UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported):
June 21, 2004
(June 7, 2004)
AirNet Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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3939 International Gateway, Columbus, Ohio 43219 |
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(614) 237-9777 |
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Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets .
On June 7, 2004, the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004 (the Amended Credit Agreement), among AirNet Systems, Inc. (the Company), the lenders party thereto and The Huntington National Bank, as LC Issuer, as Swingline Lender and as Administrative Agent, were satisfied. The Amended Credit Agreement serves to amend the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2002 (the Prior Credit Agreement), among the Company, the lenders party thereto and The Huntington National Bank, as Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger. The Prior Credit Agreement provided the Company with a three-year $35 million unsecured revolving credit facility scheduled to expire on September 30, 2005 and a five-year $20 million unsecured term loan.
The Amended Credit Agreement provides the Company with a secured revolving credit facility under which up to $35 million will be available and secured term loans in the aggregate amount of $14 million. The amount available under the Amended Credit Agreement at any particular date is further limited to the aggregate of (i) 80% of the Eligible Accounts Receivable (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of that date, (ii) 50% of the Eligible Inventory (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of that date, and (iii) 70% of the Market Value of Eligible Fixed Assets (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of that date. The revolving credit facility under the Amended Credit Agreement is due to expire on September 30, 2005, while the term loans mature on September 30, 2007. The Amended Credit Agreement is filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.1.
The Amended Credit Agreement bears interest at the Companys option at (a) a fixed rate equal to the Eurodollar Base Rate (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) plus a margin determined by the Companys Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) or (b) a floating rate based on the greater of (i) the sum of the prime rate established by The Huntington National Bank from time to time plus a margin determined by the Companys Leverage Ratio and (ii) the sum of 0.5% plus the federal funds rate in effect from time to time. The term loans require the payment of quarterly installments in the aggregate amount of $1,000,000, commencing on the last day of June 2004 and continuing through September 30, 2007. The Amended Credit Agreement contains limitations on operating leases, indebtedness, significant corporate changes including mergers and sales of
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assets, investments in subsidiaries and acquisitions, liens, capital expenditures, transactions with affiliates, sales of accounts receivable, sale and leaseback transactions and other off-balance sheet liabilities, contingent obligations and hedging transactions. The Amended Credit Agreement also contains financial covenants that require the Company to maintain a minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) and to not exceed the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratios and Leverage Ratios specified in the Amended Credit Agreement.
As part of the amendment, each of the Company and its subsidiaries executed and delivered a Continuing Security Agreement, pursuant to which each granted a security interest in all of its property, other than any interest in real estate and certain specified personal property assets, to secure the obligations of the Company under the Amended Credit Agreement. Copies of these Continuing Security Agreements are filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.2 through 4.7. The Company has also pledged the shares of its corporate subsidiaries and its membership interest in its subsidiary Fast Forward Solutions, LLC. Copies of the Stock Pledge Agreement and of the Security Agreement Pledge and Assignment of Membership Interest are filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.8 and 4.9, respectively. The Company has also pledged its aircraft pursuant to a Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.10. Each of the Companys subsidiaries has guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the Amended Credit Agreement. Copies of the subsidiaries guaranty documents are filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.11 through 4.13.
The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibits 4.1 through 4.13 filed with this Form 8-K.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits .
(a) Not applicable
(b) Not applicable
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(c) Exhibits :
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Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment, dated as of May 28, 2004, between AirNet Systems, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank, as agent |
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4.11 |
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Replacement Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of May 28, 2004, by AirNet Management, Inc., Float Control, Inc. and Jetride, Inc. in favor of The Huntington National Bank, as agent |
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Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of May 28, 2004, by timexpress.com, inc. in favor of The Huntington National Bank, as agent |
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4.13 |
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Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of May 28, 2004, by Fast Forward Solutions, LLC in favor of The Huntington National Bank, as agent |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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AIRNET SYSTEMS, INC. |
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Dated: June 21, 2004 |
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/s/ Gary W. Qualmann |
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Gary W. Qualmann |
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Chief Financial Officer,
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Current Report on Form 8-K
Dated June 21, 2004
AirNet Systems, Inc.
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004, among AirNet Systems, Inc., the lenders from time to time party thereto, and The Huntington National Bank, as LC Issuer, as Swingline Lender and as Administrative Agent* |
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Continuing Security Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004, between AirNet Systems, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank, as lender and as agent* |
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Continuing Security Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004, between Float Control, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank, as lender and as agent* |
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Continuing Security Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004, between AirNet Management, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank, as lender and as agent* |
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Continuing Security Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004, between Jetride, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank, as lender and as agent* |
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Continuing Security Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004, between timexpress.com, inc. and The Huntington National Bank, as lender and as agent* |
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Continuing Security Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004, between Fast Forward Solutions, LLC and The Huntington National Bank, as lender and as agent* |
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Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004, by AirNet Systems, Inc. in favor of The Huntington National Bank, as agent* |
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Security Agreement Pledge and Assignment of Membership Interest, dated as of May 28, 2004, between AirNet Systems, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank, as agent* |
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Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment, dated as of May 28, 2004, between AirNet Systems, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank, as agent* |
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Replacement Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of May 28, 2004, by AirNet Management, Inc., Float Control, Inc. and Jetride, Inc. in favor of The Huntington National Bank, as agent* |
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Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of May 28, 2004, by timexpress.com, inc. in favor of The Huntington National Bank, as agent* |
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Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of May 28, 2004, by Fast Forward Solutions, LLC in favor of The Huntington National Bank, as agent* |
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Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MAY 28, 2004
AMONG
AIRNET SYSTEMS, INC.,
THE LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
and
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
AND LEAD ARRANGER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE II. THE CREDITS |
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SECTION 2.1. |
COMMITMENT |
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SECTION 2.2. |
LOANS AND ADVANCES |
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SECTION 2.3. |
REQUIRED PAYMENTS; TERMINATION |
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SECTION 2.4. |
COMMITMENT FEE; FACILITY FEE; REDUCTIONS IN AGGREGATE COMMITMENT |
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SECTION 2.5. |
MINIMUM AMOUNT OF EACH ADVANCE; EURODOLLAR ADVANCES |
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SECTION 2.6. |
METHOD OF SELECTING TYPES AND INTEREST PERIODS FOR NEW ADVANCES |
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SECTION 2.7 |
CONVERSION AND CONTINUATION OF OUTSTANDING ADVANCES |
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SECTION 2.8. |
OPTIONAL PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS |
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SECTION 2.9. |
SWINGLINE LOANS |
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SECTION 2.10 |
CHANGES IN INTEREST RATE |
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SECTION 2.11 |
RATES APPLICABLE AFTER DEFAULT |
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SECTION 2.12. |
REPAYMENT OF LOANS; EVIDENCE OF DEBT |
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SECTION 2.13. |
AMORTIZATION OF TERM LOANS |
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SECTION 2.14 |
TELEPHONIC NOTICES |
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SECTION 2.15 |
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES, INTEREST AND FEE BASIS |
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SECTION 2.16 |
NOTIFICATION OF ADVANCES, INTEREST RATES, PREPAYMENTS AND COMMITMENT |
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SECTION 2.17 |
LENDING INSTALLATIONS |
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SECTION 2.18 |
NON-RECEIPT OF FUNDS BY THE AGENT |
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SECTION 2.19 |
FACILITY LCS |
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SECTION 2.20 |
REPLACEMENT OF LENDER |
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SECTION 2.21 |
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT |
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ARTICLE III. YIELD PROTECTION; TAXES |
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SECTION 3.1 |
YIELD PROTECTION |
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SECTION 3.2 |
CHANGES IN CAPITAL ADEQUACY REGULATIONS |
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SECTION 3.3 |
AVAILABILITY OF TYPES OF ADVANCES |
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SECTION 3.4 |
FUNDING INDEMNIFICATION |
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SECTION 3.5 |
TAXES |
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SECTION 3.6 |
LENDER STATEMENTS; SURVIVAL OF INDEMNITY |
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ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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SECTION 4.1 |
INITIAL ADVANCE |
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SECTION 4.2. |
EACH CREDIT EXTENSION |
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ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 5.1 |
EXISTENCE AND STANDING |
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SECTION 5.2 |
AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY |
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SECTION 5.3 |
NO CONFLICT, GOVERNMENT CONSENT |
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SECTION 5.4 |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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SECTION 5.5 |
MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE |
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SECTION 5.6 |
TAXES |
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SECTION 5.7 |
LITIGATION AND CONTINGENT OBLIGATIONS |
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SECTION 5.8 |
SUBSIDIARIES |
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SECTION 5.9 |
ERISA |
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SECTION 5.10 |
ACCURACY OF INFORMATION |
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SECTION 5.11. |
FEDERAL RESERVE REGULATIONS |
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SECTION 5.12 |
MATERIAL AGREEMENTS |
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SECTION 5.13 |
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS |
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SECTION 5.14 |
PROPERTIES |
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SECTION 5.15 |
PLAN ASSETS, PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS |
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SECTION 5.16 |
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS |
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SECTION 5.17 |
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT |
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SECTION 5.18 |
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY |
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SECTION 5.19 |
INSURANCE |
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SECTION 5.20 |
SOLVENCY |
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SECTION 5.21 |
LABOR MATTERS |
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ARTICLE VI. COVENANTS |
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SECTION 6.1 |
FINANCIAL REPORTING |
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SECTION 6.2 |
USE OF PROCEEDS |
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SECTION 6.3 |
NOTICE OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 6.4 |
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS |
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SECTION 6.5 |
TAXES |
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SECTION 6.6 |
INSURANCE |
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SECTION 6.7 |
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS |
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SECTION 6.8 |
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES |
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SECTION 6.9 |
BOOKS AND RECORDS; INSPECTION |
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SECTION 6.11. |
INDEBTEDNESS |
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SECTION 6.12 |
MERGER |
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SECTION 6.13 |
SALE OF ASSETS |
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SECTION 6.14 |
INVESTMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS |
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SECTION 6.15 |
LIENS |
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SECTION 6.16 |
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES |
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SECTION 6.17 |
AFFILIATES |
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SECTION 6.18 |
LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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SECTION 6.19 |
SALE OF ACCOUNTS |
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SECTION 6.20 |
SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER OFF-BALANCE SHEET LIABILITIES |
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SECTION 6.21 |
CONTINGENT OBLIGATIONS |
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SECTION 6.22 |
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS |
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SECTION 6.23 |
NO AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS |
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SECTION 6.25 |
FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
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ARTICLE VII. DEFAULTS |
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ARTICLE VIII. ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES |
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SECTION 8.1. |
ACCELERATION ; FACILITY LC COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 8.2. |
PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS |
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ARTICLE IX. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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SECTION 9.1 |
APPOINTMENT; NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP |
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SECTION 9.2 |
POWERS |
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SECTION 9.3 |
GENERAL IMMUNITY |
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SECTION 9.4 |
NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOANS, RECITALS, ETC. |
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SECTION 9.5 |
ACTION ON INSTRUCTIONS OF LENDERS |
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SECTION 9.6 |
EMPLOYMENT OF AGENTS AND COUNSEL |
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SECTION 9.7 |
RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS; COUNSEL |
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SECTION 9.8 |
AGENTS REIMBURSEMENT AND INDEMNIFICATION |
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SECTION 9.9 |
NOTICE OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 9.10 |
RIGHTS AS A LENDER |
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SECTION 9.11 |
LENDER CREDIT DECISION |
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SECTION 9.12 |
SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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SECTION 9.14 |
DELEGATION TO AFFILIATES |
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ARTICLE X. SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS |
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SECTION 10.1 |
SETOFF |
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SECTION 10.2 |
RATABLE PAYMENTS |
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ARTICLE XI. BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS |
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SECTION 11.1 |
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
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SECTION 11.2 |
PARTICIPATIONS |
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SECTION 11.3. |
ASSIGNMENTS |
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ARTICLE XII. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 12.1. |
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS |
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SECTION 12.2 |
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION |
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SECTION 12.3 |
HEADINGS |
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SECTION 12.4 |
ENTIRE AGREEMENT |
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SECTION 12.5 |
SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS; BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT |
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SECTION 12.6 |
EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION |
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SECTION 12.7 |
NUMBERS OF DOCUMENTS |
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SECTION 12.8 |
SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 12.9 |
NONLIABILITY OF LENDERS |
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SECTION 12.10 |
CONFIDENTIALITY |
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SECTION 12.11 |
NONRELIANCE |
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SECTION 12.12 |
DISCLOSURE |
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SECTION 12.13. |
AMENDMENTS |
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SECTION 12.14 |
NOTICES |
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SECTION 12.15 |
CHANGE OF ADDRESS |
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SECTION 12.16 |
COUNTERPARTS |
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SECTION 12.17 |
CHOICE OF LAW |
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SECTION 12.18 |
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
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SECTION 12.19 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 12.20 |
INTEREST RATE LIMITATION |
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SECTION 12.21 |
WARRANT OF ATTORNEY |
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PRICING SCHEDULE |
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EXHIBIT A |
INTENTIONALLY OMITTED |
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EXHIBIT B |
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
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EXHIBIT C |
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT |
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EXHIBIT D |
LOAN/CREDIT RELATED MONEY TRANSFER INSTRUCTION |
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EXHIBIT E |
NOTE |
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EXHIBIT F - |
BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE |
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SCHEDULE 1 |
SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS |
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SCHEDULE 2 |
INDEBTEDNESS AND LIENS |
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SCHEDULE 5.14 - |
ADDRESSES OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED/LEASED BY BORROWER |
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SCHEDULE 5.16 - |
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS |
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SCHEDULE 5.19 - |
INSURANCE SUMMARY AND CERTIFICATION |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2004, is among AirNet Systems, Inc., the Lenders and The Huntington National Bank, as LC Issuer, as Swingline Lender and as Administrative Agent. The parties hereto agree as follows:
Definitions
Section 1.1. Definitions . As used in this Agreement:
Account Debtor shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts Receivable.
Accounts Receivable shall mean, at any date, the total of all accounts which would be properly classified in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles as accounts receivable on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date.
Acquisition means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited liability company, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of directors (other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited liability company.
Administrative Agent means HNB in its capacity as contractual representative of the Lenders pursuant to Article IX, and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, the LC Issuer or Swingline Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Article IX.
Advance means a borrowing hereunder, (x) (i) made by the Lenders on the same Borrowing Date, or (ii) converted or continued by the Lenders on the same date of conversion or continuation, consisting, in either case, of the aggregate amount of the several Loans of the same Class and Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, for the same Interest Period, and/or (y) made by the Swingline Lender.
Affiliate of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 20% or more of any class of voting securities (or other ownership interests) of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of stock or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.
Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure means, at any time, the aggregate of the Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure of all the Lenders.
Aggregate Revolving Commitment means the aggregate of the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders, as increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
Agreement means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as it may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, restated or replaced from time to time.
Agreement Accounting Principles means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4.
Alternative Base Rate means the rate of interest equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate, or (ii) the sum of (y) the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and (z) one half of one percent (.5%).
AMI means AirNet Management, Inc., an Ohio corporation.
Amendment and Restatement Fee shall be as defined in Section 2.21.
Applicable Fee Rate means, at any time, the percentage rate per annum at which commitment fees and LC Fees are accruing on the unused portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment or undrawn stated amount under the relevant Facility LC, as applicable, at such time as set forth in the Pricing Schedule.
Applicable Margin means, with respect to Advances of any Class and Type (other than Swingline Loans) at any time, the percentage rate per annum which is applicable at such time with respect to Advances of such Class and Type as set forth in the Pricing Schedule.
Applicable Percentage means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment represented by such Lenders Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentage shall be determined based upon the Aggregate Revolving Commitment most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
Arranger means HNB, and its successors.
Article means an article of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced.
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Authorized Officer means any of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Controller of the Borrower, acting singly.
Available Aggregate Revolving Commitment means, at any time, the Aggregate Revolving Commitment then in effect minus the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.
Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Borrower means AirNet Systems, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and its successors and assigns.
Borrowing Base means, at any date, that amount which is equal to the lesser of (a)(i) the balance of the Term Loan outstanding at such date, plus (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment; or (b) the aggregate of (i) 80% of the Eligible Accounts Receivable of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date, (ii) 50% of the Eligible Inventory of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date, and (iii) 70% of the Market Value of Eligible Fixed Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date.
Borrowing Base Certificate means the certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F, which shall contain all supporting documentation, including accounts receivable and aging schedules.
Borrowing Date means a date on which an Advance is made hereunder as determined pursuant to Section 2.6.
Borrowing Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.
Business Day means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate selection of Eurodollar Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in Columbus, Ohio and New York, New York for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities, interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system, and dealings in United States dollars are carried on in the London interbank market, and (ii) for all other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in Columbus, Ohio for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities and interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system.
Capital Expenditures means, without duplication, any expenditures for any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, except (i) expenditures for the purchase of aircraft held for resale within 90 days, and (i) expenditures of insurance proceeds for the replacement of any asset with respect to which such insurance proceeds were paid to Borrower or any Subsidiary as a result of any loss or damage to such asset.
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Capitalized Lease of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
Capitalized Lease Obligations of a Person means the amount of the obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
Charges shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.20.
Cash Equivalent Investments means (i) short-term obligations of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America, (ii) commercial paper rated A-1 or better by S&P or P-1 or better by Moodys, (iii) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business, (iv) certificates of deposit issued by and time deposits with any commercial banks (whether domestic or foreign) having capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000, and (v) money market accounts; provided in each case that the same provides for payment of both principal and interest (and not principal alone or interest alone) and is not subject to any contingency regarding the payment of principal or interest.
Change in Control means, with respect to Borrower, an event or series of events by which:
(i) any person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) has become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that any such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of 30% or more of the equity interests of Borrower on a fully-diluted basis after giving effect to the conversion and exercise of all outstanding equity equivalents (whether such equity equivalents are then currently convertible or exercisable); or
(ii) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (A) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (B) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (ii)(A) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (C) whose election or nomination to that board or other governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (ii)(A) and (B) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; provided that the Required Lenders determine that, for purposes of this Agreement, any such event or series of events described in this subpart (ii) shall constitute a Change in Control.
Class , when used in reference to any Loan or Advance, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Advance, are Revolving Loans, Term Loans or Swingline Loans and,
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when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or Term Commitment.
Closing Agenda means the Closing Agenda prepared by the Administrative Agents counsel setting forth the required closing documentation and other items pursuant to Section 4.1, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
Closing Date means the date on which this Agreement is fully executed.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time.
Commitment means a Revolving Commitment or Term Commitment, or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
Consolidated Capital Expenditures means, with reference to any period, the Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period.
Consolidated Dividends means, with reference to any period, any dividends or distributions on the membership interests, capital stock or other equity interests of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than dividends payable in its own membership interests, capital stock or other equity interests) or the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of any of the membership interests, capital stock or other equity interests of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at any time outstanding, all calculated on a consolidated basis for such period, except for dividends or distributions made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower.
Consolidated EBIT means, with respect to any period, Consolidated Net Income plus , to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) income tax expense, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and (iii) extraordinary losses (determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles) incurred other than in the ordinary course of business, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, minus, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, extraordinary gains (determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles) realized other than in the ordinary course of business, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Consolidated EBITDA means with respect to any period, Consolidated Net Income plus , to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) income tax expense, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (iii) depreciation, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (iv) amortization, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; and (v) extraordinary losses (determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles) incurred other than in the ordinary course of business, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, minus, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, extraordinary gains (determined in accordance with
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Agreement Accounting Principles) realized other than in the ordinary course of business, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness means at any time (a) the aggregate dollar amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which has actually been funded and is outstanding, whether or not such amount is due or payable at such time, and (b) all reimbursement obligations under outstanding Letters of Credit which (i) may be presented, or (ii) have been presented and have not yet been paid; all calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such time.
Consolidated Indebtedness means at any time the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with reference to any period, the interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period.
Consolidated Net Income means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period.
Consolidated Net Worth means at any time the consolidated shareholders equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time.
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of Borrower means, at any date, Consolidated Net Worth, less all related Intangible Assets, determined at such date. For purposes of this definition, Intangible Assets means the amount (to the extent reflected in determining Consolidated Net Worth) of (i) all write-ups in the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (ii) all Equity Investments of Borrower in its Subsidiaries and/or Affiliates, and (iii) all unamortized debt discount and expense, unamortized deferred charges, goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, anticipated future benefit of tax loss carry-forwards, copyrights, organization or developmental expenses and other intangible assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, calculated on a consolidated basis.
Contingent Obligation of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including any comfort letter, operating agreement, take-or-pay contract or the obligations of any such Person as general partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the partnership.
Conversion/Continuation Notice is defined in Section 2.7.
Controlled Group means all members of a controlled group of corporations or other business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common
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control which, together with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
Credit Extension means the making of an Advance or the issuance of a Facility LC hereunder.
Credit Extension Date means the Borrowing Date for an Advance or the issuance date for a Facility LC.
Default is defined in Article VII.
Dollar and Dollars refer to U.S. currency.
Effective Date means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.1 are satisfied.
Eligible Accounts Receivable means, at any date, the portion of the Accounts Receivable arising in the ordinary course of business from the sale of goods or services by Borrower and its Subsidiaries that the Administrative Agent determines in its sole good faith discretion, based on credit policies, market conditions, the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and other criteria, is eligible, it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent may determine that any Accounts Receivable are not eligible based upon the criteria set forth below and any other criteria which the Administrative Agent from time to time determines, in its reasonable discretion, is appropriate, including, without limitation, any criteria used from time to time by any Lender in such determination in connection with credit facilities extended to any Person in a business similar or reasonably related to that of Borrower and similarly situated. An Account Receivable shall not be deemed an Eligible Account Receivable unless such Account Receivable is subject to a perfected first priority security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent for itself and for the benefit of the Lenders and is not subject to any other lien, encumbrance, or security interest, is evidenced by an invoice or other documentary evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, is unconditionally due and payable in Dollars to the Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower from a party (the Account Debtor) and conforms to the warranties regarding the accounts contained in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Account Receivable shall be an Eligible Account Receivable if:
(a) the Account Receivable is due and unpaid more than 90 days from the original invoice date;
(b) the Account Receivable arises from uncompleted performance on the part of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower, constitutes a progress billing or advance billing, is a bill and hold, or, if involving a sale of goods, all such goods have not been lawfully shipped and invoiced to the Account Debtor (or if requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of all invoices, together with all shipping documents and delivery receipts evidencing such shipment have not been delivered to the Administrative Agent);
(c) the Account Receivable arises from a contract with any Government Authority;
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(d) the Account Receivable is subject to any prior assignment, claim, lien, subrogation rights or security interest, or subject to any levy or setoff;
(e) the Account Receivable is subject to any credit, contra account, allowance, adjustment, return of goods, or discount (collectively a Contra), provided, however, that unless the Account Debtor has asserted a Contra, if the amount of the Account Receivable exceeds the amount of the Contra, such excess shall be considered for eligibility if such excess is not otherwise excluded from being an Eligible Account Receivable;
(f) the Account Receivable arises from an Affiliate of Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower;
(g) the Account Receivable, when added to all other Accounts Receivable of the Account Debtor, produces an aggregate indebtedness from the Account Debtor of more than 30% of the total of all the Eligible Accounts Receivable;
(h) the Account Debtor is subject to bankruptcy, receivership or similar proceedings or is insolvent;
(i) the Account Receivable is evidenced by any chattel paper, promissory note, payment instrument or written agreement or arises from a consumer which is a natural person;
(j) the Account Receivable arises from an Account Debtor whose mailing address or executive office is located outside the United States;
(k) the Account Receivable arises from an Account Debtor to whom goods are shipped on a cash on delivery or C.O.D. basis;
(l) the Account Receivable arises from an Account Debtor having 25% or more of its Accounts Receivable (in Dollar value or in number of Accounts Receivable) not considered to be Eligible Accounts Receivables; the Account Receivable arises from an Account Debtor who has more than 50% of its Accounts Receivable in Dollar value or in number of accounts with Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower more than 60 days past due; and/or
(m) the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower that the Account Receivable or the Account Debtor is unsatisfactory or unacceptable (which the Administrative Agent reserves the right to do in its sole discretion at any time).
Eligible Fixed Assets means, at any date, the aircraft and related tangible fixed assets of Borrower and Guarantor which constitutes Collateral under the Security Agreements and in which the Administrative Agent for itself and for the benefit of the Lenders has a first and exclusive perfected security interest, and that the Administrative Agent determines from time to time, based on credit policies, market conditions, the business of Borrower and the Subsidiaries and other matters, is eligible for use in calculating the Borrowing Base.
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Eligible Inventory means, at any date, that portion of the Inventory, determined at such date, in which the Administrative Agent for itself and for the benefit of the Lenders has a first and exclusive perfected security interest and that the Administrative Agent determines from time to time, based on credit policies, market conditions, the business of Borrower and the Subsidiaries and other matters, is eligible for use in calculating the Borrowing Base, it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent may determine that any Inventory is not eligible for use in calculating the Borrowing Base based upon the criteria set forth below and any other criteria which the Administrative Agent from time to time determines, in its reasonable discretion, is appropriate, including, without limitation, any criteria used from time to time by any Lender in such determination in connection with credit facilities extended to any Person in a business similar or reasonably related to that of Borrower and similarly situated. For purposes of determining the Borrowing Base, Eligible Inventory shall not include:
(a) work in process;
(b) obsolete or discontinued Inventory;
(c) supply items, packaging, or the freight portion of raw materials;
(d) Inventory in the control of a third person for processing, storage, or otherwise unless a bailees waiver or secured party of bailees waiver, as applicable, is delivered to the Administrative Agent in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with the original documents or other instruments evidencing such Inventory, or such other agreements or other documents as the Administrative Agent shall require in its sole and absolute discretion;
(e) consigned Inventory;
(f) Inventory in transit;
(g) Inventory associated with any contract if the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower has knowledge that the same may be subject to a material adverse development;
(h) Inventory located outside the United States; and/or
(i) Inventory associated with any contract to the extent that progress or advance payments are received from the Account Debtor to the extent such Inventory is identified to such contract.
All Inventory shall be valued for the purposes of determining the Borrowing Base, at the lesser of cost (on a FIFO basis) or market.
Environmental Laws means any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements and other governmental restrictions relating to (i) the protection of the environment, (ii) the effect of the environment on human health, (iii) emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances
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or wastes into surface water, ground water or land, or (iv) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof.
Equity Investment of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade) or contribution of capital by such Person, except to the extent any of the foregoing constitutes, as to the Person receiving such Equity Investment, Permitted Indebtedness.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
Eurodollar Advance means an Advance which, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the applicable Eurodollar Rate.
Eurodollar Base Rate means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance for the relevant Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (based on a 360-day year) obtained by dividing (i) the actual or estimated arithmetic mean of the per annum rates of interest at which deposits in U.S. dollars, for a period of time equal to the Interest Period in effect with respect to the relevant Loan, and in an aggregate amount comparable to the amount of the principal balance of the Loan, are being offered to U.S. banks by one or more prime banks in the London interbank market on the second Business Day prior to the first day of each Interest Period, as offered and determined by Lender in accordance with its standard practices and procedures based upon reference to information which appears on page LIBOR01 captioned British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates of the Reuters America Network, a service of Reuters America, Inc. (or such other page that may replace that page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates), or, if such service ceases to be available or ceases to be used by Lender, such other reasonably comparable money rate service selected by Lender, for obtaining rate quotations, or any other reasonable procedure, all as determined by Lender; by (ii) a percentage equal to 100% minus the Reserve Requirement.
Eurodollar Loan means a Loan which, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the applicable Eurodollar Rate.
Eurodollar Rate means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance for the relevant Interest Period, the sum of (i) the Eurodollar Base Rate applicable to such Interest Period, plus (ii) the Applicable Margin.
Excluded Taxes means, in the case of each Lender or applicable Lending Installation, the Swingline Lender, the LC Issuer and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income or net worth, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by (i) the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender, the Swingline Lender, the LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, is incorporated or organized, or (ii) the jurisdiction in which the Administrative
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Agents or such Lenders or LC Issuers or Swingline Lenders principal executive office or applicable Lending Installation is located.
Exhibit refers to an exhibit to this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.
Facility LC is defined in Section 2.19.1.
Facility LC Application is defined in Section 2.19.3.
Facility Termination Date means September 30, 2005 or any earlier date on which the Aggregate Commitment is reduced to zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.
Fast Forward means Fast Forward Solutions, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company.
Fast Forward Guaranty means that certain Guaranty, dated of even date herewith, executed by Fast Forward in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, restated and/or replaced from time to time.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any day, an interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Columbus, Ohio time) on such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
Final Judgment is defined in Section 12.6(ii).
Financial Contract of a Person means any exchange-traded or over-the-counter futures, forward, swap or option contract or other financial instrument with similar characteristics, to the extent any of the same are entered into for speculative (rather than risk management) purposes.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, as of any date of calculation, the ratio of (i) (1) Consolidated EBITDA, minus (2) the sum of (a) taxes actually paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and (b) Maintenance Capital Expenditures divided by (ii) (1) principal and interest payments scheduled with respect to Consolidated Indebtedness, plus (2) Consolidated Dividends. For purposes of clarification, payment by the Borrower of any principal and/or interest relating to the obligations required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.1(d) shall not be included in the calculation of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Float means Float Control, Inc., a Michigan corporation.
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Floating Rate means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to (i) the Alternative Base Rate for such day plus (ii) the Applicable Margin, in each case changing when and as the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as applicable, changes.
Floating Rate Advance means an Advance which, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the Floating Rate.
Floating Rate Loan means a Loan which, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the Floating Rate.
Governmental Authority means any national government, central bank or comparable agency, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
Guarantor means, separately and collectively, AMI, Float, Jetride, Timexpress and Fast Forward, each of which is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower.
HNB means The Huntington National Bank, a national banking association, in its individual capacity, and its successors and assigns.
Indebtedness of a Person means such Persons (i) obligations for borrowed money, (ii) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than accounts payable and accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of such Persons business payable on terms customary in the trade), (iii) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens against, or payable out of the proceeds or production from, Property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (iv) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other instruments, (v) obligations of such Person to purchase securities or other Property arising out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities or Property, (vi) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (vii) Contingent Obligations, and (viii) any other obligation for borrowed money which in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles would be shown as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
Interest Period means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance, a period of one, two, three or six months commencing on a Business Day selected by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. Such Interest Period shall end on the day which corresponds numerically to such date one, two, three or six months thereafter, provided, however, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such next, second, third or sixth succeeding month, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such next, second, third or sixth succeeding month. If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that if said next succeeding Business Day falls in a new calendar month, such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day.
Inventory shall mean at any date the total of all goods which would be properly classified in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles as inventory on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date.
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Investment of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade) or contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other securities owned by such Person; any deposit accounts and certificates of deposit owned by such Person which do not constitute Cash Equivalents; and Financial Contracts, derivative financial instruments and other similar instruments or contracts owned by such Person.
Jetride means Jetride, Inc., an Ohio corporation.
LC Disbursement means a payment made by the LC Issuer pursuant to a Facility LC.
LC Fee is defined in Section 2.19.4.
LC Issuer means HNB (or any subsidiaries or affiliates of HNB designated by HNB) in its capacity as issuer of Facility LCs hereunder.
LC Obligations means, at any time, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate undrawn stated amount under all Facility LCs outstanding at such time plus (ii) the aggregate unpaid amount at such time of all Reimbursement Obligations.
LC Payment Date is defined in Section 2.19.5.
Lenders means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages of this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term Lenders includes the Swingline Lender.
Lending Installation means, with respect to a Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, the office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent listed on the signature pages hereof or on a Schedule or otherwise selected by such Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.17.
Letter of Credit of a Person means a letter of credit which is issued upon the application of such Person or upon which such Person is an account party or for which such Person is in any way liable.
Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of calculation, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness outstanding on such date divided by (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the Borrowers then most-recently ended four fiscal quarters.
Lien means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or other security agreement or
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preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement).
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Facility LC Applications, the Security Agreements, the Pledge, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Fast Forward Guaranty, the Timexpress Guaranty and any other documents and/or instruments given pursuant hereto or thereto or otherwise in connection herewith or therewith.
Loans means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or any conversion or continuation thereof).
Maintenance Capital Expenditures means capital expenditures which maintain or extend the useful life of aircraft, exclusive of costs associated with the purchase and installation of Required Vertical Separate Minimum modules, Global Positioning Systems and Shadin Digital Fuel Management Systems on aircraft operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Margin Stock has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
Market Value means the Market Value as set forth in the most recent quarterly Price Digest Report published by Primedia which is reviewed and accepted by HNBs Equipment Finance Division.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer, the Swingline Lender or the Lenders thereunder.
Material Indebtedness shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5.
Maturity Date means September 30, 2007.
Maximum Rate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.20.
Modify and Modification are defined in Section 2.19.1.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan means a Plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group is a party to which more than one employer is obligated to make contributions.
Note means any promissory note issued at the request of a Lender pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Original Credit Agreement, or any replacement thereof, which shall be in the form of Exhibit E.
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Notice of Assignment is defined in Section 11.3.2.
Obligations means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Swingline Lender, the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents or to the Lenders, or to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, or any Affiliate of any of them in connection with any Rate Management Transactions.
Off-Balance Sheet Liability of a Person means (i) any repurchase obligation or repurchase liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (ii) any liability under any Sale and Leaseback Transaction which is not a Capitalized Lease, (iii) any liability under any so-called synthetic lease transaction entered into by such Person, or (iv) any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, but excluding from this clause (iv) Operating Lease Obligations.
Operating Lease of a Person means any lease of Property (other than a Capitalized Lease) by such Person as lessee which has an original term (including any required renewals and any renewals effective at the option of the lessor) of more than one year.
Operating Lease Obligations means, as at any date of determination, the amount obtained by aggregating the present values, determined in the case of each particular Operating Lease by applying a discount rate (which discount rate shall equal the discount rate which would be applied under Agreement Accounting Principles if such Operating Lease were a Capitalized Lease) from the date on which each fixed lease payment is due under such Operating Lease to such date of determination, of all fixed lease payments due under all Operating Leases of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
Other Taxes is defined in Section 3.5(ii).
Outstanding Credit Exposure means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of its Revolving Loans outstanding at such time, plus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of its Term Loans outstanding at such time, plus (iii) an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the LC Obligations at such time, plus (iv) an amount equal to its Swingline Exposure.
Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of its Revolving Loans outstanding at such time, plus (ii) an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the LC Obligations at such time, plus (iii) an amount equal to its Swingline Exposure.
Participants is defined in Section 11.2.1.
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Payment Date means (i) with respect to all Loans other than Swingline Loans, the last day of June, 2004 and the last day of each third month thereafter through the Maturity Date, (ii) with respect to Swingline Loans, the last day of June, 2004 and the last day of each month thereafter through the Maturity Date.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
Permitted Indebtedness is defined in Section 6.11.
Permitted Liens is defined in Section 6.15.
Person means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company, association, enterprise, trust or other entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
Plan means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code as to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have any liability.
Pledge means, separately and collectively, that certain Stock Pledge Agreement and that certain Security Agreement, Pledge and Assignment of Membership Interest, each dated of even date herewith, given by Borrower in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, restated and/or replaced from time to time.
Pricing Schedule means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such.
Prime Rate means the prime rate established by HNB from time to time based on its consideration of economic, money market, business and competitive factors, and it is not necessarily HNBs most favored rate. In the event HNB shall abolish or abandon the practice of establishing its Prime Rate or should the same be unascertainable, HNB shall designate a comparable reference rate which shall be deemed to be the Prime Rate under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Property of a Person means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned or leased.
Purchasers is defined in Section 11.3.1.
Rate Management Transaction means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into between the Borrower and any Lender or Affiliate thereof which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these
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transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial measures.
Rate Management Obligations of a Person means any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (i) any and all Rate Management Transactions, and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management Transactions.
Regulation D means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official interpretation of the Board relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
Regulation T means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation U means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of the Board relating to the extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
Regulation X means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Reimbursement Obligations means, at any time, the aggregate of all obligations of the Borrower then outstanding under Section 2.19 to reimburse the LC Issuer for amounts paid by the LC Issuer in respect of any one or more drawings under Facility LCs.
Reportable Event means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC has by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event, provided, however, that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section 412(d) of the Code.
Reports has the meaning set forth in Section 12.6.
Required Lenders means, at any time, Lenders in the aggregate having at least 51% of the (i) Term Loans and (ii) Aggregate Revolving Commitment or, if the Aggregate Revolving Commitment has been terminated, the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure.
Required Property Insurance Coverage means at any time insurance insuring all Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries against loss or damage by fire, lightning, vandalism and malicious mischief and all other perils covered by standard extended coverage or all-risk insurance and such other risks and losses as is consistent with sound business practices and is
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customarily maintained from time to time by similar businesses similarly situated and owning, leasing or operating similar properties, including, without limitation, war and terrorism coverage with respect to all jet aircraft; all in such amounts, and having such deductibles from the loss payable for any casualty, as is customary from time to time for similar businesses similarly situated and owning, leasing or operating similar properties. If any insurance policies with respect to Required Property Insurance Coverage is written on a co-insurance basis, such policy must contain an agreed amount endorsement as evidence that the coverage is in an amount sufficient to insure the full amount of such Property.
Required Public Liability Insurance Coverage means comprehensive general accident and public liability insurance (including, without limitation, coverage for product liability, and elevators and escalators, if any, on property owned or leased by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) against injury, loss and/or damage to persons and property and such other risks and losses as is consistent with sound business practices and is customarily maintained from time to time by similar businesses similarly situated and owning, leasing or operating similar properties; all in such amounts as is customary from time to time for similar businesses similarly situated and owning, leasing or operating similar properties.
Reserve Requirement means, with respect to an Interest Period, the maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves) which is imposed under Regulation D on Eurocurrency liabilities.
Revolving Commitment means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans to, and to make or participate in Swingline Loans and Facility LCs issued upon the application of, the Borrower in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount set forth on the signature pages below or as set forth in any Notice of Assignment relating to any assignment that has become effective pursuant to Section 11.3.2, as such amount may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
Revolving Lender means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure.
Revolving Loan and Revolving Loans means a Loan or the Loans, respectively, made pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.1.
Rickenbacker Facility means the corporate and operational headquarters to be constructed, owned and operated by the Borrower on an eight acre leased portion of the real property known as Rickenbacker International Airport, located in Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio and leased to Borrower.
S&P means Standard and Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
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Sale and Leaseback Transaction means any sale or other transfer of Property by any Person with the intent to lease such Property as lessee.
Schedule refers to a specific schedule to this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.
Section means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.
Security Agreements means, separately and collectively, each of the (i) Continuing Security Agreement dated of even date herewith, executed by Borrower and each Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, and (ii) Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment given by Borrower in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, restated and/or replaced from time to time.
Security Documents means, separately and collectively, the Security Agreements and the Pledge.
Single Employer Plan means a Plan maintained by the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group for employees of the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group.
Subsidiary of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Subsidiary Guaranty means that certain Replacement Subsidiary Guaranty, dated of even date herewith, executed by the AMI, Float and Jetride in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, restated and/or replaced from time to time.
Substantial Portion means, with respect to the Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Property which (i) represents more than 10% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as would be shown in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the beginning of the twelve-month period ending with the month in which such determination is made, or (ii) is responsible for more than 10% of the consolidated net sales or of the consolidated net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as reflected in the financial statements referred to in clause (i) above; provided , however, that 10%, as it appears in subparts (i) and (ii) above, shall be changed to and shall mean, for all purposes of this definition, 20% provided that the net proceeds (after payment of reasonable costs and expenses associated with any such sale, including reasonable attorneys fees) upon sale or other disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the consolidated assets referenced in (i)
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and (ii) above are within 90 days of such sale or other disposition, (a) reinvested in assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are of similar type and substantially equivalent value as such consolidated assets so sold or otherwise disposed of, and/or (b) paid to Administrative Agent for application in accordance herewith to the amounts owing under the Term Loan.
Swingline Exposure means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Applicable Percentage of any Lender of the total Swingline Exposure at any time shall be the same as such Lenders Applicable Percentage of the total Aggregate Revolving Commitment at such time.
Swingline Lender means HNB or any of its Affiliates, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
Swingline Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.9.
Taxes means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities with respect to the foregoing, but excluding Excluded Taxes.
Term Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a Term Loan hereunder on the Effective Date, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder. The amount of each Lenders Term Commitment is set forth on the signature pages below, or in the assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit C pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders Term Commitments is $14,000,000.00.
Term Lender means a Lender with a Term Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
Term Loan and Term Loans mean each Loan and the Loans made pursuant to clause (a) of Section 2.1.
Timexpress means timexpress.com, inc., an Ohio corporation.
Timexpress Guaranty means that certain Guaranty, dated of even date herewith, executed by Timexpress in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, restated and/or replaced from time to time.
Transferee is defined in Section 11.4.
Type means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a Floating Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Advance.
Unfunded Liabilities means the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested and unvested accrued benefits under all Single Employer Plans exceeds the fair market value of
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all such Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plans using PBGC actuarial assumptions for single employer plan terminations.
Unmatured Default means an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.
U.S. means the United States of America.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Person means (i) any Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting securities of which shall at the time be owned or controlled by such Person or, (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar business organization 100% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
Section 1.2. Classification of Loans and Advances . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a Revolving Loan) or by Type (e.g., a Eurodollar Loan) or by Class and Type (e.g., a Eurodollar Revolving Loan). Advances also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a Revolving Advance) or by Type (e.g., a Eurodollar Advance) or by Class and Type (e.g., a Eurodollar Revolving Advance).
Section 1.3. Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, (c) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, and (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement.
Section 1.4. Accounting Terms . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, as in effect from time to time, provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in Agreement Accounting Principles or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in Agreement Accounting Principles or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of Agreement Accounting Principles as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have
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been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Whenever under this Agreement any financial information, data and the like is calculated on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, such financial information, data and the like of such Subsidiary shall be included only to the extent of the Borrowers percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary. Any reference in this Agreement to the terms extraordinary losses and extraordinary gains shall mean such losses and gains, respectively, categorized by the Companys external auditors as extraordinary in the financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles in effect at the date of such financial statements. Notwithstanding anything contained or implied herein to the contrary, no change in Agreement Accounting Principles shall require the restatement of any financial statements dated prior to such change and provided to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the LC Issuer. Further, no retroactive change shall be made (as a result of any change in Agreement Accounting Principles which occurs after the date of any such financial statements) in any of the calculations made hereunder based upon the information contained in said financial statements including, without limitation, the calculation of the Applicable Margin.
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Section 2.1 Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) each Lender severally agrees to make a Term Loan to the Borrower on the Effective Date in a principal amount not exceeding its Term Commitment, and (b) from and including the Effective Date and prior to the Facility Termination Date, each Lender severally agrees to (i) make Revolving Loans to the Borrower, and (ii) participate in Facility LCs issued upon the request of the Borrower, provided that, after giving effect to the making of each such Revolving Loan or the issuance of each such Facility LC, (i) such Lenders Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed its Revolving Commitment, and (ii) the maximum amount of all Loans (including all Revolving Loans, the Term Loan and the LC Obligations) shall at no time exceed the Borrowing Base. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Loans at any time prior to the Facility Termination Date. Amounts repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed. The Revolving Commitments to extend Revolving Loans hereunder shall expire on the Facility Termination Date. The LC Issuer will issue Facility LCs hereunder on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2.19. The Swingline Lender will make Swingline Loans hereunder on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2.9.
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Section 2.2. Loans and Advances .
(i) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of an Advance consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. Advances of more than one Class and Type may be outstanding at the same time. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder, provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lenders failure to make Loans as required hereunder.
(ii) Each Advance of Revolving Loans and each Advance of Term Loans shall be comprised entirely of Floating Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall accrue interest at the rate offered with respect thereto (not to exceed the Prime Rate) by the Swingline Lender. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan, provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.3. Required Payments; Termination . The Revolving Commitment of each Lender shall terminate, and the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure and all other unpaid Obligations (other than Obligations with respect to the Term Loans) shall be paid in full by the Borrower, on the Facility Termination Date.
Section 2.4 . Commitment Fee; Facility Fee; Increases and Reductions in Aggregate Commitment . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage, a commitment fee at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Fee Rate on the average daily Available Aggregate Revolving Commitment (which shall be determined, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary or the definition of the term Available Aggregate Revolving Commitment as though no Swingline Loans are outstanding, whether or not that is in fact the case) from the date hereof to and including the Facility Termination Date, payable (in arrears) on each Payment Date hereafter and on the Facility Termination Date. The Borrower may permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitment in whole, or in part ratably among the Lenders, in integral multiples of $5,000,000, upon at least five Business Days written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of any such reduction, provided, however, that the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment may not be reduced below the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure. All accrued commitment fees shall be payable on the effective date of any termination of the obligations of the Lenders to make Credit Extensions hereunder. Upon the request by the Borrower, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or conditioned), Borrower may increase the Aggregate Revolving Commitment by up to $10,000,000 provided that one or more Lenders or other financial institutions selected by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower are willing to increase its or their Revolving Commitments by an aggregate amount equal to such increase.
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Section 2.5. Minimum Amount of Each Advance; Eurodoll ar Advances .
(i) Each Eurodollar Advance shall be in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 (and in multiples of $100,000 if in excess thereof).
(ii) Each Floating Rate Advance shall be in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 (and in multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof), provided, however, that any Floating Rate Advance may be in the lesser amount of the Available Aggregate Revolving Commitment or the amount that is required to refinance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.19.6.
(iii) There shall not at any time be more than a total of five (5) Eurodollar Revolving Advances outstanding.
(iv) There shall not at any time be more than a total of three (3) Eurodollar Term Advances outstanding.
Section 2.6. Method of Selecting Types and Interest P eriods for New Advances . The Borrower shall from time to time select the Class and Type of Advance and, in the case of each Eurodollar Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a Borrowing Notice) not later than noon (Columbus, Ohio time) at least one (1) Business Day before the date on which Borrower desires that such Advance be made (the Borrowing Date) of each Floating Rate Advance and three (3) Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each Eurodollar Advance, specifying:
(i) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such Advance,
(ii) the aggregate amount of such Advance,
(iii) the Class and Type of Advance selected, and
(iv) in the case of each Eurodollar Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto.
If no election as to Type of Advance is specified in the Borrowing Notice, the requested Advance shall be a Floating Rate Advance. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to the requested Eurodollar Advance, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one (1) months duration.
Not later than noon (Columbus, Ohio time) one (1) Business Day after the notice provided by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.16, each Lender shall make available its Floating Rate Loan or Floating Rate Loans, and, not later than noon (Columbus, Ohio time) two (2) Business Days after the notice provided by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.16, each Lender shall make available its Eurodollar Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to Section 12.14, provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.9. The Administrative Agent will make the funds so received from the Lenders available to the Borrower by 3:00 p.m. (Columbus, Ohio time) on the Borrowing Date at the Administrative Agents aforesaid address.
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Section 2.7. Conversion and Continuation of Outstandi ng Advances . (i) Floating Rate Advances shall continue as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating Rate Advances are converted into Eurodollar Advances pursuant to this Section 2.7 or are repaid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Each Eurodollar Advance shall continue as a Eurodollar Advance until the end of the then applicable Interest Period therefor, at which time such Eurodollar Advance shall be automatically converted into a Floating Rate Advance unless (x) such Eurodollar Advance is or was repaid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or (y) the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice (as defined below) requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such Eurodollar Advance continue as a Eurodollar Advance for the same or another Interest Period. Subject to the terms of Section 2.5, the Borrower may elect from time to time to convert all or any part of a Floating Rate Advance into a Eurodollar Advance. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a Conversion/Continuation Notice) of each conversion of a Floating Rate Advance into a Eurodollar Advance or continuation of a Eurodollar Advance not later than noon (Columbus, Ohio time) at least three Business Days prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation, specifying:
(a) the requested date, which shall be a Business Day, of such conversion or continuation,
(b) the aggregate amount and Class and Type of the Advance which is to be converted or continued, and the interest rate and expiration date of the Interest Period currently in effect with respect thereto, if any, and
(c) the amount of such Advance which is to be converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Advance and the duration of the Interest Period to be applicable thereto.
(ii) This Section 2.7 shall not apply to Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or continued.
Section 2.8. Optional Principal Payments . The Borrower may from time to time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding Floating Rate Advances, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding Floating Rate Advances upon two Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, upon one Business Days prior notice to the Swingline Lender). The Borrower may from time to time pay, subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4 but without penalty or premium, all outstanding Eurodollar Advances, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding Eurodollar Advances upon three Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent. Unless specifically designated in the applicable prepayment notice as an optional prepayment of principal of the Term Loan, all prepayments of principal shall be applied to the Revolving Loan (without any corresponding reduction in the Aggregate Revolving Commitment unless done so in accordance with Section 2.4). Any payment of Term Loan Advances prior to the maturity thereof shall be applied to the principal installments thereof in reverse order of maturity.
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Section 2.9 . Swingline Loans .
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from the Effective Date and prior to the Facility Termination Date in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (x) the Swingline Exposure exceeding $5,000,000, or (y) the Swingline Exposure exceeding the difference between the Aggregate Revolving Commitment and the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure, provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(ii) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender irrevocable notice of such request not later than noon (Columbus, Ohio time) on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date of disbursement (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower at the Administrative Agents address specified pursuant to Section 12.14 (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement, by remittance to the LC Issuer) on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(iii) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than noon (Columbus, Ohio time) on any Business Day, require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Revolving Lenders Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lenders Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Unmatured Default or the reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.6 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.6 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the
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Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
Section 2.10 . Changes in Interest Rate, etc. Each Floating Rate Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the date such Advance is made or is converted from a Eurodollar Advance into a Floating Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.7, to but excluding the date it is paid or is converted into a Eurodollar Advance pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate for such day. Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Advance maintained as a Floating Rate Advance will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Prime Rate or Federal Funds Effective Rate, as applicable. Each Eurodollar Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from and including the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day of such Interest Period at the interest rate determined by the Administrative Agent as applicable to such Eurodollar Advance based upon the Borrowers selections under Sections 2.6 and 2.7 and otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof. No Interest Period may end after the Facility Termination Date.
Section 2.11 . Rates Applicable After Default . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.6 or 2.7, during the continuance of a Default or Unmatured Default, no Advance may be made as or converted into a Eurodollar Advance and each existing Eurodollar Loan shall, upon the expiration of the Interest Period in effect with respect to each such Eurodollar Loan, be automatically converted to a Floating Rate Loan. In addition, during the continuance of a Default (i) each Eurodollar Advance shall bear interest for the remainder of the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such Interest Period plus 2% per annum, (ii) each Floating Rate Advance shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate in effect from time to time plus 2%, and (iii) the LC Fee shall be increased by 2% per annum.
Section 2.12 . Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(i) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (a) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender on the Facility Termination Date, (b) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.13, and (c) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of (x) the Facility Termination Date and (y) ten days after the date on which each such Swingline Loan is advanced.
(ii) All payments of the Obligations hereunder shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents address specified pursuant to Section 12.14, or at any other Lending Installation of the Administrative Agent specified in writing by the Administrative Agent to the
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Borrower, by noon (Columbus, Ohio time) on the date when due and shall (except in the case of Reimbursement Obligations for which the LC Issuer has not been fully indemnified by the Lenders, or as otherwise specifically required hereunder, including the payment of Obligations relating to Swingline Loans which are required to be paid to the Swingline Lender) be applied ratably by the Administrative Agent among the Lenders. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds that the Administrative Agent received at its address specified pursuant to Section 12.14 or at any Lending Installation specified in a notice received by the Administrative Agent from such Lender. The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to charge the account of the Borrower maintained with HNB for each payment of principal and/or interest, Reimbursement Obligations and fees, as any of the same becomes due hereunder. Each reference to the Administrative Agent in this Section 2.12 shall also be deemed to refer, and shall apply equally, to the LC Issuer in the case of payments required to be made by the Borrower to the LC Issuer pursuant to Section 2.19.6.
(iii) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(iv) The Administrative Agent shall also maintain accounts in which it will record (a) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof, and, as applicable, the Interest Period with respect thereto, (b) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder, (c) the original stated amount of each Facility LC and the amount of LC Obligations outstanding at any time, and (d) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lenders share thereof. The Administrative Agent or any Lender may, if the Administrative Agent or any Lender so elects in connection with any transfer of its Loans or enforcement of this Agreement or any Note, endorse on a schedule forming a part hereof or a Note appropriate notation to evidence the foregoing information with respect to the principal and interest then outstanding.
(v) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Obligations in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof.
(vi) Loans of each Class shall continue to be evidenced by the Notes, except to the extent that any such Lender or assignee subsequently returns any such Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans once again be evidenced as described in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above.
Section 2.13 . Amortization of Term Loans .
(i) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (iii) of this Section, the Borrower shall repay Term Advances in fourteen (14) consecutive quarterly installments, each in the
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amount of $1,000,000, commencing on the last day of June, 2004, and continuing on each Payment Date thereafter through the Maturity Date.
(ii) To the extent not previously paid, all Term Advances shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.
(iii) If the initial aggregate amount of the Lenders Term Commitments exceeds the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans that are made on the Effective Date, then the scheduled repayments of Term Advances to be made pursuant to this Section shall be reduced ratably by an aggregate amount equal to such excess. Any prepayment of a Term Advance shall be applied to reduce the scheduled repayments (in inverse order of maturity) of the Term Advances to be made pursuant to this Section.
(iv) Prior to any repayment of any Term Advances hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Term Advance or Term Advances to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 10:00 a.m. (Columbus, Ohio time), two (2) Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment, provided that each repayment of Term Advances shall be applied to repay any outstanding Floating Rate Advances before any Eurodollar Advances. Each repayment of a Term Advance shall be applied ratably to the Term Loans included in the repaid Term Advance. Repayments of Term Advances shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.
Section 2.14 . Telephonic Notices . The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Classes and Types of Advances and to transfer funds based on telephonic notices made by any person or persons the Administrative Agent or any Lender in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of the Borrower, it being understood that the foregoing authorization is specifically intended to allow Borrowing Notices and Conversion/Continuation Notices to be given telephonically. The Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent a written confirmation signed by an Authorized Officer if such confirmation is requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, of each telephonic notice. If the written confirmation differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall govern absent manifest error.
Section 2.15 . Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis . Interest accrued on each Floating Rate Advance (other than Swingline Loans) shall be payable on each Payment Date and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Swingline Loan shall be payable on the day that such Swingline Loan is required to be repaid. Interest accrued on each Eurodollar Advance shall be payable on the last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which the Eurodollar Advance is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurodollar Advance having an Interest Period longer than three months shall also be payable on the last day of each three-month interval during such Interest Period. Commitment fees, LC Fees and interest with respect to each Eurodollar Loan and shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year. Interest with respect to each Floating Rate Loan shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 365-day year. Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if
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payment is received prior to noon (Columbus, Ohio time). If any payment of principal of or interest on an Advance shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment.
Section 2.16 . Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions or Increases . Promptly after receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each Aggregate Revolving Commitment reduction or increase notice, Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received by it hereunder. Promptly after notice from the LC Issuer, the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each request for issuance of a Facility LC hereunder. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate applicable to each Eurodollar Advance promptly upon determination of such interest rate and will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as applicable.
Section 2.17 . Lending Installations . Each Lender and the Swingline Lender may book its Loans and its participation in any LC Obligations and the LC Issuer may book the Facility LCs at any Lending Installation selected by such Lender, the Swingline Lender or the LC Issuer, as the case may be, and may change its Lending Installation from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Installation and the Loans and any Notes issued hereunder shall be deemed held by each Lender, the Swingline Lender, and the LC issuer, as the case may be, for the benefit of any such Lending Installation. Each Lender, the Swingline Lender and the LC Issuer may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Section 12.14, designate replacement or additional Lending Installations through which Loans will be made by it or Facility LCs will be issued by it and for whose account Loan payments or payments with respect to Facility LCs are to be made. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, none of the Lenders, the Swingline Lender or the LC Issuer shall designate a non-U.S. Lending Installation unless it is determined in the reasonable discretion by such Lender, Swingline Lender or LC Issuer that the extension or continuation of any Eurodollar Loan cannot be made at a U.S. Lending Installation.
Section 2.18 . Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent . Unless the Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of (i) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan, or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended ultimate recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the ultimate recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day for the first three days and, thereafter, the interest rate applicable to
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the relevant Loan, or (y) in the case of payment by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
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Section 2.19 . Facility LCs .
Section 2.19.1. Issuance The LC Issuer hereby agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to issue standby letters of credit (each, a Facility LC) and to renew, extend, increase, decrease or otherwise modify each Facility LC (Modify, and each such action a Modification), from time to time from and including the date of this Agreement and prior to the Facility Termination Date upon the request of the Borrower; provided that immediately after each such Facility LC is issued or Modified, (i) the aggregate amount of the outstanding LC Obligations shall not exceed $5,000,000, and (ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment. No Facility LC shall have an expiry date later than the earlier of (x) the fifth Business Day prior to the Facility Termination Date and (y) one year after its issuance.
Section 2.19.2. Participations Upon the issuance or Modification by the LC Issuer of a Facility LC in accordance with this Section 2.19, the LC Issuer shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably sold to each Lender, and each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the LC Issuer, a participation in such Facility LC (and each Modification thereof) and the related LC Obligations in proportion to its Applicable Percentage.
Section 2.19.3. Notice . Subject to Section 2.19.1, the Borrower shall give the LC Issuer notice prior to 10:00 a.m. (Columbus, Ohio time) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance or Modification of each Facility LC, specifying the beneficiary, the proposed date of issuance (or Modification) and the expiry date of such Facility LC, and describing the proposed terms of such Facility LC and the nature of the transactions proposed to be supported thereby. Upon receipt of such notice, the LC Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender, of the contents thereof and of the amount of such Lenders participation in such proposed Facility LC. The issuance or Modification by the LC Issuer of any Facility LC shall, in addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Article IV (the satisfaction of which the LC Issuer shall have no duty to ascertain), be subject to the conditions precedent that such Facility LC shall be satisfactory to the LC Issuer and that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered such application agreement and/or such other instruments and agreements relating to such Facility LC as the LC Issuer shall have reasonably requested (each, a Facility LC Application). In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Facility LC Application, the terms of this Agreement shall control. Further, notwithstanding any grant of collateral security under any Facility LC Application for the obligations of Borrower thereunder, the LC Issuer agrees and acknowledges that the Reimbursement Obligations and all other amounts owing by Borrower under any Facility LC Application shall at all times be unsecured.
Section 2.19.4. LC Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent (i) for the account of the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages, a letter of credit fee at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Fee Rate on the average daily undrawn stated amount of each Facility LC, such fee to be payable in arrears on each Payment Date, and (ii) for the Administrative Agent for its own account, a one-time letter of credit fee in an amount equal to 15 basis points of the stated amount of each Facility LC, such fee to be
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payable on the date of such issuance or increase (each such fee described in this sentence an LC Fee). The Borrower shall also pay to the LC Issuer for its own account, such reasonable and customary documentary and processing charges in connection with the issuance or Modification of and draws under Facility LCs in accordance with the LC Issuers standard schedule for such charges as in effect from time to time.
Section 2.19.5. Administration; Reimbursement . Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Facility LC of any demand for payment under such Facility LC, the LC Issuer shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and each other Lender as to the amount to be paid by the LC Issuer as a result of such demand and the proposed payment date (the LC Payment Date). The responsibility of the LC Issuer to the Borrower and each Lender shall be only to determine that the documents (including each demand for payment) delivered under each Facility LC in connection with such presentment shall be in conformity in all material respects with such Facility LC. The LC Issuer shall endeavor to exercise the same care in the issuance and administration of the Facility LCs as it does with respect to letters of credit in which no participations are granted, it being understood that in the absence of any gross negligence or willful misconduct by the LC Issuer, each Lender shall be unconditionally and irrevocably liable without regard to the occurrence of any Default or any condition precedent whatsoever, to reimburse the LC Issuer on demand for (i) such Lenders Applicable Percentage of the amount of each payment made by the LC Issuer under each Facility LC to the extent such amount is not reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19.6 below, plus (ii) interest on the foregoing amount to be reimbursed by such Lender, for each day from the date of the LC Issuers demand for such reimbursement (or, if such demand is made after 11:00 a.m. (Columbus, Ohio time) on such date, from the next succeeding Business Day) to the date on which such Lender pays the amount to be reimbursed by it, at a rate of interest per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first three days and, thereafter, at a rate of interest equal to the rate applicable to Floating Rate Advances.
Section 2.19.6. Reimbursement by Borrower . The Borrower shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to reimburse the LC Issuer on or before the applicable LC Payment Date for any amounts paid by the LC Issuer upon any drawing under any Facility LC, without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind; provided that neither the Borrower nor any Lender shall hereby be precluded from asserting any claim for direct (but not consequential) damages suffered by the Borrower or such Lender to the extent, but only to the extent, caused by (i) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the LC Issuer in determining whether a request presented under any Facility LC issued by it complied with the terms of such Facility LC or (ii) the LC Issuers failure to pay under any Facility LC issued by it after the presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Facility LC. All such amounts paid by the LC Issuer and remaining unpaid by the Borrower shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to (x) the rate applicable to Floating Rate Advances for such day if such day falls on or before the applicable LC Payment Date and (y) the sum of 2% plus the rate applicable to Floating Rate Advances for such day if such day falls after such LC Payment Date. The LC Issuer will pay to each Lender ratably in accordance with its Applicable Percentage all amounts received by it from the Borrower for application in payment, in whole or in part, of the Reimbursement Obligation in respect of any Facility LC issued by the LC Issuer, but only to the extent such Lender has made
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payment to the LC Issuer in respect of such Facility LC pursuant to Section 2.19.5. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including the submission of a Borrowing Notice in compliance with Section 2.6 and the satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article IV), unless directed otherwise by the Borrower, the Lenders shall make a Floating Rate Revolving Advance hereunder for the purpose of satisfying any Reimbursement Obligation and, to the extent so satisfied, the Borrowers obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Floating Rate Revolving Advance.
Section 2.19.7. Obligations Absolute . The Borrowers obligations under this Section 2.19 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which the Borrower may have or have had against the LC Issuer, any Lender or any beneficiary of a Facility LC. The Borrower further agrees with the LC Issuer and the Lenders that the LC Issuer and the Lenders shall not be responsible for, and the Borrowers Reimbursement Obligation in respect of any Facility LC shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even if such documents should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower, any of its Affiliates, the beneficiary of any Facility LC or any financing institution or other party to whom any Facility LC may be transferred or any claims or defenses whatsoever of the Borrower or of any of its Affiliates against the beneficiary of any Facility LC or any such transferee. The LC Issuer shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Facility LC, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the LC Issuer or any Lender under or in connection with each Facility LC and the related drafts and documents, if done without gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding upon the Borrower and shall not put the LC Issuer or any Lender under any liability to the Borrower. Nothing in this Section 2.19.7 is intended to limit the right of the Borrower to make a claim against the LC Issuer for damages as contemplated by the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.19.6.
Section 2.19.8. Actions of LC Issuer . The LC Issuer shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any Facility LC, draft, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document 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, independent accountants and other experts selected by the LC Issuer. The LC Issuer shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement unless it shall first have received such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it reasonably deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.19, the LC Issuer shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the Lenders and any future holders of a participation in any Facility LC.
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Section 2.19.9. Indemnification . The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, the LC Issuer and the Administrative Agent, and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees from and against any and all claims and damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which such Lender, the LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent may incur (or which may be claimed against such Lender, the LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent by any Person whatsoever) by reason of or in connection with the issuance, execution and delivery or transfer of or payment or failure to pay under any Facility LC or any actual or proposed use of any Facility LC, including any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which the LC Issuer may incur by reason of or in connection with (i) the failure of any other Lender to fulfill or comply with its obligations to the LC Issuer hereunder (but nothing herein contained shall affect any rights the Borrower may have against any defaulting Lender) or (ii) by reason of or on account of the LC Issuer issuing any Facility LC which specifies that the term Beneficiary included therein includes any successor by operation of law of the named Beneficiary, but which Facility LC does not require that any drawing by any such successor Beneficiary be accompanied by a copy of a legal document, satisfactory to the LC Issuer, evidencing the appointment of such successor Beneficiary; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Lender, the LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses to the extent, but only to the extent, caused by (x) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the LC Issuer in determining whether a request presented under any Facility LC complied with the terms of such Facility LC or (y) the LC Issuers failure to pay under any Facility LC after the presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Facility LC. Nothing in this Section 2.19.9 is intended to limit the obligations of the Borrower under any other provision of this Agreement.
Section 2.19.10. Lenders Indemnification . Each Lender shall, ratably in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, indemnify the LC Issuer, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower) against any cost, expense (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or liability (except such as result from such indemnitees gross negligence or willful misconduct or the LC Issuers failure to pay under any Facility LC after the presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Facility LC) that such indemnitees may suffer or incur in connection with this Section 2.19 or any action taken or omitted by such indemnitees hereunder.
Section 2.19.11. Rights as a Lender . In its capacity as a Lender, the LC Issuer shall have the same rights and obligations as any other Lender.
Section 2.20 . Replacement of Lender . If the Borrower is required pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.5 to make any additional payment to any Lender or if any Lenders obligation to make or continue, or to convert Floating Rate Advances into, Eurodollar Advances shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.3 (any Lender so affected an Affected Lender), the Borrower may elect, if such amounts continue to be charged or such suspension is still effective, to replace such Affected Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, and provided further that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such
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date, to purchase for cash the Advances and other Obligations due to the Affected Lender pursuant to an assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit C and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Affected Lender as of such date and to comply with the requirements of Section 11.3 applicable to assignments, and (ii) the Borrower shall pay to such Affected Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Affected Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of assumption, including payments due to such Affected Lender under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5.
Section 2.21 . Amendment and Restatement . This Agreement is entered into by the parties hereto in order to, inter alia , amend and restate the terms, provisions and agreements of that certain Credit Agreement dated September 30, 2002 among Borrower, The Huntington National Bank, as Administrative Agent, Lender, Swingline Lender and LC Issuer, Fifth Third Bank, as Lender and Bank One, N.A., as Lender (herein, as previously amended, the Original Credit Agreement). Pursuant to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents (as such term is used and defined in the Original Credit Agreement; herein, the Original Loan Documents) shall also be amended and restated (except for any Facility LC Applications). This Agreement, together with the Original Loan Documents, as amended and restated on this date, the Pledge, the Security Agreements, the Fast Forward Guaranty, the Timexpress Guaranty, all Facility LC Applications given under the Original Credit Agreement and/or this Agreement, and all other documents and or instruments given from time to time in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement, as each of the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, restated or replaced from time to time, shall constitute the Loan Documents as such term is used and defined in this Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor any of the other Loan Documents shall constitute a satisfaction or refinance of the indebtedness evidenced by the Original Credit Agreement and the other Original Loan Documents. The Borrower shall pay to Agent such fees (collectively, the Amendment and Restatement Fee) referenced in the letter agreement described in Section 4.1(b), which Amendment and Restatement Fee shall be due and payable on the Closing Date and the full payment of which, in immediately available funds, shall be a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement.
Yield Protection; Taxes
Section 3.1 . Yield Protection . If, on or after the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law), or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental or quasi-governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender, or the LC Issuer, or applicable Lending Installation, with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency:
(i) subjects any Lender, the LC Issuer, or any applicable Lending Installation, to any Taxes, or changes the basis of taxation of payments (other than with respect to Excluded Taxes)
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to any Lender, or the LC Issuer in respect of its Eurodollar Loans, Facility LCs or participations therein, or
(ii) imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender, or the LC Issuer, or any applicable Lending Installation (other than reserves and assessments taken into account in determining the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Advances), or
(iii) imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to any Lender, the LC Issuer, or any applicable Lending Installation, of making, funding or maintaining its Eurodollar Loans, or of issuing or participating in Facility LCs, or reduces any amount receivable by any Lender, the LC Issuer, or any applicable Lending Installation, in connection with its Eurodollar Loans, Facility LCs or participations therein, or requires any Lender, the LC Issuer, or any applicable Lending Installation, to make any payment calculated by reference to the amount of Eurodollar Loans, Facility LCs or participation therein held or interest of LC Fees received by it, by an amount deemed material by such Lender or the LC Issuer, as the case may be,
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, LC Issuer, or applicable Lending Installation, as the case may be, of making or maintaining its Eurodollar Loans or of issuing or participating in Facility LCs, or to reduce the return received by such Lender, LC Issuer, or applicable Lending Installation, as the case may be, in connection with such Eurodollar Loans, the Commitment, Facility LCs or participations therein, then, within 15 days of demand by such Lender, or the LC Issuer, as the case may be, the Borrower shall pay such Lender, or the LC Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, or the LC Issuer, as the case may be, for such increased cost or reduction in amount received.
Section 3.2 . Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations . If a Lender, or the LC Issuer determines the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender, the LC Issuer, or any Lending Installation, or any corporation controlling such Lender, or the LC Issuer is increased as a result of a Change (defined below), then, within 15 days of demand by such Lender, or the LC Issuer, the Borrower shall pay such Lender, or the LC Issuer the amount necessary (without any premium or penalty thereon or otherwise with respect thereto) to compensate for any shortfall in the rate of return on the portion of such increased capital which such Lender, or the LC Issuer determines is attributable to this Agreement, its Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure, its Term Loans, its Revolving Commitment to make Revolving Loans and/or issue or participate in Facility LCs, as the case may be (after taking into account such Lenders, or LC Issuers, policies as to capital adequacy). Change means (i) any change after the date of this Agreement in the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines (defined below), or (ii) any adoption of or change in any other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force of law) after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by any Lender, or the LC Issuer, or any Lending Installation or any corporation controlling any Lender, or the LC Issuer. Risk-Based Capital Guidelines means (i) the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United States on the date of this Agreement, including transition rules,
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and (ii) the corresponding capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside the United States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled International Convergence of Capital Measurements and Capital Standards, including transition rules, and any amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this Agreement.
Section 3.3 . Availability of Types of Advances . If any Lender, or the LC Issuer determines that maintenance of its Eurodollar Loans at a suitable Lending Installation would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive, whether or not having the force of law, or if the Required Lenders determine that (i) deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund Eurodollar Advances are not available or (ii) the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Advances does not accurately reflect the cost of making or maintaining Eurodollar Advances, then the Administrative Agent shall suspend the availability of Eurodollar Advances and require any affected Eurodollar Advances to be repaid or converted to Floating Rate Advances, subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4 (without any premium or penalty thereon or otherwise with respect thereto).
Section 3.4 . Funding Indemnification . If any payment of a Eurodollar Advance occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period, whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a Eurodollar Advance is not made on the date specified by the Borrower for any reason other than default by the Lenders, the Borrower will indemnify each Lender for any reasonable and properly documented loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom, including any loss or cost in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain such Eurodollar Advance (without any premium or penalty thereon or otherwise with respect thereto).
Section 3.5 . Taxes .
(i) All payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any Lender, the Swingline Lender, the LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Note or Facility LC Application shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all Taxes. If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender, the Swingline Lender, the LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent, (a) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.5) such Lender, the Swingline Lender, the LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (b) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (c) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law and (d) the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent the original copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof within 30 days after such payment is made.
(ii) In addition, the Borrower hereby agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under any Note or Facility LC Application or from the
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execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note or Facility LC Application (Other Taxes).
(iii) The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, the LC Issuer, and each Lender for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed on amounts payable under this Section 3.5) paid by the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, the LC Issuer, or such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. Payments due under this indemnification shall be made within 30 days of the date the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer, or such Lender makes demand therefor pursuant to Section 3.6.
(iv) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement or any Note pursuant to the law of any relevant jurisdiction or any treaty shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
(v) If the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental authority of the U.S. or any other country or any political subdivision thereof asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered or properly completed, because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered its exemption from withholding ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax, withholding therefor, or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this subsection, together with all costs and expenses related thereto (including attorneys fees and time charges of attorneys for the Administrative Agent, which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent). The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 3.5(v) shall survive the payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
Section 3.6 . Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity . To the extent reasonably possible, each Lender, and the LC Issuer shall designate an alternate Lending Installation with respect to its Eurodollar Loans to reduce any liability of the Borrower to such Lender or LC Issuer, as applicable, under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5 or to avoid the unavailability of Eurodollar Advances under Section 3.3, so long as such designation is not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, or the LC Issuer, disadvantageous to such Lender or the LC Issuer. Each Lender and the LC Issuer shall deliver a written statement to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) as to the amount due, if any, under Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5. Such written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon which such Lender or the LC Issuer determined such amount and shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error. Determination of amounts payable under such Sections in connection with a Eurodollar Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender or the LC Issuer funded each Eurodollar Loan or made any disbursement under each Facility LC, as applicable, through the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the
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deposit used as a reference in determining the Eurodollar Rate applicable to such Loan or Facility LC, whether or not that is in fact the case, and any amounts owing by Borrower to any Lender or the LC Issuer under such Sections shall not be deemed unreasonable or not properly documented as a result of whether or not any Lender funded any Eurodollar Loan or whether or not the LC Issuer made any disbursement under any Facility LC in such manner. Unless otherwise provided herein, the amount specified in the written statement of any Lender or the LC Issuer shall be payable on demand after receipt by the Borrower of such written statement. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 shall survive for 180 days following the later of (i) the payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement, and (ii) the date that the event giving rise to the obligation occurs (provided that if the event giving rise to the obligation is retroactive, then such 180 day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect).
Conditions Precedent
Section 4.1 . Effective Date; Credit Extensions .
(i) The obligations of the Lenders to make Advances after the Effective Date and of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans and of the LC Issuer to issue Facility LCs hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) The Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent, with sufficient copies for the Lenders:
(1) All documents, instruments, agreements and other items as set forth in the Closing Agenda.
(2) Such other documents and items as any Lender or its counsel may have reasonably requested.
(b) The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent all fees and other amounts owing pursuant to the letter agreement dated of even date herewith, or as otherwise agreed from time to time.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received and accepted the executed legal opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, legal counsel to the Borrower and Guarantor, in favor of the Lenders, Swingline Lender, LC Issuer, and Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Simultaneously with the first Advance made after the Effective Date, Borrower shall have (i) paid in full all indebtedness and liabilities outstanding in favor of (1) Bank One, NA (Bank One) in connection with a certain term loan made by Bank One to Borrower on February 19, 2002 in the original principal amount of $3,000,000,
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and (2) Key Equipment Finance or any other division of Key Corporate Capital, Inc. or any affiliate thereof, (ii) obtained terminations of all liens and security interests granted in connection with any such indebtedness and liabilities, and (iii) terminated any commitment to extend further credit and/or additional loans in connection therewith or under any documents, agreements or instruments evidencing or given in connection with the same.
(e) An opening Borrowing Base Certificate, certified by an Authorized Officer of Borrower as true and correct.
(ii) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans and of the LC Issuer to issue the Facility LCs hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 12.13) on the Closing Date.
Section 4.2 . Each Credit Extension . The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Advance and of the Swingline Lender to make a Swingline Loan on the occasion of any Swingline Advance and of the LC Issuer to issue, amend, renew or extend any Facility LC, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) There exists no Default or Unmatured Default.
(ii) The representations and warranties contained in Article V are true and correct as of such Credit Extension Date except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct on and as of such earlier date.
(iii) All legal matters incident to the making of such Credit Extension shall be satisfactory to the Lenders and their counsel.
Each Borrowing Notice or request for issuance of a Facility LC with respect to each such Credit Extension shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions contained in Sections 4.2(i)-(ii) have been satisfied.
Representations And Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
Section 5.1 . Existence and Standing . Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is a corporation, or (in the case of Subsidiaries only) partnership or limited liability company, duly and properly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
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incorporation or organization and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted.
Section 5.2 . Authorization and Validity . The Borrower and each Guarantor has the power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Borrower and each Guarantor of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate, partnership, or limited liability company, as the case may be, proceedings, and the Loan Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, enforceable against the Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and general principles of equity.
Section 5.3 . No Conflict; Government Consent . Neither the execution and delivery by the Borrower or any Guarantor of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate (i) any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Borrower, any Guarantor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or (ii) the Borrowers, any Guarantors, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, articles or certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, articles or certificate of organization, by-laws, or operating or other management agreement, as the case may be, or (iii) the provisions of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Borrower, any Guarantor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or is subject, or by which any of them, or their Property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, or result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of the respective Subsidiaries of any of them pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. No order, consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or other action in respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, which has not been obtained by the Borrower, any Guarantor, or any of their Subsidiaries, is required to be obtained in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the borrowings under this Agreement, the payment and performance by the Borrower of the Obligations or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.
Section 5.4 . Financial Statements . The December 31, 2003 consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered to the Lenders were prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles in effect on the date such statements were prepared and fairly present the consolidated financial condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date and the consolidated results of their operations for the period then ended. The financial projections provided by Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries to the Lenders in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be certified by an Authorized Officer as being an accurate summary of the estimated expected results of operations and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the best knowledge of such Authorized Officer as of the date of said financial projections based upon present circumstances; it being acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that the assumptions contained therein may not
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materialize, and unanticipated events and circumstances may occur subsequent to the date of said financial projections which may result in actual results which vary (perhaps, materially) from the financial projections.
Section 5.5 . Material Adverse Change . Since December 31, 2003 there has been no change in the business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.6 . Taxes . The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all United States federal tax returns and all other tax returns which are required to be filed and have paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles and as to which no Lien exists. No tax liens have been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any such taxes. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are adequate.
Section 5.7 . Litigation and Contingent Obligations . There is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of any Credit Extensions. Other than any liability incident to any litigation, arbitration or proceeding which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material Contingent Obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4.
Section 5.8 . Subsidiaries . Schedule I contains an accurate list of all of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of organization and the percentage of their respective capital stock or other ownership interests owned by the Borrower or other Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of such Subsidiaries have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
Section 5.9 . ERISA . The Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans do not in the aggregate exceed $100,000. Neither the Borrower nor any other member of the Controlled Group has incurred, or is reasonably expected to incur, any withdrawal liability to Multiemployer Plans in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate. Each Plan complies in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law and regulations, no Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, neither the Borrower nor any other member of the Controlled Group has withdrawn from any Plan or initiated steps to do so, and no steps have been taken to reorganize or terminate any Plan.
Section 5.10 . Accuracy of Information . No information, exhibit or report furnished by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender in
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connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the Loan Documents (i) contained any material misstatement of fact, or (ii) omitted to state any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading.
Section 5.11 . Federal Reserve Regulations . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.
Section 5.12 . Material Agreements . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement (including, without limitation, any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness) to which it is a party, which default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.13 . Compliance With Laws . The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of their respective Properties except for any failure to comply with any of the foregoing which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.14 . Properties .
(i) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of the Property material to its business (including its real properties), free and clear of all Liens, except for (1) minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes, (2) and Permitted Liens.
(ii) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has complied with all material obligations under all leases to which it is a party and that are material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and all such leases are in full force and effect. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such material leases under which a Borrower or any such Subsidiary is a lessee.
(iii) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed or otherwise permitted to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Schedule 5.14 sets forth the address of each real property that is owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date.
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(v) As of the Effective Date, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of, or has knowledge of, any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any of its real properties or any sale or disposition thereof, in lieu of condemnation. Neither any of the Borrowers or its Subsidiaries real properties, nor any interest therein, is subject to any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to purchase such real property or interest therein.
Section 5.15 . Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an entity deemed to hold plan assets within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 of an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code), and neither the execution of this Agreement nor the making of Credit Extensions hereunder gives rise to a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
Section 5.16 . Environmental Matters . In the ordinary course of its business, the officers of the Borrower consider the effect of Environmental Laws on the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which they identify and evaluate potential risks and liabilities accruing to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries due to Environmental Laws. On the basis of this consideration, the Borrower has concluded that Environmental Laws cannot reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as provided on Schedule 5.16, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice to the effect that its operations are not in material compliance with any of the requirements of applicable Environmental Laws or are the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, which non-compliance or remedial action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.17 . Investment Company Act . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 5.18 . Public Utility Holding Company Act . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a holding company or a subsidiary company of a holding company, or an affiliate of a holding company or of a subsidiary company of a holding company, within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
Section 5.19 . Insurance . The certificate (substantially in the form attached as Schedule 5.19) signed by the President or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, that attests to the existence and adequacy of, and summarizes, the property and casualty insurance program carried by the Borrower with respect to itself and its Subsidiaries and that has been furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, is complete and accurate. This summary includes the insurers or insurers name(s), policy number(s), expiration date(s), amount(s) of coverage, type(s) of coverage, exclusion(s), and deductibles. This summary also includes similar information, and describes any reserves, relating to any self-insurance program that is in effect.
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Section 5.20 . Solvency .
(i) Immediately after the consummation of the transactions to occur hereunder and immediately following the making of each Loan, if any, made on the date hereof and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (b) the present fair saleable value of the Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the date hereof.
(ii) The Borrower does not intend to, or to permit any of its Subsidiaries to, and does not believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.
Section 5.21 . Labor Matters . As of the Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters, except where any such violations, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All material payments due from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable. The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is bound.
Covenants
During the term of this Agreement, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:
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Section 6.1 . Financial Reporting . The Borrower will maintain, for itself and each of its Subsidiaries, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, and furnish to the Administrative Agent:
(i) Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year of Borrower, the annual report of Borrower on form 10K for each such fiscal year-end, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(ii) Within forty-five (45) days after the close of the each of the first three fiscal quarters of each of Borrowers fiscal years, the quarterly report of Borrower on form 10Q for each such fiscal quarter-end, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(iii) Together with the deliveries required under Section 6.1(ii), for each fiscal quarter-end, a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit B signed by an Authorized Officer showing the calculations necessary to determine compliance with this Agreement and stating that no Default or Unmatured Default exists, or if any Default or Unmatured Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof.
(iv) On the last day of each March and September prior to the Maturity Date, a detailed report (1) listing (by type and registration number) all aircraft in which Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower owns or holds any right, title or interest, (2) showing the Market Value of said aircraft, and (3) indicating the hours logged with respect to each aircraft for the period since the date of the last such report.
(v) no later than forty-five (45) days after the last day of each calendar quarter after the Closing Date hereof, and at such other times as Lender shall request, a Borrowing Base Certificate, certified by an Authorized Officer of Borrower as true and correct, setting forth the amount of Eligible Accounts Receivable, Eligible Inventory and Eligible Fixed Assets and supporting documentation, in each case as of the last Business Day of said calendar quarter;
(vi) As soon as possible and in any event within ten (10) days after the Borrower knows that any Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, a statement, signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, describing said Reportable Event and the action which the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.
(vii) As soon as possible and in any event within ten (10) days after receipt by the Borrower, a copy of (a) any notice or claim to the effect that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of the release by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, and (b) any notice alleging any violation of any federal, state or local environmental, health or safety law or regulation by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(viii) As soon as possible and in any event within ten (10) days after notice thereof, notice of all actions, suits, audits, inquiries, proceedings, notices of violations, investigations and/or other material actions before or by any governmental or public authority or body, or any
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subdivision thereof, including, without limitation, the Internal Revenue Service and/or the Securities Exchange Commission of the U.S., against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, which could, in the opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, if adversely determined, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(ix) Such other information (including non-financial information) as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
Section 6.2 . Use of Proceeds . The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans for general corporate and working capital purposes. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances or any Facility LC to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, U or X.
Section 6.3 . Notice of Default . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, give prompt notice in writing to the Lenders of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default and of any other development, financial or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, including, without limitation, any material casualty or loss.
Section 6.4 . Conduct of Business . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted and do all things necessary to remain duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing as a domestic corporation, partnership or limited liability company in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in the jurisdiction of its organization and in each other jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, unless the failure to be so authorized to conduct business in each such other jurisdiction would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.5 . Taxes . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, timely file complete and correct United States federal and applicable foreign, state and local tax returns required by law and pay when due all taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or Property, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance