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FORM 10-Q
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
(Mark One)
[ X ] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1996
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number 33-87404
PRIMECO INC.
Texas 74-1951774
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(State of other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
16225 Park Ten Place, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77084
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(Address of principal executive offices)
(713) 578-5600
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether Registrant (1) has filed all reports 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_______________
As of October 25, 1996, 5,000 shares of Common Stock of Primeco Inc. and 5,000
shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding.
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PRIMECO INC.
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Part I. Financial Information Page
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Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited):
Condensed Balance Sheet
September 30, 1996 and December 31, 1995 3
Condensed Statement of Operations
For the three month and nine month periods
ended September 30, 1996 and 1995 4
Condensed Statement of Cash Flows
For the nine months ended September 30, 1996 and 1995 5
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements 6
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations 9
Part II. Other Information
Item 5. Other Information 15
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K 16
Signatures 17
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PRIMECO INC.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
(In Thousands Except for Share Amounts)
(unaudited)
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September 30 December 31
1996 1995
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A S S E T S
Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,213 $ 174
Accounts receivable, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,646 36,467
Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,410 17,399
Rental equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255,752 181,798
Property, plant and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,228 22,334
Cost in excess of fair value of net assets acquired, net . . . . . . . . . 130,441 115,084
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,787 17,682
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Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 510,477 $ 390,938
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,796 $ 14,968
Accrued expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,457 24,637
Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,000 255,000
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,696 21,897
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,237 4,652
Redeemable convertible preferred stock $.01 par value,
$2,000 per share liquidation value, 5,000 shares
authorized and outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,589 9,150
Common shareholder's equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value, 10,000 shares
authorized and 5,000 shares outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Additional paid-in capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,549 68,336
Accumulated deficit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (848) (7,703)
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Common shareholder's equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,702 60,634
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Total liabilities and shareholder's equity . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 510,477 $ 390,938
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed financial
statements.
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PRIMECO INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(In Thousands)
(unaudited)
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For The For The
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30 September 30
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Revenues:
Rental revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,581 $ 36,910 $138,259 $ 101,108
New equipment sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,965 8,480 33,268 24,796
Rental equipment sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,792 5,608 25,940 17,911
Parts and merchandise sales . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,668 8,211 28,398 24,168
Service and other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,133 3,667 13,730 10,253
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86,139 62,876 239,595 178,236
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Cost of Sales:
Depreciation - rental equipment . . . . . . . . . . 9,777 10,556 27,874 26,364
Cost of new equipment sales . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,061 7,063 27,928 20,747
Cost of rental equipment sales, net
accumulated depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,051 5,497 21,266 17,716
Cost of parts and merchandise sales . . . . . . . . 6,904 6,087 20,526 18,263
Direct operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,647 15,397 61,370 44,465
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56,440 44,600 158,964 127,555
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Gross profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,699 18,276 80,631 50,681
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Selling, general and administrative expenses . . . . . 12,830 8,870 35,989 26,129
Depreciation and amortization:
Noncompete agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 377 19 1,127
Cost in excess of fair value of assets 845 740 2,463 2,216
Property, plant and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 881 604 2,438 1,758
Interest expense, net of interest income . . . . . . . 9,559 7,333 27,033 21,382
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24,134 17,924 67,942 52,612
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Income(loss) before income taxes and extraordinary
item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,565 352 12,689 (1,931)
Income tax expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,469 419 5,834 109
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Net income(loss) before extraordinary item . . . . 3,096 (67) 6,855 (2,040)
Extraordinary loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 (1,268)
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Net income(loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,096 (67) 6,855 (3,308)
Dividend requirement and accretion on redeemable
preferred stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 385 1,143 1,143
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Net income(loss) applicable to common shareholder . . . $ 2,714 $ (452) $ 5,712 $ (4,451)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed financial
statements.
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PRIMECO INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(In Thousands)
(unaudited)
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For The
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income(loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,855 $ ($3,308)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss)income to net cash
(used in)provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,794 31,465
Deferred income tax provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,505 (910)
Net (gain)loss on sale of rental equipment and
property, plant and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . (4,106) 267
Extraordinary loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1,268
Effect of changes in operating assets and liabilities,
net of effects from purchase of AHL Inc.& Alpine:
Increase in accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5,403) (4,035)
Increase in inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,662) (5,300)
Decrease (increase) in other assets . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680 (1,433)
Decrease in accounts payable, accrued
expense, and other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,761) (1,317)
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Net cash provided by operating activities . . . . . . . . 30,902 16,697
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to rental equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (69,419) (66,612)
Additions to property, plant and equipment . . . . . . . . . (4,521) (2,982)
Payments of acquisition costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,439) (328)
Purchase of AHL Inc. & Alpine net of cash acquired . . . . . (77,853) 0
Proceeds from sales of rental equipment . . . . . . . . . . 25,868 17,829
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment . . . 108 104
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Net cash used in investing activities . . . . . . . . . (127,256) (51,989)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net proceeds from revolving line of credit 89,500 6,000
Payment of Subordinated Loan Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . (500) (75,500)
Proceeds from capital contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,400
Proceeds from issuance of Senior Subordinated Debt. . . . . . 100,000
Payment of financing costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (299) (3,906)
Dividends on Preferred stock paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (708) (637)
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Net cash provided by financing activities . . . . . . . 97,393 25,957
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Net increase(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 (9,335)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period . . . . 174 12,090
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period . . . . . . $ 1,213 $ 2,755
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed financial
statements.
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PRIMECO INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
1. Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements of Primeco Inc. ("Primeco") have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for
interim financial information and with the instructions to Rule 10-01 of
Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and
footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements. During interim periods, Primeco follows the accounting
policies set forth in its Annual Report to Stockholders on Form 10-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Users of financial information
produced for interim periods are encouraged to refer to the footnotes contained
in the Annual Report to Stockholders when reviewing interim financial results.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of only normal
recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of
Primeco's financial condition, operating results and cash flows for the interim
periods presented have been included. Operating results and cash flows for the
quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for
the year ended December 31, 1996.
2. The Company
The financial statements are the accounts of Primeco, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Prime Service, Inc. ("Prime"). On December 2, 1994, Prime
acquired Primeco (the "Acquisition") from a subsidiary of Artemis S.A. through
Prime's subsidiary Prime Acquisition Corp. ("PAC"). Immediately following the
completion of the Acquisition, PAC merged into Primeco, as a result of which
Primeco became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime.
On February 26, 1996, Primeco acquired Vibroplant U.S., Inc. (known as
American Hi-Lift Corporation), a company specializing in renting and selling
aerial lift equipment. The purchase price of Vibroplant U.S., Inc. was cash of
approximately $66.5 million. The Acquisition was accounted for under the
purchase method of accounting; accordingly, the total purchase price was
allocated to net assets based on estimated fair values. The results of
Vibroplant U.S., Inc.'s operations have been included in the financial
statements commencing February 26, 1996. In conjunction with this transaction,
certain existing stockholders of Prime invested in additional common equity of
Prime. Prime then made a capital contribution of approximately $9.4 million to
Primeco. Primeco used these funds, as well as approximately $57 million in
borrowings under its Senior Credit Facility, to fund the transaction. The
purchase price was allocated as follows: Accounts Receivable and Inventories
$14.2 million; Rental Equipment $51.5 million; Other Assets $.5 million;
Goodwill $17.0 million; Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $9.4 million and
Deferred Taxes $7.3 million.
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PRIMECO INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
On July 29, 1996 Primeco completed the purchase of substantially all
of the assets of Alpine Equipment Rental & Supply Company, Inc. ("Alpine").
Primeco paid a purchase price of $11.0 million for such assets and also paid
$350,000 for covenants not to compete from two senior executives of Alpine.
Primeco used general working capital and borrowings under its revolving credit
facility to fund the transaction. The purchase price was allocated as follows:
Accounts Receivable and Inventories $1.6 million; Rental Equipment $7.8
million; Property Plant and Equipment $1.2 million; and Goodwill and Noncompete
agreements $0.8 million.
The following unaudited pro forma statement of operations presents the
results of operations for the nine month periods ended September 30, 1996 and
1995 as though the controlling ownership of American Hi-Lift and Alpine had
been acquired on January 1, 1995, and assumes that there were no other changes
in the operations of Primeco. The pro forma results are not necessarily
indicative of the financial results that might have occurred had the
transaction included in the pro forma statements actually taken place on
January 1, 1995, or of future results of operations.
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Pro Forma For
Nine Months Ended September
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Revenues . . . . . . . . $ 254,172 $ 230,156
Net income(loss) . . . . 7,430 458
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3. Debt
On March 6, 1995 Primeco issued $100,000,000 of 12.75% Senior
Subordinated Notes due March 1, 2005, the proceeds of which were used primarily
to retire the Subordinated Loan Facility acquired at the Acquisition. The
write- off of debt issuance costs related to the Subordinated Facility of
$2,062,000, net of income tax benefits of $794,000, has been reflected as an
extraordinary loss on the Statement of Operations. With the acquisitions of
American Hi-Lift and Alpine in 1996, Primeco increased its outstanding debt by
approximately $57 million and $11 million, respectively. Bank borrowing, as of
September 30, 1996, includes $123.5 million of Term Debt and $120.5 million of
Revolving Debt.
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PRIMECO INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
Maturities of debt under the bank credit agreement and the Senior Subordinated
Notes are as follows as of September 30, 1996 (in thousands):
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September 30, Bank Borrowing Notes
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1996 ................ $ 500 --
1997 ................ 1,000 --
1998 ................ 12,000 --
1999 ................ 155,500 --
2000 and thereafter.. 75,000 $100,000
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4. Income Taxes
The differences between the statutory federal income tax rate on
income (loss) before income taxes and extraordinary item, and Primeco's
effective income tax rate relate primarily to the amortization of cost in
excess of fair value acquired. In connection with the acquisition of
Vibroplant U.S., Inc., Primeco recorded an increase to deferred taxes of $6.6
million.
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PRIMECO INC.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
Recent Developments
Acquisitions. On February 26, 1996, Primeco acquired American Hi-Lift
Corporation, a company specializing in renting and selling aerial lift
equipment. The purchase price of American Hi-Lift Corporation was cash of
approximately $66.5 million. On July 29, 1996, Primeco completed the purchase
of substantially all of the assets of Alpine, a company specializing in
varied lines of equipment rentals and sales. The purchase price of Alpine was
$11.0 million for such assets and $350,000 for covenants not to compete from
two senior executives of Alpine. These acquisitions were accounted for under
the purchase method of accounting. The financial statements as of and for the
three months and nine months ended September 30, 1996, are not comparable to
the prior periods (see Footnote 2 of the financial statements included in this
Form 10-Q, Primeco's Forms 8-K and 8-K/A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 12, 1996 and May 13, 1996, respectively, and
Primeco's Forms 10-Q and 10-Q/A filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 13, 1996 and October 15, 1996, respectively, for a
complete discussion of these acquisitions).
Amendment of Credit Facility. The Company amended and restated its
credit facility on October 26, 1996. Please see the discussions in Item 5 of
this Form 10-Q.
Results of Operations
This discussion and analysis compares the results of operations of
Primeco during the current three month and nine month periods with the
operating results of operations during the corresponding period in the prior
year.
Three Month Period Ended September 30, 1996 Compared With The Three Month
Period Ended September 30, 1995
Total Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 1996 increased
37.0% to $86.1 million, when compared to revenues of $62.9 million for the same
period for the prior year. This increase is primarily a result of higher
rental revenues, an increase in the sale of new equipment, parts and
merchandise, as well as the American Hi-Lift and Alpine acquisitions.
Rental Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 1996 increased
37.0% to $50.6 million, when compared with the corresponding prior period
rental revenues of $36.9 million. This increase is the result of continued
improvement in economic conditions, an increase in the average amount of
equipment available for rental and continued strong utilization of rental
equipment, plus the addition of equipment and rental yards associated with the
American Hi-Lift and Alpine acquisitions.
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PRIMECO INC.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS - (Continued)
New Equipment Sales for the three months ended September 30, 1996
increased 41.1% to $12.0 million, when compared with the corresponding prior
period sales of $8.5 million. This increase is due primarily to improved
general economic conditions and increases associated with the American Hi-Lift
acquisition.
Rental Equipment Sales for the three months ended September 30, 1996
increased 56.8% to $8.8 million, when compared with the corresponding prior
period sales of $5.6 million, primarily due to a continued strong demand for
used rental equipment and Primeco's efforts to dispose of older equipment
acquired from American Hi-Lift.
Parts and Merchandise Sales for the three months ended September 30,
1996 increased 17.7% to $9.7 million, when compared with the corresponding
prior period sales of $8.2 million. This increase correlates with higher
rental revenues and sales of new and used rental equipment.
Service and Other Income for the three months ended September 30, 1996
increased 40.0% to $5.1 million when compared with the corresponding prior
period sales of $3.7 million. This increase relates to the increased rental
revenue.
Gross Profit for the three months ended September 30, 1996 increased
62.5% to $29.7 million, when compared with the corresponding prior period gross
profit of $18.3 million. The increase in gross profit is the result of
increased revenues, as previously discussed, with the most significant
component being the $13.7 million increase in rental revenue. Gross Profit was
also impacted by direct operating expenses which increased by $7.3 million, or
47.1%, to $22.6 million from the prior period expense level of $15.4 million,
and reflects increased expense associated with the American Hi-Lift
acquisition.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses for the three months
ended September 30, 1996 increased 44.6% to $12.8 million, when compared with
the corresponding prior period expenses of $8.9 million. The increase reflects
higher sales commissions due to increased rental and sales revenue and expenses
associated with the inclusion of the American Hi-Lift and Alpine acquisitions
into Primeco's operations.
Interest expense (net of interest income) for the three months ended
September 30, 1996 increased 30.4% to $9.6 million, when compared with the
corresponding prior period interest expense of $7.3 million. The increase
primarily reflects higher borrowing outstanding. Primeco's indebtedness, as of
September 30, 1996, totaled $344.0 million, compared to $255.0 million as of
September 30, 1995, primarily due to the American Hi-Lift and Alpine
acquisitions and borrowing to fund capital expenditures.
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PRIMECO INC.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS - (Continued)
Nine Month Period Ended September 30, 1996 Compared With The Nine Month Period
Ended September 30, 1995
Total Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 increased
34.4% to $239.6 million, when compared to revenues of $178.2 million for the
same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily the result of
increased rental revenues, but, it also reflects increases in all of Primeco's
revenue components as well as the acquisitions of American Hi-Lift and Alpine.
Management estimates that approximately 52% of the increase in total
revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 compared to the
comparable period of the prior year was attributable to these acquisitions and
that the remaining approximately 48% of the increase was attributable to growth
in the existing business. Thus, of the 34.4% increase in revenues described
above, approximately 17.9% was due to these acquisitions and the remaining
16.5% was due to growth in the existing business.
Rental Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 increased
36.7% to $138.3 million, when compared with the corresponding prior period
rentals of $101.1 million. These results reflect a large rental equipment
fleet base, strong equipment utilization and the addition of yards associated
with the American Hi-Lift and Alpine acquisitions.
New Equipment Sales for the nine months ended September 30, 1996
increased 34.2% to $33.3 million, when compared with the corresponding prior
period sales of $24.8 million. The increase is due to strong general economic
conditions, increased demand for equipment as well as sales associated with the
American Hi-Lift acquisition.
Rental Equipment Sales for the nine months ended September 30, 1996
increased 44.8% to $25.9 million, when compared with the corresponding prior
period sales of $17.9 million, resulting, primarily, from continued strong
demand for used rental equipment and Primeco's efforts to dispose of older
equipment acquired from American Hi-Lift.
Parts and Merchandise Sales for the nine months ended September 30,
1996 increased 17.5% to $28.4 million, when compared with the corresponding
prior period sales of $24.2 million. This increase correlates with the higher
rental revenues and sales of new and used rental equipment.
Service and Other Income for the nine months ended September 30, 1996
increased 33.9% to $13.7 million when compared with the corresponding prior
period sales of $10.3 million. This increase relates to the increase in rental
revenue.
Gross Profit for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 increased
59.1% to $80.6 million, when compared with the corresponding prior period gross
profit of $50.7 million. The increase is the result of increased revenues as
previously discussed with the most significant component being the $37.2
million increase in rental revenue. Gross Profit was also impacted by direct
operating expenses, which increased by 38.0% to $61.4 million, when compared to
the prior period expense level of $44.5 million. This increase primarily
reflects increased expenses associated with the repair and maintenance costs
associated with refurbishing and upgrading the former American Hi-Lift and
Alpine equipment to Prime's standards.
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PRIMECO INC.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS - (Continued)
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 increased 37.7% to $36.0 million, when compared to the prior
period expenses of $26.1 million. The increase reflects higher sales
commissions due to increased rental and sales revenue and expenses associated
with the inclusion of the American Hi-Lift and Alpine acquisitions into
Primeco's operations.
Interest Expense (net of interest income) for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 increased 26.4% to $27.0 million, when compared with the
corresponding prior period interest expense of $21.4 million. The increase
reflects higher borrowings outstanding. Primeco's indebtedness, as of September
30, 1996, totaled $344.0 million, compared to $255.0 million as of September 30,
1995. This increase is due primarily to the American Hi-Lift and Alpine
Acquisitions and borrowings to fund capital expenditures.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash provided from operating activities totaled $30.9 million (net of
the effects from the purchase of American Hi-Lift and Alpine) during the period
ending September 30, 1996, compared to cash provided of $16.7 million for the
period ending September 30, 1995. During the current period, cash flow from
operations was higher than net income primarily as a result of adjustments to
net income for non-cash expenses, such as depreciation and amortization. Netted
against these positive adjustments were increases in account receivables and
payments associated with increased inventories and decreases in accounts payable
and accrued liabilities.
Primeco's primary capital requirements were for the acquisition of
American Hi-Lift and Alpine, as well as the purchase of rental equipment to
expand its business and to replace rental equipment sold. The total purchases
of rental equipment were $69.4 million compared to $66.6 million for the
corresponding period for the prior year. Primeco continually evaluates the
equipment in its rental fleet and periodically sells used equipment based on
that evaluation. Proceeds from the sale of used rental equipment totaled $25.9
million for the nine month period ended September 30, 1996 compared to $17.8
million for the corresponding prior year period.
The Company has no long-term minimum purchase commitments for rental
equipment. Management has budgeted $98 million of gross fleet capital
expenditures exclusive of acquisitions in 1996, of which approximately $54
million will be used to replace used rental equipment sold, with the remaining
amounts being a net increase in investment in rental fleet. These expenditures
will be offset by expected proceeds from the sale of used equipment of
approximately $31 million. The Company will utilize these capital expenditures
to expand the fleet at existing rental equipment yards, to satisfy the equipment
needs of current and new Integrated Rental Management customers, to provide for
the equipment needs of new rental equipment yards, and to maintain and grow the
fleet at the rental yards recently acquired in connection with the 1996
acquisitions. The Company also expects to spend approximately $6 million in
1996 on non-equipment related capital expenditures consisting of buildings,
land, furniture and fixtures and environmental capital expenditures. In
addition to the budgeted capital expenditures, the Company is currently
considering several potential acquisitions, although the Company does not
currently have any understandings or agreements with respect to potential
acquisitions. In 1996, Primeco purchased all of the outstanding stock of
American Hi-Lift for approximately $66.5 million, and all of the assets of
Alpine for approximately $11.4 million. The purchases were funded by a $9.4
million capital contribution from certain stockholders of the Company and the
balance through borrowings from Primeco's credit facility.
The Company's operations are subject to various environmental laws and
regulations. In order to comply with these requirements, the Company is
engaged in ongoing remediation, capital improvement and periodic compliance
activities. In 1995, Prime spent approximately $1.3 million on environmental
matters, including costs related to remediation, compliance and capital
requirements, and has budgeted approximately $4.4 million in 1996 for such
matters. As of September 30, 1996, the Company had a reserve for environmental
remediation of $7.0 million and related receivables from state trust fund
programs and a seller of equipment yards of $2.1 million.
Primeco's management believes that its cash flows from operating
activities, proceeds from the sale of used rental equipment and its borrowing
capacity under the revolving credit facility (as of September 30, 1996 Primeco
had $48 million availability under its $175 million Revolving Credit Facility)
will be sufficient to finance its operations and anticipated capital
expenditures through 1996.
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PRIMECO INC.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS - (Continued)
The credit facility requires Primeco to maintain interest rate
protection, which it has done through rate swap agreements covering a portion
of its outstanding and available credit facility including the portion related
to letters of credit. Accordingly, at December 31, 1995, Primeco had
outstanding interest rate swap agreements (total notional amount of $80.0
million) placed with financial institutions, one of which is an affiliate of
Salomon Brothers Inc, that effectively converted a portion of its
floating-rate debt to fixed-rate debt. At December 31, 1995, the market value
of the swaps represented a loss of approximately $2.6 million. The rate swap
agreements expire in February 1997 and March 1997, respectively, and the
floating interest rate for the final period has been set. The Company currently
has no plans to, and is not required to, replace such agreements. Upon
expiration of such agreements, the Company must pay an aggregate of
approximately $1.29 million to cover market losses.
Statements regarding sufficiency of capital resources in the preceding
paragraph are "forward looking statements" made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Changes in general economic conditions, changes in results of operations and
other factors could increase Primeco's need for capital resources beyond what
is currently available. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in
Primeco's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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PRIMECO INC.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5.
The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Prime Service, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Prime"). Prime has filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-1, File Number 333-11517 (the "Registration Statement"), pursuant to
which Prime proposes to offer and sell 7,250,000 shares of Prime's common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Offering").
The Company has amended and restated its credit agreement pursuant to
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 30, 1996 (the
"Amended Facility"), among the Company, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
Administrative Agent, and the CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc., as Collateral
Agent. The Amended Facility will become effective upon consummation of
Offering. The Amended Facility reduces the interest rates payable by the
Company. In addition, the terms of Amended Facility include amending the
payment schedule and extending the maturity date of payment of the term loan
portion of the facility to December 31, 2002, and amending the payment schedule
and extending the maturity date of payment of the revolving credit facility to a
date that is five years from the effective date of the Amended Facility. Upon
the effective date of amendment, the Company would repay at least $80 million of
the principal currently outstanding under its revolving credit facility, without
reducing the total amount available under such facility. The Amended Facility
also amends certain covenants of the Company, including certain financial ratio
covenants and covenants regarding capital expenditures. The Amended Facility
also requires that the Company issue notices to the holders of its 12.75% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2005 (the "Senior Notes") to redeem approximately $33.3
million in principal amount of such Senior Notes plus applicable premiums. The
foregoing statement does not constitute such notice, and such notice will not be
given prior to the consummation of the Offering. The foregoing description of
the Amended Facility is qualified in its entirety by the Amended Facility, which
is an exhibit to this Form 10-Q.
The Registration Statement has not yet become effective. Shares of
Prime's Common Stock may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to
the time the Registration Statement becomes effective. The description of the
Offering in this Form 10-Q shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy shares of Prime's Common Stock nor shall there
by any sale of such securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibits
10.1 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of
October 25, 1996, between Primeco and Thomas E.
Bennett (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of Prime
Service, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No.
333-11517, originally filed with the SEC on September 6, 1996
(the "Registration Statement").
10.2 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of
October 25, 1996, between Primeco and Brian Fontana
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of Prime
Service, Inc.'s Registration Statement).
10.3 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of
October 25, 1996, between Primeco and Kevin L.
Loughlin (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of Prime
Service, Inc.'s Registration Statement).
10.4 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of
October 25, 1996, between Primeco and Peter A. Post
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 of Prime Service,
Inc.'s Registration Statement).
10.5 Employment Agreement, dated as of October 25, 1996,
between Primeco and James O. York (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.33 of Prime Service, Inc.'s Registration
Statement).
10.6 Prime Service, Inc. 1996 Management Stock Incentive
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 of Prime
Service, Inc.'s Registration Statement).
10.7 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 30,
1996, among Primeco, as borrower, The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Administrative Agent, and The CIT Group/Business Credit,
Inc., as Collateral Agent.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
On August 13, 1996, Primeco filed a Current Report on
Form 10-Q, regarding its acquisition of the assets of Alpine Equipment Rentals
& Supply Company, Inc. ("Alpine"). On October 11, 1996, Primeco filed a
Form 10-Q/A containing the audited financial statements and the pro forma
financial information in connection with the Alpine acquisition.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PRIMECO INC.
/s/ BRIAN FONTANA
October 30, 1996 -------------------------------------
Brian Fontana
(Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer)
/s/ JOHN D. LATIMER
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John D. Latimer
(Controller)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
10.1 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of October
25, 1996, between Primeco and Thomas E. Bennett (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of Prime Service, Inc.'s
Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-11517,
originally filed with the SEC on September 6, 1996 (the
"Registration Statement").
10.2 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of October
25, 1996, between Primeco and Brian Fontana (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.30 of Prime Service, Inc.'s
Registration Statement).
10.3 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of October
25, 1996, between Primeco and Kevin L. Loughlin (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.31 of Prime Service, Inc.'s
Registration Statement).
10.4 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of October
25, 1996, between Primeco and Peter A. Post (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.32 of Prime Service, Inc.'s
Registration Statement).
10.5 Employment Agreement, dated as of October 25, 1996, between Primeco and
James O. York (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 of Prime
Service, Inc.'s Registration Statement).
10.6 Prime Service, Inc. 1996 Management Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 of Prime Service, Inc.'s
Registration Statement).
10.7 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 30,
1996, among Primeco, as borrower, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
Administrative Agent, and The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc.,
as Collateral Agent.
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EXECUTION COPY
PRIMECO INC.
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of October 29, 1996
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$298,500,000
Credit Facility
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
as Administrative Agent,
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.,
as Collateral Agent,
and
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
and
BT SECURITIES CORPORATION,
as Arrangers
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Defined Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 2. TERM LOANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.1 Term Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.2 Repayment of Term Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.3 Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.4 Procedure for Effective Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING
CREDIT COMMITMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1 Revolving Credit Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2 Commitment Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.3 Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.4 Swing Line Commitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.5 Issuance of Letters of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.6 Participating Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.7 Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.8 Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.9 Letter of Credit Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.10 Letter of Credit Reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.11 Further Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.12 Obligations Absolute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.13 Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.14 Participations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.1 Procedure for Borrowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.2 Conversion and Continuation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.3 Changes of Commitment Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.4 Optional and Mandatory Prepayments; Repayments of Term Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.5 Interest Rates and Payment Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.6 Computation of Interest and Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.7 Certain Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.8 Inability to Determine Interest Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.9 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.10 Illegality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.11 Requirements of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.12 Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.13 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.14 Interest Rate Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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4.15 Replacement of Lenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.1 Financial Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5.2 No Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
5.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
5.4 Corporate Power; Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
5.5 Enforceable Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.6 No Legal Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.7 No Material Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.8 Investment Company Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.9 Federal Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.10 No Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.11 Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.12 Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.13 Ownership of Property; Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.14 ERISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.15 Collateral Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.16 Copyrights, Permits, Trademarks and Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.17 Environmental Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5.18 Accuracy and Completeness of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.1 Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.2 Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7.1 Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7.2 Certificates; Other Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
7.3 Payment of Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
7.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
7.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
7.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.7 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.8 Environmental Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7.9 After Acquired Real Property; Filing of Mortgages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
7.10 Notices of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
8.1 Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
8.2 Limitation on Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
8.3 Limitation on Contingent Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
8.4 Prohibition of Fundamental Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.5 Prohibition on Sale of Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.6 Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
8.7 Capital Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
8.8 Consolidated EBITDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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8.9 Debt Coverage Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
8.10 Interest Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
8.11 Limitation on Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
8.12 Transactions with Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
8.13 Prepayments and Amendments of Subordinated Debt and Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
8.14 Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
8.15 Limitation on Lines of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 10. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT; THE COLLATERAL
AGENT; THE ISSUING LENDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
10.1 Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
10.2 Delegation of Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
10.3 Exculpatory Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
10.5 Notice of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
10.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and Other Lenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
10.7 Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
10.8 The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in their Individual Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
10.9 Successor Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
10.10 Issuing Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
11.1 Amendments and Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
11.2 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
11.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
11.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
11.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
11.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
11.7 Adjustments; Set-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
11.8 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
11.9 Governing Law; No Third Party Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
11.10 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
11.11 Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
11.12 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
11.13 Special Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
11.14 Permitted Payments and Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
</TABLE>
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SCHEDULES
<S> <C>
Schedule I-A List of Addresses for Notices; Lending Offices; Continuing Commitment Amounts
Schedule I-B Refinanced Commitment Amounts
Schedule 3.5(a) Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 5.13 Fee and Leased Properties
Schedule 5.15(b) UCC Filing Offices
Schedule 5.16 Trademarks and Copyrights
Schedule 8.1(a) Indebtedness to Remain Outstanding
Schedule 8.2 Existing Liens
Schedule 8.3(d) Existing Contingent Obligations
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Revolving Credit Note
EXHIBIT B Form of Term Loan Note
EXHIBIT C Form of Swing Line Note
EXHIBIT D Form of Assignment and Acceptance
EXHIBIT E Form of Company Security Agreement
EXHIBIT F Form of Holdings Guarantee
EXHIBIT G Form of Holdings Pledge Agreement
EXHIBIT H Form of L/C Participation Certificate
EXHIBIT I Form of Mortgage
EXHIBIT J Form of Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate
EXHIBIT K-1 Form of Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Existing Credit Agreement
EXHIBIT K-2 Form of Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
EXHIBIT L Form of Subsection 4.11(d)(2) Certificate
EXHIBIT M-1 Form of Company Closing Certificate
EXHIBIT M-2 Form of Holdings Closing Certificate
EXHIBIT N Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
EXHIBIT O Form of Warehouseman Notice
</TABLE>
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 29, 1996,
among PRIMECO INC., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), the several
lenders from time to time parties hereto (the "Lenders"), THE CHASE
MANHATTAN BANK, a New York banking corporation, as administrative agent for
the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and THE CIT
GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC., a New York corporation, as collateral agent
for the Lenders (the "Collateral Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company, the lenders parties thereto on the date hereof
(the "Existing Lenders") and the Administrative Agent are parties to the Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1994 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified to the date hereof, the "Existing Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Lenders parties hereto on the
date hereof and the Administrative Agent to amend and restate the Existing
Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date (as herein defined) to provide for,
inter alia, (i) the reallocation of the Commitments (as herein defined), (ii)
extending the tenor of the term loans to December 31, 2002, (iii) rescheduling
the amortization of the term loans, (iv) extending to that date which is five
years from the Effective Date (as herein defined) the revolving credit
commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement and (v) reducing the pricing;
and
WHEREAS, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are so willing to
amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date, but
only on, and subject to, the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the Company, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent hereby amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement,
effective as of the Effective Date but not before, as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms defined in the
caption or in the "Whereas" clauses hereto shall have the meanings set forth
therein, and the following terms have the following meanings:
"Account": as defined in the definition of Eligible Accounts
Receivable.
"Adjustment Date": (a) the second Business Day following receipt by the
Administrative Agent of both (i) the financial statements required to be
delivered pursuant to subsections 7.1(a) or 7.1(b) for the most recently
completed fiscal period
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and (ii) the compliance certificate required pursuant to subsection
7.2(b) with respect to such financial statements or (b) if such compliance
certificate and financial statements have not been delivered in a timely
manner, the latest date upon which the compliance certificate required to be
delivered pursuant to subsection 7.2(b) for the most recently completed
fiscal period was due; provided, however, that in the event that the
Adjustment Date is determined in accordance with the provisions of clause
(b) of this definition, then the date which is two Business Days following
the date of receipt of the financial statements and compliance certificate
referenced in clause (a) of this definition also shall be deemed to
constitute an "Adjustment Date".
"Affiliate": of any Person (a) any Person (other than a Subsidiary)
which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
under common control with such Person, or (b) any Person who is a director
or officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of any Subsidiary of such Person or
(iii) of any Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect (i)
to vote 25% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors of such Person, whether by ownership of securities,
contract, proxy or otherwise, or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of such Person, whether by ownership of
securities, contract, proxy or otherwise.
"Agreement": this Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time.
"Alternate Base Rate": for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime
Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base CD Rate in effect on such day plus
1% and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2
of 1%. For purposes hereof: "Prime Rate" shall mean the rate of interest
per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent
as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the
Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by
the Administrative Agent in connection with extensions of credit to
debtors); "Base CD Rate" shall mean the sum of (a) the product of (i) the
Three-Month Secondary CD Rate and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is
one and the denominator of which is one minus the C/D Reserve Percentage and
(b) the C/D Assessment Rate; "Three-Month Secondary CD Rate" shall mean, for
any day, the secondary market rate for three-month certificates of deposit
reported as being in effect on such day (or, if such day shall not be a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (together with any successor, the "Board")
through the public information telephone line of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York (which rate will, under the current practices of the Board, be
published in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) during the week
following such day), or, if such rate shall not be so reported on such day
or such next preceding Business Day, the average of the secondary market
quotations for three-month certificates of deposit of major money center
banks in New York City received at approximately 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on such day (or, if such day shall not be a Business Day, on the next
preceding Business Day) by the Administrative Agent from three New
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York City negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of recognized
standing selected by it; and "Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall mean, for
any day, 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 on the next succeeding Business Day by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for
any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day
of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Base CD Rate or
the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of
business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Base CD
Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Alternate Base Rate Lending Office": as to each Lender, the office of
such Lender located within the United States which shall be making or
maintaining Alternate Base Rate Loans.
"Alternate Base Rate Loans": Loans at such time as they are made and/or
being maintained at a rate of interest based upon the Alternate Base Rate.
"Applicable Margin": for Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swing
Line Loans of the Type set forth below, if the applicable Debt Coverage
Ratio is:
(i) greater than 3.75, the rate per annum set for
under the relevant column heading below:
<TABLE>
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ABR Loans Eurodollar Loans
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Term Loans: 1.50% 2.75%
Revolving Credit Loans: 1.00% 2.25%
Swing Line Loans: 1.00% N/A
</TABLE>
(ii) less than or equal to 3.75 but greater than
3.25, the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column
heading below:
<TABLE>
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ABR Loans Eurodollar Loans
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Term Loans: 1.25% 2.50%
Revolving Credit Loans: .75% 2.00%
Swing Line Loans: .75% N/A
</TABLE>
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(iii) less than or equal to 3.25 but greater than
2.75, the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column
heading below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ABR Loans Eurodollar Loans
--------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Term Loans: 1.00% 2.25%
Revolving Credit Loans: 0.50% 1.75%
Swing Line Loans: 0.50% N/A
</TABLE>
(iv) less than or equal to 2.75 but greater than
2.25, the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column
heading below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ABR Loans Eurodollar Loans
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<S> <C> <C>
Term Loans: 0.75% 2.00%
Revolving Credit Loans: 0.25% 1.50%
Swing Line Loans: 0.25% N/A
</TABLE>
(v) less than or equal to 2.25 but greater than
1.75, the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column
heading below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ABR Loans Eurodollar Loans
--------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Term Loans: 0.50% 1.75%
Revolving Credit Loans: 0.00% 1.25%
Swing Line Loans: 0.00% N/A
</TABLE>
(vi) less than or equal to 1.75, the rate per
annum set forth under the relevant column heading below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ABR Loans Eurodollar Loans
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<S> <C> <C>
Term Loans: 0.50% 1.75%
Revolving Credit Loans: 0.00% 1.00%
Swing Line Loans: 0.00% N/A
</TABLE>
The Applicable Margin for the period commencing with each Adjustment
Date and ending on the next succeeding Adjustment Date, shall be
determined by reference to the Debt Coverage Ratio of the Company set
forth on the certificate most recently required to be delivered to the
Lenders pursuant to subsection 7.2(b); provided, that, (a) until the
first Adjustment Date, the Applicable Margin shall be as set forth in
clause (v) of this definition and (b) if for any reason the
certificate required by subsection 7.2(b) is not timely delivered to
the Lenders, the Debt Coverage Ratio shall be (i) during the period
from the date upon which such certificate was required to be delivered
until the date upon which it actually is delivered, the Applicable
Margin in effect immediately prior to the date such financial
statements were due,
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and (ii) if such certificate, when actually delivered, would have
required an increase in the Applicable Margin over the Applicable
Margin in effect immediately prior to the date such certificate was
due, the Company shall, within ten days following the delivery of such
certificate pay to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent any
additional amounts of interest or fees which would have been payable
on any previous Interest Payment Date had such higher Applicable
Margin been in effect from the date such certificate was required to
be delivered; and provided, further, that any change in the Applicable
Margin as a result of a change in the Debt Coverage Ratio shall apply
to all Loans for each day during the period commencing on the
effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately
preceding the effective date of the next such change in Applicable
Margin.
"Asset Sale": any sale, sale-leaseback, or other disposition
by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof of any of its property or
assets, including the stock of any Subsidiary of the Company, other
than (a) the redemption of Class D Preferred Shares of 2633-460 Quebec
Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Quebec, held by the
Company for an aggregate redemption price of Canadian $1,000,000 and
(b) sales and dispositions permitted by subsections 8.5(a), (b), (c),
(e), (f) and (g).
"Assignee": as defined in subsection 11.6(c).
"Assignment and Acceptance": an assignment and acceptance
substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
"Available Revolving Credit Commitment": as to any Lender, at
a particular time, an amount equal to (a) the amount of such Lender's
Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, less (b) the sum of (i) the
aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Revolving Credit
Loans made by such Lender pursuant to subsection 3.1, (ii) such
Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount at such time of all Swing Line Loans, provided
that for purposes of calculating the Revolving Credit Commitments
pursuant to subsection 3.2 the amount referred to in this clause (ii)
shall be zero, (iii) such Lender's L/C Participating Interest in the
aggregate amount available to be drawn at such time under all
outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender and (iv)
such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate
outstanding amount of L/C Obligations; collectively, as to all the
Lenders, the "Available Revolving Credit Commitments".
"Bankruptcy Code": Title I of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1978, as amended and codified at Title 11 of the United States Code.
"Board": as defined in the definition of "Alternate Base
Rate".
"Borrowing Base": as of any date to which a Borrowing Base
Certificate relates, the sum of (a) 80% of Type I Eligible Rental
Fleet Equipment, (b) 70% of Type II Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment,
(c) 60% of Type III Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment, (d) 50% of Type
IV Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment, (e) 65% of
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Eligible Inventory, (f) 80% of Eligible Accounts Receivable, (g) 80%
of Eligible New Equipment for Sale and (h) 50% of Eligible Fixed
Assets.
"Borrowing Base Certificate": as defined in subsection
7.2(g).
"Borrowing Base Deficiency": a condition wherein the sum of
(a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and
Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time, (b) the aggregate unexpired
and undrawn face amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such
time, (c) the aggregate amount of L/C Obligations outstanding at such
time and (d) at any time after June 30, 2000, the aggregate principal
amount of all Term Loans outstanding exceeds the Borrowing Base as set
forth on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by the
Company.
"Borrowing Date": any Business Day specified in a notice
pursuant to (a) subsection 3.4 or 4.1 as a date on which the Company
requests the Swing Line Lender or the Lenders to make Loans hereunder
or (b) subsection 3.5 as a date on which the Company requests the
Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit hereunder.
"BTCo": Bankers Trust Company, a New York banking
corporation, and its successors.
"Business Day": a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or
required by law to close.
"Capital Expenditures": for any period, all amounts which
would, in accordance with GAAP, be set forth as capital expenditures
(exclusive of any amount attributable to capitalized interest) on the
consolidated statement of cash flows or other similar statement of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period and shall in any event
include expenditures to acquire all or a portion of the Capital Stock
or assets of any Person but shall exclude any expenditures made with
the proceeds of condemnation or eminent domain proceedings affecting
real property or with insurance proceeds; provided that any Capital
Expenditures financed with the proceeds of any Indebtedness permitted
hereunder (other than Indebtedness incurred hereunder) shall be deemed
to be a Capital Expenditure only in the period in which, and by the
amount which, any principal of such Indebtedness is repaid.
"Capital Stock": any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in
a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or
options to purchase any of the foregoing.
"Cash Equivalents": (a) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any
agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than
six months from the date of acquisition, (b) certificates of deposit
and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less
from the date of acquisition, bankers' acceptances with maturities not
exceeding
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six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any Lender
or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in
excess of $300,000,000, (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not
more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described
in clauses (a) and (b) entered into with any financial institution
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above, and (d)
commercial paper issued by any Lender or the parent corporation of any
Lender, and commercial paper rated A-1 or the equivalent thereof by
Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or P-1 or the equivalent thereof by
Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and in each case maturing within six
months after the date of acquisition.
"C/D Assessment Rate": for any day the net annual assessment
rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%)
determined by the Administrative Agent to be payable on such day to
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor ("FDIC")
for FDIC's insuring time deposits made in Dollars at offices of the
Administrative Agent in the United States.
"C/D Reserve Percentage": for any day as applied to any Base
CD Rate, that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect
on such day, as prescribed by the Board for determining the maximum
reserve requirement for a Depositary Institution (as defined in
Regulation D of the Board) in respect of new non-personal time
deposits in Dollars having a maturity of 30 days or more.
"Change in Law": with respect to any Lender, the adoption of
any law, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) or any change therein or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction over such Lender, in each case after the Effective
Date.
"Change of Control": shall be considered to have occurred if
any Person (other than INVESTCORP S.A., any of its Affiliates or
Subsidiaries, any Person that is a member of the senior management of
the Company or Holdings, any entity the majority of the equity
ownership interests of which is owned by such senior management of the
Company or Holdings or any Person acting in the capacity of an
underwriter), whether singly or in concert with one or more Persons,
shall, directly or indirectly, have acquired, or acquire the power to
vote or direct the voting of, 25% or more, on a fully diluted basis,
of the outstanding common stock of the Company or of the common stock
of Holdings.
"Chase": The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking
corporation, and its successors.
"Closing Date": the date on which the Lenders made their
initial Loans or the Issuing Lender issued the initial Letter of
Credit under the Existing Credit Agreement.
"Code": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
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"Commercial L/C": a commercial documentary Letter of Credit
under which the Issuing Lender agrees to make payments in Dollars for
the account of the Company, on behalf of the Company or a Subsidiary
thereof, in respect of obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary
in connection with the purchase of goods or services in the ordinary
course of business.
"Commitment": as to any Lender at any time, such Lender's
Swing Line Commitment, Term Loan Commitment and Revolving Credit
Commitment; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the "Commitments".
"Commitment Percentage": as to any Lender at any time, its
Term Loan Commitment Percentage or its Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage, as the context may require.
"Commonly Controlled Entity": an entity, whether or not
incorporated, which is under common control with the Company within
the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.
"Company Security Agreement": the Company Security Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit E, to be made by the Company in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders,
as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
"Consolidated Current Assets": at a particular date, all
amounts which would, in conformity with GAAP, be included under
current assets on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at such date.
"Consolidated Current Liabilities": at a particular date, all
amounts which would, in conformity with GAAP, be included under
current liabilities on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as at such date, excluding the current portion of
long-term debt and the entire outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Credit Loans.
"Consolidated EBITDA": for any period, the consolidated net
income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus,
without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the
statement of such consolidated net income for such period, the sum of
(a) taxes measured by income, (b) interest expense, amortization or
writeoff of debt discount, debt issuance, warrant and other equity
issuance costs and commissions, discounts, redemption premium and
other fees and charges associated with the Loans, Standby L/Cs, the
Subordinated Debt or with the acquisition or repayment of any debt
securities of the Company permitted hereunder, and net costs
associated with Interest Rate Agreements to which the Company is a
party in respect of the Loans, (c) costs of surety bonds, (d)
depreciation and amortization expense, (e) amortization of inventory
write-up under APB 16, amortization of intangibles (including, but not
limited to, goodwill and costs of interest-rate caps and the cost of
non-competition agreements) and organization costs, (f) non-cash
amortization of Financing Leases, (g) franchise taxes, (h) management
fees paid as contemplated by subsection 11.14(a) and (i) any other
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write-downs, write-offs, minority interests and other non-cash charges
(including all extraordinary non-cash charges) in determining such
consolidated net income for such period.
"Consolidated Funded Indebtedness": at a particular date, all
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (b), (c),
(d) or (e) of the definition of "Indebtedness" included in this
subsection 1.1) of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP at such date.
"Contingent Obligation": as to any Person, any obligation of
such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness,
dividends or other obligations ("primary obligations") of any other
Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such
Person, whether or not contingent (a) to purchase any such primary
obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or
payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working
capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to
maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of
assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of
the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (d)
otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary
obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that
the term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements of
instruments for deposit or collection 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 (based on the
maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof as
determined by the Company in good faith) of the primary obligation or
portion thereof in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made
or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
net liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to
perform thereunder) as determined by the Company in good faith.
"Contractual Obligation": as to any Person, any provision of
any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of
the property owned by it is bound.
"Credit Documents": the collective reference to this
Agreement, the Notes, the Pledge Agreements, the Security Agreements,
the Guarantees and the Mortgages.
"Credit Parties": the collective reference to Holdings, the
Company and each Subsidiary of the Company from time to time party to
a Guarantee.
"Debt Coverage Ratio": on the last day of any fiscal quarter
of the Company, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as
of the last day of such fiscal quarter to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for
the period of four fiscal quarters ending on such day.
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"Default": any of the events specified in Section 9, whether
or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or
both, has been satisfied.
"Dollars" and "$": dollars in lawful currency of the United
States of America.
"Domestic Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Company other
than a Foreign Subsidiary.
"Effective Date": as defined in subsection 6.1.
"Eligible Accounts Receivable": the amount equal to the gross
outstanding balance, less all finance charges, late fees, other fees
that are unearned and unpaid and extended warranty charges, of
accounts receivable of the Company arising out of sales or rentals of
goods, equipment or services made by the Company in the ordinary
course of business ("Accounts") (determined by reference to the most
recent Borrowing Base Certificate provided to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to Section 7.2(g)), less such reserves as the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Managing Agents in their sole
discretion, shall jointly deem appropriate. Without in any way
limiting the discretion of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the Managing Agents to deem an Account eligible or
ineligible, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Managing Agents do not currently intend to treat an Account as
eligible if:
(a) any representation or warranty contained in
this Agreement or in any other Credit Documents applicable
either to Accounts in general or to any such specific Account
has been breached with respect to such Account;
(b) 50% or more of the outstanding Accounts from
the Account debtor that constituted Eligible Accounts
Receivable at the time they arose have become, or have been
jointly determined by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the Managing Agents to be, ineligible;
(c) the Account debtor has filed a petition for
relief under the Bankruptcy Code (or similar action under any
successor law), made a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, had filed against it any petition or other
application for relief under the Bankruptcy Code (or similar
action under any successor law), failed, suspended business
operations, become insolvent, called a meeting of its
creditors for the purpose of obtaining any financial
concession or accommodation, or had or suffered a receiver or
a trustee to be appointed for all or a significant portion of
its assets or affairs;
(d) such Account has remained unpaid for a period
exceeding 90 days from invoice date or the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has reason to believe such Account to be
uncollectible;
(e) the sale or rental represented by such
Account is to an Account debtor outside the United States
(except to the extent payment thereof is supported by a letter
of credit in form and substance and issued by a bank,
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satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
and the Managing Agents jointly);
(f) the Account debtor is an Affiliate,
Subsidiary, director, officer or employee of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries;
(g) the Account debtor is a supplier or creditor
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(h) such Account is denominated in other than
Dollars or payable outside the United States;
(i) the sale represented by such Account is on a
bill-and-hold, undelivered sale, guaranteed sale, sale or
return, consignment, or sale on approval basis;
(j) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the Managing Agents jointly determine, in their sole
discretion, that the collection of such Account is insecure or
that such Account may not be paid;
(k) such Account is subject to any material claim
or dispute by the Account debtor;
(l) such Account does not constitute a valid and
binding obligation of the Account debtor to pay the balance
thereof in accordance with its terms or is subject to any
defense, set-off, recoupment or counterclaim;
(m) such Account is not assignable or a first
priority security interest in such Account in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders has not been
obtained or a first priority security interest in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders cannot be
fully perfected by possession or by filing Uniform Commercial
Code financing statements against the Company (as any such
first priority security interest may be affected by the
existence of Permitted Liens);
(n) such Account is subject to any Lien
whatsoever, other than Liens permitted pursuant to subsections
8.2(a) and (f);
(o) the Company or such Subsidiary, in order to
be entitled to collect such Account, is required to perform
any additional service for, or perform or incur any additional
obligation to, the Account debtor; or
(p) such Account is an account of the United
States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof,
and the Collateral Agent does not perfect a first priority
security interest in such Account.
The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Managing Agents shall have discretion to classify any account
into any of the foregoing
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categories or such other categories as the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Managing Agents, in their
sole discretion, jointly deem appropriate in determining the
eligibility of such Account.
"Eligible Fixed Assets": at any time, (a) the appraised value
of the real property owned by the Company as set forth in the
appraisal delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(p)(i) of the Existing
Credit Agreement, plus (b) the appraised value of the personal
property of the Company and its Subsidiaries other than the Rental
Fleet Equipment (such equipment, the "Non-Rental Fleet Equipment") as
determined by Manufacturer's Appraisers in connection with the
appraisal delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(p)(ii) of the Existing
Credit Agreement plus (c) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures
made since the Closing Date with respect to real property and
Non-Rental Fleet Equipment (net of any proceeds of real property and
Non-Rental Fleet Equipment sold by the Company and its Subsidiaries or
otherwise disposed of, in any case, subsequent to the Closing Date)
minus (d) the aggregate amount of accumulated depreciation with
respect to real property and Non- Rental Fleet Equipment owned by the
Company and its Subsidiaries since the Closing Date. Without in any
way limiting the discretion of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Managing Agent to deem any fixed asset
ineligible, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Managing Agents do not currently intend to treat any fixed asset as
eligible if a first priority security interest in such fixed asset in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders has not
been obtained or a first priority security interest in such fixed
asset in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders
cannot be perfected by possession or by filing a Mortgage or Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements against the Company or by
notation of the Collateral Agent's security interest on a certificate
of title in respect of such fixed asset in accordance with the law of
the relevant jurisdiction (as any such first priority security
interest may be affected by the existence of Permitted Liens).
"Eligible Inventory": the amount equal to the gross amount of
the Company's inventory (other than Eligible New Equipment for Sale
and Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment) that conforms to the
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents and which at all times continues to be jointly
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Managing Agents in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment,
less such reserves as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
and the Managing Agents, in their sole discretion, shall deem
appropriate. Without in any way limiting the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Managing Agents to
deem inventory ineligible, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the Managing Agents do not currently intend to treat
inventory as eligible if (a) such inventory is not present in the
United States of America, (b) such inventory is to be returned to the
Company's suppliers, (c) such inventory is in transit to third parties
(other than the Company's agents or warehouses), (d) such inventory is
owned by the Company and consigned to other Persons or is owned by
other Persons and consigned to the Company or (e) a first perfected
security interest in such inventory in favor of the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders has not been obtained or a first
priority security interest in such inventory in favor of the
Collateral Agent
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for the benefit of the Lenders cannot be perfected by possession or by
filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements against the
Company (as any such first priority security interest may be affected
by the existence of Permitted Liens).
"Eligible New Equipment for Sale": the amount equal to the
gross amount of all new equipment held for sale by the Company that
conforms to the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents and which at all times
continues to be jointly acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Managing Agents in the exercise of their
reasonable business judgment, less such reserves as the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Managing Agents, in their sole
discretion, shall deem appropriate. Without in any way limiting the
discretion of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Managing Agents to deem an item of new equipment eligible or
ineligible, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Managing Agents do not currently intend to treat any item of new
equipment as eligible if (a) such new equipment is not present in the
United States of America, (b) such new equipment is to be returned to
the Company's suppliers, (c) such new equipment is in transit to third
parties (other than the Company's agents or warehouses), (d) such new
equipment is owned by the Company and consigned to other Persons or is
owned by other Persons and consigned to the Company or (e) a first
perfected security interest in such new equipment in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders has not been obtained
or a first priority security interest in such new equipment in favor
of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders cannot be
perfected by possession or by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements against the Company (as any such first priority security
interest may be affected by the existence of Permitted Liens).
"Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment": the amount equal to the
sum of the purchase prices paid by the Company with respect to all
equipment held for rental by the Company in the ordinary course of
business and used rental equipment held for sale by the Company in the
ordinary course of business (collectively, "Rental Fleet Equipment")
(determined by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate
provided to the Collateral Agent pursuant to subsection 7.2(g)), less
such reserves as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
the Managing Agents, in their sole discretion, shall jointly deem
appropriate. Without in any way limiting the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Managing Agents to
deem an item of Rental Fleet Equipment eligible or ineligible, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Managing Agents do
not currently intend to treat any item of Rental Fleet Equipment as
eligible if:
(a) any representation or warranty contained in
this Agreement or in any other Credit Document applicable to
either Rental Fleet Equipment in general or to any such
specific item of Rental Fleet Equipment has been breached with
respect to such item of Rental Fleet Equipment;
(b) such item of Rental Fleet Equipment is owned
by the Company and consigned to other Persons or is owned by
other Persons and consigned to the Company;
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(c) such item of Rental Fleet Equipment is
returned, defective or unmerchantable;
(d) (i) such item of Rental Fleet Equipment is
not assignable or (ii) a first priority security interest in
such item of Rental Fleet Equipment in favor of the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders has not been obtained
(or, in respect of any item of Rental Fleet Equipment held by
the Company on the Closing Date in respect of which a first
priority security interest is obtained by notation of a
security interest on a certificate of title, all applications
for certificates of title indicating the Collateral Agent's
first priority security interest in such item and any other
necessary documentation shall not have been filed in each
office in each jurisdiction which the Collateral Agent shall
deem advisable to perfect its security interest in such item
on or prior to the sixtieth day after the Closing Date) or
(iii) a first priority security interest in such item of
Rental Fleet Equipment in favor of the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders cannot be perfected by possession
or by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements
against the Company or by notation of the Collateral Agent's
security interest on a certificate of title in respect of such
item of Rental Fleet Equipment in accordance with the law of
the relevant jurisdiction (as any such first priority security
interest may be affected by the existence of Permitted Liens);
or
(e) such item of Rental Fleet Equipment is
subject to any Lien whatsoever (including, without limitation,
all Rental Fleet Equipment then located at a Public Warehouse
with respect to which (i) the Collateral Agent has not
received a duly executed Warehousemen Notice which is then in
full force and effect or (ii) the Company is in arrears on its
rental and other payments), other than (without prejudice to
the reductions made pursuant to paragraph (d) above), Liens
permitted pursuant to Sections 8.2(a), (b) and (f).
The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Managing Agents
shall have joint discretion to classify any item of Rental Fleet
Equipment into any of the foregoing categories or such other
categories as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Managing Agents, in their sole discretion, jointly deem appropriate in
determining the eligibility of such item of Rental Fleet Equipment.
"Environmental Audit": The Environmental Audit (referred to
in subsection 6.3(e)(ii) of the Stock Purchase Agreement) together
with the addenda thereto dated November 16, 1994, as prepared by
ViroGroup Inc. and previously delivered to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to subsection 6.1(g) of the Existing Credit Agreement and,
with respect to Vibroplant U.S., Inc. and any assets acquired in the
Vibroplant Acquisition, any environmental report delivered to the
Administrative Agent prior to the consummation of the Vibroplant
Acquisition; and environmental reports obtained in connection with the
acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Alpine Equipment
Rentals & Supply Company, Inc.
"Environmental Laws": any and all Federal, state, local or
municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances,
codes, decrees or requirements of any
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Governmental Authority or requirements of law (including court-ordered
requirements of common law) regulating or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning, environmental or public health
protection matters, including, without limitation, Hazardous
Materials, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
"ERISA": the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended from time to time.
"Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements": as defined in the
definition of Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Lending Office": as to any Lender the office of
such Lender which shall be making or maintaining Eurodollar Loans.
"Eurodollar Loans": Loans at such time as they are made
and/or being maintained at a rate of interest based upon a Eurodollar
Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate": with respect to each day during any
Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum equal to
the quotient of (a) the average (rounded upwards to the nearest whole
multiple of one sixteenth of one percent) of the respective rates
notified to the Administrative Agent by the Reference Lenders as the
rate at which each of their Eurodollar Lending Offices is offered
Dollar deposits two Business Days prior to the beginning of such
Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where the foreign
currency and exchange operations of such Eurodollar Lending Office are
customarily conducted at or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of
days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to the amount of
the Eurodollar Loan of such Reference Lenders to be outstanding during
such Interest Period, divided by (b) a number equal to 1.00 minus the
aggregate (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal)
of reserve requirements current on such day (including, without
limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under
any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction with respect thereto), as now and from time to time
hereafter in effect, dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for
Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency
liabilities" in Regulation D of such Board) maintained by a member
bank of such System (such rates of reserve requirements being referred
to herein as "Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements") (such Eurodollar
Rate to be rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of
one percent).
"Event of Default": any of the events specified in Section 9,
provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of
time, or both, has been satisfied.
"Excess Cash Flow": for any fiscal year of the Company,
commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 1996, the
excess of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated EBITDA
for such fiscal year plus (ii) the book value of all property sold
(other than pursuant to eminent domain or condemnation proceedings) by
the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year over (b) the
sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate amount actually paid by
the Company
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and its Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal year on account of
capital expenditures (other than capital expenditures made with the
proceeds of eminent domain or condemnation proceedings to the extent
such proceeds are not included in the determination of EBITDA for such
fiscal year), (ii) the aggregate amount of payments of principal in
respect of any Indebtedness during such fiscal year (other than any
such payments of principal (x) from the Net Proceeds of the IPO, (y)
pursuant to subsection 4.4(b)(iii) or (z) in respect of any revolving
credit facility to the extent that there is not an equivalent
reduction in such facility), (iii) increases in working capital
(calculated as Consolidated Current Assets at the end of such fiscal
year minus Consolidated Current Liabilities as at the end of such
fiscal year) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year
(excluding any increase in cash or Cash Equivalents above an increase
deemed in good faith by the Company to be necessary or desirable for
the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries),
(iv) cash interest expense (including fees paid in connection with
Letters of Credit and surety bonds) of the Company, (v) the amount of
dividends actually paid in cash by the Company to Holdings during such
fiscal year as permitted by subsection 8.11(c)(iv) and, to the extent
not deducted from revenues in determining consolidated net income of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, by subsection
8.11(c)(i) and (ii), (vi) the amount of taxes actually paid in cash by
the Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year either during
such fiscal year or within a normal payment period thereof, (vii) the
amount of cash actually paid to repurchase Capital Stock of Holdings
pursuant to subsection 8.11(c)(iii) and (viii) to the extent added to
consolidated net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
calculating Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year, the net cost of
Interest Rate Agreements, franchise taxes and management fees.
"Fee Property": as defined in subsection 5.13.
"Financing Lease": (a) any lease of property, real or
personal, the obligations under which are capitalized on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries and (b) any other such lease to the extent that the then
present value of any rental commitment thereunder should, in
accordance with GAAP, be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee.
"Foreign Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Company which is
not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia.
"GAAP": generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America in effect from time to time.
"Governmental Authority": any nation or government, any state
or other political subdivision thereof or any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
"Guarantees": the collective reference to the Holdings
Guarantee and any guarantee which may from time to time be executed
and delivered by a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to subsection
8.6(b).
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"Hazardous Materials": any hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes, hazardous pesticides, hazardous or toxic substances, defined,
listed, classified or regulated as such in or under any Environmental
Law, including, without limitation, asbestos, petroleum, any other
petroleum products (including gasoline, crude oil or any fraction
thereof) polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
"Hedge Lender": (a) Salomon Brothers Holding Company Inc
("Salomon"), as party to that certain Interest Rate and Currency
Exchange Agreement, dated as of March 7, 1990 (the "Salomon Interest
Rate Agreement"), between the Company and Salomon, as supplemented by
the schedule thereto dated as of March 7, 1990, the Confirmation of
the Swap Transaction dated March 7, 1990 between the Company and
Salomon and the letter agreement dated as of December 1, 1994 between
the Company and Salomon and (b) any successor or assignee of Salomon
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in respect of the
Salomon Interest Rate Agreement.
"Holdings": Prime Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Holdings Guarantee": the Holdings Guarantee, substantially
in the form of Exhibit F, to be made by Holdings in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as the same
may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Holdings Pledge Agreement": the Pledge Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit G, to be made by Holdings in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders,
as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
"Indebtedness": of a Person, at a particular date, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services, (b) the undrawn face amount of
all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and,
without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder and unpaid
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto, (c) all liabilities
(other than Lease Obligations) secured by any Lien on any property
owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or
become liable for the payment thereof, (d) Financing Leases and (e)
all indebtedness of such Person arising under acceptance facilities;
but excluding (i) trade and other accounts payable and accrued
expenses payable in the ordinary course of business which are not
overdue for a period of more than 90 days or, if overdue for more than
90 days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in
conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such Person
and (ii) letters of credit supporting the purchase of goods in the
ordinary course of business and expiring no more than six months from
the date of issuance.
"Insolvency": with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the
condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of such term
as used in Section 4245 of ERISA.
"Installment Payment Date": as defined in subsection 4.4(c).
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"Interest Coverage Ratio": on the last day of any fiscal
quarter of the Company, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the
period of four fiscal quarters ending on such day to (b) cash interest
expense (excluding fees payable on account of Letters of Credit and,
to the extent included in interest expense in accordance with GAAP,
net costs associated with Interest Rate Agreements to which the
Company is party in respect of the Loans and amortization of debt
discount (including discount of liabilities and reserves established
under APB 16), costs of debt issuance and interest expense on customer
deposits) for such period net of interest income, in each case for or
during such period on a consolidated basis for the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
"Interest Payment Date": (a) as to Alternate Base Rate Loans,
the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing
on the first such day to occur after any Alternate Base Rate Loans are
made or any Eurodollar Loans are converted to Alternate Base Rate
Loans, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan in respect of which the Company
has selected an Interest Period of one, two or three months, the last
day of such Interest Period and (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan in
respect of which the Company has selected an Interest Period of six
or, if made available by the applicable Lenders, each in its sole
discretion, nine or twelve months, the date which is three months
after the beginning thereof and the last day of such Interest Period.
"Interest Period": with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:
(a) initially, the period commencing on, as the case
may be, the Borrowing Date or conversion date with respect to
such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three, six or, if
made available by the applicable Lenders, each in its sole
discretion, nine or twelve months thereafter as selected by
the Company in its notice of borrowing as provided in
subsection 4.1 or its notice of conversion as provided in
subsection 4.2; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last
day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such
Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three, six or, if made
available by the applicable Lenders, each in its sole
discretion, nine or twelve months thereafter as selected by
the Company by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent
not less than three Business Days prior to the last day of the
then current Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar
Loan;
provided that the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods
are subject to the following:
(A) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a
day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless the
result of such extension would be to carry such Interest
Period into another calendar month, in which event such
Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
Business Day;
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(B) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend
beyond (i) in the case of an Interest Period for a Term Loan,
the final Installment Payment Date for such Term Loan shall
end on such Installment Payment Date or, if such Installment
Payment Date shall not be a Business Day, on the next
preceding Business Day and (ii) in the case of any Interest
Period for a Revolving Credit Loan, the Revolving Credit
Termination Date shall end on the Revolving Credit Termination
Date, or if the Revolving Credit Termination Date shall not be
a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day;
(C) if the Company shall fail to give notice as
provided above in clause (b), it shall be deemed to have
selected a conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into an Alternate
Base Rate Loan (which conversion shall occur automatically and
without need for compliance with the conditions for conversion
set forth in subsection 4.2);
(D) any Interest Period that begins on the last 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
a calendar month; and
(E) the Company shall select Interest Periods so as
not to require a prepayment (to the extent practicable) or a
scheduled payment of a Eurodollar Loan during an Interest
Period for such Eurodollar Loan.
"Interest Rate Agreement": any interest rate swap agreement,
interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, currency
hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement; provided
that the amount of any such Interest Rate Agreement for purposes of
Section 9(e) shall be based on calculation of payments for early
termination in a reasonable manner in accordance with customary
industry practices.
"IPO": the sale by Holdings through a public offering of a
portion of its common stock pursuant to an effective registration
statement, as amended, as originally filed on Form S-1, Registration
Statement No. 333- 11517, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on September 6, 1996 (or on such other registration statement
determined by Holdings, on the advice of its counsel, to be
appropriate other than a registration statement on Form S-4, S-8 or
any successor or similar forms) filed under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
"Issuing Lender": Chase and any of its Affiliates, including
The Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware, issuing Letters of Credit.
"L/C Application": as defined in subsection 3.5(a).
"L/C Obligations": the obligations of the Company to
reimburse the Issuing Lender for any payments made by the Issuing
Lender under any Letter of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the
Company pursuant to subsection 3.8(a).
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"L/C Participating Interest": an undivided participating
interest in the face amount of each issued and outstanding Letter of
Credit and the L/C Application relating thereto.
"L/C Participation Certificate": the certificate in
substantially the form of Exhibit H.
"Lease Obligations": of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as
of the date of any determination thereof, the rental commitments of
the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis,
if any, under leases for real and/or personal property (net of rental
commitments from sub-leases thereof), excluding however, obligations
under Financing Leases.
"Leased Properties": as defined in subsection 5.13.
"Letters of Credit": the collective reference to the
Commercial L/Cs and the Standby L/Cs; individually, a "Letter of
Credit."
"Lien": any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or
preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction in
respect of any of the foregoing except for the filing of financing
statements in connection with Lease Obligations incurred by the
Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent that such financing
statements relate to the property subject to such lease Obligations).
"Loans": the collective reference to the Swing Line Loans,
the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans; individually, a "Loan".
"Managing Agents": Chase and BTCo in their capacities as
managing agents hereunder.
"Maturity Date": December 31, 2002.
"Mortgaged Property": (a) the fee real property listed on
Schedule 5.13 covered by Mortgages delivered pursuant to subsections
7.9 or 7.10 of the Existing Credit Agreement and (b) any fee real
property covered by a Mortgage delivered pursuant to subsection 7.9
hereof.
"Mortgages": collective reference to the mortgages and/or
deeds of trust or other similar documents, as the case may be,
delivered pursuant to subsections 7.9 or 7.10 of the Existing Credit
Agreement, or substantially in the form of Exhibit I (with any changes
necessary to comply with applicable state law requirements), to be
executed and delivered by the Company or any Subsidiary to the
Collateral Agent
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pursuant to subsection 7.9, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Multiemployer Plan": a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Net Proceeds": the aggregate cash proceeds received by
Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in respect of:
(a) (i) any issuance or borrowing of any debt
securities or loans by the Company or any Subsidiary other
than debt or loans permitted to be incurred or borrowed
pursuant to subsection 8.1 or (ii) any issuance of Capital
Stock in the IPO net of proceeds used to redeem (x) Holdings
subordinated debt in the principal amount of $10,000,000 plus
a $350,000 redemption premium and (y) $33,300,000 of the
Company's 12.75% senior subordinated notes due March 1, 2005
plus a $4,200,000 redemption premium.
(b) any Asset Sale, excluding (i) any net proceeds
received upon any condemnation or exercise of rights of
eminent domain to the extent the same shall be deemed not to
constitute Net Proceeds pursuant to the proviso to subsection
8.5(d) and (ii) any proceeds of insurance received upon any
casualty or loss;
(c) any cash received in respect of substantially
like-kind exchanges of property to the extent provided in the
proviso to subsection 8.5(e); and
(d) any cash payments received in respect of
promissory notes delivered to the Company or such Subsidiary
in respect of an Asset Sale;
in each case net of (without duplication) (A) the amount required to
repay any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) secured by a Lien on any
assets of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company that are
collateral for any such debt securities or loans that are sold or
otherwise disposed of in connection with such Asset Sale, (B) the
reasonable expenses (including legal fees and brokers' and
underwriters' commissions, lenders fees or credit enhancement fees, in
any case, paid to third parties or, to the extent permitted hereby,
Affiliates) incurred in effecting such issuance or sale and (C) any
taxes reasonably attributable to such sale and reasonably estimated by
the Company or such Subsidiary to be actually payable.
"Non-Funding Lender": as defined in subsection 4.9(c).
"Notes": the collective reference to the Swing Line Note, the
Revolving Credit Notes and the Term Loan Notes; each of the Notes, a
"Note".
"Participants": as defined in subsection 11.6(b).
"Participating Lender": any Lender (other than the Issuing
Lender) with respect to its L/C Participating Interest in each Letter
of Credit.
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"Payment Sharing Notice": a written notice from the Company
or any Lender informing the Administrative Agent that an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and directing the
Administrative Agent to allocate payments thereafter received from or
on behalf of the Company in accordance with the provisions of
subsection 4.9.
"PBGC": the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established
pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any successor.
"Permitted Liens": Liens permitted to exist under subsection
8.2.
"Person": an individual, partnership, corporation, business
trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
"Plan": at any particular time, any employee benefit plan as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and not excluded by Section 4(b) of
ERISA and in respect of which the Company or a Commonly Controlled
Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under
Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Pledge Agreements": the collective reference to the Holdings
Pledge Agreement and any pledge agreement from time to time executed
and delivered by the Company providing for the pledge of the Capital
Stock of any Subsidiary pursuant to subsection 8.6(b).
"Prime Equipment": Prime Equipment Company, a Texas
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.
"Public Warehouse": any warehouse other than a warehouse
which is (a) owned or leased by the Company or (b) under the control
and management of the Company.
"Reference Lenders": Chase and BTCo.
"Refunded Swing Line Loans": as defined in subsection 3.4(b).
"Register": as defined in subsection 11.6(d).
"Regulation U": Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as from time to time in effect.
"Related Document": any agreement, certificate, document or
instrument relating to a Letter of Credit.
"Rental Fleet Equipment": as defined in the definition of
"Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment".
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"Reorganization": with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the
condition that such Plan is in reorganization as such term is used in
Section 4241 of ERISA.
"Reportable Event": any of the events set forth in Section
4043(b) of ERISA other than those events as to which the thirty day
notice period is waived under subsections .13, .14, .16, .18, .19 or
.20 of PBGC Reg. Section 2615.
"Required Lenders": at a particular time, the holders of at
least 51% of the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Term Loans, if any, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments or,
if the Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated, the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans. The Term Loans
and the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Non-Funding Lender shall
be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
"Requirement of Law": as to any Person, the Articles or
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or
governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation, order, or determination of an arbitrator or a court or
other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding
upon such Person or any of its property, or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
"Responsible Officer": with respect to any Person, the
president, chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the
chief financial officer, treasurer, controller or any vice president
of such Person.
"Revolving Credit Commitment": as to any Lender, its
obligations as provided for in subsection 3.1 to make Revolving Credit
Loans to the Company pursuant to subsection 3.1, and to purchase its
L/C Participating Interest in any Letter of Credit, in an aggregate
amount not to exceed the amount set forth under such Lender's name in
Schedule I opposite the caption "Revolving Credit Commitment" or in
Schedule 1 to the Assignment and Acceptance by which such Lender
acquired its Revolving Credit Commitment, as the same may be reduced
from time to time pursuant to subsection 4.3 or 4.4(b) or adjusted
pursuant to subsection 11.6(c); collectively, as to all the Lenders,
the "Revolving Credit Commitments".
"Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage": as to any Lender at
any time, the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments
then constituted by such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment.
"Revolving Credit Commitment Period": the period from and
including the Effective Date to but not including the Revolving Credit
Termination Date.
"Revolving Credit Loan" and "Revolving Credit Loans": as
defined in subsection 3.1(a).
"Revolving Credit Note": as defined in subsection 4.13(e).
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"Revolving Credit Termination Date": the earlier of (a) the
fifth anniversary of the Effective Date and (b) such other date as the
Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate hereunder.
"Section 4.4 Lenders": at a particular time, the holders of
(a) at least 51% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term
Loans, if any, and (b) at least 51% of the Revolving Credit
Commitments or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated,
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans.
The Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Non-Funding
Lender shall be disregarded in determining Section 4.4 Lenders at any
time.
"Section 8.6 Acquisition": as defined in subsection 8.6(h).
"Security Agreements": the collective reference to the
Company Security Agreement and any security agreement which may from
time to time be executed and delivered by a Subsidiary of the Company
pursuant to subsection 8.6(b).
"Security Documents": the collective reference to the Pledge
Agreements, the Security Agreements, the Mortgages and any assignment
of leases delivered pursuant to the terms of any Mortgage.
"Single Employer Plan": any Plan which is covered by Title IV
of ERISA and which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
"Standby L/C": an irrevocable letter of credit under which
the Issuing Lender agrees to make payments in Dollars for the account
of the Company, on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof in
respect of obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary incurred
pursuant to contracts made or performances undertaken or to be
undertaken or like matters relating to contracts to which the Company
or such Subsidiary is or proposes to become a party in the ordinary
course of the Company's or such Subsidiary's business, including,
without limiting the foregoing, for insurance purposes or in respect
of advance payments or as bid or performance bonds or for any other
purpose for which a standby letter of credit might customarily be
issued.
"Subordinated Debt": the $100,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 12.75% senior subordinated notes due March 1, 2005, as
contemplated to be reduced by $33,300,000 (plus a redemption premium
of $4,200,000), issued by the Company pursuant to an indenture, dated
as of March 6, 1995, between the Company and Texas Commerce Bank
National Association, as trustee.
"Subsection 4.11(d)(2) Certificate": as defined in subsection
4.11(d).
"Subsidiary": as to any Person, any corporation of which
shares of stock of each class having ordinary voting power (other than
stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
managers of such corporation are at the time owned by such Person or
by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one
or
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more Subsidiaries of such Person. (A Subsidiary shall be deemed
wholly-owned by a Person who owns all of the voting shares of stock of
such Subsidiary having voting power under ordinary circumstances to
vote for directors, except for directors' qualifying shares.) Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a "Subsidiary" or to
"Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of the Company.
"Supermajority Lenders": at a particular time, the holders of
at least 66-2/3% of the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Term Loans, if any, and (ii) the Revolving Credit
Commitments or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated,
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans.
The Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Non-Funding
Lender shall be disregarded in determining Supermajority Lenders at
any time.
"Swing Line Commitment": the Swing Line Lender's obligation
to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to subsection 3.4.
"Swing Line Lender": Chase in its capacity as lender of the
Swing Line Loans.
"Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate": a certificate in
substantially the form of Exhibit J.
"Swing Line Loans": as defined in subsection 3.4(a).
"Swing Line Note": as defined in subsection 4.13(e).
"Term Loan Commitment": as to any Lender, its obligation to
continue and to make Term Loans to the Company pursuant to subsection
2.1 in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth under
such Lender's name in Schedule I opposite the caption "Term Loan
Commitment" or in Schedule 1 to the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which a Lender acquires its Term Loan Commitment, as the same may
be adjusted pursuant to subsection 11.6(c); collectively, as to all
the Lenders, the "Term Loan Commitments".
"Term Loan Commitment Percentage": as to any Lender at any
time, the percentage of the aggregate Term Loan Commitments then
constituted by such Lender's Term Loan Commitment.
"Term Loan Note: as defined in subsection 4.13(e).
"Term Loans": as defined in subsection 2.1.
"Transferee": as defined in subsection 11.6(f).
"Type": as to any Loan, its nature as an Alternate Base Rate
Loan or Eurodollar Loan.
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"Type I": at any date of determination, as to any Eligible
Rental Fleet Equipment, its nature as Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment
that is aged one year or less from the date such Eligible Rental Fleet
Equipment is acquired by the Company; provided that any Eligible
Rental Fleet Equipment acquired by the Company which is used or
acquired in connection with a Section 8.6 Acquisition shall, for
purposes of this definition, be aged from the date such Equipment was
delivered new to its original purchaser.
"Type II": at any date of determination, as to any Eligible
Rental Fleet Equipment, its nature as Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment
that is aged more than one year but less than or equal to two years
from the date such Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment is acquired by the
Company; provided that any Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment acquired by
the Company which is used or acquired in connection with a Section 8.6
Acquisition shall, for purposes of this definition, be aged from date
such Equipment was delivered new to its original purchaser.
"Type III": at any date of determination, as to any Eligible
Rental Fleet Equipment, its nature as Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment
that is aged more than two years but less than or equal to three years
from the date such Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment is acquired by the
Company; provided that any Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment acquired by
the Company which is used or acquired in connection with a Section 8.6
Acquisition shall, for purposes of this definition, be aged from the
date such Equipment was delivered new to its original purchaser.
"Type IV": at any date of determination, as to any Eligible
Rental Fleet Equipment, its nature as Eligible Rental Fleet Equipment
that is aged more than three years from the date such Eligible Rental
Fleet Equipment is acquired by the Company; provided that any Eligible
Rental Fleet Equipment acquired by the Company which is used or
acquired in connection with a Section 8.6 Acquisition shall, for
purposes of this definition, be aged from the date such Equipment was
delivered new to its original purchaser.
"Uniform Customs": the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce
Publication No. 500, and any amendments thereof.
"Vibroplant Acquisition": the acquisition by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries of all of the issued and outstanding Capital
Stock, or substantially all of the assets, of Vibroplant U.S., Inc., a
Florida corporation d/b/a American Hi-Lift, for aggregate
consideration not to exceed $70,000,000.
"Vibroplant U.S., Inc.": a Florida corporation d/b/a American
Hi-Lift.
"Warehousemen Notice": a warehousemen notice substantially in
the form of Exhibit O.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise
specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in the Notes,
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any other Credit Document or any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto.
(b) As used herein and in the Notes, any other Credit
Document and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto, accounting terms relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries not
defined in subsection 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in subsection 1.1
to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them
under GAAP. All computations determining compliance with financial covenants
or terms, including definitions used therein, shall be prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles in effect at the time of the
preparation of, and in conformity with those used to prepare, the historical
financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection 7.1. If at any time the computations for determining compliance
with financial covenants or provisions relating thereto utilize generally
accepted accounting principles different than those then being utilized in the
financial statements then being delivered to the Administrative Agent, such
financial statements shall be accompanied by a reconciliation statement with
respect to such computations.
(c) 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, and section,
subsection, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be
equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such terms.
SECTION 2. TERM LOANS
2.1 Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
each Lender severally agrees on the Effective Date (a) to continue its Term
Loan under the Existing Credit Agreement and (b) to acquire a term loan
hereunder for the purpose of refinancing the Term Loans under the Existing
Credit Agreement that are not being continued (the term loans continued or
acquired hereunder, individually, a "Term Loan"; and collectively, the "Term
Loans"), in an aggregate amount equal to that set forth on Schedule I. The
parties agree that all the Term Loans continued or acquired hereunder shall be
deemed to be a continuation of the Term Loans extended to the Company under the
Existing Credit Agreement, which Term Loans shall after the Effective Date be
governed by the terms and conditions stated herein.
2.2 Repayment of Term Loans. The Company shall repay the
Term Loans as provided in subsection 4.4(c).
2.3 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans shall be
used for the purposes of continuing or refinancing the Term Loans under the
Existing Credit Agreement on and as of the Effective Date and thereafter for
general corporate purposes.
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2.4 Procedure for Effective Date. Not later than 12:00 noon,
New York City time, on the Effective Date each Lender shall make available to
the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
subsection 11.2 (or at such other location as the Administrative Agent may
direct) an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the
Term Loan to be made by such Lender pursuant to subsection 2.1(b). Loan
proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall promptly be
applied by the Administrative Agent to the Term Loans under the Existing Credit
Agreement not being continued pursuant to subsection 2.1(a) by payment directly
to the holders thereof under the Existing Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING
CREDIT COMMITMENTS
3.1 Revolving Credit Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees on the Effective Date (i)
to continue its Revolving Credit Commitment under the Existing Credit Agreement
and (ii) to provide an additional Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder for the
purpose of refinancing the Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing
Credit Agreements that are not being continued (the loans in Dollars continued
or provided hereunder, individually, such a Loan is a "Revolving Credit Loan",
and collectively such Loans are the "Revolving Credit Loans"), in an aggregate
amount equal to that set forth on Schedule I. The parties agree that all the
Revolving Credit Loans continued or provided hereunder shall be deemed to be a
continuation of the Revolving Credit Loans provided to the Company under the
Existing Credit Agreement, which Revolving Credit Loans shall after the
Effective Date be governed by the terms and conditions stated herein.
Notwithstanding the above, (x) in no event shall any Letter of Credit be issued
if after giving effect thereto the sum of the undrawn amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit and the amount of all L/C Obligations would exceed
$15,000,000 and (y) in no event shall any Revolving Credit Loans be made, or
Letters of Credit be issued, (A) if the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Credit Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued would, after giving
effect to the use of proceeds, if any, thereof, exceed the aggregate Available
Revolving Credit Commitments or (B) if, after giving effect to such Revolving
Credit Loan or Letter of Credit, a Borrowing Base Deficiency would exist.
During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the Company may use the
Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Credit Loans
in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof, and/or by having the Issuing Lender issue Letters of Credit,
having such Letters of Credit expire undrawn upon or if drawn upon, reimbursing
the Issuing Lender for such drawing, and having the Issuing Lender issue new
Letters of Credit.
(b) Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to the
Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an aggregate principal amount of the
lesser of (i) $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, in
the case of Alternate Base Rate Loans, and $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof, in the case of Eurodollar Loans and (ii) the
Available Revolving Credit Commitments, except that any borrowing of Revolving
Credit Loans to be used solely to pay a like amount of Swing Line Loans may be
in the aggregate principal amount of such Swing Line Loans.
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3.2 Commitment Fee. The Company agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (other than any Non-Funding
Lender) a commitment fee from and including the Effective Date to and including
the Revolving Credit Termination Date, computed at the rate per annum set forth
below on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitment
of such Lender during the period for which payment is made (whether or not the
Company shall have satisfied the applicable conditions to borrowing or issuance
of a Letter of Credit set forth in Section 6). If the applicable Debt Coverage
Ratio is:
(i) greater than 3.75, a rate per annum equal to
0.50%;
(ii) less than or equal to 3.75 but greater than
2.25, a rate per annum equal to 0.375%;
(iii) less than or equal to 2.25 but greater than
1.75, a rate per annum equal to 0.350%; and
(iv) less than or equal to 1.75, a rate per annum
equal to 0.300%.
Such commitment fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of
each March, June, September and December and on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date, commencing on the first such date to occur on or following
the Effective Date (or, if earlier, the Revolving Credit Termination Date).
The commitment fee for the period commencing with each Adjustment Date and
ending on the next succeeding Adjustment Date shall be determined by reference
to the Debt Coverage Ratio of the Company set forth on the certificate most
recently required to be delivered to the Lenders pursuant to subsection 7.2(b);
provided, that, (a) until the first Adjustment Date, the commitment fee shall
be as set forth in clause (iii) of this Section 3.2 and (b) if for any reason
the certificate required by subsection 7.2(b) is not timely delivered to the
Lenders, then (i) during the period from the date upon which such certificate
was required to be delivered until the date upon which it actually is
delivered, the commitment fee shall be the commitment fee in effect immediately
prior to the date such financial statements were due, and (ii) if such
certificate, when actually delivered, would have required an increase in the
commitment fee over the commitment fee in effect immediately prior to the date
such certificate was due, the Company shall promptly following the delivery of
such certificate pay to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent any additional
amounts of fees which would have been payable on any previous commitment fee
payment date had such higher commitment fee been in effect from the date such
certificate was required to be delivered; and provided, further, that any
change in the commitment fee as a result of a change in the Debt Coverage Ratio
shall apply for each day during the period commencing on the effective date of
such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of
the next such change in the commitment fee.
3.3 Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans. The Company shall
use the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans for general corporate purposes.
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3.4 Swing Line Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender agrees, so long as the Administrative
Agent has not received notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, to make swing line loans (individually, a "Swing Line Loan";
collectively, the "Swing Line Loans") to the Company from time to time during
the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000, provided that no Swing Line
Loan may be made if the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans to
be made would exceed the aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments at
such time, and provided, further, that no Swing Line Loan may be made if, after
giving effect thereto, a Borrowing Base Deficiency would exist. Amounts
borrowed by the Company under this subsection 3.4 may be repaid and, through
but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date, reborrowed. All Swing
Line Loans shall be made as Alternate Base Rate Loans and shall not be entitled
to be converted into Eurodollar Loans. The Company shall give the Swing Line
Lender irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Swing Line
Lender prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time) on the requested Borrowing Date
specifying the amount of each requested Swing Line Loan, which shall be in an
aggregate minimum amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof. The proceeds of each Swing Line Loan will be made available by the
Swing Line Lender to the Company by crediting the account of the Company at the
office of the Swing Line Lender with such proceeds. The proceeds of Swing Line
Loans may be used solely for the purposes referred to in subsection 3.3.
(b) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and
absolute discretion may, and on the fifteenth day (or if such day is not a
Business Day, the next Business Day) and last Business Day of each month shall,
on behalf of the Company (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swing Line
Lender to act on its behalf) request each Lender, including the Swing Line
Lender, to make a Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal to such Lender's
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of the Swing Line Loans
(the "Refunded Swing Line Loans") outstanding on the date such notice is given.
Unless any of the events described in paragraph (f) of Section 9 shall have
occurred (in which event the procedures of paragraph (c) of this subsection 3.4
shall apply) each Lender shall make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Loan
available to the Swing Line Lender for the account of the Swing Line Lender at
the Alternate Base Rate Lending Office of the Swing Line Lender prior to 12:00
noon (New York City time) in funds immediately available on the Business Day
next succeeding the date such notice is given. The proceeds of such Revolving
Credit Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line
Loans.
(c) If prior to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection 3.4 one of the events described in
paragraph (f) of Section 9 shall have occurred, each Lender will, on the date
such Loan was to have been made, purchase an undivided participating interest
in the Refunded Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit
Commitment Percentage of such Refunded Swing Line Loan. Each Lender will
immediately transfer to the Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds,
the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Swing Line Lender
will deliver to such Lender a Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate dated
the date of receipt of such funds and in such amount.
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(d) Whenever, at any time after the Swing Line Lender has
received from any Lender such Lender's participating interest in a Refunded
Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account thereof,
the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its participating interest
in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to
reflect the period of time during which such Lender's participating interest
was outstanding and funded) in like funds as received; provided, however, that
in the event that such payment received by the Swing Line Lender is required to
be returned, such Lender will return to the Swing Line Lender any portion
thereof previously distributed by the Swing Line Lender to it in like funds as
such payment is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender.
(e) Each Lender's obligation to purchase participating
interests pursuant to subsection 3.4(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (i)
any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender
may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Company or any other Person for any
reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of an Event of Default;
(iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company; (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the Company or any other Lender;
or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing.
3.5 Issuance of Letters of Credit. (a) The Company may from
time to time request the Issuing Lender to issue a Standby L/C or a Commercial
L/C by delivering to the Administrative Agent at its address specified in
subsection 11.2 a letter of credit application in the Issuing Lender's then
customary form (the "L/C Application") completed to the satisfaction of the
Issuing Lender, together with the proposed form of such Letter of Credit (which
shall comply with the applicable requirements of paragraph (b) below) and such
other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing
Lender may reasonably request; provided that if the Issuing Lender informs the
Company that it is for any reason unable to open such Letter of Credit, the
Company may request any Lender to open such Letter of Credit upon the same
terms offered to the Issuing Lender and each reference to the Issuing Lender
for purposes of subsections 3.5 through 3.14, 6.1 and 6.2 shall be deemed to be
a reference to such issuing Lender. As of the Effective Date the letters of
credit listed on Schedule 3.5(a) shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit
hereunder for all purposes issued on the Effective Date.
(b) Each Standby L/C and Commercial L/C issued hereunder
shall, among other things, (i) be in such form requested by the Company as
shall be acceptable to the Issuing Lender in its sole discretion and (ii) in
the case of each Standby L/C, have an expiry date occurring not later than 365
days after the date of issuance of such Standby L/C and, in the case of each
Commercial L/C, have an expiry date occurring not later than 120 days after the
date of issuance of such Commercial L/C and, in all cases, have an expiry date
occurring not later than the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Each L/C
Application and each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs
and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New
York.
3.6 Participating Interests. (a) Effective as of the
Effective Date, the Issuing Lender hereby repurchases from each Existing
Lender, and each Existing Lender sells to the
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Issuing Lender, its L/C Participating Interest in each existing Letter of
Credit listed on Schedule 3.5(a).
(b) Effective in the case of each Standby L/C and Commercial
L/C as of the date of the opening thereof (or, in the case of each existing
Letter of Credit listed on Schedule 3.5(a), the Effective Date), the Issuing
Lender agrees to allot and does allot, to itself and each other Lender, and
each Lender severally and irrevocably agrees to take and does take in such
Letter of Credit and the related L/C Application, an L/C Participating Interest
in a percentage equal to such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.
3.7 Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit. The Issuing
Lender will notify each Lender after the end of each calendar month of any L/C
Applications received by the Issuing Lender from the Company during such month.
Upon receipt of any L/C Application from the Company, the Issuing Lender will
process such L/C Application, and the other certificates, documents and other
papers delivered to the Issuing Lender in connection therewith, in accordance
with its customary procedures and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
shall promptly open such Letter of Credit by issuing the original of such
Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof and by furnishing a copy thereof to
the Company and, after the end of the calendar month in which such Letter of
Credit was opened, to the other Lenders, provided that no such Letter of Credit
shall be issued if subsection 3.1 would be violated thereby.
3.8 Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit. (a) The
Company agrees forthwith upon demand by the Issuing Lender and otherwise in
accordance with the terms of the L/C Application relating thereto (i) to
reimburse the Issuing Lender for any payment made by the Issuing Lender under
any Letter of Credit issued for the account of the Company and (ii) to pay
interest on any unreimbursed portion of any such payment from the date of such
payment until reimbursement in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to (A) on
or prior to the date which is one Business Day after the day on which the
Issuing Lender demands reimbursement from the Company for such payment, 1-1/4%
above the Alternate Base Rate and (B) thereafter, 3-1/4% above the Alternate
Base Rate.
(b) In the event that the Issuing Lender makes a payment
under any Letter of Credit and is not reimbursed in full therefor forthwith
upon demand of the Issuing Lender, and otherwise in accordance with the terms
of the L/C Application relating to such Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender
will promptly notify each other Lender. Forthwith upon its receipt of any such
notice, each other Lender will transfer to the Issuing Lender, in immediately
available funds, an amount equal to such other Lender's pro rata share of the
L/C Obligation arising from such unreimbursed payment. Promptly, upon its
receipt from such other Lender of such amount, the Issuing Lender will
complete, execute and deliver to such other Lender an L/C Participation
Certificate dated the date of such receipt and in such amount.
(c) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made a
payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any other Lender such
other Lender's pro rata share of the L/C Obligation arising therefrom, the
Issuing Lender receives any reimbursement on account of such L/C Obligation or
any payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender will promptly
distribute to such other Lender its pro rata share
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thereof in like funds as received; provided, however, that in the event that
the receipt by the Issuing Lender of such reimbursement or such payment of
interest (as the case may be) is required to be returned, such other Lender
will return to the Issuing Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by
the Issuing Lender to it in like funds as such reimbursement or payment is
required to be returned by the Issuing Lender.
3.9 Letter of Credit Fees. (a) In lieu of any letter of
credit commissions and fees provided for in any L/C Application relating to
Commercial L/Cs or Standby L/Cs (other than standard issuance, amendment and
negotiation fees), the Company agrees to pay the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the Issuing Lender and the Participating Lenders, with respect to
each Commercial L/C or each Standby L/C issued for the account of the Company,
a Commercial L/C fee or Standby L/C fee, as applicable, which is equal to the
then applicable margin for Eurodollar Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, as
set forth in the definition of "Applicable Margin", on the average daily amount
available to be drawn under each Standby L/C payable, in arrears, on the last
day of each fiscal quarter of the Company. Of such fee, the Issuing Lender
shall receive, for its own account, a fee of 0.25% per annum. The
Administrative Agent will disburse any L/C fees received pursuant to this
subsection 3.9(a) to the respective Lenders promptly following the receipt of
any such fees.
(b) For purposes of any payment of fees required pursuant to
this subsection 3.9, the Administrative Agent agrees to provide to the Company
a statement of any such fees to be so paid; provided that the failure by the
Administrative Agent to provide the Company with any such invoice shall not
relieve the Company of its obligation to pay such fees.
3.10 Letter of Credit Reserves. (a) If any Change in Law
shall either (i) impose, modify, deem or make applicable any reserve, special
deposit, assessment or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by
the Issuing Lender or (ii) impose on the Issuing Lender any other condition
regarding this Agreement (with respect to Letters of Credit) or any Letter of
Credit, and the result of any event referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above
shall be to increase the cost of the Issuing Lender of issuing or maintaining
any Letter of Credit (which increase in cost shall be the result of the Issuing
Lender's reasonable allocation of the aggregate of such cost increases
resulting from such events), then, upon demand by the Issuing Lender, the
Company shall immediately pay to the Issuing Lender, from time to time as
specified by the Issuing Lender, additional amounts which shall be sufficient
to compensate the Issuing Lender for such increased cost, together with
interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full
thereof at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to Alternate Base Rate
Loans pursuant to subsection 4.5(b). The Company shall not be required to make
any payments to the Issuing Lender for any additional amounts pursuant to this
subsection 3.10(a) unless the Issuing Lender has given written notice to the
Company of its intent to request such payments prior to or within 60 days after
the date on which the Issuing Lender became entitled to claim such amounts. A
certificate, setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amounts
involved, submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any
such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error,
as to the amount thereof.
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(b) In the event that any Change in Law with respect to the
Issuing Lender shall, in the opinion of the Issuing Lender, require that any
obligation under any Letter of Credit be treated as an asset or otherwise be
included for purposes of calculating the appropriate amount of capital to be
maintained by the Issuing Lender or any corporation controlling the Issuing
Lender, and such Change in Law shall have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on the Issuing Lender's or such corporation's capital, as the case may
be, as a consequence of the Issuing Lender's obligations under such Letter of
Credit to a level below that which the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as
the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
account the Issuing Lender's or such corporation's policies, as the case may
be, with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Issuing Lender
to be material, then from time to time following notice by the Issuing Lender
to the Company of such Change in Law, within 15 days after demand by the
Issuing Lender, the Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as
the case may be, for such reduction. The Issuing Lender agrees that, upon the
occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of paragraph (a) or (b) of
this subsection 3.10 with respect to the Issuing Lender, it will, if requested
by the Company and to the extent permitted by law or by the relevant
Governmental Authority, endeavor in good faith to avoid or minimize the
increase in costs or reduction in payments resulting from such event; provided,
however, that such avoidance or minimization can be made in such a manner that
the Issuing Lender, in its sole determination, suffers no economic, legal or
regulatory disadvantage. The Company shall not be required to make any
payments to the Issuing Lender for any additional amounts pursuant to this
subsection 3.10(b) unless the Issuing Lender has given written notice to the
Company of its intent to request such payments prior to or within 60 days after
the date on which the Issuing Lender became entitled to claim such amounts. A
certificate, in reasonable detail setting forth the calculation of the amounts
involved, submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any
such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error,
as to the amount thereof.
(c) The Company and each Participating Lender agrees that the
provisions of the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) shall apply equally to each
Participating Lender in respect of its L/C Participating Interest in such
Letter of Credit, as if the references in such paragraphs and provisions
referred to, where applicable, such Participating Lender or, in the case of
paragraph (b), any corporation controlling such Participating Lender.
3.11 Further Assurances. The Company hereby agrees, from
time to time, to do and perform any and all acts and to execute any and all
further instruments reasonably requested by the Issuing Lender more fully to
effect the purposes of this Agreement and the issuance of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
3.12 Obligations Absolute. The payment obligations of the
Company under this Agreement with respect to the Letters of Credit shall be
unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation,
the following circumstances:
(i) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other
right which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any
time against any beneficiary, or any transferee, of any Letter of
Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary
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or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, or any other
Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Credit
Document, the transactions contemplated herein, or any unrelated
transaction;
(ii) any statement or any other document presented under
any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid or
any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iii) payment by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of
Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate or other
document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit
or is insufficient in any respect, except where such payment
constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the
Issuing Lender; or
(iv) any other circumstances or happening whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, except for any such
circumstances or happening constituting gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender.
3.13 Assignments. No Participating Lender's participation in
any Letter of Credit or any of its rights or duties hereunder shall be
subdivided, assigned or transferred (other than in connection with a transfer
of part or all of such Participating Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment in
accordance with subsection 11.6(c)) without the prior written consent of the
Issuing Lender, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. Such consent
may be given or withheld without the consent or agreement of any other
Participating Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participating Lender
may subparticipate its L/C Participating Interest without obtaining the prior
consent or agreement of the Issuing Lender.
3.14 Participations. Each Lender's obligation to purchase
participating interests pursuant to subsection 3.6 shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without
limitation, (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which such Lender may have against the Issuing Lender, the Company or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of an
Event of Default; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company; (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the Company or
any other Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS
4.1 Procedure for Borrowing. (a) The Company may borrow
under the Revolving Credit Commitments on any Business Day, provided that, with
respect to any borrowing, the Company shall give the Administrative Agent
irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent
prior to 12:00 noon (or, with respect to Swing Line Loans, 3:00 p.m.), New York
City time), (i) three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date if
all or any part of the Loans are to be Eurodollar Loans and
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(ii) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date (or, in the case of
Swing Line Loans and, if the Effective Date occurs on the date this Agreement
is executed and delivered, Loans made on the Effective Date, on the requested
Borrowing Date) if the borrowing is to be solely of Alternate Base Rate Loans)
and specifying (A) the amount of the borrowing, (B) whether such Loans are
initially to be Eurodollar Loans or Alternate Base Rate Loans or a combination
thereof, (C) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly Eurodollar Loans, the
length of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loans and (D) whether the
Loan is a Term Loan, a Swing Line Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan. Upon
receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender. Not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date
specified in such notice, each Lender shall make available to the
Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
subsection 11.2 (or at such other location as the Administrative Agent may
direct) an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the
Loan to be made by such Lender (except that proceeds of Swing Line Loans will
be made available to the Company in accordance with subsection 3.4(a)). Loan
proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall promptly be made
available to the Company by the Administrative Agent's crediting the account of
the Company, at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection
11.2, with the aggregate amount actually received by the Administrative Agent
from the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
(b) Any borrowing of Eurodollar Loans hereunder shall be in
such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving
effect thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans
having the same Interest Period shall not be less than $2,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) no more than sixteen Interest
Periods shall be in effect at any one time.
4.2 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Company
may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans into Alternate Base
Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such
election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 noon, New
York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the proposed conversion
date, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall only be made
on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Company may
elect from time to time to convert all or a portion of the Alternate Base Rate
Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) then outstanding to Eurodollar Loans by
giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be
received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time,
at least three Business Days prior to the proposed conversion date, specifying
the Interest Period selected therefor, and, if no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, such conversion shall be made on the requested
conversion date or, if such requested conversion date is not a Business Day, on
the next succeeding Business Day. Upon receipt of any notice pursuant to this
subsection 4.2, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender
thereof. All or any part of the outstanding Loans (other than Swing Line
Loans) may be converted as provided herein, provided that partial conversions
of Alternate Base Loans shall be in the aggregate principal amount of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and the aggregate
principal amount of the resulting Eurodollar Loans outstanding in respect of
any one Interest Period shall be at least $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof.
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(b) Any Eurodollar Loans may be continued as such upon
the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the
Company giving notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the term "Interest Period" set forth in subsection
1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans,
provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such (i) when any Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders have, by written notice to the Company, determined that such a
continuation is not appropriate, (ii) if, after giving effect thereto,
subsection 4.1(b) would be contravened or (iii) after the date that is one
month prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date (in the case of
continuations of Revolving Credit Loans) or the date of the final installment
of principal of the Term Loans, as applicable.
4.3 Changes of Commitment Amounts. (a) The Company shall
have the right, upon not less than five Business Days' notice to the
Administrative Agent, to terminate or, from time to time, permanently reduce
the Revolving Credit Commitments, subject to the provisions of this subsection
4.3. To the extent, if any, that the sum of the amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding and the amounts
available to be drawn under outstanding Letters of Credit exceeds the amount of
the Revolving Credit Commitments as then reduced, the Company shall be required
to make a prepayment equal to such excess amount, the proceeds of which shall
be applied first, to payment of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding, second,
to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, third, to payment of
any L/C Obligations then outstanding, and fourth, to cash collateralize any
outstanding Letters of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. Any such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments
shall be accompanied by prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing
Line Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding and by cash collateralization
of any outstanding Letters of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. Upon termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments,
any Letter of Credit then outstanding which has been so cash collateralized
shall no longer be considered a "Letter of Credit" as defined in subsection 1.1
and any L/C Participating Interests heretofore granted by the Issuing Lender to
the Lenders in such Letter of Credit shall be deemed terminated (subject to
automatic reinstatement in the event that such cash collateral is returned and
the Issuing Lender is not fully reimbursed for any such L/C Obligations) but
the Letter of Credit fees payable under subsection 3.9 shall continue to accrue
to the Issuing Lender and the Participating Lenders (or, in the event of any
such automatic reinstatement, as provided in subsection 3.9) with respect to
such Letter of Credit until the expiry thereof.
(b) In the case of termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitments, interest accrued on the amount of any prepayment relating thereto
and any unpaid commitment fee accrued hereunder shall be made on the date of
such termination. Any such partial reduction of the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall be in an amount of $2,000,000, or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof, and shall, in each case, reduce permanently the
amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.
4.4 Optional and Mandatory Prepayments; Repayments of Term
Loans. (a) The Company may at any time and from time to time prepay Loans, in
whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon at least two Business Days'
(or, in the case of Swing Line
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Loans, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the same Business Day) irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent in the case of Alternate Base Rate Loans,
and three Business Days' irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent in the
case of Eurodollar Loans, specifying the date and amount of prepayment and
whether the prepayment is of Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans, provided
that Eurodollar Loans may not be optionally prepaid on other than the last day
of any Interest Period with respect thereto. Upon receipt of such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If such notice
is given, the Company shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified
therein. Partial prepayments (i) of Term Loans shall be in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the lesser of (A) $2,000,000, or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof and (B) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Term Loans and (ii) of Revolving Credit Loans shall be in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the lesser of (A) $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof and (B) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be. Prepayments of the Term Loans
pursuant to this subsection 4.4(a) shall be applied to the remaining
installments thereof ratably according to the amounts of such installments.
(b) (i) If, subsequent to the Effective Date, unless the
Section 4.4 Lenders and the Company shall otherwise agree, the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries shall incur or permit the incurrence of any Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsection 8.1), 100% of the Net
Proceeds thereof shall be promptly applied toward the prepayment of the Loans
and reduction of the Commitments as set forth in clause (iv)(A) of this
subsection 4.4(b).
(ii) If, subsequent to the Effective Date, unless the
Section 4.4 Lenders shall otherwise agree, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall receive Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale, such Net Proceeds
shall be promptly applied toward the prepayment of the Loans and reduction of
the Commitments as set forth in clause (iv)(A), of this subsection 4.4(b);
provided that such Net Proceeds need not be applied to the prepayment of the
Loans and the reduction of the Commitments until the earlier of the date that
the aggregate amount of Net Proceeds received by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries from any Asset Sales exceeds $2,000,000 (and has not yet been
applied to the prepayment of the Loans and the reduction of the Commitments
hereunder) and the date which is six months after the last application of Net
Proceeds pursuant to this subsection 4.4(b)(ii).
(iii) Unless the Section 4.4 Lenders and the Company shall
otherwise agree, if for any fiscal year, commencing with its fiscal year ending
on December 31, 1996, there shall be Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, 50%
of such Excess Cash Flow shall be applied toward prepayment of the Loans and
reduction of the Commitments as set forth in clause (iv)(A) of this subsection
4.4(b). Each such prepayment shall be made on or before the date that the
consolidated financial statements referred to in subsection 7.1(a) are
delivered, but in no event later than the date by which such statements are
required to be delivered pursuant to such subsection.
(iv)(A) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
4.4(b)(iv), prepayments made pursuant to this subsection 4.4(b) shall
be applied by the Company, first, to the prepayment of the Term Loans
(applied to the remaining installments thereof ratably
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according to the amounts thereof) and, second, to reduce the Revolving
Credit Commitments. Any such reduction of the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall be accompanied by prepayment of, first, the Swing
Line Loans, second, the Revolving Credit Loans and, third, the L/C
Obligations to the extent, if any, that the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Swing Line Loans, the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit
and the aggregate outstanding amount of all L/C Obligations, in each
case of all Lenders, exceeds the amount of the aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments as so reduced, provided that if the aggregate
principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C
Obligations then outstanding is less than the amount of such excess
(because Letters of Credit constitute a portion thereof), the Company
shall, to the extent of the balance of such excess, replace outstanding
Letters of Credit and/or deposit an amount in cash in a cash collateral
account established for the benefit of the Lenders.
(B) Any Net Proceeds (other than Net Proceeds resulting from
(x) the incurrence of any Indebtedness by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (y) the issuance by Holdings, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Capital Stock in the IPO or (z) any Asset Sale)
shall be applied to the remaining installments of the Term Loans
ratably according to the amounts thereof.
(v) If, at any time on or before June 30, 2000, a
Borrowing Base Deficiency shall exist, the Company shall immediately prepay the
Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding
in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to eliminate such Borrowing Base
Deficiency, provided that if the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit
Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding is less than the
amount of such Borrowing Base Deficiency (because Letters of Credit constitute
a portion thereof), the Company shall, to the extent of the balance of such
Borrowing Base Deficiency in excess of such amount of Revolving Credit Loans,
Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding, immediately replace
outstanding Letters of Credit and/or deposit an amount in cash in a cash
collateral account established for the benefit of the Lenders. Prepayments of
Loans made pursuant to this subsection 4.4(b)(v) shall be applied, first, to
the aggregate outstanding Swing Line Loans, second, to the aggregate
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and, third, to the aggregate outstanding L/C
Obligations.
(vi) If, at any time after June 30, 2000, a Borrowing Base
Deficiency shall exist, the Company shall immediately prepay the Revolving
Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans, L/C Obligations and Term Loans then outstanding
in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to eliminate such Borrowing Base
Deficiency, provided that if the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit
Loans, Swing Line Loans, L/C Obligations and Term Loans then outstanding is
less than the amount of such Borrowing Base Deficiency (because Letters of
Credit constitute a portion thereof), the Company shall, to the extent of the
balance of such Borrowing Base Deficiency in excess of such amount of Revolving
Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans, L/C Obligations and Term Loans then
outstanding, immediately replace outstanding Letters of Credit and/or deposit
an amount in cash in a cash collateral account established for the benefit of
the Lenders. Prepayments of Loans made pursuant to this subsection 4.4(b)(vi)
shall be applied, first, to the aggregate outstanding Swing Line
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Loans, second, to the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, third, to
the aggregate outstanding L/C Obligations and, fourth, to the remaining
installments of the Term Loans ratably according to the amounts thereof.
(vii) The Company shall give the Administrative Agent
(which shall promptly notify each Lender) at least one Business Day's notice of
each prepayment or mandatory reduction pursuant to this subsection 4.4(b)
setting forth the date and amount thereof. Except as otherwise may be agreed
by the Company and the Required Lenders, any prepayment of Loans pursuant to
this subsection 4.4 shall be applied, first, to any Alternate Base Rate Loans
then outstanding and the balance of such prepayment, if any, to the Eurodollar
Loans then outstanding; provided that prepayments of Eurodollar Loans, if not
on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto, shall, at the
Company's option, be prepaid subject to the provisions of subsection 4.12 or
the amount of such prepayment (after application to any Alternate Base Rate
Loans) shall be deposited with the Administrative Agent as cash collateral for
the Loans on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
thereafter shall be applied in the order of the Interest Periods next ending
most closely to the date such prepayment is required to be made and on the last
day of each such Interest Period. After such application, unless an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any remaining interest earned on
such cash collateral shall be paid to the Company.
(c) The Term Loans shall be repaid in thirteen consecutive
installments each on the dates set forth below (each such day, an "Installment
Payment Date") in an aggregate amount equal to the amount specified for each
such Installment Payment Date, as such amounts may be reduced pursuant to
subsection 4.4(b):
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<CAPTION>
Installment Payment Date Installment Amount
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<S> <C>
December 31, 1996 $ 500,000
June 30, 1997 $ 500,000
December 31, 1997 $ 500,000
June 30, 1998 $ 1,000,000
December 31, 1998 $ 10,000,000
June 30, 1999 $ 10,500,000
December 31, 1999 $ 10,500,000
June 30, 2000 $ 12,500,000
December 31, 2000 $ 12,500,000
June 30, 2001 $ 15,000,000
December 31, 2001 $ 15,000,000
June 30, 2002 $ 17,500,000
December 31, 2002 $ 17,500,000
</TABLE>
(d) Any and all amounts repaid on account of the Term Loans
pursuant to this subsection 4.4 or otherwise may not be reborrowed. Accrued
interest on the amount of any prepayments shall be paid on the Interest Payment
Date next succeeding the date of any partial prepayment and on the date on such
prepayment in the case of a prepayment in full of any Loans.
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4.5 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Eurodollar Loans
shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period applicable
thereto, commencing on (and including) the first day of such Interest Period
to, but excluding, the last day of such Interest Period, on the unpaid
principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate
determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) Alternate Base Rate Loans shall bear interest for the
period from and including the date such Loans are made to, but excluding, the
maturity date thereof, or to, but excluding, the conversion date if such Loans
are earlier converted into Eurodollar Loans on the unpaid principal amount
thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin.
(c) If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any of
the Loans or (ii) any interest payable thereon shall not be paid when due
(whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) such Loan, if a
Eurodollar Loan, shall be converted into an Alternate Base Rate Loan at the end
of the then-current Interest Period for said Eurodollar Loan (which conversion
shall occur automatically and without need for compliance with the conditions
for conversion set forth in subsection 4.2), and any such overdue amount shall,
without limiting the rights of the Lenders under Section 9, bear interest
(which shall be payable on demand) at a rate per annum which is 2% above the
Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin (or, in the case of a Eurodollar
Loan, the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin
plus 2%, if higher) from the date of such non-payment until paid in full (as
well after as before judgment).
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4.5, interest
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date.
4.6 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest in
respect of Alternate Base Rate Loans, at any time that the Alternate Base Rate
is determined by reference to the Prime Rate, and all fees hereunder shall be
calculated on the basis of a 365 (or 366 as the case may be) day year for the
actual days elapsed. Interest in respect of Eurodollar Loans and in respect of
Alternate Base Rate Loans, at any time that the Alternate Base Rate is
determined by reference to the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective
Rate, shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days
elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the
Company and the Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change
in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Alternate Base
Rate or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the
opening of business on the day on which such change in the Alternate Base Rate
is announced or such change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements becomes
effective, as the case may be. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as
practicable notify the Company and the Lenders of the effective date and the
amount of each such change.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be
conclusive and binding on the Company and the Lenders in the absence of
manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Company,
deliver to the Company a statement showing the quotations used by the
Administrative Agent in determining the Eurodollar Rate.
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(c) If at any time any Reference Lender shall cease to be
a Lender hereunder, such Reference Lender shall cease to be a Reference Lender
and, if as a result of the foregoing, there shall only be one Reference Lender
remaining, then the Administrative Agent, upon agreement with the Company,
shall, by notice to the Company and the Lenders, designate another Lender as a
Reference Lender so that there shall at all times be at least two Reference
Lenders.
(d) Each Reference Lender shall use its best efforts to
furnish quotations of rates to the Administrative Agent as contemplated hereby.
If any of the Reference Lenders shall be unable or otherwise fails to supply
such rates to the Administrative Agent upon its request, the rate of interest
shall be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference
Lenders or Reference Lender.
4.7 Certain Fees. The Company agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for its own account, a non-refundable agent's fee, in the
amount per annum as set forth in the fee letter, dated as of November 3, 1994,
between Chase and the Company payable in advance on the Closing Date and
annually thereafter.
4.8 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. In the event that
the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Company) that (a) by reason of circumstances
affecting the interbank eurodollar market, adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period with respect
to (i) proposed Loans that the Company has requested be made as Eurodollar
Loans, (ii) any Eurodollar Loans that will result from the requested conversion
of all or part of the Alternate Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Loans or (iii)
the continuation of any Eurodollar Loan as such for an additional Interest
Period, or (b) dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant
period with respect to any such Eurodollar Loan are not generally available to
the Lenders in their respective Eurodollar Lending Offices' interbank
eurodollar markets, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give telecopy
notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the Company and the
Lenders at least one day prior to, as the case may be, the requested Borrowing
Date, the conversion date or the last day of such Interest Period. If such
notice is given (i) any requested Eurodollar Loans shall be made as Alternate
Base Rate Loans, (ii) any Alternate Base Rate Loans that were to have been
converted to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as Alternate Base Rate Loans,
and (iii) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted, on the last day
of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, into Alternate Base
Rate Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent,
no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made and no Alternate Base Rate Loans
shall be converted to Eurodollar Loans.
4.9 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Except to the
extent otherwise provided herein, each borrowing of Loans by the Company from
the Lenders and any reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders hereunder shall
be made pro rata according to the relevant Commitment Percentages of the
Lenders with respect to the Loans borrowed or the Commitments to be reduced.
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(b) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative
Agent under this Agreement or any Note or any Credit Document is insufficient
to pay in full all amounts then due and payable to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders under this Agreement:
(i) If the Administrative Agent has not received a
Payment Sharing Notice (or, if the Administrative Agent has received a
Payment Sharing Notice but the Event of Default specified in such
Payment Sharing Notice has been cured or waived in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement), such payment shall be distributed by
the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders in the following order: First, to the payment of fees and
expenses due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent under and in connection with this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents; Second, to the payment of all expenses due and
payable under subsection 11.5, ratably among the Lenders in accordance
with the aggregate amount of such payments owed to each such Lender;
Third, to the payment of fees due and payable under subsections 3.2
and 3.9, ratably among the Lenders in accordance with the Commitment
Percentage of each Lender of the Commitment for which such payment is
owed and, in the case of the Issuing Lender, the amount retained by
the Issuing Lender for its own account pursuant to subsection 3.9;
Fourth, to the payment of interest then due and payable on the Loans
and on the L/C Obligations, ratably in accordance with the aggregate
amount of interest owed to each such Lender; and Fifth, to the payment
of the principal amount of the Loans and the L/C Obligations which is
then due and payable, ratably among the Lenders in accordance with the
aggregate principal amount owed to each such Lender; or
(ii) If the Administrative Agent has received a Payment
Sharing Notice which remains in effect, all payments received by the
Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any Note shall be
distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the following order: First,
to the payment of all amounts described in clauses "First" through
"Third" of the foregoing clause (i), in the order set forth therein;
Second, to the payment of the interest accrued on all Loans and L/C
Obligations, regardless of whether any such amount is then due and
payable, ratably among the Lenders in accordance with the aggregate
accrued interest plus the aggregate principal amount owed to such
Lender; and Third, to the payment of the principal amount of all Loans
and L/C Obligations, regardless of whether any such amount is then due
and payable, ratably among the Lenders in accordance with the
aggregate principal amount owed to such Lender.
(c) If any Lender (a "Non-Funding Lender") has (x) failed to
make a Revolving Credit Loan required to be made by it hereunder, and the
Administrative Agent has determined that such Lender is not likely to make such
Revolving Credit Loan or (y) given notice to the Company or the Administrative
Agent that it will not make, or that it has disaffirmed or repudiated any
obligation to make, any Revolving Credit Loan, in each case by reason of the
provisions of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act
of 1989, as amended, or otherwise, (i) any payment made on account of the
principal of the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding shall be made as follows:
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(A) in the case of any such payment made on any date when and
to the extent that, in the determination of the Administrative Agent,
the Company would be able, under the terms and conditions hereof, to
reborrow the amount of such payment under the Commitments and to
satisfy any applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 to
such reborrowing, such payment shall be made on account of the
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans held by the Lenders other than the
Non-Funding Lender pro rata according to the respective outstanding
principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lenders; and
(B) otherwise, such payment shall be made on account of the
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans held by the Lenders pro rata
according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of such
Revolving Credit Loans; and
(ii) any payment made on account of interest on the Revolving Credit Loans
shall be made pro rata according to the respective amounts of accrued and
unpaid interest due and payable on the Revolving Credit Loans with respect to
which such payment is being made. The Company agrees to give the
Administrative Agent such assistance in making any determination pursuant to
subparagraph (i)(A) of this paragraph as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any
such determination, which shall be conclusive and binding on the Lenders.
(d) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by
the Company on account of principal, interest and fees shall be made without
set-off or counterclaim and shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the Lenders at the Administrative Agent's office located at 270 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10017, in lawful money of the United States of
America and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall
promptly distribute such payments in accordance with the provisions of
subsection 4.9(b) promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any
payment hereunder (other than payments on Eurodollar Loans) would become due
and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall become due
and payable on the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments
of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate
during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day (and with respect to payments of
principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during
such extension), unless the result of such extension would be to extend such
payment into another calendar month in which event such payment shall be made
on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified
in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make
the amount which would constitute its Commitment Percentage of such borrowing
available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that
such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with subsection 4.1 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Company thereof a corresponding
amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the
required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a
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rate equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate for the period
until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with
respect to any amounts owing under this subsection 4.9(e) shall be conclusive,
absent manifest error. If such Lender's Commitment Percentage of such borrowing
is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within
three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also
be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum
applicable to Alternate Base Rate Loans hereunder, on demand, from the Company,
without prejudice to any rights which the Company or the Administrative Agent
may have against such Lender hereunder. Nothing contained in this subsection
4.9 shall relieve any Lender which has failed to make available its ratable
portion of any borrowing hereunder from its obligation to do so in accordance
with the terms hereof.
(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by
it on any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation,
if any, hereunder to make its Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Lender shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made
by such other Lender on such Borrowing Date.
(g) All payments and optional prepayments (other than
prepayments as set forth in subsection 4.11 with respect to increased costs) of
Eurodollar Loans hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to
such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal
amount of all Eurodollar Loans with the same Interest Period shall not be less
than $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
4.10 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein,
if any Change in Law occurring after the date that any lender becomes a Lender
party to this Agreement, shall make it unlawful for such Lender to make or
maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, the commitment of
such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans or to convert all or a portion
of Alternate Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be suspended
until such time, if any, as such illegality shall no longer exist and such
Lender's Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted
automatically to Alternate Base Rate Loans for the duration of the respective
Interest Periods (or, if permitted by applicable law, at the end of such
Interest Periods) and all payments of principal which would otherwise be
applied to such Eurodollar Loans shall be applied instead to such Lender's
Alternate Base Rate Loans. The Company hereby agrees to pay any Lender,
promptly upon its demand, any amounts payable pursuant to subsection 4.12 in
connection with any conversion in accordance with this subsection 4.10 (such
Lender's notice of such costs, as certified in reasonable detail as to such
amounts to the Company through the Administrative Agent, to be conclusive
absent manifest error).
4.11 Requirements of Law. (a) In the event that any Change
in Law or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority occurring after the Effective Date as to Lenders party hereto as of
such date, and otherwise after the date that any lender becomes a Lender party
to this Agreement:
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(i) does or shall subject any such Lender or its
Eurodollar Lending Office to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement, any Note or any Eurodollar Loans made by
it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or its
Eurodollar Lending Office of principal, the commitment fee, interest
or any other amount payable hereunder (except for (x) net income and
franchise taxes imposed on the net income of such Lender or its
Eurodollar Lending Office by the jurisdiction under the laws of which
such Lender is organized or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, or by any jurisdiction in which such
Lender's Eurodollar Lending Office is located or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including changes
in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender or such
Eurodollar Lending Office, and (y) taxes resulting from the
substitution of any such system by another system of taxation,
provided that the taxes payable by Lenders subject to such other
system of taxation are not generally charged to borrowers from such
Lenders having loans or advances bearing interest at a rate similar to
the Eurodollar Rate);
(ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any
reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement
against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the
account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any
other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which are not
otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate; or
(iii) does or shall impose on such Lender any other
condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender
or its Eurodollar Lending Office of making, converting, renewing or maintaining
advances or extensions of credit or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder,
in each case, in respect of its Eurodollar Loans, then, in any such case, the
Company shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender for such additional cost or reduced amount
receivable which such Lender deems to be material as determined by such Lender
with respect to such Eurodollar Loans, together with interest on each such
amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum
equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus 1%.
(b) In the event that any Change in Law occurring after the
Effective Date as to Lenders party hereto as of such date, and otherwise after
the date that any lender becomes a Lender party to this Agreement shall, with
respect to and in the opinion of such Lender, require that any Commitment of
such Lender be treated as an asset or otherwise be included for purposes of
calculating the appropriate amount of capital to be maintained by such Lender
or any corporation controlling such Lender, and such Change in Law shall have
the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or such
corporation's capital, as the case may be, as a consequence of such Lender's
obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such
corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law
(taking into account such Lender's or such corporation's policies, as the case
may be, with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to
be material, then from time to time following notice by such Lender to the
Company of such Change in Law as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection
4.11, within 15 days after demand by such Lender, the Company shall pay to such
Lender such
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additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such
corporation, as the case may be, for such reduction.
(c) The Company shall not be required to make any payments to
any Lender for any additional amounts pursuant to this subsection 4.11 unless
such Lender has given written notice to the Company, through the Administrative
Agent, of its intent to request such payments prior to or within 60 days after
the date on which such Lender became entitled to claim such amounts. If any
Lender has notified the Company through the Administrative Agent of any
increased costs pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection 4.11, the Company
at any time thereafter may, upon at least three Business Days' notice to the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and
subject to subsection 4.12, prepay (or convert into Alternate Base Rate Loans)
all (but not a part) of the Eurodollar Loans then outstanding. Each Lender
agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of
paragraph (a) of this subsection 4.11 with respect to such Lender, it will, if
requested by the Company and to the extent permitted by law or by the relevant
Governmental Authority, endeavor in good faith to avoid or minimize the
increase in costs or reduction in payments resulting from such event
(including, without limitation, endeavoring to change its Eurodollar Lending
Office); provided, however, that such avoidance or minimization can be made in
such a manner that such Lender, in its sole determination, suffers no economic,
legal or regulatory disadvantage. If any Lender requests compensation from the
Company under this subsection 4.11, the Company may, by notice to such Lender
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such
Lender thereafter to make or continue Loans of the Type with respect to which
such compensation is requested, or to convert Loans of any other Type into
Loans of such Type, until the Requirement of Law giving rise to such request
ceases to be in effect, provided that such suspension shall not affect the
right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.
(d) Each Lender that is not a United States Person (as
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for federal income tax purposes
either (1) in the case of a Lender that is a "bank" within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (i) represents to the Company (for the
benefit of the Company and the Administrative Agent) that under applicable law
and treaties no taxes are required to be withheld by the Company or the
Administrative Agent with respect to any payments to be made to such Lender in
respect of the Loans or the L/C Participating Interests, (ii) agrees to furnish
to the Company, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, either U.S. Internal
Revenue Service Form 4224 or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 (wherein
such Lender claims entitlement to complete exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax on all interest payments hereunder) and (iii) agrees (for the
benefit of the Company and the Administrative Agent), to the extent it may
lawfully do so at such times, to provide the Company, with a copy to the
Administrative Agent, a new Form 4224 or Form 1001 upon the expiration or
obsolescence of any previously delivered form and comparable statements in
accordance with applicable U.S. laws and regulations and amendments duly
executed and completed by such Lender, and to comply from time to time with all
applicable U.S. laws and regulations with regard to such withholding tax
exemption or (2) in the case of a Lender that is not a "bank" within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (i) represents to the Company (for
the benefit of the Company and the Administrative Agent) that it is not a bank
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (ii) agrees to furnish
to the Company, with a copy to the
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Administrative Agent, (A) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L
hereto (any such certificate, a "Subsection 4.11(d)(2) Certificate") and (B)
two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8, certifying to such Lender's legal entitlement at the Effective Date
to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section
881(c) of the Code with respect to all payments to be made under this
Agreement, and (iii) agrees, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon
reasonable request by the Company, to provide to the Company (for the benefit
of the Company and the Administrative Agent) such other forms as may be
required in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Lender to an
exemption from withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection 4.11 to the contrary, the
Company shall have no obligation to pay any amount to or for the account of any
Lender (or the Eurodollar Lending Office of any Lender) on account of any taxes
pursuant to this subsection 4.11, to the extent that such amount results from
(i) the failure of any Lender to comply with its obligations pursuant to this
subsection 4.11, (ii) any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made
by any Lender pursuant to this subsection 4.11(d) proving to have been
incorrect, false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed
to be made or (iii) any Change in Law or compliance by any Lender with any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central
bank or other Governmental Authority, the effect of which would be to subject
to any taxes any payment made pursuant to this Agreement to any Lender making
the representation and covenants set forth in subsection 4.11(d)(2), which
payment would not be subject to such taxes were such Lender eligible to make
and comply with, and actually made and complied with, the representation and
covenants set forth in subsection 4.11(d)(1) hereinabove.
(e) A certificate in reasonable detail as to any amounts
submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Company,
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The covenants contained
in this subsection 4.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
repayment of the Loans.
4.12 Indemnity. The Company agrees to indemnify each Lender
and to hold such Lender harmless from any loss or expense (but without
duplication of any amounts payable as default interest) which such Lender may
sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Company in payment of
the principal amount of or interest on any Eurodollar Loans of such Lender,
including, but not limited to, any such loss or expense arising from interest
or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to
make or maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder, (b) default by the Company in
making a borrowing after the Company has given a notice in accordance with
subsection 4.1 or in making a conversion of Alternate Base Rate Loans to
Eurodollar Loans or in continuing Eurodollar Loans as such, in either case,
after the Company has given notice in accordance with subsection 4.2, (c)
default by the Company in making any prepayment after the Company has given a
notice in accordance with subsection 4.4 or (d) a payment or prepayment of a
Eurodollar Loan or conversion (including without limitation, a conversion
pursuant to subsection 4.10) of any Eurodollar Loan into an Alternate Base Rate
Loan, in either case on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period
with respect thereto, including, but not limited to, any such loss or expense
arising from interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds
obtained by it in order to maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder (but
excluding loss of profit). This covenant shall survive termination of this
Agreement and repayment of the Loans.
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4.13 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Company
hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender (i) the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving
Credit Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (ii) the
principal amount of the Term Loan of such Lender, in twelve consecutive
installments, payable on each Installment Payment Date (or the then unpaid
principal amount of such Term Loan, or the date that the Term Loans become due
and payable pursuant to Section 9 and on the Maturity Date and (iii) the then
unpaid principal amount of the Swing Line Loans of the Swing Line Lender on the
Revolving Credit Termination Date. The Company hereby further agrees to pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from time to time
outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per
annum, and on the dates, set forth in subsection 4.5.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Company to such
Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to
time under this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register
pursuant to subsection 11.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in
which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Revolving Credit Loan and Term
Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period applicable
thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to
become due and payable from the Company to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both
the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the
Company and each Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each
Lender maintained pursuant to subsection 4.13(b) shall, to the extent permitted
by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations of the Company therein recorded; provided, however, that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or
any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the
obligation of the Company to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to
such Company by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) The Company agrees that, upon the request to the
Administrative Agent by any Lender, the Company will execute and deliver to
such Lender (i) a promissory note of the Company evidencing the Revolving
Credit Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A with
appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount (a "Revolving Credit
Note"), and/or (ii) a promissory note of the Company evidencing the Term Loan
of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B with appropriate
insertions as to date and principal amount (a "Term Loan Note"), and/or (iii)
in the case of the Swing Line Lender, a promissory note of the Company
evidencing the Swing Line Loans of the Swing Line Lender, substantially in the
form of Exhibit C with appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount
(the "Swing Line Note ").
4.14 Interest Rate Protection. Within 60 days of the Closing
Date, the Company shall have purchased or shall have entered into Interest Rate
Agreements or a series thereof in each case having an effective specified
maximum rate of interest and other
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terms and with parties satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Managing Agents, jointly, providing to the Company such effective specified
maximum rate of interest on no less than $80,000,000 of the aggregate principal
amount of the Loans that will be outstanding from time to time during the 24
month period following the date of acquisition of such hedging agreements, and
the Company agrees and confirms that the Company Security Agreement grants to
the Collateral Agent, for benefit of the Lenders, a first priority perfected
security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in its rights under such
interest rate hedging arrangements. If any such Interest Rate Agreement shall
be entered into with a Hedge Lender, intercreditor arrangements shall have been
entered into between such Hedge Lender and the Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent, prior to such Hedge Lender obtaining any Lien on or rights in any of the
Collateral under the Security Agreements.
4.15 Replacement of Lenders. In the event any Lender or the
Issuing Lender exercises its rights pursuant to subsection 4.10 or requests
payments pursuant to subsections 3.10 or 4.11, the Company may require, at the
Company's expense and subject to subsection 4.12, such Lender or the Issuing
Lender to assign, at par plus accrued interest and fees, without recourse (in
accordance with subsection 11.6) all of its interests, rights and obligations
hereunder (including all of its Commitments and the Loans and other amounts at
the time owing to it hereunder and its Notes and its interest in the Letters of
Credit) to a bank, financial institution or other entity specified by the
Company, provided that (i) such assignment shall not conflict with or violate
any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other Governmental
Authority, (ii) the Company shall have received the written consent of the
Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, to such
assignment, (iii) the Company shall have paid to the assigning Lender or the
Issuing Lender all monies other than principal, interest and fees accrued and
owing hereunder to it (including pursuant to subsections 3.10, 4.10 and 4.11)
and (iv) in the case of a required assignment by the Issuing Lender, the
Letters of Credit shall be canceled and returned to the Issuing Lender.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement
and to make the Loans and to induce the Issuing Lender to issue, and the
Participating Lenders to participate in, the Letters of Credit, the Company
hereby represents and warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent, as
of the Effective Date and as of the making of any extension of credit
hereunder:
5.1 Financial Condition. (a) The consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1995 and
the related consolidated statement of operations for the fiscal year ended on
such date, audited by Coopers & Lybrand LLP, a copy of which has heretofore
been furnished to each Lender, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the
consolidated financial condition of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations
and their consolidated cash flows for the fiscal year then ended. All such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by such
accountants and as disclosed therein).
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Neither the Company nor any of its consolidated Subsidiaries had, at the date
of the most recent balance sheet referred to above, any material Contingent
Obligation, contingent liability or liability for taxes, or any long-term lease
or unusual forward or long-term commitment, including, without limitation, any
material interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction, which
is not reflected in the foregoing statements or in the notes thereto or
expressly permitted to be incurred hereunder.
(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company
as at June 30, 1996, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company, copies
of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, present fairly in
accordance with GAAP the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at such dates. Such balance sheets, including the related
schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except
as approved by such Responsible Officer and disclosed therein). The Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries did not have at the date of such balance
sheets, any material Contingent Obligation, contingent liability or liability
for taxes, or any long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment,
including, without limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency exchange
transaction, which is not reflected in such balance sheets or in the notes
thereto. During the period from December 31, 1995 to the Effective Date, no
dividends or other distributions have been declared, paid or made upon the
Capital Stock of the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries except as
permitted under the Existing Credit Agreement, nor has any of the Capital Stock
of the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries been redeemed, retired,
purchased or otherwise acquired for value by the Company or any of its
consolidated Subsidiaries, respectively.
(c) The unaudited consolidated pro forma balance sheet of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at June 30, 1996, certified by a
Responsible Officer of the Company (the "Pro Forma Balance Sheet"), a copy of
which has heretofore been furnished to each Lender, is the unaudited balance
sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, adjusted to give effect
(as if such events had occurred on such date) to (i) the IPO, (ii) the
extension of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit to be incurred
or issued, as the case may be, on the Effective Date, (iii) the prepayment by
Holdings of indebtedness in the principal amount of $10,000,000 (plus a
$350,000 redemption premium), (iv) the contribution by Holdings to the Company
of preferred stock, (v) the sale by the Company of one or more shares of the
Company's Capital Stock to Holdings, (vi) the redemption by the Company, from
the proceeds of the sale of its Capital Stock to Holdings, of approximately
$33,300,000 of the Company's outstanding 12.75% Subordinated Notes, due March
1, 2005, for $37,500,000 (including the redemption premium), and (vii) the
prepayment by the Company of a portion of the Revolving Credit Loans without
reducing the Commitments. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet, together with the notes
thereto, was prepared based on good faith assumptions in accordance with GAAP
and is based on the best information available to the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date of delivery thereof, and reflects on a
pro forma basis the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of September 30, 1996, as adjusted, as described above,
assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually
occurred at September 30, 1996.
5.2 No Change. Since June 30, 1996 (before and after giving
effect to the transactions described in subsection 5.1(c)) (a) there has been
no change and, (as of the
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Effective Date only) no development or event involving a prospective change,
which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (b) no
dividends or other distributions have been declared, paid or made upon the
Capital Stock of the Company nor has any of the Capital Stock of the Company
been redeemed, retired, repurchased or otherwise acquired for value by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as permitted by subsection 8.11.
5.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (a) is a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, (b) has full
corporate power and authority and possesses all governmental franchises,
licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals necessary to enable it to use
its corporate name and to own, lease or otherwise hold its properties and
assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted other than such
franchises, licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals the lack of which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on
the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (c) is duly
qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the
nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or holding of its properties
makes such qualification necessary, except such jurisdictions where the failure
so to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the business, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (d) except as disclosed in the
Environmental Audit, is in compliance with all applicable statutes, laws,
ordinances, rules, orders, permits and regulations of any governmental
authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign (including, without
limitation, those related to Hazardous Materials and substances), except where
noncompliance would not have a material adverse effect on the business, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except as disclosed in the Environmental
Audit, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written
communication from a Governmental Authority that alleges that the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance, in all material respects, with
all material federal, state, local or foreign laws, ordinances, rules and
regulations.
5.4 Corporate Power; Authorization. Each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries has the corporate power and authority to make, deliver and
perform each of the Credit Documents to which it is a party, and the Company
has the corporate power and authority and legal right to borrow hereunder and
to have Letters of Credit issued for its account hereunder. Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries has taken all necessary corporate action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Credit
Documents to which it is or will be a party and the Company has taken all
necessary corporate action to authorize the borrowings hereunder and the
issuance of Letters of Credit for its account hereunder. No consent or
authorization of, or filing with, any Person (including, without limitation,
any Governmental Authority) is required in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or for the
validity or enforceability against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, of
any Credit Document except for consents, authorizations and filings which have
been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except (i) such
consents, authorizations and filings, the failure to obtain or perform (x)
which would not have a material adverse effect on the
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business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (y) which would not
adversely affect the validity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents
or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or
the Lenders thereunder and (ii) such filings as are necessary to perfect the
Liens of the Lenders created pursuant to this Agreement and the Security
Documents.
5.5 Enforceable Obligations. This Agreement and each of the
other Credit Documents have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of any
Credit Party that is party thereto. This Agreement and each of the other
Credit Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Credit Party, and is enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with
its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
5.6 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of
each Credit Document, the incurrence or issuance of and use of the proceeds of
the Loans and of drawings under the Letters of Credit and the Credit Documents
(a) will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation
applicable to or binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or
any of their respective properties or assets, in any manner which, individually
or in the aggregate, (i) would have a material adverse effect on the ability of
the Company or any such Subsidiary to perform its obligations under the Credit
Documents (ii) would give rise to any liability on the part of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender or (iii) would have a
material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, and (b) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien
on any of its properties or assets pursuant to any Requirement of Law
applicable to it, as the case may be, or any of its Contractual Obligations,
except for the Liens arising under the Security Documents.
5.7 No Material Litigation. No litigation by, investigation
known to the Company by, or proceeding of, any Governmental Authority is
pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the
validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Credit Document, the Loans
made hereunder, the use of proceeds thereof or of any drawings under a Letter
of Credit. No lawsuits, claims, proceedings or investigations pending or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, threatened as of the Effective Date against
or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their
respective properties, assets, operations or businesses, in which there is a
probability of an adverse determination, is reasonably likely, if adversely
decided, to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
5.8 Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary of the Company is an "investment company" or a company "controlled"
by an "investment company" (as each of the quoted terms is defined or used in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).
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5.9 Federal Regulation. No part of the proceeds of any of
the Loans or any drawing under a Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose
which violates the provisions of Regulation G, T, U or X of the Board. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged or will engage, principally
or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for
the purpose of "purchasing" or "carrying" any "margin stock" within the
respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under said Regulation U.
5.10 No Default. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
have performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under
their respective Contractual Obligations and they are not (with or without the
lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both) in breach or default in any
respect thereunder, except to the extent that such breach or default would not
have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default
under any material judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Authority
domestic or foreign, applicable to it or any of its respective properties,
assets, operations or business, except to the extent that any such defaults
would not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
5.11 Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
filed or caused to be filed all material tax returns which, to the best
knowledge of the Company, are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown
to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or
any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or
any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than any the amount of
which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
with respect to which reserves (or other sufficient provisions) in conformity
with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Company or its Subsidiaries,
as the case may be); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the best knowledge of
the Company, no written claim is being asserted, with respect to any such
taxes, fees or other charges.
5.12 Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, after giving
effect to the consummation of the IPO, the only Subsidiary of the Company is
Prime Equipment. As of the Effective Date, Prime Equipment is an inactive
Subsidiary and the aggregate value of its assets does not exceed $50,000.
5.13 Ownership of Property; Liens. As of the Effective Date
and as of the making of any extension of credit hereunder (subject to transfers
and dispositions of property permitted under subsection 8.5) each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to all of its material
assets (other than real property or interests in real property) in each case
free and clear of all mortgages, liens, security interests or encumbrances of
any nature whatsoever except Permitted Liens. With respect to real property or
interests in real property, as of the Effective Date, each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries has (i) fee title to all of the real property listed on
Schedule 5.13 under the heading "Fee Properties" (each, a "Fee Property"), and
(ii) good and valid title to the leasehold estates in all of the real property
leased by it and listed on Schedule 5.13 under the heading "Leased Properties"
(each, a "Leased Property"), in each case free and clear of all mortgages,
liens, security interests, easements, covenants, rights-of-way and other
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restrictions of any nature whatsoever, except (A) Permitted Liens, (B) any
conditions that may be shown by a current, accurate survey or physical
inspection of any Fee Property or Leased Property, (C) as to Leased Property,
the terms and provisions of the respective lease therefor and any matters
affecting the fee title and any estate superior to the leasehold estate related
thereto, and (D) title defects, or leases or subleases granted to others, which
are not material to the Fee Properties or the Leased Properties, as the case
may be, taken as a whole. The Fee Properties and the Leased Properties
constitute, as of the Effective Date, all of the real property owned in fee or
leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
5.14 ERISA. The "amount of unfunded benefit liabilities"
(within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) of any Plan of the Company
or any Commonly Controlled Entity would not result in a material liability to
the Company if any or all such Plans were terminated. None of the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity would be liable for
any amount pursuant to Sections 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA, if any Single
Employer Plan were to terminate. Neither the Company nor any Commonly
Controlled Entity has been involved in any transaction that would cause the
Company to be subject to material liability with respect to a Plan to which the
Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity contributed or was obligated to
contribute during the six-year period ending on the date this representation is
made or deemed made under Sections 4062, 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA. Neither the
Company nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has incurred any material liability
under Title IV of ERISA which could become or remain a material liability of
the Company after the Closing Date and the consummation of the Acquisition.
None of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any director, officer or
employee thereof, or any of the Plans (to the best knowledge of the Company
with respect to any Multiemployer Plan), or any trust created thereunder, or
any fiduciary thereof, has engaged in a transaction or taken any other action
or omitted to take any action involving any Plan which could constitute a
prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA which is not
otherwise exempted and which would result in a material liability to the
Company, or would cause the Company to be subject to either a material
liability or material civil penalty assessed pursuant to Sections 409 or 502(i)
or (l) of ERISA or a material tax imposed pursuant to Sections 4975 or 4976 of
the Code. Each of the Plans (to the best knowledge of the Company with respect
to any Multiemployer Plan) has been operated and administered in all material
respects in accordance with applicable laws, including but not limited to ERISA
and the Code. There are no material pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened claims by or on behalf of any of the Plans or any
fiduciary, by any employee or beneficiary covered under any such Plan, or
otherwise involving any such Plan or fiduciary for which the Company could have
any material liability (other than routine claims for benefits). No condition
exists and no event has occurred with respect to any Multiemployer Plan which
presents a material risk of a complete or partial withdrawal under Subtitle E
of Title IV of ERISA for which the Company could have any material liability,
nor has the Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity been notified that any
such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization within the meaning of
Section 4241 of ERISA. Neither the Company nor any Commonly Controlled Entity
nor any Subsidiary has been a party to any transaction or agreement to which
the provisions of Section 4204 of ERISA were applicable (a "4204 Agreement").
None of the Company, or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is obligated to contribute to a Multiemployer Plan, on
behalf of any current or former employee of the Company, any Commonly
Controlled Entity or
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such Subsidiary. The liability to which the Company, any Commonly Controlled
Entity or any of their respective Subsidiaries would become subject under ERISA
if all such Persons were to withdraw completely from all Plans on the Closing
Date (after giving effect to the Acquisition) is not in excess of $2,000,000.
None of the Plans or any trust established thereunder has incurred any
"accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, as of the last day of the most
recent fiscal year of each of the Plans. No contribution failure has occurred
with respect to any Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under Section 302(f)
of ERISA.
5.15 Collateral Documents. (a) Each of the Pledge
Agreements is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security
interest in the pledged stock described therein and, when stock certificates
representing or constituting the pledged stock described in each of the Pledge
Agreements are delivered to the Collateral Agent, such security interest shall,
subject to the existence of Permitted Liens, constitute a perfected first lien
on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the pledgor
party thereto in the pledged stock described therein.
(b) Each of the Security Agreements is effective to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a legal,
valid and enforceable security interest in the collateral described therein and
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements have been filed in each of the
jurisdictions listed on Schedule 5.15(b), or arrangements have been made for
such filing in such jurisdictions, and upon such filing, and upon the taking of
possession by the Collateral Agent of any such collateral the security
interests in which may be perfected only by possession, such security interests
will, subject to the existence of Permitted Liens, constitute perfected first
liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the
debtor party thereto in the collateral described therein, except to the extent
that a security interest cannot be perfected therein by the filing of a
financing statement or the taking of possession under the Uniform Commercial
Code of the relevant jurisdiction.
(c) Each Mortgage is effective to create in favor of the
Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the collateral described therein, and upon
filing the Mortgages in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 5.13 (or, in the
case of a Mortgage delivered pursuant to subsection 7.9, the jurisdiction in
which the property covered by such Mortgage is located), such security
interests will, subject to the existence of Permitted Liens, constitute
perfected first liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and
interest of the debtor party thereto in the collateral described therein.
5.16 Copyrights, Permits, Trademarks and Licenses. Schedule
5.16 sets forth a true and complete list of all material trademarks (registered
or unregistered), trade names, service marks and copyrights and applications
therefor owned, used or filed by or licensed to the Company and its
Subsidiaries and, with respect to registered trademarks (if any), contains a
list of all jurisdictions in which such trademarks are registered or applied
for and all registration and application numbers. Except as disclosed on
Schedule 5.16, the Company or a Subsidiary owns or has the right to use,
without payment to any other party, trademarks (registered or unregistered),
trade names, service marks, copyrights and
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applications therefor referred to in such Schedule. To the best knowledge of
the Company, no claims are pending by any Person with respect to the ownership,
validity, enforceability or the Company's or any Subsidiary's use of any such
trademarks (registered or unregistered), trade names, service marks,
copyrights, or applications therefor, challenging or questioning the validity
or effectiveness of any of the foregoing, in any jurisdiction, domestic or
foreign.
5.17 Environmental Matters. (a) Except as set forth in the
Environmental Audit, to the best knowledge of the Company, the Mortgaged
Properties do not contain, and have not previously contained, in, on or under
including, without limitation, the soil and groundwater thereunder, any
Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations that constitute or constituted
a material violation of, or could reasonably give rise to material liability
under, Environmental Laws.
(b) Except as set forth in the Environmental Audit, to the
best knowledge of the Company, the Mortgaged Properties and all operations and
facilities at the Mortgaged Properties are in material compliance with all
Environmental Laws, and there is no contamination or violation of any
Environmental Law which could materially interfere with the continued operation
of, or materially impair the fair saleable value of, the Mortgaged Property.
(c) Except as set forth in the Environmental Audit, to the
best knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has received or is aware of any complaint, notice of violation, alleged
violation, or notice of investigation or of potential liability under
Environmental Laws with regard to the Mortgaged Properties or the operations of
the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor does the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries have knowledge that any such action is being contemplated,
considered or threatened.
(d) Except as set forth in the Environmental Audit, to the
best knowledge of the Company, Hazardous Materials have not been generated,
treated, stored, disposed of, at, on or under the Mortgaged Property, nor have
any Hazardous Materials been transported from the Mortgaged Property, in
material violation of or in a manner that could reasonably give rise to
material liability under any Environmental Laws.
(e) Except as set forth in the Environmental Audit, there are
no governmental administrative actions or judicial proceedings pending or, to
the best knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, threatened, under any
Environmental Law to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
with respect to the Mortgaged Property, nor are there any consent decrees or
other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other
administrative or judicial requirements, other than permits authorizing
operations at facilities at the Mortgaged Property, outstanding under any
Environmental Law with respect to the Mortgaged Property.
(f) Each of the representations and warranties set forth in
subsection 5.17(a) through (e) is true and correct with respect to each parcel
of real property owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than the Mortgaged Properties), except to the extent that the facts and
circumstances giving rise to any such failure to be so
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true and correct would not have any reasonable likelihood of having a material
adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
5.18 Accuracy and Completeness of Information. The factual
statements contained in the financial statements referred to in subsection
5.1(a), the Credit Documents and any other certificates or documents furnished
or to be furnished to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the
Lenders from time to time in connection with this Agreement, taken as a whole,
do not and will not, to the best knowledge of the Company, as of the date when
made, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances in which the same were made, all
except as otherwise qualified herein or therein, such knowledge qualification
being given only with respect to factual statements made by Persons other than
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
6.1 Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit. The
obligation of each Lender to make its Loans and the obligation of the Issuing
Lender to issue any Letter of Credit on the Effective Date are subject to the
satisfaction, or waiver by such Lender, of the following conditions on or prior
to November 29, 1996 (the date on which such conditions are so satisfied or
waived, the "Effective Date"):
(a) Agreement; Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have
received (w) a counterpart of this Agreement for each Lender duly
executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company,
(x) for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender requesting the
same pursuant to subsection 4.13, a Revolving Credit Note of the
Company conforming to the requirements hereof and executed by a duly
authorized officer of the Company, (y) for the account of each Lender
holding a Term Loan and requesting the same pursuant to subsection
4.13, a Term Loan Note of the Company conforming to the requirements
hereof and executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, and
(z) for the account of Chase, a Swing Line Note, conforming to the
requirements hereof and executed by a duly authorized officer of the
Company.
(b) IPO. The IPO shall have been consummated for aggregate
gross proceeds to Holdings of at least $150,000,000, of which at least
$80,000,000 shall be applied to prepay the Revolving Credit Loans in
accordance with subsection 4.4(b)(iv)(A) without permanently reducing
such Revolving Credit Commitments.
(c) Fees. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
the Lenders shall have received all fees, expenses and other
consideration required to be paid or delivered and presented for
payment on or before the Effective Date.
(d) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have
received, dated the date hereof and addressed to the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, an opinion of Gibson,
Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel to Holdings and the
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Company, in substantially the form of Exhibit K-2 with such changes
thereto as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and its
counsel. Each such legal opinion shall cover such other matters
incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(e) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have
received a Closing Certificate of the Company and Holdings dated the
date hereof, in substantially the form of Exhibits M-1 and M-2,
respectively, with appropriate insertions and attachments, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel,
executed by the President or any Vice President and the Secretary or
any Assistant Secretary of the Company and Holdings, respectively.
(f) Consents, Authorizations and Filings, etc. Except for
the financing statements contemplated by the Company Security
Agreement and the Mortgages, and the filing of the Mortgages, all
consents, authorizations and filings, if any, required in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by Holdings or the
Company, and the validity and enforceability against Holdings and the
Company, of the Credit Documents to which any of them is a party,
shall have been obtained or made, and such consents, authorizations
and filings shall be in full force and effect, except such consents,
authorizations and filings, the failure to obtain which would not have
a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(g) Credit Documents Confirmation. The Administrative Agent
shall have received, dated the date hereof, a letter agreement
confirming the continued effectiveness hereunder of the Credit
Documents executed and delivered pursuant to the Existing Credit
Agreement.
6.2 Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit. The
obligation of each Lender to make any Loan (other than any Revolving Credit
Loan the proceeds of which are to be used to repay Refunded Swing Line Loans)
and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the
relevant Borrowing Date including the Effective Date:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the
representations and warranties made in or pursuant to Section 5 or
which are contained in any other Credit Document shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Loan or
of the issuance of such Letter of Credit as if made on and as of such
date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which
case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in
all material respects as of such earlier date).
(b) No Default or Event of Default. No Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such Borrowing Date
or after giving effect to such Loan to be made or such Letter of
Credit to be issued on such Borrowing Date.
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(c) Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have
received, with a copy for each Lender, a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the Company to the effect that the applicable statements
contained in paragraphs (a) and (b) above are true and correct as at
the Borrowing Date.
Each borrowing by the Company hereunder and the issuance of each Letter of
Credit by the Issuing Lender hereunder shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Company as of the date of such borrowing or issuance that the
conditions in clauses (a) and (b) and of this subsection 6.2 have been
satisfied.
SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Company hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments
remain in effect, any Loan, Note or L/C Obligation remains outstanding and
unpaid, any amount (unless cash in an amount equal to such amount has been
deposited to a cash collateral account established by the Collateral Agent)
remains available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit or any other amount is
owing to any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder
or under any of the other Credit Documents, it shall, and, in the case of the
agreements contained in subsections 7.3 through 7.6, and 7.8 through 7.9, the
Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
7.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative
Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender which the Administrative Agent
shall promptly furnish to each Lender):
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related
consolidated statements of stockholders' equity and cash flows and the
consolidated statements of income of the Company and its Subsidiaries
for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case (other than for the
financial statements delivered with respect to the first fiscal year
of the Company ended following the Closing Date) in comparative form
the figures for the previous year and, in the case of the consolidated
balance sheet referred to above, reported on, without a "going
concern" or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising
out of the scope of the audit, or qualification which would affect the
computation of financial covenants, by independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing;
(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45
days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of
each fiscal year of the Company, the unaudited consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of each such
quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income
and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such quarterly
period and the portion of the fiscal year of the Company through such
date, setting forth in each case (other than for the financial
statements delivered with respect to fiscal quarters occurring during
the first fiscal year of the Company ended following the Closing Date)
in comparative form the figures for the corresponding quarter in, and
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year to date portion of, the previous year, and the figures for such
periods in the budget prepared by the Company and furnished to the
Administrative Agent, certified by the chief financial officer,
controller or treasurer of the Company as being fairly stated in all
material respects;
(c) concurrently with the delivery of financial statements
pursuant to subsection 7.1(a) or (b), a certificate of the chief
financial officer of the Company setting forth, in reasonable detail,
the computations of Consolidated EBITDA as of the last day of the
fiscal period covered by such financial statements, Capital
Expenditures as of such last day, the ratio of Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA as of such last day and the
Interest Coverage Ratio as of such last day;
all such financial statements to be complete and correct in all material
respects (subject, in the case of interim statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments) and to be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with
GAAP.
7.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the
Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender which the
Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to each Lender):
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the consolidated
financial statements referred to in subsection 7.1(a), a letter from
the independent certified public accountants reporting on such
financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary
to express their opinion on such financial statements no knowledge was
obtained of any Default or Event of Default under subsections 4.4(b),
8.1, 8.3, and 8.6 through 8.11, except as specified in such letter;
(b) within 15 days of the delivery of the financial
statements referred to in subsections 7.1(a) and (b) (except that the
certificate referred to in clause (i) below shall be delivered
concurrently with such financial statements), a certificate of the
chief financial officer of the Company (i) stating that, to the best
of such officer's knowledge, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
has observed or performed all of its respective covenants and other
agreements, and satisfied every material condition, contained in this
Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents to be observed,
performed or satisfied by it, and that such officer has obtained no
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in
such certificate, (ii) showing in detail as of the end of the related
fiscal period the figures and calculations supporting such statement
in respect of clause (e) of subsection 8.1, clauses (b) and (e) of
subsection 8.3, and subsections 8.7 through 8.12 and (iii) if not
specified in the financial statements delivered pursuant to subsection
7.1, specifying the aggregate amount of interest paid or accrued by
the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the aggregate amount of
depreciation, depletion and amortization charged on the books of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, during such accounting period;
(c) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final
reports submitted to the Company or to any of its Subsidiaries by
independent certified public accountants in
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connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries made by such accountants,
including, without limitation, any final comment letter submitted by
such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit;
(d) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all
financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or
made available to the public generally by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, if any, and all regular and periodic reports and all
final registration statements and final prospectuses, if any, filed by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its functions;
(e) concurrently with the delivery of the financial
statements referred to in subsections 7.1(a) and (b), a management
summary describing and analyzing the performance of the Company and
its Subsidiaries during the periods covered by such financial
statements;
(f) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, a
summary of all Asset Sales during such fiscal quarter including the
amount of all Net Proceeds from such Asset Sales not previously
applied to prepayments of the Loans and reductions of the Commitments
pursuant to the proviso to subsection 4.4(b)(ii);
(g) within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, a
borrowing base certificate calculating the Borrowing Base as of the
last day in such calendar month, substantially in the form of Exhibit
N hereto (a "Borrowing Base Certificate"), executed by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower; and
(h) promptly, such additional financial and other information
as any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
7.3 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise
satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may
be, all its obligations and liabilities of whatever nature, except (a) when the
amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect
thereto have been provided on the books of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (b) for delinquent obligations which do not
have a material adverse affect on the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole and (c) for trade and other accounts payable in the ordinary course
of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or, if
overdue for more than 90 days, as to which (i) a dispute exists and adequate
reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or (ii) do not, in the
aggregate, equal or exceed $250,000.
7.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence.
Continue to engage in business of the same general type as now conducted by it,
and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
and take all reasonable action to maintain all
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material rights, material privileges, franchises, copyrights, trademarks and
trade names necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business except
for rights, privileges, franchises, copyrights, trademarks and tradenames the
loss of which would not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the
business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and except as otherwise
permitted by subsections 8.4 and 8.5; and comply with all applicable
Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith
would not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
7.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all
property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and
condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted); and
(b) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies (x) insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and with
only such deductibles as are usually maintained by, and against at least such
risks (but including, in any event, public liability insurance) as are usually
insured against in the same general area, by companies engaged in the same or a
similar business and (y) the flood insurance, if any, required pursuant to
subsection 7.9(b)(ii); and furnish to each Lender, (i) annually, a schedule
disclosing (in a manner substantially similar to that used in the schedule
provided pursuant to subsection 6.1(o) of the Existing Credit Agreement) all
insurance against products liability risk maintained by the Company and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to this subsection 7.5(b) or otherwise and (ii) upon
written request of any Lender, full information as to the insurance carried;
provided that the Company may implement programs of self insurance in the
ordinary course of business and in accordance with industry standards for a
company of similar size so long as reserves are maintained in accordance with
GAAP for the liabilities associated therewith.
7.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.
Keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries
are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and
activities which permit financial statements to be prepared in conformity with
GAAP and all Requirements of Law; permit representatives of any Lender upon
reasonable notice (but no more frequently than monthly unless a Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), to visit and inspect
any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and
records at any reasonable time and as often as may reasonably be requested upon
reasonable notice, and to discuss the business, operations, assets and
financial and other condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries with officers
and employees thereof and with their independent certified public accountants;
and permit representatives of the Collateral Agent upon reasonable notice to
perform a collateral examination in accordance with its customary practices at
least once each fiscal year (which collateral examination the Collateral Agent
hereby agrees to perform).
7.7 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
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(b) of any (i) default or event of default under any
instrument or other agreement, guarantee or collateral document of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries which default or event of default
has not been waived and would have a material adverse effect on the
business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or
any other default or event of default under any such instrument,
agreement, guarantee or other collateral document which, but for the
proviso to clause (e) of Section 9, would have constituted a Default
or Event of Default under this Agreement, or (ii) litigation,
investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority, or
receipt of any notice of any environmental claim or assessment against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority,
which in any such case would have a material adverse effect on the
business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(c) of any litigation or proceeding against the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries (i) in which more than $2,000,000 of the
amount claimed is not covered by insurance or (ii) in which injunctive
or similar relief is sought which if obtained would have a material
adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(d) of the following events, as soon as practicable after,
and in any event within 30 days after, the Company knows or has reason
to know thereof: (i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with
respect to any Plan which Reportable Event could reasonably result in
material liability to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any
other action by PBGC, the Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity to
terminate, withdraw or partially withdraw from any Plan and, with
respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the Reorganization or Insolvency of
the Plan, in each of the foregoing cases which could reasonably result
in material liability to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, and in addition to such notice, deliver to the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender whichever of the following
may be applicable: (A) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the
Company setting forth details as to such Reportable Event and the
action that the Company or such Commonly Controlled Entity proposes to
take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice of such
Reportable Event that may be required to be filed with PBGC or (B) any
notice delivered by PBGC evidencing its intent to institute such
proceedings or any notice to PBGC that such Plan is to be terminated,
as the case may be;
(e) concurrently with the delivery of the information
delivered pursuant to subsection 7.2(f) and each prepayment required
pursuant to subsection 4.4(b)(ii), of any Asset Sale or substantially
like-kind exchange of real property by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; and
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(f) of a material adverse change known to the Company or its
Subsidiaries in the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Each notice pursuant to this subsection 7.7 shall be accompanied by a statement
of a Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth details of the occurrence
referred to therein and (in the cases of clauses (a) through (d)) stating what
action the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
7.8 Environmental Laws. (a) Comply with, and use all
reasonable efforts to insure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any,
with, all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and
maintain, and require that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with
and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, registrations or permits
required by Environmental Laws, except to the extent that failure to do so
would not have any reasonable likelihood of having a material adverse effect on
the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the
validity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents or the rights and
remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders
thereunder;
(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies,
sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions, required
under applicable Environmental Laws, and promptly comply with all lawful orders
and directives of all Governmental Authorities respecting Environmental Laws,
except to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; and
(c) In regard to this Agreement or in any way relating to the
Company or its Subsidiaries or their current or former operations, defend,
indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
the Lenders, and their respective 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
Hazardous Material or Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, any
orders, requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities related thereto,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's and consultant's fees,
investigation and laboratory fees, remediation costs, court costs and
litigation expenses, except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise out
of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking
indemnification therefor. The agreements in this subsection 7.8(c) shall
survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
7.9 After Acquired Real Property; Filing of Mortgages. (a)
Within 90 days after the date of acquisition of any fee interest in real
property (including any like kind exchanges in accordance with subsection
8.5(e)) for consideration in excess of $1,000,000, deliver to the Collateral
Agent a Mortgage granting the Collateral Agent a valid and enforceable
perfected lien on such acquired real property subject only to Permitted Liens
and such other Liens reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, together
with in respect of each parcel covered by each Mortgage delivered pursuant to
this subsection 7.9(a) a mortgagee's title insurance policy (or policies) or
marked up unconditional binder for such
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insurance. Each such policy shall (a) be issued by a title company
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (b) be in an amount reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (c) insure that the Mortgage insured
thereby creates a valid first Lien on such parcel free and clear of all Liens,
defects and encumbrances, except Permitted Liens, (d) name the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as the insured thereunder, (e) contain
such endorsements and affirmative coverage as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request and (f) provide for the issuance of an ALTA Loan Policy -
1990 (Amended 6/15/94) or its substantial equivalent. Such policy or binder
may contain an exception for any condition that may be shown by a current,
accurate survey or physical inspection of the property covered thereby.
(b) If any Mortgaged Property is located in a "special flood
hazard area" designated under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
deliver to the Collateral Agent, upon its request, (i) a policy of flood
insurance which (A) covers any parcel of improved real property which is
encumbered by any Mortgage, (B) is written in an amount not less than the
outstanding principal amount of the indebtedness secured by such Mortgage which
is reasonably allocable to such real property or the maximum limit of coverage
made available with respect to the particular type of property under the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, whichever is less, and (C) has a term ending
not later than the maturity of the indebtedness secured by such Mortgage and
(ii) confirmation that the Company has received the notice required pursuant to
Section 208(e)(3) of Regulation H of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System. The Company shall take all actions necessary to ensure that
the security interest in the collateral described in each Mortgage delivered
pursuant to subsection 7.9 constitutes a perfected lien on, and security
interest in, all right, title and interest of the debtor party thereto in such
collateral (including, without limitation, recording of each mortgage in the
appropriate jurisdictions and payment of all premiums in respect of each title
insurance policy and all charges for mortgage recording tax, intangible tax and
recording fees, if any, and executing all necessary affidavits in connection
with the calculation of and payment of such mortgage recording tax, intangible
tax and recording fees).
7.10 Notices of Redemption. Give notices of redemption to
the trustee under the indenture pertaining to the Subordinated Debt and cause
Holdings to give notices of redemption to the trustee under the indenture
pertaining to the Holdings securities, in each case by November 29, 1996.
SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Company hereby agrees that it shall not, and the Company
shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly so long as
the Commitments remain in effect or any Loan, Note or L/C Obligation remains
outstanding and unpaid, any amount remains available to be drawn under any
Letter of Credit or any other amount is owing to any Lender, the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document (it
being understood that each of the permitted exceptions to each of the covenants
in this Section 8 is in addition to, and not overlapping with, any other of
such permitted exceptions except to the extent expressly provided):
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8.1 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any Indebtedness, except:
(a) the Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date and
reflected on Schedule 8.1(a), but excluding the refinancing of any
such Indebtedness;
(b) Indebtedness consisting of the Loans and in connection
with the Letters of Credit and this Agreement;
(c) Indebtedness (i) of the Company to any Subsidiary and
(ii) of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed
$500,000;
(d) Indebtedness of the Company in respect of the
Subordinated Debt;
(e) (i) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries for
(A) industrial revenue bonds or other similar governmental and
municipal bonds and (B) the deferred purchase price of newly acquired
property of the Company and its Subsidiaries (pursuant to purchase
money mortgages or otherwise) used in the ordinary course of business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries other than Rental Fleet Equipment
(provided such financing is entered into within 180 days of the
acquisition of such property) in an amount (based on the remaining
balance of the obligations therefor on the books of the Company and
its Subsidiaries) which in the case of preceding clauses (A) and (B)
shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding and (ii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
in respect of Financing Leases to the extent subsections 8.7 and 8.10
would not be contravened;
(f) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of the
equivalent at the date of each incurrence thereof of $500,000;
(g) Indebtedness of the Company and Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not in excess
of $10,000,000;
(h) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit (other than
Letters of Credit issued hereunder) not to exceed an aggregate amount
equal to $5,000,000;
(i) (i) Indebtedness assumed in connection with acquisitions
permitted by subsection 8.6(g) (so long as such Indebtedness was not
incurred in anticipation of such acquisitions), (ii) Indebtedness of
newly acquired Subsidiaries acquired in such acquisitions (so long as
such Indebtedness was not incurred in anticipation of such
acquisition) and (iii) Indebtedness owed to the seller in any
acquisition permitted by subsection 8.6(g) constituting part of the
purchase price thereof, all of which Indebtedness permitted by this
subsection 8.1(i) shall not exceed in the aggregate at any time
$5,000,000; and
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(j) Indebtedness in connection with workmen's compensation
obligations and general liability exposure of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
8.2 Limitation on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental
charges not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary,
as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;
(b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', landlords',
materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business in respect of obligations which are not yet due or
which are bonded or which are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are
maintained on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case
may be, in accordance with GAAP;
(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workmen's
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders,
trade or government contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases,
licenses, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance
bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(e) easements (including, without limitation, reciprocal
easement agreements), rights-of-way, building, zoning and similar
restrictions, utility agreements, covenants, reservations,
restrictions, encroachments, changes, and other similar encumbrances
or title defects incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others,
in the ordinary course of business, which do not in the aggregate
materially detract from the aggregate (i) value of the properties of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) materially
interfere with or adversely affect in any material respect the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
on the properties subject thereto, taken as a whole;
(f) Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
pursuant to the Credit Documents delivered in connection with the
Existing Credit Agreement or hereunder and bankers' liens arising by
operation of law;
(g) Liens on property of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries created solely for the purpose of securing Indebtedness
permitted by subsection 8.1(e) or 8.1(i)(i) or (ii) (so long as such
Lien was not incurred in anticipation of the related acquisition),
representing or incurred to finance, refinance or refund the purchase
price of property, provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover
other property of the Company or such Subsidiary other than the
respective property so acquired,
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and the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien
shall at no time exceed the original purchase price of such property;
(h) Liens existing on the Effective Date and described in
subsection 5.13 or Schedule 8.2;
(i) Liens on documents of title and the property covered
thereby securing Indebtedness in respect of the Commercial L/Cs;
(j) (i) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions,
encumbrances or any other matters of record that have been placed by
any developer, landlord or other third party on property over which
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has easement rights or on
any Leased Property and subordination or similar agreements relating
thereto and (ii) any condemnation or eminent domain proceedings
affecting any real property;
(k) Liens in connection with workmen's compensation
obligations and general liability exposure of the Company and its
Subsidiaries; and
(l) Liens on goods (and Proceeds thereof) securing
reimbursement obligations in respect of commercial letters of credit
issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
8.3 Limitation on Contingent Obligations. Create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligation except:
(a) the Guarantees;
(b) other guarantees by the Company incurred in the ordinary
course of business for an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 at
any one time;
(c) guarantees by the Company of obligations of its
Subsidiaries;
(d) Contingent Obligations existing on the Effective Date and
described in Schedule 8.3(d);
(e) guarantees of obligations to third parties in connection
with relocation of employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, in an amount which, together with all loans and advances
made pursuant to subsection 8.6(f), shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any
time outstanding;
(f) Contingent Obligations in connection with workmen's
compensation obligations and general liability exposure of the Company
and its Subsidiaries; and
(g) subordinated guarantees of subordinated debt issued by
Subsidiaries of the Company which have also issued Guarantees,
provided such subordinated guarantees are subordinated to the
Guarantees on the same basis as the Subordinated Debt is subordinated
to the Loans.
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8.4 Prohibition of Fundamental Changes. Enter into any
merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve
itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or engage in any type of
business other than of the same general type now conducted by it, except (a)
for the transactions otherwise permitted pursuant to clause (b) of subsection
8.5 and (b) any Subsidiary of the Company may be merged with and into the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.
8.5 Prohibition on Sale of Assets. Convey, sell, lease
(other than a sublease of real property), assign, transfer or otherwise dispose
of (including through a transaction of merger or consolidation of any
Subsidiary of the Company) any of its property, business or assets (including,
without limitation, tax benefits, receivables and leasehold interests), whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) for (i) sales or other dispositions of inventory, new
equipment or rental fleet equipment, stores (whether owned in fee or
leased by the Company or any Subsidiary), leaseholds or other tangible
personal property made in the ordinary course of business, but in no
event may such sales or dispositions of Rental Fleet Equipment exceed,
in aggregate original purchase prices, during any fiscal year of the
Company, 33% of the aggregate original purchase prices of all Rental
Fleet Equipment of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the end of the
immediately preceding fiscal year and (ii) sales of obsolete or
worn-out property;
(b) that any Subsidiary of the Company may sell, lease,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon
voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to, or merge with and into, the
Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company and any Subsidiary
of the Company may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part with control
of any or all of, the stock of any Subsidiary to a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company, provided that no such transaction may be
effected if it would result in the transfer of any assets of, or any
stock of, a Subsidiary to, or the merger with and into, another
Subsidiary all of the Capital Stock of which owned by the Company or
any Subsidiary has not been pledged to the Collateral Agent and which
has not guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the Notes and
this Agreement, and granted liens or security interests in favor of
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, on substantially
all of its assets to secure such guarantee, pursuant to a guarantee,
security agreement and other documentation reasonably satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent;
(c) leases of Fee Properties and other real property owned in
fee and subleases of Leased Properties;
(d) any condemnation or eminent domain proceedings affecting
any real property, provided, however, that the parties hereto agree
that the net proceeds received in connection with such proceeding
shall be deemed not to constitute "Net Proceeds" if such net proceeds
are reinvested in new or existing properties within eighteen months;
(e) substantially like-kind exchanges of real property
provided that any cash received by the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company in connection with such
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an exchange (net of all costs and expenses incurred in connection with
such transaction or with the commencement of operation of real
property received in such exchange) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds
and shall be applied as provided for herein;
(f) for the sale or other disposition of any personal
property that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company has become
uneconomic, obsolete or worn out, and which in each case is disposed
of in the ordinary course of business; and
(g) for the sale or other disposition of any property the
aggregate amount of the net proceeds received in respect of which
shall not exceed $1,000,000.
8.6 Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances. Make any
advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase any
stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of, or make any other
investment in (including, without limitation, any acquisition of all or any
substantial portion of the assets, and any acquisition of a business or a
product line, of other companies, other than the acquisition of inventory in
the ordinary course of business), any Person, except:
(a) the Company may make loans or advances to any Subsidiary,
and any Subsidiary may make loans or advances to the Company or any
other Subsidiary, to the extent in each case the Indebtedness created
thereby is permitted by paragraph (c) of subsection 8.1;
(b) (i) any Subsidiary may make investments in the Company
(by way of capital contribution or otherwise), (ii) the Company and
any Subsidiary may make investments in, or create, any wholly-owned
Domestic Subsidiary (by way of capital contribution or otherwise) or
make investments permitted by subsection 8.5(b), provided that, in any
such case, (x) if stock is issued or otherwise acquired in connection
with such investment, or if the stock of such Subsidiary was not
previously pledged to the Collateral Agent, such stock is pledged to
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders so that 100% of
the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary is pledged to the Collateral
Agent and (y) such Subsidiary guarantees the obligations of the
Company under the Notes and this Agreement, and grants liens or
security interests in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Lenders, on substantially all of its assets to secure such
guarantee, pursuant to a guarantee, a security agreement and other
documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and
(iii) the Company and any Subsidiary may make investments in, or
create, any wholly-owned Foreign Subsidiary (by way of capital
contribution or otherwise) or make investments permitted by subsection
8.5(b), provided that (x) at least 66% of the Capital Stock of such
wholly-owned Foreign Subsidiary is pledged to the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders and (y) the aggregate amount of all
investments in such Foreign Subsidiaries shall not exceed $500,000;
(c) the Company and its Subsidiaries may invest in, acquire
and hold Cash Equivalents;
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(d) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may make payroll
advances in the ordinary course of business;
(e) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may acquire and
hold receivables owing to it, if created or acquired in the ordinary
course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with
customary trade terms, (provided that nothing in this clause (e) shall
prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from offering such concessionary
trade terms, or from receiving such investments in connection with the
bankruptcy or reorganization of their respective suppliers or
customers or the settlement of disputes with such customers or
suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business, as management
deems reasonable in the circumstances);
(f) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may make travel
and entertainment advances and relocation and other loans to officers
and employees of the Company or any such Subsidiary, provided that the
aggregate principal amount of all such loans and advances outstanding
at any one time, together with the guarantees of such loans and
advances made pursuant to subsection 8.3(e), shall not exceed
$2,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(g) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make expenditures to
acquire all or a portion of the Capital Stock or assets of any Person,
provided that such expenditures are not prohibited by subsection 8.7
and the provisions of subsection 8.6(b)(ii) are satisfied; and
(h) acquisitions of companies engaged primarily in businesses
similar to the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries
are engaged ("Section 8.6 Acquisitions") to the extent that the amount
expended to make such Acquisitions constitutes Capital Expenditures
permitted pursuant to subsection 8.7(b).
8.7 Capital Expenditures. Make or commit to make any Capital
Expenditures, except that the Company and its Subsidiaries may make or commit
to make:
(a) Capital Expenditures not exceeding the amount set forth
below (the "Base Amount") for each of the fiscal years of the Company
(or other period) set forth below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Fiscal Year
or Period Base Amount
---------- -----------
<S> <C>
1996 106,000,000
1997 130,000,000
1998 135,000,000
1999 150,000,000
2000 175,000,000
2001 200,000,000
2002 225,000,000
</TABLE>
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provided, however, that for any fiscal year commencing with the 1996
fiscal year of the Company, the Base Amount set forth above may be
increased by a maximum of $20,000,000 for any such fiscal year by
carrying over to any such fiscal year any portion of the Base Amount
(as increased) not spent in the immediately preceding fiscal year; and
(b) additional Capital Expenditures in respect of (i) Section
8.6 Acquisitions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $60,000,000 (the
"Acquisition Base Amount") and (ii) the Vibroplant Acquisition;
provided that the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures permitted
to be made pursuant to this subsection 8.7(b) may be increased from
time to time by a maximum of $10,000,000 in the aggregate by applying
a portion of the Base Amount for the respective fiscal year equal to
such increase to such Section 8.6 Acquisitions (such application of
the Base Amount for any such year not being considered a usage of the
Acquisition Base Amount).
8.8 Consolidated EBITDA. At the last day of any fiscal
quarter set forth below, commencing with the first full fiscal quarter of the
1995 fiscal year of the company beginning on or after the Closing Date, permit
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters ending on such day
(or, if shorter, the period commencing on the first day of the first fiscal
quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date and ending on such day) to be
less than the amount set forth opposite such fiscal quarter below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Fiscal Year Fiscal Quarter Amount
----------- -------------- ------
<S> <C> <C>
1996 First 60,000,000
Second 66,000,000
Third 74,000,000
Fourth 81,000,000
1997 First 85,000,000
Second 91,000,000
Third 97,000,000
Fourth 103,000,000
1998 First 103,000,000
Second 106,000,000
Third 111,000,000
Fourth 116,000,000
1999 First 116,000,000
Second 120,000,000
Third 123,000,000
Fourth 130,000,000
2000 First 130,000,000
Second 133,000,000
Third 138,000,000
Fourth 142,000,000
2001 First 142,000,000
Second 142,000,000
Third 142,000,000
Fourth 142,000,000
</TABLE>
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2002 First 142,000,000
Second 142,000,000
Third 142,000,000
8.9 Debt Coverage Ratio. At the last day of any fiscal
quarter set forth below, commencing with the fourth fiscal quarter of the 1995
fiscal year of the Company, permit the Debt Coverage Ratio for the period of
four fiscal quarters ending on such day to be greater than the ratio set forth
below for such fiscal quarter:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Fiscal Year Fiscal Quarter Ratio
----------- -------------- -----
<S> <C> <C>
1996 Second 5.20 to 1
Third 5.10 to 1
Fourth 5.00 to 1
1997 First 5.00 to 1
Second 4.90 to 1
Third 4.70 to 1
Fourth 4.50 to 1
1998 First 4.50 to 1
Second 4.40 to 1
Third 4.20 to 1
Fourth 4.00 to 1
1999 First 4.00 to 1
Second 3.95 to 1
Third 3.85 to 1
Fourth 3.75 to 1
2000 First 3.75 to 1
Second 3.70 to 1
Third 3.60 to 1
Fourth 3.50 to 1
2001 First 3.50 to 1
Second 3.50 to 1
Third 3.50 to 1
Fourth 3.50 to 1
2002 First 3.50 to 1
Second 3.50 to 1
Third 3.50 to 1
</TABLE>
8.10 Interest Coverage. At the last day of any fiscal
quarter set forth below, permit the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than the
ratio set forth below for such fiscal quarter:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Interest
Coverage
Fiscal Year Fiscal Quarter Ratio
----------- -------------- -----
<S> <C> <C>
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
1996 Second 2.00 to 1
Third 2.00 to 1
Fourth 2.05 to 1
1997 First 2.05 to 1
Second 2.05 to 1
Third 2.10 to 1
Fourth 2.10 to 1
1998 First 2.20 to 1
Second 2.20 to 1
Third 2.25 to 1
Fourth 2.30 to 1
1999 First 2.30 to 1
Second 2.30 to 1
Third 2.40 to 1
Fourth 2.50 to 1
2000 First 2.50 to 1
Second 2.50 to 1
Third 2.60 to 1
Fourth 2.70 to 1
2001 First 2.70 to 1
Second 2.70 to 1
Third 2.70 to 1
Fourth 2.70 to 1
2002 First 2.70 to 1
Second 2.70 to 1
Third 2.70 to 1
</TABLE>
8.11 Limitation on Dividends. Declare any dividends on any
shares of any class of stock, or make any payment on account of, or set apart
assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption,
retirement or other acquisition of any shares of any class of stock, or any
warrants or options to purchase such stock, whether now or hereafter
outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly
or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; except that:
(a) Subsidiaries may pay dividends to the Company or to
Subsidiaries which are directly or indirectly wholly owned by the
Company;
(b) the Company may pay or make dividends or distributions to
any holder of its capital stock in the form of additional shares of
Capital Stock of the same class and type, provided such shares of
Capital Stock are pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Lenders; and
(c) the Company may pay dividends or make other
distributions:
(i) to Holdings in amounts equal to amounts
required for Holdings to pay franchise taxes and other fees
required to maintain its corporate
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existence and provide for other operating costs in the
ordinary course of business;
(ii) to Holdings in amounts equal to amounts
required for Holdings to pay Federal, state and local income
taxes to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the
income of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(iii) to Holdings in amounts equal to amounts
expended by Holdings to repurchase Capital Stock of Holdings
owned by former employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries
or their assigns, estates and heirs, provided that the
aggregate amount paid, loaned or advanced to Holdings pursuant
to this clause (iii) shall not, in the aggregate, exceed the
sum of $4,000,000 plus any amounts contributed by Holdings to
the Company as a result of resales of such repurchased shares
of Capital Stock;
(iv) so long as, after giving effect thereto, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Company may pay cash dividends to Holdings, provided that,
after giving effect to such cash dividends, the aggregate
amount of payments by the Company of cash dividends pursuant
to this clause (iv) in respect of its common stock made on and
after the Effective Date shall not exceed 25% of consolidated
net income of the Company for the period commencing with the
fiscal quarter commencing immediately prior to the Effective
Date through the fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to
the date of proposed payment of such dividend, but in no event
more than $3,000,000 in any fiscal year pursuant to this
clause (iv).
8.12 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any
transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate except
for transactions which are otherwise permitted under this Agreement and which
are in the ordinary course of the Company's or a Subsidiary's business and
which are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or
such Subsidiary than it would obtain in a hypothetical comparable arm's length
transaction with a Person not an Affiliate; provided, however, that nothing in
this subsection 8.12 shall prohibit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from
engaging in the following transactions: (x) the performance of the Company's
or such Subsidiary's obligations under any employment contract, collective
bargaining agreement, employee benefit plan, related trust agreement or any
other similar arrangement heretofore or hereafter entered into in the ordinary
course, (y) payment of compensation to employees, officers, directors or
consultants in the ordinary course of business and (z) maintenance of benefit
programs or arrangements for employees, officers or directors, including,
without limitation, vacation plans, health and life insurance plans, deferred
compensation plans, and retirement or savings plans and similar plans.
8.13 Prepayments and Amendments of Subordinated Debt and
Equity. (a) Optionally prepay, retire, redeem, purchase, defease or exchange,
or make any mandatory prepayment of the Subordinated Debt or pay any interest
on the Subordinated Debt in cash if such interest may be paid by the issuance
of additional Subordinated Debt or (b) amend, supplement or otherwise modify
any documentation governing any Subordinated Debt (other
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than (I) amendments to such Subordinated Debt which reduce the interest rate or
extend the maturity thereof, (II) waivers of compliance by the Company with any
of the terms or conditions of such Subordinated Debt (except those which by
their terms run to the benefit of the Lenders) and (III) any amendment,
supplement or modification described in clause (i) of Section 9(k)).
8.14 Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Year. Permit the fiscal
year of the Company to end on a day other than December 31.
8.15 Limitation on Lines of Business. Enter into any
business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for those
businesses in which the Company is engaged on the date of this Agreement or
which are directly related thereto.
SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any of the
following events:
(a) The Company shall fail (i) to pay any principal of any
Note when due in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to
reimburse the Issuing Lender in accordance with subsection 3.8 or (ii)
pay any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder
within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes due
in accordance with the terms thereof or hereof; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any
Credit Party in any Credit Document shall prove to have been incorrect
in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or
(c) The Company shall default in the observance or
performance of any agreement contained in subsection 7.7(a), 7.9 or
Section 8 of this Agreement or Holdings shall default in the
observance or performance of any agreement contained in Section 5 of
the Holdings Pledge Agreement or the Company shall default in the
observance or performance of any agreement contained in subsections
3(a), (h) through (k) and (o) of the Company Security Agreement or
Holdings shall default in the observance or performance of any
agreement contained in Section 10 of the Holdings Guarantee, or, with
respect to any Subsidiary which becomes a Credit Party after the
Closing Date, the Company or such Subsidiary shall default in the
observance or performance of the corresponding provisions of the
pledge agreement, guarantee and security agreement to which it is a
party; or
(d) Any Credit Party shall default in the observance or
performance of any other agreement contained in any Credit Document
and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days; or
(e) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) default
in any payment of principal of or interest on or other amounts in
respect of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans, the L/C Obligations
and any inter-company debt) or Interest Rate
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Agreement or in the payment of any Contingent Obligation, beyond the
period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under
which such Indebtedness, Interest Rate Agreement or Contingent
Obligation was created; or (ii) default in the observance or
performance of 79 any other agreement or condition relating to any
such Indebtedness, Interest Rate Agreement or Contingent Obligation 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 Indebtedness or beneficiary
or beneficiaries of such Contingent Obligation (or a trustee or agent
on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries)
to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity, any applicable grace period
having expired, or such Contingent Obligation to become payable, any
applicable grace period having expired; in each case, provided that
the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness, Interest Rate
Agreements and Contingent Obligations under which a payment default
exists as in (a) above or which would then become due or payable
equals or exceeds $5,000,000; or
(f) (i) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Holdings
shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any
existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign,
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of
debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to
it, or seeking to adjudicate it as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation,
dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its
debts or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or
other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of
its assets, or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Holdings
shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
(ii) there shall be commenced against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Holdings any case, proceeding or other action of a
nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry
of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B)
remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days;
or (iii) there shall be commenced against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Holdings any case, proceeding or other action seeking
issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar
process against all or any substantial part of its assets which
results in the entry of an order for any such relief which shall not
have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal
within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or Holdings shall take any action in furtherance of,
or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of
the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Holdings shall generally not, or
shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay
its debts as they become due; or
(g) (i) Any Person shall engage in any "prohibited
transaction" (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code) involving any Plan which is not otherwise exempted, (ii) any
"accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA),
whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan, (iii) a
Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall
commence to have
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a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or
to terminate, any Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of
proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion
of the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such
Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan
shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) the Company or
any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of
the Required Lenders is likely to, incur any material liability in
connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization
of, a Multiemployer Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v)
above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or
conditions relating to a Plan, if any, would be reasonably likely to
subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any tax, penalty or
other liabilities in the aggregate material in relation to the
business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(h) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a
liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance) of $5,000,000 or
more and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated,
discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within the time required
by the terms of such judgment; or
(i) Any Credit Document shall cease, for any reason, to be in
full force and effect or any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries
shall so assert in writing, or any Pledge Agreement, Security
Agreement or any Mortgage recorded in accordance with subsection 7.9
shall cease to be effective to grant a perfected Lien on the
collateral described therein with the priority purported to be created
thereby (other than as a result of any action or inaction on the part
of the Collateral Agent or the Lenders), subject to such exceptions as
may be permitted therein, and in the case of any Security Agreement or
the Mortgages such condition shall continue unremedied for 30 days
after notice thereof to the Company by the Collateral Agent or any
Lender; or
(j) There shall have occurred a Change of Control; or
(k) (i) There shall have occurred any amendment, supplement
or other modification of the Subordinated Debt or the documents
governing such Subordinated Debt, which in any such case shall not
have been consented to in advance in writing by the Collateral Agent
and the Required Lenders, except (A) as otherwise expressly permitted
by subsection 8.13 or (B) to the extent such amendment, supplement or
modification gives effect to any retirement or redemption of
Subordinated Debt expressly permitted by this Agreement or (ii) the
subordination provisions of any document governing any Subordinated
Debt shall cease, for any reason, to be valid or any Credit Party or
any of its Subsidiaries shall so assert in writing;
then, and in any such event, (a) if such event is an Event of Default specified
in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Company,
automatically (i) the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans
hereunder (with accrued interest
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thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Notes shall
immediately become due and payable, and (ii) all obligations of the Company in
respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, shall
become immediately due and payable and the Issuing Lender's obligations to
issue the Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate and (b) if such event
is any other Event of Default, so long as any such Event of Default shall be
continuing, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the
consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the
request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to
the Company, declare the Commitments and the Issuing Lender's obligations to
issue the Letters of Credit to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the
Commitments and such obligations shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the
consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the
request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice of
default to the Company, (A) declare all or a portion of the Loans hereunder
(with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this
Agreement and the Notes to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same
shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) declare all or a portion of
the obligations of the Company in respect of the Letters of Credit, although
contingent and unmatured, to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same
shall immediately become due and payable and/or demand that the Company
discharge any or all of the obligations supported by the Letters of Credit by
paying or prepaying any amount due or to become due in respect of such
obligations. All payments under this Section 9 on account of undrawn Letters
of Credit shall be made by the Company directly to a cash collateral account
established by the Administrative Agent for such purpose for application to the
Company's reimbursement obligations under subsection 3.8 as drafts are
presented under the Letters of Credit, with the balance, if any, to be applied
to the Company's obligations under this Agreement and the Notes as the
Administrative Agent shall determine with the approval of the Required Lenders.
Except as expressly provided above in this Section 9, presentment, demand,
protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.
SECTION 10. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT; THE COLLATERAL
AGENT; THE ISSUING LENDER
10.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates
and appoints Chase as the Administrative Agent and CIT as the Collateral Agent
under this Agreement and irrevocably authorizes Chase as Administrative Agent
and CIT as Collateral Agent for such Lender, to take such action on its behalf
under the provisions of the Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and
perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent or
the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms of the Credit Documents,
together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement,
neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duties
or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary
relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the
Credit Documents or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent.
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10.2 Delegation of Duties. Each of the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and
each of the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact
and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to
such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall
be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care, except as otherwise
provided in subsection 10.3.
10.3 Exculpatory Provisions. None of the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or any of their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (i) liable for any
action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in
connection with the Credit Documents (except for its or such Person's own gross
negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of
the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by
any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in the Credit Documents or in
any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided
for in, or received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under
or in connection with the Credit Documents or for the value, validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Credit
Documents or for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations
thereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be
under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the
observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, any Credit Document or to inspect the properties, books or records of any
Credit Party.
10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any Note, the writings
maintained in the Register, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate,
affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message,
statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine
and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or
Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without
limitation, counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other experts
selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. Each of the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may deem and treat the payee of
any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of
assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any
action under any Credit Document unless it shall first receive 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 be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any
and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking
or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in
refraining from acting, under any Credit Document in accordance with a request
of the Required Lenders (or, where a higher percentage of the Lenders is
expressly required hereunder, such Lenders), and such request and any action
taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders
and all future holders of the Notes.
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10.5 Notice of Default. Neither the Administrative Agent nor
the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, has received
written notice from a Lender or the Company 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 or the
Collateral Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly give notice thereof to the
Lenders. The Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be,
shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as
shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided that unless and
until the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall have received such
directions, each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral 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.
10.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that none of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any
representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or any such Person hereinafter taken, including any
review of the affairs of the Credit Parties, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent
to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral 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, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings, the Company and
its Subsidiaries and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and
enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral 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 under
the Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be
furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent
hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have
any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other
information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other
condition or creditworthiness of the Credit Parties which may come into the
possession of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
Affiliates.
10.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each of
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in its capacity as such (to
the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the
obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to the respective
amounts of their respective Commitments (or, to the extent such Commitments
have been terminated, according to the respective
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outstanding principal amounts of the Loans and the L/C Obligations and the
respective obligations, whether as Issuing Lender or a Participating Lender,
under the Letter of Credit), from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time
(including without limitation at any time following the payment of the Notes)
be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Credit Documents
or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions
contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent
or the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing;
provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent
or the Collateral Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
agreements in this subsection 10.7 shall survive the payment of the Notes and
all other amounts payable hereunder.
10.8 The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in
their Individual Capacities. Each of the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent and their respective Affiliates may make loans to, accept
deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the
Company and its Subsidiaries as though the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent were not the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as
the case may be, hereunder. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it
and any Note issued to it, each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent shall have the same rights and powers, duties and liabilities under the
Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, and the
terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent in their individual capacities.
10.9 Successor Agent. Each of the Administrative Agent and
the Collateral Agent may resign as Administrative Agent or the Collateral
Agent, as the case may be, upon 30 days' notice to the Lenders. If the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall resign as Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent under the Credit Documents, then the Required Lenders
shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders which
successor agent shall, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, be approved by the Company, which shall not unreasonably withhold
its approval, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights,
powers and duties of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the
case may be, and the term "Administrative Agent" or the term "Collateral
Agent", as the case may be, shall mean such successor agent effective upon its
appointment, and the former Administrative Agent's or Collateral Agent's
rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the
case may be, shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on
the part of such former Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case
may be, or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Notes.
After any retiring Administrative Agent's or Collateral Agent's resignation
hereunder as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, the
provisions of this Section 10 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, under the Credit Documents.
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10.10 Issuing Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit. Each
Lender which is a holder of a Revolving Credit Commitment (collectively
"Revolving Credit Lenders") hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this
Section 10 shall apply to the Issuing Lender, in its capacity as issuer of the
Letters of Credit, in the same manner as such provisions are expressly stated
to apply to the Administrative Agent, except that obligations to indemnify the
Issuing Lender shall be ratable among the Revolving Credit Lenders in
accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if the
Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the outstanding principal
amount of their respective Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations and their
respective participating interests in the outstanding Letters of Credit).
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise expressly
set forth in this Agreement, no Credit Document nor any terms thereof may be
amended, supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the
provisions of this subsection 11.1. With the written consent of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the respective
Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries may, from time to time, enter into written
amendments, supplements or modifications hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to any Credit Document to which they are parties or changing in any
manner the rights of the Lenders or of any such Credit Party or its
Subsidiaries thereunder or waiving, on such terms and conditions as the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may specify
in such instrument, any of the requirements of any such Credit Document or any
Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that:
(a) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or
modification shall release collateral not required or permitted by any
Credit Document to be released and which, in the aggregate with all
other collateral released pursuant to this clause (a) (other than
collateral released pursuant to the proviso to this clause (a)) during
the calendar year in which such proposed release would be effected and
the immediately preceding calendar year, has fair market value on the
proposed date of release in excess of 20% of the fair market value of
all collateral on such date without the written consent of the
Supermajority Lenders; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
this clause (a) shall not be applicable to and no consent shall be
required for (i) releases of collateral in connection with any Asset
Sales permitted by subsection 8.5 as in effect on the Closing Date or
(ii) releases of collateral in accordance with subsection 11.11;
(b) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or
modification shall extend the final maturity date of any Note or the
scheduled payment date of any installment of any Loan, or reduce the
rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or change the
method of calculating interest thereon, or reduce any fee payable to
the Lenders hereunder, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or
change the amount of any Lender's Commitment or Commitment Percentage,
or amend, modify or waive any provision of subsection 4.9(b) or this
subsection 11.1 or reduce the percentage specified in the definition
of Required Lenders or reduce the
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percentage specified in the definition of Supermajority Lenders or
reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Section 4.4
Lenders or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party
of any of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document, in
each case, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby;
(c) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or
modification affecting the then Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent
or Issuing Lender shall amend, modify or waive any provision of
Section 10 without the written consent of such Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent or Issuing Lender;
(d) without the consent of the Lenders which are holders of
the Revolving Credit Loans only, the Lenders which are holders of all
the Term Loans may amend this Agreement and the Term Loan Notes to
extend the maturities of the installments of the Term Loans; and
without the consent of the Lenders which are holders of the Term
Loans, all the Revolving Credit Lenders may amend this Agreement and
the Revolving Credit Notes to extend the Revolving Credit Termination
Date; and
(e) no such waiver, and no such amendment, supplement or
modification shall amend, modify or waive (i) the Section 4.4 Lenders'
ability to act pursuant to subsection 4.4(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) without
the written consent of the Section 4.4 Lenders or (ii) the order of
application of prepayments specified in subsection 4.4(a) or
4.4(b)(iv) without the written consent of the holders of at least 80%
of the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term
Loans, if any, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments or, if the
Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans (the Term Loans and the
Revolving Credit Commitments of any Non-Funding Lender to be
disregarded in determining such percentage at any time).
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification described in
this subsection 11.1 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be
binding upon each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and Issuing Lender and all future
holders of the Notes and the Loans. Any extension of a Letter of Credit by the
Issuing Lender shall be treated hereunder as a new Letter of Credit. In the
case of any waiver, the Credit Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent and Issuing Lender shall be restored to their former
position and rights hereunder and under the outstanding Notes, and any Default
or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of
Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
11.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon
the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by
telecopy or telex, if one is listed), and, unless otherwise expressly provided
herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand,
or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or,
in the case of telecopy notice, when sent, confirmation of receipt received,
or, in the case of telex notice, when sent, answerback received, addressed as
follows in the case of the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and as
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set forth in Schedule I-B in the case of any Lender, or to such other address
as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future
holders of the Notes:
The Company: Primeco Inc.
16225 Park Ten Place, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77084
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopy: (713) 647-5135
With a copy to: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Attention: Charles K. Marquis, Esq.
Telex: 177920 GIBTRASK NYK
Telecopy: (212) 949-7606
The Administrative Agent: The Chase Manhattan Bank
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention: William J. Caggiano
Telecopy: (212) 270-1063
With a copy to: Chase Agency Services Group
140 East 45th Street, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Janet M. Belden
Telecopy: (212) 622-0002
The Collateral Agent: The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc.
1211 Avenue of the Americas - 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Edward Jesser
Telecopy: (212) 536-1295
provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders pursuant to subsections 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 shall
not be effective until received and provided that the failure to provide the
copies of notices to the Company provided for in this subsection 11.2 shall not
result in any liability to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent.
11.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise
and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power
or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by law.
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11.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All
representations and warranties made hereunder and in any document, certificate
or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Letters of Credit and the
Notes.
11.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Company agrees (a)
to pay or reimburse each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment,
supplement or modification to, the Credit Documents and any other documents
prepared in connection herewith, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable
fees and disbursements of one counsel to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender, the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent for all their costs and expenses incurred in
connection with, and to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and each Lender harmless from and against any and all other
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
arising out of or in connection with, the enforcement or preservation of any
rights under any Credit Document and any such other documents, including,
without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender incurred in
connection with the foregoing and in connection with advising the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent with respect to its rights and
responsibilities under this Agreement and the documentation relating thereto,
(c) to pay, indemnify, and to hold the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and each Lender harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and
any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying,
stamp, excise and other similar taxes (other than withholding taxes), if any,
which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the
execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver
or consent under or in respect of, any Credit Document and any such other
documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and each Lender and their respective Affiliates, officers and
directors harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation,
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) which may be incurred by or
asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders
or such Affiliates, officers or directors (x) arising out of or in connection
with any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement, the
other Credit Documents, the proceeds of the Loans or the Subordinated Debt and
the transactions contemplated by or in respect of such use of proceeds, or any
of the other transactions contemplated hereby, whether or not the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any of the Lenders or such
Affiliates, officers or directors is a party thereto, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the violation of, noncompliance
with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the facilities and properties
owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (y)
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by reason of or in connection
with the execution and delivery or transfer of, or payment or failure to make
payments under, Letters of Credit (it being agreed that nothing in this
subsection 11.5(d)(y) is intended to limit the Company's obligations pursuant
to
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subsection 3.8) (all the foregoing, collectively, the "indemnified
liabilities"), provided that the Company shall have no obligation hereunder
with respect to indemnified liabilities of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, officers
and directors arising from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender or their respective
directors or officers or (ii) legal proceedings commenced against the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or a Lender by any security holder
or creditor thereof arising out of and based upon rights afforded any such
security holder or creditor solely in its capacity as such or (iii) legal
proceedings commenced against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or
any such Lender by any Transferee (as defined in subsection 11.6). The
agreements in this subsection 11.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder.
11.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, all
future holders of the Notes and the Loans, and their respective successors and
assigns, except that the Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights
or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each
Lender.
(b) Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its commercial
banking or lending business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time
sell to one or more banks or other entities ("Participants") participating
interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any participating interest in the
Letters of Credit of such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment
of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder. In the event of
any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such
Lender's obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible
for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such
Note for all purposes under this Agreement and Holdings, the Company, the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement. The Company agrees that if amounts
outstanding under this Agreement and the Notes are due and unpaid, or shall
have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of
setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this
Agreement and any Note to the same extent as if the amount of its participating
interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement or any
Note; provided, that such right of setoff shall be subject to the obligation of
such Participant to share with the Lenders, and the Lenders agree to share with
such Participant, as provided in subsection 11.7. The Company also agrees that
each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of subsections 3.10, 4.11
and 4.12 with respect to its participation in the Letters of Credit and in the
Commitments and the Loans outstanding from time to time as if it were a Lender;
provided, that no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount
pursuant to any such subsection than the transferor Lender would have been
entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred
by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no such transfer occurred.
Each Lender agrees that the participation agreement pursuant to which any
Participant acquires its participating interest (or any other document) may
afford voting rights to such
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Participant, or any right to instruct such Lender with respect to voting
hereunder, only with respect to matters requiring the consent of either all of
the Lenders hereunder or all of the Lenders holding the relevant Term Loans or
Revolving Credit Commitments subject to such participation.
(c) Subject to paragraph (g) of this subsection 11.6, any
Lender may, in the ordinary course of its commercial banking or lending
business and in accordance with applicable law, (i) at any time and from time
to time assign all or any part of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the Notes to any Lender or any Affiliate thereof, provided that,
in the event of a sale of less than all of such rights and obligations, such
assigning Lender after any such sale to any other Lender or any Affiliate of
such Lender shall retain Commitments and/or Loans and/or L/C Participating
Interests aggregating at least $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as the
Administrative Agent may determine), and, (ii) with the consent of the Company
and the Administrative Agent (which in each case shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) at any time and from time to time assign to one or more
additional banks, mutual funds or financial institutions or entities (each, an
"Assignee"), all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
and the Notes, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, executed by such
Assignee, such transferor Lender (and, in the case of an Assignee that is not
then a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, by the Company and the Administrative
Agent), and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and
recording in the Register (as defined below); provided that (A) each such sale
pursuant to clause (ii) of this subsection 11.6(c) shall be in a principal
amount of $5,000,000 or more unless the Assigning Lender is transferring all of
its rights and obligations and (B) in the event of a sale of less than all of
such rights and obligations, such Lender after any such sale shall retain
Commitments and/or Loans and/or L/C Participating Interests aggregating at
least $5,000,000. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording,
from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and
Acceptance, (x) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender hereunder with a Commitment as set forth therein, and
(y) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest
transferred, as reflected in such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from
its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of a Assignment and
Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of a transferor Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement, such transferor Lender shall cease
to be a party hereto).
(d) The Administrative Agent, which for purposes of this
subsection 11.6(d) only shall be deemed the agent of the Company, shall
maintain at the address of the Administrative Agent referred to in subsection
11.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register
(the "Register") for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders
and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each
Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in
the absence of manifest error, and the Company, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register as the owner of a Loan or other obligation hereunder as the
owner thereof for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. Any assignment of any Loan or
other obligation hereunder shall be effective only upon appropriate entries
with respect thereto being made in the Register. The Register shall be
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available for inspection by the Company or any Lender at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed
by an assigning Lender and an Assignee (and, in the case of an Assignee that is
not then a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, by the Company, the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent), together with payment to the Administrative
Agent of a registration and processing fee of $4,000 if the Assignee is not a
Lender prior to the execution of such supplement and $1,000 otherwise, the
Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance
and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto record the
information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such
acceptance and recordation to the Lenders, the Collateral Agent and the
Company. On or prior to such effective date, the Company at its own expense,
shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (in exchange for any or
all of the Term Loan Note, or Revolving Credit Notes of the assigning Lender,
if any ) new Term Loan Note, or Revolving Credit Notes, as the case may be, to
the order of such Assignee (if requested by such Assignee) in an amount equal
to the Revolving Credit Commitment or the Term Loans, as the case may be,
assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning
Lender has retained a Commitment or any Term Loans hereunder, new Term Loan
Note, or Revolving Credit Notes, as the case may be, to the order of the
assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Commitment or such Term Loans, as
the case may be, retained by it hereunder (if requested). Such new Notes shall
be dated the Effective Date and shall otherwise be in the form of the Notes
replaced thereby.
(f) The Lenders agree that they will use reasonable efforts
to protect the confidentiality of any confidential information concerning
Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or
Assignee (each, a "Transferee") and any prospective Transferee any and all
financial information in such Lender's possession concerning Holdings, the
Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates which has been delivered to such
Lender by or on behalf of Holdings or the Company pursuant to this Agreement or
which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of Holdings, or the
Company in connection with such Lender's credit evaluation of Holdings, the
Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this
Agreement; provided that each Lender shall cause its respective prospective
Transferee to agree in writing to protect the confidentiality of any
confidential information concerning Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries
and Affiliates.
(g) If, pursuant to this subsection 11.6, any interest in
this Agreement or any Note is transferred to any Transferee which is organized
under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or any State
thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with
the effectiveness of such transfer either (1) in the case of a Transferee that
is a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (i) to
represent to the transferor Lender (for the benefit of the transferor Lender,
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Company) that under
applicable law and treaties no taxes will be required to be withheld by the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company or the transferor
Lender with respect to any payments to be made to such Transferee in respect of
the Loans or L/C Participating Interests, (ii) to furnish to the
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transferor Lender (and, in the case of any Transferee registered in the
Register, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Company)
either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 4224 or U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Form 1001 (wherein such Transferee claims entitlement to complete exemption
from U.S. federal withholding tax on
all interest payments hereunder) and (iii) to agree (for the benefit of the
transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Company) to provide the transferor Lender (and, in the case of any Transferee
registered in the Register, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
the Company) a new Form 4224 or Form 1001 upon the expiration or obsolescence
of any previously delivered form and comparable statements in accordance with
applicable U.S. laws and regulations and amendments duly executed and
completed by such Transferee, and to comply from time to time with all
applicable U.S. laws and regulations with regard to such withholding tax
exemption or (2) in the case of any Transferee that is not a "bank" within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (i) to represent to the transferor
Lender (for the benefit of the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Company) that it is not a "bank" within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (ii) to furnish to the transferor Lender
(and, in the case of any Transferee registered in the Register, to the
Company), with a copy to the Administrative Agent, (A) a Subsection 4.11(d)(2)
Certificate and (B) two (2) accurate and complete original signed copies of
Internal Revenue Service form W-8, certifying to such Transferee's legal
entitlement on the date of the effectiveness of such transfer to an exemption
from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section 881(c) of the Code
with respect to all payments to be made under this Agreement, and (iii) to
agree (for the benefit of the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Company), to the extent legally entitled to do so,
upon reasonable request by the transferor Lender (or, in the case of any
Transferee registered in the Register, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or the Company), to provide to the transferor Lender, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Company such other forms as may be required
in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Transferee to an exemption
from withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement.
(h) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement
acknowledge that the provisions of this subsection concerning assignments of
Loans and Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do
not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including, without
limitation, any pledge or assignment by a Lender of any Loan or Note to any
Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with applicable law.
11.7 Adjustments; Set-off. (a) If any Lender (a "benefitted
Lender") shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of any of its
Loans or L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or interest thereon,
or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or
involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature
referred to in clause (f) of Section 9, or otherwise) in a greater proportion
than any such payment to and collateral received by any other Lender, if any,
in respect of such other Lender's Loans or L/C Participating Interests, as the
case may be, or interest thereon, such benefitted Lender shall purchase for
cash from the other Lenders such portion of each such other Lender's Loans or
L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or shall provide such other
Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as
shall be necessary to cause such benefitted Lender to share the excess payment
or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders;
provided, however, that if all
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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 Company agrees that each Lender so purchasing a portion of
another Lender's Loans and/or L/C Participating Interests 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. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Company notice
of any set-off, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect
the validity of such set-off.
(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders
provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the
Company, any such notice being expressly waived by the Company to the extent
permitted by applicable law, upon the filing of a petition under any of the
provisions of the federal bankruptcy code or amendments thereto, by or against;
the making of an assignment for the benefit of creditors by; the application
for the appointment, or the appointment, of any receiver of, or of any
substantial portion of the property of; the issuance of any execution against
any substantial portion of the property of; the issuance of a subpoena or
order, in supplementary proceedings, against or with respect to any substantial
portion of the property of; or the issuance of a warrant of attachment against
any substantial portion of the property of; the Company to set-off and apply
against any indebtedness, whether matured or unmatured, of the Company to such
Lender, any amount owing from such Lender to the Company, at or at any time
after, the happening of any of the above mentioned events, and as security for
such indebtedness, the Company hereby grants to each Lender a continuing
security interest in any and all deposits, accounts or moneys of the Company
then or thereafter maintained with such Lender, subject in each case to
subsection 11.7(a) of this Agreement. The aforesaid right of set-off may be
exercised by such Lender against the Company or against any trustee in
bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
receiver or execution, judgment or attachment creditor of the Company, or
against anyone else claiming through or against the Company or such trustee in
bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
receiver, or execution, judgment or attachment creditor, notwithstanding the
fact that such right of set-off shall not have been exercised by such Lender
prior to the making, filing or issuance, or service upon such Lender of, or of
notice of, any such petition; assignment for the benefit of creditors;
appointment or application for the appointment of a receiver; or issuance of
execution, subpoena, order or warrant. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify
the Company and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application
made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect the validity of such set-off and application.
11.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or
more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts
and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one
and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all
the parties shall be lodged with the Company and the Administrative Agent.
This Agreement shall become effective with respect to the Company, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders when the
Administrative Agent shall have received copies of this Agreement executed by
the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, or, in the case of any
Lender, shall have received telephonic confirmation from such Lender stating
that such Lender has
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executed counterparts of this Agreement or the signature pages hereto and sent
the same to the Administrative Agent.
11.9 Governing Law; No Third Party Rights. This Agreement
and the Notes and the rights and obligations of the parties under this
Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in
accordance with, the law of the State of New York. This Agreement is solely
for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns, and, except as set forth in subsection 11.6, no other Persons shall
have any right, benefit, priority or interest under, or because of the
existence of, this Agreement.
11.10 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. (a) Each party
to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(i) submits for itself and its property in any legal
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment
in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the
courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of
America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts
from any thereof;
(ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be
brought in such courts, and waives any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any
such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or
proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or
certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage
prepaid, to such party at its address set forth in subsection 11.2 or
at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have
been notified pursuant thereto; and
(iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to
effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or
shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction.
(b) Each party hereto unconditionally waives trial by jury in
any legal action or proceeding referred to in paragraph (a) above and any
counterclaim therein.
11.11 Releases. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the Lenders agree to cooperate with the Company and its Subsidiaries
with respect to any sale or other disposition permitted by subsection 8.5 and
promptly take such action and execute and deliver such instruments and
documents necessary to release the liens and security interests created by the
Security Documents relating to any of the assets or property affected by any
such sale permitted by subsection 8.5 including, without limitation, any
necessary release or satisfaction of a Mortgage in properly recordable form and
any Uniform Commercial Code amendment, release or termination or partial
release or termination statements.
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11.12 Interest. Each provision in this Agreement and each
other Credit Document is expressly limited so that in no event whatsoever shall
the amount paid, or otherwise agreed to be paid, by the Company for the use,
forbearance or detention of the money to be loaned under this Agreement or any
other Credit Document or otherwise (including any sums paid as required by any
covenant or obligation contained herein or in any other Credit Document which
is for the use, forbearance or detention of such money), exceed that amount of
money which would cause the effective rate of interest to exceed the highest
lawful rate permitted by applicable law (the "Highest Lawful Rate"), and all
amounts owed under this Agreement and each other Credit Document shall be held
to be subject to reduction to the effect that such amounts so paid or agreed to
be paid which are for the use, forbearance or detention of money under this
Agreement or such Credit Document shall in no event exceed that amount of money
which would cause the effective rate of interest to exceed the Highest Lawful
Rate. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other Credit
Document to the contrary, if the maturity of the Loans or the obligations in
respect of the other Credit Documents are accelerated for any reason, or in the
event of any prepayment of all or any portion of the Loans or the obligations
in respect of the other Credit Documents by the Company or in any other event,
earned interest on the Loans and such other obligations of the Company may
never exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, and any unearned interest otherwise
payable on the Loans or the obligations in respect of the other Credit
Documents that is in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate shall be cancelled
automatically as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment or other such
event and (if theretofore paid) shall, at the option of the holder of the Loans
or such other obligations, be either refunded to the Company or credited on the
principal of the Loans. In determining whether or not the interest paid or
payable, under any specific contingency, exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the
Company and the Lenders shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable
law, amortize, prorate, allocate and spread, in equal parts during the period
of the actual term of this Agreement, all interest at any time contracted for,
charged, received or reserved in connection with this Agreement.
11.13 Special Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision
in this Agreement to the contrary, (A) each Lender, or Transferee of any Lender
pursuant to subsection 11.6(g) of this Agreement, shall indemnify the Company,
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and hold each of them
harmless against any and all payments, expenses or taxes which the Company, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may become subject to or obligated
to pay if and to the extent that, (i) on the Effective Date or the effective
date of transfer, as the case may be, such Lender, or such Transferee of a
Lender pursuant to subsection 11.6(g) of this Agreement, (a) makes the
representation and covenants set forth in subsection 4.11(d)(2) of this
Agreement, or, in the case of a Transferee, pursuant to subsection 11.6(g)(2)
of this Agreement and the Assignment and Acceptance and (b) is not in fact also
qualified to make the representation and covenants set forth in subsection
4.11(d)(1) of this Agreement or, in the case of a Transferee, pursuant to
subsection 11.6(g)(1) of this Agreement and the Assignment and Acceptance and
(ii) as a result of any Change in Law or compliance by such Lender, or
Transferee, with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority the Company, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent are required to make any
additional payments on account of U.S. withholding taxes and amounts related
thereto with respect to any payments under this Agreement, any Note, or a
Eurodollar Loan, made prior to such Change in Law or request
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or directive, none of which payments would have been required if such Lender,
or Transferee, was qualified on the Effective Date or the date of the transfer,
as the case may be, to make the representation and covenants set forth in
subsection 4.11(d)(1) of this Agreement or pursuant to subsection 11.6(g)(1) of
this Agreement and the Assignment and Acceptance, as the case may be, and (B)
each Lender, or Transferee, agrees that to the extent any amount payable by
such Lender or Transferee pursuant to this subsection 11.13 remains unpaid on
any Interest Payment Date or the date on which any prepayment is made, the
Company shall have the right to set-off against any payment due to such Lender
or Transferee on such date any amounts owing to the Company pursuant to this
subsection 11.13.
11.14 Permitted Payments and Transactions. Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company and its
Subsidiaries shall be permitted to pay fees and expenses pursuant to or in
respect of, the following agreements, and, in the case of clauses (c) and (d)
below, to engage in the following transactions: (a) agreements with any Person
or Persons providing for the payment of customary fees in connection with
serving as a director of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (b)
agreements providing for the payment of commercially reasonable fees in
connection with any permitted financing, refinancing, sale, transfer, sale and
leaseback or other permitted disposition of any assets of the Company or its
Subsidiaries; (c) the borrowing of any Indebtedness to the extent, and upon the
terms and conditions, the same is expressly permitted under subsection 8.1; (d)
retiring all of the shares of its preferred stock which were held by Holdings
and contributed to the Company in connection with the IPO; and (e) agreements
providing for commercially reasonable fees in connection with any permitted
purchase or acquisition of stock or assets by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered in New York, New York by their
proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
PRIMECO INC.
By:
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Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as
Administrative Agent,
Issuing Lender and a Lender
By:
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Title:
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.,
as Collateral Agent and a Lender
By:
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Title:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By:
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Title:
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BANQUE PARIBAS
By:
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Title:
By:
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Title:
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA
By:
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Title:
By:
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Title:
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99
FLEET BANK, N.A.
By:
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Title:
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100
THE LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF
JAPAN, LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH
By:
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Title:
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101
BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI TRUST
COMPANY
By:
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Title:
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102
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
By:
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Title:
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103
HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.
By:
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Title:
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104
THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
By:
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Title:
By:
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Title:
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105
MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR FLOATING
RATE FUND, INC.
By:
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Title:
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RESTRUCTURED OBLIGATIONS BACKED
BY SENIOR ASSETS B.V.
By its Managing Director
ABN TRUSTCOMPANY (NEDERLAND)
B.V.
By:
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Title:
By:
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Title:
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VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL
PRIME RATE INCOME TRUST
By:
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Title:
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CRESCENT/MACH I PARTNERS, L.P.
By:TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Its Investment Manager
By:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE I
LIST OF ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES;
COMMITMENT AMOUNTS
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attn: David Mallett
Telecopy: (212) 270-1063
Commitment Amounts:
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Revolving Credit Commitment: $22,500,000
Term Loan Commitment: $44,210,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Revolving Credit 12.85714%
Term Loan 35.79757%
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
130 Liberty Street
New York, New York
Attn: Gina Thompson
Telecopy: (212) 250-7200
Commitment Amount:
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Revolving Credit Commitment: $20,000,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Revolving Credit 11.42857%
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THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.
1211 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Attn: Edward Jesser
Telecopy: (212) 536-1295
Commitment Amount:
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Revolving Credit Commitment: $20,000,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Revolving Credit 11.42857%
BANQUE PARIBAS
787 Seventh Avenue
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attn: Thomas Liu
Telecopy: (212) 841-2363
Commitment Amount:
-----------------
Revolving Credit Commitment: $15,000,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Revolving Credit 8.57143%
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA
Capital Markets Group - Corporate Finance Division
One First Union Center
301 South College Street, TW-18
Charlotte, NC 28288-0737
Attn: Ed Ross
Telecopy: (704) 374-3300
Commitment Amount:
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Revolving Credit Commitment: $15,000,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Revolving Credit 8.57143%
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FLEET BANK, N.A.
56 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10017
Attn: Alexander Sade
Telecopy: (212) 907-5614
Commitment Amount:
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Revolving Credit Commitment: $15,000,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Revolving Credit 8.57143%
THE LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF JAPAN,
LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH
165 Broadway
New York, New York 10006
Attn: Koji Sasayama
Telecopy: (212) 608-2371
Commitment Amount:
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Revolving Credit Commitment: $15,000,000
Commitment Percentage:
---------------------
Revolving Credit 8.57143%
BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10116-3139
Attn: John Skrobe
Telecopy: (212) 782-4981
Commitment Amount:
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Revolving Credit Commitment: $15,000,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Revolving Credit 8.57143%
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
100 Federal Street
Mail Stop 01-08-05
Boston, MA 02110
Attn: Timothy Barnes
Telecopy: (617) 434-4929
Commitment Amount:
-----------------
Revolving Credit Commitment: $12,500,000
Commitment Percentage:
---------------------
Revolving Credit 7.14286%
HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.
101 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10178
Attn: Tara Hopkins
Telecopy: (212) 880-2060
Commitment Amount:
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Revolving Credit Commitment: $12,500,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Revolving Credit 7.14286%
THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
Two Houston Center
Houston, Texas 77010
Attn: Bruce Portillo
Telecopy: (713) 759-1419
Commitment Amount:
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Revolving Credit Commitment: $12,500,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Revolving Credit 7.14286%
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VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL PRIME RATE INCOME TRUST
One Parkview Plaza
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181
Attn: Jeffrey Maillet
Telecopy: (708) 684-6740
Commitment Amount:
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Term Loan Commitment: $29,500,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Term Loan 23.88664%
MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND, INC.
800 Scudders Mill Road
Area 2C
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Attn: Gil Marchand
Telecopy: (609) 282-3348
Commitment Amount:
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Term Loan Commitment: $25,000,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Term Loan 20.24291%
RESTRUCTURED OBLIGATIONS BACKED BY SENIOR ASSETS B.V.
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Corporate Trust Department
Boston, Massachusettes 02110
Attn: Mike Abril
Telecopy: (617) 664-5366
Commitment Amount:
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Term Loan Commitment: $17,290,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Term Loan 14.00000%
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CRESCENT/MACH I PARTNERS, L.P.
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166-0228
Attn: Justin Driscoll
Telecopy: (212) 297-4159
Commitment Amount:
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Term Loan Commitment: $7,500,000
Commitment Percentage:
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Term Loan 6.07287%
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