incurred pursuant to the
terms thereof (or have such
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payments duly provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to
holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative) before any
other Intercompany Loan Party is entitled to receive any Subordinated
Payment on account of or accrued or incurred in connection with any
Subordinated Obligation;
(b) any payment or distribution of assets of the
Liquidating Loan Party of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities to which such other Intercompany Loan Party
would be entitled except for the provisions of this Intercompany
Subordination Agreement shall be paid by the Liquidating Loan Party,
the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making such a payment
or distribution, directly to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of the Lenders, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid; and
(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment or distribution of assets of the Liquidating Loan Party of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall be
received by any such other Intercompany Loan Party on account of, or
accrued or incurred in connection with, any Subordinated Obligation
before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, or effective
provision (in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders) made
for its payment, then such payment or distribution shall be segregated
and received and held in trust for the benefit of and shall be
promptly paid over to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders, for application to the payment of ALL Senior Indebtedness
until such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full (including
Post-Petition Interest).
Holdings shall give prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent
and each Intercompany Loan Party of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization of any Intercompany Loan Party, but failure to give such notice
shall not affect the subordination of the Subordinated Obligations to the
Senior Indebtedness provided in this Intercompany Subordination Agreement.
1.4 Subordination Rights Not Impaired.
(a) No right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce
subordination as provided herein shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or
impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Intercompany Loan
Party or by any act or failure to act, in good faith not involving gross
negligence or breach of the Credit Agreement or this Agreement by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, by the Administrative Agent or any such
Lender, or by any noncompliance by any Intercompany Loan Party with the terms
of any Subordinated Obligation, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any
such Lender may have or be otherwise charged with. The Administrative Agent
and the Lenders may extend, renew, modify or amend the terms of Senior
Indebtedness or any security therefor and release, sell or exchange such
security and otherwise deal freely with any Intercompany Loan Party, all
without affecting the liabilities and obligations of any other Intercompany
Loan Party or the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder.
(b) All rights and interests hereunder or under any Subordinated
Obligation of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and all agreements and
obligations of the Intercompany Loan
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Parties under this Intercompany Subordination Agreement, shall remain in full
force and effect irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of
the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or of any provision thereof,
or (ii) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, any Intercompany Loan Party in respect of the
Senior Indebtedness.
1.5 Authorization to Effect Subordination.
Each Intercompany Loan Party, by its acceptance hereof, solely in its
capacity as obligee with respect to Subordinated Obligations, upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under the Credit
Agreement, (a) irrevocably authorizes and empowers (but without imposing any
obligation on) the Administrative Agent (through its authorized
representatives), on behalf of itself and the Lenders, to demand, sue for,
collect and receive such obligee's ratable share of payments or distributions
with respect to Subordinated Obligations which are required to be paid or
delivered to the Lenders as provided herein, and take all such other action, in
the name of such obligee or otherwise, as such authorized representatives may
reasonably determine to be necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the
provisions of this Intercompany Subordination Agreement, including without
limitation, that (i) such representatives shall have the right to vote such
obligee's interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Law (as defined
herein) as such vote relates to any Subordinated Obligation or Subordinated
Payment and (ii) in any such proceeding such representatives may, as
attorney-in-fact for such obligee, file any claim, proof of claim or such other
instrument of similar character, in each case, solely to the extent such proof
of claim or such other instrument relates to any Subordinated Obligation or
Subordinated Payment; and (b) agrees to execute and deliver to such
representatives, all such further instruments confirming the authorization
hereinabove set forth, and all such powers of attorney, proofs of claim,
assignments of claim and other instruments as may reasonably be requested by
the Administrative Agent.
1.6 Definitions.
"Bankruptcy Event" means (a) any Intercompany Loan Party, pursuant to
or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) admits in writing its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, (ii) commences a voluntary case
or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to itself, (iii) consents
to the entry of a judgment, decree or order for relief against it in an
involuntary case or proceeding in which it is the alleged debtor under any
Bankruptcy Law, (iv) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for
any substantial part of its property, (v) consents to or acquiesces in the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (vi) applies
for, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of or taking possession by a
Custodian of any other Intercompany Loan Party for any substantial part of
their properties, (vii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or (viii) takes any corporate act to authorize any of the foregoing;
or (b) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or order for
relief in respect of any Intercompany Loan Party in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law which shall (i) approve as properly filed a
petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in
respect of any Intercompany Loan Party, (ii) appoint a Custodian of any
Intercompany Loan Party for any substantial part of their respective
properties, or (iii) order the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of any
Intercompany Loan Party; and such judgment, decree or order shall
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remain unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
any bankruptcy or insolvency petition or application is filed, or any
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding is commenced against any Intercompany Loan
Party and such petition, application or proceeding is not dismissed within
sixty (60) days.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 of the United States Code or any
similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
2. COUNTERPARTS.
This Intercompany Subordination Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, which may be originals or copies sent by facsimile
transmission, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
3. BINDING EFFECT.
This Intercompany Subordination Agreement shall be binding on the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
4. EVIDENCE OF SUBORDINATION.
To the extent that any of the Subordinated Obligations is evidenced by
a promissory note or other instrument, the Intercompany Loan Party obligated
thereunder shall cause to be placed thereon a legend stating that the payment
thereof is subordinate to payment of all Senior Indebtedness pursuant to this
Agreement and such Intercompany Loan Party shall mark all books of account in
such manner to indicate that payment thereof is subordinated pursuant to this
Agreement.
5. GOVERNING LAW.
This Intercompany Subordination Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard
to principles of conflicts of law.
6. FURTHER ASSURANCES.
The parties hereto agree to execute such other documents and take such
other actions as may be reasonably necessary to implement the terms hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the date hereinabove first written.
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<S> <C>
Administrative Agent:
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Intercompany Loan Parties:
[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By:
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Name:
------------------------------------
Title:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
By:
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Name:
------------------------------------
Title:
-----------------------------------
[CORPORATE SEAL] GAMETEC INC.
By:
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Name:
------------------------------------
Title:
-----------------------------------
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
This Joinder Agreement (this "Agreement") to the Credit Agreement
referred to below is made and entered into as of the ____ day of _______,
_____, by and among the Material Subsidiary executing this Agreement on the
signature page hereof (the "New Party"), Scientific Games Holdings Corp., a
corporation organized under the laws of Delaware ("Holdings"), Scientific
Games Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings (the "Company") (collectively, the
"Co-Borrowers") and First Union National Bank of Georgia, as Administrative
Agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative Agent") under the Credit Agreement
referred to below. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Co-Borrowers are party to that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of December __, 1996, by and among such Co-Borrowers, the financial
institutions who are or may become a party thereto (the "Lenders") and the
Administrative Agent (together with all amendments and other modifications, if
any, from time to time hereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, the New Party is a Material Subsidiary within the meaning of
the Credit Agreement, and, pursuant to Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement, is
obligated under the Credit Agreement to execute this Joinder Agreement in order
to bind the New Party as a "Guarantor" under the Guaranty; an "Obligor" under
the Negative Pledge Agreement; an "Intercompany Loan Party" under the
Intercompany Subordination Agreement; and a "Contributing Party" under the
Contribution Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and for ten
dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1. Joinder of New Party
(a) Joinder. New Party hereby irrevocably acknowledges
that it is a Material Subsidiary within the meaning of, and subject
to, the Credit Agreement and that each reference to Material
Subsidiary in the Credit Agreement shall include the New Party.
Pursuant to Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement, as a Material
Subsidiary, New Party is a a "Guarantor" under the Guaranty; an
"Obligor" under the Negative Pledge Agreement; an "Intercompany Loan
Party" under the Intercompany Subordination Agreement; and a
Contributing Party" under the Contribution Agreement as if a signatory
to each of the Loan Documents on the Closing Date, and New Party
shall comply with, and be subject to, all of the terms, conditions,
covenants, agreements and obligations set forth in each of these Loan
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Documents. The New Party acknowledges that it has received a copy of
each of the subject Loan Documents and that it has read and
understands the terms thereof.
(b) Schedules. Any amendments to the Schedules required by New
Party's becoming a Material Subsidiary are attached hereto and are
hereby incorporated in and made a part of the Schedules to the Credit
Agreement.
2. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon
receipt by the Administrative Agent of, (i) an originally executed
counterpart hereof and (iii) and any other agreement or document
requested by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 7.12
of the Credit Agreement.
3. General Provisions.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Co-Borrower
hereby confirms that each representation and warranty made by it under
the Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects as of
the date hereof and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred
or is continuing under the Credit Agreement, except (i) to the extent
such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an
earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
have been true and correct on and as of such earlier date; and (ii)
for any waivers or such representations and warranties granted in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. Each Co-Borrower
and the New Party hereby represents and warrants that as of the date
hereof there are no known claims or offsets against or defenses or
counterclaims to their respective obligations under the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(b) Limited Effect. Except as supplemented hereby, the
Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document shall continue to be,
and shall remain, in full force and effect. This Agreement shall not
be deemed (i) to be a waiver of, or consent to, or a modification or
amendment of, any other term or condition of the Credit Agreement or
(ii) to prejudice any right or rights which the Administrative Agent
or Lenders may now have or may have in the future under or in
connection with the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents or any of
the instruments or agreements referred to therein, as the same may be
amended or modified from time to time.
(c) Costs and Expenses. Each Co-Borrower and the New
Party hereby unconditionally jointly and severally agree to pay or
reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable and
customary out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Joinder
Agreement including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one
or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts
and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
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(e) Definitions. All capitalized terms used and not
defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Credit
Agreement.
(f) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW
PRINCIPLES.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the date above first written.
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<S> <C>
[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[CORPORATE SEAL] [THE NEW PARTY]
By:
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Name:
--------------------------------
Title:
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF
GEORGIA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT I
FORM OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY NOTE
$_____________
December __, 1996
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned __________________________
(the "Borrower"), hereby unconditionally promises to pay in immediately
available funds, ON DEMAND, to the order of [SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC. or
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.] (such party, or any subsequent holders, being
referred to as the "Lender") at 1500 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway, Alpharetta,
Georgia 30201 (or at such other place as the Lender may designate from time to
time in writing), the principal sum of ____________________ AND ___/100 Dollars
($___________), or so much as may be advanced by Lender to Borrower from time
to time with interest on the principal amount outstanding from time to time at
the rate of _____________ percent (_______%) per annum until full and final
payment.
Principal and all accrued interest on this Note shall be
payable in full ON DEMAND, but prior to such demand, interest shall be paid
___________________________. [If all such principal and interest is not paid
within _____ (___) business days after such demand for payment is made [or
after each ____________ due date for payment of interest], then so long as any
principal or interest remains unpaid, the Borrower further promises to pay, on
demand, to the extent permitted by applicable law, additional interest on
overdue installments of principal [and, to the extent permitted by law, of
interest] at the rate of ________ percent (___%) per annum] from the date of
such demand.]
This Note may be prepaid without penalty or premium in whole
or in part at any time. Each such prepayment shall require the payment of all
accrued interest (all payments under this Note shall be applied first to
accrued interest), and any remaining amount of such prepayment shall be applied
to the principal due under this Note.
The Borrower hereby waives presentment for payment, protest
and demand, notice of protest, demand and dishonor and nonpayment of this Note
and agrees to pay all costs of collection when incurred (including without
limitation reasonable attorneys' fees). The Borrower agrees that its
liabilities under this Note are absolute and unconditional without regard to
the liability of any other party, and the Borrower hereby waives the right to
interpose any set-off, counterclaim, or defense of any nature or description
whatsoever in connection with the Lender's enforcement of its rights under this
Note.
The rate of interest as of the date hereof stated in simple
interest terms is ___________________ percent (____%) per annum.
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This Note shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be
duly executed and delivered, under seal on the day and year first above
written.
BORROWER:
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF LIMITED FOREIGN GUARANTY
THIS LIMITED FOREIGN GUARANTY (the "Foreign Guaranty") is made and
entered into as of the ____ th day of _________, 199_, by
__________________________________, a company organized under the laws of
__________ ("Guarantor"), in favor of FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, a
national banking association ("Administrative Agent"), for the benefit of
itself and the Lenders (as hereinafter defined).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Credit Agreement dated
December 20, 1996 (the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein and
not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit
Agreement), by and among Scientific Games Holdings Corp., a corporation
organized under the laws of Delaware, Scientific Games Inc., a corporation
organized under the laws of Delaware (such corporations together the "Co-
Borrowers"), and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the
financial institutions (the "Lenders") party to the Credit Agreement, the
Lenders have agreed to extend certain financial accommodations in favor of the
Co-Borrowers, and the Co-Borrowers have incurred or will incur certain
obligations to the Lenders;
WHEREAS, the financial accommodations to be extended to Co-Borrowers
under the Credit Agreement will inure to the benefit of Guarantor; and
WHEREAS, Administrative Agent has required, as a condition to the
extension of the financial accommodations to be extended to Co-Borrowers under
the Credit Agreement, that Guarantor execute and deliver this Foreign Guaranty
to Administrative Agent; and
WHEREAS, Guarantor is willing to execute and deliver this Foreign
Guaranty in order to induce Administrative Agent to extend such financial
accommodations;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the sum of Ten
Dollars ($10.00), and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor hereby represents,
warrants and agrees as follows:
1. Guarantor unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual
payment in full of all principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, and
all the Obligations of Co-Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents when due, subject to all grace periods applicable thereto with
respect to the Co-Borrowers or any of them; PROVIDED that, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary appearing in this Foreign Guaranty, the liabilities
of Guarantor hereunder, other than out-of-pocket costs reasonably incurred by
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders in enforcing this Foreign Guaranty
at a time when an Event of Default shall have occurred and is then continuing,
which shall be in addition to the liabilities limited by this proviso, shall
not exceed, and shall be limited to, in any instance, the maximum principal
amount at any time outstanding under all promissory notes made by Guarantor to
the Company.
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2. Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may be extended or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from Guarantor,
whether in its capacity as Guarantor of the Obligations or otherwise, or from
any other guarantor, and that Guarantor will remain bound upon this Foreign
Guaranty notwithstanding other extension or renewal of the Obligations.
3. Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and
protest to Co-Borrowers of any of the Obligations and also waives notice of
protest for nonpayment. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be
affected by (i) the failure of Administrative Agent to assert any claim or
demand or to enforce any right or remedy against Co-Borrowers under the
provisions of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) any
extension or renewal of any of the terms thereof, (iii) any rescission, waiver,
amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (iv) the release of any
security held by Administrative Agent for the Obligations.
4. Guarantor further agrees that this Foreign Guaranty
constitutes a guaranty of payment and not of collection, and Guarantor waives
any right to require that any resort be had by Administrative Agent to (i) any
security held by Administrative Agent for payment of the Obligations, (ii) any
other monetary obligations of the Co-Borrowers to Administrative Agent or
(iii) Administrative Agent's rights against any other guarantor of the
Obligations.
5. Subject to mandatory provisions of applicable law, the
obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction,
limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including, without
limitation, any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise,
and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or
termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of the provisions of this Foreign Guaranty, the Credit
Agreement or the Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or
impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of Administrative Agent to assert
any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy hereunder or under the Credit
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, by any default, failure or delay,
wilful or otherwise, in the performance of the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or by any other act or thing or
omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner
or to any extent vary the risk of Guarantor, or which would otherwise operate
as a discharge of Guarantor, as a matter of law excepting payment of the
Obligations.
6. Guarantor further agrees that this Foreign Guaranty shall
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
payment, or any part thereof, on the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise
be restored by Administrative Agent upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of
Co-Borrowers or otherwise.
7. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any
other right which Administrative Agent may have at law or in equity against
Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon failure of Co-Borrowers to make any payment on
the Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, Guarantor hereby
promises to, and will, upon receipt of written demand by Administrative Agent,
forthwith pay or cause to be paid to Administrative Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders and in cash in United
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States Dollars at its office as set forth in the Credit Agreement, when due,
subject to all grace periods applicable thereto with respect to Co-Borrowers or
any of them, an amount equal to and to be applied in payment of the unpaid
amount of such portion of the Obligations and all other monetary obligations of
Guarantor to Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Foreign Guaranty.
8. Guarantor agrees that, upon demand, it will reimburse
Administrative Agent, to the extent that such reimbursement is not made by
Co-Borrowers and is required to be made by Co-Borrowers under the Credit
Agreement, for out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
reasonably incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with any Obligations
of Co-Borrowers under the Credit Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or the
collection thereof.
9. Each reference herein to Administrative Agent shall be deemed
to refer to Administrative Agent for its own benefit and for the benefit of the
Lenders and shall include their respective successors and assigns, in whose
favor the provisions of this Foreign Guaranty shall also inure. Each reference
herein to Guarantor shall be deemed to include the legal representatives,
successors and assigns of Guarantor, all of whom shall be bound by the
provisions of this Foreign Guaranty.
10. No delay on the part of Administrative Agent in exercising any
right hereunder or failure to exercise the same shall operate as a waiver of
such right; no notice to or demand on Guarantor shall be deemed to be a waiver
of the obligations of Guarantor or of the right of Administrative Agent to take
further action without notice or demand as provided herein, nor in any event
shall any modification or waiver of the provisions of this Foreign Guaranty be
effective unless in writing and signed by Guarantor and Administrative Agent,
nor shall any such waiver be applicable except in the specific instance for
which given.
(a) Guarantor agrees to indemnify Administrative Agent
and each Lender from and hold it harmless against any documentary taxes,
withholding taxes, assessments or charges made by any governmental authority by
reason of the execution, delivery and performance of this Foreign Guaranty
excepting income taxes of any jurisdiction or gross receipts taxes imposed in
lieu of income taxes.
(b) Additionally, Guarantor agrees to reimburse
Administrative Agent and each Lender for all out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by Administrative Agent in
connection with the enforcement of this Foreign Guaranty from and to the extent
provided in Section 12.2 of the Credit Agreement at a time when an Event of
Default shall have occurred and then be continuing.
11. Guarantor represents and warrants to Administrative Agent as
follows:
(a) Guarantor has the right, power and authority and has
taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement in accordance with its terms. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers
of the Guarantor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
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Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect
the enforcement of creditors' rights in general or by general principles of
equity.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the
Guarantor of this Agreement in accordance with its terms do not and will not,
by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (i) except as set
forth on Schedule 5.1(d) of the Credit Agreement, require any Governmental
Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to Guarantor, (ii) conflict
with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of
incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of Guarantor or any
Material Contract to which Guarantor is a party or by which any of its
properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to Guarantor, or
(iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with
respect to any material property now owned or hereafter acquired by Guarantor.
12. EACH OF GUARANTOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH LENDER
AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY
CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS Foreign Guaranty.
The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all
disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter
of this transaction, including, without limitation, contract claims, tort
claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and statutory breach of
duty claims, and all other common law and statutory claims. Each Lender, the
Administrative Agent and Guarantor warrants and represents to the other that it
has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel and that it knowingly and
voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal
counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED
EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT
AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS Foreign Guaranty OR
TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE OBLIGATIONS. IN THE EVENT
OF LITIGATION, THIS Foreign Guaranty MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A
TRIAL BY THE COURT.
14. The Guarantor hereby agrees to Section 12.4 and 12.5 of the
Credit Agreement, which Sections are incorporated into this Foreign Guaranty
and shall govern any claim, dispute, or controversy arising out of or with
respect to the Foreign Guaranty.
15. This Foreign Guaranty shall be governed by, and shall be
construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of
Georgia, without reference to the conflicts or choice of law principles
thereof.
16. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Foreign Guaranty should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
17. In the event of conflict between the terms hereof and the
terms of the Credit Agreement, the terms of the Credit Agreement shall control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has caused this Foreign Guaranty to be
duly executed and its seal affixed hereto, as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF NOTE PLEDGE AGREEMENT
THIS NOTE PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated as of _________ ___, 199_, between
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, and FIRST UNION
NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, a national banking association (the "Secured Party"),
as agent for the benefit of itself and the financial institutions (the
"Lenders") party from time to time to the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
Statement of Purpose
Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement dated December 20, 1996
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time hereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among the Company,
Scientific Games Holdings Corp. ("Holdings"), the Lenders, and the Secured
Party, the Lenders agreed to extend certain Loans to the Co-Borrowers as more
specifically described in the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein
and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit
Agreement.
The Credit Agreement requires that, if a foreign Material Subsidiary
issues a Foreign Subsidiary Note upon a Deemed Distribution Event, then the
Company shall grant to the Secured Party for the benefit of the Lenders and to
secure all of the Obligations a first priority pledge and security interest in
the subject Foreign Subsidiary Note.
To induce the Lenders and the Secured Party to enter into the Credit
Agreement, the Company has agreed to enter into this Note Pledge Agreement with
respect to all Foreign Subsidiary Notes now or hereafter made in favor of the
Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Definitions. Whenever the following terms are used herein,
they shall be defined as follows:
"Agreement" or "this Agreement" means and include all amendments,
modifications and supplements hereto and shall refer to this Agreement as the
same may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative.
"Collateral" means and includes any now existing or hereafter-executed
Foreign Subsidiary Note, and all guaranties thereof, security therefor and all
proceeds of and general intangibles related thereto.
"Commitment" means the Commitment of a Lender to make Loans hereunder.
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"Deemed Distribution Event" means the delivery by the Company to the
Secured Party of an opinion (reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Party) from
the Company's regular outside counsel or its tax advisors to the effect that a
foreign Material Subsidiary's becoming or continuing to be liable under the
Guaranty could reasonably be expected to create taxable income for Holdings or
any Subsidiary organized in the United States under Section 956 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, or the rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended
from time to time.
"Event of Default" means any of the events listed in Section 5(a) of
this Agreement, or Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement, provided that any
requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other condition, has
been satisfied.
"Foreign Subsidiary Note" means each and every promissory note made to
the Company from a foreign Material Subsidiary executing a Limited Foreign
Guaranty and to evidence the loans to be made by the Company to the foreign
Material Subsidiary from proceeds of the Loans and other cash sources.
"Lender" or "Lenders" shall mean any lender, or collectively the
lenders, party from time to time to the Credit Agreement.
"Limited Foreign Guaranty" means the Limited Foreign Guaranty executed
by any Material Subsidiary (including, without limitation, Scientific Games
International Limited) not organized in the United States of America and for
which the Company has established that there is a Deemed Distribution Event.
"Loan" means any loan or advance made by any Lender pursuant to the
Credit Agreement.
"Material Subsidiary" means GameTec Inc., SGIL, and any corporation,
partnership or other entity (i) having, at any time, total assets equal to or
greater than ten percent (10%) of the then total consolidated assets of
Holdings or (ii) having at any fiscal quarter end, a Cash Flow Percentage,
for the period consisting of such quarter and the immediately preceding three
quarters, equal to or greater than ten percent (10%) or (iii) of which more
than eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity is
at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by either of the Co-Borrowers or the
management is otherwise controlled by such person (irrespective of whether, at
the time, capital stock or other ownership interests of any other class or
classes of such corporation, partnership or other entity shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
"Obligations" means, in each case, whether now in existence or
hereafter arising: (i) the principal of and interest on (including interest
accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the Loans;
(ii) all payment and other obligations owing under any hedging agreement
entered into with any Lender, and (iii) all other fees and commissions
(including attorney s fees), charges, indebtedness, loans, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties owing to the Lenders or to the Secured Party,
under or in respect of this Agreement, the Note or any of the other Loan
Documents.
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"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association,
trust, business trust, limited liability company, joint venture, joint stock
company, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization,
Governmental Authority, or any other form of entity or group.
2. Pledge. To secure the repayment and performance of the
Obligations, the Company does hereby pledge, collaterally assign and transfer
to the Secured Party, for the benefit of the Lenders, all of its right, title
and interest, and does hereby grant to the Secured Party, for the benefit of
the Lenders, a continuing first priority security interest, in the Collateral.
The Company has delivered the Collateral to the Secured Party, for the benefit
of the Lenders, duly endorsed to the order of the Secured Party as appropriate,
and hereby agrees to deliver, within five (5) days of its receipt, each
additional item of Collateral to the Secured Party, for the benefit of the
Lenders, duly endorsed to the order of the Secured Party as appropriate.
3. Note Payments. After the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, all money or remittances from the makers
thereof or any other Person on or with respect to the Collateral shall be kept
by the Company separate and apart from all other monies and property of the
Company, shall be held in trust for the Secured Party, for the benefit of the
Lenders, and shall be promptly transmitted to the Secured Party, for the
benefit of the Lenders. After the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default, if any money or remittance, from whatever source, due on or
with respect to the Collateral is received by the Secured Party, any such money
or remittance shall be applied against the Obligations, in the order and manner
that the Secured Party chooses.
4. Assignments; Liens. As long as any Obligations remain unpaid
or the Commitments remain in effect, the Company will not pledge, assign or
transfer the Collateral or any interest therein to any Person other than to the
Secured Party, for the benefit of the Lenders, or create or suffer, or permit
to be created any Lien thereon other than Permitted Liens or Liens in favor of
Secured Party, for the benefit of the Lenders.
5. Events of Default; Remedies.
(a) Default. It shall constitute an Event of Default
hereunder if there shall occur any "Event of Default" under the Credit
Agreement, as such term is defined therein.
(b) Secured Party's Rights and Remedies. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Secured Party may sell the Collateral or
any portion thereof or any interest therein for cash, credit or
otherwise at public or private sale or sales, with or without
advertisement or notice, at which sale or sales the Secured Party or
any Lender may become a purchaser and from the proceeds of such sale
or sales the Secured Party shall deduct all costs or expenses incurred
in selling the Collateral and apply the remainder toward payment of
the obligations, and rendering the surplus, if any, to the Company,
which shall be liable for any deficiency;
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(ii) the Secured Party may notify the obligor on
any Note of the pledge and assignment hereunder and demand that monies
due under such Note be paid directly to the Secured Party, for the
benefit of the Lenders;
(iii) the Secured Party may collect, and shall be
entitled to receive all payments of principal and interest and other
amounts payable on the Collateral and to apply such payments to the
Obligations in such order and manner as it elects in its sole
discretion;
(iv) the Secured Party may, without notice to the
Company, renew, modify or extend any Note or grant waivers or
indulgences with respect thereto or accept partial payment thereof, or
substitute any maker, in any manner as the Secured Party may deem
advisable, without affecting or diminishing the Company's continuing
obligations hereunder;
(v) the Secured Party may exercise all of the
rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC;
(c) Upon payment in full of the Obligations then due and
payable and termination of the Commitments, each Note will be re-endorsed to
the Company by the Secured Party without recourse.
(d) The remedies stated in this section shall be
cumulative and not alternative to any other remedy or remedies herein or by law
afforded the Secured Party.
(e) The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Secured
Party or any person designated by the Secured Party its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, to provide a receipt for, and to endorse for the Company
in its name, any check, draft or other order for payment of money payable to
the Company in payment of any Foreign Subsidiary Note or other Collateral.
(f) Subject to the provisions of Section 12.2 of the
Credit Agreement, the Secured Party's out-of-pocket costs of collection and
enforcement after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, including reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements, shall be borne
by the Company.
6. Waiver. No delay or failure on the part of the Secured Party
to exercise any right or remedy accruing to the Secured Party hereunder upon
any default or breach by the Company of any covenant, condition or provision
hereof shall be held to be a waiver or an abandonment thereof, and no delay on
the part of the Secured Party in exercising any of its rights or remedies shall
preclude the Secured Party from the exercise thereof at any time during the
continuance of any Event of Default, nor shall any waiver of a single Event of
Default be deemed a waiver of any subsequent Event of Default. All waivers
under this Agreement must be in writing, and the Secured Party may enforce any
one or more remedies hereunder successively or concurrently, at its option.
7. Governing Law. All acts, agreements, certificates,
assignments, transfers and transactions hereunder, and all rights of parties
hereto, shall be governed as to validity, enforcement,
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interpretation, construction, effect and in all other respects by the
substantive laws and decisions of the State of Georgia.
8. Writing Required; Notices. Except as specifically provided in
this Agreement, all notices and the communications hereunder and thereunder
shall be in writing. Notices in writing shall be sent by same day or overnight
courier service or by facsimile transmission and shall be deemed received, in
the case of same day courier, when delivered, in the case of overnight courier
service, on the next Business Day after delivery to such service and, in the
case of facsimile transmission, upon transmittal. Notices to any party shall
be sent to it at the following addresses, or any other address of which all the
other parties are notified in writing:
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If to the Secured Party: First Union National Bank of Georgia
4570 Ashford Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30346
Attention: Dana Tucker
Telephone No.: (404) 865-2377
Telecopy No.: (404) 865-2388
First Union National Bank of North Carolina
301 South College Street, TW-10
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0608
Telephone No.: (704) 383-0281
Telecopy No.: (704) 383-0288
If to the Company: Scientific Games Inc.
1500 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway
Alpharetta, Georgia 30201-7712
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone No.: (770) 664-3700
Telecopy No.: (770) 343-8798
9. Entire Agreement. Except as expressly stated herein, this
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by a writing
executed by all parties hereto specifically referencing an amendment to this
Agreement.
11. Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Agreement
are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute
a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given any substantive
effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
date first above written.
[CORPORATE SEAL] SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC.
By:
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF
GEORGIA, as Administrative Agent
By:
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EXHIBIT L
FORM OF GUARANTY
THIS GUARANTY ("Guaranty") is made and entered into as of the ____ th
day of December, 1996, by _________________________, ("Guarantor"), in favor of
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA , a national banking association
("Administrative Agent"), for the benefit of itself and the Lenders (as
hereinafter defined).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Credit Agreement of
even date herewith (the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein and
not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit
Agreement), by and among Scientific Games Holdings Corp., a corporation
organized under the laws of Delaware, Scientific Games Inc., a corporation
organized under the laws of Delaware (such corporations together the
"Co-Borrowers"), and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the
financial institutions (the "Lenders") party to the Credit Agreement, the
Lenders have agreed to extend certain financial accommodations in favor of the
Co-Borrowers, and the Co-Borrowers have incurred or will incur certain
obligations to the Lenders;
WHEREAS, the financial accommodations to be extended to Co-Borrowers
under the Credit Agreement will inure to the benefit of Guarantor; and
WHEREAS, Administrative Agent has required, as a condition to the
extension of the financial accommodations to be extended to Co-Borrowers under
the Credit Agreement, that Guarantor execute and deliver this Guaranty to
Administrative Agent; and
WHEREAS, Guarantor is willing to execute and deliver this Guaranty in
order to induce Administrative Agent to extend such financial accommodations;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the sum of Ten
Dollars ($10.00), and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor hereby represents,
warrants and agrees as follows:
1. Guarantor unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual
payment in full of all principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, and
all the Obligations of Co-Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents when due, subject to all grace periods applicable thereto with
respect to the Co-Borrowers or any of them.
2. Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may be extended or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from Guarantor,
whether in its capacity as Guarantor of the Obligations or otherwise, or from
any other guarantor, and that Guarantor will remain bound upon this Guaranty
notwithstanding other extension or renewal of the Obligations.
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3. Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and
protest to Co-Borrowers of any of the Obligations and also waives notice of
protest for nonpayment. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be
affected by (i) the failure of Administrative Agent to assert any claim or
demand or to enforce any right or remedy against Co-Borrowers under the
provisions of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) any
extension or renewal of any of the terms thereof, (iii) any rescission, waiver,
amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (iv) the release of any
security held by Administrative Agent for the Obligations.
4. Guarantor further agrees that this Guaranty constitutes a
guaranty of payment and not of collection, and Guarantor waives any right to
require that any resort be had by Administrative Agent to (i) any security held
by Administrative Agent for payment of the Obligations, (ii) any other monetary
obligations of Co-Borrowers to Administrative Agent or (iii) Administrative
Agent's rights against any other guarantor of the Obligations.
5. Subject to mandatory provisions of applicable law, the
obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction,
limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including, without
limitation, any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise,
and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or
termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of the provisions of this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement or
the Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or
otherwise affected by the failure of Administrative Agent to assert any claim
or demand or to enforce any remedy hereunder or under the Credit Agreement or
any of the Loan Documents, by any default, failure or delay, wilful or
otherwise, in the performance of the terms and conditions of the Credit
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or by any other act or thing or
omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner
or to any extent vary the risk of Guarantor, or which would otherwise operate
as a discharge of Guarantor, as a matter of law excepting payment of the
Obligations.
6. Guarantor further agrees that this Guaranty shall continue to
be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or
any part thereof, on the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored
by Administrative Agent upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Co-Borrowers
or otherwise.
7. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any
other right which Administrative Agent may have at law or in equity against
Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon failure of Co-Borrowers to make any payment on
the Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, Guarantor hereby
promises to, and will, upon receipt of written demand by Administrative Agent,
forthwith pay or cause to be paid to Administrative Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders and in cash in United States Dollars at its office as
set forth in the Credit Agreement, when due, subject to all grace periods
applicable thereto with respect to Co-Borrowers or any of them, an amount equal
to and to be applied in payment of the unpaid amount of such portion of the
Obligations and all other monetary obligations of Guarantor to Administrative
Agent and the Lenders under this Guaranty.
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8. Guarantor agrees that, upon demand, it will reimburse
Administrative Agent, to the extent that such reimbursement is not made by
Co-Borrowers and is required to be made by Co-Borrowers under the Credit
Agreement, for out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
reasonably incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with any Obligations
of Co-Borrowers under the Credit Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or the
collection thereof.
9. Each reference herein to Administrative Agent shall be deemed
to refer to Administrative Agent for its own benefit and for the benefit of the
Lenders and shall include their respective successors and assigns, in whose
favor the provisions of this Guaranty shall also inure. Each reference herein
to Guarantor shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of
Guarantor, all of whom shall be bound by the provisions of this Guaranty.
10. No delay on the part of Administrative Agent in exercising any
right hereunder or failure to exercise the same shall operate as a waiver of
such right; no notice to or demand on Guarantor shall be deemed to be a waiver
of the obligations of Guarantor or of the right of Administrative Agent to take
further action without notice or demand as provided herein, nor in any event
shall any modification or waiver of the provisions of this Guaranty be
effective unless in writing and signed by Guarantor and Administrative Agent,
nor shall any such waiver be applicable except in the specific instance for
which given.
(a) Guarantor agrees to indemnify Administrative Agent
and each Lender from and hold it harmless against any documentary taxes,
withholding taxes, assessments or charges made by any governmental authority by
reason of the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty excepting
income taxes of any jurisdiction or gross receipts taxes imposed in lieu of
income taxes.
(b) Additionally, Guarantor agrees to reimburse
Administrative Agent and each Lender for out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by Administrative Agent in
connection with the enforcement of this Guaranty from and to the extent
provided in Section 12.2 of the Credit Agreement and at a time when an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
11. Guarantor represents and warrants to Administrative Agent as
follows:
(a) Guarantor has the right, power and authority and has
taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement in accordance with its terms. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers
of the Guarantor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect
the enforcement of creditors' rights in general or by general principles of
equity.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the
Guarantor of this Agreement in accordance with its terms do not and will not,
by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (i) except as set
forth on Schedule 5.1(d) of the Credit Agreement, require any
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Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to Guarantor, (ii)
conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles
of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of Guarantor or any
Material Contract to which Guarantor is a party or by which any of its
properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to Guarantor, or
(iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with
respect to any material property now owned or hereafter acquired by Guarantor.
12. EACH OF GUARANTOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH LENDER
AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY
CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY. The scope
of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that
may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this
transaction, including, without limitation, contract claims, tort claims,
breach of duty claims, and all other common law and statutory breach of duty
claims, and all other common law and statutory claims. Each Lender, the
Administrative Agent and Guarantor warrants and represents to the other that it
has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel and that it knowingly and
voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal
counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED
EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT
AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS GUARANTY OR TO ANY
OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE OBLIGATIONS. IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, THIS GUARANTY MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE
COURT.
14. The Guarantor hereby agrees to Section 12.4 and 12.5 of the
Credit Agreement, which Sections are incorporated into this Guaranty and shall
govern any claim, dispute, or controversy arising out of or with respect to the
Guaranty.
15. This Guaranty shall be governed by, and shall be construed
and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Georgia,
without reference to the conflicts or choice of law principles thereof.
16. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Guaranty should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
17. In the event of conflict between the terms hereof and the
terms of the Credit Agreement, the terms of the Credit Agreement shall control.
[Signature appears on following page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly
executed and its seal affixed hereto, as of the date first above written.
GUARANTOR:
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By:
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Its:
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Attest:
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Its:
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EXHIBIT 11
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three-month period Year
ended December 31 ended December 31
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1996 1995 1994 1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net earnings $ 5,513 $ 5,923 $ 3,434 $18,726 $22,428 $16,080
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Weighted Average Common stock outstanding 12,127 13,006 12,770 12,682 12,929 12,770
Effect of common stock equivalents (stock) 461 720 664 584 724 566
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Total $12,588 $13,726 13,434 $13,266 $13,653 13,336
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Net earnings per common share $ .44 $ .43 $ .26 $ 1.41 $ 1.64 $ 1.21
======= ======= ======= ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 13.1
FIVE-YEAR SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 31,
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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(In thousands, except per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA
Revenues $146,620 $149,240 $119,756 $100,128 $ 72,456
Net income (loss) 18,726 22,428 16,080 4,716 (937)
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Earnings (loss) per
common share 1.41 1.64 1.21 .47 (.13)
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BALANCE SHEET DATA
Total assets 127,529 110,186 81,169 65,914 53,357
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Long-term debt 3,984 376 1,620 1,566 29,323
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Redeemable preferred stock -- -- -- -- 4,250
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Shareholders' equity 93,789(1) 94,580 67,233 49,333 10,205
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</TABLE>
(1)Reflects the purchase of $24.6 million of Company Stock
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
General
The Company's revenues are generated from the sale of instant tickets to
lotteries and promotional (commercial) customers, from the provision of
cooperative services, instant ticket hardware and software system development
and services and from the sale of pull-tab tickets. Instant and pull-tab ticket
revenues are generally based on a price per 1,000 tickets. Revenues from
cooperative services, software and hardware development may be based on a
percentage of the lottery's sales to the public, a contracted price or any
combination of the foregoing.
The Company's operating results can vary significantly from period to
period. Revenues and capital expenditures can be difficult to forecast because
the Company's sales cycle can vary and depend upon factors such as the size and
timing of awarded contracts, changes in customer budgets, ticket inventory
position and general economic conditions. Contracts with governmental entities
operating newly authorized instant lotteries tend to generate higher levels of
ticket sales in the initial months. All of the Company's domestic lottery
contracts currently are with jurisdictions whose lotteries have been in
operation at least one year (except the New Mexico State Lottery which commenced
sale of lottery tickets in 1996). Operating results may be affected by the
working capital requirements associated with preparing facilities and equipment,
establishing a distribution system and printing tickets for recently awarded
contracts, and by the amount of time elapsing before the receipt and/or
recognition of revenues from the sale of lottery tickets and the provision of
cooperative services. Operating results may also be affected by the utilization
of overtime labor and the Company's ability to smoothly integrate new and/or
upgraded production equipment with its existing production operations. Revenues
from the sale of tickets, cooperative services, software and hardware
development may be recognized based upon ticket shipments, a percentage of the
lottery's instant ticket sales to the public, a contracted price or any
combination of the foregoing. Accordingly, quarter to quarter fluctuations in
revenues may be expected. Additionally, circumstances encountered in
international markets, including the substantial amount of time involved in
bidding on an international contract, the evaluation of such bid and the
resultant contract award or rejection can vary significantly from that
originally anticipated when the bid is prepared. All of these factors may make
it difficult to forecast revenues and expenditures related to the Company's
operations over extended periods and may result in fluctuations in the Company's
quarterly financial results.
The Company's domestic lottery contracts typically have an initial term
of one to three years and usually provide the customer with options to extend
the contract one or more times under the same, or mutually agreeable, terms and
conditions for additional periods generally ranging from one to three years. The
Company's international lottery contracts are less likely to have firm contract
periods and, historically, international lottery ticket customers have sought
competitive bids for such contracts more frequently. The Company's customers
have exercised extension options in the Company's domestic instant lottery
contracts a majority of the time. Upon the expiration of a contract (including
any extensions which may have been exercised), lottery authorities often award
new contracts through a competitive procurement process. During any quarter,
some lottery contract is typically expiring and/or reaching an optional
extension date.
During 1996, the Company had four domestic contracts which expired and
its competitors had six which expired. New contracts for these states were
awarded through a competitive procurement process in which the Company
participated. Management estimates that its customers with expiring contracts
represented aggregate tickets shipped equaling approximately 11% of the
Company's ticket shipments in 1995 and that its competitors' contracts
represented aggregate tickets shipped equaling approximately 20% of the tickets
shipped by the Company to its customers in 1995. With regard to contracts held
by the Company, it was not the successful bidder on the contract for the
Virginia Lottery. It was the successful bidder for approximately 20% of the
ticket business for the Wisconsin Lottery and the successful bidder for the West
Virginia and Florida lotteries. The West Virginia Lottery contract includes, in
addition to instant lottery tickets, field sales support, marketing and
advertising, software and SciScan Technology.(R) The Florida contract will
include, in addition to instant lottery tickets, field sales support,
distribution and marketing services. The West Virginia contract and the Florida
contract are both Cooperative Services contracts, and revenues will be based on
a percentage of the lotteries' sales to the public. With regard to competitor
contracts, the Company was the successful bidder for the lotteries of New York,
Illinois and a portion of the instant ticket supply for the New Jersey State
Lottery. It was not the successful bidder for competitors' contracts with
respect to Kansas and Montana.
Some of the lottery contracts awarded or re-awarded to the Company in
1996 (and the orders thereunder) in the past have had and in the future may have
certain lower equivalent prices than charged in the previous contracts. To the
extent such contracts actually contain lower equivalent prices, the Company's
profit margins could be adversely affected. The impact of lower equivalent
prices in certain contracts, however, may be offset in part by other factors,
including higher order levels from new and existing customers, increased
production efficiencies and other savings associated with economies of scale.
The timing and extent, both of lower equivalent price contracts and offsetting
factors, cannot be predicted with certainty. While Scientific Games has
frequently been awarded new contracts when its prior domestic contracts and
extensions have expired, there can be no assurance that any of the Company's
contracts will be extended or that it will be awarded new contracts as a result
of competitive procurement processes in the future. Nor can any assurances be
given with respect to the Company's ability to offset, in whole or in part, the
effects of any intensified price competition.
During 1997, the Company will have two domestic contracts which will
expire and its competitors will have seven contracts which will expire. New
contracts for these states will be awarded through a competitive procurement
process in which the Company will participate. Management
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
estimates that the Company's customers with expiring contracts will represent
aggregate tickets shipped equaling approximately 3% of the Company's ticket
shipments in 1996, and that competitors' expiring contracts will represent
aggregate tickets shipped equaling approximately 30% of the Company's ticket
shipments in 1996.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
In January 1997, the Company announced it was the successful bidder for
approximately 60% of the instant ticket business for the New Mexico Lottery. In
January, the Company also announced it was the apparent winner of the
Pennsylvania Lottery contract, which was formerly held by a competitor of the
Company. The Pennsylvania contract will include, in addition to instant lottery
tickets, marketing and operations support, as well as ticket warehousing,
inventory control, ticket distribution and ticket delivery to retailers, field
sales, distribution and marketing services. The Company was not the successful
bidder for contracts with the Texas Lottery which were re-awarded to a
competitor.
In January, the Company further announced that it was awarded a 5-year
contract by the Virginia Lottery to provide software and hardware for a new
automated ticket redemption system. The contract includes installation of
approximately 6,000 units of the Company's new SciScan Technology(R) keyless
validation terminals as well as the provision of software to interface with the
Lottery's existing instant ticket software system, and the provision of
automated administration and ticket validation support.
Finally, in January, the Company also announced it signed a letter of
intent to purchase Tele Control, an on-line lottery and transaction processing
company located in Vienna, Austria, from Autotote Corporation. The purchase
price is $25 million, subject to adjustments reflecting changes in the net
assets of Tele Control from October 31, 1996.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table illustrates certain components of the consolidated results
of operations expressed as a percentage of revenues for the periods indicated.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues 100% 100% 100%
Gross Margin 38.3 40.8 38.6
Selling, general and administrative 11.9 9.9 10.1
Earnings from operations before
interest, income taxes, depreciation
and amortization 26.4 30.9 28.5
Depreciation and amortization 6.2 5.9 5.7
Income before interest and taxes 20.2 25.1 22.8
Interest Income 0.6 0.4 0.1
Gain/(loss) foreign currency 0.5 - -
Interest expense 0.1 0.2 0.4
Income before income taxes 21.2 25.3 22.5
Income tax expense 8.4 10.2 9.1
Net Income 12.8% 15.0% 13.4%
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</TABLE>
Twelve-month period ended December 31, 1996 compared to twelve-month period
ended December 31, 1995.
Revenues for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 1996 decreased $2.6
million or 1.7% over the revenues for the twelve-month period ended December 31,
1995. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in sales to international
customers and domestic customers of approximately $7.4 million and $1.3 million,
respectively, as compared to the same period in 1995, which was partially offset
by the $6.1 million of sales by the Company's Scientific Games International
Limited subsidiary which was acquired on October 1, 1996, during the fourth
quarter.
The decline in revenues to international customers was due mainly to a
decline in lottery retail sales of two customers. The decline in domestic sales
was due to the decline in sales during the first quarter of the year resulting
mainly from customer inventory adjustments. As discussed more fully above,
lotteries may have periods of increasing and decreasing retail sales which, in
turn, can have an impact on the operating results of the Company.
Gross margins decreased to 38.3% for the twelve-month period ended
December 31, 1996 from 40.8% for the twelve-month period December 31, 1995. The
margin decline can be attributed to lottery contracts awarded or re-awarded
having lower equivalent prices than charged in previous contracts, higher
production costs due to a change in the mix of materials used for certain games,
more frequent production runs with fewer tickets per run and the impact of
SGIL's traditional lower margins. These higher costs were partially offset by a
number of events including efficiency improvements resulting from the 1994 and
1995 capital investment program, the absence of the startup costs related to
such program during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 1996 and the
distribution of work among the Company's facilities to achieve the most
cost-effective production.
Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses increased $2.7
million for the twelve-month period of 1996 over the same period of 1995. SG&A
expenses also increased as a percentage of revenues to 11.9% from 9.9%.
Approximately half of the dollar increase was attributable to the additional
SG&A costs of SGIL as well as an increase in international marketing and sales
expenses, including trade show expenses, travel costs, and an increase in
overall compensation costs. The percentage increase in SG&A was due to the
dollar increase of SG&A expenses and the slightly lower sales in the
twelve-month period ended December 31, 1996 as compared to the same period in
1995. For the fourth quarter, SG&A was $5.0 million or approximately 11.2% of
sales for such quarter. Management anticipates that SG&A expenses will continue
at levels similar to or slightly higher than experienced in the fourth quarter
of 1996. SG&A expenses are subject to change both as a percentage of sales and
dollar volume dependent upon the amount of revenues for the applicable period.
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased for the twelve-month
period ended December 31, 1996 by
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$316,000 over the comparable period of 1995. The increase was attributable to
the addition of the depreciation expense of SGIL as well as the amortization of
the goodwill related to acquisition of SGIL, the customers of ILS and the
representation agreement with De La Rue.
Interest income for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 1996
exceeded the twelve-month period ended December 31, 1995, due to the increase in
average cash and cash equivalent balance during the year. Interest expense
decreased because of a lower capitalized lease balance in 1996 as compared to
1995. Gains on foreign currency increased by $730,000 due mainly to activity
related to the acquisition of SGIL as well as net gains on non-U.S. dollar
transactions in the normal course of business.
Net earnings were $18.7 million for the twelve-month period ended
December 31, 1996 and $22.4 million for the period ended December 31, 1995. The
decrease in net income of $3.7 million was due primarily to the drop in income
in the first quarter of 1996 of approximately $3.6 million. The decrease in net
income in the first quarter of 1996 was due mainly to a decrease in revenues
caused by customer inventory adjustments.
The effective tax rate for the twelve-month period ended December 31,
1996 was 39.7% as compared to 40.5% for the year ended December 31, 1995. The
decrease in the effective tax rate is the result of the Company taking advantage
of certain tax reductions regarding research and development tax credits and
export tax credits brought about by the formation of a Company-owned foreign
sales corporation. Going forward, the Company expects its effective tax rate to
be slightly higher if such tax credits do not continue to be available at the
same rate or amounts as were available during 1996.
Earnings per common share for the twelve-month period ended December
31, 1996 were $1.41 cents per share compared to $1.64 for the same period in
1995. The 14.0% decrease in earnings per share was due to a 16.5% decrease in
net income which was partially offset by a reduction in the weighted average
number of common equivalent shares outstanding resulting from the Company's
repurchase of shares of its common stock during the year. The weighted average
number of shares outstanding decreased from 13.7 million in 1995 to 13.3 million
in 1996.
TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 COMPARED TO TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994.
Revenues for 1995 increased $29.5 million, or 24.6%, over revenues for 1994,
primarily due to increase in sales to international customers of $15.2 million
and to domestic customers of $23.9 million, excluding the 1994 sales of
validation equipment and software systems for $9.6 million, which were not
repeated in 1995.
Gross margins increased to 40.8% for 1995 from 38.6% for 1994,
primarily due to efficiency gains from increased volumes and new production
methods along with sale of new instant ticket products. Partially offsetting the
efficiency gains were start-up costs related to a new press which was placed in
service in March 1995.
Selling, general and administrative expenses in 1995 increased $2.6
million over 1994 but as a percentage of gross revenues decreased to 9.9% in
1995 as compared to 10.1% for 1994. The higher dollar expenditures were related
to the overall increase in administrative, marketing and sales activities
required to support the growth of the business.
Depreciation and amortization for 1995 increased 29.3%, or $2.0
million, from 1994 as a result of an increase in capital equipment related
mostly to a 1994 and 1995 expansion project which included a building expansion,
a new press and new imagers for the existing presses. Included in 1995
depreciation and amortization was the write-down on equipment that was replaced
in the 1994 and 1995 expansion project.
Interest expense for 1995, which related mostly to capitalized leases,
decreased 37.7% from 1994 due primarily to the reduction in account balance of
outstanding capitalized leases. Interest income was $444,000 higher than 1994
due to the increased level of short-term investments resulting from a build up
of cash reserves.
Income tax expense increased $4.4 million in 1995 over 1994 mainly due
to an increase in income before taxes of $10.7 million. The effective tax income
rate as a percentage of income before taxes was 40.5% as compared to 40.4% in
1994.
Net income increased 39.5% in 1995 over 1994 to $22.4 million.
Earnings per common share for 1995 were $1.64 per share, a 35.5%
increase over the $1.21 per share earned in 1994.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
In 1996, Scientific Games generated a significant amount of cash from
operations, as it did in 1995 and 1994. During the year, the Company made
substantial investments and stock repurchases with the cash that had been
generated in 1996 as well as cash that had been generated and accumulated in
prior years.
The Company's cash and cash equivalents balance decreased by $20.1
million during 1996 declining from $26.4 million to $6.3 million, while debt
increased from approximately $1 million, consisting solely of capitalized
leases, to $4.4 million of which $.4 million was capitalized leases. Total
shareholders' equity declined in the period as a result to the Company's stock
repurchase program.
In 1996, the Company generated $26.5 million in cash from operating
activities, as compared to $24.8 million in 1995. The primary contributions to
cash from operating activities in 1996 were net income, depreciation and a
decrease in net operating assets and liabilities.
Investing activities increased from $9.1 million in 1995 to $27.2
million in 1996. The increase was due to the acquisitions of businesses for
$23.5 million while the purchase of property and equipment decreased $5.2
million. The decrease in fixed asset purchases was primarily due to the
completion of a new press during 1995 without a comparable acquisition in 1996.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
There was a net utilization of cash from financing activities of $19.5
million in 1996 as compared to 1995. The primary reason for the net utilization
was the repurchase of approximately 1.2 million shares of common stock for the
aggregate cost of approximately $24.6 million. The Company current has
authorization from its Board of Directors to purchase, from time to time,
depending on market conditions, up to nine hundred thousand additional shares of
common stock. The Company had a net cash flow from borrowings of $3.9 million.
In 1995, the Company generated $24.8 million in cash from operating
activities, up from $18.3 million in 1994. The primary contributions to cash
from operating activities in 1995 were net income, and depreciation and
amortization totaling $31.2 million in the aggregate. Net income, and
depreciation and amortization in 1995 were $8.3 million higher than 1994.
Changes in working capital resulted in a cash usage of $8.3 million for 1995, a
decrease of $800,000 over 1994. The primary reason for such increase in working
capital was due to an $8.9 million increase in trade receivable resulting from a
25% growth in revenues and a higher percentage of international customers, who
sometime require longer payment terms. The increase in accounts receivable was
partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
Investing activities for the purchase of property and equipment was
$9.1 million, a decrease of $8.1 million from the expansion year of 1994. In
addition, in 1994 the Company purchased the assets of GameTec for $1.1 million,
which assets are currently used in the Company's pull tab business.
In connection with the October 1, 1991 acquisition of the assets of the
Company from Bally Entertainment Corporation ("Bally"), the Company agreed to
make an earn out payment (the "Earnout") of up to $5 million on April 30, 1997
if total cumulative earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and
amortization ("EBITDA") from October 1, 1991 through December 31, 1996 equaled
or exceeded $95.4 million. At December 31, 1996, cumulative EBITDA from October
1, 1991 exceeded $95.4 million without any Adjustments as discussed below.
Management believes that the Company has competing claims, offsets and other
potential adjustments (collectively, "Adjustments") which could reduce the
amount ultimately determined to be owed to Bally, if any. However, the effect of
such Adjustments cannot be quantified at this time and there can be no assurance
that such Adjustments ultimately will affect the timing or amount of any Earnout
payments which may be required. The maximum amount payable to Bally has been
accrued as additional goodwill and will be amortized over 35 years.
In light of the Company's proposed purchase of Tele Control, the
potential payment to Bally, the cash requirements associated with the potential
leases of SciScan Technology(TM), a potential expansion of facilities, potential
continued share repurchases, as well as other potential investment opportunities
and working capital requirements, the Company has increased its borrowing
capacity. In December 1996, the Company entered into a new $80 million,
three-year revolving credit facility (the "Bank Credit Agreement") with two,
one-year extension options with the consent of the lenders. The Bank Credit
Agreement offers borrowing rate options under prime rate, London Interbank
Offered Rate ("LIBOR") or Interbank Offered Rate ("IBOR"), plus or minus an
applicable margin depending on the type of borrowing and the Company's debt to
total capitalization ratio as defined in such agreement. The Bank Credit
Agreement contains covenants that, among other things, govern a defined debt to
total capitalization ratio, a certain fixed charge ratio, the imposition of
liens on assets, and asset sales.
The Company expects that its cash balance, cash flows from operations
and the availability of funds under its Bank Credit Agreement should permit it
to meet anticipated acquisitions, capital expenditures, working capital and fund
future growth as new business opportunities arise.
INFLATION AND CHANGING PRICES
Management does not believe that inflation has had an abnormal or unanticipated
effect on Scientific Games' operations. Inflationary pressures would be
significant to the Company's business if raw materials used for instant lottery
ticket production were significantly affected. Available supply from the paper
industry tends to fluctuate, and prices may be affected by supply.
In 1996, inflation was not a significant factor in the Company's
results of operations, and the Company was not impacted by significant pricing
changes as compared to 1995 when it received two increases of approximately 5%
each in substrate (paper stock). The Company is not in a position to forecast
the prices or supply of its substrate or other raw materials in 1997 but does
not anticipate any substantial changes which will materially affect operating
results.
In certain limited cases, the Company's contracts with its customers
contain provisions to adjust for inflation on an annual basis, but there is no
assurance that this adjustment would cover raw material price increases.
Although the Company has long-term and generally satisfactory relationships with
most of its suppliers, the Company believes alternative sources to meet its raw
material needs are available.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ended December 31
1996 1995 1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In thousands, except per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $146,620 $149,240 $119,756
Cost of revenues excluding
depreciation and amortization 90,442 88,276 73,502
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
56,178 60,964 46,254
Selling, general and administrative
expenses excluding depreciation
and amortization 17,494 14,778 12,137
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
38,684 46,186 34,117
Depreciation and amortization 9,133 8,817 6,821
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29,551 37,369 27,296
Interest income 917 613 169
Gain on foreign currency 748 18 -
Interest expense 153 289 464
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income before income taxes 31,063 37,711 27,001
Income tax expense 12,337 15,283 10,921
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income $ 18,726 $ 22,428 $ 16,080
==========================================================================================
Income per common share $ 1.41 $ 1.64 $ 1.21
==========================================================================================
Weighted-average number of common
and common equivalent shares
outstanding 13,266 13,653 13,336
==========================================================================================
</TABLE>
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31
--------------------------------
(In thousands, except share numbers and par value) 1996 1995
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 6,252 $ 26,413
Trade receivables 27,045 21,725
Inventories 11,290 6,767
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,547 871
Deferred income tax benefits 1,254 1,280
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total current assets 47,388 57,056
Property and equipment, at cost:
Land 2,521 2,521
Buildings 11,719 11,598
Production and other equipment 69,806 59,779
Construction-in-progress 994 867
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
85,040 74,765
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (33,029)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
52,011 50,092
Goodwill 23,921 2,196
Other assets 4,209 842
$ 127,529 $ 110,186
==============================================================================================================
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 8,280 $ 4,552
Accrued liabilities 14,319 7,248
Income taxes payable 2,854 539
Total current liabilities 25,453 12,339
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Credit facility 3,984 -
Other long-term liabilities 745 376
Deferred income taxes payable 3,558 2,891
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred stock-3,000,000 shares authorized,
no shares issued and outstanding - -
Common stock-par value $.001 per share:
25,750,000 shares authorized;
12,158,362 shares and 13,063,945
shares issued and outstanding, respectively 12 13
Additional paid-in capital 56,486 52,163
Accumulated earnings 36,671 42,503
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
93,169 94,679
==============================================================================================================
Less notes receivable from officers for the sale of stock (71) (99)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment 691 -
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total shareholders' equity 93,789 94,580
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ 127,529 $ 110,186
==============================================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31
(In thousands) 1996 1995 1994
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income $ 18,726 $ 22,428 $ 16,080
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation 8,424 8,510 6,623
Amortization of intangibles 709 307 198
Gain on disposal of property and equipment (15) (52) (16)
Deferred income taxes (36) 121 1,246
Stock compensation expense 1,764 1,754 1,610
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (1,526) (8,887) 280
Inventories (3,174) (502) (895)
Prepaid expenses and other assets (4,176) (27) (868)
Accounts payable 1,399 228 (1,974)
Accrued liabilities 1,293 393 (2,330)
Income taxes payable 3,126 539 (1,622)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash provided by operating activities 26,514 24,812 18,332
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment 173 52 31
Payments for property and equipment (3,910) (9,109) (17,250)
Acquisitions of businesses (23,482) - (1,060)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash used in investing activities (27,219) (9,057) (18,279)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Payments on notes receivable from officers 28 35 133
Borrowings under credit facility 8,984 - -
Payments on credit facility and other long-term debt (5,000) - (230)
Repurchase of common stock (24,559) - -
Proceeds from the exercise of common stock options 1,070 3,130 77
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (19,477) 3,165 (20)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash 21 - -
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (20,161) 18,920 33
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 26,413 7,493 7,460
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 6,252 $ 26,413 $ 7,493
==========================================================================================================
</TABLE>
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Cumulative
Additional Notes Foreign
Common Stock Paid- Receivable Currency
--------------- In Accumulated from the Translation
(In thousands) Shares Amount Capital Earnings Sale of Stock Adjustment Total
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance at January 1, 1994 6,388 $ 6 $ 45,599 $ 3,995 $ (267) $ - 49,333
Stock split 6,388 6 (6) - - - -
Repayment of notes
receivable - - - - 133 - 133
Exercise of stock options,
including tax benefit 9 1 77 - - - 78
Compensation expense in
connection with stock
option plans - - 1,609 - - - 1,609
Net income - - - 16,080 - - 16,080
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance at December 31, 1994 12,785 13 47,279 20,075 (134) - 67,233
Repayment of notes
receivable - - - - 35 - 35
Exercise of stock options,
including tax benefit 279 - 3,130 - - - 3,130
Compensation expense in
connection with stock
option plans - - 1,754 - - - 1,754
Net income - - - 22,428 - - 22,428
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance at December 31, 1995 13,064 13 52,163 42,503 (99) - 94,580
Repayment of notes
receivable - - - - 28 - 28
Foreign currency translation
adjustment - - - - - 691 691
Exercise of stock options,
including tax benefit 298 - 2,559 - - - 2,559
Compensation expense in
connection with stock
option plans - - 1,764 - - - 1,764
Repurchase and retirement
of common stock (1,204) (1) - (24,558) - - (24,559)
Net income - - - 18,726 - - 18,726
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 1996 12,158 $12 $ 56,486 $36,671 $ (71) $691 $93,789
==================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
NOTE 1
CORPORATE ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Scientific Games Holdings Corp. ("Company") provides a full range of lottery
game consulting and production services including the printing and distribution
of instant and pull-tab tickets, which the Company considers to be a single line
of business. These services are provided primarily to domestic and international
governmentally sanctioned lotteries. Domestic services are provided through the
Company's wholly owned subsidiaries, Alpharetta, Georgia-based Scientific Games
Inc. ("SGI") and Gametec Inc. ("Gametec"), based in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
International services are provided by SGI and United Kingdom-based Scientific
Games International Limited. See Note 3.
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
GENERAL: The following summarizes the Company's principal accounting policies.
Consolidated financial statements presented herein include the accounts and
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
REVENUES AND COST OF REVENUES: Revenues from the sale of tickets, cooperative
services, software and hardware development are recognized based upon ticket
shipment, a percentage of the lottery's sales to the public, a contracted price,
a percentage of the Company's sales to the lottery or any combination of the
foregoing. All costs related to the design, planning and production of lottery
tickets are capitalized as inventories and recognized as cost of revenues when
the tickets are shipped.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: The Company generally does not require collateral or other
security for its receivables. For certain foreign receivables, the Company
requires letters of credit backing such amounts. Credit losses have been within
management's expectations.
INVENTORIES: Inventories consist principally of lottery tickets and materials
related to their production, which are valued at the lower of cost (first-in,
first-out method) or market. Inventories consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31
(In thousands) 1996 1995
- --------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Finished goods $ 4,684 $3,095
Work-in-process 2,468 334
Raw materials 4,138 3,338
- -------------------------------------
$11,290 $6,767
=====================================
</TABLE>
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT: Leasehold improvements are amortized on the
straight-line method over the lives of the respective leases or, where
applicable, the related lottery game contracts. Amortization associated with
capitalized leases is included in depreciation expense. Production equipment and
office furniture and equipment are depreciated on the straight-line method,
generally over five to 14 years. Buildings are depreciated on the straight-line
method over 31.5 years.
In March 1995, the FASB issued Statement No. 121, Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of,
which requires impairment losses be recorded on long-lived assets used in
operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash
flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets'
carrying amount. Statement 121 also addresses the accounting for long-lived
assets that are expected to be disposed of. The Company's adoption of Statement
121 in the first quarter of 1996 had no effect on the financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
ACCRUED LIABILITIES: Accrued liabilities consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31
(In thousands) 1996 1995
- ----------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Potential legal claims
and other assessments $ 1,221 $1,384
Reserves for defective ticket
adjustments 600 812
Accrued compensation 1,815 2,272
Liabilities to state lotteries
and other entities 6,031 -
Other 4,652 2,780
- ----------------------------------------------------
$14,319 $7,248
====================================================
</TABLE>
GOODWILL: Goodwill represents the excess purchase price paid over the net assets
acquired in connection with business combinations accounted for under the
purchase method. Goodwill is being amortized on the straight-line method
principally over a period from 30 to 40 years. Accumulated amortization of
goodwill totaled approximately $362,000 and $121,000 at December 31, 1996 and
1995, respectively.
In connection with the formation of the Company and acquisition of
certain assets and assumption of certain liabilities, the Company agreed to pay
Bally Entertainment Corporation ("Bally") an additional amount if the Company
met or exceeded its operating projections for the period October 1, 1991 through
December 31, 1996. The maximum amount that could be owed to Bally under this
agreement is $5,000,000. The amount payable to Bally under this contingency, if
any, has been recorded as an intangible asset in the form of additional goodwill
which will be amortized prospectively over the remainder of the 40-year
amortization period. The Company has accrued reserves for the maximum amount
which may be owed under such agreement.
INCOME PER COMMON SHARE: Income per common share has been computed based on the
weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding and assumes the
dilutive effect of stock options.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: At December 31, 1996, cash and cash equivalents
consist principally of cash and institutional money market funds on deposit with
banks. At December 31, 1995, the Company also held short-term, floating rate
(repriced weekly) tax-exempt municipal securities. The Company considers all
highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased
to be cash equivalents.
RECLASSIFICATIONS: Certain reclassifications have been made to the accompanying
financial statements to conform to the 1996 presentation.
NOTE 3
ACQUISITIONS
In October 1996, the Company acquired Opax International Limited, a United
Kingdom corporation, which was renamed Scientific Games International Limited
("SGIL"). SGIL is a producer of instant lottery and promotional game tickets
with an international customer base and two printing plants in the United
Kingdom. The accompanying financial statements include the results of operations
of SGIL for the three-month period ended December 31, 1996. In October 1996, the
Company also purchased certain sales contracts of ILS Systems bv, and a sales
representation agreement with De La Rue plc.
The Company paid $22.8 million for SGIL and $2.5 million for the sales
contracts and sales representation agreement. Goodwill, representing the excess
of the purchase price over the net assets acquired, totaled approximately $15.3
million. For the three months ended December 31, 1996, SGIL reported revenues of
approximately $6.2 million, operating profit of approximately $645,000, and a
net loss of approximately $33,000. SGIL total assets, including goodwill, were
approximately $29.9 million at December 31, 1996.
The following table summarizes the Company's estimated pro forma
results of operations as if the purchase of SGIL occurred on January 1, 1995.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(In thousands, except per share amounts) 1996 1995
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Revenues $166,338 $175,036
Net income 18,385 22,909
Earnings per common share 1.39 1.68
</TABLE>
The pro forma results presented above include adjustments to reflect
interest expense on borrowings for the SGIL acquisition, amortization of assets
acquired including intangibles, certain management expenses related to the
Company's combined operations, including lease expense for a building owned by
the former owner of SGIL which
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was not purchased as part of the acquisition, and the income tax effect of such
pro forma adjustments and income taxes on the earnings of SGIL. The pro forma
adjustments are based upon a preliminary allocation of the purchase price.
These pro forma unaudited results of operations do not purport to
represent what the Company's actual results of operations would have been if the
acquisition of SGIL had occurred on January 1, 1995, and should not serve as a
forecast of the Company's operating results for any future periods. The pro
forma adjustments are based solely upon certain assumptions that management
believes are reasonable under the circumstances at this time. However, the full
impact of potential cost savings has not been reflected in the pro forma results
presented above, although there can be no assurances such cost savings will be
achieved.
NOTE 4
CREDIT FACILITY
On December 20, 1996, the Company entered into a three-year, $80 million credit
facility with three banks (the "Credit Facility"). The Credit Facility contains
provisions for foreign currency loans whereby, at the request of the Company,
amounts up to a maximum of $80 million may be borrowed and repaid in either
British pounds sterling, French francs or German marks. LIBOR, IBOR and the Base
Rate (the higher of the prime rate, or the federal funds rate plus .5%), plus
the applicable margin as defined in the Credit Facility, are the interest rate
options available to the Company under the Credit Facility. These interest rates
options are applicable and available in varying circumstances based upon among
other things, the amount and nature of the borrowings and the Company's leverage
ratio at the time such amounts are borrowed. The interest rate on the
outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility at December 31, 1996 was prime
minus 1.25%, or 7%. A per annum fee of .125% is payable on the average daily
unused portion of the commitment.
The Agreement contains covenants that restrict the Company's ability to
incur additional debt, create liens on any of its property, except as permitted,
and require the Company to maintain a leverage ratio, as defined, of or below
50% and a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least three-to-one.
The Credit Facility replaced the Company's previous $15 million credit
facility.
For the year ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, total interest
paid and incurred totaled $153,000, $288,000 and $461,000, respectively, and
includes interest on bank debt, interest on capital leases, unused line fees and
commitment fees.
At December 31, 1996, the Company had outstanding letters of credit
totaling approximately $1.8 million related to performance guarantees with
certain lotteries. These letters of credit expire in varying amounts through
March 8, 1997.
NOTE 5
STOCK OPTIONS
The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees ("APB 25") and related Interpretations
in accounting for its employee stock options because, as discussed below, the
alternative fair value accounting provided for under FASB Statement No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, requires use of option valuation models
that were not developed for use in valuing employee stock options.
AMENDED FIRST AND SECOND 1991 MANAGEMENT STOCK OPTION PLANS: On October 1, 1991,
the Company established a First 1991 Management Stock Option Plan (the "FMSOP")
and a Second 1991 Management Stock Option Plan (the "SMSOP") to purchase 350,986
shares and 702,084 common shares, respectively, at an option price of $1.46 per
share. These options were granted at October 1, 1991.
Options under FMSOP and SMSOP vest over a period of five years from
October 1, 1993 and October 1, 1991, respectively, or the date of grant if
later. Options under the FMSOP and SMSOP expire on the ninth and seventh
anniversary of the date of grant, respectively.
1993 MANAGEMENT STOCK OPTION PLAN: Effective July 23, 1993, the Company adopted
the 1993 Management Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Plan"). The total number of
shares that may be optioned under the 1993 Plan is 136,982. Exercise prices are
required to be not less than fair market value on the date of grant. On August
23, 1993, 136,982 options were granted under the 1993 Plan at an exercise price
of $7.00 per share. The options granted under the 1993 Plan vest over a period
of five years from the date of grant. Such options expire on the seventh
anniversary of the date of grant.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
1993 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN: In 1993, the Company adopted a Directors'
Stock Option Plan (the "DSOP") for its non-management Directors for up to
200,000 shares. The DSOP, as amended, provides for the granting to such
Directors of options for 6,000 shares of Common Stock upon their initial
election, 3,000 shares on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of
the initial grant. Such options have an exercise price equal to the fair market
value of the Common Stock at the date of grant. Options under the DSOP vest 20
percent on each anniversary date of the respective date of grant until all
options have been vested. Options granted under the DSOP expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date of grant.
1994 MANAGEMENT STOCK OPTION PLAN: Effective March 21, 1994, the Company adopted
the 1994 Management Stock Option Plan (the "1994 Plan"). The total number of
shares that may be optioned under the 1994 plan is 300,000 shares which were
granted under the 1994 Plan at an exercise price of $12.00 per share. Such plan
was approved by the shareholders in June 1994. The options granted expire on the
seventh anniversary of the date of grant and vest over a period of four years
from the date of grant.
1995/1996 MANAGEMENT STOCK OPTION PLAN: Effective March 29, 1995, the Company
adopted the 1995/ 1996 Management Stock Option Plan (the "1995/1996 Plan"). The
total number of shares that may be optioned under the 1995/1996 Plan is 300,000
shares, all of which have been granted under the 1995/1996 Plan at an exercise
price of $19.75 per share. Such plan was approved by the shareholders in May
1995. The options granted vest over a period of three years from the date of
grant. Such options expire on the seventh anniversary of the date of grant.
KEY EMPLOYEE RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN: Effective March 29, 1995, the Company
adopted the Key Employee Restricted Stock Plan (the "Restricted Plan"). The
total number of shares that may be granted under the Restricted Plan is 200,000
shares. Such plan was approved by the shareholders in May 1995. In July 1995,
9,558 shares were granted under the Restricted Plan at a price of $31 per share.
In September 1996, 3,000 shares were granted at a price of $20.88 per share.
Existing stock grants vest over a period of five years from the date of grant.
1996 KEY EMPLOYEE STOCK PLAN: Effective May 3, 1996, the Company adopted the
1996 Key Employee Stock Plan ("KESOP"). The total number of shares that may be
granted under the KESOP is 600,000 shares. Such plan was approved by the
shareholders in May 1996. In May 1996, 100,000 shares were granted under the
KESOP at a price of $31.50 per share. The stock grants vest over a period of
three years from the date of grant. Such options generally expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date of grant.
A summary of the Company's stock option activity, and related
information for the years ended December 31 follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
Weighted- Weighted- Weighted-
Average Average Average
Shares Exercise Shares Exercise Shares Exercise
(000's) Price (000's) Price (000's) Price
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding-beginning
of year 1,469 $ 8.31 1,416 $ 4.30 1,197 $ 2.18
Granted 118 26.00 335 21.00 324 12.36
Exercised (300) 3.63 (280) 2.06 (8) 3.47
Forfeited (5) 3.27 (2) 2.86 (97) 5.22
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outstanding-end of year 1,282 $11.41 1,469 $ 8.31 1,416 $ 4.30
================================================================================================
Exercisable-end of year 592,094 $ 6.90 563,205 $ 3.34 488,984 -
================================================================================================
Weighted-average fair
value of options
granted during the year $ 18.77 $10.72 -
================================================================================================
</TABLE>
Exercise prices for options outstanding as of December 31, 1996 ranged from
$1.46 to $38. The weighted-average remaining contractual life of those options
is 8.2 years.
The Company charged approximately $1,764,000, $1,754,000 and $1,610,000
to operations in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively, representing the
amortization of the difference in the option price and the fair market value of
the option shares at the date of grant.
At December 31, 1996, the Company has reserved 721,422 shares of Common
Stock for possible future issuance in connection with its stock option plans.
Pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share is
required by Statement 123, which also requires that the information be
determined as if the Company has accounted for its employee stock options
granted subsequent
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to December 31, 1994 under the fair value method of that Statement. The fair
value of these options was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes
option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for 1996
and 1995, respectively: risk-free interest rates of 6.6% and 7%; a divided yield
of 0.0%; volatility factors of the expected market price of the Company's common
stock of .41 and .44; and a weighted-average expected life of the option of 8
and 5.7 years.
The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in
estimating the fair value of traded options which have no vesting restrictions
and are fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models require the
input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price
volatility. Because the Company's employee stock options have characteristics
significantly different from those of traded options, and because changes in the
subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in
management's opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable
single measure of the fair value of its employee stock options.
For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the
options is amortized to expense over the options' vesting period. The Company's
pro forma information follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(In thousands, except earnings per share) 1996 1995
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Pro forma net income $17,803 $21,958
Pro forma earnings per share $ 1.34 $ 1.61
</TABLE>
Because Statement 123 is applicable to options granted subsequent to December
31, 1994, its pro forma effect will not be fully reflected until future years.
NOTE 6
INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense is composed of the following :
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31
(In thousands) 1996 1995 1994
- -----------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Current:
Federal $ 9,919 $12,479 $ 7,964
State 2,308 2,683 1,711
Foreign 132 - -
Deferred:
Federal 6 100 1,024
State 1 21 222
Foreign (29) - -
- -----------------------------------------------------
Income tax expense $ 12,337 $15,283 $10,921
=====================================================
</TABLE>
The difference between the provision for income taxes and amounts computed by
applying Federal statutory rates to income before income taxes is summarized as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31
(In thousands) 1996 1995 1994
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Federal income tax expense
at statutory rates $ 10,872 $ 13,199 $ 9,452
State income taxes net of
Federal income tax effect 1,499 1,723 1,229
Non-deductible expenses 278 305 301
Interest on tax-exempt
securities (301) (241) (155)
Other (11) 297 94
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Income tax provision $ 12,337 $15,283 $10,921
=====================================================================
</TABLE>
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences
between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting
purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of
the Company's deferred tax liabilities and assets as of December 31, 1996 and
1995 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(In thousands) 1996 1995
- ------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax liabilities:
Tax over book depreciation $4,740 $3,573
Other - net 991 825
- ------------------------------------------------------
Total deferred tax liabilities 5,731 4,398
Deferred tax assets:
Accruals and reserves 1,834 1,368
Stock compensation 1,593 1,419
- ------------------------------------------------------
Total deferred tax assets 3,427 2,787
- ------------------------------------------------------
Net deferred tax liabilities $2,304 $1,611
======================================================
</TABLE>
The Company made Federal and state income tax payments of approximately
$9,948,000, $11,470,000 and $11,995,000 in the years ended December 31, 1996,
1995 and 1994, respectively. The Company made no foreign income tax payments in
the year ended December 31, 1996.
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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
NOTE 7
LEASES
The Company leases certain office and warehouse facilities under operating
leases. Lease expense for operating leases totaled approximately $1,838,000,
$1,378,000 and $1,337,000 for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively. Future minimum lease obligations at December 31, 1996 are
summarized as follows:
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<CAPTION>
(In thousands) Operating Leases
- ------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
1997 $1,668
1998 1,469
1999 1,392
2000 1,223
2001 1,104
Thereafter 326
- ------------------------------------------
Total lease obligations $7,182
==========================================
</TABLE>
NOTE 8
BENEFIT PLANS
The Company sponsors the following benefit plans for its employees and
directors.
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC. SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN: The Company sponsors the
Scientific Games Inc. Savings and Investment Plan, a savings plan which covers
all SGI and GameTec employees who elect to participate. Employees are eligible
for participation on the enrollment date following one year of service. The
Company contributes an amount equal to 33% (25% prior to January 1, 1995) of the
portion of the employee's elective deferral contributions which do not exceed 6%
of the employee's total pay for each payroll period in which an elective
deferral is made, subject to the limitations of the Internal Revenue Code.
Matching contributions of the Company are 100% vested upon receipt.
Approximately $314,000, $267,000 and $162,000 was expensed by the Company as a
result of this plan during 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
SGIL PLAN: Certain employees of SGIL are participants in a defined
benefit pension plan administered by SGIL's former parent. In 1997, these SGIL
participants will be transferred to a new plan to be administered by SGIL.
During the three-month period ended December 31, 1996, SGIL recognized expenses
of approximately $80,000 associated with this plan.
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC. MANAGEMENT DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN: On October 1, 1996,
the Company established the Scientific Games Inc. Management Deferred
Compensation Plan ("MDCP") to provide deferred compensation for a select group
of management or highly compensated employees. Generally, participants in the
MDCP may elect to defer up to 50% of their salary and up to 100% of their annual
cash incentive bonus.
Assets of the MDCP are held by a rabbi trust and are accounted for as
assets of the Company; therefore, all earnings and expenses are recorded in the
Company's financial statements. The net amount of the MDCP's earnings and losses
is recorded as additional liability to the participants and is an expense of the
Company. Assets and liabilities of the MDCP totaled approximately $39,000 and
$295,000, respectively, at December 31, 1996. Expenses of the MDCP totaling
approximately $1,400 were recorded during 1996.
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP. DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN: Effective
July 11, 1996, the Company established Scientific Games Holdings Corp. Directors
Deferred Compensation Plan ("DCCP") to provide each member of the Board of
Directors who is not an employee of the Company (a "Director") an opportunity,
on an annual basis, to defer all or any portion of his or her director's fees.
Similar to the MDCP discussed above, assets of the DCCP are held by a rabbi
trust. Assets and liabilities of the DCCP totaled approximately $45,000 and
$51,000, respectively, at December 31, 1996. Expenses of $5,200 were recorded
during 1996.
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INC. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN: Effective January
1, 1996, the Company established the Scientific Games Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP"). Effective with the establishment of the
Plan, nine executives as defined in the SERP became participants in the SERP.
The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors may subsequently add
participants to the SERP. All current participants are 100% vested in their
benefits. Generally, participants will receive
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benefits for 15 years in an amount equal to 53% of his or her compensation in
the final three calendar years of employment. Such amounts may be reduced based
upon length of service and vesting schedules for participants entering the SERP
after January 1, 1996. The liability associated with SERP which is recorded at
December 31, 1995 is approximately $398,000.
To provide a funding source for the payment of benefits under the SERP,
the Company owns whole-life insurance contracts on the participants. The cash
value of these policies was approximately $777,000 at December 31, 1996. The
Company paid premiums of approximately $787,000 during 1996 associated with the
policies. These policies have been or will be placed in a rabbi trust which will
hold the policies and death benefits as they are received.
NOTE 9
CONTINGENCIES
The Company's SGI subsidiary owns a minority interest in Wintech de Colombia
S.A. ("Wintech"), which has operated the Colombian national lottery under
contract with Empresa Colombiana de Recuros para la Salud, S.A. ("Ecosalud"), an
agency of the Colombian government. The contract projected that certain levels
of lottery ticket sales would be attained, and provided for a penalty against
Wintech, SGI and the other shareholders of up to $5,000,000 if such levels were
not achieved. In addition, with respect to the further guarantee of performance
under the contract with Ecosalud, SGI delivered to Ecosalud a $4,000,000 bond
issued by a Colombian surety. Wintech started the instant lottery in Colombia
but, due to difficulties beyond its control, the projected sales level was not
met for the year ending 1993. On July 1, 1993, Ecosalud adopted resolutions
declaring, among other things, that the contract was in default and asserted
various claims for compensation and penalties against Wintech, SGI and
shareholders of Wintech. As the Company has previously disclosed in its filings
with the Commission, litigation is pending in Colombia concerning various claims
among Ecosalud, Wintech and the Company relating to the termination of the
contracts with Ecosalud (the "Colombian Litigation"). Ecosalud's claims in the
Colombian Litigation are for, among other things, realization on the full amount
of the penalty plus interest and costs of the bond.
SGI has consulted with Colombian counsel and been advised that SGI has
various legal defenses to Ecosalud's claims. SGI also has certain cross
indemnities and undertakings from the two other private shareholders of Wintech
for their respective shares of any liability to Ecosalud. That obligation is
secured in part by a $1,500,000 confirmed letter of credit in favor of SGI. The
Colombian surety which issued a $4,000.00 bond to Ecosalud under the contract
has reportedly paid $2,400,000 to Ecosalud under the bond, and made demand upon
SGI for that amount under the indemnity agreement entered into by the surety and
SGI. SGI declined to make or authorize any such payment and notified the surety
that any payment in response to Ecosalud's demand on the bond is at the surety's
risk. No suit by the Colombian surety has been filed to date. No assurance can
be given that the other shareholders of Wintech will, or have sufficient assets
to, honor their indemnity undertakings to SGI when the claims by Ecosalud
against SGI and Wintech are resolved in the event such claims result in any
liability.
In June 1996, Ecosalud filed a complaint against the Company in the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta
Division (the "Georgia Litigation"). Total damages claimed in the original
Complaint were "not less than $84,423,267." The Complaint also sought reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs allegedly pursuant to the contract. In response to the
complaint, SGI filed a motion to dismiss the action on multiple grounds,
including the mandatory arbitration clause contained within the contract.
Ecosalud then filed an "Amended Complaint" in which it withdrew its claim for in
excess of $84,000,000 and, instead, is seeking $5,000,000 under an "Executive
Title," a purported joint and several guarantee by the Company, Wintech and
other shareholders in Wintech that projected levels of lottery ticket sales
would be attained. In addition, Ecosalud also seeks attorneys' fees and interest
on the claim. SGI has filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint on the
grounds, inter alia, that litigation involving the same subject matter is
pending in Colombia, the dispute is subject to an arbitration clause and forum
non conveniens.
SGI intends to vigorously defend the Colombian Litigation and the
Georgia Litigation and has been advised by counsel that the Company has numerous
defenses on the merits, as well as procedural defenses to the litigation.
Although it is not possible to determine the outcome of the litigation, either
in Georgia or Columbia, or the other related surety and indemnity claims,
management believes based upon, among other things, the advice of counsel, that
adequate provision has been made for such claims and the disposition thereof
should not materially adversely affect the Company's consolidated financial
condition or consolidated results of operations.
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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
NOTE 10
MAJOR CUSTOMERS
The Company's principal customers are domestic state lottery agencies. Following
is a summary of revenues from all customers which exceed 10% of total revenues:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31
1996 1995 1994
- -------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
A 9.5% 12.7% 11.4%
B 13% 9.4% 10.4%
</TABLE>
For the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, aggregate revenues from
lottery agencies and other customers domiciled in foreign countries totaled
approximately $31,123,000, $31,846,000 and $16,817,000, or 21%, 21% and 14%, of
total revenues, respectively.
NOTE 11
QUARTERLY INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(In thousands, except per share data )
First Second Third Fourth
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter
- -------------------------------------------------------------
1996
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $26,591 $37,562 $38,210 $44,257
Operating income 2,282 8,977 9,360 8,932
Income before taxes 2,519 9,701 9,829 9,014
Net income 1,511 5,809 5,894 5,513
- -------------------------------------------------------------
Income per share $ .11 $ .42 $ .45 $ .44
=============================================================
1995
Revenues $34,990 $39,294 $37,724 $37,232
Operating income 8,439 9,242 9,909 9,779
Income before taxes 8,546 9,291 9,919 9,955
Net income 5,085 5,519 5,901 5,923
- -------------------------------------------------------------
Income per share $ .38 $ .41 $ .43 $ .43
=============================================================
</TABLE>
As discussed in Note 3, on October 1, 1996, the Company acquired SGIL. The
results of operations of SGIL are included in the 1996 fourth quarter.
NOTE 12
SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On January 14, 1997, the Company signed a letter of intent for the purchase of
Tele Control, a subsidiary of Autotote Corporation. Tele Control is an on-line
lottery and transaction processing company located in Vienna, Austria. Its
revenues for fiscal year 1996 were approximately $27 million. The purchase price
is $25 million, subject to adjustments reflecting changes in the net assets of
Tele Control from October 31, 1996. Closing of the transaction is subject to the
execution of a definitive purchase agreement and satisfaction of customary
closing conditions, including the consent of certain third parties.
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Report of Independent Auditors
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Scientific Games Holdings
Corp. (the "Company") as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
Scientific Games Holdings Corp. at December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the results
of its operations and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1996 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Atlanta, Georgia
January 29, 1997
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CORPORATE INFORMATION
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
1500 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway
Alpharetta, Georgia 30201
(770) 664-3700
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Ernst & Young LLP
600 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2215
CORPORATE COUNSEL
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Suite 3100 Promenade II
1230 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3592
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
First Union National Bank of North Carolina
Shareholder Services Group
301 South Tryon Street, CMG-1165
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
(800) 829-8432
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
Copies of the Company's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission will be sent to any
shareholder upon request in writing to:
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
1500 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway
Alpharetta, Georgia 30201
Attention: Corporate Secretary
INVESTOR/ANALYST CONTACT
Cliff O. Bickell
Chief Financial Officer
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.
1500 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway
Alpharetta, Georgia 30201
(770) 664-3700
Worldwide web page http://www.scigames.com
For faxed press releases: (800) 758-5804 ext. 110329
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
The annual meeting will be held at 9:00 a.m. on
Friday, May 16, 1997 at:
Holiday Inn
1075 Holcomb Bridge Road
Roswell, Georgia 30076
COMMON STOCK
The Company's Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol SG. Quarterly high and low stock prices for 1995 and 1996 were:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996
High Low
<S> <C> <C>
First Quarter $43.00 $23.88
Second Quarter 36.25 26.25
Third Quarter 33.75 15.75
Fourth Quarter 28.38 20.50
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1995
High Low
<S> <C> <C>
First Quarter $29.00 $19.75
Second Quarter 28.50 17.75
Third Quarter 40.75 27.00
Fourth Quarter 39.25 32.25
</TABLE>
NUMBER OF SHAREHOLDERS
As of March 17, 1997, there were approximately 199 shareholders of record. This
number excludes individual shareholders holding stock under nominee security
position listings.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Except for the historical information contained in this Annual Report,
certain matters discussed herein, especially in the narrative portion of this
report, constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. The Company's actual results may differ materially from the
matters discussed in such statements. Factors which might cause such
differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed under Item 1 of
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.
DIVIDEND POLICY
The Company has never declared or paid any dividends on its Common Stock.
The Company currently anticipates that its earnings will be retained for
development of the Company's business, and does not anticipate paying any cash
dividends on its Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
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EXHIBIT 21.0
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS CORP.
SUBSIDIARIES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION> STATE/JURISDICTION
OF INCORPORATION/ OTHER NAMES UNDER WHICH BUSINESS
NAME ORGANIZATION IS CONDUCTED
- ---------------------------- ------------------ --------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Scientific Games Inc. Delaware
Scientific Games (Greece) Inc. Delaware
GameTec Inc. Delaware Scientific Games Acquisition, Inc.
Scientific Games Foreign Sales Corporation Barbados
Scientific Games International Limited United Kingdom Formerly known as Opax International Limited
Line of business; instant ticket manufacturer
Number of subsidiaries within US = 0
Number of subsidiaries outside US = 4
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 23.0
EXHIBIT 23 - Consent of Independent Auditors
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of Scientific Games Holdings Corp. of our report dated January 29, 1997,
included in the 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders of Scientific Games Holdings
Corp.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements of Scientific Games Holdings Corp. listed below of our report dated
January 29, 1997, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Scientific Games Holdings Corp. incorporated by reference in the Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996.
* Registration Statement No. 33-78322 on Form S-8 dated April 29, 1994 and
related Prospectus.
* Registration Statement No. 33-78324 on Form S-8 dated April 29, 1994 and
related Prospectus.
* Registration Statement No. 33-78326 on Form S-8 dated April 29, 1994 and
related Prospectus.
* Registration Statement No. 33-78328 on Form S-8 dated April 29, 1994 and
related Prospectus.
* Registration Statement No. 33-78330 on Form S-8 dated April 29, 1994 and
related Prospectus.
* Registration Statement No. 33-90948 on Form S-8 dated April 5, 1995 and
related Prospectus.
* Registration Statement No. 33-90950 on Form S-8 dated April 4, 1995 and
related Prospectus.
* Registration Statement No. 333-3034 on Form S-8 dated April 1, 1996 and
related Prospectus.
* Registration Statement No. 33-05847 on Form S-8 dated June 12, 1996 and
related Prospectus.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
March 28, 1997
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