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Exhibit 10.1

 

	 

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

VISHAY PRECISION GROUP, INC.

 

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS identified herein as Lenders,

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent,

 

J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as European Agent, and

 

RBS CITIZENS, N.A., as Joint Book-Runner

 

 

 

Dated as of October 14, 2010

 

 

 

	 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

     This CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 14, 2010 (this “Agreement”), is made by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPM”), individually, as the Issuing Bank, a Lender, the Swing Lender and the Agent, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as European Agent, the Lenders (referred to below), and Vishay Precision Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with such additional Persons, if any, that may be designated as a “Borrower” pursuant to Section 2.16 of this Agreement, collectively and jointly and severally, the “Borrower”). JPM, when acting in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, or any successor or assign that assumes that position pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, is hereinafter referred to as the “Agent.” Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Article 1 (Definitions).

 

Background of Agreement

 

     The Borrower, through its Subsidiaries, is engaged in the business related to sensors, sensor-based systems and foil technology based products, such as resisters, resistive sensors and sensor-based systems, all for a wide variety of applications. The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a senior credit facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $25,000,000, consisting of a revolving credit facility with a letter of credit subfacility and Swing Loan subfacility.

 

     The Subsidiaries of the Borrower will derive substantial benefits from this credit facility. The Borrower may, among other things, use proceeds of the Loans hereunder to make capital contributions and extend credit to its Subsidiaries, subject to the terms of the Loan Documents. Such access to capital provided to the Subsidiaries through this financing is on terms that are more advantageous to the Subsidiaries than such Subsidiaries could obtain if they accessed capital independently. Accordingly, the credit facility provided for in this Agreement is to be guaranteed by the Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries and secured by the equity of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries as well as by the material assets (excluding real property) of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors as set forth in the Loan Documents.

 

     NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS

 

     1.1 Defined Terms.

 

          As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires.

 

          2010 Note Instrument: that certain Note Instrument dated July 21, 2010 constituting up to $9,958,460 Floating Rate Unsecured Loan Notes 2101 by Borrower, as it may be

 

 

amended, restated or modified from time to time; provided, that any such amendment, restatement or modification not require payments of cash by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of those required as of the Closing Date (or any amortization or any shortening of maturity) or provide that the notes issued thereunder may be converted into anything other than common equity interests in the Parent.

 

          Accumulated Funding Deficiency: any accumulated funding deficiency as defined in Section 302(a) of ERISA with respect to an Employee Pension Plan for plan years beginning prior to 2008 and any accumulated funding deficiency as defined in Section 304(a) of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan.

 

          Acquisition: (a) any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of an interest in any other Person that shall then become Consolidated with the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (including, by way of merger into Borrower or any Subsidiary or otherwise), or (b) any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of all or any substantial part of the assets of any other Person or of a division or line of business of any other Person, in any case, whether by purchase, lease, exchange, issuance of equity or debt securities, merger, reorganization or any other method.

 

          Adjusted LIBOR: the rate per annum (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent) determined by the Agent to be equal to the quotient of (a) LIBOR, multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is a number equal to 1.00 minus the Reserve Percentage.

 

          Administrative Questionnaire: an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Agent.

 

          Affiliate: with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

          Agent: the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

          Agreement: this Credit Agreement, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

          Annual Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate: the meaning specified in paragraph (b) of Subsection 2.7.1 (Unused Commitment Fees).

 

          Applicable Margin: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.8.2 (Applicable Margin).

 

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          Applicable Percentage: with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the amount of each Lender’s Loans and participation interest in Letters of Credit.

 

          Approved Fund: any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

          Assignment and Assumption: an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Subsection 11.6.2 (Assignments by Lenders)), and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit K or any other form approved by the Agent.

 

          Available Commitment: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.1.2 (Available Commitment).

 

          Banking Services: each and any of the following bank services provided to any Loan Party by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or an Affiliate of the foregoing: (a) commercial credit cards, (b) stored value cards and (c) treasury and/or cash management services (including controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).

 

          Banking Services Obligations: any and all obligations of the Loan Parties, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking Services.

 

          Base Rate: means the rate of interest equal to the greatest of (i) the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the prime rate not being intended to the lowest rate of interest charged by the Agent in connection with extensions of credit to debtors), (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and (iii) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate applicable to loans for a one-month Interest Period plus 1.00%.

 

          Base Rate Loans: Loans bearing interest at a rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

          Board of Directors: the board of directors, board of managers or similar group that directs the affairs of a Person.

 

          Borrower: the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

          Borrower Pledge: the meaning specified in Subsection 4.1.5(a) (Pledge Agreements).

 

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          Borrower Required Payment: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.11.2 (Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Agent).

 

          Business Day: any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day which shall be in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the city of London, England a legal holiday or day on which banking institutions are required or authorized to close provided that, when used in connection with a Loan denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in the relevant currency in the London interbank market or the principal financial center of such currency (and, if the Loans which are the subject of a borrowing, drawing, payment, reimbursement or rate selection are denominated in Euro, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in euro).

 

          Capital Expenditures: expenditures for fixed or capital assets, including the purchase, construction or rehabilitation of equipment or other physical assets that are required to be capitalized under GAAP.

 

          Capital Lease: a lease with respect to which the lessee is required to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.

 

          Capital Lease Obligation: with respect to any Capital Lease, the amount of the obligation of the lessee thereunder which would in accordance with GAAP appear on a balance sheet of such lessee in respect of such Capital Lease or otherwise be disclosed in a note to such balance sheet.

 

          Capital Stock: any class of preferred, common or other capital stock, share capital or similar equity interest of a Person, including any partnership interest in any partnership or limited partnership and any membership interest in any limited liability company.

 

          CERCLA: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, and all rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.

 

          Change in Law: the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.

 

          Change of Control:

 

               (a) Any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than interests owned by members of the Zandman Parties, shall obtain ownership or control in one or more series of

 

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transactions of more than 50.1% of the common stock or 50.1% of the voting power of the Borrower entitled to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower or similar governing body; or

 

               (b) There shall have occurred under any indenture or other instrument evidencing any Indebtedness or preferred equity any “change of control” (or similar term as defined in such indenture or other evidence of Indebtedness or preferred equity) obligating the Borrower to repurchase, redeem or repay all or any part of the Indebtedness or Capital Stock provided for therein; or

 

               (c) The Borrower merges with or into another Person and the Borrower is not the surviving entity or sells or disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person; or

 

               (d) During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Borrower (together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Borrower was approved by a vote of 50.1% of the directors of the Borrower at the time of such approval who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office; or

 

               (e) The liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower.

 

For purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means Capital Stock or other ownership interests of any class or classes of a corporation or another entity the holders of which are entitled to elect a majority of the corporate directors or Persons performing similar functions. 

 

          Closing Date: the meaning specified in Section 4.1 (Conditions to Initial Funding).

 

          Closing Date GAAP: the meaning specified in Subsection 7.4.3(a).

 

          COBRA: the group health plan continuation coverage requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.

 

          Code: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or its predecessor or successor, as applicable, and any Treasury regulations, revenue rulings or technical information releases issued thereunder.

 

          Collateral: all property of any sort in which any Loan Party has granted, or purported to grant, a security interest or other Lien pursuant to any of the Loan Documents.

 

          Commitments: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.1.1 (Commitment to Make RC Loans).

 

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          Consolidated: with respect to any Person and any specified Subsidiaries, refers to the consolidation of financial statements of such Person and such Subsidiaries and of particular items in such financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

 

          Consolidating: with respect to any Person and any specified Subsidiaries of such Person, refers to the separate presentation of financial statements of each such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

          Debt Service: for any period, the amount of all scheduled principal payments (including scheduled amortization and payments due at maturity), including the portion of scheduled payments under Capital Leases allocable to principal, and Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis in respect of Indebtedness during such period. “Amount” of principal means such amount as was paid or payable. With respect to any revolving credit, “scheduled principal payments” shall include the amount of any scheduled reduction or termination of the commitment.

 

          Debtor Relief Law: the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

          Default: any condition or event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default.

 

          Default Rate: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.8.6 (Default Rate; Late Fee).

 

          Defaulting Lender: any Lender, as determined by the Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans or other amounts required to be funded by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, (b) notified the Borrower, the Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Swing Lender or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within one Business Day after request by the Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Loans or other amounts required to be funded by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder or any other Loan Document within three Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (e) (i) become or is insolvent or has a parent company that has become or is insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become

 

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the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (f) who the Swing Lender or Issuing Bank believes in good faith have defaulted under other syndicated credit facilities.

 

          Director: with respect to any Person, a member of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

          Disqualified Stock: with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable): (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable for any reason, (b) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, or (c) is or may for any reason be redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, in each case, on or prior to the first anniversary of the stated maturity of the Notes.

 

          DOL: United States Department of Labor, or any governmental agency or instrumentality succeeding to the functions thereof.

 

          Dollars and $: dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

          Domestic Subsidiary: any Subsidiary organized under the Laws of the United States of America or one of its political subdivisions.

 

          EBITDA: for any Person, for any period, the Net Income of such Person for such period adjusted (A) to include, if applicable but without limiting the generality of Subsection 7.4.2 (Additional Provisions Respecting Calculations of Financial Covenants), the Net Income of any Person accrued during such period but prior to the date it became a Subsidiary of Company or was merged into or consolidated with Company (based on financial information reasonably satisfactory to Agent), and (B) to exclude, without duplication, the following items of income or expense to the extent that such items are included in the calculation of such Net Income: (a) Interest Expense, (b) total income and franchise tax expense, (c) depreciation expense, (d) the expense associated with amortization of intangible and other assets, (e) non-cash provisions for reserves for discontinued operations (or any reversals thereof) but if any amount reflected in such non-cash reserves are subsequently paid in cash, such cash payment shall be deducted from the calculation of EBITDA, (f) any gain or loss associated with the sale or write-down of assets, (g) any gain or loss from or attributable to minority interests, (h) any gain or loss accounted for by the equity method of accounting (except in the case of income to the extent of the amount of cash dividends or cash distributions paid to such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person by the entity accounted for by the equity method of accounting), and (i) other non-cash items approved by the Agent.

 

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          Eligible Assignee:

 

               (a) a Lender;

 

               (b) an Affiliate of a Lender;

 

               (c) an Approved Fund; and

 

               (d) any Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Agent, (ii) in the case of any assignment of a Commitment, the Issuing Bank, and (iii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

 

          Employee Pension Plan: any Plan which (a) the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to, or otherwise has any liability with respect thereto and (b) is subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.

 

          Environmental Laws: any national, state or local law or regulation (including CERCLA, OSHA and RCRA) enacted in connection with or relating to the protection or regulation of the environment, including those laws, statutes, and regulations regulating the disposal, removal, production, storing, refining, handling, transferring, processing, or transporting of Hazardous Substances, and any regulations issued or promulgated in connection with such statutes by any Governmental Authority and any orders, decrees or judgments issued by any court of competent jurisdiction in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

          ERISA: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any regulations issued thereunder by the DOL or PBGC.

 

          ERISA Affiliate: (a) any corporation included with the Borrower in a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code, (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code, (c) any member of an affiliated service group of which the Borrower is a member within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code and (d) any other group including the Borrower that is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(o) of the Code.

 

          Eurodollar Business Day: a Business Day on which the relevant London international financial markets are open for dealings in Dollar deposits and which is also other than a Saturday, Sunday or day which shall be in the city of London, England a legal holiday or day on which banking institutions are required or authorized to close.

 

          Eurodollar Deposits: U.S. dollar-denominated deposits at foreign banks or foreign branches of American banks.

 

          European Agent: the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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          Event of Default: the meaning specified in Section 9.1 (Events of Default).

 

          Exchangeable Notes: the Floating Rate Unsecured Loan Notes issued by the Borrower pursuant to the 2010 Note Instrument, as each may be amended, restated or modified from time to time; provided, that any such amendment, restatement or modification not require payments of cash by the Borrower in excess of those required as of the Closing Date (or any amortization or any shortening of maturity) or provide that such notes may be converted into anything other than common equity interests in the Parent.

 

          Excluded Taxes: with respect to the Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Subsection 2.14.2 (Replacement of Lenders), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Subsection 2.13.5 (Status of Lenders), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Subsection 2.13.1 (Payments Free of Taxes).

 

          Executive Order: the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, and relating to Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism.

 

          Federal Funds Effective Rate: for any day, a fluctuating 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, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

          Fixed Charges: for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries: (a) scheduled principal payments on Indebtedness (including imputed principal payments on capital leases and synthetic leases and any scheduled commitment reductions), (b) Interest Expense, and (c) Restricted Payments paid in cash (other than to Borrower and Subsidiaries of Borrower).

 

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          Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio: as at the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) EBITDA less cash taxes and less Capital Expenditures as at the end of such quarter to (ii) Fixed Charges, each for the four fiscal quarters then ending.

 

          Foreign Currency Loan: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.1.1 (Commitment to Make RC Loans).

 

          Foreign Currency Swing Loan: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.2.1 (Swing Loan Advances).

 

          Foreign Lender: any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

 

          Foreign Subsidiary: any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary

 

          Fronting Fee: the meaning specified in Subsection 3.1.6 (Fees).

 

          Fund: any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

 

          GAAP: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States consistently applied, as in effect from time to time provided that, for purposes of calculating financial covenants, the provisions of Section 7.4 (Additional Provisions Respecting the Calculation of Financial Covenants) shall apply to the extent set forth in such section.

 

          Governmental Authority: the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

          Guaranty: as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person, including any such obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) or discounted or sold with recourse by such Person, or in respect of which such Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable, including any such obligation in effect guaranteed by such Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet or other financial condition of the obligor of such obligation, or to

 

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make payment for any products, materials or supplies or for any transportation or services regardless of the non-delivery or non-furnishing thereof, in any such case if the purpose or intent of such agreement is to provide assurance that such obligation will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected against loss in respect thereof. 

 

          Hazardous Substances: any and all chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, toxic or hazardous wastes or any other substances that might pose a hazard to health or safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any Environmental Law (including petroleum products, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, lead based paint and polychlorinated biphenyls and substances defined as Hazardous Substances under CERCLA). 

 

          IEEPA: the International Emergency Economic Power Act, 50 U.S.C. §1701 et. seq. 

 

          Indebtedness: with respect to any Person (without duplication): 

 

               (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; 

 

               (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of capital assets or for any part of the deferred purchase price of other property or services which purchase price for other property or services is due more than six months (or a longer period of up to one year, if such terms are available from suppliers in the ordinary course of business) from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof; 

 

               (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds (other than performance bonds), debentures or other similar instruments; 

 

               (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property) and all other indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property or assets of such Person; 

 

               (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; 

 

               (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities;

 

               (g) all obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock or other obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of such Person or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Capital Stock, which obligations shall be valued, in the case of redeemable preferred stock, at the liquidation preference payable upon mandatory redemption and, in the case of other such obligations, at the 

 

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amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time of determination, can reasonably be expected to become payable; 

 

               (h) all obligations of such Person under Interest Rate Protection Agreements; 

 

               (i) a Guaranty of such Person;

 

               (j) all Indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness; 

 

               (k) all unfunded pension liabilities; and 

 

               (l) the Indebtedness of any partnership or unincorporated joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer. 

 

          Indemnified Taxes: Taxes other than Excluded Taxes. 

 

          Indemnitee: the meaning specified in Subsection 11.14.2 (Indemnification by the Borrower). 

 

          India Transducers Asset Sale: the sale by Transducers, Vishay Transducers India Private Limited (an Indian company) and Tedea-Huntleigh International (an Israeli company) to Vishay Precision Transducers India Private Ltd. of certain load cell manufacturing assets in exchange for intercompany notes for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $8,000,000. 

 

          Intellectual Property: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including (a) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, (b) inventions, discoveries and ideas (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), and all patents, patent rights, applications for patents (including divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and renewal applications), and any renewals, extensions or reissues thereof, in the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (c) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common law rights related thereto, (d) all 

 

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trade secrets arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (e) all rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or extensions of the foregoing, (f) all licenses for any of the foregoing, and (g) all causes of action for infringement of the foregoing. 

 

          Intellectual Property Collateral Agreement: the meaning specified on Schedule 8.36.6. 

 

          Interest Expense: for any period, the sum of (a) the amount of interest accrued on, or with respect to, Indebtedness for such period, including imputed interest on Capital Leases and imputed or accreted interest in respect of deep discount or zero coupon obligations, plus (b) the net amount payable under all Interest Rate Protection Agreements in respect of such period (or minus the net amount receivable under all Interest Rate Protection Agreements in respect of such period) plus (c) Unused Commitment Fees payable during such period.

 

          Interest Period: means the period commencing on the date of a borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months later; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period; provided, further, that, in the event an Interest Period is extended to the next Eurodollar Business Day in a month, the succeeding Interest Period will end on the day it would have ended had the preceding Interest Period not been so extended (e.g., if the preceding period is extended to the 16th because the 15th is not a Eurodollar Business Day, the succeeding period will end on the 15th as long as it is a Eurodollar Business Day). For purposes hereof, the date of a Loan initially shall be the date on which such Loan is made and, in the case of a RC Loan, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Loan. 

 

          Interest Rate Protection Agreement: (a) any agreement (including terms and conditions incorporated by reference therein) which is a rate swap agreement, basis swap, forward rate agreement, commodity swap, interest rate option, forward foreign exchange agreement, spot foreign exchange agreement, rate cap agreement, rate floor agreement, rate collar agreement, currency swap agreement, cross-currency rate swap agreement, currency option, or any other similar agreement (including any option to enter into any of the foregoing), (b) any combination of the foregoing, or (c) any master agreement for any of the foregoing together with all supplements. 

 

          Investment: as applied to any Person (the “investor”) but without duplication: (a) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by such investor of stock or other securities of any other Person, (b) any Guaranty by such investor of obligations of any other Person, (c) any direct or indirect loan, advance or capital contribution by such investor to any other Person, 

 

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including all Indebtedness and accounts receivable owing to such investor from such other Person which are not current assets or did not arise from sales to such other Person in the ordinary course of business and (d) any Swap Agreement entered into by such Person.

 

          IRS: Internal Revenue Service, or any governmental agency or instrumentality succeeding to the functions thereof. 

 

          Israeli Corporate Group: Vishay Precision Israel, Ltd. and its Subsidiaries. 

 

          Israeli Debt: The Israeli local secured revolving credit facility to be entered into by Vishay Precision Israel, Ltd. (which may include one or more of its Subsidiaries) up to a maximum principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in Israeli sheqels to be determined at the Spot Exchange Rate at the time the facility is entered into), on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent. 

 

          Issuing Bank: JPM, in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. 

 

          Law: all common law and all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators 

 

          Lender and Lenders: each of the financial institutions and Funds that signs a Lender Addendum and each other financial institution or Fund that is an assignee of the foregoing, from time to time, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 

 

          Lender Required Payment: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.12.1 (Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Agent). 

 

          Letters of Credit: any and all letters of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement. 

 

          Letter of Credit Fees: the meaning specified in Subsection 3.1.6 (Fees). 

 

          Letter of Credit Sublimit: the meaning specified in Subsection 3.1.1 (Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit). 

 

          Leverage Ratio: the ratio of total Indebtedness, as at the date of determination, to EBITDA (for the four preceding fiscal quarters). 

 

          LIBOR: the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute determined by the Agent) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Eurodollar Business Days prior to the commencement of the applicable Interest Period, for U.S. Dollar deposits with maturity comparable to such Interest Period, or if such rate is unavailable, as otherwise determined by the Agent. In the event that the Agent is unable to obtain any such quotation as provided above, it will be deemed that LIBOR cannot be determined. 

 

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          LIBOR Loans: Loans bearing interest at a rate equal to Adjusted LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin. 

 

          License Agreements: that certain Trademark License Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2010, between Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. and Vishay Precision Group, Inc., that certain Patent License Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2010, between Vishay Dale Electronics, Inc., as each may be amended, restated or modified from time to time; provided, that any such amendment, restatement or modification be consistent with the provisions of Section 8.2.4 (License Agreements). 

 

          Lien: with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, adverse claim, charge, security interest or other encumbrance, or any other type of preferential arrangement that has the practical effect of creating a security interest, in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset. 

 

          Loan Documents: this Agreement, the Notes, the Subsidiary Suretyship, the Pledge Agreements, the Security Agreement and any and all agreements, documents and instruments executed, delivered or filed pursuant to this Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. For the sake of clarity, Interest Rate Protection Agreements, documents related to Banking Services Obligations and Letters of Credit are not Loan Documents, but obligations in respect thereof owing to Swap Parties (in the case of Interest Rate Protection Agreements) and the Issuing Bank and the Lenders (in the case of Letters of Credit) shall be secured by the Collateral. 

 

          Loan Parties: the parties to this Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents, including the Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor, but excluding the Agent, the Lenders, and the Issuing Bank. 

 

          Loans: the amounts loaned to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. Loans may be RC Loans and Swing Loans. 

 

          Master Separation and Distribution Agreement: that certain Master Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2010, between Vishay and Borrower. 

 

          Material Adverse Change: any material adverse change in 

 

               (a) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results, operations or properties of (i) the Borrower or (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; 

 

               (b) the binding nature, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents; 

 

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               (c) the ability of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors to perform its obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party; or 

 

               (d) the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens granted to Agent in respect of the Collateral. 

 

          Maturity Date: October 14, 2013, or such earlier date as the Commitments shall terminate in accordance with the terms hereof. 

 

          Minimum Funding Standard: the minimum funding standard within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code. 

 

          Month: a period from and including a given day in a calendar month to the day in the subsequent calendar month numerically corresponding to such given day except that (a) if there is no numerical correspondent in such subsequent calendar month, or (b) if such given day is the last day of a calendar month, such day shall be the last day of such subsequent calendar month. 

 

          Multiemployer Plan: a multiemployer pension plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA to which Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute or otherwise has any liability. 

 

          Net Income: for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period on a Consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, provided, the following items shall be excluded from the calculation of Net Income: 

 

               (a) after-tax gains and losses from asset sales or abandonment or reserves relating thereto; 

 

               (b) the net income (but not loss) of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration of dividends, the making of intercompany loans or similar payments by that Subsidiary of that income is restricted by a contract, operation of law or otherwise; 

 

               (c) the net income of any Person, other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower, except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower by such Person; 

 

               (d) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued); and 

 

               (e) income attributable to insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or litigation awards or settlements. 

 

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          Net Income Adjustment: The sum of fifty percent (50%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated Net Income for each fiscal quarter ending after October 2, 2010 (in each case, only if a positive number). 

 

          Notes: the promissory notes delivered by the Borrower to the Lenders (including any successors or assigns thereof) pursuant to this Agreement (including any amendments, modifications or supplements which may from time to time, be created in respect of such notes), and any replacement promissory notes issued in lieu of the foregoing. 

 

          Obligations: any and all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of any type or nature, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, related or unrelated, due or not due, liquidated or unliquidated, arising by operation of law or otherwise, now existing or hereafter arising or created of the Borrower, and/or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, and/or any other Person, to any Secured Party, represented by or incurred pursuant or relating to the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include: 

 

               (a) principal of, and interest on the Loans and the Notes; 

 

               (b) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries from time to time under or in connection with the Loan Documents;

 

               (c) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the Issuing Bank or any Lender under Letters of Credit or other debt instruments issued by the Issuing Bank or any Lender under the terms of this Agreement; and 

 

               (d) all amounts (including post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law involving the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. 

 

          OFAC: the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control. 

 

          Officer’s Compliance Certificate: a certificate in the form of Exhibit J. 

 

          Organizational Documents: means, with respect to any Person other than a natural person, the documents by which such Person was organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or articles of organization, and including any certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of such Person (such as bylaws, a partnership agreement or an operating, limited liability or members agreement). 

 

          OSHA: the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq. 

 

          Other Taxes: all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any 

 

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other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document. 

 

          Overnight LIBO Rate means, with respect to any Swing Loan denominated in Euros or Pounds Sterling, (a) the rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) at which overnight deposits in Euros or Sterling, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of the Swing Lender in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market plus (b) the Mandatory Cost. 

 

          Participant: the meaning assigned to such term in Subsection 11.6.4(a) (Participations). 

 

          PATRIOT Act: the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56) (The USA PATRIOT Act). 

 

          PBGC: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any governmental agency or instrumentality succeeding to the functions thereof. 

 

          Perfection Certificate: the Perfection Certificate dated as of the date hereof executed by the Borrower and delivered to the Agent. 

 

          Permitted Acquisition: an Acquisition (a) in which the Borrower provides at least 15 Business Days' prior written notice to the Lenders, together with pro forma financial information and revised projections giving effect to the Acquisition, (b) of a business that is in a Permitted Business, (c) in compliance with applicable Laws, (d) in which the Board of Directors of the target approves the sale, (e) where no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing before, and after giving effect to, the Acquisition and the representations in the Loan Documents shall be correct in all material respects at the time of such Acquisition and (f) in which, for Acquisitions with a purchase price in excess of $5,000,000, the Borrower provides such documentation and information as the Agent reasonably requests; provided, any such Acquisition shall not be effected when the Leverage Ratio (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Acquisition) is greater than or equal to 1.5:1.0 or when the Total Liquidity upon closing of the Acquisition is less than $25,000,000, without the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders. 

 

          Permitted Businesses: owning, operating, managing and maintaining a business engaged in the design, manufacture, marketing and delivery of sensors, sensor-based systems and foil technology-based products, such as resisters, resistive sensors, and sensor-based systems, all for a wide variety of applications, and all lines of business reasonable related thereto. 

 

          Permitted Israeli Debt Provisions: provisions in the documents related to the Israeli Debt that (a) grant Liens on the assets of Persons (other than Domestic Subsidiaries) in 

 

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the Israeli Corporate Group and/or (b) prohibit Persons (other than Domestic Subsidiaries) in the Israeli Corporate Group from putting Liens on their assets. 

 

          Permitted Lien: the meaning specified in Subsection 8.2.1 (In General). 

 

          Permitted Perfection Limitations: the limited perfection of the Liens on certain Collateral to the extent that (a) such Collateral consists of (i) deposit accounts used exclusively for funding payroll or having an average monthly balance of less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate except, in each case, any such deposit account maintained with the Agent, and (ii) aircraft and motor vehicles that require notice of a Lien on their title papers to perfect such Lien, or (b) except in the case of any Subsidiary that is not organized under the Laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof that becomes a Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor, perfection of such Liens would not be governed by the laws of the United States (or any state thereof). 

 

          Person: any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity. 

 

          Plan: an “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) or an “employee welfare benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which is maintained, or to which contributions are, or are required to be, made, by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, except a Multiemployer Plan. 

 

          Pledge Agreements: the Borrower Pledge and the Subsidiary Pledge, collectively. 

 

          Prohibited Transaction: the meaning given to such term in Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975(c) of the Code and any Treasury regulations issued thereunder. 

 

          Quarterly Payment Date: the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and, with respect to payments applicable to RC Loans, the Maturity Date and, with respect to all other amounts, the Maturity Date. 

 

          RC Lender: each Lender designated as an “RC Lender” on Schedule 1.1 hereto and each successor and assign thereof. 

 

          RC Loans: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.1.1 (Commitment to Make RC Loans). 

 

          RCRA: the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, and any rules and regulations issued in connection therewith. 

 

          Register: the meaning specified in Subsection 11.6.3 (Register). 

 

          Related Parties: with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates. 

 

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          Release: a release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the indoor or outdoor environment or into or out of any property, including the movement of Hazardous Substances through or in the air, soil, surface water, groundwater or property. 

 

          Remedial Action: actions necessary to comply with any Environmental Law or otherwise required by any Governmental Authority with respect to (a) the investigation, clean up, removal, treatment or handling Hazardous Substances in the indoor or outdoor environment; (b) the prevention of Releases or threats of Releases or minimization of further Releases of Hazardous Substances so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; or (c) the performance of pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial monitoring and care. 

 

          Reorganization: any reorganization as defined in Section 4241(a) of ERISA. 

 

          Reportable Event: with respect to any Employee Pension Plan, an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA. 

 

          Requisite Lenders: at any time, Lenders having greater than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Facility, provided, if there are two or more Lenders, Requisite Lenders shall include at least two Lenders. For purposes of this definition, “Total Facility” means, collectively, at any time, the Commitment (whether borrowed or not), but shall exclude any Commitment of Lenders who have forfeited their right to vote under the terms of this Agreement. 

 

          Reserve Percentage: the maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves) which is imposed on member banks of the Federal Reserve System against “Euro-currency Liabilities” as defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), as such regulation may be amended from time to time or any successor regulation, as the maximum reserve requirement (including any basic, supplemental, emergency, special, or marginal reserves) applicable with respect to Eurocurrency liabilities as that term is defined in Regulation D (or against any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate of Eurodollar Loans is determined), whether or not any Lender has any Eurocurrency liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that time. 

 

          Restricted Payment: (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; 

 

               (b) any redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, now or hereafter outstanding, or of any warrants, rights or options to acquire any such shares or interests, except to the extent that the consideration therefor consists solely of shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;

 

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               (c) any sinking fund, other prepayment or installment payment on account of any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; 

 

               (d) any other payment, loan or advance to a shareholder or other equity holder of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower whether in the capacity of such Person as a shareholder or otherwise, except salaries and other compensation, the payment of which is not otherwise restricted under the Loan Documents, paid in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice; 

 

               (e) any forgiveness or release without adequate consideration by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower of any Indebtedness or other obligation owing to the Borrower or such Subsidiary by a shareholder or other equity holder of the Borrower or a Subsidiary;

 

               (f) any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts in respect of subordinated Indebtedness; or 

 

               (g) any cash payment in respect of the Exchangeable Notes. 

 

          Secondment Agreement: that certain Secondment Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2010, between Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. and Vishay Precision Group, Inc., as it may be amended, restated or modified from time to time. 

 

          Secured Obligations: collectively, (a) the Obligations, (b) any Banking Services Obligations and (c) obligations under or arising out of Swap Agreements that have been or will be entered into with any Swap Party from time to time consistent with the terms of this Agreement. 

 

          Secured Party: the Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, the Indemnitees and all other Persons referred to in any of the Loan Documents as a beneficiary of the security interest granted therein and all other holders of Secured Obligations, including any and all Swap Parties. 

 

          Security Agreement: the meaning specified in Subsection 4.1.3 (Security Agreement). 

 

          Slaner Voting Trust: the voting trust described in the Vishay proxy statement that includes shares deposited by the estate of Mrs. Luella B. Slaner and shares deposited by Mrs. Luella B. Slaner’s children and various trusts for the benefit of her children and grandchildren, so long as the voting rights relating to such shares are held by Persons listed in clauses (a) through (e), inclusive, of the definition of “Zandman Parties.” 

 

          Solvent: a condition of a Person on a particular date, whereby on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it 

 

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will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability. 

 

          Spin-Off: The July 6, 2010 distribution by Vishay of all then-outstanding shares of Borrower to Vishay’s stockholders in the form of a tax-free dividend. 

 

          Spot Currency Determination Date: the meaning specified in Section 2.17 (Determination of U.S. Dollar Equivalents).

 

          Spot Exchange Rate: on any date of determination, the spot selling rate determined by the Agent which shall be the spot selling rate posted by Reuters on its website for the sale of the applicable currency for dollars at approximately noon, New York City time, on the prior Business Day; provided that if, at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, at the spot exchange rate therefor as determined by the Agent, in each case as of noon, New York City time on such date of determination thereof. 

 

          Subsidiary: with respect to any Person (referred to in this definition as the “parent”): 

 

               (a) any other Person of which more than 50% of the issued and outstanding equity having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or other governing body is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such parent, or 

 

               (b) any other Person of which more than 50% of the voting equity interests are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such parent. 

 

          Subsidiary Guarantor: all Subsidiaries of the Borrower that have executed a Subsidiary Suretyship but including all Domestic Subsidiaries except for Tedea-Huntleigh, Inc. As of the Closing Date, the Subsidiary Guarantors are indicated on Schedule 5.1.1. 

 

          Subsidiary Pledge: the meaning specified in Subsection 4.1.5(b) (Pledge Agreements). 

 

          Subsidiary Suretyship: the meaning specified in Subsection 4.1.4 (Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement). 

 

          Swap Agreement: means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions including Interest Rate Protection Agreements. 

 

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          Swap Party: any party to a Swap Agreement that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (or at the time the applicable Swap Agreement was entered into was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender), provided that in the case of any such Affiliate, (a) the Agent shall have consented to such Person being a Swap Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (b) such Affiliate shall have executed and delivered to the Agent a joinder to this Agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) agreeing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement respecting the role of the Agent, including all exculpatory provisions and indemnification provisions, as if such Affiliate were a Lender hereunder and the obligations under the Interest Rate Protection Agreement were Obligations hereunder or such other arrangement as Agent shall agree to. 

 

          Swing Lender: JPM so long as it is a Lender, or if JPM is no longer a Lender, then a Lender designated by the Borrower and acceptable to the Agent. 

 

          Swing Loans: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.2.1 (Swing Loan Advances).

 

          Tangible Net Worth: the excess of total assets over total liabilities, total assets and total liabilities each to be determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding, however, from the determination of total assets (a) goodwill, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent applications, licenses and rights in any thereof, and other intangibles, (b) unamortized financing discounts and expenses, (c) all reserves carried and not deducted from assets, (d) treasury stock and debt or equity interests in (including capital contributions to, and investments in) any Subsidiary, (e) securities which are not readily marketable, (f) cash held in a sinking or other analogous fund established for the purpose of redemption, retirement or prepayment of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (g) any write-up in the book value of any asset resulting from a revaluation thereof subsequent to the date of the financial statements referred to in Subsection 4.1.8 (Financial Statements; Projections), (h) any items not included in clauses (a) through (g) above which are treated as intangibles in conformity with GAAP, and (i) the effects of the currency translation adjustment and the pension adjustment under the additional minimum liability section of FASB 87. 

 

          TARGET: means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) reasonably determined by the Agent to be a suitable replacement) for the settlement of payments in Euro. 

 

          Tax Matters Agreement: that certain Tax Matters Agreement, between Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. and Vishay Precision, Inc., as it may be amended, restated or modified from time to time; provided, that any such amendment, restatement or modification not be adverse to the interests of the Lenders 

 

          Taxes: all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto. 

 

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          Total Liquidity: The (i) cash on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, less (ii) amounts of such cash currently held in escrow accounts, less (iii) amounts of such cash pledged to parties other than the Agent, less (iv) amounts of such cash held in Subsidiaries that are subject to agreements limiting their ability to transfer cash to the Borrower, plus (v) the Available Commitment. 

 

          Transducers: Vishay Transducers Ltd., a Delaware corporation, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower. 

 

          Transferee: the meaning specified in Subsection 8.7.1 (Consolidations and Mergers). 

 

          Transition Services Agreement: that certain Transition Services Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2010, between Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. and Vishay Precision Group, Inc., as it may be amended, restated or modified from time to time; provided, that any such amendment, restatement or modification not be adverse to the interests of the Lenders 

 

          Unreimbursed Drawings: drawings made under Letters of Credit which, for any reason, have not been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower, whether through borrowings of Loans hereunder or otherwise. 

 

          Unused Commitment Fee: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.7.1 (Unused Commitment Fees). 

 

          Unused Commitment Fee Base: the meaning specified in Subsection 2.7.1 (Unused Commitment Fees). 

 

          VCTT Transfer: the upcoming transfer of ownership (either by sale or capital contribution) of the 89% ownership interest by Transducers of Vishay Celtron (Tianjin) Technologies Co. Ltd., a Chinese company and Subsidiary, to Vishay Precision Asia Investments Pte Ltd., a Singapore company and Subsidiary. 

 

          Vishay: Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., a Delaware company, the entity from which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries were spun-off. 

 

          VPG Alpha Japan: Alpha Electronics K.K., a company formed under the laws of Japan. 

 

          Withdrawal Liability: any withdrawal liability as defined in Section 4201 of ERISA. 

 

          Zandman Parties: (a) Dr. Felix Zandman, (b) his spouse, (c) lineal descendants of the foregoing (d) any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing, (e) any entities owned exclusively by the foregoing, and (f) the Slaner Voting Trust. 

 

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     1.2 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 reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (b) 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, (c) 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, (d) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower at "fair value," as defined therein. 

 

          Any monetary amounts specified in this Agreement that are in currencies other than U.S. Dollars shall mean the foreign currency equivalent of the U.S. Dollar amount indicated, based on the Spot Exchange Rate. 

 

ARTICLE 2 

 

THE LOANS 

 

     2.1 Revolving Credit Loans. 

 

          2.1.1 Commitment to Make RC Loans.

 

               (a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the RC Lenders shall make advances to the Borrower until the Maturity Date in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $25,000,000 (as the same may be reduced or increased pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the “Commitment”); provided, however, that (a) the aggregate amount of the Commitment available for borrowing at any time shall not exceed the Available Commitment at such time; and (b) the amount and percentage of the Commitment and the Available Commitment which each RC Lender is obligated to lend shall not exceed at any time the amount or percentage set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto (as supplemented and amended by giving effect to the assignments contemplated in this Agreement). The Commitment of any RC Lender is sometimes referred to herein as such Lender’s Commitment. Within the limits set forth above, the Borrower may borrow under this 

 

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Section 2.1, repay or prepay such advances, and reborrow under this Section 2.1. The amounts loaned to the Borrower pursuant to the revolving credit facility described in this Section 2.1 are referred to as the “RC Loans.” 

 

               (b) Except as set forth below in this paragraph (b), all RC Loans shall be advanced in U.S. Dollars. By written request which request shall be delivered to the Agent at least three Business Days prior to the date of any advance, the Borrower may request that any RC Loan be made in Euros, British Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen or such other freely convertible foreign currency as the Borrower may request and subject to availability of each of the Lenders and so long as such Loan in such currency would not result in additional unreimbursed Liabilities of any such Lender or be contrary to Law applicable to any such Lender, the applicable RC Loan shall be made in the requested currency. Any RC Loan so made in a currency other than U.S. dollars (a “Foreign Currency Loan”) shall be repaid in the currency in which the Loan was made; interest payments thereon shall be made in the currency in which the Loan was made. The amount of any Foreign Currency Loan shall at all times be deemed to equal the U.S. Dollar equivalent thereof determined using the Spot Exchange Rate.

 

          2.1.2 Available Commitment. “Available Commitment” shall mean an amount equal to the Commitment, as the same is reduced by: 

 

               (a) voluntary reductions in the Commitment pursuant to Subsection 2.1.3 (Voluntary Commitment Reductions); 

 

               (b) the face amount of any outstanding Letters of Credit and any Unreimbursed Drawings (if any) relating to Letters of Credit; and 

 

               (c) the aggregate principal amount of any outstanding Swing Loans and RC Loans. 

 

          2.1.3 Voluntary Commitment Reductions. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time upon five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent to permanently reduce (on a pro rata basis among the RC Lenders) or terminate the Commitment. Any partial reductions shall be in minimum amounts of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) and in whole multiples of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in excess of such minimum amount. 

 

          2.1.4 Repayment in connection with Commitment Reductions, Certain Currency Exchange Fluctuations and on Maturity Date. Upon the effective date of each voluntary reduction in the Commitment referred to in Subsection 2.1.3 (Voluntary Commitment Reductions) and at any time that the U.S. Dollar equivalent (at the Spot Exchange Rate) of the aggregate amount of the Foreign Currency Loans and Foreign Currency Swing Loans causes the amount of RC Loans, Swing Loans and the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit and any Unreimbursed Drawings to exceed the amount of the Commitment on any Spot Currency Determination Date, then within two Eurocurrency Business Days of such Spot Currency Determination Date, the Borrower shall be required to pay to the Agent for the benefit of the RC Lenders the principal amount of the RC Loans and/or Swing Loans, to the extent, if any, that (a) the aggregate principal amount of any RC Loans and Swing Loans then outstanding plus the 

 

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aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit then outstanding plus any Unreimbursed Drawings (if any) exceeds (b) the amount of the Available Commitment as so reduced. Accrued interest on the Loans so prepaid shall be due and payable at the time of such prepayment, if the RC Loans are prepaid in full. All amounts of principal, interest and fees relating to RC Loans not due and payable before the Maturity Date are due and payable on that date. 

 

          2.1.5 Voluntary Prepayment. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Borrower shall be permitted to prepay the RC Loans at any time without penalty or premium except as otherwise provided in Subsection 2.8.5 (Breakage). In connection with each voluntary prepayment: 

 

               (a) The Borrower shall provide the Agent with notice of its intention to prepay, 

 

                    (i) no later than 12:00 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA time) on the date of prepayment in the case of Base Rate Loans,

 

                    (ii) no later than 12:00 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA time) three Business Days prior to the date of prepayment in the case of LIBOR Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars; and

 

                    (iii) no later than 12:00 p.m. (London, England time) three Eurodollar Business Days prior to the date of prepayment in the case of LIBOR Loans denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars. 

 

               (b) Each prepayment of principal of a RC Loan shall be in a minimum amount equal to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and integral multiples of Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000) in excess of such minimum amount. 

 

               (c) The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the amount prepaid in connection with any prepayment of the RC Loans in full. 

 

     2.2 Swing Loans. 

 

          2.2.1 Swing Loan Advances.

 

               (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Swing Lender may (but is not obligated to) make, from time to time, from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Maturity Date, one or more Loans (“Swing Loans”) to the Borrower, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not exceeding at any time $5,000,000, provided, however, that no Swing Loan shall be made at any time in an amount in excess of the Available Commitment. 

 

               (b) Except as set forth below in this paragraph (b), all Swing Loans shall be advanced in U.S. Dollars. By written request, which shall be delivered to the Swing Lender and the European Agent by 12:00 noon (Philadelphia, PA time) at least one Eurodollar Business Day prior to the date of any Swing Loan, the Borrower may request that any Swing 

 

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Loan be made in Euros or British Pounds Sterling or such other freely convertible foreign currency as the Borrower may request, subject to availability of the Swing Lender and so long as such Loan in such currency would not result in additional unreimbursed liabilities of the Swing Lender or be contrary to Law applicable to the Swing Lender, the applicable Swing Loan shall be made in the requested currency. Any Swing Loan so made in a currency other than U.S. Dollars (a “Foreign Currency Swing Loan”) shall be repaid in the currency in which the Loan was made; interest payments thereon shall be made in the currency in which the Loan was made. The amount of any Foreign Currency Swing Loan shall at all times be deemed to equal the U.S. Dollar equivalent thereof, determined using the Spot Exchange Rate. 

 

          2.2.2 Terms of Swing Loan Borrowings. The Borrower shall give the Swing Lender notice (which shall be irrevocable) of a request for a Swing Loan in U.S. Dollars no later than 12:00 noon (Philadelphia, PA time) on the day such Loan is requested and in the manner and at such time as is required by Subsection 2.2.1(b) (Swing Loan Advances) for any requests for Swing Loans to be made in currencies other than U.S. dollars; if such notice is received later than 12:00 noon (Philadelphia, PA time), then the request shall be deemed to be a request for a Swing Loan to be made on the next Business Day. Each Swing Loan shall be in a principal amount equal to or greater than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) (or the U.S. Dollar equivalent thereof, if applicable) and shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin. The Borrower shall repay the principal amount of each Swing Loan (together with all accrued interest) no later than 3:00 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA time) on the earliest of (a) the date that is no more than five (5) Business Days after the date that such Loan is made, (b) the date that demand is made therefor by the Swing Lender, (c) the Maturity Date and (d) the date specified in Subsection 2.1.4 (Repayment in Connection with Reductions, Certain Currency Exchange Fluctuations and on Maturity Date). 

 

          2.2.3 Participation by RC Lenders. Upon demand made to the RC Lenders by the Swing Lender, which demand may be made before or after an Event of Default or Default, and before or after the maturity date of the subject Swing Loans, but subject to the provisions of Subsection 2.2.5 (Certain Limitations), each RC Lender shall promptly, irrevocably, and unconditionally purchase from the Swing Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Swing Loans then outstanding. 

 

          Each RC Lender shall effect such purchase by paying to the Swing Lender in immediately available funds, without reduction or deduction of any kind, including reductions or deductions for set-off, recoupment or counterclaim, an amount equal to such RC Lender’s pro rata share of the principal amount of all Swing Loans then outstanding. Each RC Lender’s pro rata share of the Swing Loans shall be based on the amount of such RC Lender’s pro rata share of the total Commitment. Thereafter, the RC Lenders’ respective interests in such Swing Loans, and the remaining interest of the Swing Lender in such Swing Loans, shall in all respects be treated as RC Loans under this Agreement, except that such Swing Loans shall be due and payable by the Borrower on the dates referred to in Subsection 2.2.2 (Terms of Swing Loan Borrowings). 

 

          If any RC Lender does not pay any amount that it is required to pay pursuant to this Subsection 2.2.3 promptly upon the Swing Lender’s demand therefor, (a) the Swing Lender 

 

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shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such RC Lender, together with interest thereon, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first three Business Days, and thereafter at the Base Rate, for each day from the date of such demand, if made prior to 2:00 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA time) on any Business Day, or, if made at any later time, from the next Business Day following the date of such demand, until the date such amount is paid in full to the Swing Lender by such RC Lender and (b) the Swing Lender shall be entitled to all interest payable by the Borrower on such amount until the date on which such amount is received by the Swing Lender from such RC Lender. Moreover, any RC Lender that shall fail to make available the required amount shall not be entitled to vote on or consent to or approve any matter under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents until such amount with interest is paid in full to the Swing Lender by such RC Lender. Without limiting any obligations of any RC Lender pursuant to this Subsection 2.2.3, if any RC Lender does not pay such corresponding amount promptly upon the Swing Lender’s demand therefor, the Swing Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall promptly repay such corresponding amount to the Swing Lender together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate on such Swing Loans. 

 

          2.2.4 No Set-off, Etc. Subject only to the limitations set forth in Subsection 2.2.5 (Certain Limitations), the obligations of each RC Lender to make available to the Swing Lender the amounts set forth in Subsection 2.2.3 (Participation by RC Lenders) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable under any and all circumstances, shall be without reduction for any set-off or counterclaim of any nature whatsoever, may not be terminated, suspended or delayed for any reason whatsoever, shall not be subject to qualification or exception and shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 

 

          2.2.5 Certain Limitations. No RC Lender shall be obligated to purchase a participation in any Swing Loan pursuant to Subsection 2.2.3 (Participation by RC Lenders), if such RC Lender proves that (a) the conditions set forth in Subsections 4.2.1 (No Default) or 4.2.3 (Representations and Warranties) were not satisfied at the time such Swing Loan was made (unless such condition was waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and (b) such RC Lender had notified the Swing Lender in a writing received by the Swing Lender at least one Business Day prior to the time that it made such Swing Loan that the Swing Lender was not authorized to make such Swing Loan because such conditions were not satisfied and stating with specificity the reason therefor. 

 

     2.3 Borrowing Notice. 

 

          Each RC Loan shall be in the minimum amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and integral multiples of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) in excess of such minimum amount. To effect a funding, in addition to any notices for Foreign Currency Loans required by this Agreement a copy of which notices shall be sent to the European Agent in addition to all other required recipients, if applicable, the Borrower shall give the Agent written notice in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B specifying the type, amount and date of each intended borrowing and the manner in which the same shall be disbursed, which notice: 

 

               (a) in the case of RC Loans that are Base Rate Loans, shall be given no later than 12:00 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA time) on the date of such borrowing, 

 

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               (b) in the case of LIBOR Loans (i) that are denominated in U.S. Dollars, shall be given no later than 12:00 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA time) at least three Eurodollar Business Days prior to the date of such borrowing and shall specify the Interest Period with respect to such borrowing, and (ii) that are denominated in currencies other than U.S. Dollars, shall be given no later than 12:00 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA time) at least four Eurodollar Business Days prior to the date of such borrowing and shall specify the Interest Period with respect to such borrowing, and 

 

               (c) in the case of Swing Loans (i) that are denominated in U.S. Dollars, shall be given no later than 12:00 noon (Philadelphia, PA time) on the date of such borrowing, and (ii) that are Foreign Currency Swing Loans, shall be given no later than 12:00 noon (Philadelphia, PA time) four Eurodollar Business Days prior to the date of such borrowing. 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent may (but is not obligated to) act upon telephone notice by the Borrower whether or not written notice is received; provided nothing in this sentence shall relieve the Borrower from providing written notice as provided by this Section. 

 

          Except in the case of Swing Loans, the Agent in turn shall give prompt written or telephonic (promptly confirmed in writing) notice to each Lender of its pro rata share of the borrowing, the interest rate option selected and the scheduled date of the funding. After receipt of such notice, each Lender shall make such arrangements as are necessary to assure that its share of the funding shall be immediately available to the Agent no later than 2:30 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA time), on the date on which the funding is to occur. After receipt of the funds, the Agent, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 (Requirements for Each Loan/Letter of Credit), shall disburse the amount of such funding in accordance with instructions in the Borrower’s borrowing notice. 

 

          The Lenders shall not be obligated to comply with a borrowing notice if there shall then exist an Event of Default or a Default regardless of whether the Lenders have determined to exercise their remedies arising upon the occurrence of such Event of Default or Default. 

 

     2.4 Increase in Commitment. 

 

          2.4.1 Request to Increase. The Borrower shall have the right to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitment by an aggregate principal amount equal to $10,000,000 by obtaining additional commitments, either from one or more of the Lenders or another lending institution reasonably acceptable to the Agent (a “new Lender”), subject to the following terms and conditions: (i) any such request for an increase shall be in the aggregate principal amount of at least $5,000,000 (ii) the Borrower may make a maximum of two (2) such requests, (iii) any new Lender assumes all of the rights and obligations of a “Lender” hereunder, and (iv) the procedure described in Subsection 2.4.1 has been satisfied and provided, further the Borrower shall give the existing Lenders at least ten Business Days’ written notice that it intends to increase the Commitment (which notice shall include the amount of such proposed increase) and Borrower shall give the existing Lenders the first opportunity to provide such increase in the Commitment during such ten Business Day period prior to agreeing to any increased Commitment with any new Lender. If more than one existing Lender offers to provide the increased Commitment, such increase shall be allocated amount the offering Lenders pro rata. 

 

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          2.4.2 Modifications to this Agreement. If any modification to this Agreement is required for such an increase, it shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. So long as such modifications do not decrease the interest rates or fees payable in connection with the Loans and are for the purpose of allocating amounts ratably among the Lenders, changing the mechanics and other necessary changes to this Agreement to make the increase effective, each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to enter into such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on their behalf as the Agent shall deem appropriate; provided that the interests rates, Unused Commitment Fees or Letters of Credit Fees applicable to any Commitments of the Lenders prior to such modification shall not, in any event, be decreased pursuant to such modification; and provided further that if such additional Lender is entitled to interest rates, Unused Commitment Fees or Letters of Credit Fees in excess of those provided for the Commitments outstanding at the time of such modification, then such higher interest and fee rates shall be made to apply to all Commitments of any Lender thereafter. As a condition precedent to such an increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of each Loan Party (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by an authorized officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained herein and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. On or about the date of such increase, all outstanding Loans shall be reallocated among the Lenders (including any new Lenders) in accordance with the Lenders’ respective revised ratable share of the Commitment. 

 

     2.5 Lenders’ Obligations Several. 

 

          Each Lender is severally bound by this Agreement, but there shall be no joint obligation of the Lenders under this Agreement. The failure of any Lender to make any share of the Loans or fulfill any obligations respecting Letters of Credit to be made or fulfilled by it on the date specified for the Loans or such obligations shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation to make its share of the Loans or fulfill other obligations on such date, but neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make a share of the Loans or fulfill other obligations to be made or fulfilled by such other Lender. 

 

     2.6 Notes. 

 

          Upon the request of any RC Lender, the aggregate principal amount of each RC Lender’s share of the Commitment and RC Loans shall be evidenced by a note to be issued by the Borrower to each RC Lender in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A-1. Upon the request of the Swing Lender, the Swing Loans and commitment therefor shall be evidenced by a note to be issued by the Borrower to the Swing Lender in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A-2.

 

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     2.7 Fees to Lenders. 

 

          2.7.1 Unused Commitment Fees.

 

               (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the RC Lenders, quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date an unused commitment fee (the “Unused Commitment Fee”) equal to the Annual Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate divided by four, multiplied by the average daily Unused Commitment Fee Base for the preceding quarter. 

 

               (b) “Unused Commitment Fee Base” means an amount at any time equal to (a) the amount of the Commitment less (b) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding RC Loans, the face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit and any Unreimbursed Drawings in respect of Letters of Credit. Outstanding Swing Loans shall not reduce the Unused Commitment Fee Base. The term “Annual Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate” when used with respect to the average daily Unused Commitment Fee Base shall mean the following: 

 

	If the	Then the Annual Applicable
	Leverage Ratio is:	Unused Commitment Fee Rate
	 	is:
	<0.75 to 1.00	0.30%
	>0.75 to 1.00 and	0.40%
	<1.50 to 1.00	 
	>1.50 to 1.00	0.50%

The Unused Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined using the Leverage Ratio on the Officer’s Compliance Certificate delivered on the Closing Date from the date hereof until the delivery of the Officer’s Compliance Certificate for the period ending October 2, 2010 pursuant to Subsection 6.1.3 (Delivery of Officer’s Compliance Certificates). Thereafter, the Unused Commitment Fee Rate shall be adjusted three Business Days after the Officer’s Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Subsection 6.1.3 (Delivery of Officer’s Compliance Certificates), provided, however, at any time that the Borrower shall have not delivered such certificate at the time specified in Subsection 6.1.3 (Delivery of Officer’s Compliance Certificates), until such time as such certificate is so delivered to the Agent, the Unused Commitment Fee Rate shall be the highest rate set forth above. 

 

          2.7.2 Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank and/or RC Lenders, as applicable, such letter of credit fees as are described in Article 3 (Letters of Credit). 

 

          2.7.3 Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay such other fees as the Borrower has otherwise agreed to pay to the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and/or the Lenders. 

 

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     2.8 Interest. 

 

          2.8.1 Rates. The Loans (other than Swing Loans) shall bear interest at the Borrower’s option (subject to the limitation and conditions set forth in this Section 2.8) at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or at the Adjusted LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin. Interest on Base Rate Loans shall be payable quarterly on each Quarterly Payment Date, commencing with the first Quarterly Payment Date after the Closing Date. Interest on LIBOR Loans shall be payable on the last day of each Interest Period, provided that if the Interest Period is six Months or longer, interest shall be payable on the ninetieth day of the Interest Period, every ninetieth day thereafter until the end of the Interest Period and on the last day of the Interest Period. Swing Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus Applicable Margin for RC Loans; Foreign Currency Swing Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling or Euros shall bear interest at Overnight LIBO Rate plus Applicable Margin for RC Loans; and Foreign Currency Swing Loans denominated in other currencies permitted by this Agreement shall bear interest at such rates as may be agreed upon by the Swing Lender and Borrower. Accrued interest on Swing Loans shall be payable at the earlier of (a) the date the principal amount of such Swing Loans are payable and (b) on the Quarterly Payment Date. All computations of interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed. Changes in the rate of interest resulting from changes in the Base Rate shall take place immediately without notice or demand of any kind. 

 

          2.8.2 Applicable Margin. Except as set forth in Subsection 2.8.3 (Adjustments to Applicable Margin), (a) the term “Applicable Margin” when used with respect to the Base Rate shall mean 0.00%, and (b) the term “Applicable Margin” when used with respect to Adjusted LIBOR shall mean the following: 

 

	 	Adjusted LIBOR
	 	Applicable Margin
	Leverage Ratio	for RC Loans
	<0.75 to 1.00	1.75%
	>0.75 to 1.00 and	2.25%
	<1.50 to 1.00	 
	>1.50 to 1.00	2.75%

          2.8.3 Adjustments to Applicable Margin. From the Closing Date until the financial statements and Officer’s Compliance Certificate for the period ending October 2, 2010 are delivered to the Agent pursuant to Subsection 6.1.3 (Delivery of Officer’s Compliance Certificates), the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans shall be 0.00% and the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans shall be determined using the Leverage Ratio on the Officer’s Compliance Certificate delivered on the Closing Date. Thereafter, the Applicable Margin shall be adjusted three Business Days after the delivery of the Officer’s Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Subsection 6.1.3 (Delivery of Officer’s Compliance Certificates), provided, however, at any time that the Borrower shall have not delivered such certificate at the time specified in Subsection 6.1.3 (Delivery of Officer’s Compliance Certificates), until such time as such certificate is so delivered to the Agent, the Applicable Margin shall be the maximum 

 

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amount for the applicable type of Loan set forth above and, provided further, if the Borrower incorrectly reports or calculates the Leverage Ratio, the Agent, in its sole discretion, may change interest retroactively based on the Applicable Margin that should have been in effect for such period that the Leverage Ratio was incorrectly reported or calculated. The foregoing shall not limit any rights of the Lenders to receipt of the Default Rate, if applicable. 

 

          2.8.4 LIBOR Election. 

 

               (a) Unless otherwise elected by the Borrower, all Loans shall be Base Rate Loans. The Borrower may, upon at least three Eurodollar Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent (in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B for new advances and in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C to convert or continue existing Loans), and subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, elect to borrow money that will bear interest based on Adjusted LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin or to convert a portion of the Loans to bear interest based on Adjusted LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin. Any such election may be made with respect to a principal amount designated in such notice and equal to at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and integral multiples of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) in excess of such minimum, for the Interest Period next ensuing, which shall equal one, three, or six Months, as designated by the Borrower in its notice. 

 

               (b) The Borrower may not convert any outstanding Loans to LIBOR Loans if at the time of such conversion there shall exist a Default or an Event of Default. 

 

               (c) If an interest rate based on Adjusted LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin is elected, such interest rate shall remain in effect for the Interest Period selected and such interest rate shall not otherwise be converted to another interest rate prior to the expiration of the Interest Period except as otherwise required by this Subsection 2.8.4. If an Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan would otherwise commence on a day that is not a Eurodollar Business Day, such Interest Period shall commence on the next Eurodollar Business Day. 

 

               (d) Each LIBOR Loan shall, on the last day of the applicable Interest Period, automatically convert into a Base Rate Loan unless, at least three Eurodollar Business Days prior thereto, the Agent has received a notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C that the Borrower has elected to continue such Loan as a LIBOR Loan. 

 

               (e) The Borrower may not elect an interest rate based on Adjusted LIBOR if such election would require the Agent to administer concurrently a combination of elective rates of interest based on Adjusted LIBOR and/or a combination of Interest Periods that exceed an aggregate of five. 

 

               (f) No Interest Period may be elected that would end later than the Maturity Date (for RC Loans). 

 

          2.8.5 Breakage. In the event that the Borrower makes a prepayment of any LIBOR Loans on a day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period, including any such prepayment as a result of an assignment required by Subsection 2.14.2 (Replacement of Lenders), or fails to borrow a LIBOR Loan, or fails to convert a Loan to a LIBOR Loan on the 

 

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date specified in the applicable notice, the Borrower will pay to the Agent, upon demand, for the account of the affected Lenders, any cost, loss or expense incurred as a result thereof. Each affected Lender shall certify the amount of such cost, loss or expense (but excluding loss of profit) to the Borrower, which certification and statement shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. 

 

          2.8.6 Default Rate; Late Fee. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (whether or not the Agent has accelerated payment of the Notes), or after maturity or judgment has been rendered on the Notes, the Borrower’s right to select interest rate options shall cease and the unpaid principal of the Loans shall, upon written notice from the Agent (which notice may be retroactive to the Event of Default), bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus two percent (2%) (the “Default Rate”).

 

          2.8.7 Source of Funds. Although each Lender may elect to purchase in the London Inter-Bank Eurocurrency Market one or more Eurodollar Deposits in order to fund or maintain its funding of LIBOR Loans hereunder, it is acknowledged that the provisions of this Agreement relating to such funding are included only for the purpose of determining the rate of interest to be paid and any other amounts owing under this Agreement in connection with such election, and each Lender shall be entitled to fund and maintain its funding of all or any part of that portion of the principal amount of the Loans in any manner it sees fit. Nonetheless, all such determinations shall be made as if each Lender had actually funded and maintained its LIBOR Loans through the purchase of Eurodollar Deposits. 

 

          2.8.8 Interest Due with Certain Repayments and Prepayments. In addition to payments of accrued interest as provided in Subsection 2.8.1 (Rates), accrued interest on the following repayments and prepayments shall be due and payable at the time of such repayments and prepayments: 

 

               (a) all repayments and prepayments of Swing Loans; and 

 

               (b) all repayments and prepayments of RC Loans on the Maturity Date (whether such date is the originally contemplated Maturity Date or an earlier date on which the Commitment is terminated); 

 

it being understood that this Subsection 2.8.8 does not interfere with the obligation of the Borrower pursuant to Subsection 2.8.5 (Breakage) with respect to any such repayment or prepayment. 

 

     2.9 Increased Costs; Unavailability. 

 

          2.9.1 Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law or any determination to comply with Borrower’s request to fund Loans in currencies other than U.S. Dollars shall: 

 

               (a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for 

 

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the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBOR) or the Issuing Bank; 

 

               (b) subject any Lender or the Issuing Bank to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any LIBOR Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the Issuing Bank in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 2.13 (Taxes) and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank); or 

 

               (c) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; 

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. 

 

          2.9.2 Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the Issuing Bank or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. 

 

          2.9.3 Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Subsections 2.9.1 (Increased Costs Generally) or 2.9.2 (Capital Requirements) and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. 

 

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          2.9.4 Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.9 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). 

 

          2.9.5 Inability to Determine LIBOR. In the event that the Agent or the Requisite Lenders shall have determined that for any reason it has become impossible or impracticable to determine the Adjusted LIBOR (or the Adjusted LIBOR for any specified Interest Periods), the Agent shall promptly give notice of such determination to the Borrower. In that case, no part of the Loans shall thereafter be available at the Adjusted LIBOR (or at the Adjusted LIBOR for the specified Interest Period) until the Agent determines that the circumstances described above cease to exist. 

 

          2.9.6 Laws Affecting LIBOR Availability. If any Lender shall determine that it has become unlawful or impossible for such Lender (or any of its lending offices) to make or maintain LIBOR Loans (or LIBOR Loans of a specified duration) due to (a) the introduction of, or any change in, any Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (b) compliance by any Lender (or any of its lending offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Agent and the Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower and the other Lenders. Thereafter, until the Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make such LIBOR Loans (or LIBOR Loans of the specified duration) and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan or continue any Loan as such shall be suspended and thereafter the Borrower may select only Base Rate Loans (or LIBOR Loans of other durations) hereunder, and (ii) if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain a Loan as a LIBOR Loan to the end of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, the applicable Loan shall immediately be converted to a Base Rate Loan. 

 

     2.10 Purpose. 

 

     The proceeds of the Loans shall be used by the Borrower: (a) to refinance existing Indebtedness on the Closing Date; (b) to finance acquisitions, investments and Capital Expenditures permitted under this Agreement; and (c) to provide for working capital needs and general corporate purposes. 

 

     2.11 Mechanics of Payments: Borrower Payments. 

 

          2.11.1 Manner of Making Payments. All payments on account of principal of and interest on the Loans, the Unused Commitment Fee, and all other amounts otherwise payable 

 

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to the Lenders under this Agreement (other than payments in respect of Swing Loans which shall be made directly to the Swing Lender) shall be made to the Agent. All payments shall be made by the Borrower to the Agent, in Dollars in immediately available funds, without counterclaim or setoff and free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding for, any taxes or other payments. Unless otherwise specified, all payments by the Borrower shall be made by 12:00 noon (Philadelphia, PA time) on the due date for such payment, (and if by wire transfer, in accordance with the instructions on the signature page to this Agreement) or by the Agent debiting an account of the Borrower with the Agent. The failure by the Borrower to make a payment by 12:00 noon (Philadelphia, PA time) shall not constitute an Event of Default if such payment is made on the due date; however, any payment made after such time on such due date shall be deemed made on the next Business Day for the purpose of interest and reimbursement calculations. 

 

          2.11.2 Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Agent. Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank (such payment being a “Borrower Required Payment”) that the Borrower will not make the Borrower Required Payment, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made the Borrower Required Payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to), distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such Borrower Required Payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. 

 

          2.11.3 Disbursements from Agent to Lenders. The Agent shall promptly remit to each Lender its pro rata share of payments received pursuant to Subsection 2.11.1 (Manner of Making Payments) in immediately available funds, except that all reimbursement payments in respect of losses, out-of-pocket expenses, funding losses or like matters shall be retained by the Agent or remitted to the Lenders according to their respective appropriate entitlement to such reimbursement and except as otherwise provided with respect to Defaulting Lenders. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, payments from the Borrower shall be applied first to fees, then to interest (to the extent then payable), then to principal of Base Rate Loans, and then to principal of LIBOR Loans (and among such LIBOR Loans, first to those with the earliest expiring Interest Periods). 

 

          2.11.4 Authorization to Deduct Funds and Make Loans in Satisfaction of Obligations. At any time that the Borrower is required to make a payment of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, fees, costs, expenses or other amounts pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and, in any case, fails to do so, in addition to other rights and remedies of the Agent and Lenders hereunder, under the other Loan Documents and at Law, the Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent and the Lenders (at their option, after receipt of notice from the Agent to do so) to cause the aforesaid payments to be made first by drawing under the credit facilities provided under this Agreement, and then 

 

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after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (if there is no availability under the Commitment) by deducting funds from the balance of any of the Borrower’s accounts maintained with the Agent, or by making additional loans (and any such loans shall be subject to interest at the Default Rate and shall be part of the Obligations secured by all of the security interests granted pursuant to the Loan Documents); provided, however, that notwithstanding the making by the Lenders of any of the aforesaid payments as set forth in this sentence, the failure of the Borrower to make any of the aforesaid payments when due shall constitute an Event of Default. The Agent and the Lenders may cause payments to be made pursuant to this Subsection 2.11.4, in their sole discretion, regardless of the existence of an Event of Default and whether or not the aggregate amount of the outstanding Loans, after giving effect to such payments, exceeds the amount of the Commitments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lenders shall have no obligation to make any additional loans to the Borrower pursuant to this Subsection 2.11.4. 

 

          2.11.5 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Agent of such fact, and (b purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that

 

               (a) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and 

 

               (b) the provisions of this Subsection 2.11.5 shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Subsection 2.11.5 shall apply). 

 

          The Borrower and each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower’s and each Loan Party’s rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower and each Loan Party in the amount of such participation. 

 

          2.11.6 Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Subject to Subsection 2.8.4 (LIBOR Election) as to payments with respect to Adjusted LIBOR, if any payment under the Loan Documents becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date of such payment 

 

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shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be included in computing interest and fees in connection with such payment. 

 

     2.12 Mechanics of Payments; Lender Payments. 

 

          2.12.1 Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Agent. Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to proposed the date on which it is scheduled to fund any amount hereunder to the Agent any amount payable by a Lender under this Agreement (such payment being a “Lender Required Payment”) that such Lender will not make available to the Agent its Lender Required Payment, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made its Lender Required Payment available on such date in accordance with Section 2.3 (Borrowing Notice) and may, in reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to), make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its Lender Required Payment to the Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the Base Rate plus Applicable Margin. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its Lender Required Payment to the Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make its Lender Required Payment to the Agent. Any Lender that fails to make a Lender Required Payment upon receipt of notice therefor shall not be entitled to vote on any matters that it otherwise would be entitled to vote on under this Agreement until it makes such payment. 

 

          2.12.2 Reserved. 

 

     2.13 Taxes. 

 

          2.13.1 Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if the Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.13) the Agent, each Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. 

 

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          2.13.2 Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of Subsection 2.13.1 (Payments Free of Taxes), the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. 

 

          2.13.3 Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank, within 30 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.13) paid by the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. 

 

          2.13.4 Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. 

 

          2.13.5 Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, 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 of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. 

 

          Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States of America, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable: 

 

               (a) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party, 

 

               (b) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

 

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               (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or 

 

               (d) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made. 

 

          2.13.6 Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13, it shall pay to the Borrower within 30 days of receipt an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.13 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank in the event the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. 

 

          2.13.7 Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section 2.13 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments. 

 

     2.14 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. 

 

          2.14.1 Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.9 (Increased Costs; Unavailability), or requires the Borrower to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13 (Taxes), then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.9 (Increased Costs; Unavailability) or Section 2.13 (Taxes), as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or 

 

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expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. 

 

          2.14.2 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.9 (Increased Costs; Unavailability), or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13 (Taxes), or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, or if any Lender does not approve an Amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is approved by the Requisite Lenders and which is required to also be approved by such Lender to be effective pursuant to Section 11.5 (Amendments, Waiver and Consents), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.6 (Successors and Assigns), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that 

 

               (a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 11.6 (Successors and Assigns), 

 

               (b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in Letters of Credit, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Subsection 2.8.5 (Breakage)) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), 

 

               (c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.9 (Increased Costs; Unavailability) or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.13 (Taxes), such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter, and 

 

               (d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law. 

 

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. 

 

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     2.15 Defaulting Lenders. 

 

          Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

               (a) the Unused Commitment Fee payable pursuant to Subsection 2.7.1 (Unused Commitment Fees) shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender; 

 

               (b) the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 11.5), provided that except as expressly provided otherwise and except as a result of such Defaulting Lender having a greater or lesser Commitment than other affected Lenders, any waiver, amendment or modification that reduces the principal amount due to the Defaulting Lender or extends any scheduled principal payment due to the Defaulting Lender or increases the Commitment of the Defaulting Lender shall require its consent to the same extent as if it were not a Defaulting Lender; 

 

               (c) if any Swing Loans or Letters of Credit are outstanding at the time a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Agent (i) prepay such outstanding Swing Loans or, if agreed by such Swing Lenders, cash collateralize the outstanding Swing Loans of the Defaulting Lender on terms satisfactory to the Swing Lender and (ii) cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.1.9 (Cash Collateral Account) for so long as such Letters of Credit are outstanding; 

 

               (d) so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that 100% of the related exposure will be covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 3.1.9 (Cash Collateral Account), satisfactory to such Issuing Bank; 

 

               (e) any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any amount that would otherwise be payable to such Defaulting Lender, but excluding Section 2.14.2 (Replacement of Lenders)) shall, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Agent in a segregated account and, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Agent (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent hereunder, (ii) second, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to each Issuing Bank or Swing Lender hereunder, (iii) third, if so determined by the Agent or requested by any Issuing Bank or Swing Lender, to be held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender of any participating interest in any Swing Loan or Letter of Credit, (iv) fourth, to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required 

 

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by this Agreement, as determined by the Agent, (v) fifth, if so determined by the Agent, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender of any Loans under this Agreement, (vi) sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or any Issuing Bank or Swing Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or such Issuing Bank or Swing Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, (vii) seventh, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and (viii) eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction;

 

               (f) The Agent may, (but only with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall then have occurred and be continuing) without the consent of any Lenders, reduce the amount of the Defaulting Lender’s Commitment from time to time (but not below the amount of its outstanding Loans) without making a pro rata reduction; and 

 

               (g) The Swing Lender may make Swing Loans and the Issuing Bank may issue Letters of Credit in amounts that exclude the amount of the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender and may seek reimbursement from Lenders in such amounts as reflect the pro rata Commitments of the Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders as if the Defaulting Lenders were not Lenders hereunder. 

 

Any or all of the provisions of this Section 2.15 may be utilized in the discretion of the Agent. 

 

     2.16 Additional Borrowers. 

 

          2.16.1 Request for Additional Borrowers. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrower may from time to time, request that one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries be made additional borrowers under this Agreement and the Loan Documents. At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders). 

 

          2.16.2 Lender Elections to Accept Additional Borrower. Each Lender desiring to accept such additional Borrower (which determination shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of such Lender) shall notify the Agent in writing within such time period that it agrees to the addition of such Subsidiary as a Borrower hereunder. In the event that all Lenders provide such notice to the Agent within the time period specified, the designated Subsidiary shall become a Borrower hereunder pursuant to and subject to the terms of this Section 2.16. 

 

          2.16.3 Execution of Documentation by Additional Borrower. Any Subsidiary sought to be added as an additional borrower under the Loan Documents pursuant to Subsection 2.16.1 (Request for Additional Borrowers) and approved by the Lenders pursuant to clause 

 

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Subsection 2.16.2 (Lender Election to Accept Additional Borrower) above shall execute such additional documentation as the Agent may request, which shall include, but is not limited to, joinders to this Agreement and the Security Agreement. Further, in the event that an additional Borrower is designated in accordance with the terms hereof, each Lender authorizes the Agent to execute, on their behalf, such amendments and supplements to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as the Agent shall deem necessary or desirable. The initial Borrower and any additional Borrowers designated pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.16 (Additional Borrowers) shall be jointly and severally liable and all obligations of such Person hereunder, under the other Loan Documents or arising in connection herewith or therewith shall be included as Obligations and Secured Obligations. 

 

     2.17 Determination of U.S. Dollar Equivalents. The “Spot Currency Determination Date” shall be the date that the Agent determines the U.S. Dollar equivalents of any Loan denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars and provides notice of such determination to the Borrower and may include: 

 

               (a) the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date of such borrowing or, if applicable, the date of conversion/continuation of any borrowing into a currency other than U.S. Dollars, 

 

               (b) the last Eurodollar Business Day of every month; and 

 

               (c) any other Business Day elected by the Agent in its discretion or upon instruction by the Required Lenders. 

 

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ARTICLE 3 

 

LETTERS OF CREDIT 

 

     3.1 Letters of Credit. 

 

          3.1.1 Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit. Subject to the requirements set forth below, the Borrower may use a portion of the Commitment, which portion shall not exceed $5,250,000 (the “Letter of Credit Sublimit”) for the purpose of causing the Issuing Bank to issue standby Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for the account of the Borrower, provided that (a) the Borrower executes and delivers a letter of credit application and reimbursement agreement in a form acceptable to the Issuing Bank and complies with any conditions to the issuance of such Letter of Credit (including the payment of any applicable fees) set forth therein; (b) the Issuing Bank approves the form of such Letter of Credit; (c) such Letter of Credit bears an expiration date not later than the earlier of (i) one year after the date of issuance and (ii) 30 days prior to the Maturity Date; (d) the Issuing Bank receives a request for issuance three Business Days prior to the date of issuance (unless the Issuing Bank, in its sole and absolute discretion, agrees to shorter notice in any instance); (e) the purpose of such Letter of Credit shall be acceptable to the Issuing Bank; and (f) the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 (Requirements for Each Loan/Letter of Credit) are fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Issuing Bank as of the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding anything in this Article 3, the Issuing Bank shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if there is a Defaulting Lender, unless the Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Bank with the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender to eliminate the Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to such Defaulting Lender. 

 

          3.1.2 Reimbursement Obligations. The Borrower is absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably obligated to reimburse the Issuing Bank for all amounts drawn under each Letter of Credit. If any draft is presented under a Letter of Credit, the payment of which is required to be made at any time on or before the Maturity Date, then payment by the Issuing Bank of such draft shall constitute an RC Loan (which is a Base Rate Loan) hereunder the proceeds of which are used to reimburse the Issuing Bank (without regard to any required notice periods, Available Commitment amount or minimum advance requirements, all of which are waived for this purpose) and interest shall accrue from the date the Issuing Bank makes payment on such draft under such Letter of Credit provided, however, if there is not then an Available Commitment in an amount at least equal to the amount of the draw, Borrower shall repay the excess amount of the Loan within one Business Day after the date that the Issuing Bank notifies the Borrower of such deemed Loan. The Borrower further agrees that the Issuing Bank may reimburse itself for such drawing at any time when there is no Available Commitment from the balance in any other account of the Borrower maintained with the Issuing Bank. 

 

          3.1.3 Limitation on Amount. The Issuing Bank shall not be obligated or permitted under this Section 3.1 to issue any Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower to the extent that the sum of (a) the amount that would be available to be drawn under the proposed Letter of Credit plus (b) the sum of all amounts available to be drawn under outstanding Letters 

 

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of Credit plus (c) any Unreimbursed Drawings would exceed the lesser of (i) the Letter of Credit Sublimit and (ii) the excess of the Commitment over the aggregate principal amount of the RC Loans and Swing Loans then outstanding. 

 

          3.1.4 Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3.1 (including any obligations to repay draws under Letters of Credit issued hereunder) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default or any condition precedent whatsoever or any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing Bank, the Agent, any Lender or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit. The Borrower further agrees that the Issuing Bank, the Agent and the Lenders shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’s reimbursement obligations 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, the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any financial institution or other party to which any Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims or defenses whatsoever of the Borrower against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Issuing Bank, the Agent and the Lenders 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 Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Bank under or in connection with each Letter of Credit and the related drafts and documents shall be binding upon the Borrower and shall not result in any liability on the part of the Issuing Bank. 

 

          3.1.5 Reliance by Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any Letter of Credit, 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 believed by it to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person(s) and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by the Issuing Bank and the Agent. 

 

          3.1.6 Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the RC Lenders a fee equal to the product of (a) the Applicable Margin for RC Loans bearing interest at a rate based on Adjusted LIBOR multiplied by (b) the average daily undrawn face amount of each outstanding Letter of Credit (the “Letter of Credit Fees”). In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per annum of the face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (to the extent such face amount is undrawn) (a “Fronting Fee”). All Letter of Credit Fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date based on the number of days that a Letter of Credit is outstanding during such quarter (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year). All Fronting Fees shall be payable at the time of issuance and any extension. The Borrower shall also pay to the Issuing Bank all of the Issuing Bank’s standard fees and charges for the opening, amendment, modification, presentation or cancellation of a Letter of Credit and otherwise in respect of a Letter of Credit and shall execute all of the Issuing Bank’s standard agreements in connection with the issuance of the Letter of Credit. 

 

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          3.1.7 Participation by RC Lenders.

 

               (a) Effective immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit and without further action on the part of the Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have granted to each RC Lender, and each RC Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably purchased and received from the Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Letter of Credit to the extent of each RC Lender’s percentage of the Commitment. Further, each Lender acknowledges and agrees that it shall be absolutely liable, to the extent of its percentage of the Commitment, to fund on demand or reimburse the Issuing Bank on demand for the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Bank under each Letter of Credit to the extent that such amount is not immediately reimbursed by the Borrower. 

 

               (b) In furtherance of the provisions of the preceding paragraph (a), the Issuing Bank shall notify the Agent promptly upon receipt of notice of an intended draw under a Letter of Credit. The Agent shall give written, telecopied or telegraphic notice to each of the other RC Lenders of its pro rata share of such draw and the scheduled date thereof. After receipt of such notice, and whether or not an Event of Default or Default then exists and whether or not there shall then be any Available Commitment, each RC Lender shall make available to the Agent such Lender’s share of such draw in immediately available funds (in Dollars) to the Agent no later than 12:00 noon (Philadelphia, PA time) on the date specified in the Agent’s notice. The failure of the Issuing Bank or the Agent to give timely notice pursuant to this Subsection 3.1.7 shall not affect the right of the Issuing Bank to reimbursement from the RC Lenders. Any amount paid by Agent and RC Lenders pursuant to a draw made under a Letter of Credit shall constitute an RC Loan and shall be repaid pursuant to the provisions respecting RC Loans, provided that if an Event of Default or Default exists at the time of a draw, the Borrower shall immediately reimburse the amount of such draw to the Agent for the benefit of the RC Lenders. 

 

          3.1.8 Standard of Conduct. The Issuing Bank shall be entitled to administer each Letter of Credit in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with its usual practices, modified from time to time as it deems appropriate under the circumstances, and shall be entitled to use its discretion in taking or refraining from taking any action in connection herewith as if it were the sole party involved. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Letter of Credit shall not create for the Issuing Bank any resulting liability to any other Lender. 

 

          3.1.9 Cash Collateral Account. In the event that (a) the excess of (i) the amount of the Commitment over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of RC Loans and Swing Loans then outstanding is less than (b) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired face amount of any outstanding Letters of Credit (to the extent such face amount is undrawn) and the aggregate amount of any Unreimbursed Drawings for any reason (whether because the Commitment has been reduced or terminated or otherwise), the Borrower shall forthwith pay to the Agent an amount equal to the excess of the amount described in clause (b) above over the amount described in clause (a) above. Such amount shall be applied first, against any Unreimbursed Drawings and second, against the unpaid principal amount of any RC Loans then outstanding, and the remainder shall be maintained by the Agent in a cash collateral account in the name of and for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders to secure the repayment of Borrower’s obligation to reimburse the Lenders for drafts drawn or that may be drawn under outstanding 

 

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Letters of Credit until the earlier of (1) such time as all outstanding Letters of Credit have expired or been cancelled and (2) the excess of the amount described in clause (b) above over the amount described in clause (a) above no longer exists. 

 

          3.1.10 Obligations Secured. The obligations of the Borrower to the Issuing Bank, the Agent and the Lenders in respect of Letters of Credit shall be guaranteed pursuant to the Loan Documents and shall be secured by the Collateral. 

 

ARTICLE 4 

 

CONDITIONS TO FUNDINGS AND

ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT 

 

     4.1 Conditions to Initial Funding. 

 

          The obligation of the Lenders to make the initial Loans or the Issuing Bank to issue the initial Letters of Credit pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of the Agent, the Lenders and Issuing Bank (unless otherwise specified), of the following conditions on or before the date hereof (the date of such fulfillment being the “Closing Date”). 

 

          4.1.1 Execution of this Agreement. The Borrower, each Lender, the Issuing Bank and the Agent shall each have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or in the case of a Lender, a Lender Addendum. 

 

          4.1.2 Notes. The Borrower shall have delivered duly executed Notes to each of the Lenders that requests a Note. 

 

          4.1.3 Security Agreement. The Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have executed and delivered to the Agent a Security Agreement (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, the “Security Agreement”) in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit D, together with (a) such Uniform Commercial Code financing statements as are necessary to perfect the security interests created by such Security Agreement and (b) a power of attorney duly executed by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor in substantially the form attached as Annex B to the Security Agreement. 

 

          4.1.4 Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement. Each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower except for Tedea-Huntleigh, Inc. shall have executed and delivered to the Agent a Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, the “Subsidiary Suretyship”) in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit E. 

 

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          4.1.5 Pledge Agreements. 

 

               (a) The Borrower shall own directly all of the Capital Stock and other equity of the Subsidiaries specified as being owned by it on Schedule 5.1.2 hereto and the Borrower shall have executed and delivered to the Agent a Pledge Agreement (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, the “Borrower Pledge”) in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit F-1, together with the stock and other certificates, assignment powers (duly executed in blank and undated) and financing statements required thereunder. 

 

               (b) The Subsidiary Guarantors shall own directly all of the Capital Stock and other equity of the Subsidiaries specified as being owned by them on Schedule 5.1.2 hereto, and such Subsidiary Guarantors shall have executed and delivered to the Agent a Pledge Agreement (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, “Subsidiary Pledge”) in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit F-2, together with the stock and other certificates, assignment powers (duly executed in blank and undated) and financing statements required thereunder.

 

          4.1.6 Reserved. 

 

          4.1.7 Payment of Fees and Costs. The Borrower shall have paid all of the fees required to be paid to the Agent and the other Lenders on the Closing Date and all other fees, costs, expenses and other amounts due and payable under this Agreement and the other documents contemplated herein, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the other documents contemplated herein. 

 

          4.1.8 Financial Statements; Projections.

 

               (a) The Lenders shall have received a Consolidated and Consolidating balance sheet, statement of income and changes in retained earnings and statement of cash flows for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2009 and the quarter ending July 3, 2010. 

 

               (b) The Lenders shall have received a set of operating projections for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for the period beginning on or before the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2012, which shall be in reasonable detail and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. 

 

          4.1.9 Corporate Proceedings. All corporate, partnership and other legal proceedings and all instruments and documents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Loan Documents (including certified Organizational Documents, resolutions and incumbency certificates) shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and its counsel, and the Agent and its counsel shall have received all information and copies of all documents and records of all corporate, limited liability, partnership and other legal proceedings which the Agent or its counsel has reasonably requested, such documents where appropriate to be certified by the proper corporate, partnership, governmental or other authorities, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. 

 

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          4.1.10 Consents and Approvals. All corporate, governmental and judicial consents, approvals and waivers and other third party consents, approvals and waivers necessary in connection with this Agreement and the Loans or other related transactions, shall have been obtained and, if applicable, become final and nonappealable, and shall remain in full force and effect, without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the Lenders. 

 

          4.1.11 Material Adverse Change; Compliance with Law. 

 

               (a) No Material Adverse Change shall have occurred since the date of the financial statements referred to in Subsection 4.1.8 (Financial Statements; Projections). 

 

               (b) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in substantial compliance with all Laws, including Environmental Laws. 

 

          4.1.12 Opinions of Counsel. The Agent shall have received the following favorable opinions of counsel as to the transactions contemplated hereby addressed to the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders and dated as of the Closing Date, in form and content satisfactory to the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders: 

 

               (a) Pepper Hamilton LLP, counsel to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the other Loan Parties; and 

 

               (b) Roland Desilets, Esquire, in-house counsel to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the other Loan Parties. 

 

          4.1.13 Officer’s Compliance Certificate. There shall have been delivered to each Lender an Officer’s Compliance Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, demonstrating pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article 7 (Financial Covenants) and certifying as to the truth of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or otherwise made in writing in connection herewith and the absence of any Default and Event of Default as of such date. 

 

          4.1.14 Good Standing. The Agent shall have received (a) good standing certificates of a recent date for each of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, evidencing its good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation or formation and (b) good standing certificates or foreign qualification filings acceptable to Agent of a recent date for each of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, evidencing its good standing under the laws of the states in which it is qualified to do business. 

 

          4.1.15 Lien Searches. The Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent Uniform Commercial Code, tax and judgment lien searches of a recent date, in such offices as are acceptable to the Agent, together with United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office searches of a recent date, in each case, with respect to the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, showing no Liens except Permitted Liens. 

 

          4.1.16 Evidence of Insurance. The Agent shall have received evidence of the insurance required by Section 8.14 (Insurance), together with the lender loss payable and/or 

 

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additional insured clauses and endorsements required thereby. Such evidence shall consist of a certified copy of the insurance policy, a declarations page of the insurance policy with a lender loss payee endorsement, an Accord 27 or 28 version 10/03 or prior, or such other evidence as the Agent may reasonably request. 

 

          4.1.17 Patriot Act. The Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, as reasonably requested by the Agent. 

 

          4.1.18 Collateral Assignment of License Agreements. The Agent shall have a valid collateral assignment of the License Agreements. 

 

          4.1.19 Other Requirements. The Agent shall have received such additional information and material as the Agent or any Lender may reasonably request. 

 

     4.2 Requirements for Each Loan/Letter of Credit. 

 

          The Lenders shall not be required to make any Loans to the Borrower (including the initial Loan) and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue any Letters of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) unless each of the following conditions are fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable. 

 

          4.2.1 No Default. There shall not, either prior to or after giving effect to each such funding or Letter of Credit, exist a Default or Event of Default. 

 

          4.2.2 Borrowing Notice/Request for Letter of Credit. The Agent shall have timely received a borrowing notice pursuant to Section 2.3 (Borrowing Notice) or the Issuing Bank shall have received a timely request for a Letter of Credit pursuant to Subsection 3.1.1 (Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit) and all accompanying documentation required thereby. 

 

          4.2.3 Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties made in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all respects (or in all material respects if any such representation or warranty is not by its terms already qualified as to materiality) as of the date of each such Loan or Letter of Credit (both immediately prior to and after giving effect to such Loan or Letter of Credit) as if made on and as of such date, except that if a representation or warranty is as of a specific date, it shall be true and correct in all respects (or in all material respects if any such representation or warranty is not by its terms already qualified as to materiality) as of such date. 

 

          4.2.4 Method of Certifying Certain Conditions. The request for, and acceptance of, each Loan and each Letter of Credit by the Borrower shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions specified in Subsections 4.2.1 (No Default), 4.2.3 (Representations and Warranties) have been satisfied. 

 

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ARTICLE 5 

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 

 

          In order to induce the Issuing Bank and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and other extensions of credit contemplated by this Agreement, the Borrower hereby makes the following representations and warranties (which are unaffected by any investigation of the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender): 

 

     5.1 Status. 

 

          5.1.1 Organization and Qualification. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is a duly organized and validly existing corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, under the laws of the respective jurisdictions indicated on Schedule 5.1.1 and each is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as the case may be. The Borrower has perpetual existence, and each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has the corporate, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged or presently proposes to engage. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to qualify to do business in any state or jurisdiction where the failure to so qualify would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries are qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, as applicable, in the states listed on Schedule 5.1.1. 

 

          5.1.2 Stock Ownership. Schedule 5.1.2 correctly lists as to each Loan Party and each of its direct Subsidiaries on the Closing Date: 

 

               (a) its name, 

 

               (b) the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and the organizational number issued by such jurisdiction, if any, 

 

               (c) the classes of Capital Stock issued by each Loan Party and each of its direct Subsidiaries and the principal characteristics of each such class, and 

 

               (d) the names of each of the equity holders and the number and percentage of the issued and outstanding shares or other equity interests of each class (and certificate numbers by which such shares or other equity interests are designated, if applicable) owned by each of such holders. 

 

          All the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each Loan Party and each of its direct Subsidiaries are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and all such shares and other equity interests indicated on Schedule 5.1.2 as owned by the Persons indicated on Schedule 5.1.2 are so owned beneficially and of record by such Person, free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents or otherwise indicated on Schedule 5.1.2. Schedule 5.1.2 also correctly lists as to each Loan Party and each of its direct Subsidiaries any 

 

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options, warrants or other securities issued by each Loan Party and each of its direct Subsidiaries and the identity of each holder of any such option, warrant or other security. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1.2, there are no preemptive rights, offers, options, rights, agreements or commitments of any kind (contingent or otherwise) relating to the issuance, conversion, registration, voting, sale or transfer of any equity interests or other securities of each Loan Party and each of its direct Subsidiaries (including the Capital Stock of each Loan Party and each of its direct Subsidiaries) or obligating any Loan Party, any of their direct Subsidiaries or any other Person to purchase or redeem any such equity interests or other securities pursuant to the Organizational Documents or any agreement or other instrument to which any Loan Party or any of their direct Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them may be bound. 

 

          5.1.3 Organizational Chart. As of the Closing Date, the organizational chart of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries on Schedule 5.1.3 is true and correct in all material respects. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower does not have any Subsidiaries and does not presently operate all or any portion of its business through any other Persons, other than as disclosed in the organizational chart on Schedule 5.1.3. 

 

     5.2 Power and Authority; Enforceability. 

 

          Each Loan Party has the corporate, partnership or other similar power to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and each such Person has taken all necessary corporate, partnership or other similar action (including any consent of stockholders or partners required by Law or by their respective Organizational Documents) to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. The Loan Documents, when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto, constitute or will constitute the authorized, valid and legally binding obligations of such Person enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity. 

 

     5.3 No Violation of Agreements; Absence of Conflicts. 

 

          The execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and compliance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents, will not: 

 

               (a) require any consent or approval, governmental or otherwise, not already obtained, 

 

               (b) violate any Law or judgment respecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, 

 

               (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, the Organizational Documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any indenture, agreement, license or other instrument to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties may be bound, or 

 

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               (d) result in, or require the creation or imposition of, any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. 

 

     5.4 Recording, Enforceability and Consent. 

 

          Assuming the due recording of the UCC-1 financing statements and the Intellectual Property Collateral Agreements delivered in connection herewith, no consent, approval or authorization of any Person, or recording, filing, registration, notice or other similar action with or to any Person, is required in order to ensure the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents as against all Persons, except such consents, approvals, authorizations and actions as are identified on Schedule 5.4 hereto, all of which have been obtained and remain in effect. No material consent, approval or authorization of any Person that has not been obtained is required for the continued conduct by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of their respective businesses as presently conducted or as presently proposed to be conducted. 

 

     5.5 Lines of Business. 

 

          The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged only in Permitted Businesses. 

 

     5.6 Security Interest in Collateral. 

 

          Each Loan Party has delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Agent all UCC-1 financing statements in recordable form that may be necessary to perfect the security interests granted pursuant to the Loan Documents to the extent that such security interests may be perfected by filing. Subject to Section 8.36 (Post-Closing Covenants) and Permitted Perfection Limitations, each Loan Party has delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Agent all instruments, documents, certificates and investment property necessary to perfect the security interests granted pursuant to the Loan Documents, to the extent such security interests may be perfected by delivery. Subject to Section 8.36 (Post-Closing Covenants) and Permitted Perfection Limitations, upon the filing of such UCC-1 financing statements in the offices specified thereon and the recordation of the Intellectual Property Collateral Agreements in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, no further action, including any filing or recording of any document or the obtaining of any consent, is necessary in order to establish, perfect and maintain the Agent’s first priority security interests in the personal property of the Loan Parties (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) purported to be created by the Pledge Agreements and the Security Agreement, except for the periodic filing of continuation statements with respect to such UCC-1 financing statements. The Perfection Certificate is true and correct in all material respects as of, and there have been no changes thereto prior to, the Closing Date. 

 

     5.7 Litigation; Compliance with Laws; OFAC Requirements. 

 

               (a) There are no claims, investigations, actions, suits, protests, reconsiderations or proceedings (collectively, “litigation”) pending, or to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened, against or affecting the Borrower, or any of its 

 

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Subsidiaries before any court or Governmental Authority or arbitral tribunal which (i) to the extent for money damages, are not fully covered by insurance (subject to usual deductibles and exclusions in an aggregate amount not exceeding $1,000,000), and (ii) which, to the extent not for money damages, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or (iii) which allege the invalidity of or dispute any terms of the Loan Documents and, to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, there is no basis for any of the foregoing. Schedule 5.7 lists all litigation as of the Closing Date in which the amount in controversy exceeds $2,000,000 or which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. 

 

               (b) The Borrower and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all Laws including the federal securities Laws of the Unites States of America. 

 

     5.8 No Burdensome Agreements; Material Agreements. 

 

          Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any corporate or other restrictions that, assuming compliance by such Persons with the terms of such agreements or instruments, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have such good and enforceable agreements with third parties as are necessary to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted. The material agreements of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule 5.8 hereto. 

 

     5.9 Condition of Property. 

 

          The properties, equipment and systems of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in good repair, working order and operating condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and are and will be in compliance in all material respects with all standards or rules imposed by any Governmental Authority. 

 

     5.10 Licenses; Intellectual Property. 

 

          The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns or is the licensee of all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, trade secrets, domain names, copyrights, franchises, licenses and authorizations, governmental or otherwise, and all other rights, priorities or privileges relating to Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as presently conducted or as presently proposed to be conducted, without any known material conflict with the rights of any other Person. No settlement agreements, consents, licenses, judgments, orders, forbearance to sue or similar obligations limit or restrict the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights in and to such patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, trade secrets, domain names, copyrights, franchises, licenses and authorizations, or such other rights, priorities or privileges relating to Intellectual Property. No claim or proceeding, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, threat of claim or proceeding, has been asserted by any Person against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the use, right to use or ownership of any Intellectual Property used or presently proposed to be used in the conduct of their respective businesses, or challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual 

 

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Property used or presently proposed to be used in the conduct of their respective businesses. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have taken all commercially reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of their trade secrets and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, there has been no misappropriation of any of such trade secrets by any Person. Schedule 5.10 attached hereto correctly lists, as of the Closing Date, all patents, registered trademarks, registered service marks, domain names, registered copyrights, franchises and licenses, including all material governmental licenses, of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor. All material copyrights, if any, are registered with the United States Copyright Office. Any applied for or registered patent, trademark, service mark, trade dress, domain name or copyright, owned or licensed by the Loan Parties has been duly maintained and has not been cancelled, allowed to expire, surrendered, or abandoned, except as noted on Schedule 5.10. All registered trademarks, service marks, trade dress, domain names and copyrights and all issued patents listed on Schedule 5.10 are subsisting and in full force and effect, except as noted on Schedule 5.10. The Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary has in place systems that are at least consistent with industry standards to protect their rights in the Intellectual Property used in their businesses. 

 

     5.11 Title to Properties; Liens. 

 

          The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to its properties and assets, including the properties and assets reflected in the financial statements referred to in Subsection 5.13.1 (Financial Statements) (except properties and assets disposed of since the date thereof in accordance with Subsection 8.7.2 (Sales and Other Dispositions)), and none of such properties or assets is subject to any Liens except Permitted Liens. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases necessary in any material respect for the operation of such properties and assets, and all such leases are valid and subsisting and in full force and effect. Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained all material easements and material equipment rental or other material agreements necessary for the operation of its business as now conducted or presently proposed to be conducted. 

 

     5.12 Reserved. 

 

     5.13 Financial Statements and Projections. 

 

          5.13.1 Financial Statements. Each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Subsections 4.1.8 (Financial Statements; Projections), 6.1.1 (Delivery of Quarterly Financial Statements), and 6.1.2 (Delivery of Annual Financial Statements; Accountants’ Certification) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the period specified and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date specified and the results of operations and statements of cash flow for the period specified subject, in the case of quarterly financial statements delivered pursuant to Subsection 6.1.2 (or 4.1.8) and monthly financial statements delivered pursuant to Subsection 6.1.1 to usual year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes. 

 

          5.13.2 Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than as disclosed in the financial 

 

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statements referred to in Subsection 5.13.1 (Financial Statements) and there are not now and not anticipated any material unrealized losses of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. 

 

          5.13.3 Absence of Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Subsection 4.1.8 (Financial Statements; Projections), there has been no event, circumstance, condition or development that has resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Change. 

 

          5.13.4 Projections. As of the date of such projections, the operating projections submitted on behalf of the Borrower to the Lenders pursuant to Subsection 4.1.8 (Financial Statements; Projections) present to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge and belief based on the assumptions set forth in such projections, the expected results of operations and sources and uses of cash of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the periods covered by such projections. 

 

     5.14 Tax Returns and Payments; Other Fees. 

 

               (a) All federal and other material tax returns, reports and statements required by Law to be filed (including extensions) by or in respect of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their assets have been filed. All federal and other material taxes, assessments and other governmental charges levied upon the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and any of their respective properties, assets, income or franchises that are due and payable have been paid, other than those presently payable without penalty or interest and other than any charge or claim being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted and for which any reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP has been made therefor and, if the filing of a bond or other indemnity is necessary to avoid the creation of a Lien against any of the assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, such bond has been filed or indemnity posted. 

 

               (b) The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has paid all franchise, license and other fees and charges that have become due pursuant to any franchise or permit in respect of its business and has made appropriate provision as is required by GAAP for any such fees and charges which have accrued. 

 

     5.15 Fiscal Year. 

 

          The fiscal year of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries ends December 31. 

 

     5.16 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 purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or “margin stock” as defined in Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. None of the proceeds of any of the Loans shall be used to purchase or carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit incurred to purchase or carry, any “margin security” or “margin stock,” or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or “margin stock.” Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any Person acting on any of its behalf, has taken or will 

 

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take any action which might cause this Agreement or the Notes to violate Regulation T, U or X or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as now or hereafter in effect. 

 

     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. 

 

     5.18 Compliance with ERISA. 

 

          5.18.1 Plans. None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to, or has any liability with respect to any Employee Pension Plan, (including, but not limited to, the Vishay Retirement Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (contractual or otherwise) The Borrower has furnished to the Agent a copy of the most recent actuarial report for each Employee Pension Plan that is a defined benefit plan as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA, and that is subject to the Minimum Funding Standards, and for any Plan that is a funded employee welfare benefit plan, and each such report is accurate in all material respects. 

 

          5.18.2 Favorable Determination Letters. Each Plan, which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code, has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to all plan document qualification requirements for which the remedial amendment period under Section 401(b) of the Code has closed, any plan document amendments required by such determination letter were made as and when required by such determination letter, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, since the date of such letter which would prevent any such plan from remaining so qualified. 

 

          5.18.3 Compliance. Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in compliance with the requirements of the Code, ERISA and other applicable law and the terms of each Plan. 

 

          5.18.4 Absence of Certain Conditions. Except as specifically disclosed on Schedule 5.18: (a) there has been no transaction in connection with which the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA Affiliates could be subject to either a material civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a material tax penalty imposed pursuant to Section 4975 of the Code; (b) no Employee Pension Plan is in at-risk status as defined in Section 430(i) of the Code, there is no Accumulated Funding Deficiency (for plan years beginning before 2008) or failure to meet the Minimum Funding Standard (for plan years beginning after 2007)) with respect to any Employee Pension Plan, and there has been no waived funding deficiency within the meaning of Section 303 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Employee Pension Plan; (c) no liability to the PBGC has been or is reasonably expected to be incurred with respect to any Employee Pension Plan except for required premium payments to the PBGC; (d) there has been (i) no Reportable Event with respect to any Employee 

 

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Pension Plan, and (ii) no event or condition which presents a material risk of termination of any Employee Pension Plan by the PBGC, in either case involving conditions which could result in any liability to the PBGC; (e) none of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate (i) has any unfulfilled obligation to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan, (ii) has incurred or reasonably expects to incur Withdrawal Liability with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, (iii) has received any notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or is subject to Section 305 of ERISA or Section 432 of the Code, or (iv) knows of, or reasonably expects, any Multiemployer Plan to be in Reorganization or to be subject to the requirements of Sections 305 of ERISA or 432 of the Code; (f) there is no material liability, and no circumstances exist pursuant to which any such material liability could reasonably be imposed on Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate under Sections 4980B, 4980D or 5000 of the Code or Sections 409 and 502(l) of ERISA; (g) there is no Plan (that is an “employee welfare benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) providing for retiree health (other than to comply with COBRA) and/or life insurance or death benefits; (h) none of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is subject to the Early Warning Program of the PBGC (as described in PBGC Technical Update 00-3) or has been contacted by the PBGC in connection with the PBGC’s Early Warning Program; and (i) there is no outstanding material liability attributable to any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA or any multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) which was previously maintained by or to which contributions were made or required to be made by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, or any entity that heretofore was an ERISA Affiliate. 

 

          5.18.5 Absence of Certain Liabilities. No liability (whether or not such liability is being litigated) has been asserted against the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate in connection with any Employee Pension Plan or any Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC other than for required premium payments to the PBGC, by a trustee appointed pursuant to Section 4042(b) or (c) of ERISA, or by a sponsor or an agent of a sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan, and no lien has been attached and no Person has threatened to attach a lien on any of the Borrower’s, any of its Subsidiaries’ or any ERISA Affiliate’s property as a result of failure to comply with ERISA or as a result of the termination of any Plan. 

 

          5.18.6 Employee Matters Agreement The Employee Matters Agreement, entered into by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. and the Borrower, and particularly Section 3.3 thereof dealing with the Vishay Retirement Plan, has not been amended since June 22, 2010, the date it was entered into. 

 

     5.19 Accuracy and Completeness of Disclosure. 

 

          Neither this Agreement nor any other document, certificate or instrument delivered to the Agent or the Lenders by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained in this Agreement and in such other documents, certificates or instruments not misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made. 

 

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     5.20 Adequacy of Capital; Solvency. 

 

          The proceeds of the Loans, together with the proceeds of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1 (Indebtedness) and the cash flow from the operations of the Loan Parties, will be sufficient to enable the Loan Parties to operate their respective businesses as presently conducted or as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Loan Parties is Solvent and will be Solvent after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 

 

     5.21 Absence of Restrictive Provisions 

 

          Other than the restrictions contained in this Agreement and Permitted Israeli Debt Provisions, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject or party to any agreement, lien or encumbrance, Organizational Document, regulatory or other provision (except for applicable statutory corporate law) restricting, directly or indirectly, 

 

               (a) the payment of dividends or distributions by a Subsidiary of the Borrower or the making of advances or other cash payments by any Subsidiary of the Borrower, in each case to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or 

 

               (b) the ability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. 

 

     5.22 Environmental Compliance. 

 

          Except where the following individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to result in liability (for clean up or otherwise) in excess of $2,000,000: 

 

               (a) None of the real property currently or previously owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or their assets has ever been used by previous owners or operators, or has ever been used by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, to treat, produce, store, handle, transfer, process, transport, dispose or otherwise Release any Hazardous Substances in violation of any Environmental Law. 

 

               (b) There is no condition that exists on the real property owned or occupied by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that requires Remedial Action. 

 

               (c) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has been notified of, or has actual knowledge of any notification having been filed with regard to, a Release on or about or into any real property now or previously owned or occupied by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or their assets. 

 

               (d) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.22(d), neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a summons, citation, notice of violation, administrative order, directive, letter or other communication, written or oral, from any Governmental Authority concerning any intentional or unintentional action or omission related to the 

 

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generation, storage, transportation, handling, transfer, disposal or treatment of Hazardous Substances in violation of any Environmental Law. 

 

               (e) There are no “friable” (as that term is defined in regulations under the Federal Clean Air Act) asbestos or asbestos-containing materials which have not been encapsulated in accordance with accepted guidelines promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency existing in any real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. 

 

               (f) No equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls, including electrical transformers, is located on any real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in levels that exceed those permitted by any and all Governmental Authorities with jurisdiction over such premises and which are not properly labeled in accordance with requisite standards. 

 

               (g) Each of the tanks on any real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has been registered and tested to the extent required by, and in accordance with, any applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no evidence of leakage from any such tanks. All tanks that have been removed or abandoned on any real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries have been closed in accordance with applicable standards under Environmental Laws. 

 

     5.23 Labor Matters. 

 

          Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has a stable work force in place and is not, as of the Closing Date, party to any collective bargaining agreement nor has any labor union been recognized as the representative of its employees except for standard work councils or similar quasi-union bodies in Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries and as set forth on Schedule 5.23. There are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Hours worked and payments made to the employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters. The working conditions of employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with OSHA and any other applicable Law. All payments due from the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or for which any material claim may be made against any of them, on account of wages and employee and retiree health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on their books in accordance with GAAP, as the case may be. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is bound. 

 

     5.24 Brokers. 

 

          No finder or broker acting on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the Loans, and neither the Borrower nor any of 

 

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its Subsidiaries has or will have any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection therewith. 

 

     5.25 Existing Indebtedness. 

 

          Schedule 5.25 lists all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date (other than the Loans or obligations that individually do not exceed $25,000 in principal amount), and provides the following information with respect to each item of such Indebtedness: the obligor, each guarantor and each other Person similarly liable in respect thereof, the holder thereof, the aggregate amount of all commitments thereunder (and the allocation of such commitments, if any, as among revolving credit Indebtedness, term notes or similar Indebtedness and other credits such as letter of credit or banker’s acceptance facilities), the approximate outstanding amount thereunder (and under each individual facility thereunder), and a description of the collateral securing such Indebtedness, if any. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.25, as of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries will be in default and no waiver of any such default will be in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any such Indebtedness and no event or condition will exist as of the Closing Date with respect to any such Indebtedness that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its regularly scheduled dates of payment. 

 

     5.26 Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.

 

          Neither the making of the Loans hereunder or the use of proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto. No Group Member is a Person described or designated in the Specially Designation Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order (“Designated Person”). No Loan Party engages in any dealings or transactions with any such Designated Person. Each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)). 

 

     5.27 Supply Agreements.

 

          The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have sufficient sources of supply of components and other raw materials to conduct their business consistent with past practice and as currently required. 

 

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ARTICLE 6 

 

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND NOTICES 

 

     The Borrower covenants that from the date of this Agreement, and for so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid, any Letters of Credit remain outstanding, the Lenders have an unexpired commitment to lend hereunder or the Issuing Bank has an unexpired commitment to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, it shall comply with each of the reporting and notice requirements set forth in this Article 6. 

 

     6.1 Financial Data and Reporting Requirements; Notice of Certain Events. 

 

          6.1.1 Delivery of Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the close of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders a management-prepared Consolidated and Consolidating balance sheet, statement of income and changes in retained earnings, and statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of and for (a) the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter and (b) the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal quarter and ending with the end of such currently reported quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the appropriate periods of the preceding fiscal year and the corresponding figures in the projections previously delivered, certified by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower as (i) having been prepared in accordance with GAAP (with any changes in accounting policies discussed in reasonable detail) and (ii) presenting fairly the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the date and for the period specified (subject to normal recurring year-end audit adjustments), it being understood that footnotes may be omitted. 

 

          6.1.2 Delivery of Annual Financial Statements; Accountants’ Certification. As soon as practicable and in any event within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders: 

 

               (a) an audited Consolidated (and management-prepared Consolidating) balance sheet, statement of income and changes in retained earnings, and statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of and for the fiscal year just closed in reasonable detail and certified (without any qualification, modification or exception) by Ernst & Young LLP, Deloitte & Touche LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, KPMG LLP or other nationally-recognized independent certified public accountants selected by the Borrower, 

 

               (b) when and if applicable, an attestation report of such independent certified public accountants as to the Borrower’s internal controls pursuant to Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley expressing no concern that would result in such firm’s inability to issue an audit opinion without limitation, qualification or modification; and 

 

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          6.1.3 Delivery of Officer’s Compliance Certificates. As soon as practicable after the close of each quarter of each fiscal year of the Borrower and in any event no later than the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered for each such quarter or year, as provided in Subsections 6.1.1 (Delivery of Quarterly Financial Statements) or 6.1.2 (Delivery of Annual Financial Statements; Accountants’ Certification), the Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders an Officer’s Compliance Certificate certified by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower (a) demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article 7 (Financial Covenants) and (b) certifying that, as at the date of such certificate, there existed no Event of Default and no Default, or, if any such Event of Default or Default existed, specifying the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower proposes to take or has taken with respect thereto. 

 

          6.1.4 Reserved.

 

          6.1.5 Reserved.

 

          6.1.6 SEC Filings, Etc. Promptly upon receipt or transmission thereof, as applicable, the Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders: 

 

               (a) at any time when the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, all letters of comment or material correspondence sent to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by any securities exchange or the Securities and Exchange Commission in relation to the affairs of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, 

 

               (b) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental authority succeeding to any of its functions, 

 

               (c) all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to other lenders to such Persons (if any) and their other respective bondholders or security holders (or any trustee or other representative of any of the foregoing) and any non-routine notices or other non-routine correspondence from such lenders, bondholders or security holders (or trustee or other representative of such Persons), and 

 

               (d) all press releases and other statements made available by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in their respective businesses. 

 

     6.2 Notice of Defaults. 

 

          The Borrower shall immediately give written notice to the Lenders (a) of any Default or Event of Default, (b) that any Lender has given notice to the Borrower or taken any other action with respect to a claimed Default or Event of Default under this Agreement, or (c) that any Person has given any notice of or taken any other action with respect to a claimed 

 

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default or event or condition of the type referred to in Subsection 9.1.3 (Cross Default to Indebtedness), specifying the nature and period of existence of any such Default or Event of Default, or specifying the notice given or action taken by such Lender or Person and the nature of such claimed Default, Event of Default, event or condition, and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 

 

     6.3 Notice of Disputes and Other Matters. 

 

          The Borrower shall promptly give written notice to the Agent of the following matters: 

 

          6.3.1 Certain Litigation. Any actions, proceedings or claims commenced or asserted against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which the amount involved is $5,000,000 or more and that is not fully covered by insurance, or which, if not solely a claim for monetary damages, would reasonably be expected to, if adversely determined, result in a Material Adverse Change; 

 

          6.3.2 Conditions Affecting Collateral. Any of the following conditions: (i) movement of any Collateral to a location not identified in the Perfection Certificate; (ii) acquisition of property by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien pursuant to the Loan Documents (subject to Permitted Liens); (iii) any change of name, type of business entity or jurisdiction of registration or any change of address of the chief executive office of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or (iv) any other circumstance that would reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the attachment, perfection or enforcement of the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral; 

 

          6.3.3 Material Adverse Change. Any Material Adverse Change or the existence of any facts or circumstances or the occurrence or failure to occur of any event which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; 

 

          6.3.4 Representations and Warranties. Any changes in facts or circumstances on which the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement are made that makes such representations and warranties false or misleading in any material respect; and 

 

          6.3.5 Intellectual Property. Without limiting any other notice obligation of the Borrower with respect to any Collateral, any of the following conditions: (i) any changes in and to the ownership of, or rights to use, any material Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; (ii) any material change in the status of any trademark, service mark, trade dress, domain names, or copyright application or registration, or any patent application or letters patent (provided, that any Loan Party may abandon or allow to lapse any immaterial Intellectual Property in its business judgment without notice to Agent) that constitutes Collateral; (iii) the receipt of any knowledge regarding any infringement or misappropriation of any material Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor by any Person; (iv) the receipt of any written claim, demand or threat, or the institution of any proceeding, relating to any material Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or (v) any other material adverse change affecting 

 

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or relating in any way to any Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor. 

 

          6.3.6 Notice of Claims Under Certain Documents. A claim made or a written notice of an alleged breach or default by any party to any of the following documents: (a) the License Agreements, (b) the Tax Matters Agreement and (c) the Transition Services Agreement. 

 

     6.4 ERISA Notices. 

 

          The Borrower shall deliver to the Agent: 

 

               (a) promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days, after the receipt thereof, copies of all reports and notices which the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate receives from the PBGC, the IRS or the DOL, and at the request of Lender, copies of all annual reports for Employee Pension Plans filed with the DOL or IRS, and

 

               (b) as soon as possible and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that (i) any Reportable Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Employee Pension Plan, (ii) there has been an unpaid “minimum required contribution” as defined in Section 430 of the Code and Section 303 of ERISA or an application has been made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the Minimum Funding Standard or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with respect to an Employee Pension Plan, (iii) proceedings have been instituted or are reasonably expected to be instituted under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Employee Pension Plan, (iv) any Employee Pension Plan is or is reasonably expected to be in at-risk status under Section 430 of the Code, (v) any Withdrawal Liability from a Multiemployer Plan has been or will be incurred by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, (vi) any Multiemployer Plan is or is reasonably expected to be in Reorganization, in endangered or critical status as defined in Section 432 of the Code and Section 305 of ERISA, terminated, partitioned or declared insolvent, (vii) an action has been instituted pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, (viii) any event, transaction or condition has occurred or will occur that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a lien under Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA, (ix) any Prohibited Transaction or other transaction, event or condition has occurred or will occur with respect to a Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate incurring a material liability or becoming subject to a material penalty or excise tax, (x) the PBGC has contacted the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to the PBGC’s Early Warning Program, or (xi) the Employee Matters Agreement, entered into by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. and the Borrower, and particularly Section 3.3 thereof dealing with the Vishay Retirement Plan, is amended by the parties thereto, a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details as to such event, transaction or condition and the action the Borrower has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and with respect to (i) and (ii) above, with copies of any notices and applications. 

 

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     6.5 Miscellaneous. 

 

          With reasonable promptness, the Borrower shall deliver such other information respecting the business, operations and financial condition of itself and it's Subsidiaries as the Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request. 

 

     6.6 Authorization of Third Parties to Deliver Information.

 

          Any opinion, report or other information delivered to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents is hereby deemed to have been authorized and directed by the Borrower to be delivered for the benefit, and reliance thereupon, of such recipient. 

 

ARTICLE 7 

 

FINANCIAL COVENANTS 

 

     The Borrower covenants that from the date of this Agreement and for so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid, any Letters of Credit remain outstanding, the Lenders have an unexpired commitment to lend hereunder or the Issuing Bank has an unexpired commitment to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, it shall comply with each of the financial covenants set forth in this Article 7. 

 

     7.1 Tangible Net Worth. 

 

          The Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis shall maintain a Tangible Net Worth of not less than $112,000,000 plus the Net Income Adjustment. This covenant shall be tested on the last day of each fiscal quarter of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries. 

 

     7.2 Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio. 

 

          The Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis shall maintain a Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio of at least 2.5 to 1.0. This covenant is to be tested on the last day of each fiscal quarter of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries. 

 

     7.3 Leverage Ratio. 

 

          The Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis shall maintain a Leverage Ratio of no more than 2.50 to 1.00. This covenant shall be tested on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries. 

 

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     7.4 Additional Provisions Respecting Calculation of Financial Covenants.

 

          Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the following provisions shall apply. 

 

          7.4.1 For purposes of the calculation of financial covenants set forth in this Article 7, the Agent may rely upon the figures set forth in the Consolidated financial statements of the Borrower most recently delivered pursuant to this Agreement even where this Agreement may refer to a period ended on, or most recently prior to, a specified date of determination. 

 

          7.4.2 Calculations made pursuant to this Article 7 shall give effect, on a pro forma basis, to all Acquisitions and dispositions made during the quarter or year to which the required compliance relates, as if such Acquisition or disposition had been consummated on the first day of the applicable period, provided, that items of revenue and expense shall be based on actual amounts and not adjusted to give effect to potential savings and similar adjustments. Calculation of financial covenants in connection with Acquisitions and dispositions shall be based on the results of operations and financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set forth on the most recently delivered financial statements, adjusted, in the case of an Acquisition, to give effect to any additional Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith and to include the results of operations and, to the extent relevant, financial position of the target during the applicable period, and in the case of a disposition, to give effect to any repayment of Indebtedness in connection therewith and to exclude the results of operations and, to the extent relevant, financial position for the applicable period of the assets so disposed of. 

 

          7.4.3 (a) Notwithstanding the definition of “GAAP” in Section 1.1 (Defined Terms), or any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the financial covenants set forth in this Article 7 shall be calculated for all purposes (including for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin) in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Subsection 4.1.8 (Financial Statements; Projections) (“Closing Date GAAP”) subject to the following provisions of this Subsection 7.6.3. 

 

               (b) If, after the date of this Agreement, there are any changes to GAAP that would affect the calculation of the financial covenants, and if the Borrower so requests, the Agent (or in the alternative, the Requisite Lenders) may: 

 

                    (i) approve the request of the Borrower to change the basis for calculating the financial covenants from Closing Date GAAP to Closing Date GAAP as modified to incorporate the change or changes in GAAP requested by the Borrower, after which time, Closing Date GAAP shall be deemed to be Closing Date GAAP as so adjusted (“Adjusted GAAP”); and

 

                    (ii) in connection with any such change to Adjusted GAAP, if the Agent deems it to be appropriate, it may adjust one or more of the financial covenants set forth in this Article 7 (and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the set points for determining Applicable Margin, Unused Commitment Fee or any other amount derived from the ratios referred to in the financial covenants) or the method of calculating such financial covenants for all purposes (including for purposes of determining Applicable Margin) in such 

 

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manner as is necessary or desirable to carry out the initial intent of the parties with respect to such covenants (and pricing, as applicable) as originally drafted. 

 

               (c) At any time that GAAP changes, the Borrower may initiate a request pursuant to the preceding paragraph (b), it being understood that the right to make such a request is not a one-time right. If Closing Date GAAP has already been adjusted to be Adjusted GAAP at the time of any such request and if the Agent (or Requisite Lenders) agrees to such further adjustments, then Adjusted GAAP shall thereafter be deemed to incorporate such further adjustments. 

 

          7.4.4 At any time that Closing Date GAAP (or Adjusted GAAP, as applicable) is not the same as GAAP, the Borrower shall deliver, together with the Officer’s Compliance Certificate pursuant to Subsection 6.1.3 (Delivery of Officer’s Compliance Certificates), a reconciliation of each of the component figures used in determining compliance with the financial covenants (based on Closing Date GAAP or Adjusted GAAP, as applicable) and the corresponding amounts shown on the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 (Financial Data and Reporting Requirements; Notice of Certain Events) (based on GAAP). If so requested by the Agent, the Borrower shall also provide a confirmation of such reconciliation by the Borrower’s independent certified public accountants. 

 

ARTICLE 8 

 

BUSINESS COVENANTS 

 

          The Borrower covenants that from the date of this Agreement, and for so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid, any Letters of Credit remain outstanding, the Lenders have an unexpired Commitment to lend hereunder or the Issuing Bank has an unexpired commitment to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, it shall comply with each of the covenants set forth in this Article 8. 

 

     8.1 Indebtedness. 

 

          8.1.1 In General. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee, permit to exist or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness other than each of the following: 

 

               (a) obligations under Interest Rate Protection Agreements permitted under clause (c) of Section 8.3 (Investments); 

 

               (b) obligations under the Loan Documents and Letters of Credit; 

 

               (c) obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in respect of Capital Lease Obligations;

 

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               (d) obligations owing to the Borrower or to a Subsidiary Guarantor from the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor; 

 

               (e) The Israeli Debt, and a Guaranty by Borrower of such Israeli Debt, provided that such Guaranty shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Agent, and provided, further, that no Indebtedness may be incurred by the Israeli Corporate Group in reliance on this Subsection 8.1.1(e) if there shall, at such time, be any outstanding loans or advances to any member of the Israeli Corporate Group in reliance on Subsection 8.3(f); 

 

               (f) Indebtedness of the Borrower in the form of notes under the 2010 Note Instrument in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $9,958,460; provided that the Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this Subsection 8.1.1(f) shall be unsecured at all times; 

 

               (g) Indebtedness of VPG Alpha Japan in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed JPY 143,000,000 (One Hundred Forty Three Million Japanese Yen);

 

               (h) Indebtedness in the form of Investments made in compliance with clauses (a), (b) and (g) of Section 8.3 (Investments); 

 

               (i) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors to Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors;

 

               (j) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors under local overdraft protection facilities; 

 

               (k) Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower or of Subsidiary Guarantors owing to Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors so long as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Loans on terms acceptable to Agent;

 

               (l) other Indebtedness not exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate principal amount at any time; and 

 

               (m) Indebtedness of Vishay Precision Transducers India Private Ltd. to Transducers under the intercompany note issued in connection with the India Transducers Asset Sale not exceeding $500,000 in principal amount. 

 

          8.1.2 Limitation on Incurrence. In addition to the limitations on the incurrence or existence of Indebtedness referred to above, no Indebtedness may be incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries unless immediately before and after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 

 

     8.2 Liens; and Licenses. 

 

          8.2.1 In General. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with 

 

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respect to any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, except each of the following (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (e) are, collectively, the “Permitted Liens”): 

 

               (a) Liens created in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents; 

 

               (b) Liens, if any, in favor of the Issuing Bank to cash collateralize or otherwise secure the obligations of a Defaulting Lender to fund risk participations under this Agreement. 

 

               (c) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges the payment of which is not yet due or the payment of which is not at the time required by Section 8.11 (Payment of Taxes and Claims); 

 

               (d) statutory Liens of landlords or mortgagees of landlords and deposits to secure the performance of leases in the ordinary course of business, and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen and other like Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet due or the payment of which is not at the time required by Section 8.11 (Payment of Taxes and Claims); 

 

               (e) leases or subleases granted to others, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances on real property, in each case incidental to, and not interfering with, the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

               (f) Capital Leases incurred in compliance with paragraph (c) of Subsection 8.1.1 (In General), provided that no such security interest shall extend to or cover any property other than the leased property;

 

               (g) Liens on assets of the Israeli Corporate Group securing Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Subsection 8.1.1(e); 

 

               (h) Liens set forth on Schedule 8.2 and extensions or replacements thereof; 

 

               (i) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security or social welfare legislation; 

 

               (j) usual and customary deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Loan Parties; and 

 

               (k) Liens on equipment and real estate of Persons that become Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement, provided that such Liens existed at the time the respective corporations became a Subsidiary and were not created in anticipation thereof, 

 

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provided that, (i) any such Lien does not cover any property or assets after the time such company becomes a Subsidiary which were not covered immediately prior thereto (ii) and the Borrower has complied with Section 5.15 hereof. 

 

          8.2.2 Negative Pledge. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, agree with any Person to restrict or place limitations on the right of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Permitted Israeli Debt Provisions. 

 

          8.2.3 Licenses. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiaries to, license or sublicense any of its Intellectual Property or general intangibles except for licenses entered into the ordinary course of Borrower’s and Subsidiaries’ Permitted Business. 

 

          8.2.4 License Agreements. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiaries to, amend, restate or modify the License Agreements in a manner that is adverse to the interests of the Lenders. 

 

     8.3 Investments, Loans, Acquisitions, Etc. 

 

          The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or permit to exist any Investment or make any Acquisition, except that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may permit to exist and, so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would be caused thereby, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make, any of the following Investments: 

 

               (a) Investments by the Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantors in the Borrower or the Subsidiary Guarantors or the creation by the Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantors of new direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries that become Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.29 (Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries); 

 

               (b) (i) Investments by a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in other Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors (and, to the extent provided for in Subsection 8.1.1(k), in Subsidiary Guarantors), and (ii) Acquisitions by Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Subsidiary Guarantors from Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; 

 

               (c) Investments under Interest Rate Protection Agreements or other Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of minimizing risk and not for speculative purposes; 

 

               (d) Investments in marketable, direct obligations of the United States of America, its agencies and instrumentalities maturing within 365 days of the date of purchase; 

 

               (e) Investments in commercial paper issued by corporations, each of which shall have a net worth of at least $100 million and each of which conducts a substantial 

 

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part of its business in the United States of America, maturing within 270 days from the date of the original issue thereof, and which at the time of acquisition has the highest rating by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard and Poor’s Corporation; 

 

               (f) Investments in bankers’ acceptances, and certificates of deposit maturing within 365 days of the date of purchase that are issued by, or time deposits maintained with, a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or any country that is a member of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of any such country, having capital, surplus and undivided profits totaling more than $100 million and that have the highest rating by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard and Poor’s Corporation; 

 

               (g) Investments in the form of loans and advances by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor in Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, (ii) any such loan or advance is evidenced by a promissory note that is promptly pledged to the Agent, and (iii) if any such loan or advance would result in there being more than $2,500,000 of intercompany loans by Loan Parties to any such non-guarantor Subsidiary outstanding at the time of its issuance, then on or before the time of such loan or advance, the Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor making the loan or advance must obtain a written opinion of counsel addressed to such party and to the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in form and substance acceptable to the Agent, specifying that the promissory note to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) above is enforceable against the issuer thereof and may be pledged to the Agent, which opinion may be rendered by in-house counsel of the issuer, provided, further, that no loans or advances to the Israeli Corporate Group may be made in reliance of this Subsection 8.3(g) unless and until all third-party Indebtedness incurred by any member of the Israeli Corporate Group has been repaid in full and no additional Indebtedness has been incurred by the Israeli Corporate Group and provided, further, that at any time that the Available Commitment is less than or equal to $12,500,000, the amount of $2,500,000 in clause (iii) above shall be decreased to $1,000,000; 

 

               (h) Permitted Acquisitions; 

 

               (i) the VCTT Transfer; 

 

               (j) Other Investments up to $5,000,000; 

 

               (k) Investments in “money market funds” within the meaning of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; 

 

               (l) other short-term Investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in Investments of a type analogous to the foregoing clauses (d) through (f) and (k);

 

               (m) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case, in the ordinary course of business; 

 

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               (n) Investments in connection with any cash management agreements with Bank of America, N.A. or its affiliates, subject to Section 8.31 (Depositary Banks); 

 

               (o) Investments in connection with any Banking Services Obligations; 

 

               (p) trade credit extended on usual and customary terms in the ordinary course of business; 

 

               (q) loans to shareholders, directors or officers in an aggregate amount for all such loans not to exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

               (r) advances to employees to meet expenses incurred by such employees in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount or all such advances not to exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

               (s) Capital contributions made by the Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors in the Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Subsidiary Guarantors in an aggregate amount for all such capital contributions not to exceed $5,000,000; provided that for the purposes of this Subsection 8.3(s), the “amount” of any capital contribution made by any Person or Persons (collectively, the “Investors”) in any other Person or Persons (collectively, the “Recipient”) shall be (A) the amount of capital contributions made in the Recipient, directly or indirectly, by the Investor less (B) the amount of any dividends and distributions made by such Recipient (directly or indirectly) to such Investor with respect to such investment;

 

               (t) the purchase by Borrower of 100% of the Capital Stock of Tedea-Huntleigh, Inc., a California corporation, for a purchase price not to exceed $1,000,000; provided, that Tedea-Huntleigh, Inc. will become a Subsidiary Guarantor or will be merged into the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor within 60 days of such purchase, and 

 

               (u) the creation by Transducers of a wholly-owned direct Subsidiary formed under the laws of Canada that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, and the capital contributions to such Subsidiary of operational assets located in Canada.

 

     8.4 Restricted Payments. 

 

          The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum or property for any Restricted Payment, except for (i) Restricted Payments declared and paid by direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower to the Borrower and other direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower and (ii) payments of interest on the Exchangeable Notes; provided, further, that no Subsidiary Guarantor may make a Restricted Payment to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor. 

 

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     8.5 Sale-Leasebacks. 

 

          The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell or otherwise transfer, in one or more related transactions, any property (whether real, personal or mixed) and thereafter rent or lease such transferred property or substantially identical property. 

 

     8.6 Transactions with Affiliates. 

 

          Other than as set forth on Schedule 8.6, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, engage in any transaction with any Affiliate on terms that are less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from unaffiliated third parties, provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) transactions exclusively among the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, (b) transactions exclusively among Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors, (c) Restricted Payments, to the extent permitted under Section 8.4 (Restricted Payments), and (d) usual and customary indemnification obligations in the Organizational Documents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for acts and omissions of their officers and directors. 

 

     8.7 Mergers and Dispositions. 

 

          8.7.1 Consolidations and Mergers. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: 

 

               (a) consolidate with or merge into any other Person (other than solely for the purpose of redomestication within a state of the United States so long as such entity complies with any and all applicable notice requirements in connection with such redomestication under the Loan Documents and takes such action as may be necessary to ensure that its equity and assets are subject to a first-priority Lien in favor of the Agent, subject to Permitted Liens), except that a Subsidiary of the Borrower may consolidate with or merge into the Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided, that if a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor merges or consolidates with a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the surviving Person and provided, further if any Subsidiary merges or consolidates with the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the surviving Person; 

 

               (b) permit any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower to consolidate with or merge into it except in connection with a Permitted Acquisition; or 

 

               (c) enter into any winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, division or similar transaction except that a Subsidiary of the Borrower may be dissolved following the transfer of all of its assets to the Borrower or one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower (“Transferee”), subject to the conditions that (i) both before and after the transfer and subsequent dissolution, no Event of Default or Default shall exist, and (ii) if the Subsidiary that is winding-up, liquidating, dissolving dividing or engaging in a similar transaction is a Subsidiary Guarantor, then all of the equity of the Transferee shall have been pledged to the 

 

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Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreements, all of the material assets of the Transferee shall have been pledged as security pursuant to the Security Agreement, and the Transferee (unless it is the Borrower) shall be party to one or more Subsidiary Suretyships. 

 

          8.7.2 Sales and Other Dispositions. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, abandon or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of its assets or property of any nature except: 

 

               (a) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of its business; 

 

               (b) transfers of assets to the Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as, with respect to transfers by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, such assets remain subject to a valid, perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Agent, subject only to Permitted Liens;

 

               (c) transfers of equipment that is obsolete or no longer used or useful in the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and having an aggregate sales price not exceeding $5,000,000 for all such sales after the Closing Date; 

 

               (d) abandonment or lapse of immaterial Intellectual Property in its business judgment;

 

               (e) the VCTT Transfer; and

 

               (f) the India Transducers Asset Sale. 

 

     8.8 Reserved. 

 

     8.9 Existence. 

 

          The Borrower shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect (a) its corporate existence and (b) subject to the provisions of Subsection 8.7.1 (Consolidations and Mergers), the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, and the good standing of such Persons in all states in which they are formed or required to qualify to do business, except, as to qualification only, where the failure to keep in full force and effect any such good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. 

 

     8.10 Compliance with Law. 

 

          The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply in all material respects with all Laws, and obtain or maintain all permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations and approvals necessary for the ownership, acquisition and disposition of their respective properties and the conduct of their respective businesses. The Borrower and it Subsidiaries shall take all reasonable steps necessary to keep all licenses necessary or desirable for the operations of their respective businesses as conducted on, or contemplated to be conducted on, the Closing Date in full force and effect. 

 

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     8.11 Payment of Taxes and Claims. 

 

          The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all federal and other material taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its franchises, business, income or profits before any penalty or interest accrues thereon, and all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by Law have or might become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, provided that no such charge or claim need be paid if being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted and if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor and, if the filing of a bond or other indemnity is necessary to avoid the creation of a Lien against any of the assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, such bond shall have been filed or indemnity provided. 

 

     8.12 Tax Consolidation. 

 

          Except as set forth on Schedule 8.12, the Borrower will not file or consent to or permit the filing of any consolidated income tax return on behalf of it or any of its Subsidiaries with any Person (other than a consolidated return of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries). The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement with any Person which would cause the Borrower or any of such Subsidiaries to bear more than the amount of taxes to which it would have been subject had it separately filed (or filed as part of a consolidated return among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries). 

 

     8.13 Compliance with ERISA. 

 

               (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries or any of its ERISA Affiliates to, take, or fail to take, any of the following actions or permit any of the following events to occur if such action or event individually or together with all other actions or events would subject the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its ERISA Affiliates to any material tax, penalty, or other liabilities: 

 

                    (i) engage in or knowingly consent to any “party in interest” or any “disqualified person,” as such terms are defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA and Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code respectively, engaging in any Prohibited Transaction in connection with which the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate could be subject to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code; 

 

                    (ii) terminate any Employee Pension Plan in a manner, or take any other action, which could result in any liability of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate to the PBGC; 

 

                    (iii) fail to make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Plan or any Multiemployer Plan, the Borrower, any of its 

 

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Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as contributions thereto, or cause there to be an unpaid “minimum required contribution” as defined in Section 430 of the Code and Section 303 of ERISA, whether or not there has been a waiver of any funding deficiency within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, with respect to any Employee Pension Plan or fail to pay PBGC premiums when due; 

 

                    (iv) permit the current value of all vested accrued benefits under all Employee Pension Plans which are subject to Title IV of ERISA to exceed the current value of the assets of such plans allocable to such vested accrued benefits, except as may be permitted under actuarial funding standards adopted in accordance with Section 430 of the Code; 

 

                    (v) withdraw from any Multiemployer Plan, if such withdrawal would result in the imposition of Withdrawal Liability; 

 

                    (vi) fail to comply in all material respects with the requirements of COBRA regarding continued health coverage, of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and of Section 1862(b) of the Social Security Act, with respect to any Plans subject to the requirements thereof; or 

 

                    (vii) fail to comply, in either form or operation, in all other material respects with the provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to any Plan. 

 

               (b) The Borrower shall comply with the ERISA reporting requirements set forth in Section 6.4 (ERISA Notices). 

 

          As used in this Section 8.13, the term “accrued benefit” has the meaning specified in Section 3(23) of ERISA and the term “current value” has the meaning specified in Section 4001(a)(18)(B) of ERISA. 

 

     8.14 Insurance. 

 

          8.14.1 Liability, Property Damage, Etc. The Borrower shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance against loss or damage and liability of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and similarly situated and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by other such Persons and otherwise as is prudent for Persons engaged in such business. All such insurance covering the assets Borrower or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall name the Agent as lender loss payee and additional insured, as applicable and shall provide for at least thirty (30) days advance notice to the Agent prior to any non-renewal, cancellation, change in risks (in any material respect) or material amendment of any such Insurance. In addition, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain such other insurance as may be required by the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Annually (and from time to time upon request of the Agent), the Borrower shall promptly furnish to the Agent evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, of the maintenance of all insurance, indemnities or bonds required by this Subsection 8.14.1. 

 

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          8.14.2 PBGC. The Borrower shall maintain or cause to be maintained all insurance available through the PBGC and/or insurers acceptable to the Agent against its obligations and the obligations of its Subsidiaries to the PBGC. 

 

     8.15 Maintenance of Properties. 

 

          The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to: (a) maintain its properties in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; and (b) make all appropriate and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and improvements thereto, ordinary wear and tear excepted; and (c) keep all systems and equipment that may now or in the future be subject to compliance with any material standards or rules imposed by any Governmental Authority in compliance in all material respects with such standards or rules. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain its franchises, licenses, permits, patent applications, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, domain names, trade names, trade secrets, copyrights and other general intangibles and Intellectual Property owned or licensed by any of them, including the payment of all necessary maintenance fees and the filing of all statutory declarations (provided, that Borrower or any Subsidiary may abandon or allow to lapse any immaterial Intellectual Property in its business judgment). 

 

     8.16 Maintenance of Records; Fiscal Year. 

 

          The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep at all times books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings or transactions in relation to its business and affairs. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep its books of account and financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to report on the basis of a fiscal year ending December 31. 

 

     8.17 Inspection. 

 

          Upon reasonable notice (and for this purpose no more than five Business Days’ notice shall be required under any circumstances) if no Event of Default or Default shall exist, or at any time with notice after the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, allow any representative of the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries, to examine the books of account and other records and files of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries (including the financial statements (audited and unaudited, to the extent prepared) of each Subsidiary of such Person and information with respect to each business operated by the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries), to make copies thereof and to discuss the affairs, business, finances and accounts of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with their personnel and accountants; provided that Borrower shall bear the costs of no more than one (1) such inspection per year if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 

 

     8.18 Exchange of Notes. 

 

          Upon receipt of a written notice of loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any or all of the Notes and of a letter of indemnity from the affected Lender or its successors or assigns, and 

 

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upon surrendering for cancellation such Notes if mutilated (in which event no indemnity shall be required), the Borrower shall execute and deliver a new Note or Notes of like tenor in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Notes, as the case may be. 

 

     8.19 Voting. 

 

          The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, exercise any and all voting or similar rights that they hold in any Person in a manner consistent with adherence to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 

 

     8.20 Type of Business. 

 

          The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly enter into any business that is not a Permitted Business. 

 

     8.21 Issuance of Equity. 

 

          Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall issue any Capital Stock that provides for either required cash payments on or mandatory redemption of such Capital Stock. 

 

     8.22 Change in Documents. 

 

          The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise modify the respective Organizational Documents of the Borrower or a Subsidiary in any manner except in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on such Subsidiary, the Borrower, or the rights of the Agent and Lenders under the Loan Documents. 

 

     8.23 Payment of Subordinated Indebtedness. 

 

          The Borrower will not, and Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any voluntary payment or prepayment, whether in respect of principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise, or any redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition, direct of indirect, in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness except that so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make such payments on Subordinated Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1 (Indebtedness) in accordance with its terms when due, but only to the extent in compliance with the subordination provisions applicable thereto. 

 

     8.24 Compliance with Federal Reserve Regulations. 

 

          No proceeds of the Loans shall be used, in whole or in part, by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or other Person, directly or indirectly, to purchase or carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit incurred to purchase or carry, any “margin security” or “margin stock,” or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or “margin stock.” Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, 

 

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otherwise take or permit to be taken any action which would result in the Loans or the carrying out of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement being violative of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. If requested by the Agent, the Borrower shall complete and sign Part I of a copy of the Federal Reserve Form U-1 referred to in Regulation U of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and deliver such copy to each Lender. 

 

     8.25 Limitations on Certain Restrictive Provisions. 

 

          The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) permit or place any restriction, directly or indirectly, on (i) the payment of dividends or distributions by any of such Subsidiaries, (ii) the making of advances or other cash payments by any of such Subsidiaries, or (iii) the transfer by any of such Subsidiaries of any of its properties or assets, in each case, to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or (b) agree with any Person that the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries (i) shall not allow Liens to be created on its assets other than the Permitted Israeli Debt Provisions, or (ii) shall not amend the Loan Documents, except any such agreement or restrictions set forth in the Loan Documents. 

 

     8.26 Reserved. 

 

     8.27 Environmental Matters. 

 

          The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,

 

               (a) cause a Release of any Hazardous Substance in violation of any Environmental Law or so as to create a risk of harm to public or occupant health or safety or to the environment, or 

 

               (b) permit to exist any Release of any Hazardous Substance on any real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in violation of any Environmental Law or so as to create a risk of harm to public or occupant health or safety or to the environment, or 

 

               (c) take any other action (or fail to take any action) in violation of any Environmental Law or take any action (or fail to take any action) so as to create a material risk of harm to public or occupant health or safety or to the environment. 

 

     8.28 Corporate Separateness. 

 

          The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business and operations separate from that of each Affiliate that is not the Borrower or one of Borrower’s Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries, to commingle funds with any Person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower. 

 

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     8.29 Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries.

 

          The Borrower will take such action, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to take such action, from time to time as shall be necessary to ensure that all Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding real estate) except for Tedea-Huntleigh, Inc. are guarantors of the Secured Obligations and that all of the equity and material assets (excluding real estate) of the Borrower, all Domestic Subsidiaries and any equity interests of all direct Subsidiaries of the Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors (except with respect to equity of Foreign Subsidiaries only 65% of such equity shall be required to be pledged) are subject to a first priority Lien securing the Secured Obligations, subject to no other Lien except Permitted Liens. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall form or acquire any Domestic Subsidiary (which it shall only do in conformity with the provisions of this Agreement), the Borrower, contemporaneously with the formation or acquisition of such new Domestic Subsidiary: (i) execute and deliver, and shall cause the holders of any equity interests not owned by the Borrower to execute and deliver, such documents as shall be necessary to cause all of the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary to be duly pledged (on a first-priority perfected basis) to secure the Secured Obligations; (ii) will cause such new Subsidiary to execute and deliver a Subsidiary Suretyship (or a joinder thereto), joinders to the Security Agreement and Pledge Agreement, UCC-1 financing statements, and such other documents as may be necessary to cause such new Subsidiary to be a guarantor of the Secured Obligations and its material assets to be pledged to secure such guaranty (excluding real estate); and (iii) will cause such new Subsidiary to deliver such proof of corporate action, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other documents as is consistent with those delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 4.1 (Conditions to Initial Funding) upon the Closing Date or as the Agent shall have requested, and to take such other action as the Agent shall request to perfect the security interest in the Capital Stock and material assets of such new Subsidiary (excluding real estate) created pursuant to the Loan Documents. 

 

     8.30 Further Assurances. 

 

          At its sole cost and expense, upon the reasonable request of the Agent, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, execute and deliver to the Agent and the Lenders such further instruments and do or cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of the Agent to carry out more effectively the provisions and purpose of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 

 

     8.31 Reserved.

 

     8.32 Reserved.

 

     8.33 Enforceability of Secondment Agreement.

 

          The Borrower and its Subsidiaries will take all action necessary to maintain the Secondment Agreement in effect. 

 

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     8.35 OFAC. 

 

          Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall (1) be or become subject at ay time to any law, regulation, or list of any government agency (including the OFAC list) that prohibits or limits the Agent or the Lenders from making any advance or extension of credit to such Person or from otherwise conducting business with such Person, or (2) fail to provide documentary and other evidence of such Person’s identity as may be requested by the Agent at any time to enable the Agent to verify such Person’s identity or to comply with any applicable law or regulation, including § 326 of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. § 5318. 

 

     8.36 Post-Closing Covenants. 

 

          8.36.1 Landlord Waivers. Within 120 days following the Closing Date (or such later date to which the Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to Agent landlord waivers, in form and substance acceptable to Agent, for the properties leased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in Malvern, Pennsylvania and City of Industry, California. 

 

          8.36.2 Deposit Account Control Agreements. Within 120 days following the Closing Date (or such later date to which the Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to Agent a control agreement for each deposit account and brokerage account included in the Collateral except for any such deposit account maintained with the Agent.

 

          8.36.3 Depository Banks.

 

               (a) Within 120 days following the Closing Date, each Loan Party will (i) open depositary accounts with the Agent or an Affiliate of the Agent, and (ii) enter into agreements or arrangements to have the cash in such Loan Parties’ accounts with Bank of America, N.A. or any of its Affiliates transferred into accounts with the Agent or an Affiliate of the Agent on a daily basis at the end of each day. 

 

               (b) On and after the first anniversary of the Closing Date, each Loan Party will maintain the Agent or an Affiliate of the Agent as its principal depository bank, including for the maintenance of operating, administrative, cash management, collection activity, and other deposit accounts for the conduct of its business. 

 

          8.36.4 Foreign Stock Certificates. Within 120 days following the Closing Date, the Loan Parties will deliver the stock certificates set forth on Schedule 8.36.4 to the Agent, together with the necessary endorsements. 

 

          8.36.5 Intellectual Property Assignments. Within 120 days following the Closing Date, the Borrower shall provide evidence satisfactory to the Agent that (i) the Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 8.36.5 has been assigned to a Loan Party and (ii) such Intellectual Property is subject to no Liens other than Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents. 

 

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          8.36.6 Additional Post-Closing Items. The Borrower will, and will cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to, execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 8.36.6 within the time periods specified on Schedule 8.36.6, as applicable (or within such longer periods as may be agreed to by the Agent in its sole discretion). 

 

ARTICLE 9 

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT 

 

     9.1 Events of Default. 

 

          “Event of Default” wherever used herein means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default, whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of Law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental instrumentality): 

 

          9.1.1 Failure to Pay Principal or Reimbursement Obligations. If the Borrower shall fail to make any payment of (a) the principal of the Loans on the dates when the same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity or at a date fixed for any installment or prepayment thereof or otherwise or (b) reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit on the dates when the same shall become due and payable; or 

 

          9.1.2 Failure to Pay Interest, Fees, Etc. If the Borrower shall fail to make any payment of interest on the Loans, the Unused Commitment Fees, or any other amounts owing hereunder (other than principal of the Loans and reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit) on the dates when such interest, Unused Commitment Fees or other amounts shall become due and payable, and such failure continues for more than two Business Days; or 

 

          9.1.3 Cross Default to Indebtedness. (a) If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall default (as payor or guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any Indebtedness (other than obligations which are covered in Subsections 9.1.1 (Failure to Pay Principal or Reimbursement Obligations) and 9.1.2 (Failure to Pay Interest, Fees, Etc.)) and the underlying obligation with respect to which a default has occurred aggregates One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) or more or could result in a required payment of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) or more, or (b) if any event shall occur or condition shall exist in respect of any such Indebtedness which would permit or shall have caused, the acceleration of the payment, time for payment or maturity of any such Indebtedness; or 

 

          9.1.4 Other Cross-Defaults. If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall default in the payment when due or in the performance or observance of any obligation (except obligations which are covered in Subsections 9.1.1 (Failure to Pay Principal or Reimbursement Obligations), 9.1.2 (Failure to Pay Interest, Fees, Etc.) and 9.1.3 (Cross Default to 

 

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Indebtedness)), whether now or hereafter incurred, which default would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; or 

 

          9.1.5 Misrepresentations. If any representation or warranty made (a) by any Loan Party in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document or (b) by the Borrower or any other Person (other than the Agent, the Issuing Bank or a Lender) in any document, certificate or statement furnished pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall be false or misleading in any respect (or in any material respect if such representation or warranty is not by its terms already qualified as to materiality) when made or deemed made; or

 

          9.1.6 Certain Covenant Defaults. If there shall occur a default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement to be performed or observed pursuant to any of Article 6 (Reporting Requirements and Notices), Article 7 (Financial Covenants), Sections 8.1 to 8.8 inclusive, Subsection 8.9(a), Sections 8.12 to 8.14 inclusive, or Sections 8.20 to 8.27 inclusive; or 

 

          9.1.7 Other Covenant Defaults. If there shall occur any default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement to be performed or observed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, other than as provided in Subsections 9.1.1 (Failure to Pay Principal or Reimbursement Obligations), 9.1.2 (Failure to Pay Interest, Fees, Etc.), 9.1.3 (Cross Default to Indebtedness) and 9.1.6 (Certain Covenant Defaults), or any agreement incidental hereto (other than as provided in Subsection 9.1.8 (Other Loan Document Defaults; Security) and, if capable of being remedied, such default shall continue unremedied for 30 days after the commencement of such default; or 

 

          9.1.8 Other Loan Document Defaults; Security. If any of the parties, other than the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, to any of the Loan Documents (other than this Agreement) shall fail to perform any of its obligations under any of such agreements (after taking into account any applicable cure period set forth in such agreements); or if the validity of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall have been challenged or disaffirmed by or on behalf of any of such parties thereto; or if, other than as a direct result of any action of the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, any Liens created or intended to be created by any of the Loan Documents shall at any time cease to be valid and perfected first priority Liens in favor of the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), subject to no equal or prior Liens except Permitted Liens; or if any material covenant, agreement or obligation of any Loan Party contained in or evidenced by any of the Loan Documents shall cease to be enforceable in accordance with its terms; or if any Loan Document shall be cancelled, terminated, revoked or rescinded except in accordance with its terms; or if any court or other Governmental Authority shall issue a judgment, order, decree or ruling to the effect that any material covenant, agreement or obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document is illegal, invalid or unenforceable; or 

 

          9.1.9 Custody or Control of Assets. If custody or control of any substantial part of the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be assumed by any Governmental Authority or any court of competent jurisdiction, or any other Person at the insistence of any Governmental Authority or any court of competent jurisdiction; or 

 

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          9.1.10 Discontinuance of Business. If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall suspend or discontinue its business or any line thereof except, in the case of any of such Subsidiaries, pursuant to a dissolution or merger of such Subsidiary permitted by the terms of this Agreement; or 

 

          9.1.11 Insolvency. (a) If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or a composition with creditors, (ii) generally not be paying its debts as they mature, (iii) admit its inability to pay its debts as they mature, (iv) file a petition in bankruptcy, (v) become insolvent (howsoever such insolvency may be evidenced), (vi) be adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, (vii) petition or apply to any tribunal for the appointment of any receiver, custodian, liquidator or trustee of or for it or any substantial part of its property or assets, or (viii) commence any proceeding relating to it under any Debtor Relief Law of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect; or (b) if there shall be commenced against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries any such proceeding and the same shall not be dismissed within 60 days or an order, judgment or decree approving the petition in any such proceeding shall be entered against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; or (c) if the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall have concealed, removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, any part of its property, with intent to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors, or any of them, or shall have made or suffered a transfer of any of its property which may be fraudulent under any Debtor Relief Law, fraudulent conveyance or similar law; or (d) if the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made any transfer of its property to or for the benefit of a creditor which constitutes a preferential transfer under any Debtor Relief Law; or (e) if the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall have suffered or permitted, while insolvent, any creditor to obtain a lien upon any of its property through legal proceedings or distraint; or 

 

          9.1.12 Change of Control. If there shall occur a Change of Control; or 

 

          9.1.13 Subordination. If the obligations purported to be subject to any subordination agreement in favor of the Agent cease to be fully subordinated to all of the obligations under this Agreement; or 

 

          9.1.14 Interest Rate Protection Agreements. If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall default in any payment or performance of any obligations under any Swap Agreement entered into with any Swap Party, regardless of the amount involved in such default; or 

 

          9.1.15 Judgments. If any judgment or judgments or assessment or assessments for the payment of money in excess of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate shall be rendered against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and such judgment remains either unstayed or unsatisfied for a period of sixty (60) days or more from when due; or

 

          9.1.16 Unenforceability of Licenses. If (a) any lenders or creditors of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. exercise any remedies or have a right to exercise any remedies against any of the intellectual property that is the subject of any of the License Agreements or (b) the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is unable to enforce its rights under any of the 

 

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License Agreements or use any of the intellectual property that is the subject of any of the License Agreements; or

 

          9.1.17 Claims Under Tax Matters Agreement. If (i) (a) any claim or proceeding is made or pursued with any court or other Governmental Authority against any Loan Party or (b) a Loan Party enters a binding arbitration proceeding under the terms of Section 8.3 of the Master Separation and Distribution Agreement with respect to a claim against such Loan Party, alleging damages of more than $2,000,000 under the terms of the Tax Matters Agreement, and such claim or proceeding is not withdrawn or determined to be invalid for a period of 90 days or more or (ii) any Loan Party is required to pay in excess of $5,000,000 (without further legal recourse) or does pay in excess of $5,000,000 pursuant to claims under the Tax Matters Agreement and if after giving effect to such payment (or required payment) Total Liquidity is less than $12,500,000; or 

 

          9.1.18 Transition Services Agreement. If there occurs any default under any of the Transition Services Agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in the failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to have sufficient access to information services technology and resources to operate its business in the ordinary course. 

 

     9.2 Acceleration; Remedies. 

 

          9.2.1 Acceleration upon Insolvency. Upon the occurrence of any event described in Subsection 9.1.11 (Insolvency), the entire unpaid principal balance of the Notes, and interest accrued and premium, if any, thereon, and any unpaid accrued Unused Commitment Fees and all other amounts accrued hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, shall be immediately due and payable by the Borrower and the Commitments shall terminate without presentment, demand, protest, notice of protest or other notice of dishonor of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower. 

 

          9.2.2 Acceleration upon Other Defaults. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default other than any event described in Subsection 9.1.11 (Insolvency), or at any time thereafter if any Event of Default shall then be continuing, the Agent may (and shall if directed by the Requisite Lenders) (a) by written notice to the Borrower, declare the entire unpaid principal balance or any portion of the principal balance of all or any of the Notes, and interest accrued and premium, if any, thereon and any unpaid accrued Unused Commitment Fees and all other amounts accrued hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, to be immediately due and payable by the Borrower, and/or (b) terminate the Commitment. 

 

          9.2.3 Remedies in General. In the event of acceleration pursuant to Subsection 9.2.1 (Acceleration upon Insolvency) or Subsection 9.2.2 (Acceleration upon Other Defaults), all principal and interest, premium, fees, and other amounts shall thereupon become and be immediately due and payable, without presentation, demand, protest, notice of protest or other notice of dishonor of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and the Agent (acting directly or through appointment of one or more trustees of the Agent’s choosing) may proceed to protect and enforce its rights and those of the Issuing Bank and the 

 

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Lenders under the Loan Documents in any manner or order it deems expedient without regard to any equitable principles of marshalling or otherwise. In addition to all other rights hereunder or under Law, the Agent shall have the right to institute proceedings in equity or other appropriate proceedings for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement made in any of the Loan Documents or for an injunction against the violation of any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in any of the Loan Documents or by Law or otherwise. Further, to the extent permitted under law, the Agent shall be entitled to the appointment of a trustee or receiver for all or any part of the businesses of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which trustee or receiver shall have such powers as may be conferred by the appointing authority. All rights and remedies given by this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any of such rights or remedies or of any other rights or remedies available to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, and no course of dealing between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, on one hand, and the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, on the other hand, or any delay or omission in exercising any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver of any right or remedy, and every right and remedy may be exercised from time to time and as often as shall be deemed appropriate by the Agent. 

 

     9.3 Proceeds of Collateral. 

 

          Following an Event of Default and acceleration of the Obligations, the Agent shall apply proceeds of Collateral as follows: 

 

     First, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, expenses (including expenses relating to attorneys’ fees and other professionals’ fees), indemnities and other amounts due to the Agent in its capacity as such;

 

     Second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid Unused Commitment Fees or other fees, ratably amongst the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause “Second” due to them;

 

     Third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and reimbursement obligations under Letters of Credit, ratably amongst the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause “Third” due to them;

 

     Fourth, to payment of all other Secured Obligations, ratably amongst the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause “Fourth” due to them; and

 

     Finally, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been satisfied, to the Borrower or its applicable Subsidiary or as otherwise required by Law. 

 

For purposes of this Section 9.3, if there are Secured Obligations arising out of Interest Rate Protection Agreements, the Requisite Lenders shall determine whether such obligations are most appropriately characterized as interest, principal, fees or other and shall add those obligations to 

 

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the appropriate category above. Any determination of the Requisite Lenders in this regard shall be conclusive absent manifest error, provided, however, that the characterization of such obligations shall be the same with respect to all Secured Parties. By way of example, the Requisite Lenders may determine that (a) obligations such as the net amount of Settlement Amounts (as defined in the 1992 form of Master Agreement (Multicurrency – Cross Border) or the 1992 form of Master Agreement (Local Currency – Single Jurisdiction) published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association or any successor forms) owing by the Borrower to the relevant Secured Party (as reduced by the net amount of Unpaid Amounts (as so defined), if any, or owing by the relevant Secured Party to the Borrower shall be treated, for purposes of this Section 9.3, as principal on the Loans, and (b) Unpaid Amounts, interest on Unpaid Amounts and interest on Settlement Amounts owing by Borrower to the relevant Secured Party shall be treated, for purposes of this Section 9.3, as interest. 

 

ARTICLE 10 

 

AGENCY 

 

     10.1 Appointment and Authority. 

 

          Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints JPM to act on its behalf as the Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby authorize the Agent (in its sole discretion): 

 

               (a) in connection with the sale or other disposition of any asset included in the Collateral or all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor, to the extent undertaken in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to release a Lien granted to it (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) on such asset or Capital Stock and/or to release such Guarantor from its obligations hereunder; 

 

               (b) to determine that the cost to the Borrower is disproportionate to the benefit to be realized by the Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties by perfecting a Lien in a given asset or group of assets included in the Collateral and that the Borrower should not be required to perfect such Lien in favor of the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties); 

 

               (c) to appoint subagents to be the holder of record of a Lien to be granted to the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) or to hold on behalf of the Agent the Collateral or instruments relating thereto; 

 

               (d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the other Loan Documents; and 

 

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               (e) to execute and deliver the agreements contemplated by Section 11.5 (Amendments, Waivers and Consents). 

 

     10.2 Rights as a Lender. 

 

          The Person serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. 

 

     10.3 Agent May File Proofs of Claim and Other Actions.

 

               (a) In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, in addition to any other rights and remedies provided under the Loan Documents or applicable law, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Obligations shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise 

 

                    (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Agent under Sections 2.7 (Fees to Lenders), 3.1.6 (Fees) and 11.14 (Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver)) allowed in such judicial proceeding; 

 

                    (ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and 

 

                    (iii) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Agent and, in the event that the Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, to pay to the Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Agent under Sections 2.7 (Fees to Lenders) and 11.14 (Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver). 

 

               (b) In addition to any other rights and remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or applicable law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an 

 

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Event of Default, each of the Lenders, the Swing Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Agent to take such actions on behalf of the Secured Parties and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and exercise any other rights and remedies under applicable law, in the name of the Secured Parties or otherwise, including sell, assign, lease, license (on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis) or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Agent's offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such time or times and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable and to credit bid any or all of the Secured Obligations on behalf of the Secured Parties in connection with any sale or other disposition of any or all assets or equity of any or all Loan Parties. 

 

     10.4 Exculpatory Provisions. 

 

          The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent 

 

               (a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 

 

               (b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Requisite Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and 

 

               (c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. 

 

     The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Requisite Lenders or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Event of Default is given to the Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the Issuing Bank which notice states that it is a “Notice of Default” or a “Notice of an Event of Default”. 

 

     The Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance 

 

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or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 4 (Conditions to Fundings and Issuances of Letters of Credit) or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent. 

 

     10.5 Reliance by Agent. 

 

          The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, the Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing Bank unless the Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. It is acknowledged that counsel to the Agent exclusively represents the Agent and, absent an express written agreement of such counsel to the contrary, there are no third party beneficiaries of that relationship. 

 

     10.6 Delegation of Duties. 

 

          The Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. 

 

     10.7 Resignation of Agent. 

 

          The Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the 

 

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Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above, provided that if the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Bank directly, until such time as the Requisite Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring (or retired) Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article 10 and Section 11.14 (Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver) shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent. 

 

     10.8 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders. 

 

          Each Lender and the Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent (or its counsel, advisors or agents) or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent (or its counsel, advisors or agents) or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. 

 

     10.9 No Other Duties, Etc.

 

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Joint Book-Runner listed on the cover page hereof shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder. 

 

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     10.10 European Agent.

 

          All rights to indemnification, exculpation, expense reimbursement and other rights of the Agent provided for in this Article 10 and elsewhere in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall apply also to the European Agent. 

 

ARTICLE 11 

 

MISCELLANEOUS 

 

     11.1 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.

 

          11.1.1 Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Subsection 11.1.2 (Electronic Communications)), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows: 

 

               (a) if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, to it at Vishay Precision Group, 3 Great Valley Parkway, Suite 150, Malvern, PA 19355, Attention of Steven Klausner, Treasurer (Telecopier No. 215-689-3727; Telephone No. 484-321-5307);

 

                    with a copy to: Vishay Precision Group, 3 Great Valley Parkway, Suite 150, Malvern, PA 19355, Attention of Roland B. Desilets, Esq., Director of Legal Services (Telecopier No. 484-321-5301; Telephone No. 484-321-5324);

 

                    and a copy to: Pepper Hamilton LLP, 3000 Two Logan Square, 18th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Attention of Barry M. Abelson (Telecopier No. 215-981-4750; Telephone No. 215-981-4282); 

 

               (b) (i) if to the Agent, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mid-Corporate Banking, 277 Park Avenue, Floor 23, New York, NY 10128, Attention of James A. Knight (Telecopier No. 646-534-3081; Telephone No. 212-622-8486) and (ii) if to the European Agent in the case of notices related to Loans denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, to J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, 125 London Wall, Floor 9, London EC2Y 5AJ, Attention: Loan and Agency (Telecopy No. 44 207 777 2360, and in each case with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 277 Park Avenue, Floor 23, New York, NY 10128, Attention of James A. Knight (Telecopy No. 646-534-3081; Telephone No. 212-622-8486; 

 

               (c) if to the Issuing Bank, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mid-Corporate Banking, 277 Park Avenue, Floor 23, New York, NY 10128, Attention of James A. Knight (Telecopier No. 646-534-3081; Telephone No. 212-622-8486); and 

 

               (d) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopier number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire. 

 

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Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Subsection 11.1.2 (Electronic Communications), shall be effective as provided in Subsection 11.1.2 (Electronic Communications). In the event of a discrepancy between any telephonic and any written notice, the written notice shall control. Any Lender giving any notice to the Borrower shall send simultaneously a copy of such notice to the Agent. 

 

          11.1.2 Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12 (Mechanics of Payments; Lender Payments) or Subsection 3.1.7 (Participation by RC Lenders). If such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Agent that is incapable of receiving notices under such Sections by electronic communication, the Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. 

 

          Unless the Agent otherwise prescribes, (a) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (b) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (a) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor. 

 

          11.1.3 Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address or telecopier number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. 

 

     11.2 Survival of Representations. 

 

          All representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents shall survive the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit (but not the termination of the Loan Documents) and shall not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any investigation by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders. 

 

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     11.3 No Implied Waivers. 

 

          No failure or delay on the part of the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege under the Loan Documents and no course of dealing between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, on the other hand, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or privilege. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under the Loan Documents precludes any other or further exercise of any such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies expressly provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or shall constitute a waiver of the right of the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to take any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand. Any waiver that is given shall be effective only if in writing and only for the limited purposes expressly stated in the applicable waiver. 

 

     11.4 Severability. 

 

          Every provision of the Loan Documents is intended to be severable. If any term or provision of the Loan Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected or impaired thereby. Any invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any term or provision of the Loan Documents in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. 

 

     11.5 Amendments, Waivers and Consents. 

 

          11.5.1 In General. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents may not be amended or modified except by a written instrument describing such amendment or modification executed by the Borrower and the Agent with the consent of the Lenders as provided in this Subsection 11.5.1; provided, however, that the obligations and duties of the European Agent shall not be modified or amended without the written consent of the European Agent. With the written consent of the Requisite Lenders, the Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, enter into agreements that modify, amend or supplement this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and with such consent, the Agent may waive compliance with any provision of any of the Loan Documents, all as referred to in this Subsection 11.5.1. However, no such modification, amendment, supplement or waiver shall: 

 

               (a) increase the maximum amount of the Commitment of any Lender without such Lender’s written consent, 

 

               (b) extend the Maturity Date or any scheduled amortization or date for payment of interest on the Loans of any Lender without such Lender’s written consent, 

 

               (c) amend the interest rate provisions hereof to decrease the rate of interest payable to any Lender without such Lender’s written consent, provided that the written 

 

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consent of the Requisite Lenders, rather than the consent of all Lenders, shall be sufficient to waive imposition of the Default Rate pursuant to Subsection 2.8.6 (Default Rate; Late Fee), 

 

               (d) reduce the amount of the fees payable under Subsection 2.7.1 (Unused Commitment Fees) or other fees payable to any Lender without such Lender’s written consent, other than any fee payable solely to the Agent, 

 

               (e) amend, modify or waive the provisions of this Section 11.5 without each Lender’s written consent, 

 

               (f) amend or modify the definition of “Requisite Lenders” without each Lender’s written consent, 

 

               (g) release all or substantially all of the guaranties or all or substantially all of the Collateral that secures the Obligations without each Lender’s written consent; provided however, the Agent may without the consent of any Person release any guarantor or any Collateral granted pursuant to the Loan Documents and file UCC-3 termination statements or statements of amendment or take other appropriate action (i) as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, (ii) in connection with a disposition (other than to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) permitted under Subsection 8.7.2 (Sales and Other Dispositions) or as otherwise provided under the Loan Documents, or (iii) if, in accordance with this Agreement, cash proceeds from any sale or transfer of the Collateral are used to prepay outstanding sums due under this Agreement or are reinvested in the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or 

 

               (h) waive an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1.1 (Failure to Pay Principal or Reimbursement Obligations) or 9.1.2 (Failure to Pay Interest, Fees, Etc.) (other than in respect of the imposition of the Default Rate) after such Event of Default shall have occurred without each Lender’s written consent (but the Requisite Lenders may direct the Agent to forbear under such circumstances). 

 

          11.5.2 Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.5 or anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender that has requested that it not receive material, non-public information concerning the Borrower, and that is therefore unable or unwilling to vote with respect to an issue arising under this Agreement, will agree to vote, and will be deemed to have voted, its Commitment under this Agreement pro rata in accordance with the percentage of Commitments voted in favor of, and the percentage of Commitments voted against, any such issue under this Agreement. 

 

     11.6 Successors and Assigns.

 

          11.6.1 Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (a) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 

 

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11.6.2 (Assignments by Lenders), (b) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 11.6.4 (Participations) or (c) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Subsection 11.6.6 (Certain Pledges) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Subsection 11.6.4 (Participations) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. 

 

        11.6.2 Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions: 

 

            (a) Minimum Amounts.

 

                (i) In the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and 

 

                (ii) in any case not described in the preceding paragraph (i), the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of a RC Loan and Commitment, unless each of the Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consent (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). 

 

            (b) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or Commitment assigned, except that this clause (b) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate tranches on a non-pro rata basis. 

 

            (c) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (a) of this Subsection 11.6.2 and, in addition: 

 

                (i) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) shall be required unless (x) a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an 

 

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Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof;

 

                    (ii) the consent of the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (A) a RC Loan or Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of such facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender or (B) a funded term facility to a Person who is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;

 

                    (iii) the consent of the Issuing Bank (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding); and

 

                    (iv) the consent of the Swingline Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the revolving facility.

 

               (d) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $5,000, and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

               (e) No Assignment to Borrower. No such assignment shall be made to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

 

               (f) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.

 

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Agent pursuant to Subsection 11.6.3 (Register), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Subsection 2.8.5 (Breakage), Section 2.9 (Increased Costs; Unavailability) and Section 11.14 (Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver) with respect to the facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Subsection 11.6.4 (Participations).

 

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          11.6.3 Register. The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

          11.6.4 Participations.

 

               (a) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Borrower, the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank and Swing Lender shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any Lender may furnish any information concerning the Borrower in its possession from time to time to prospective Participants, provided that such Lender shall require any such prospective Participants to agree in writing to maintain the confidentiality of such information as provided in Section 11.13 (Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality; Advertisement).

 

               (b) Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to the matters specifically referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (g) of Section 11.5 (Amendments, Waivers and Consents). Subject to clause (b) of Subsection 11.6.4 (Participations), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Subsection 2.8.5 (Breakage) and Section 2.9 (Increased Costs; Unavailability) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Subsection 11.6.2 (Assignments by Lenders). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.11 (Right of Setoff) as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Subsection 2.11.5 (Sharing of Payments by Lenders) as though it were a Lender.

 

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applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.13 (Taxes) unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Subsection 2.13.5 (Status of Lenders) as though it were a Lender.

 

          11.6.6 Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

     11.7 Calculations and Financial Data.

 

          Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, calculations under this Agreement shall be made and financial data and terms referred to in this Agreement shall be prepared and interpreted both as to classification of items and as to amounts in accordance with GAAP.

 

     11.8 Descriptive Headings.

 

          The descriptive headings of the several sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

     11.9 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

 

          11.9.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law).

 

          11.9.2 Submission to Jurisdiction. The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sitting in Philadelphia County and of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Pennsylvania state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

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          11.9.3 Waiver of Venue. The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in Subsection 11.9.2 (Submission to Jurisdiction). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. The Borrower irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right to bring any action or proceeding against (a) the Agent in any court outside the county of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or (b) the Issuing Bank or any other Lender other than a state within the United States designated by the Issuing Bank or such Lender.

 

          11.9.4 Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.1 (Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication). Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law.

 

     11.10 Maximum Lawful Interest Rate.

 

          If, at any time, the rate of interest, together with all amounts that constitute interest and that are reserved, charged or taken hereunder as compensation for fees, services or expenses incidental to the making, negotiating or collecting of the Loans, shall be deemed by a court of law with competent jurisdiction, a governmental agency or a tribunal to exceed the maximum rate of interest permitted to be charged by the Lenders to the Borrower under applicable Law, if such interest, fees and expenses are in excess of the maximum amount permitted by applicable Law, then, during such time as such rate of interest would be deemed excessive, that portion of each sum paid attributable to that portion of such interest rate that exceeds the maximum rate of interest so permitted shall be deemed a voluntary prepayment of the unpaid principal amount due pursuant to this Agreement and the Notes. As used in this Section 11.10, the term “applicable law” shall mean the law in effect as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in the event there is a change in the law that results in a higher permissible rate of interest, then this Agreement shall be governed by such new law as of its effective date.

 

     11.11 Right of Setoff.

 

          If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Issuing Bank, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or any other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or any other Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the Issuing

 

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Bank different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, the Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank agrees to notify the Borrower and the Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE ANY LENDER TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL THAT SECURES THE LOANS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS RIGHT TO SET-OFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER PROPERTY OF THE BORROWER OR ANY GUARANTOR, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.

 

     11.12 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.

 

          11.12.1 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Article 4 (Conditions Precedent to Fundings and issuance of Letters of Credit), this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Agent and when the Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

          11.12.2 Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” or words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

     11.13 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality; Advertisement.

 

          11.13.1 Confidentiality. Each of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b)

 

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to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any Interest Rate Protection Agreement with any Lender or any of its Affiliates or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any Interest Rate Protection Agreement with any Lender or any of its Affiliates or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Lender may disclose Information, without notice to Borrower, to governmental regulatory authorities in connection with any regulatory examination of such Lender or in accordance with such Lender’s regulatory compliance policy.

 

          11.13.2 Information. For purposes of this Section 11.13, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

          11.13.3 Advertisement. The Agent may provide information relating to the Loans to Gold Sheets, and other similar bank trade publications, with such information to consist of deal terms consisting of (i) the Borrower’s name, (ii) principal loan amounts, (iii) interest rate, (iv) term length and (v) commitment fees and other fees to the Lenders in the syndicate, the identity of their attorneys and other information customarily found in such publications.

 

     11.14 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

 

          11.14.1 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agent (and fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of the Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any

 

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amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) including costs associated with any websites used for the syndication or administration of the credit facility, (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank (and fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including, all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit, and (iv) any civil penalty or fine assessed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control against, and all reasonable costs and expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) incurred in connection with defense thereof by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender as a result of the funding of Loans, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the acceptance of payments or of Collateral due under the Loan Documents.

 

          11.14.2 Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the Issuing Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee and fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (a) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (c) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Substances on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any environmental liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document if the

 

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Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

          11.14.3 Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required under Subsections 11.14.1 (Costs and Expenses) and 11.14.2 (Indemnification by the Borrower) to be paid by it to the Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Bank or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent (or any such sub-agent) or its Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Bank in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Agent (or any such sub-agent) or Issuing Bank in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this Subsection 11.14.3 are subject to the provisions of Section 2.5 (Lenders’ Obligations Several).

 

          11.14.4 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in Subsection 11.14.2 (Indemnification by the Borrower) shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

          11.14.5 Payments. All amounts due under this Section 11.14 shall be payable promptly after demand therefor.

 

     11.15 Certification of Amounts.

 

          The certification by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or a Lender of the amount of liabilities, losses, costs, expenses, claims and/or charges pursuant to Section 11.14 (Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver) shall be conclusive if such amounts have been computed or reached in a reasonable manner.

 

     11.16 Termination of Security; Partial Release of Security.

 

          11.16.1 Termination of Security. At such time as no Secured Party has any commitment to make financial accommodations to the Borrower pursuant to the terms hereof and all the Secured Obligations have been paid and performed in full, then the security provided for in the Loan Documents shall terminate, provided that the security provided for in the Loan Documents shall be reinstated if at any time any payment of any of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Agent upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or

 

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reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made, and provided, further, that all indemnities of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall survive and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of such security.

 

          11.16.2 Partial Release of Security. Effective upon the closing of a disposition of any Collateral to any Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and the application of proceeds thereof in conformity with the provisions of this Agreement, the Lien of the Agent on the assets subject to such disposition shall terminate and upon receipt by the Agent of a certification to such effect from the chief financial officer of the Borrower, the security interest granted under the Loan Documents in the Collateral so disposed of shall terminate and the Agent shall deliver such releases as may be appropriate or reasonably requested, provided, however, the security interest granted under the Loan Documents in all remaining Collateral shall remain in full force and effect.

 

     11.17 Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

          EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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     11.18 Patriot Act Notice.

 

          IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT. To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or entity that opens an account, including any deposit account, treasury management account, loan, other extension of credit, or other financial services product. What this means for the Borrower: When the Borrower opens an account, the Agent will ask for the Borrower’s name, taxpayer identification number, business address and other information that will allow the Agent to identify the Borrower. The Agent may also ask to see the Borrower’s legal organizational documents or other identifying documents.

 

          EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SUBSECTION 11.13.1 (CONFIDENTIALITY) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, TERRITORIAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAW.

 

          ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE AGENT THAT IT HAD IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, TERRITORIAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

	VISHAY PRECISION GROUP, INC.
	 
	 
	By:   	/s/  	William M. Clancy
	Name:	William M. Clancy
	Title:	Executive Vice-President, CFO and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature page to Credit Agreement)

 

 

	J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as European Agent
	  

 
	By:   	/s/  	Alastair A. Stevenson
	Name:	Alastair A. Stevenson
	Title:	Managing Director
	 
	 
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL
	ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as the Agent, the
	Issuing Bank, the Swing Lender and a Lender
	 
	 
	By:	/s/	James A. Knight
	Name:	James A. Knight
	Title:	Vice President

	Wire Transfer Information
	 	      	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	ABA Number	 	021000021
	Account Number	 	9008113381C3573
	Attention:	 	To Credit Loan Processing DP
	Re:	 	Vishay Precision Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature page to Credit Agreement)

 

 

	RBS CITIZENS, N.A.
	 
	 
	By:   	/s/  	William E. Rurode, Jr.
	Name:	William E. Rurode, Jr.
	Title:	Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature page to Credit Agreement)

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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	ARTICLE 1	 	DEFINITIONS	 	1
	              1.1	 	 	 	Defined Terms	 	1
	              1.2	 	 	 	Terms Generally	 	25
	ARTICLE 2	 	THE LOANS	 	25
	              2.1	 	 	 	Revolving Credit Loans	 	25
	 	 	2.1.1	 	Commitment to Make RC Loans	 	25
	 	 	2.1.2	 	Available Commitment	 	26
	 	 	2.1.3	 	Voluntary Commitment Reductions	 	26
	 	 	2.1.4	 	Repayment in connection with Commitment Reductions, Certain	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Currency Exchange Fluctuations and on Maturity Date	 	26
	 	 	2.1.5	 	Voluntary Prepayment	 	27
	              2.2	 	 	 	Swing Loans	 	27
	 	 	2.2.1	 	Swing Loan Advances	 	27
	 	 	2.2.2	 	Terms of Swing Loan Borrowings	 	28
	 	 	2.2.3	 	Participation by RC Lenders	 	28
	 	 	2.2.4	 	No Set-off, Etc	 	29
	 	 	2.2.5	 	Certain Limitations	 	29
	              2.3	 	 	 	Borrowing Notice	 	29
	              2.4	 	 	 	Increase in Commitment	 	30
	              2.5	 	 	 	Lenders’ Obligations Several	 	31
	              2.6	 	 	 	Notes	 	31
	              2.7	 	 	 	Fees to Lenders	 	32
	 	 	2.7.1	 	Unused Commitment Fees	 	32
	 	 	2.7.2	 	Letter of Credit Fees	 	32
	 	 	2.7.3	 	Other Fees	 	32
	              2.8	 	 	 	Interest	 	33
	 	 	2.8.1	 	Rates	 	33
	 	 	2.8.2	 	Applicable Margin	 	33
	 	 	2.8.3	 	Adjustments to Applicable Margin	 	33
	 	 	2.8.4	 	LIBOR Election	 	34

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	 	 	2.8.5	 	Breakage	 	34
	 	 	2.8.6	 	Default Rate; Late Fee	 	35
	 	 	2.8.7	 	Source of Funds	 	35
	 	 	2.8.8	 	Interest Due with Certain Repayments and Prepayments	 	35
	              2.9	 	 	 	Increased Costs; Unavailability	 	35
	 	 	2.9.1	 	Increased Costs Generally	 	35
	 	 	2.9.2	 	Capital Requirements	 	36
	 	 	2.9.3	 	Certificates for Reimbursement	 	36
	 	 	2.9.4	 	Delay in Requests	 	37
	 	 	2.9.5	 	Inability to Determine LIBOR	 	37
	 	 	2.9.6	 	Laws Affecting LIBOR Availability	 	37
	              2.10	 	 	 	Purpose	 	37
	              2.11	 	 	 	Mechanics of Payments: Borrower Payments	 	37
	 	 	2.11.1	 	Manner of Making Payments	 	37
	 	 	2.11.2	 	Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Agent	 	38
	 	 	2.11.3	 	Disbursements from Agent to Lenders	 	38
	 	 	2.11.4	 	Authorization to Deduct Funds and Make Loans in Satisfaction of	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Obligations	 	38
	 	 	2.11.5	 	Sharing of Payments by Lenders	 	39
	 	 	2.11.6	 	Payments Due on Non-Business Days	 	39
	              2.12	 	 	 	Mechanics of Payments; Lender Payments	 	40
	 	 	2.12.1	 	Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Agent	 	40
	 	 	2.12.2	 	Reserved	 	40
	              2.13	 	 	 	Taxes	 	40
	 	 	2.13.1	 	Payments Free of Taxes	 	40
	 	 	2.13.2	 	Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower	 	41
	 	 	2.13.3	 	Indemnification by the Borrower	 	41
	 	 	2.13.4	 	Evidence of Payments	 	41
	 	 	2.13.5	 	Status of Lenders	 	41
	 	 	2.13.6	 	Treatment of Certain Refunds	 	42

 

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	 	 	 	2.13.7	 	Survival	42
	 	2.14	 	 	 	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders	42
	 	 	 	2.14.1	 	Designation of a Different Lending Office	42
	 	 	 	2.14.2	 	Replacement of Lenders	43
	 	2.15	 	 	 	Defaulting Lenders	44
	 	2.16	 	 	 	Additional Borrowers	45
	 	 	 	2.16.1	 	Request for Additional Borrowers	45
	 	 	 	2.16.2	 	Lender Elections to Accept Additional Borrower	45
	 	 	 	2.16.3	 	Execution of Documentation by Additional Borrower	45
	 	2.17	 	 	 	Determination of U.S. Dollar Equivalents	46
	ARTICLE 3	 	LETTERS OF CREDIT	47
	 	3.1	 	 	 	Letters of Credit	47
	 	 	 	3.1.1	 	Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit	47
	 	 	 	3.1.2	 	Reimbursement Obligations	47
	 	 	 	3.1.3	 	Limitation on Amount	47
	 	 	 	3.1.4	 	Obligations Absolute	48
	 	 	 	3.1.5	 	Reliance by Issuing Bank	48
	 	 	 	3.1.6	 	Fees	48
	 	 	 	3.1.7	 	Participation by RC Lenders	49
	 	 	 	3.1.8	 	Standard of Conduct	49
	 	 	 	3.1.9	 	Cash Collateral Account	49
	 	 	 	3.1.10	 	Obligations Secured	50
	ARTICLE 4	 	CONDITIONS TO FUNDINGS AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT	50
	 	4.1	 	 	 	Conditions to Initial Funding	50
	 	 	 	4.1.1	 	Execution of this Agreement	50
	 	 	 	4.1.2	 	Notes	50
	 	 	 	4.1.3	 	Security Agreement	50
	 	 	 	4.1.4	 	Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement	50
	 	 	 	4.1.5	 	Pledge Agreements	51

 

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	 	 	 	4.1.6	 	Reserved	51
	 	 	 	4.1.7	 	Payment of Fees and Costs	51
	 	 	 	4.1.8	 	Financial Statements; Projections	51
	 	 	 	4.1.9	 	Corporate Proceedings	51
	 	 	 	4.1.10	 	Consents and Approvals	52
	 	 	 	4.1.11	 	Material Adverse Change; Compliance with Law	52
	 	 	 	4.1.12	 	Opinions of Counsel	52
	 	 	 	4.1.13	 	Officer’s Compliance Certificate	52
	 	 	 	4.1.14	 	Good Standing	52
	 	 	 	4.1.15	 	Lien Searches	52
	 	 	 	4.1.16	 	Evidence of Insurance	52
	 	 	 	4.1.17	 	Patriot Act	53
	 	 	 	4.1.18	 	Collateral Assignment of License Agreements	53
	 	 	 	4.1.19	 	Other Requirements	53
	 	4.2	 	 	 	Requirements for Each Loan/Letter of Credit	53
	 	 	 	4.2.1	 	No Default	53
	 	 	 	4.2.2	 	Borrowing Notice/Request for Letter of Credit	53
	 	 	 	4.2.3	 	Representations and Warranties	53
	 	 	 	4.2.4	 	Method of Certifying Certain Conditions	53
	ARTICLE 5	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	54
	 	5.1	 	 	 	Status	54
	 	 	 	5.1.1	 	Organization and Qualification	54
	 	 	 	5.1.2	 	Stock Ownership	54
	 	 	 	5.1.3	 	Organizational Chart	55
	 	5.2	 	 	 	Power and Authority; Enforceability	55
	 	5.3	 	 	 	No Violation of Agreements; Absence of Conflicts	55
	 	5.4	 	 	 	Recording, Enforceability and Consent	56
	 	5.5	 	 	 	Lines of Business	56
	 	5.6	 	 	 	Security Interest in Collateral	56
	 	5.7	 	 	 	Litigation; Compliance with Laws; OFAC Requirements	56

 

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	 	5.8	 	 	 	No Burdensome Agreements; Material Agreements	57
	 	5.9	 	 	 	Condition of Property	57
	 	5.10	 	 	 	Licenses; Intellectual Property	57
	 	5.11	 	 	 	Title to Properties; Liens	58
	 	5.12	 	 	 	Reserved	58
	 	5.13	 	 	 	Financial Statements and Projections	58
	 	 	 	5.13.1	 	Financial Statements	58
	 	 	 	5.13.2	 	Undisclosed Liabilities	58
	 	 	 	5.13.3	 	Absence of Material Adverse Change	59
	 	 	 	5.13.4	 	Projections	59
	 	5.14	 	 	 	Tax Returns and Payments; Other Fees	59
	 	5.15	 	 	 	Fiscal Year	59
	 	5.16	 	 	 	Federal Reserve Regulations	59
	 	5.17	 	 	 	Investment Company Act	60
	 	5.18	 	 	 	Compliance with ERISA	60
	 	 	 	5.18.1	 	Plans	60
	 	 	 	5.18.2	 	Favorable Determination Letters	60
	 	 	 	5.18.3	 	Compliance	60
	 	 	 	5.18.4	 	Absence of Certain Conditions	60
	 	 	 	5.18.5	 	Absence of Certain Liabilities	61
	 	 	 	5.18.6	 	Employee Matters Agreement	61
	 	5.19	 	 	 	Accuracy and Completeness of Disclosure	61
	 	5.20	 	 	 	Adequacy of Capital; Solvency	62
	 	5.21	 	 	 	Absence of Restrictive Provisions	62
	 	5.22	 	 	 	Environmental Compliance	62
	 	5.23	 	 	 	Labor Matters	63
	 	5.24	 	 	 	Brokers	63
	 	5.25	 	 	 	Existing Indebtedness	64
	 	5.26	 	 	 	Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.	64
	 	5.27	 	 	 	Supply Agreements	64

 

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	ARTICLE 6	 	REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND NOTICES	65
	 	6.1	 	 	 	Financial Data and Reporting Requirements; Notice of Certain Events	65
	 	 	 	6.1.1	 	Delivery of Quarterly Financial Statements	65
	 	 	 	6.1.2	 	Delivery of Annual Financial Statements; Accountants’ Certification	65
	 	 	 	6.1.3	 	Delivery of Officer’s Compliance Certificates	66
	 	 	 	6.1.4	 	Reserved	66
	 	 	 	6.1.5	 	Reserved	66
	 	 	 	6.1.6	 	SEC Filings, Etc.	66
	 	6.2	 	 	 	Notice of Defaults	66
	 	6.3	 	 	 	Notice of Disputes and Other Matters	67
	 	 	 	6.3.1	 	Certain Litigation	67
	 	 	 	6.3.2	 	Conditions Affecting Collateral	67
	 	 	 	6.3.3	 	Material Adverse Change	67
	 	 	 	6.3.4	 	Representations and Warranties	67
	 	 	 	6.3.5	 	Intellectual Property	67
	 	 	 	6.3.6	 	Notice of Claims Under Certain Documents	68
	 	6.4	 	 	 	ERISA Notices	68
	 	6.5	 	 	 	Miscellaneous	69
	 	6.6	 	 	 	Authorization of Third Parties to Deliver Information	69
	ARTICLE 7	 	FINANCIAL COVENANTS	69
	 	7.1	 	 	 	Tangible Net Worth	69
	 	7.2	 	 	 	Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio	69
	 	7.3	 	 	 	Leverage Ratio	69
	 	7.4	 	 	 	Additional Provisions Respecting Calculation of Financial Covenants	70
	ARTICLE 8	 	BUSINESS COVENANTS	71
	 	8.1	 	 	 	Indebtedness	71
	 	 	 	8.1.1	 	In General	71
	 	 	 	8.1.2	 	Limitation on Incurrence	72

 

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	 	8.2	 	 	 	Liens; and Licenses	72
	 	 	 	8.2.1	 	In General	72
	 	 	 	8.2.2	 	Negative Pledge	74
	 	 	 	8.2.3	 	Licenses	74
	 	 	 	8.2.4	 	License Agreements	74
	 	8.3	 	 	 	Investments, Loans, Acquisitions, Etc.	74
	 	8.4	 	 	 	Restricted Payments	76
	 	8.5	 	 	 	Sale-Leasebacks	77
	 	8.6	 	 	 	Transactions with Affiliates	77
	 	8.7	 	 	 	Mergers and Dispositions	77
	 	 	 	8.7.1	 	Consolidations and Mergers	77
	 	 	 	8.7.2	 	Sales and Other Dispositions	78
	 	8.8	 	 	 	Reserved	78
	 	8.9	 	 	 	Existence	78
	 	8.10	 	 	 	Compliance with Law	78
	 	8.11	 	 	 	Payment of Taxes and Claims	79
	 	8.12	 	 	 	Tax Consolidation	79
	 	8.13	 	 	 	Compliance with ERISA	79
	 	8.14	 	 	 	Insurance	80
	 	 	 	8.14.1	 	Liability, Property Damage, Etc.	80
	 	 	 	8.14.2	 	PBGC	81
	 	8.15	 	 	 	Maintenance of Properties	81
	 	8.16	 	 	 	Maintenance of Records; Fiscal Year	81
	 	8.17	 	 	 	Inspection	81
	 	8.18	 	 	 	Exchange of Notes	81
	 	8.19	 	 	 	Voting	82
	 	8.20	 	 	 	Type of Business	82
	 	8.21	 	 	 	Issuance of Equity	82
	 	8.22	 	 	 	Change in Documents	82
	 	8.23	 	 	 	Payment of Subordinated Indebtedness	82

 

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	 	8.24	 	 	 	Compliance with Federal Reserve Regulations	82
	 	8.25	 	 	 	Limitations on Certain Restrictive Provisions	83
	 	8.26	 	 	 	Reserved	83
	 	8.27	 	 	 	Environmental Matters	83
	 	8.28	 	 	 	Corporate Separateness	83
	 	8.29	 	 	 	Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries	84
	 	8.30	 	 	 	Further Assurances	84
	 	8.31	 	 	 	Reserved	84
	 	8.32	 	 	 	Reserved	84
	 	8.33	 	 	 	Enforceability of Secondment Agreement	84
	 	8.34	 	 	 	Reserved	84
	 	8.35	 	 	 	OFAC	85
	 	8.36	 	 	 	Post-Closing Covenants	85
	ARTICLE 9	 	EVENTS OF DEFAULT	86
	 	9.1	 	 	 	Events of Default	86
	 	 	 	9.1.1	 	Failure to Pay Principal or Reimbursement Obligations	86
	 	 	 	9.1.2	 	Failure to Pay Interest, Fees, Etc.	86
	 	 	 	9.1.3	 	Cross Default to Indebtedness	86
	 	 	 	9.1.4	 	Other Cross-Defaults	86
	 	 	 	9.1.5	 	Misrepresentations	87
	 	 	 	9.1.6	 	Certain Covenant Defaults	87
	 	 	 	9.1.7	 	Other Covenant Defaults	87
	 	 	 	9.1.8	 	Other Loan Document Defaults; Security	87
	 	 	 	9.1.9	 	Custody or Control of Assets	87
	 	 	 	9.1.10	 	Discontinuance of Business	88
	 	 	 	9.1.11	 	Insolvency	88
	 	 	 	9.1.12	 	Change of Control	88
	 	 	 	9.1.13	 	Subordination	88
	 	 	 	9.1.14	 	Interest Rate Protection Agreements	88
	 	 	 	9.1.15	 	Judgments	88

 

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	 	 	 	9.1.16	 	Unenforceability of Licenses	88
	 	 	 	9.1.17	 	Claims Under Tax Matters Agreement	89
	 	 	 	9.1.18	 	Transition Services Agreement	89
	 	9.2	 	 	 	Acceleration; Remedies	89
	 	 	 	9.2.1	 	Acceleration upon Insolvency	89
	 	 	 	9.2.2	 	Acceleration upon Other Defaults	89
	 	 	 	9.2.3	 	Remedies in General	89
	 	9.3	 	 	 	Proceeds of Collateral	90
	ARTICLE 10	 	AGENCY	91
	 	10.1	 	 	 	Appointment and Authority	91
	 	10.2	 	 	 	Rights as a Lender	92
	 	10.3	 	 	 	Agent May File Proofs of Claim and Other Actions	92
	 	10.4	 	 	 	Exculpatory Provisions	93
	 	10.5	 	 	 	Reliance by Agent	94
	 	10.6	 	 	 	Delegation of Duties	94
	 	10.7	 	 	 	Resignation of Agent	94
	 	10.8	 	 	 	Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders	95
	 	10.9	 	 	 	No Other Duties, Etc.	95
	 	10.10	 	 	 	European Agent	96
	ARTICLE 11	 	MISCELLANEOUS	96
	 	11.1	 	 	 	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication	96
	 	 	 	11.1.1	 	Notices Generally	96
	 	 	 	11.1.2	 	Electronic Communications	97
	 	 	 	11.1.3	 	Change of Address, Etc.	97
	 	11.2	 	 	 	Survival of Representations	97
	 	11.3	 	 	 	No Implied Waivers	98
	 	11.4	 	 	 	Severability	98
	 	11.5	 	 	 	Amendments, Waivers and Consents	98
	 	 	 	11.5.1	 	In General	98
	 	 	 	11.5.2	 	Exception	99

 

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	 	11.6	 	 	 	Successors and Assigns	99
	 	 	 	11.6.1	 	Successors and Assigns Generally	99
	 	 	 	11.6.2	 	Assignments by Lenders	100
	 	 	 	11.6.3	 	Register	102
	 	 	 	11.6.4	 	Participations	102
	 	 	 	11.6.5	 	Limitations upon Participant Rights	102
	 	 	 	11.6.6	 	Certain Pledges	103
	 	11.7	 	 	 	Calculations and Financial Data	103
	 	11.8	 	 	 	Descriptive Headings	103
	 	11.9	 	 	 	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.	103
	 	 	 	11.9.1	 	Governing Law	103
	 	 	 	11.9.2	 	Submission to Jurisdiction	103
	 	 	 	11.9.3	 	Waiver of Venue	104
	 	 	 	11.9.4	 	Service of Process	104
	 	11.10	 	 	 	Maximum Lawful Interest Rate	104
	 	11.11	 	 	 	Right of Setoff	104
	 	11.12	 	 	 	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution	105
	 	 	 	11.12.1	 	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness	105
	 	 	 	11.12.2	 	Electronic Execution of Assignments	105
	 	11.13	 	 	 	Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality; Advertisement	105
	 	 	 	11.13.1	 	Confidentiality	105
	 	 	 	11.13.2	 	Information	106
	 	 	 	11.13.3	 	Advertisement	106
	 	11.14	 	 	 	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver	106
	 	 	 	11.14.1	 	Costs and Expenses	106
	 	 	 	11.14.2	 	Indemnification by the Borrower	107
	 	 	 	11.14.3	 	Reimbursement by Lenders	108
	 	 	 	11.14.4	 	Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.	108
	 	 	 	11.14.5	 	Payments	108
	 	11.15	 	 	 	Certification of Amounts	108

 

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	 	11.16	 	 	 	Termination of Security; Partial Release of Security	108
	 	 	 	11.16.1	 	Termination of Security	108
	 	 	 	11.16.2	 	Partial Release of Security	109
	 	11.17	 	 	 	Waiver of Jury Trial	109
	 	11.18	 	 	 	Patriot Act Notice	110

 

List of Addenda (Exhibits and Schedules) 

 

	EXHIBITS	     	 
	 	 	 
	Exhibit A-1	 	Form of RC Note (§2.6)
	Exhibit A-2	 	Form of Swing Note (§2.6)
	Exhibit B	 	Form of Request for Advance (§2.3)
	Exhibit C	 	Form of LIBOR Election (§2.8.4)
	Exhibit D	 	Form of Security Agreement (§4.1.3)
	Exhibit E	 	Form of Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement (§4.1.4)
	Exhibit F-1	 	Form of Borrower Pledge Agreement (§4.1.5(a))
	Exhibit F-2	 	Form of Subsidiary Pledge Agreement (§4.1.5(b))
	Exhibit J	 	Form of Officer’s Compliance Certificate (§1.1)
	Exhibit K	 	Form of Assignment and Assumption (§11.6.2(d))
	 	 	 
	SCHEDULES	 	 
	 	 	 
	Schedule 1.1	 	Commitment
	Schedule 5.1.1	 	Organization and Qualification
	Schedule 5.1.2	 	Stock Ownership
	Schedule 5.1.3	 	Organizational Chart of Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries
	Schedule 5.4	 	Recording, Enforceability and Consent
	Schedule 5.7	 	Litigation; Compliance with Laws; OFAC Requirements
	Schedule 5.8	 	No Burdensome Agreements; Material Agreements
	Schedule 5.10	 	Intellectual Property
	Schedule 5.18	 	ERISA Plans
	Schedule 5.22(d)	 	Environmental
	Schedule 5.23	 	Labor Matters
	Schedule 5.25	 	Existing Indebtedness
	Schedule 8.2	 	Liens
	Schedule 8.6	 	Transactions with Affiliates
	Schedule 8.12	 	Tax Consolidation
	Schedule 8.36.4	 	Post-Closing Foreign Stock Certificates
	Schedule 8.36.5	 	Post-Closing Intellectual Property Assignments
	Schedule 8.36.6	 	Additional Post-Closing Covenants

 

SCHEDULE 1.1 

 

Commitment 

 

	LENDER	COMMITMENT
	JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association	$12,500,000
	RBS Citizens, N.A.	$12,500,000exhibit10-2.htm

Exhibit 10.2 

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT 

 

     THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of October 14, 2010, by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as agent for itself and the other Secured Parties (as that term is defined in the Credit Agreement defined below) (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”); Vishay Precision Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Borrower”); and Vishay Measurements Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Vishay Transducers Ltd., a Delaware corporation, Vishay BLH, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Vishay Precision Foil, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with their successors and permitted assigns, collectively and jointly and severally, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower and any Person that becomes an Additional Grantor pursuant to Section 4(p) below and together with their successors and assigns, collectively and jointly and severally, the “Grantors”). 

 

Background 

 

     The Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented and/or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to extend credit to the Borrower on the terms and conditions described therein. The Borrower may, among other things, use the proceeds of the loans thereunder to extend credit to, and make capital contributions in, the Subsidiary Guarantors. Therefore, as a result of the Credit Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantors can obtain capital on terms more favorable to them as part of this borrowing group than they could acting alone. The Subsidiary Guarantors have guaranteed the obligations of the Borrower arising out of the Credit Agreement and related agreements and instruments. 

 

     One of the conditions to the obligations of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement is that payment shall be secured by, among other things, a security interest in favor of the Agent and the other Secured Parties in the Collateral (as defined below). In order to induce the Lenders to extend the credit to the Borrower, the Grantors are willing to grant to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Collateral. 

 

     Accordingly, each Grantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees with the Agent as follows: 

 

     1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The following terms, as used herein, shall have the following meanings: 

 

          “Account” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, credit card receivables, lottery winnings, health-care-insurance receivables, any right to payment arising out of goods or other property (including, without limitation, intellectual property) sold or leased, licensed, assigned or disposed of or for services rendered which is not evidenced by an instrument or chattel paper, whether or not it has 

 

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been earned by performance including all rights to payment of rents under a lease or license and payment under a charter or other contract and all rights incident to such lease, charter or contract. 

 

          “Additional Grantor” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(q). 

 

          “Chattel Paper” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, a writing or writings which evidence both a monetary obligation and a security interest in, or a lease of, specific goods. 

 

          “Collateral” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2. 

 

          “Commercial Tort Claims” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code and shall include those claims listed (including plaintiff, defendant and a description of the claim) on Schedule 10 attached hereto. 

 

          “Deposit Account” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, any demand, time, savings, passbook or similar account. 

 

          “Document” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, a bill of lading, dock warrant, dock receipt, warehouse receipt or order for the delivery of goods, and also any other document which in the regular course of business or financing is treated as adequately evidencing that the Person in possession of it is entitled to receive, hold and dispose of the document and the goods it covers. 

 

          “Equipment” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, tangible personal property held by any Grantor for use primarily in business and shall include equipment, machinery, furniture, vehicles, fixtures, furnishings, dyes, tools, and all accessories and parts now or hereafter affixed thereto as well as all attachments, replacements, substitutes, accessories, additions and improvements to any of the foregoing, but Equipment shall not include Inventory. 

 

          “Event of Default” shall be used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement. 

 

          “Fixtures” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code. 

 

          “General Intangibles” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, all personal property of every kind and description of any Grantor other than Goods, Accounts, Fixtures, Documents, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, Instruments, Investment Property, Commercial Tort Claims and Supporting Obligations, and shall include, without limitation, payment intangibles, contract rights (other than Accounts), franchises, licenses, choses in action, books, records, customer lists, tax, insurance and other kinds of refunds, patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks, slogans, trade dress, copyrights, other intellectual property rights and applications for intellectual property rights, goodwill, plans, licenses, software (to the extent it does not constitute Goods) and other rights in personal property. 

 

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          “Goods” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, all computer programs imbedded in goods and any supporting information provided in connection with the transaction relating to the program and all other things that are movable. 

 

          “Instruments” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, promissory notes, negotiable certificates of deposit, a negotiable instrument or a security or any other writing which evidences a right to the payment of money and is not itself a security agreement or lease and is of a type which is, in the ordinary course of business, transferred by delivery with any necessary endorsement or assignment. 

 

          “Inventory” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, tangible personal property held by or on behalf of any Grantor (or in which any Grantor has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest) for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of service, tangible personal property which any Grantor has so leased or furnished, and raw materials, work in process and materials used, produced or consumed in any Grantor’s business, and shall include tangible personal property returned to such Grantor by the purchaser following a sale thereof by such Grantor and tangible personal property represented by Documents. All equipment, accessories and parts at any time attached or added to items of Inventory or used in connection therewith shall be deemed to be part of the Inventory. 

 

          “Investment Property” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, all securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, all financial assets, all security entitlements, all securities accounts, all commodity contracts and all commodity accounts. 

 

          “Letter-of-Credit Right” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, any right to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not the beneficiary has demanded or is at the time entitled to demand payment or performance. 

 

          “Proceeds” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code but, in any event, shall include, but not be limited to, (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance (whether or not the Agent is named as the loss payee thereof), indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to any Grantor or the Agent from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Grantor from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any person acting under color of Governmental Authority), (c) any and all amounts received when Collateral is sold, leased, licensed, exchanged, collected or disposed of, (d) any rights arising out of Collateral, and (e) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral. 

 

          “Secured Obligations” shall mean (a) any “Obligations” as that term is defined in the Credit Agreement but in any event shall include, without limitation, any amounts due from time to time in respect of loans and interest thereon under the Credit Agreement and Notes, fees payable under the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents and expenses and indemnifications provided for, and other amounts payable, under the terms of the Credit Agreement or other Loan 

 

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Documents and (b) any obligations under or arising out of Interest Rate Protection Agreements that have been or will be entered into with any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, from time to time consistent with the terms of the Credit Agreement. 

 

          “Software” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code but in any event, shall include, but not be limited to, any computer program or supporting information provided in connection with the transaction relating to the program. 

 

          “Supporting Obligations” shall be used herein as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code but in any event shall include, but not be limited to, guarantees and letters of credit that support payment of another obligation. 

 

          “Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect on the date hereof and as amended from time to time, and as enacted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or in any state or states which, pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It is the intent of the parties that the definitions set forth above should be construed in their broadest sense so that Collateral will be construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms in the Uniform Commercial Code that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the Uniform Commercial Code are broader than the amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling. Similarly, where the phrase “as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, but in any event shall include, but not be limited to . . .” is used above, it means as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code except that if any of the enumerated types of items specified thereafter would not fall within the Uniform Commercial Code definition, they shall nonetheless be included in the applicable definition for purposes of this Agreement. 

 

     2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. As security for the payment of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby pledges, hypothecates and collaterally assigns to the Agent, and creates in favor of the Agent, a security interest in and to, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all the following property, in all its forms, in each case whether now or hereafter existing, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, created or arising, and wherever located (collectively, but without duplication, the “Collateral”): 

 

     (a) All Equipment; 

 

     (b) All Inventory and other Goods; 

 

     (c) All Accounts; 

 

     (d) All General Intangibles, including, without limitation, the patents and patent applications listed on Schedule 5 attached hereto, the trademarks and trademark applications listed on Schedule 6 attached hereto, the registered copyrights listed on Schedule 7 attached hereto, the domain names listed on Schedule 8 attached hereto, the licenses for the use of any patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names listed on Schedule 9 attached hereto;

 

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          (e) All Fixtures; 

 

          (f) All Documents, Letter-of-Credit Rights, and Chattel Paper;

 

          (g) All Deposit Accounts;

 

          (h) All Instruments and Investment Property;

 

          (i) All Commercial Tort Claims;

 

          (j) All Supporting Obligations; and

 

          (k) All Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing. 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to (i) constitute an assignment of an “intent to use” application for a trademark; (ii) grant a Security Interest in more than 65% of the voting equity interests of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Grantors or (iii) grant a security interest by Transducers in any intercompany note from Vishay Precision Transducers India Private Ltd. for Indebtedness in connection with the India Transducers Asset Sale.

 

     3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE GRANTORS. Each Grantor represents and warrants as follows. The following representations and warranties shall survive execution of this Agreement and shall not be affected or waived by any examination or inspection made by the Agent:

 

          (a) Status. Each Grantor is duly organized and validly existing as the type of entity and in the state of formation set forth on Schedule 5.1.1 to the Credit Agreement. Its organizational identification number is also set forth on Schedule 5.1.1. Each Grantor has perpetual existence and the power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged or presently proposes to engage. No Grantor has failed to qualify to do business in any state or jurisdiction where the failure to so qualify would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

          (b) Authority to Execute Agreement; Binding Agreement. Each Grantor has the corporate or other power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each Loan Document to which it is, or is to be, a party (including, without limitation, the right and power to give the Agent a security interest in the Collateral) and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Loan Document to which it is a party. This Agreement has been duly executed by each Grantor. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Grantor, enforceable against each Grantor in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors.

 

          (c) Grantors’ Title. Except for the security interests granted hereunder, each Grantor is, as to all Collateral presently owned, and shall be as to all Collateral hereafter acquired, the owner or in the case of leased or licensed assets, the lessee or licensee, of said Collateral free from any Lien other than Permitted Liens.

 

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          (d) Taxes and Assessments. All assessments and federal and other material taxes, due or payable by, or imposed, levied or assessed against each Grantor or any of its property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, have been paid.

 

          (e) Location of Collateral. The Collateral is located at the locations specified on Schedule 1 hereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 1, each Grantor is the record owner of the real property where such Collateral is located, and there exist no mortgages or other Liens on any such real property except as specifically set forth on said Schedule 1.

 

          (f) Location of Grantors. The location of the chief executive office of each Grantor as well as its state of formation are specified on Schedule 2 attached hereto. Also listed on Schedule 2 is each other location where each Grantor maintains a place of business.

 

          (g) Instruments and Certificates. All Instruments (other than promissory notes with a principal amount of less than $500,000) and all certificates representing certificated securities that are included in the Collateral, together with all necessary endorsements, have been delivered to the Agent, except (i) those permitted to be delivered under Section 8.36.4 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) those set forth on Schedule 11 hereto.

 

          (h) Names Used by Grantors. (i) The actual corporate name of each Grantor is the name set forth in the preamble above; (ii) no Grantor has had any name other than that stated in the preamble hereto or as set forth on Schedule 3 for the preceding five years; and (iv) no entity has merged into any Grantor or been acquired by any Grantor within the past five years except as set forth on Schedule 3.

 

          (i) Perfected Security Interest. This Agreement creates a valid, first priority security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens and Permitted Perfection Limitations, securing payment of the Secured Obligations. Upon the filing of the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements delivered by the Grantors to the Agent, in the offices set forth on Schedule 4 hereto and the recordation of the Intellectual Property Collateral Agreement at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, all security interests which may be perfected by filing shall have been duly perfected. Except for the filing of the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements referred to in the preceding sentence and the delivery of the Instruments referred to in paragraph (g) above, no action is necessary to create, perfect or protect such security interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for the filing of said financing statements, no consent of any Person and no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with any Governmental Authority or Person is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the creation or perfection of the security interest in the Collateral or (iii) the enforcement of the Agent’s rights hereunder other than authorization of the Board of Directors of each Grantor, which authorizations have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

          (j) Absence of Conflicts with Other Agreements, Etc. Neither the pledge of the Collateral hereunder nor any of the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, the remedies provided hereunder) violates any of the provisions of any Organizational Documents of any Grantor, or any other agreement to which any Grantor or any of its property is a party or is subject, or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to the same.

 

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          (k) Account Debtors. None of the account debtors or other Persons obligated on any of the Collateral is a Governmental Authority covered by the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule in respect of such Collateral.

 

          (l) Intellectual Property. Schedules 5, 6, 7 and 8 list all of the patents, patent applications, trademarks, registered trademark applications, domain names and registered copyrights owned by any Grantor as of the date of this Agreement. Schedule 9 lists all inbound material licenses in favor of any Grantor for the use of any patents, trademarks and copyrights as of the date of this Agreement. All material patents and trademarks of the Grantors have been duly recorded at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and all material copyrights of the Grantors have been duly recorded at the United States Copyright Office.

 

     4. COVENANTS OF GRANTORS. Each Grantor covenants that:

 

          (a) Filing of Financing Statements and Preservation of Interests. Immediately upon execution hereof, each Grantor shall cause to be duly filed in each office set forth on Schedule 4 Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and all filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. Without limiting the obligation of the Grantors set forth in the preceding sentence, each Grantor hereby authorizes the Agent, and appoints the Agent as its attorney-in-fact, to file in such office or offices as the Agent deems necessary or desirable such financing and continuation statements and amendments and supplements thereto (including, without limitation, an “all assets” filing), and such other documents as the Agent may reasonably require to perfect, preserve and protect the security interests granted herein and ratifies all such actions taken by the Agent.

 

          (b) Delivery of Instruments, Etc. At any time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of Instruments (other than promissory notes with a principal amount of less than $500,000), certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession by the secured party to perfect the security interest created hereby, except as set forth on Schedule 11, the applicable Grantor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent.

 

          (c) Chattel Paper. Each Grantor shall cause all Chattel Paper constituting Collateral to be delivered to the Agent, or, if such delivery is not possible, then to cause such Chattel Paper to contain a legend noting that it is subject to the security interest created by this Agreement. To the extent that any Collateral consists of electronic Chattel Paper, the applicable Grantor shall cause the underlying Chattel Paper to be “marked” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or successor section thereto).

 

          (d) Investment Property and Deposit Accounts. Except as set forth in Subsection 8.36.2 of the Credit Agreement or for Permitted Perfection Limitations, if there are any Investment Property or Deposit Accounts included as Collateral that can be perfected by “control” through an account control agreement, the applicable Grantor shall cause such an account control agreement, in form and substance in each case satisfactory to the Agent, to be entered into and delivered to the Agent.

 

          (e) Letter-of-Credit Rights. To the extent that any Collateral consists of Letter-of-Credit Rights, the applicable Grantor shall cause the issuer of each underlying letter of credit to consent to the assignment to the Agent.

 

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          (f) Collateral In Possession of Third Parties. To the extent that any Collateral is in the possession of any third party, the applicable Grantor shall join with the Agent in notifying such third party of the Agent’s security interest and shall make commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgement from such third party that it is holding the Collateral for the benefit of the Agent.

 

          (g) Commercial Tort Claims. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent in a writing signed by such Grantor of the particulars thereof and grant to the Agent in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

 

          (h) Notice of Changes in Representations. Each Grantor shall notify the Agent in advance of any event or condition which could cause any representations set forth in Section 3 above applicable to such Grantor to fail to be true, correct and complete in all material respects. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

               (i) without providing at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Agent, no Grantor will change its name in any respect, its place of business or, if more than one, chief executive office, or its mailing address or organizational identification number (if it has one);

 

               (ii) if any Grantor does not have an organizational identification number and obtains one after the date of this Agreement, such Grantor will forthwith notify the Agent in writing of such organizational identification number; and

 

               (iii) no Grantor will change its type of organization, jurisdiction of organization or other legal structure without prior written notice to the Agent.

 

          (i) Use and Condition of Equipment. Each item of Equipment will be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and the applicable Grantor will provide all maintenance service and repairs necessary for such purpose.

 

          (j) Insurance. Each Grantor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the Collateral against loss or damage of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against by entities of established reputation having similar properties similarly situated and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by other such Persons and otherwise as is prudent for Persons engaged in similar businesses but in any event sufficient to cover the full replacement cost thereof. Unless the Credit Agreement expressly provides otherwise, each Grantor shall cause each insurance policy issued in connection herewith to provide, and the insurer issuing such policy to certify to the Agent that (a) the Agent will be named as lender loss payee and additional insured under each such insurance policy; (b) if such insurance be proposed to be cancelled or materially changed for any reason whatsoever, such insurer will promptly notify the Agent and such cancellation or change shall not be effective as to the Agent for at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Agent of such notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase coverage under the policy; and (c) the Agent will have the right (but no obligation) at its election to remedy any default in the payment of premiums within thirty (30) days of notice from the insurer of such

 

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default. Unless the Credit Agreement expressly provides otherwise, the following sentence will control application of proceeds of insurance. If no Event of Default exists and if the proceeds arising out of any claim or series of related claims do not exceed $5,000,000, loss payments in each instance will be applied by the applicable Grantor to the repair and/or replacement of property with respect to which the loss was incurred to the extent reasonably feasible, and any loss payments or the balance thereof remaining, to the extent not so applied, shall be payable to the applicable Grantor, provided, however, that payments received by any Grantor after an Event of Default occurs and is continuing or in excess of $1,000,000 for any occurrence or series of related occurrences shall be paid to the Agent and, if received by such Grantor, shall be held in trust for and immediately paid over to the Agent unless otherwise directed in writing by the Agent. Copies of such policies or the related certificates, in each case, naming the Agent as lender loss payee shall be delivered to the Agent at least annually and at the time any new policy of insurance is issued. 

 

          (k) Transfer of Collateral. Other than the disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of the applicable Grantor’s business as presently conducted or as otherwise permitted under the terms of the Credit Agreement, no Grantor shall sell, assign, transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of any Collateral without the prior written consent of the Agent and the Agent does not authorize any such disposition. For purposes of this provision, “dispose of any Collateral” shall include, without limitation, the creation of a security interest or other encumbrance (whether voluntary or involuntary) on such Collateral.

 

          (l) Taxes and Assessments. Each Grantor shall promptly pay when due and payable, all taxes and assessments imposed upon the Collateral or operations or business of such Grantor, subject to the right, if any, to contest such tax or assessment in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

 

          (m) Reserved.

 

          (n) Defense of Agent’s Rights. Each Grantor warrants it will defend the Agent’s right, title and security interest in and to the Collateral against the claims of any Person.

 

          (o) Cash Management. At any time that the Agent so requests, the Grantors will work with the Agent to set up such lock boxes and segregated accounts as the Agent may request in order to better perfect the security interest created hereunder in Proceeds; provided, that, Agent will only take control of funds in such accounts and such accounts after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

          (p) Additional Grantors. Each Grantor shall cause each Material Subsidiary of such Grantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary including any Person that shall at any time become a Material Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary of such Grantor to immediately become a party hereto (an “Additional Grantor”) or to a similar security agreement, as appropriate, by executing and delivering an Additional Grantor Joinder in substantially the form of Annex A attached hereto and comply with the provisions hereof applicable to the Grantors or by signing a similar security agreement. If the Additional Grantor becomes a party hereto, concurrent therewith, the Additional Grantor shall deliver replacement schedules for, or supplements to all other Schedules to (or referred to in) this Agreement, as applicable, which replacement schedules shall supersede, or supplements shall modify, the Schedules then in effect. The Additional

 

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Grantor shall also deliver such opinions of counsel, authorizing resolutions, good standing certificates, incumbency certificates, organizational documents, financing statements and other information and documentation as the Agent may reasonably request. Upon delivery of the foregoing to the Agent, the Additional Grantor shall be and become a party to this Agreement with the same rights and obligations as the Grantors, for all purposes hereof as fully and to the same extent as if it were an original signatory hereto and shall be deemed to have made the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein as of the date of execution and delivery of such Additional Grantor Joinder and thereafter at any time that such representations and covenants must be restated pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, and all references herein to the “Grantors” shall be deemed to include each Additional Grantor.

 

          (q) Inspections. Each Grantor will permit the Agent, or its designee, to inspect the Collateral, wherever located, as more fully set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

          (r) Intellectual Property. Without limiting the generality of the other obligations of the Grantors hereunder, each Grantor shall promptly (i) cause to be registered at the United States Copyright Office all of its material copyrights and shall cause the security interest contemplated hereby with respect to such copyrights to be duly recorded at such office, (ii) cause the security interest contemplated hereby with respect to all Intellectual Property registered at the United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office to be duly recorded at the applicable office, and (iii) give the Agent notice whenever it acquires (whether absolutely or by license) or creates any additional material Intellectual Property.

 

          (s) Power of Attorney. Each Grantor has duly executed and delivered to the Agent a power of attorney (a “Power of Attorney”) in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex B. The power of attorney granted pursuant to the Power of Attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until full payment of the Secured Obligations and the termination of any commitment of the Secured Parties to make financial accommodations to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement; provided, that such power of attorney shall be reinstated if at any time any payment of any of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Agent upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Grantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The powers conferred on the Agent (for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties) under the Power of Attorney are solely to protect the Agent’s interests (for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Agent agrees that (i) except for the powers granted in clause (i) of the Power of Attorney, it shall not exercise any power or authority granted under the Power of Attorney unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (ii) the Agent shall account for any moneys received by the Agent in respect of any foreclosure on or disposition of Collateral pursuant to the Power of Attorney provided that none of the Agent or any Secured Party shall have any duty as to any Collateral, and the Agent and the Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers. NONE OF THE AGENT, THE LENDERS, THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE GRANTORS FOR ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT UNDER ANY POWER OF ATTORNEY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE SOLELY TO THEIR OWN GROSS

 

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NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, NOR FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

 

          (t) Other Assurances. Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at the joint and several expense of the Grantors and any Additional Grantors, it will promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents, and take all such further action as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder and with respect to any Collateral or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

 

     5. REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT.

 

          (a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Agent may exercise, in addition to any other rights and remedies provided herein, under other contracts and under law, all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) at the request of the Agent, each Grantor shall, at its cost and expense, assemble the Collateral owned or used by it as directed by the Agent; (ii) the Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors and any obligors under Instruments or Accounts to make payments directly to the Agent and to enforce the Grantors’ rights against account debtors and obligors; (iii) the Agent may (but is not obligated to), without notice except as provided below, sell the Collateral at public or private sale, on such terms as the Agent deems to be commercially reasonable; (iv) the Agent may (but is not obligated to) direct any financial intermediary or any other Person holding Investment Property to transfer the same to the Agent or its designee; (v) the Agent may (but is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property registered in the name of any Grantor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Agent or any designee or any purchaser of any Collateral; and (vi) the Agent may (but is not obligated to) stand in the shoes, or cause its designee to stand in the shoes, of any Grantor under any license or other contract to which any such Grantor is a party. Each Grantor agrees that ten (10) days notice of any sale referred to in clause (iii) above shall constitute sufficient notice. The Agent or any Secured Party may purchase Collateral at any such sale. The Grantors shall be liable to the Agent and the other Secured Parties for any deficiency amount.

 

          (b) The Agent may comply with any applicable Law in connection with a disposition of Collateral and compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim such warranties. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Borrower will only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser. Any Secured Party may purchase Collateral at any such sale. In addition, each Grantor waives, to the extent permitted by law, any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.

 

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          (c) For the purpose of enabling the Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under this Section 5 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable Law, each Grantor hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, license or sublicense following a Default or Event of Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.

 

          (d) The Agent covenants that it shall not deliver a notice of exercise of exclusive control under any deposit account control agreement with a Grantor and any deposit bank of a Grantor except while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

     6. OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE.

 

          (a) Change of Circumstance. THE RIGHTS OF THE AGENT HEREUNDER AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE GRANTORS HEREUNDER SHALL BE ABSOLUTE AND UNCONDITIONAL, SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY COUNTERCLAIM, SETOFF, RECOUPMENT OR DEFENSE BASED UPON ANY CLAIM THAT ANY GRANTOR OR ANY OTHER PERSON MAY HAVE AGAINST ANY SECURED PARTY AND SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT UNTIL FULL SATISFACTION OF THE SECURED OBLIGATIONS AFTER OR CONCURRENT WITH THE TERMINATION OF ANY COMMITMENT OF THE SECURED PARTIES TO MAKE FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE BORROWER PURSUANT TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT; PROVIDED, THAT SUCH RIGHTS OF THE AGENT AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE GRANTOS SHALL BE REINSTATED IF AT ANY TIME ANY PAYMENT OF ANY OF THE SECURED OBLIGATIONS IS RESCINDED OR MUST OTHERWISE BE RETURNED BY THE AGENT UPON THE INSOLVENCY, BANKRUPTCY OR REORGANIZATION OF THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER GRANTOR OR OTHERWISE, ALL AS THOUGH SUCH PAYMENT HAD NOT BEEN MADE. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the Grantors shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected by any circumstance or condition (whether or not the applicable Grantor shall have any notice or knowledge thereof) including, without limitation, any amendment or modification of or supplement to the Credit Agreement, any Notes or any other Loan Document (including, without limitation, increasing the amount or extending the maturity of the Secured Obligations); any waiver, consent, extension, indulgence or other action or inaction under or in respect of any such agreements or instruments, or any exercise or failure to exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect of any such agreements or instruments, or any exercise or failure to exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect of any such agreements or instruments; any invalidity or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any term hereof or of the Credit Agreement, any Notes or any other Loan Document; any failure on the part of Borrower or any other Person for any reason to perform or comply with any term of the Credit Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document; any furnishing or acceptance of any additional security or guaranty; any release of any Grantor or any other Person or any release of any or all security or any or all guarantees for the Secured Obligations, whether any such release is granted in connection with a bankruptcy or otherwise;

 

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any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition, liquidation or similar proceeding with respect to any Grantor or any other Person or their respective properties or creditors; the application of payments received by the Agent or any other Secured Party from any source that were lawfully used for some other purpose, which lawfully could have been applied to the payment, in full or in part, of the Secured Obligations; or any other occurrence whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at any time that the Credit Agreement is amended to increase the amount of the Obligations thereunder, the amount of the Secured Obligations shall be accordingly increased.

 

          (b) No Duty To Marshal Assets. The Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Grantor or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Secured Obligations.

 

          (c) Waiver of Right of Subrogation, Etc. Each Grantor hereby waives any and all rights of subrogation, reimbursement, or indemnity whatsoever in respect of such Grantor arising out of remedies exercised by the Agent hereunder until full payment of the Secured Obligations and the termination of any commitment of the Secured Parties to make financial accommodations to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

          (d) Other Waivers. Each Grantor hereby waives promptness, diligence and notice of acceptance of this Agreement. In connection with any sale or other disposition of Collateral, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Grantor waives any right of redemption or equity of redemption in the Collateral. Each Grantor further waives presentment and demand for payment of any of the Secured Obligations, protest and notice of protest, dishonor and notice of dishonor or notice of default or any other similar notice with respect to any of the Secured Obligations, and all other similar notices to which any Grantor might otherwise be entitled, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Loan Documents. The Agent is under no obligation to pursue any rights against third parties with respect to the Secured Obligations and each Grantor hereby waives any right it may have to require otherwise. Each Grantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) covenants that it shall not at any time insist upon or plead, or in any manner claim or take the benefit of, any stay, valuation, appraisal or redemption now or at any time hereafter in force that, but for this waiver, might be applicable to any sale made under any judgment, order or decree based on this Agreement; and each Grantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives and relinquishes all benefit of any and all such laws and hereby covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power in this Agreement delegated to the Agent, but that it will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law or laws had been made or enacted.

 

          (e) Each Grantor further waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any right it may have under the constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (or under the constitution of any other state in which any of the Collateral or any Grantor may be located), or under the Constitution of the United States of America, to notice (except for notice specifically required hereby) or to a judicial hearing prior to the exercise of any right or remedy provided by this Agreement to the Agent, and waives its rights, if any, to set aside or invalidate any sale duly consummated in accordance with the foregoing provisions hereof on the grounds (if such be the case) that the sale was consummated without a prior judicial hearing.

 

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          (f) EACH GRANTOR’S WAIVERS UNDER THIS SECTION 6 HAVE BEEN MADE VOLUNTARILY, INTELLIGENTLY AND KNOWINGLY AND AFTER SUCH GRANTOR HAS BEEN APPRISED AND COUNSELED BY ITS ATTORNEY AS TO THE NATURE THEREOF AND ITS POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE RIGHTS.

 

     7. NO IMPLIED WAIVERS. No failure or delay on the part of the Agent in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and no course of dealing between the Grantor, on the one hand, and the Agent or the Secured Parties, on the other hand, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or privilege. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents precludes any other or further exercise of any such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies expressly provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which the Agent or the Secured Parties would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle the Grantors to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or shall constitute a waiver of the right of the Agent or the Secured Parties to take any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand. Any waiver that is given shall be effective only if in writing and only for the limited purposes expressly stated in the applicable waiver.

 

     8. STANDARD OF CARE.

 

          (a) In General. No act or omission of the Agent or any Secured Party (or agent or employee of any of the foregoing) shall give rise to any defense, counterclaim or offset in favor of any Grantor or any claim or action against the Agent or such Secured Party (or agent or employee thereof), in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or such Secured Party (or agent or employee thereof) as determined in a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Agent accords to other Collateral it holds, it being understood that it has no duty to take any action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral or to preserve any rights of any parties and shall only be liable for losses which are a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

          (b) No Duty to Preserve Rights. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent has no duty (either before or after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the Collateral or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral.

 

          (c) No Duty to Prepare for Sale. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent has no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale.

 

          (d) Duties Relative to Contracts. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement included in the Collateral to be observed or performed by such Grantor thereunder. The Agent shall not have any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent of any payment relating to any of the

 

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Collateral, nor shall the Agent be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Agent or to which the Agent may be entitled at any time or times.

 

          (e) Reliance on Advice of Counsel. In taking any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of counsel of Agent’s choice and shall be fully protected in acting on such advice whether or not the advice rendered is ultimately determined to have been accurate.

 

     9. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

          (a) Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, the Agent may assign or transfer this Agreement and any or all rights or obligations hereunder without the consent of any Grantor and without prior notice. No Grantor shall assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent or as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there should be any assignment of any rights or obligations by operation of law or in contravention of the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, then all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein or pursuant hereto by or on behalf of any Grantor shall bind the successors and assigns of such Grantor, jointly and severally (if applicable), together with the preexisting Grantor, whether or not such new or additional Persons execute a joinder hereto or assumption hereof (without the same being deemed a waiver of any default caused thereby) which condition shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any Default or Event of Default arising out of such assignment. The rights and privileges of the Agent under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns. All promises, covenants and agreements of the Grantor contained in this Agreement shall be binding upon personal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns of such Person.

 

          (b) Joint and Several Liability. All Grantors shall jointly and severally be liable for the obligations of each Grantor to the Agent hereunder.

 

          (c) Notices. All notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement. Notices to Grantors shall be addressed to such Grantor at the address set forth in or determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement for the Borrower. Notices to the Agent shall be addressed to the Agent at its address set forth in or determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

          (d) Severability. Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable. If any term or provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected or impaired thereby. Any invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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          (e) Costs and Expenses. Without limiting any other cost reimbursement provisions in the Loan Documents, upon demand, the Grantors shall pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses incurred by the Agent hereunder or in connection herewith, including, without limitation those that may be incurred in connection with (i) the preparation of this agreement and all amendments, restatements, waivers and supplements hereto, (ii) the administration of this Agreement, (iii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, (iv) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Agent hereunder or (v) the failure of any Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.

 

          (f) Indemnification by Grantors. Each Grantor shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless all Indemnitees from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined by a final nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. This indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other indemnification provision in any other Loan Document.

 

          (g) Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Agent and when the Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or by e-mail (in .pdf form) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

          (h) Amendments and Waivers. The terms of this Agreement may be waived, altered or amended only by an instrument in writing duly executed by the Grantors and the Agent.

 

          (i) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

     10. SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Agent to demand specific performance of this Agreement at any time when any Grantor shall have failed to comply with any provision hereof, and each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law which might be asserted as a bar to the remedy of

 

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specific performance hereof in any action brought therefor. Each Grantor that is not a party to the Credit Agreement hereby acknowledges receipt from the Borrower of a correct and complete copy of the Credit Agreement and consents to all of the provisions of the Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and agrees that its consent is not required for any amendments, modifications, restatements or waivers of it or any of the provisions thereof.

 

     11. RELATIONSHIP WITH CREDIT AGREEMENT. To the extent that any of the terms hereof is inconsistent with any provision of the Credit Agreement, the provisions of the Credit Agreement shall control.

 

     12. TERMINATION; PARTIAL RELEASE.

 

          (a) At such time as no Secured Party has any commitment to make financial accommodations to the Grantor pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement and all the Secured Obligations have been paid and performed in full, then the security provided for herein shall terminate and the liens granted herein are released, provided, however, that all indemnities of the Borrower and each other Grantor contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall survive and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement; provided, further, that the security interest provided for herein shall be reinstated if at any time any payment of any of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Agent upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Grantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

          (b) Effective upon the closing of a disposition of any Collateral in conformity with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, and receipt by the Agent of a certification to such effect from an authorized officer of the Borrower, the security interest in the Collateral so disposed of shall terminate and the liens granted herein in such Collateral are released, and the Agent shall deliver such releases as may be appropriate, provided, however, the security interest in all remaining Collateral shall remain in full force and effect.

 

     13. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

 

          (a) Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law).

 

          (b) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each Grantor irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sitting in Philadelphia County and of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Pennsylvania state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent or any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or

 

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proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Grantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

          (c) Waiver of Venue. Each Grantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) above. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. Each Grantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right to bring any action or proceeding against the Agent in any court outside the county of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

 

          (d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law.

 

          (e) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in the name and on behalf of the parties hereto as of the date first above written. 

 

	Vishay Precision Group, Inc.
	 	 
	By:	/s/ William M. Clancy	 
	Name:   	William M. Clancy
	Title:	Executive Vice-President, CFO and Secretary
	 	  
	Vishay Measurements Group, Inc.
	 	  
	By:	/s/ Steven Klausner	 
	Name:	Steven Klausner
	Title:	Treasurer
	 	  
	Vishay Transducers Ltd.
	 	  
	By:	/s/ Steven Klausner	 
	Name:	Steven Klausner
	Title:	Treasurer
	 	  
	Vishay BLH, Inc.
	 	  
	By:	/s/ Steven Klausner	 
	Name:	Steven Klausner
	Title:	Treasurer
	 	  
	Vishay Precision Foil, Inc.
	 	  
	By:	/s/ Steven Klausner	 
	Name:	Steven Klausner
	Title:	Treasurer

 

 

(Signature Page to Security Agreement)

 

 

	JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Agent
	 	 	  
	     	By:   	/s/ James A. Knight	 
	 	Name: James A. Knight
	 	Title: Vice President

 

 

(Signature Page to Security Agreement)

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