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                                                        EXECUTION VERSION                             CREDIT AGREEMENT                           Dated as of November 5, 2019                                    among                 ROADRUNNER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC.,                                as a Borrower                                     and  THE SUBSIDIARIES OF ROADRUNNER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC. SIGNATORY                    HERETO AS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS,                              each as a Guarantor,                                     and                         ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P.,                          ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P.,                              as each as a Lender,                                     and                       U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,                             as Administrative Agent

 

                             TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                           Page  ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS.................................................................1   1.01  Defined Terms .............................................................................................................................1   1.02  Other Interpretive Provisions.....................................................................................................32   1.03  Accounting Terms .....................................................................................................................32   1.04  Uniform Commercial Code .......................................................................................................33   1.05  Rounding ...................................................................................................................................33   1.06  Times of Day .............................................................................................................................33   1.07  Reserved. ...................................................................................................................................33 ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS ...............................................34   2.01  Loan Commitments ...................................................................................................................34   2.02  Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans .............................................................34   2.04  Reserved. ...................................................................................................................................35   2.05  Repayment of Loans..................................................................................................................35   2.06  Prepayments ..............................................................................................................................35   2.07  Termination or Reduction of Commitments..............................................................................37   2.08  Interest .......................................................................................................................................37   2.09  Fees............................................................................................................................................38   2.10  Computation of Interest and Fees..............................................................................................38   2.11  Evidence of Debt .......................................................................................................................38   2.12  Payments Generally; the Administrative Agent’s Clawback ....................................................38   2.13  Sharing of Payments by Lenders...............................................................................................40   2.14  Reserved ....................................................................................................................................41   2.15  Nature and Extent of Each Borrower’s Liability.......................................................................41   2.16  Reserved. ...................................................................................................................................43   2.17  Defaulting Lenders ....................................................................................................................43 ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY ................................................45   3.01  Taxes..........................................................................................................................................45   3.02  Illegality.....................................................................................................................................48   3.03  Inability to Determine Rates; Discontinuation of LIBOR.........................................................49   3.04  Increased Costs; Reserves on LIBOR Loans.............................................................................49   3.05  Compensation for Losses...........................................................................................................51   3.06  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders......................................................................51 ARTICLE IV SECURITY AND ADMINISTRATION OF COLLATERAL.....................................52   4.01  Security......................................................................................................................................52                                        i

 

  4.02  Collateral Administration ..........................................................................................................52   4.03  After Acquired Property; Further Assurances ...........................................................................54   4.04  Cash Management .....................................................................................................................55   4.05  Information Regarding Certain Collateral.................................................................................56 ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS ........................................56   5.01  Conditions of Initial Credit Extension.......................................................................................56   5.02  Conditions to all Credit Extensions...........................................................................................59 ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...............................................................59   6.01  Existence, Qualification and Power...........................................................................................59   6.02  Authorization; No Contravention ..............................................................................................60   6.03  Governmental Authorization; Other Consents ..........................................................................60   6.04  Binding Effect ...........................................................................................................................60   6.05  Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect ...................................................................60   6.06  Litigation ...................................................................................................................................61   6.07  No Default .................................................................................................................................61   6.08  Ownership of Property; Liens....................................................................................................61   6.09  Environmental Compliance .......................................................................................................61   6.10  Insurance....................................................................................................................................62   6.11  Taxes..........................................................................................................................................62   6.12  ERISA Compliance ...................................................................................................................63   6.13  Subsidiaries and Equity Interests...............................................................................................63   6.14  Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act ........................................................................64   6.15  Disclosure..................................................................................................................................64   6.16  Compliance with Laws ..............................................................................................................64   6.17  Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc...........................................................................................64   6.18  Labor Matters ............................................................................................................................64   6.19  Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts..........................................65   6.20  Reserved ....................................................................................................................................65   6.21  Anti-Terrorism Laws and Foreign Asset Control Regulations..................................................65   6.22  Brokers ......................................................................................................................................66   6.23  Customer and Trade Relations ..................................................................................................67   6.24  Material Contracts .....................................................................................................................67   6.25  Casualty .....................................................................................................................................67   6.26  Senior Indebtedness...................................................................................................................67   6.27  Relations with Vendors and Customers.....................................................................................67   6.28  Aircraft Parts .............................................................................................................................67                                        ii

 

  6.29  Rolling Stock.............................................................................................................................67   6.30  Aircraft Matters. ........................................................................................................................68   6.31  Reserved. ...................................................................................................................................69 ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS....................................................................................69   7.01  Financial Statements..................................................................................................................69   7.02  Other Information......................................................................................................................70   7.03  Notices.......................................................................................................................................71   7.04  Payment of Obligations .............................................................................................................72   7.05  Preservation of Existence, Etc...................................................................................................73   7.06  Maintenance of Properties.........................................................................................................73   7.07  Maintenance of Insurance; Condemnation Proceeds.................................................................73   7.08  Compliance with Laws ..............................................................................................................74   7.09  Books and Records....................................................................................................................74   7.10  Inspection Rights and Appraisals; Meetings with the Administrative Agent............................74   7.11  Use of Proceeds .........................................................................................................................75   7.12  New Subsidiaries.......................................................................................................................75   7.13  Compliance with ERISA ...........................................................................................................76   7.14  Further Assurances ....................................................................................................................77   7.15  Licenses .....................................................................................................................................77   7.16  Environmental Laws..................................................................................................................77   7.17  Leases, Mortgages and Third-Party Agreements.......................................................................77   7.18  Material Contracts .....................................................................................................................78   7.19  Reserved. ...................................................................................................................................78   7.20  Reserved. ...................................................................................................................................78   7.21  Post-Closing Agreements ..........................................................................................................78   7.22  Beneficial Ownership Regulation..............................................................................................78 ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS .........................................................................................78   8.01  Indebtedness ..............................................................................................................................78   8.02  Liens ..........................................................................................................................................81   8.03  Investments................................................................................................................................82   8.04  Fundamental Changes................................................................................................................83   8.05  Dispositions ...............................................................................................................................84   8.06  Restricted Payments ..................................................................................................................85   8.07  Change in Nature of Business ...................................................................................................85   8.08  Transactions with Affiliates.......................................................................................................86   8.09  Burdensome Agreements...........................................................................................................86                                        iii

 

  8.10  Use of Proceeds .........................................................................................................................86   8.11  Prepayment of Indebtedness; Amendment to Material Agreements .........................................86   8.12  Reserved. ...................................................................................................................................87   8.13  Creation of New Subsidiaries....................................................................................................87   8.14  Securities of Subsidiaries...........................................................................................................87   8.15  Sale and Leaseback....................................................................................................................87   8.16  Organization Documents; Fiscal Year.......................................................................................88   8.17  Reserved. ...................................................................................................................................88   8.18  Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Laws and Regulations................................................88   8.19  Economic Sanctions Laws and Regulations..............................................................................88   8.20  Reserved. ...................................................................................................................................88   8.21  Aircraft Operations....................................................................................................................88 ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES .................................................................89   9.01  Events of Default.......................................................................................................................89   9.02  Remedies Upon Event of Default..............................................................................................91   9.03  Application of Funds .................................................................................................................91 ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ..........................................................................................92   10.01 Appointment and Authority.......................................................................................................92   10.02 Rights as a Lender .....................................................................................................................94   10.03 Exculpatory Provisions..............................................................................................................94   10.04 Reliance by the Administrative Agent.......................................................................................96   10.05 Delegation of Duties..................................................................................................................96   10.06 Resignation of the Administrative Agent ..................................................................................96   10.07 Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Lenders................................................97   10.08 [Reserved]..................................................................................................................................97   10.09 The Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding .....................................97   10.10 Collateral Matters ......................................................................................................................98   10.11 Other Collateral Matters ............................................................................................................98 ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS.......................................................................................................100   11.01 Amendments, Etc ....................................................................................................................100   11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication ................................................................103   11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies..........................................................................................104   11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver ...................................................................................105   11.05 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside............................................................................................107   11.06 Successors and Assigns ...........................................................................................................107   11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality .................................................................112                                        iv

 

  11.08 Right of Setoff .........................................................................................................................113   11.09 Interest Rate Limitation...........................................................................................................113   11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness .................................................................................113   11.11 Survival....................................................................................................................................114   11.12 Severability..............................................................................................................................114   11.13 Replacement of Lenders ..........................................................................................................114   11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc............................................................................................115   11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial ................................................................................................................116   11.16 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.....................................116   11.17 USA PATRIOT Act Notice.....................................................................................................116   11.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility................................................................................117   11.19 Attachments.............................................................................................................................117   11.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions..............................117 ARTICLE XII CONTINUING GUARANTY......................................................................................119   12.01 Guaranty ..................................................................................................................................119   12.02 Rights of Lenders ....................................................................................................................119   12.03 Certain Waivers.......................................................................................................................120   12.04 Obligations Independent..........................................................................................................120   12.05 Subrogation..............................................................................................................................120   12.06 Termination; Reinstatement ....................................................................................................120   12.07 Subordination ..........................................................................................................................120   12.08 Stay of Acceleration ................................................................................................................121   12.09 Condition of Borrowers...........................................................................................................121   12.10 Keepwell..................................................................................................................................121                                         v

 

                             CREDIT AGREEMENT        This Credit Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of November 5, 2019, among Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), those additional Persons that are joined as a party hereto by executing a joinder (the Company and such joined Persons each, a “Borrower” and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, the “Borrowers”), each of the Subsidiaries of the Company identified as “Subsidiary Guarantors” on the signature pages to this Agreement (together with those additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto as “Subsidiary Guarantors” in accordance with the terms hereof, individually, a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and collectively the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), each of the Lenders from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent.                               Preliminary Statements        A.    The Borrowers have requested that Lenders provide certain credit facilities to the Borrowers to finance their mutual and collective business enterprise.       B.    Lenders are willing to provide the credit facilities on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.        In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:                                   ARTICLE I                     DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS        1.01  Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:        “ABL Agent” means BMO, as administrative agent under the ABL Loan Agreement.        “ABL Loan Agreement” has the meaning given such term in the ABL/Senior Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.        “ABL Loan Documents” has the meaning given such term in the ABL/Senior Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.        “ABL Obligations” has the meaning given such term in the ABL/Senior Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.        “ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning given such term in the ABL/Senior Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.        “ABL/Senior Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2019, by and among the ABL Agent and the Senior Term Loan Agent, as may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.        “Account” means “accounts” as defined in the UCC.        “Account Debtor” means any Person who is obligated under or on account of any Account.                                        1

 

      “ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.        “Acquisition” means the acquisition of (a) a controlling equity or other ownership interest in another Person, whether by purchase of such equity or other ownership interest or upon exercise of an option or warrant for, or conversion of securities into, such equity or other ownership interest, or (b) assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a line or lines of business conducted by such Person.        “Administrative Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.        “Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower Agent and the Lenders.        “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.        “Affiliate” means, 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; provided that no Lender shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any of the Loan Parties.        “Agent Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(c).        “Agent Indemnitee Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(c).        “Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(c).        “Agreement” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereof.        “Air Carrier” means any Person that is an “air carrier” within the meaning of Section 40102 of Title 49 of the United States Code and holds a certificate under Section 44705 of Title 49 of the United States Code.        “Aircraft” means aircraft, aircraft engines, and any and all Aircraft Parts which are from time to time incorporated or installed in or attached to an aircraft or aircraft engine.        “Aircraft Mortgages” means the mortgages and/or security agreements that create or purport to create a Lien on any Aircraft (including any aircraft engine) or Aircraft Parts in favor of the Administrative Agent, in form for filing with the Federal Aviation Administration and registration with the International Registry.        “Aircraft Operating Party” means USA Jet Airlines, Inc.        “Aircraft Parts” means all appliances, parts, systems, components, assemblies, rotables, instruments, appurtenances, accessories, furnishings, seats and other equipment of whatever nature, whether or not incorporated or installed in or attached to an aircraft or aircraft engine, including “appliances” and “spare parts” as such terms are defined in Section 40102 of Title 49 of the United States Code.                                         2

 

      “Aircraft Parts Designated Location” means each location identified in Schedule 6.28 where Aircraft Parts of a Borrower or its Subsidiaries are located.        “Aircraft Permits” means all certificates, franchises, licenses, registrations, permits, rights, designations, authorizations, exemptions, concessions and consents necessary for each Aircraft Operating Party to operate its Aircraft and conduct its business and operations as an Air Carrier as conducted on the Effective Date.        “Aircraft Regulations” means any law or regulation, official directive or recommendation, mandatory requirement, or contractual undertaking, or airworthiness requirement or limitation, which applies to the Aircraft Operating Party or its Aircraft, including any rules or regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.        “Aircraft Related Documents” means any Irrevocable De-Registration and Export Request Authorization for each Aircraft subject to an Aircraft Mortgage, and such other documents under applicable Federal Aviation Administration requirements of Law as are necessary to perfect the Liens created, or purported to be created, with respect to the Aircraft.        “Allocable Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c)(ii).        “ALTA Survey” means a survey satisfactory to the Required Lenders in its Permitted Discretion prepared in accordance with the standards adopted by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping in 1997, known as the “Minimum Standard Detail Requirements of Land Title Surveys” and sufficient form to satisfy the requirements of any applicable title insurance company to provide extended coverage over survey defects and shall also show the location of all easements, utilities, and covenants of record, dimensions of all improvements, encroachments from any adjoining property, and certify as to the location of any flood plain area affecting the subject Real Property.        “Alternative Interest Rate Election Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).        “Anti-Corruption Laws” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.21.        “Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.18.        “Applicable Margin” means with respect to (a) Term Loans that are LIBOR Loans, a rate per annum of 7.5% and (b) Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans, a rate per annum of 6.5%.        “Applicable Percentage” means in respect of any Term Loan Facility, with respect to any Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of such Term Loan Facility represented by (i) on or prior to the Effective Date, such Term Lender’s Term Loan Commitment in respect of such Term Loan Facility at such time and (ii) thereafter, the Outstanding Amount of such Term Lender’s Term Loans in respect of such Term Loan Facility at such time. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender with respect to each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.        “Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, with respect to any Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Loan under such Facility at such time.                                         3

 

      “Approved Fund” means 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” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Required Lenders.        “Assumed Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person which is (a) in existence at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (b) assumed in connection with an Investment in or Acquisition of such Person, and which, in each case, (i) has not been incurred or created in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (ii) only such Person (or its Subsidiaries so acquired) are obligors with respect to such Indebtedness, (iii) such Indebtedness is not a revolving loan facility; and (iv) such Indebtedness is not secured by any Liens on Accounts or Aircraft Parts.        “Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease, and (c) in respect of any sale and leaseback transaction, the present value (discounted at the implied interest rate in such transaction compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended).        “Audited Financial Statements” means the audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018 and the related Consolidated statement of operations, stockholders’ investment and cash flows for the fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries then ended, including the notes thereto.        “Auditor” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01(a).        “Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.        “Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.        “Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code.        “Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” in the U.S. or, if the Wall Street Journal ceases to publish for any reason such rate of interest, the prime lending rate set forth on the Bloomberg page PRIMBB Index (or successor page) for such day (or such other service as determined by the Required Lenders from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of prime lending interest rates); (b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day, plus 0.50%; or (c) the LIBOR Rate for a one month Interest Period plus 1.00%. In no event shall Base Rate be less than 0%.                                        4

 

      “Base Rate Loan” means a Base Rate Term Loan.        “Base Rate Term Loan” means a segment of a Term Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.        “Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender.        “Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.        “Blocked Person” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.21.        “BMO” means BMO Harris Bank N.A.        “Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (a) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers or board of directors or sole member or manager of such Person or any Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (c) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of a general partner of such Person and (d) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.        “Borrower Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(g).        “Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.        “Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.        “Borrowing” means any of Term Loan Borrowing.        “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state of Illinois, and, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.        “Capital Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.        “Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of property, to the extent owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created under the Security Instruments):        (a)   cash, denominated in Dollars or Canadian dollars;        (b)   marketable direct obligations of the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or obligations the timely payment of principal and interest on which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the government of the United States or any state or municipality thereof, in each case (other than in the case of the United States government or any agency thereof) so long as such obligation has an investment grade rating by S&P or Moody’s;                                         5

 

      (c)   commercial paper rated at least P-2 (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or A-2 (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations;        (d)   insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, or time deposits with any Lender or with any commercial bank that (i) is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in the first portion of clause (c) above, (iii) is organized under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof and (iv) has combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000;        (e)   readily marketable general obligations of any corporation organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America, payable in the United States of America, expressed to mature not later than twelve months following the date of issuance thereof and rated A or better by S&P or A3 or better by Moody’s; and        (f)   readily marketable shares of investment companies or money market funds that, in each case, invest solely in the foregoing Investments described in clauses (a) through (e) above.        “Cash Payment Election” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(d).        “CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.        “CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.        “CFC” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”.        “CFCHC” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”.        “Change in Law” means 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, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.        “Change of Control” means an event or series of events after the date of this Agreement by which:        (a)   any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) other than a Permitted Holder becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-4 and 13d-6 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such                                        6

 

right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the Voting Stock of the Company on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Voting Stock that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);        (b)   during any period of 24 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Company cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body, (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iv) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by the Permitted Holders;        (c)   the Company shall fail to own and control, beneficially and of record (directly or indirectly), 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of any other Loan Party, except where such failure is the result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents; or        (d)   any “change of control” or similar event under the Senior Loan Documents.        “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.        “Collateral” means, collectively, certain property of the Loan Parties or any other Person in which the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party is granted a Lien under any Security Instrument as security for all or any portion of the Obligations or any other obligation arising under any Loan Document.        “Commitment” means a Term Loan Commitment.        “Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of LIBOR Loans, in each case, described in Section 2.02.        “Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.        “Company” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.        “Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.        “Consolidated” means the consolidation, in accordance with GAAP, of the financial condition or operating results of such Person and its Subsidiaries.        “Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 or, for the period prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant to Section 7.01, the pro forma financial statements otherwise previously delivered to the Administrative Agent.        “Contingent Obligation” of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon the obligation or liability of any other                                        7

 

Person, agrees to maintain the net worth, working capital or other financial condition of any other Person or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating agreement, take-or-pay contract or the obligations of any such Person as general partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the partnership.        “Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.        “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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.        “Control Agreement” means, with respect to any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account, an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, among the Administrative Agent, the ABL Agent, the Senior Term Loan Agent, the financial institution or other Person at which such account is maintained and the Loan Party maintaining such account, effective to grant “control” (as defined under the applicable UCC) over such account to the Administrative Agent.        “Controlled Account Bank” means each bank with whom Deposit Accounts of any of the Loan Parties are maintained and with whom a Control Agreement has been, or is required to be, executed in accordance with the terms hereof.        “Controlled Deposit Account” means each Deposit Account (including all funds on deposit therein) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement and that is maintained by any Loan Party with a financial institution reasonably approved by the Required Lenders.        “Controlled Entity” means, with respect to any Person, (a) its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, (b) its officers, directors, employees and agents and (c) the officers, directors, employees and agents of such Subsidiaries and Affiliates.        “Core Business” means any material line of business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date and any business directly related thereto.        “Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Term Credit Exposure at such time.        “Credit Extension” means a Borrowing.        “Debtor Relief Laws” means 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” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would unless cured or waived be an Event of Default.                                        8

 

      “Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 3.00% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a LIBOR Loan, until the end of the Interest Period during which the Default Rate is first applicable, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such LIBOR Loan plus 3.00% per annum, and thereafter as set forth in the portion of this sentence preceding this proviso, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.        “Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified any Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower Agent, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower Agent and each other Lender.        “Direct Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary, other than a Domestic Subsidiary that is not a CFCHC, a majority of whose Voting Equity Interests are owned by the Borrowers or a Domestic Subsidiary.        “Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease, Division or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any casualty or condemnation) of any property (including any Equity Interest), or part thereof, by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.                                         9

 

      “Disqualified Equity Interest” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities (unless only occurring at the sole option of the issuer thereof), (c) (i) contains any repurchase obligation that may come into effect prior to, or (ii) provides the holders thereof with any rights to receive any cash upon the occurrence of a change of control; provided, however, that (i) with respect to any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, resignation, death or disability and (ii) any class of Equity Interest of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of an Equity Interest that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest, such Equity Interests shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests and (iii) only the portion of such Equity Interests which so matures or is so mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests.        “Disqualified Institution” means, on any date, (a) any Person set forth on Schedule 11.06 and (b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other Person that is a bona fide competitor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which Person has been designated by the Company as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (by the Administrative Agent posting such notice to the Lenders) from time to time that is reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders; provided, irrespective of the occurrence or continuance of an Event of Default, “Disqualified Institutions” shall exclude any Person that the Company has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time.        “Division” means, in reference to any Person which is an entity, the division of such Person into two (2) or more separate Persons, with the dividing Person either continuing or terminating its existence as part of such division, including as contemplated under Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Act for limited liability companies formed under Delaware law, or any analogous action taken pursuant to any other applicable Law with respect to any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity. The word “Divide,” when capitalized, shall have a correlative meaning.        “Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.        “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States (but excluding any territory or possession thereof).        “DQ List” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(i).        “EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.                                        10

 

      “EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.        “EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.        “Effective Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 5.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01 (or, in the case of Section 5.01(b), waived by the Person entitled to receive the applicable payment).        “Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender or any of its Affiliates; (b) an Approved Fund; and (c) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Required Lenders (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any Disqualified Institution.        “Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.        “Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.        “Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.        “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.        “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with any Loan Party within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).        “ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a                                        11

 

complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at- risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate.        “EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor thereto), as in effect from time to time.        “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.        “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.        “Excluded Deposit Account” (a) Deposit Accounts the balance of which consists exclusively of withheld income taxes and federal, state or local employment taxes, (b) all Deposit Accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside in connection with) payroll accounts, trust or escrow accounts for transactions permitted by this Agreement or that would be, if consummated, permitted by this Agreement, or accounts dedicated to the payment of accrued employee benefits, medical, dental and employee benefits claims to employees of any Loan Party, (c) zero balance disbursement accounts and (d) other Deposit Accounts maintained in the Ordinary Course of Business containing cash amounts that do not exceed at any time $50,000 for any such account and $250,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts under this clause (d).        “Excluded Equity Interests” shall mean (a) any of the outstanding Voting Equity Interests of any CFC or CFCHC that is a Direct Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party in excess of 65% of all the Voting Equity Interests of such CFC or CFCHC; provided, that in the event that Proposed Treasury Regulation 1.956-1 is finalized without material amendments and a pledge of such Voting Equity Interests described in this clause (a) would not result in any additional U.S. federal income Tax liability for the Borrowers or any of their affiliates, then the Voting Equity Interests described in this clause (a) shall no longer constitute Excluded Equity Interests, (b) any Voting Equity Interests of any CFC or CHCHC that is not a Direct Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party, (c) the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary that is not a wholly- owned Subsidiary the pledge of which would violate a contractual obligation to the owners of the other Equity Interests of such Subsidiary (other than any such owners that are the Company or Affiliates of the Company) that is binding on or relating to such Equity Interests, or the applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement of such Subsidiary, and (d) Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiaries.        “Excluded Real Property” means (a) any fee-owned Real Property of a Loan Party with a Fair Market Value of less than $2,500,000 individually and (b) any Real Property with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Required Lenders the cost (including as a result of adverse tax consequences) of providing a Mortgage shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders.        “Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) each Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary), (b) each Immaterial Subsidiary, (c) (i) any Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code (a                                        12

 

“CFC”), (ii) any Subsidiary that owns no material assets other than the Capital Stock or indebtedness of one or more CFCs and/or one or more CFCHCs (a “CFCHC”) and (iii) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any CFC or CFCHC and (d) any Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Borrower shall be an Excluded Subsidiary.        “Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower Agent under Section 11.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii) or (c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.        “Extraordinary Expenses” means all costs, expenses, liabilities or advances that Administrative Agent incurs or makes during a Default or an Event of Default, or during the pendency of an proceeding of any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Laws, including those relating to (a) any audit, inspection, repossession, storage, repair, appraisal, insurance, manufacture, preparation or advertising for sale, sale, collection, or other preservation of or realization upon any Collateral; (b) any action, arbitration or other proceeding (whether instituted by or against Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Loan Party, any representative of creditors of a Loan Party or any other Person) in any way relating to any Collateral (including the validity, perfection, priority or avoidability of Administrative Agent’s Liens with respect to any Collateral), Loan Documents or Obligations, including any lender liability or other claims; (c) the exercise, protection or enforcement of any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent in, or the monitoring of, any proceeding applicable to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Laws; (d) settlement or satisfaction of any taxes, charges or Liens with respect to any Collateral; (e) any enforcement action and (f) negotiation and documentation of any modification, waiver, workout, restructuring or forbearance with respect to any Loan Documents or Obligations. Such costs, expenses and advances include transfer fees, Other Taxes, storage fees, insurance costs, permit fees, utility reservation and standby fees, legal fees, appraisal fees, brokers’ fees and commissions, auctioneers’ fees and commissions, accountants’ fees, environmental study fees, wages and salaries paid to employees of any Loan Party or independent contractors in liquidating any Collateral, and travel expenses.        “Facilities” means each of the Term Loan Facilities, and “Facility” means any of them.        “Facility Termination Date” means the date as of which Payment in Full has occurred.        “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or any group of assets, as of any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such assets at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time giving regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset.                                         13

 

      “FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.        “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.        “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations received by the Required Lenders on such day on such transactions from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it, as determined by the Required Lenders.        “Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of the Effective Date among the Company and the Administrative Agent.        “Field Exam” means any visit and inspection of the properties, assets and records of any Loan Party during the term of this Agreement, which shall include access to such properties, assets and records (including maintenance records of any Rolling Stock, Aircraft, or Aircraft Parts) sufficient to permit the Administrative Agent or its representatives to examine, audit and make extracts from any Loan Party’s books and records, make examinations and audits of any Loan Party’s other financial matters and Collateral as the Required Lenders deem appropriate in their Permitted Discretion, and discussions with its officers, employees, agents, advisors and independent accountants regarding such Loan Party’s business, financial condition, assets, prospects and results of operations.        “FLSA” means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.        “Foreign Activities Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11.        “Foreign Lender” means (a) if the applicable Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the applicable Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.        “Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.        “FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.        “Fund” means 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 activities.        “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.                                         14

 

      “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States 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).        “Governmental Official” means any officer or employee of a Governmental Authority, or of a public national or international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such Governmental Authority, or for or on behalf of any such public national or international organization.        “Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.        “Guarantor” means each Person who executes or becomes a party to this Agreement as a guarantor pursuant to Article XII or otherwise executes and delivers a guaranty agreement acceptable to the Required Lenders guaranteeing any of the Obligations.        “Guarantor Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c).        “Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.        “Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary the gross revenue or total assets of which accounts for not more than (i) 2.5% of the Consolidated gross revenues (after intercompany eliminations) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (after intercompany eliminations), in each case, as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter as reflected on the financial statements for such quarter. If the Restricted Subsidiaries that constitute Immaterial Subsidiaries pursuant to the previous sentence account for, in the aggregate, more than (i) 5% of such consolidated gross revenues (after intercompany eliminations) or (ii) 5% of Consolidated Total Assets (after intercompany eliminations), each as described in the previous sentence, then the term “Immaterial Subsidiary” shall exclude each such Restricted Subsidiary (starting with the                                        15

 

Restricted Subsidiary that accounts for the most consolidated gross revenues or Consolidated Total Assets and then in descending order) necessary to limit the Immaterial Subsidiaries as a group to the lesser of 5% of the consolidated gross revenues and 5% of Consolidated Total Assets, each as described in the previous sentence.        “Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:        (a)   all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments or upon which interest is customarily paid;        (b)   all direct or Contingent Obligations of such Person arising under or in respect of letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and other financial products and services (including treasury management and commercial credit card, merchant card and purchase or procurement card services);        (c)   net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;        (d)   all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the Ordinary Course of Business) and any accrued and unpaid obligations with respect to the Permitted Earn-Out Payments or similar payments under other Acquisition documents;        (e)   indebtedness secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;        (f)   obligations under Capital Leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person;        (g)   all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase or payment in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interest; and        (h)   all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.        For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, to the extent such Indebtedness is recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any Capital Lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.        “Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.        “Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).        “Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.                                        16

 

      “Insolvency Event” means, with respect to any Person the occurrence of any of the following:        (a)   the commencement of: (i) a voluntary case by such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) the seeking of relief by such Person under other Debtor Relief Laws;        (b)   the commencement of an involuntary case or proceeding against such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or other Debtor Relief Laws and the petition or other filing is not controverted or dismissed within sixty (60) days after commencement of the case or proceeding;        (c)   a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code or equal term under any other Debtor Relief Law, including a receiver, interim receiver, receiver manager, trustee or monitor) is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of such Person;        (d)   such Person commences (including by way of applying for or consenting to the appointment of, or the taking charge by, a rehabilitator, receiver, interim receiver, custodian, trustee, monitor, conservator or liquidator (or any equal term under any other Debtor Relief Laws) (collectively, a “conservator”) of such Person or all or any substantial portion of its property) any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, liquidation, rehabilitation, conservatorship or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to such Person;        (e)   such Person is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be insolvent or bankrupt;        (f)   any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding referred to in clauses (a) or (b) above is entered;        (g)   such Person suffers any appointment of any conservator or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or        (h)   such Person makes a compromise, arrangement or assignment for the benefit of creditors or generally does not pay its debts as such debts become due.        “Intellectual Property” means all past, present and future: trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information; trademarks, uniform resource locations (URLs), internet domain names, service marks, sound marks, trade dress, trade names, business names, designs, logos, slogans (and all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations of the foregoing) indicia and other source and/or business identifiers, and the goodwill of the business relating thereto and all registrations or applications for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be issued thereon throughout the world; copyrights (including copyrights for computer programs) and copyright registrations or applications for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be issued throughout the world and all tangible property embodying the copyrights, unpatented inventions (whether or not patentable); patent applications and patents; industrial design applications and registered industrial designs; license agreements related to any of the foregoing and income therefrom; books, records, writings, computer tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, computer software, source codes, object codes, executable code, data, databases and other physical manifestations, embodiments or incorporations of any of the foregoing; the right to sue for all past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing; all other intellectual property; and all common law and other rights throughout the world in and to all of the foregoing.        “Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and among the ABL Agent, the Senior Term Loan Agent and the Administrative Agent, as may                                        17

 

be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.        “Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any LIBOR Loan, (i) the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan; provided that if any Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan is greater than three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates (ii) any date that such Loan is prepaid or converted, in whole or in part, and (iii) the Maturity Date; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, (i) the first day of each month with respect to interest accrued through the last day of the immediately preceding month, (ii) any date that such Loan is prepaid or converted, in whole or in part, and (iii) the Maturity Date; provided, further, that interest accruing at the Default Rate shall be payable from time to time upon demand of the Administrative Agent.        “Interest Period” means, as to each LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date such LIBOR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a LIBOR Loan and ending, in each case, on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower Agent in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:        (a)   any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;        (b)   any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and        (c)   no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.        “International Registry” means the international registry established in accordance with the Cape Town Convention.        “Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person (including through the purchase of an option, warrant or convertible or similar type of security), (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of compliance with Section 8.03, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, less all returns of principal or equity thereon (and without adjustment by reason of the financial condition of such other Person) and shall, if made by the transfer or exchange of property other than cash, be deemed to have been made in an original principal or capital amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such property at the time of such transfer or exchange.        “IP Rights” rights of any Person to use any Intellectual Property.        “Joinder” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E to this Agreement.       “Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the                                       18

 

interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.        “Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.        “Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent.        “LIBOR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “LIBOR Rate.”        “LIBOR Rate” means:        (a)   for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum equal to (but in no event less than zero) (i) the ICE Benchmark Administration (or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making the LIBOR Rate available) LIBOR Rate (“ICE LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of ICE LIBOR as designated by the Required Lenders from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or, (ii) subject to Section 3.03, if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Required Lenders to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the LIBOR Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by such other authoritative source (as is selected by the Required Lenders in their sole reasonable discretion) to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and        (b)   for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (but which shall never be less than zero) (i) ICE LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two London Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Required Lenders to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by such other authoritative source (as is selected by the Required Lenders in their sole reasonable discretion) to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination.        “License” means any license or agreement under which a Loan Party is granted IP Rights in connection with any manufacture, marketing, distribution or disposition of Collateral, any use of assets or property or any other conduct of its business.        “Licensor” means any Person from whom a Loan Party obtains IP Rights.        “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest, or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or                                        19

 

nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).        “Lien Waiver” means an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, by which (a) for any material Collateral located on leased premises or owned premises subject to a mortgage, the lessor or mortgagee, as applicable, agrees to, among other things, waive or subordinate any Lien it may have on the Collateral and permit the Administrative Agent to enter upon the premises and remove the Collateral or to use the premises to store or dispose of the Collateral; (b) for any Collateral held by a warehouseman, processor, shipper, customs broker or freight forwarder, such Person waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, agrees to hold any Documents in its possession relating to the Collateral as agent for the Administrative Agent, and agrees to deliver the Collateral to the Administrative Agent upon request; (c) for any Collateral held by a repairman, mechanic or bailee, such Person acknowledges the Administrative Agent’s Lien, waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, and agrees to deliver the Collateral to Administrative Agent upon request; and (d) for any material Collateral subject to a Licensor’s IP Rights, the Licensor grants to the Administrative Agent the right, vis-à-vis such Licensor, to enforce the Administrative Agent’s Liens with respect to such material Collateral, including the right to dispose of it with the benefit of the Intellectual Property, whether or not a default exists under any applicable License.        “Loan” means an extension of credit under Article II in the form of a Term Loan.        “Loan Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a).        “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Security Instrument, each Committed Loan Notice, the Vehicle Title Custodial Agreement, each Compliance Certificate, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Fee Letter, and all other instruments and documents heretofore or hereafter executed or delivered to or in favor of any Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loans made and transactions contemplated by this Agreement.        “Loan Obligations” means all Obligations.        “Loan Parties” means the Borrowers and each Guarantor.        “London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.        “Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or financial condition of either (i) the Borrowers, taken as a whole or (ii) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or on the ability of the Administrative Agent to collect any Obligation or realize upon any material portion of the Collateral.        “Material Contract” means any agreement or arrangement to which a Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary is party (other than the Loan Documents) (a) that is deemed to be a material contract under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (b) for which breach, termination, nonperformance or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (c) that relates to (i) Subordinated Debt, (ii) the ABL Obligations, (iii) the Senior Term Loan Obligations or (iv) to Indebtedness in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or more.                                        20

 

      “Material License” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.15.        “Material Third-Party Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.17(a).        “Maturity Date” means August 26, 2024.        “Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed trailing twelve month period of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for which financial statements have or should have been delivered in accordance with Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b).        “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.        “Mortgage Related Documents” means, with respect to any Real Property subject to a Mortgage, and at the request of the Required Lenders, the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and received by the Lenders for review at least 15 days prior to the effective date of the Mortgage: (a) an ALTA mortgagee title policy (or binder therefor) covering the Administrative Agent’s interest under the Mortgage, by an insurer acceptable to the Required Lenders, which must be fully paid on such effective date; (b) such assignments of leases, estoppel letters, attornment agreements, consents, waivers and releases as the Required Lenders may reasonably require with respect to other Persons having an interest in the Real Property; (c) an ALTA Survey by a licensed surveyor reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders; (d) a life-of-loan flood hazard determination and, if the Real Property is located in a flood plain, an acknowledged notice to borrower and flood insurance in an amount, with endorsements and by an insurer acceptable to the Lenders; (e) a current appraisal of the Real Property, prepared by an appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders; (f) an environmental assessment, prepared by environmental engineers reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, and accompanied by such reports, certificates, studies or data as the Required Lenders may reasonably require; and (g) an environmental indemnity agreement and such other documents, instruments or agreements as the Required Lenders may reasonably require with respect to any environmental risks regarding the Real Property.        “Mortgaged Property” means Real Property, other than Excluded Real Property, required from time to time to be subject to a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.        “Mortgages” means the mortgages, leasehold mortgages, deeds of trust, leasehold deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt executed by a Loan Party from time to time after the Effective Date as may be required under this Agreement, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Loan Parties, by which such Loan Party has granted to the Administrative Agent, as security for the Obligations, a Lien upon the Mortgaged Property described therein, together with all mortgages, deeds of trust and comparable documents now or at any time hereafter securing the whole or any part of the Obligations.        “Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(4) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.        “Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.        “Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to the Disposition of any asset of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in                                        21

 

connection with such Disposition (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable, indemnification or other escrow, or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by such asset and that is required to be repaid in connection with the Disposition thereof (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition, including any brokerage commissions, underwriting fees and discount, legal fees, investment banking fees, accountant fees, finder’s fees and other similar fees and commissions, (C) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable by the Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the relevant Disposition, (D) the amount of any reasonable reserve required to be established in accordance with GAAP against liabilities (other than taxes deducted pursuant to clause (C) above) to the extent such reserves are (x) associated with the assets that are the object of such Disposition and (y) retained by such Loan Party or applicable Restricted Subsidiary, and (E) the amount of any reasonable reserve for purchase price adjustments and retained fixed liabilities reasonably expected to be payable by such Loan Party or applicable Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith to the extent such reserves are (1) associated with the assets that are the object of such Disposition and (2) retained by such Loan Party or applicable Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of any reserve provided for in clause (D) or (E) above (other than in connection with a payment in respect of such liability) shall (X) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition occurring on the date of such reduction, and (Y) if required, immediately be applied to the prepayment of Loans in accordance with Section 2.06(c).        “NOLV” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.        “Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01.        “Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.        “Note” means each or all of the Term Loan Notes, as applicable.        “NPL” means the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA, as updated from time to time.        “Obligations” means all amounts owing by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, and including all principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any Loan Party, or would accrue but for such filing or commencement, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), reimbursement obligations, indemnification and reimbursement payments, fees, costs and expenses (including all fees, costs and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) incurred in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings thereof.        “OFAC” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11.        “OFAC Listed Person” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.21.                                         22

 

      “OFAC Sanctions Program” means any economic or trade sanction that OFAC is responsible for administering and enforcing. A list of OFAC Sanctions Programs may be found at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx.        “Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, consistent in all material respects with past practices and undertaken in good faith.        “Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.        “OSHA” means the Occupational Safety and Hazard Act of 1970.        “Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).        “Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 11.13).        “Outstanding Amount” means with respect to Term Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and any prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, as applicable, occurring on such date.        “Overnight Rate” means, for any day and from time to time as in effect, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.        “Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (d) of Section 11.06.        “Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (d) of Section 11.06.        “Patent Security Agreement” means any patent security agreement pursuant to which a Loan Party assigns to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, such Person’s interests in its patents, as security for the Obligations.        “PATRIOT Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of                                        23

 

2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.        “Payment Conditions” means, with respect to any Specified Transaction, the satisfaction of the following conditions:        (a)   as of the date of any such Specified Transaction and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;        (b)   the Loan Parties are in compliance with clause (b) of the definition of “Payment Conditions” in the ABL Loan Agreement;        (c)   the Loan Parties are in compliance with clause (c) of the definition of “Payment Conditions” in the ABL Loan Agreement; and        (d)   the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent certifying as to compliance with the preceding clauses and demonstrating (in reasonable detail) the calculations required thereby.        “Payment in Full” means (a) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and fees thereon, (b) the Commitments shall have terminated or expired, and (c) all claims of the Loan Parties against any Secured Party arising on or before the payment date in connection with the Loan Documents shall have been released on terms reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders; provided that notwithstanding full payment as provided herein, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in any Collateral unless, with respect to any damages the Administrative Agent may incur as a result of the dishonor or return of Payment Items applied to Obligations, Administrative Agent receives a written agreement, executed by Borrowers and any Person whose advances are used in whole or in part to satisfy the Obligations, indemnifying Agent and Lenders from any such damages.        “Payment Item” means each check, draft or other item of payment payable to a Borrower, including those constituting proceeds of any Collateral.        “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.        “Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.        “Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.        “Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by any Loan Party and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.        “Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by a Loan Party so long as:                                         24

 

      (a)   the Person to be (or whose assets are to be) acquired does not oppose such Acquisition and the line or lines of business of the Person to be acquired constitute Core Businesses;        (b)   no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition;        (c)   the Payment Conditions are satisfied; and        (d)   The Borrower Agent shall have furnished the Administrative Agent with ten (10) days’ prior written notice of such intended Acquisition and shall have furnished the Administrative Agent with a current draft of the applicable acquisition documents (and final copies thereof as and when executed), and to the extent available, appropriate financial statements of the Person which is the subject of such Acquisition, pro forma projected financial statements for the twelve (12) month period following such Acquisition after giving effect to such Acquisition (including balance sheets, cash flows and income statements by month for the acquired Person, individually, and on a Consolidated basis with all Loan Parties), and, to the extent available, such other information as the Required Lenders may reasonably request.        “Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.        “Permitted Earn-Out Payments” means earn-out payments incurred after the Effective Date in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted by this Agreement.        “Permitted Holder” means Elliott Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and/or Elliott International, L.P., a Cayman Islands, British West Indies limited partnership and/or any of their controlled Affiliates (other than any Loan Party or any Subsidiaries thereof).        “Permitted Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02.        “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.        “Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.        “Plan of Reorganization” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(i)(c).        “Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.        “Properly Contested” means with respect to any obligation of a Loan Party, (a) the obligation is subject to a bona fide dispute regarding amount or such Loan Party’s liability to pay; (b) the obligation is being properly contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently pursued; (c) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, if required; (d) non- payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor result in forfeiture or sale of any material Collateral; (e) no Lien is imposed on assets of a Loan Party, unless bonded and stayed to the satisfaction of the Required Lenders; and (f) if the obligation results from entry of a judgment or other order, such judgment or order is stayed pending appeal or other judicial review.        “Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.                                        25

 

      “Qualified ECP” means any Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000, or that constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.        “Real Property” means all land, together with the buildings, structures, parking areas, and other improvements thereon, now or hereafter owned by any Person, including all easements, rights-of-way, and similar rights appurtenant thereto and all leases, tenancies, and occupancies thereof.        “Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation of a Borrower hereunder.        “Refinancing Conditions” means the following conditions for Refinancing Indebtedness: (a) it is in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced plus accrued interest and reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension; (b) the interest rate applicable to any such refinancing, refunding, renewing or extending Indebtedness does not exceed the otherwise market rate of interest for such Indebtedness; (c) it has a final maturity no sooner than and a weighted average life no less than the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced; (d) it is subordinated (both in terms of payment subordination and lien subordination, as applicable) to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced; (e) no additional Liens, if any, are granted with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness; (f) no additional Person is obligated, primarily or contingently, on such Refinancing Indebtedness; (g) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be on terms, taken as a whole (other than interest rates, rate floors, fees and optional repayment or redemption terms) not materially more restrictive to the Loan Parties, as determined by the Company in good faith, than the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced; and (h) in the case of Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(m), the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.        “Refinancing Indebtedness” means the Indebtedness that is the result of an extension, renewal or refinancing of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(b), (f), (g), (h), (m), (o), (p), (q) and (z) as to which the Refinancing Conditions are satisfied.        “Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).        “Registered Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning specified in the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Company as prescribed in the Securities Laws.        “Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.        “Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.        “Request for Credit Extension” means with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans, a Committed Loan Notice.        “Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the Total Credit Exposure of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.                                        26

 

      “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to each Loan Party, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, controller or assistant treasurer or any vice president of such Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.        “Restricted Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof), (iii) any distribution, advance or repayment of Indebtedness to or for the account of a holder of Equity Interests of the Company or its Affiliates, or (iv) any payment of a Permitted Earn-Out Payment.        “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.        “Rolling Stock” means any Equipment that (a) consists of trucks, tractors, trailers and/or other vehicles subject to certificates of title and (b) is owned by any Loan Party.        “Rolling Unsecured Lender” means a lender under an Unsecured Revolving Note, whose economic exposure thereunder is being refinanced by Term Loans incurred under this Agreement.        “Rolling Unsecured Lender Amount” means the total amount of economic exposure under any Unsecured Revolving Notes held by a Rolling Unsecured Lender that is being refinanced by Term Loans incurred under this Agreement. Such amounts shall be set forth in Schedule 2.01.        “Royalties” means all royalties, fees, expense reimbursement and other amounts payable by a Loan Party under a License.        “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc. and any successor thereto.        “Same Day Funds” means immediately available funds.        “Sarbanes-Oxley” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.        “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.        “Secured Party” means (a) each Lender, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.        “Secured Party Expenses” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(a).        “Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as each of the foregoing may be amended and in effect on any applicable date hereunder.                                        27

 

      “Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy dated as of the Effective Date by the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.        “Security Instruments” means, collectively or individually as the context may indicate, the Security Agreement, the Control Agreements, the Aircraft Mortgages, the Aircraft Related Documents, the Mortgages, the Mortgage Related Documents, the Copyright Security Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement, each Lien Waiver and all other agreements (including securities account control agreements), instruments and other documents, whether now existing or hereafter in effect, pursuant to which any Loan Party or other Person shall grant or convey to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders a Lien in property as security for all or any portion of the Obligations.        “Senior Loan Documents” means, collectively, the ABL Loan Documents and the Senior Term Loan Documents.        “Senior Loan Obligations” means, collectively, the ABL Obligations and the Senior Term Loan Obligations.        “Senior Obligations Prepayment Date” has the meaning given such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.        “Senior Term Loan Agent” means BMO, as administrative agent under the Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement.        “Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to “Term Loan Agreement” in the ABL/Senior Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.        “Senior Term Loan Documents” has the meaning given to the term “Term Loan Documents” in the ABL/Senior Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.        “Senior Term Loan Obligations” has the meaning ascribed to “Term Loan Obligations” in the ABL/Senior Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.        “Senior Term Loan Priority Collateral” has the meaning given such term in the ABL/Senior Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.        “Solvent” means, as to any Person, such Person (a) owns property or assets whose fair salable value is greater than the amount required to pay all of its debts (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities); (b) owns property or assets whose present fair salable value (as defined below) is greater than the probable total liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person as they become absolute and matured; (c) is able to pay all of its debts as they mature; (d) has capital that is not unreasonably small for its business and is sufficient to carry on its business and transactions and all business and transactions in which it is about to engage; (e) is not “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (f) has not incurred (by way of assumption or otherwise) any obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any Loan Documents, or made any conveyance in connection therewith, with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of such Person or any of its Affiliates. “Fair salable value” means the amount that could be obtained for assets within a reasonable time, either through collection or through sale under ordinary selling conditions by a capable and diligent seller to an interested buyer who is willing (but under no compulsion) to purchase. For purposes hereof, the amount                                        28

 

of all contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.        “Specified Debt Payment” means any prepayment of Indebtedness made pursuant to Section 8.11(a)(v).        “Specified Investment” means any Investment made pursuant to Section 8.03(l).        “Specified Loan Party” means a Loan Party that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 2.15(c)).        “Specified Restricted Payment” means any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 8.06(e) or (f).        “Specified Transaction” means each Specified Debt Payment, Specified Investment, Specified Restricted Payment and Permitted Acquisition.        “Subordinated Debt” means (i) Indebtedness which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the prior Payment in Full and which is in form and on terms reasonably satisfactory to, and approved in writing by, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) Permitted Earn-Out Payments.        “Subordination Provisions” means any provision relating to debt or lien subordination applicable to or contained in any documents evidencing any Subordinated Debt, including as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.        “Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity (but not a representative office of such Person) of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.        “Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor.        “Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, together with any related schedules; provided, that no stock option, phantom stock, restricted stock or similar plan or agreement providing for payments on account of services provided by current or former directors or employees of any Loan Party shall be a “Swap Contract.”                                         29

 

      “Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.        “Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).        “Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).        “Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.        “Term Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Term Loans.        “Term Lender” means each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or, following termination of the Term Loan Commitments, has Term Credit Exposure.        “Term Loan” means a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan made to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(a).        “Term Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the Term Loan Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a), and shall include Term Loans made by the Rolling Unsecured Lenders in the Rolling Unsecured Lender Amount as specified in Section 2.01(a).        “Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make Term Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. As of the Effective Date, the aggregate Term Loan Commitment (including the Rolling Unsecured Lender Amount) for all Term Lenders (including Rolling Unsecured Lenders) is $20,000,000.        “Term Loan Facility” means the facility described in Section 2.01(a), providing for Term Loans to the Borrowers.        “Term Loan Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrowers in favor of a Term Lender evidencing Term Loans made by such Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.                                        30

 

      “Threshold Amount” means $11,000,000.        “Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused outstanding Commitments of such Lender and the Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.        “Trade and Replacement Plan” means any plan or program providing for the trade or replacement of Rolling Stock.        “Trade Date” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(i)(a).        “Trademark Security Agreement” means any trademark security agreement pursuant to which any Loan Party assigns to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, such Person’s interest in its trademarks as security for the Obligations.        “Transaction” means, individually or collectively as the context may indicate, the entering by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and the funding of the Term Loan Facility.        “Treasury Management and Other Services” means (a) all arrangements for the delivery of treasury and cash management services, (b) all commercial credit card, purchase card, p-card and merchant card services; and (c) all other banking products or services, including trade and supply chain finance services, in each case, to or for the benefit of any Loan Party or an Affiliate of any Loan Party which are entered into or maintained with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and which are not prohibited by the express terms of the Loan Documents.        “Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan.        “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Illinois; provided that if, with respect to any financing statement or by reason of any mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any applicable Loan Document is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction of the United States other than Illinois, the term “UCC” shall also include the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of this Agreement, each Loan Document and any financing statement relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection.        “United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.        “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.13. No Subsidiary of the Company is an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the Effective Date and none shall be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary thereafter.        “Unsecured Revolving Note” means that certain Multiple Advance Revolving Credit Note in the amount of $13,800,000 issued by the Company to Elliott International, L.P., dated as of September 20, 2019 and that certain Multiple Advance Revolving Credit Note in the amount of $6,200,000 issued by the Company to Elliott Associates, L.P., dated as of September 20, 2019.        “U.S. Economic Sanctions” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.21.        “U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.                                        31

 

      “Vehicle Title Custodial Agreement” means the Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of the Effective Date among the Loan Parties, the Vehicle Title Service Provider and the Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders.        “Vehicle Title Service Provider” means Corporation Service Company, or any successor provider appointed by the Required Lenders.        “Voting Stock” means in relation to a Person, shares of Equity Interests entitled to vote generally in the election of directors to the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person.       “Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.        1.02  Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:        (a)   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, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) 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.        (b)   In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”        (c)   Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.        (d)   A reference to Loan Parties’ “knowledge” or similar concept means actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer, or knowledge that a Responsible Officer would have obtained if he or she had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties.        1.03  Accounting Terms.                                        32

 

      (a)   Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect on the Effective Date, except (i) with respect to any reports or financial information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01, which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect and applicable to that accounting period in respect of which reference to GAAP is being made and (ii) as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.        (b)   Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower Agent shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.        (c)   Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, all references herein to Consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Company is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.        (d)   Calculations. In computing financial ratios and other financial calculations of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be calculated at par value irrespective if the Company has elected the fair value option pursuant to FASB Interpretation No. 159 – The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (February 2007).        1.04  Uniform Commercial Code. As used herein, the following terms are defined in accordance with the UCC in effect in the State of Illinois from time to time: “Chattel Paper,” “Commodity Account,” “Commodity Contracts,” “Deposit Account,” “Documents,” “Equipment”, “General Intangibles,” “Instrument,” “Inventory,” “Record,” and “Securities Account.”        1.05  Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).        1.06  Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Central time (daylight or standard, as applicable).        1.07  Reserved.                                       33

 

                                 ARTICLE II                  THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS        2.01  Loan Commitments.        (a)   Term Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on the Effective Date, each Rolling Unsecured Lender severally agrees to exchange its Rolling Unsecured Lender Amount on the Effective Date for Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount which does not exceed its respective Applicable Percentages of the Term Loan Facility. The conversion of the Rolling Unsecured Lender Amount to Term Loans shall be made simultaneously by the Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages of the Term Loan Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, as further provided herein.        2.02  Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.        (a)   Each Borrowing (including the Term Loans made by the Rolling Unsecured Lenders in the Rolling Unsecured Lender Amount as specified in Section 2.01(a)), each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of LIBOR Loans shall be made upon the Borrower Agent’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Loans or of any conversion of LIBOR Loans to Base Rate Loans (or such shorter notice as the Administrative Agent may agree), and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower Agent pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be promptly confirmed in writing by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $50,000 in excess thereof. Each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each such notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) [reserved], (ii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iii) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, (iv) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day) and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrowers fail to specify a Type of Loan or if the Borrowers fail to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable LIBOR Loans. If the Borrowers request a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of LIBOR Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fail to specify an Interest Period, they will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.        (b)   Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice for a Facility, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage under such Facility of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Appropriate Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Term Loan Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrowers in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrowers on the books of                                       34

 

the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.        (c)   Except as otherwise provided herein, a LIBOR Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as LIBOR Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.        (d)   The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower Agent and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for LIBOR Loans upon determination of such interest rate and, at the request of the Borrower Agent, deliver to the Borrower Agent a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in calculating such rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower Agent and the Lenders of any change in the prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the Required Lenders’ determination of such change.        (e)    After giving effect to all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight (8) LIBOR Rate Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Facilities.        2.03  Increase of Term Loans.        (a)   Upon notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers may, at any time and from time to time, request that the Lenders provide additional Term Loans under the Term Loan Facility; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans under the Facility, including those additional Term Loans requested would not exceed the amount allowed under the terms of the Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement, the ABL Loan Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement. No Lender shall be required to provide such additional Term Loan Commitments and each Lender may agree to such increase in its sole discretion. Any such increase, if agreed, shall be required to be effected through an amendment to this Agreement.        2.04  Reserved.        2.05  Repayment of Loans.        (a)   Term Loan. The outstanding unpaid principal balance and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loan shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) the Maturity Date; and (ii) the date of the acceleration of the Term Loan in accordance with the terms hereof.        (b)   Other Obligations. Obligations other than principal and interest on the Loans, including Extraordinary Expenses, shall be paid by Borrowers as specifically provided herein and in any other applicable Loan Documents or, if no payment date is specified, on demand.        2.06  Prepayments.        (a)   Optional.             (i)    The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower      Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans in whole or in part;      provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00                                        35

 

     a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of LIBOR Loans and (2) on the date      of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of LIBOR Loans shall be in a principal      amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of      Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in      excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each      such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be      prepaid and, if LIBOR Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The      Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of      the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s      Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower      Agent, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such      notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan      shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional      amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Subject to Section 2.17(b), each prepayment of the      outstanding Term Loans shall be applied to the principal repayment installments thereof pro rata to      all remaining scheduled principal payments. Subject to Section 2.17, such prepayments shall be      paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of each      of the relevant Facilities.        (b)   Mandatory.             (i)    Subject to Section 2.06(d), if a Disposition or insurance event occurs with respect      to any property of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Disposition      of property permitted by Section 8.05(a), Section 8.05(l) or Section 8.05(m)) which results in the      realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $100,000 for any such Disposition      and insurance events or $100,000 in the aggregate for all such Dispositions and insurance events in      any fiscal year, the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100%      of such excess Net Cash Proceeds immediately upon receipt thereof by such Person, to the      principal repayment of the Term Loans.        (c)   Application of Mandatory Prepayments. Subject to Sections 9.03 and 2.17, prepayments shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facilities.        (d)   Reinvestment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds less than $5,000,000 realized in connection with a Disposition or insurance event, in each case. described in Section 2.06(b)(i)(A), at the election of the Borrowers (as notified by the Borrower Agent to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of such Disposition or insurance event or receipt of proceeds) and so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in operating assets within 180 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (the consummation of such reinvestment to be certified by the Borrowers in writing to the Lender within such period); provided, however, that any Net Cash Proceeds not so reinvested in excess of $250,000 in any fiscal year shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.06(c). If the Required Lenders, after consultation with the Borrowers agree in their reasonable discretion to permit such repair or replacement, such amount shall, unless an Event of Default is in existence, be remitted to Borrowers for use in replacing or repairing the Collateral so Disposed of or subject to an insurance event at such time and in such amounts as the Required Lenders may determine in their reasonable credit judgment. If the Required Lenders decline to permit such repair or replacement in their reasonable discretion within such 180 day period, such amount shall be applied to the Loans in the manner otherwise specified in this Section 2.06(d).                                        36

 

      (e)   Prepayment Premium. All voluntary prepayments, refinancings, substitutions or replacements of all or any portion of Loans hereunder (including by way of the replacement of a Lender pursuant to Section 11.13) made (i) prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, shall in each case be subject to a prepayment premium (to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, as liquidated damages and compensation for the costs of being prepared to make funds available hereunder with respect to the Loans) equal to 2.00%, and (ii) on or after the first anniversary of the Effective Date but prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, shall in each case be subject to a prepayment premium (to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, as liquidated damages and compensation for the costs of being prepared to make funds available hereunder with respect to the Loans) equal to 1.00%.        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, unless and until the Senior Obligations Prepayment Date shall have occurred, no prepayments of the Term Loans shall be required or permitted pursuant to Section 2.06 if such prepayment is prohibited by (A) ABL Loan Agreement, (B) the Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement or (C) the Intercreditor Agreement.        2.07  Termination or Reduction of Commitments.        (a)   Term Loan Commitments. (i) The aggregate Term Loan Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the date of the Term Loan Borrowing.        2.08  Interest.        (a)   Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and (iii) each other Obligation (including, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, interest not paid when due) shall bear interest on the unpaid amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.        (b)   If any other Event of Default exists, then the Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, require (and notify the Borrowers thereof) that all outstanding Loan Obligations shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate.        (c)   Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.        (d)   Interest shall be paid in kind by adding such interest to the principal amount of the applicable Loans on the applicable Interest Payment Date; provided that to the extent permitted by the ABL Loan Agreement, the Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Borrowers may elect that all or a portion of interest due on an Interest Payment Date occurring shall be paid in cash (such election, a “Cash Payment Election”) by providing written notice to the Administrative Agent at least 5 Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date specifying the amount of interest to be paid in cash. For the avoidance of doubt, principal increases from payments in kind shall be considered principal of the Loans for all purposes, including, without limitation, calculation of interest on subsequent Interest Periods and such increases in principal from payments in kind shall be applied pro                                        37

 

rata to the Loans held by each Lender according to the percentages of the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans then held by the Lenders.        2.09  Fees.        (a)   Fee Letter. The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the fees payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Fee Letter.        (b)   Generally. All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.        2.10  Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate) and the Unused Fee shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365- day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan or other Loan Obligation not paid when due for the day on which the Loan is made or such Loan Obligation is due and unpaid, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, or such Loan Obligation for the day on which the Loan, or such portion thereof, or Loan Obligation is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.        2.11  Evidence of Debt.        (a)   Loan Account. The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent (the “Loan Account”) in the Ordinary Course of Business. In addition, each Lender may record in such Lender’s internal records, an appropriate notation evidencing the date and amount of each Loan from such Lender, each payment and prepayment of principal of any such Loan, and each payment of interest, fees and other amounts due in connection with the Loan Obligations due to such Lender. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Loan Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.        2.12  Payments Generally; the Administrative Agent’s Clawback.        (a)   General. All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Subject                                       38

 

to Section 9.03, the Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 1:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrowers shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected on computing interest or fees, as the case may be.        (b)   Presumptions by Administrative Agent.             (i)    Funding by Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice      from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of any      Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such      Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such      Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available      on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans,      that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by      Section 2.02) and may but shall have no obligation, in reliance upon such assumption, make      available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact      made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the      applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith      on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for      each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers to but      excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be      made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the      Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus      any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in      connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the      interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrowers and such Lender shall pay such      interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative      Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrowers the amount of such interest paid by the Borrowers for      such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative      Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.      Any payment by the Borrowers shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrowers may have      against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.             (ii)   Payments by Borrower. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received      notice from the Borrower Agent prior to the time at which any payment is due to the      Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrowers will not make      such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment      on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the      Appropriate Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact made such      payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative      Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender, in immediately available      funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to      it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal      Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking      industry rules on interbank compensation.                                         39

 

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or any Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.        (c)   Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.        (d)   Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Term Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).        (e)   Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.        (f)   Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied as provided in Section 2.06(c).        2.13  Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) the Loan Obligations due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Loan Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Loan Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Loan Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b) the Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at such time, then, in each case under clauses (a) and (b) above, the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (A) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (B) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans 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 Loan Obligations then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be, provided that:             (i)    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                                         40

 

           (ii)   the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment      made by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of      this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting      Lender) or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of      a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to any      Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).  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 such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.        2.14  Reserved        2.15  Nature and Extent of Each Borrower’s Liability.        (a)   Joint and Several Liability. Each Borrower agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for all Obligations, and all agreements under the Loan Documents. Each Borrower agrees that its guaranty obligations hereunder constitute a continuing guaranty of payment and not of collection, that such obligations shall not be discharged until the Facility Termination Date, and that such obligations are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of (i) the genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability, subordination or any future modification of, or change in, any Obligations or Loan Document, or any other document, instrument or agreement to which any Borrower is or may become a party or be bound; (ii) the absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section) or any other Loan Document, or any waiver, consent or indulgence of any kind by the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect thereto; (iii) the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect a Lien or to preserve rights against, any security or guaranty for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect thereof (including the release of any security or guaranty); (iv) the insolvency of any Borrower; (v) any election by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws for the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (vi) any borrowing or grant of a Lien by any other Borrower, as debtor-in-possession under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; (vii) the disallowance of any claims of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Borrower for the repayment of any Obligations under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; or (viii) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, except full payment in cash of all Obligations on the Facility Termination Date.        (b)   Waivers.             (i)    Each Borrower expressly waives all rights that it may have now or in the future      under any statute, at common law, in equity or otherwise, to compel the Administrative Agent or      Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed against any Borrower, other Person or security for the      payment or performance of any Obligations before, or as a condition to, proceeding against such      Borrower. Each Borrower waives all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation      co-obligor other than full payment of all Obligations. It is agreed among each Borrower, the      Administrative Agent and Lenders that the provisions of this Section 2.15 are of the essence of the      transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for such provisions, the      Administrative Agent and Lenders would decline to make Loans. Each Borrower acknowledges      that its guaranty pursuant to this Section is necessary to the conduct and promotion of its business,      and can be expected to benefit such business.                                        41

 

           (ii)   The Administrative Agent and Lenders may, following and during the      continuance of an Event of Default, in their discretion, pursue such rights and remedies as they      deem appropriate, including realization upon Collateral by judicial foreclosure or non-judicial sale      or enforcement, without affecting any rights and remedies under this Section 2.15. If, in taking      any action in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies, the Administrative Agent or      any Lender shall forfeit any other rights or remedies, including the right to enter a deficiency      judgment against any Borrower or other Person, whether because of any applicable Laws      pertaining to “election of remedies” or otherwise, each Borrower consents to such action and      waives any claim of forfeiture of such rights or remedies based upon it, even if the action may      result in loss of any rights of subrogation that such Borrower might otherwise have had. Any      election of remedies that results in denial or impairment of the right of the Administrative Agent or      any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any Borrower shall not impair any other      Borrower’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations. Each Borrower waives all rights      and defenses arising out of an election of remedies, such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to      any security for the Obligations, even though that election of remedies destroys such Borrower’s      rights of subrogation against any other Person. The Administrative Agent may bid all or a portion      of the Obligations at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at any private sale, and the amount of such      bid need not be paid by the Administrative Agent but shall be credited against the Obligations.      The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether the Administrative Agent or any other      Person is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the      Collateral, and the difference between such bid amount and the remaining balance of the      Obligations shall be conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Obligations guaranteed under      this Section 2.15, notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision may have the      effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which the Administrative Agent or any      Lender might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.        (c)   Extent of Liability; Contribution.             (i)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Borrower’s liability under      this Section 2.15 shall be limited to the greater of (i) all amounts for which such Borrower is      primarily liable, as described below, and (ii) such Borrower’s Allocable Amount.             (ii)   If any Borrower makes a payment under this Section 2.15 of any Obligations      (other than amounts for which such Borrower is primarily liable) (a “Guarantor Payment”) that,      taking into account all other Guarantor Payments previously or concurrently made by any other      Borrower, exceeds the amount that such Borrower would otherwise have paid if each Borrower      had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payments in the same proportion      that such Borrower’s Allocable Amount bore to the total Allocable Amounts of all Borrowers,      then such Borrower shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from,      and to be reimbursed by, each other Borrower for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon      their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment. The      “Allocable Amount” for any Borrower shall be the maximum amount that could then be recovered      from such Borrower under this Section 2.15 without rendering such payment voidable under      Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state fraudulent transfer or      conveyance act, or similar statute or common law.        (d)   Direct Liability. Nothing contained in this Section 2.15 shall limit the liability of any Borrower to pay Loans made directly or indirectly to that Borrower (including Loans advanced to any other Borrower and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such Borrower), and all accrued interest, fees, expenses and other related Obligations with respect thereto, for which such Borrower shall be primarily liable for all purposes hereunder.                                       42

 

      (e)   Joint Enterprise. Each Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and Lenders make this credit facility available to Borrowers on a combined basis, in order to finance Borrowers’ business most efficiently and economically. The Borrowers’ business is a mutual and collective enterprise, and the successful operation of each Borrower is dependent upon the successful performance of the integrated group. The Borrowers believe that consolidation of their credit facility will enhance the borrowing power of each Borrower and ease administration of the Term Loan Facilities, all to their mutual advantage. The Borrowers acknowledge that the Lenders’ willingness to extend credit and to administer the Collateral on a combined basis hereunder is done solely as an accommodation to Borrowers and at Borrowers’ request.        (f)   Subordination. Each Loan Party hereby subordinates any claims, including any rights at law or in equity to payment, subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off, that it may have at any time against any other Loan Party, howsoever arising, to the full payment in cash of all Obligations on the Facility Termination Date.        (g)   Borrower Agent.             (i)    Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably appoints and designates (or, if not a party      hereto, by execution and delivery of a guaranty agreement acceptable to the Required Lenders or      otherwise becoming a Guarantor hereunder shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed and      designated) the Company (“Borrower Agent”) as its representative and agent and attorney-in-fact      for all purposes under the Loan Documents, including, as applicable, requests for Credit      Extensions, designation of interest rates, delivery or receipt of communications, preparation and      delivery of financial reports, receipt and payment of Obligations, requests for waivers,      amendments or other accommodations, actions under the Loan Documents (including in respect of      compliance with covenants), and all other dealings with the Administrative Agent or any Lender.             (ii)   Any notice, election, representation, warranty, agreement or undertaking by or on      behalf of any Loan Party by the Borrower Agent shall be deemed for all purposes to have been      made by such Loan Party and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Loan Party to      the same extent as if made directly by such Loan Party.             (iii)  The Borrower Agent hereby accepts the appointment by each Loan Party      hereunder to act as its agent and attorney-in-fact.             (iv)   The Administrative Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be      fully protected in relying upon, any notice or communication (including any Request for Credit      Extension) delivered by Borrower Agent on behalf of any Borrower or other Loan Party. The      Administrative Agent and Lenders may give any notice to or communication with a Loan Party      hereunder to the Borrower Agent on behalf of such Loan Party. Each of the Administrative Agent      and the Lenders shall have the right, in its discretion, to deal exclusively with Borrower Agent for      any or all purposes under the Loan Documents. Each Loan Party agrees (or, if not a party hereto,      by execution and delivery of a guaranty agreement acceptable to Administrative Agent or      otherwise becoming a Guarantor hereunder shall be deemed to have agreed) that any notice,      election, communication, representation, agreement or undertaking made on its behalf by      Borrower Agent shall be binding upon and enforceable against it.        2.16  Reserved.        2.17  Defaulting Lenders.                                        43

 

      (a)   Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:             (i)    Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or      disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as      set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” and Section 11.01.             (ii)   Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other      amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether      voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise) or received by the      Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.08 shall be applied at such      time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment      of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second,      as the Borrower Agent may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists) to the      funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion      thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so      determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent, to be held in a Deposit Account      and released in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with      respect to Loans under this Agreement; fourth, in the case of a Defaulting Lender under any      Facility, to the payment of any obligations owing to the other Lenders under such Facility as a      result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender under such      Facility against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its      obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the      payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers as a result of any judgment of a court of      competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers against such Defaulting Lender as a result of      such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to such      Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if      (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which that      Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans were made at a      time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be      applied solely to pay the Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders under the applicable Facility on a      pro rata basis (and ratably among all applicable Facilities computed in accordance with the      Defaulting Lenders’ respective funding deficiencies) prior to being applied to the payment of any      Loans of such Defaulting Lender under the applicable Facility until such time as all Loans are held      by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder. Any payments,      prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to      pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed      paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.             (iii)  Certain Fees. No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Unused Fee      payable pursuant to Section 2.09(b) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting      Lender (and the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have      been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).             (iv)   [Reserved].        (b)   Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower Agent and the Required Lenders agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made                                       44

 

retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.                                   ARTICLE III                  TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY        3.01  Taxes.        (a)   Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.             (i)    Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties      hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be      made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however,      applicable Laws require the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any      Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by the      Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the      information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.             (ii)   If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to      withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States federal backup withholding and      withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make      such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the      information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the      Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant      Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or      deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Loan      Parties shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all      required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this      Section) the Administrative Agent receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had      no such withholding or deduction been made.        (b)   Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Loan Parties shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.        (c)   Tax Indemnification by the Borrowers.             (i)    Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Loan Party      shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make      payment in respect thereof within ten (10) 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) withheld or deducted by the      Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, 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. Each Loan Party shall also, and      does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof      within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender for any reason fails to pay                                       45

 

     indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection. A certificate      as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower Agent by a Lender      (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on      behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.             (ii)   Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender shall,      and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof      within 10 days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses,      claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements      of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative      Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender to deliver, or as a      result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered      by such Lender to the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e).      Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts      at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any      amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). The agreements in this clause (ii)      shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of      rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender and the occurrence of the Facility Termination Date.        (d)   Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Loan Parties or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, the Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower Agent, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.        (e)   Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.              (i)   Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and to the Administrative       Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the       Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed       documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and       such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower Agent or the       Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made       hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required       rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption       from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by       the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for       withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary       in the preceding sentence, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation       (other than such documentation set forth in paragraphs (e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B)(I) to (IV) and (ii)(C) of       this Section) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion,       execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense       or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.             (ii)   Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a Borrower is resident for tax      purposes in the United States,                    (A)   any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of             Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and the                                        46

 

Administrative Agent executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and        (B)   each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative 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 Agent or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:              (I)   executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E       (or, if applicable W-8BEN) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax       treaty to which the United States is a party,              (II)  executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,              (III) executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and       all required supporting documentation,              (IV)  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       any 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) executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-BEN-E (or, if       applicable W-8BEN), or              (V)   executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws       as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal       withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be       prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower Agent or the       Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be       made; and        (C)   if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by any Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by any Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA or to determine the                           47

 

            amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause             (C), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this             Agreement. For purposes of this Section 3.01, “Laws” shall include FATCA             (iii)  Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower Agent and the      Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any      claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous      to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including      the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any      jurisdiction that the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction      for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.        (f)   Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by any Loan Party under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, 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 each Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to any Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.        3.02  Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the LIBOR Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower Agent through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue LIBOR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Required Lenders without reference to the LIBOR Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Loan Parties shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all LIBOR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the LIBOR Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such                                       48

 

Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the LIBOR Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the LIBOR component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the LIBOR Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Loan Parties shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.        3.03  Inability to Determine Rates; Discontinuation of LIBOR.        (a)   If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a LIBOR Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such LIBOR Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the LIBOR Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (c) the LIBOR Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower Agent and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain LIBOR Loans shall be suspended, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the LIBOR Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of LIBOR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower Agent may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.        (b)   If at any time the Required Lenders determine (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that either (i) the circumstances set forth in Section 3.03(a) have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in Section 3.03(a) have not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBOR Rate shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans (in the case of either such clause (i) or (ii), an “Alternative Interest Rate Election Event”), the Required Lenders and Borrower Agent shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBOR Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for leveraged syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest (including any mathematical or other adjustments to such alternate rate of interest (if any) incorporated therein) and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable. To the extent an alternate rate of interest is adopted as contemplated hereby, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with prevailing market convention; provided that, to the extent such prevailing market convention is not administratively or feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Agent. From such time as an Alternative Interest Rate Election Event has occurred and is continuing until an alternate rate of interest has been determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of this paragraph, (x) any Interest Period request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a LIBOR Loan shall be ineffective, and (y) if any notice of borrowing requests a LIBOR Loan, such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Loan; provided that, to the extent such Alternative Interest Rate Election Event is as a result of clause (ii) above in this clause (b), then clauses (x) and (y) of this sentence shall apply during such period only if the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis.        3.04  Increased Costs; Reserves on LIBOR Loans.                                       49

 

      (a)   Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:             (i)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory      loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of,      or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement contemplated      by Section 3.04(e));             (ii)   subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this      Agreement or any LIBOR Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such      Lender in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01      and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender); or             (iii)  impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost      or expense (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01) affecting this      Agreement or LIBOR Loans made by such Lender;  and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, the Loan Parties will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.        (b)   Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time pursuant to subsection (c) below the Loan Parties will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.        (c)   Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Loan Parties shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof.        (d)   Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Loan Parties shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Loan Parties of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’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 nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).                                        50

 

      (e)   Reserves on LIBOR Loans. The Borrowers shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower Agent shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.        (f)   Uniform Policy. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.04 to the contrary, no Lender shall be entitled to receive compensation pursuant to this Section 3.04 unless it shall be the general policy or practice of such Lender to seek compensation from other similarly situated borrowers with respect to its similarly affected loans under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 3.04.        3.05  Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrowers shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:        (a)   any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);        (b)   any failure by Borrowers (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower Agent; or        (c)   any assignment of a LIBOR Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower Agent pursuant to Section 11.13;  including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrowers shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.        For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrowers to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each LIBOR Loan made by it at the LIBOR Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such LIBOR Loan was in fact so funded.        3.06  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.        (a)   Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, 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 3.01 or                                        51

 

3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.        (b)   Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrowers may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.        3.07  Survival. All of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Article III shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender and the occurrence of the Facility Termination Date.                                   ARTICLE IV                SECURITY AND ADMINISTRATION OF COLLATERAL        4.01  Security.        (a)   Generally. As security for the full and timely payment and performance of all Obligations, Borrower Agent shall, and shall cause each other Borrower to, on or before the Effective Date, to the extent required by the Security Agreement, do or cause to be done all things as reasonably determined by the Required Lenders and their counsel to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a duly perfected third priority security interest in all Term Loan Priority Collateral and third priority interest in all ABL Priority Collateral subject to no prior Lien or other encumbrance or restriction on transfer, except as expressly permitted hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, on the Effective Date Borrower Agent shall deliver, and shall cause each other Borrower to deliver, to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, (a) the Security Agreement, which shall pledge to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties certain personal property of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties more particularly described therein, and (b) Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in form, substance and number as requested by the Required Lenders, reflecting the Lien in favor of the Secured Parties on the Collateral, and shall take such further action and deliver or cause to be delivered such further documents as required by the Security Instruments or otherwise as the Required Lenders may reasonably request, consistent with the requirements of the Security Agreement and this Agreement, to effect the transactions contemplated by this Article IV.        4.02  Collateral Administration.        (a)   Administration of Accounts.             (i)    Records and Schedules of Accounts. Each Borrower shall keep accurate and      complete records of its Accounts, including all payments and collections thereon, and shall submit      to the Administrative Agent sales, collection, reconciliation and other reports in form satisfactory      to the Required Lenders, on such periodic basis as the Required Lenders may request.             (ii)   Taxes. If an Account of any Borrower includes a charge for any Taxes,      Administrative Agent is authorized, in its discretion, to pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing      authority for the account of such Borrower and to charge Borrowers therefor; provided, however,                                        52

 

     that neither the Administrative Agent nor Lenders shall be liable for any Taxes that may be due      from Borrowers or with respect to any Collateral.             (iii)  Account Verification. (A) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an      Event of Default or (B) in connection with any Field Exam and in cooperation and following      consultation with the Borrower Agent, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, in the name      of the Administrative Agent, any designee of the Administrative Agent or any Borrower, to verify      the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Accounts of Borrowers by mail, telephone      or otherwise. Borrowers shall cooperate fully with the Administrative Agent in an effort to      facilitate and promptly conclude any such verification process.             (iv)   Proceeds of Collateral. Borrowers shall request in writing and otherwise take all      necessary steps to ensure that all payments on Accounts or otherwise relating to Collateral are      made directly to a Controlled Deposit Account (or a lockbox relating to a Controlled Deposit      Account). If any Borrower or Subsidiary receives cash or Payment Items with respect to any      Collateral, it shall hold same in trust for the Administrative Agent and promptly (not later than the      next Business Day) deposit same into a Controlled Deposit Account. Subject to the terms of the      Intercreditor Agreement, the Administrative Agent retains the right at all times after the      occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to notify Account Debtors that a      Borrower’s Accounts have been assigned to the Administrative Agent and to collect such      Borrower’s Accounts directly in its own name, or in the name of the Administrative Agent’s agent,      and to charge the collection costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the      Borrowers’ Loan Account.             (v)    Extensions of Time for Payment. In addition, upon the occurrence and during      the continuance of an Event of Default, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business and in      amounts which are not material to such Borrower, each Borrower will not (i) grant any extension      of the time for payment of any Account, (ii) compromise or settle any Account for less than the      full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any      Account, (iv) allow any credit or discount whatsoever on any Account or (v) amend, supplement      or modify any Account in any manner that could adversely affect the value thereof.        (b)   Administration of Aircraft Parts.             (i)    Records and Reports of Aircraft Parts. Each Borrower shall keep accurate and      complete records of its Aircraft Parts, including costs and daily withdrawals and additions, and      shall submit to the Administrative Agent inventory and reconciliation reports in form reasonably      satisfactory to the Required Lenders, on such periodic basis as the Required Lenders may      reasonably request. Each Borrower shall conduct a physical inventory at least once per calendar      year (and on a more frequent basis if requested by the Required Lenders when an Event of Default      exists) and periodic cycle counts consistent with historical practices, and shall provide to the      Administrative Agent a report based on each such inventory and count promptly upon completion      thereof, together with such supporting information as the Required Lenders may reasonably      request. The Administrative Agent may participate in and observe each physical count.  The Required Lenders, in their reasonable discretion, if any Event of Default is continuing, may cause additional such inventories to be taken as the Required Lenders determine (each, at the expense of the Loan Parties).             (ii)   Returns of Aircraft Parts. No Borrower shall return any Aircraft Parts to a      supplier, vendor or other Person, whether for cash, credit or otherwise, unless (a) such return is in                                        53

 

     the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result      therefrom; (c) the Administrative Agent is promptly notified if the aggregate value of all Aircraft      Parts returned in any month exceeds $1,000,000; and (d) any payment received by a Borrower for      a return is promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent for application to the Obligations in      accordance with Section 2.06(c).             (iii)  Acquisition, Sale and Maintenance. No Borrower shall acquire or accept any      Aircraft Parts on consignment or approval, and shall assure that all Aircraft Parts are acquired in      accordance with applicable Law. No Borrower shall sell any Aircraft Parts on consignment or      approval or any other basis under which the customer may return or require a Borrower to      repurchase such Aircraft Parts. The Borrowers shall use, store and maintain all Aircraft Parts with      reasonable care and caution, in accordance with applicable standards of any insurance and in      conformity with all applicable Laws, and shall make current rent payments (within applicable      grace periods provided for in leases) at all locations where any Collateral is located.        (c)   Collateral at Locations Subject to a Material Third-Party Agreement. With respect to any location of Collateral subject to a Material Third-Party Agreement entered into after the Effective Date, each Loan Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Administrative Agent with Lien Waivers with respect to the premises subject to such Material Third-Party Agreements.        4.03  After Acquired Property; Further Assurances.        (a)   New Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. Concurrently with or prior to the opening of any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account by any Loan Party, other than any Excluded Deposit Account, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Control Agreement covering such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account, duly executed by such Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Controlled Account Bank, securities intermediary or financial institution at which such account is maintained.        (b)   Future Leases. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing subsection (a), prior to entering into any new lease of Real Property or renewing any existing lease of Real Property following the Effective Date, each Borrower shall, and shall cause each Loan Party to, use its (and their) commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Administrative Agent a Lien Waiver, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, executed by the lessor of any Real Property, to the extent the value of any Collateral (other than Rolling Stock or Aircraft) of the Borrowers held or to be held at such leased property exceeds (or it is anticipated that the value of such Collateral will exceed at any point in time during the term of such leasehold term) $100,000.        (c)   Acquired Real Property. If, after the Effective Date, any Loan Party acquires, owns or holds an interest in any fee-owned Real Property not constituting Excluded Real Property, the Company will promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days of the acquisition thereof (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree)) notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such event, identifying the property or interests in question. Promptly upon the Required Lenders’ request (but not in contravention of the Intercreditor Agreement), each Loan Party with an interest in such fee-owned Real Property shall deliver applicable Mortgages and Mortgage Related Documents for such fee owned Real Property in favor of the Administrative Agent, which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.        (d)   UCC Authorization. The Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to execute (if necessary) and file or cause to be filed, with or if permitted by applicable Law without the signature of any Borrower appearing thereon, all UCC or PPSA financing statements reflecting any                                       54

 

Borrower as “debtor” and the Administrative Agent as “secured party”, and continuations thereof and amendments thereto, as the Required Lenders reasonably deem necessary or advisable to give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents.        (e)   Rolling Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower Agent shall (i) periodically schedule all Rolling Stock not identified on Schedule 6.29(a) to the Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement (or any update thereto, including any corresponding schedule of Rolling Stock last delivered to the Vehicle Title Service Provider pursuant to the Vehicle Title Custodial Agreement) and (ii) deliver (or cause to be delivered) a valid certificate of title issued in the name of a Loan Party which lists (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) the Administrative Agent (or the Vehicle Title Service Provider) as the lienholder with respect to each such item of Rolling Stock (the requirements of this clause (ii) are hereafter referred to as the “Vehicle Perfection Steps”), in each case pursuant to the Loan Documents, including Section 7.02(c) of this Agreement and Sections 2.1.1 and 3.1 of the Vehicle Title Custodial Agreement; provided that (A) the Vehicle Perfection Steps shall not be required for any Rolling Stock financed pursuant to Section 8.01(f) and (B) so long as the Obligations hereunder are outstanding, the Vehicle Title Custodian Agreement shall identify the Senior Term Loan Agent as first priority lienholder, the ABL Agent as the second priority lienholder and the Administrative Agent as the third priority lienholder.        (f)   Aircraft. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower Agent shall (i) periodically schedule all Aircraft not identified on Schedule 6.30(a) as of the Effective Date pursuant to Section 7.02(c) of the Credit Agreement (or upon request of the Required Lenders during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default) and (ii) upon request of the Required Lenders, execute and deliver an Aircraft Mortgage granting a first priority lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, together with each Aircraft Related Document, with respect to such Aircraft (the requirements of this clause (ii) are hereafter referred to as the “Aircraft Perfection Steps”); provided that (A) the Aircraft Perfection Steps shall not be required for any Aircraft financed pursuant to Section 8.01(f) and (B) so long as the Obligations hereunder are outstanding, the Senior Term Loan Agent shall be first priority lienholder, the ABL Agent shall be the second priority lienholder and the Administrative Agent shall be the third priority lienholder.        4.04  Cash Management.        (a)   Controlled Deposit Accounts. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.21(a), upon the reasonable written request of the Required Lenders, the applicable Loan Party shall promptly enter into a Control Agreement with respect to each Deposit Account listed on part (a) of Schedule 6.19, other than Excluded Deposit Accounts, which shall include all lockboxes and related lockbox accounts used for the collection of Accounts. Each Loan Party agrees that all invoices rendered and other requests made by any Loan Party for payment in respect of Accounts shall contain a written statement directing payment in respect of such Accounts to be paid to a Controlled Deposit Account in its name. The Borrower Agent shall cause bank statements and/or other reports from the Controlled Account Banks to be delivered to the Administrative Agent not less often than monthly, accurately setting forth all amounts deposited in each Controlled Deposit Account to ensure the proper transfer of funds as set forth above. All remittances received by any Loan Party on account of Accounts, together with the proceeds of any other Collateral, shall be held as the Administrative Agent’s property, for its benefit and the benefit of Lenders, by such Loan Party as trustee of an express trust for Administrative Agent’s benefit and such Loan Party shall immediately deposit same in kind in a Controlled Deposit Account. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Administrative Agent retains the right at all times after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default to notify Account Debtors that a Loan Party’s Accounts have been assigned to the Administrative Agent and to collect such Loan Party’s Accounts directly in its own name, or in the name of the Administrative Agent’s agent, and to charge the collection costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the Loan Account.                                       55

 

      (b)   [Reserved].        (c)   [Reserved].        (d)   Controlled Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.21(b), upon the reasonable written request of the Required Lenders, the applicable Loan Party shall promptly enter into a Control Agreement with respect to each Securities Account and Commodity Account listed on part (b) of Schedule 6.19. At the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower Agent shall cause account statements and/or other reports from the applicable broker, financial institution or other financial intermediary to be delivered to the Administrative Agent not less often than monthly, accurately setting forth all assets, including securities entitlements, financial assets or other amounts, held in each Securities Account or Commodity Account.        4.05  Information Regarding Certain Collateral. Each Borrower represents, warrants and covenants that Schedule 4.05 sets forth as of the Effective Date, (a) the exact legal name, jurisdiction of formation, organizational identification number (if any), chief executive office and any trade name or other trade style of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries, (b) each Person that has effected any merger or consolidation with a Loan Party or sold, contributed or transferred to a Loan Party any material property constituting Collateral at any time since, in each case, during the five (5) year period immediately prior to the Effective Date (excluding Persons making sales in the ordinary course of their businesses to a Loan Party of property constituting Aircraft Parts in the hands of such seller), and (c) any prior legal name, jurisdiction of formation, organizational identification number, trade name or other trade style or location of the chief executive office of each Loan Party at any time during the five (5) year period immediately prior to the Effective Date. The Company shall not change, and shall not permit any other Loan Party to change, its name, jurisdiction of formation (whether by reincorporation, merger or otherwise), or the location of its chief executive office, or use or permit any other Loan Party to use, any additional trade name or other trade style, except upon giving not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and taking or causing to be taken all such action at Borrowers’ or such other Loan Parties’ expense as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, consistent with the terms of the Security Agreement and this Agreement, to perfect or maintain the perfection and priority of the Lien of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral.                                   ARTICLE V                CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS        5.01  Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to make any initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:        (a)   The Lenders’ receipt of the following items (except those items that are expressly permitted to be delivered after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 7.21), each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Loan Party (as applicable), each dated as of the Effective Date (or, in the case of certificates of Governmental Officials, a recent date before the Effective Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender and its legal counsel:             (i)    executed counterparts of this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, and each      of the Security Instruments;             (ii)   Notes executed by the Borrowers in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;             (iii)  such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates (including      specimen signatures), and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the                                       56

 

Lenders may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;        (iv)   such documents and certifications as the Lenders may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan Party is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of organization and in any other jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, including certified copies of such Loan Party’s Organization Documents, agreements among holders of Equity Interests, certificates of good standing and qualification to engage in business in each applicable jurisdiction;        (v)    a favorable opinion of Greenberg Traurig, counsel to the Loan Parties addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender and their successors and assigns, as to the matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Lenders may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Lenders and acknowledge and agree that no corporate opinions or UCC perfection opinions shall be required with respect to any of the Loan Parties organized under the laws of the State of Michigan;        (vi)   certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower Agent or the applicable Loan Parties either (A) identifying all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower and the validity against each such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and stating that such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, and attaching true and correct copies thereof or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;        (vii)  a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 5.02(a) and 5.02(b) have been satisfied;        (viii) [reserved];        (ix)   a certificate signed by the chief financial officer or the chief executive officer of the Borrower Agent certifying that, after giving effect to the entering into of the Loan Documents and the consummation of all of the Transactions, (A) each Borrower is Solvent and (B) the Loan Parties on a Consolidated basis, taken as a whole, are Solvent;        (x)    [reserved];        (xi)   [reserved];        (xii)  initial notice of Borrowing in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders;        (xiii) [reserved];        (xiv)  [reserved];        (xv)   delivery of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, suitable in form and substance for filing in all places required by applicable law to perfect the Liens of the Administrative Agent under the Security Instruments as a third priority Lien as to items of Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of financing statements, and such other documents and/or evidence of other actions as may be reasonably necessary under                                   57

 

     applicable law to perfect the Liens of the Administrative Agent under such Security Instruments as      a third priority Lien in and to such other Collateral as the Lenders may require;             (xvi)  Uniform Commercial Code search results showing only those Liens as are      acceptable to the Lenders;             (xvii) evidence satisfactory to the Lenders of (A) the redemption and cancellation of all      shares of “preferred stock”, (B) the payment in full and cancellation of Indebtedness not permitted      under the Loan Documents and (C) release of any liens (other than Permitted Liens) on the assets      of the Company and its Subsidiaries;             (xviii) receipt of (i) audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018; (ii) unaudited      quarterly financial statements (including an income statement and a balance sheet) for each      completed quarter of fiscal year 2019; and (iii) unaudited monthly financial statements (including      an income statement and a balance sheet) for the ninth month of fiscal year 2019; all of the      foregoing in form and substance acceptable to the Lenders;             (xix)  the Administrative Agent shall have received at least two (2) Business Days in      advance of the Effective Date, to the extent requested not less than ten (10) Business Days prior      thereto, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under      applicable "know your customer" and Anti-Money Laundering rules and regulations, including      without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act and the FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Regulation;             (xx)   Except as disclosed in writing to the Lenders prior to the Effective Date, since      June 30, 2019 with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the business of the Loan Parties      has in all material respects been conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past      practices, and there has not been any event, occurrence, condition, development or state of      circumstances or fact that, individually or in the aggregate with any other event(s), occurrence(s),      condition(s), development(s) or state(s) of circumstances or fact(s), has had or would reasonably      be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;             (xxi)  evidence satisfactory to the Lenders of the consummation (in compliance with all      applicable laws and regulations, and with the receipt of all material shareholder and third party      consents and approvals relating thereto) of the Transactions;             (xxii) copies of the ABL Loan Agreement and Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement      and all related guaranties and collateral documents;             (xxiii) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the      Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably require.        (b)   Any fees required to be paid on or before the Effective Date shall have been paid.        (c)   Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall have paid all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Effective Date, plus such additional amounts of such reasonable fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such reasonable fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent).        (d)   [Reserved].                                        58

 

      Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.        5.02  Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than one requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of LIBOR Loans) or make the initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to the following conditions precedent:        (a)   The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Article VI or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects if qualified by materiality) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct (or in all respects if qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 5.02(a), the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01.        (b)   No Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.        (c)   The Administrative Agent shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.        Each Request for Credit Extension (other than one requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of LIBOR Loans) submitted by the Borrower Agent shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 5.02(a) and 5.02(b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.                                   ARTICLE VI                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES        To induce the Secured Parties to enter into this Agreement and to make Loans hereunder, each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, subject to the limitation set forth in Section 5.02(a), that:        6.01  Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary (a) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation, (b) has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business as is now being conducted and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the Transactions to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i), or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Loan Party is a credit                                       59

 

institution, investment firm, or parent company of a credit institution or investment firm, in each case that is established in a member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, and no Loan Party is a subsidiary of any of the foregoing.        6.02  Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, and the consummation of the Transactions, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of the Organization Documents of any such Person; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law.        6.03  Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the consummation of the Transactions, (b) the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Instruments, (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens required to be created under the Security Instruments (including the first priority nature thereof) or (d) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Instruments, all of which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect.        6.04  Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except (a) as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable Law and (b) as the enforcement hereof may be limited by any applicable Debtor Relief Laws or by general equitable principles.        6.05  Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.        (a)   The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (iii) show all material Indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.        (b)   The unaudited Consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries dated as of September 30, 2019, and the related Consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, and cash flows for the five-month period then ended (i) were prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.                                        60

 

      (c)   Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.        (d)   Each Borrower is Solvent and the Loan Parties, on a Consolidated basis, are Solvent. No transfer of property has been or will be made by any Loan Party and no obligation has been or will be incurred by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of any Loan Party.        6.06  Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues, that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the grant and perfection of any Lien under any Security Instrument) or any of the Transactions or (b) except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.06, either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Since the Effective Date, there has been no material adverse change in the status, or financial effect on any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, of the matters described on Schedule 6.06.        6.07  No Default. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.        6.08  Ownership of Property; Liens.        (a)   Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, if any (including the Mortgaged Properties), free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens and except for minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or as proposed to be conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.        (b)   Schedule 6.08 sets forth the address (including street address, county and state) of all Real Property that is owned or leased by the Loan Parties as of the Effective Date (and as updated in connection with delivery of the Compliance Certificate under Section 7.02(c)). Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good, marketable and insurable fee simple title to the Real Property owned by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. Each ground lease of the Loan Parties is in full force and effect and the Loan Parties are not in default of any material terms thereof.        6.09  Environmental Compliance.        (a)   Except as disclosed in Schedule 6.09, no Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law with respect to the Loan Party or any Subsidiary’s operations, (ii) has become subject to a pending claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iii) has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability except, in each case, as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.                                        61

 

      (b)   Except as otherwise set forth in Schedule 6.09 or as would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) none of the properties currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is listed or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, proposed for listing on the NPL or on the CERCLIS or any analogous foreign, state or local list or is adjacent to any such property; (ii) there are no and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, never have been any underground or above-ground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof; (iii) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof; and (iv) Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or disposed of by any Loan Party or Subsidiary in violation of Environmental Laws or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, by any other Person in violation of Environmental Laws on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof.        (c)   Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 6.09 or as would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is undertaking, and no Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof has completed, either individually or together with other potentially responsible parties, any investigation or assessment or remedial or response action relating to any actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any site, location or operation, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any Environmental Law; and all Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, handled or stored by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary at, or transported to or from by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof have, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, been disposed of in a manner not reasonably expected to result in material liability to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof.        (d)   Each Loan Party conducts in the Ordinary Course of Business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof each Loan Party has reasonably concluded that, except as set forth on Schedule 6.09, such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.        6.10  Insurance. Without limiting the insurance requirements of any Aircraft Mortgage, the properties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies which are not Affiliates of the Loan Parties, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks (including, without limitation, workmen’s compensation, public liability, business interruption, and property damage insurance) as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Loan Parties or the applicable Subsidiary operates. Schedule 6.10 sets forth a description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties as of the Effective Date. Each insurance policy listed on Schedule 6.10 is in full force and effect and all premiums in respect thereof that are due and payable have been paid.        6.11  Taxes. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets (including, in each case, all taxes and charges in connection with the Aircraft owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries, its location and its operations, including those levied by airports and air traffic control authorities) otherwise due and payable, except those which are being Properly Contested and except where the failure to file such returns or reports could not, individually or in                                       62

 

the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no proposed tax assessment against the Company or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement.        6.12  ERISA Compliance.        (a)   Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service. To the best knowledge of each Loan Party, nothing has occurred that would prevent or cause the loss of such tax-qualified status.        (b)   There are no pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.        (c)   (i) No ERISA Event has occurred, and no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii) each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; (iii) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is 60% or higher and no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below 60% as of the most recent valuation date; (iv) no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (v) no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; and (vi) no Pension Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan.        (d)   No Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to, or has any unsatisfied obligation to contribute to, or liability under, any active or terminated Pension Plan other than (A) on the Effective Date, those listed on Schedule 6.12 hereto and (B) thereafter, Pension Plans not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement.        6.13  Subsidiaries and Equity Interests. No Loan Party (a) has any Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in part (a) of Schedule 6.13 (which Schedule sets forth the legal name, jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and outstanding Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary) or created or acquired after the Effective Date in compliance with Section 7.12, and (b) owns any Equity Interests in any other Person other than those specifically disclosed on Schedule 6.13, except, in each case, Subsidiaries acquired or created and equity investments made on or after the Effective Date in compliance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by a Loan Party (or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party) in the amounts specified on Schedule 6.13 free and clear of all                                       63

 

Liens except for those created under the Security Instruments and the Senior Loan Documents. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Loan Parties have been validly issued, and are fully paid and non- assessable and are owned in the amounts specified on Schedule 6.13 free and clear of all Liens except for those created under the Security Instruments and the Senior Loan Documents.        6.14  Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act. No Loan Party is engaged nor will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. None of the Loan Parties, any Person Controlling any Loan Party, nor any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.        6.15  Disclosure. Each Loan Party has disclosed or caused the Borrower Agent to disclose to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, each Loan Party represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.        6.16  Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.        6.17  Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the Intellectual Property (including IP Rights) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without known conflict with the IP Rights of any other Person, except to the extent any failure so to own or possess the right to use could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of each Loan Party, the operation by each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries of their respective businesses does not infringe upon any IP Rights held by any other Person.        6.18  Labor Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth on Schedule 6.18, there are no strikes, lockouts, slowdowns or other material labor disputes against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Loan Parties comply in all material respects with the FLSA and any other applicable federal, state, local or foreign Law dealing with such matters. No Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act or similar state Law. All payments due from any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, or for which any claim could reasonably be expected to be made against any Loan Party, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or properly accrued in accordance with GAAP as a liability on the books of such Loan Party. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.18, no Loan Party or any Subsidiary is                                       64

 

a party to or bound by any collective bargaining or similar agreement. There are no representation proceedings pending or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, threatened to be filed with the National Labor Relations Board, and no labor organization or group of employees of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary has made a pending demand for recognition. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth on Schedule 6.18, there are no material complaints, unfair labor practice charges, grievances, arbitrations, unfair employment practices charges or any other claims or complaints against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened to be filed with any Governmental Authority or arbitrator based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment of any employee of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is bound.        6.19  Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts.        (a)   Part (a) of Schedule 6.19 sets forth a list of all Deposit Accounts maintained by the Loan Parties as of the Effective Date (and as updated in connection with delivery of the Compliance Certificate under Section 7.02(c)), which Schedule includes, with respect to each Deposit Account (i) the name and address of the depository; (ii) the account number(s) maintained with such depository; and (iii) a contact person at such depository.        (b)   Part (b) of Schedule 6.19 sets forth a list of all Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts maintained by the Loan Parties as of the Effective Date (and as updated in connection with delivery of the Compliance Certificate under Section 7.02(c)), which Schedule includes (i) the name and address of the securities intermediary or institution holding such account; (ii) the account number(s) maintained with such securities intermediary or institution; and (iii) a contact person at such securities intermediary or institution.        6.20  Reserved.        6.21  Anti-Terrorism Laws and Foreign Asset Control Regulations.        (a)   No Loan Party nor any Controlled Entity is (i) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by OFAC (an “OFAC Listed Person”), (ii) an agent, department, or instrumentality of, or is otherwise beneficially owned by, controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, (x) any OFAC Listed Person or (y) any Person, entity, organization, foreign country or regime that is subject to any OFAC Sanctions Program, or (iii) otherwise blocked, subject to sanctions under or engaged in any activity in violation of other United States economic sanctions, including but not limited to, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the US Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act and the regulations and rules promulgated thereunder (“CISADA”), or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country, the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, any OFAC Sanctions Program, or any economic sanctions regulations administered and enforced by the United States or any enabling legislation or executive order relating to any of the foregoing (collectively, “U.S. Economic Sanctions”) (each OFAC Listed Person and each other Person, entity, organization and government of a country described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Blocked Person”). No Loan Party nor any Controlled Entity has been notified that its name appears or may in the future appear on a state list of Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.                                        65

 

      (b)   No part of the proceeds from the Credit Extensions constitutes or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used by any Loan Party or any Controlled Entity, directly or indirectly, (i) in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person or (ii) otherwise in violation of U.S. Economic Sanctions.        (c)   No Loan Party nor any Controlled Entity (i) has been found in violation of, charged with, or convicted of, money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes under any Anti-Money Laundering Law or any U.S. Economic Sanctions, (ii) to the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for possible violation of Anti-Money Laundering Laws or any U.S. Economic Sanctions violations, (iii) has been assessed civil penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or any U.S. Economic Sanctions or (iv) has had any of its funds seized or forfeited in an action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Money Laundering Laws and U.S. Economic Sanctions.        (d)   (i) No Loan Party nor any Controlled Entity (w) has been charged with, or convicted of bribery or any other anti-corruption related activity under any applicable law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. country or jurisdiction, including but not limited to, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”), (x) to the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, is under investigation by any U.S. or non-U.S. Governmental Authority for possible violation of Anti-Corruption Laws, (y) has been assessed civil or criminal penalties under any Anti-Corruption Laws or (z) has been or is the target of sanctions imposed by the United Nations or the European Union.             (ii)   To the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, no Loan Party nor      any Controlled Entity has, within the last five years, directly or indirectly offered, promised, given,      paid or authorized the offer, promise, giving or payment of anything of value to a Governmental      Official or a commercial counterparty for the purposes of: (x) influencing any act, decision or      failure to act by such Governmental Official in his or her official capacity or such commercial      counterparty, (y) inducing a Governmental Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of the      Governmental Official’s lawful duty, or (z) inducing a Governmental Official or a commercial      counterparty to use his or her influence with a government or instrumentality to affect any act or      decision of such government or entity; in each case in order to obtain, retain or direct business or      to otherwise secure an improper advantage.             (iii)  No part of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions will be used, directly or      indirectly, for any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official or      commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper      advantage. The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are      adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each      Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future      Anti-Corruption Laws.        6.22  Brokers. Except as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date, no broker or finder brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the Loans or transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, and no Loan Party or Affiliate thereof has any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection therewith.                                         66

 

      6.23  Customer and Trade Relations. There exists no actual or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened, termination or cancellation of, or any modification or change in the business relationship of any Loan Party with any customers or suppliers which are, individually or in the aggregate, material to its operations, to the extent that such cancellation, modification or change would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.        6.24  Material Contracts. Schedule 6.24 sets forth all Material Contracts to which any Loan Party is a party or is bound as of the Effective Date. The Loan Parties have delivered or made available true, correct and complete copies of such Material Contracts to the Administrative Agent on or before the Effective Date.        6.25  Casualty. Neither the businesses nor the properties of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries are affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout or other labor dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance) that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.        6.26  Senior Indebtedness. All Obligations including those to pay principal of and interest (including post-petition interest, whether or not allowed as a claim under Debtor Relief Laws) on the Loans and other Obligations, and fees and expenses in connection therewith, are entitled to the benefits of the Subordination Provisions applicable to all Indebtedness. Each Loan Party acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and each Lender is entering into this Agreement and each Lender is extending its Commitments in reliance upon the Subordination Provisions.        6.27  Relations with Vendors and Customers. There exists no actual or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened termination, limitation, or modification of any business relationship between any Loan Party or Subsidiary and any customer or supplier, or any group of customers or suppliers, that individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There exists no condition or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of any Loan Party or Subsidiary to conduct its business at any time hereafter in substantially the same manner as conducted on the Effective Date.        6.28  Aircraft Parts. Schedule 6.28 sets forth each location as of the Effective Date (and as updated in connection with delivery of the Compliance Certificate under Section 7.02(c)) within the United States in which Aircraft Parts with a value in excess of $100,000 is located (together with the name of each owner of the property located at such address and, if not the applicable Loan Party, a summary description of the relationship between the applicable Loan Party and such Person and the maximum approximate book or market value of the Aircraft Parts held or to be held at such location).        6.29  Rolling Stock.        (a)   Each Compliance Certificate delivered under Section 7.02(c) shall indicate (i) Dispositions or insurance events with respect to any Term Loan A Equipment (as defined in the Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement) during the relevant period, and (ii) Dispositions or insurance events with respect to any CapX Equipment (as defined in the Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement) during the relevant period. The Rolling Stock of each Loan Party (A) is in good operating condition and repair in all material respects, and all necessary replacements of and repairs thereto shall be made so that the operating efficiency thereof shall be maintained and preserved in all material respects, reasonable wear and tear and casualty events excepted and (B) complies in all material respects with safety standards for over-the-road, for-hire trucking which have been promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Department of Transportation,                                        67

 

including, in each case, comparable applicable laws and regulations under the laws of Canada or any province thereof.        (b)   Schedule 6.29(b) sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date (and as updated in connection with delivery of the Compliance Certificate under Section 7.02(c)) of all locations where Rolling Stock is warehoused, maintained, repaired or otherwise stored (other than when temporarily located in a repair facility due to unexpected mechanical difficulties or minor routine maintenance) when not in over-the-road use (or being loaded or unloaded) in the Ordinary Course of Business.        (c)   No Borrower has entered into any Trade and Replacement Plan with respect to the Rolling Stock, the terms of which have not been disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date.        6.30  Aircraft Matters.        (a)   Schedule 6.30(a) sets forth a true and correct list as of the Effective Date (and as updated in connection with delivery of the Compliance Certificate under Section 7.02(c)) of all Aircraft (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all engines whether or not installed on an airframe) owned or by the Loan Parties (setting forth the manufacturer, model, vintage, manufacturer’s serial number, jurisdiction of registration, registration number, the owner or lessor thereof, the secured party (if any) and whether such Aircraft is subject to an Aircraft Mortgage).        (b)   Schedule 6.30(b) sets forth the location as of the Effective Date (and as updated in connection with delivery of the Compliance Certificate under Section 7.02(c)) of (i) the primary aircraft operations center for each Aircraft owned by the Loan Parties and (ii) Aircraft Parts Designated Locations.        (c)   Each Aircraft Operating Party is an Air Carrier and is a citizen of the United States (as defined in applicable Aircraft Regulations).        (d)   The Loan Parties and the Aircraft comply in all material respects with applicable Aircraft Regulations.        (e)   All Aircraft Permits are in full force and effect, and there are no proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened which challenge the right of any Aircraft Operating Party to operate under any Aircraft Permit applicable to it or its Aircraft.        (f)   Each Loan Party will maintain each of its Aircraft in good operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted.        (g)   Each Loan Party will operate each Aircraft owned by it or any Restricted Subsidiary solely for the purpose of the carriage of cargo in the ordinary course of business, provided, no Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary may use or operate any Aircraft or suffer or permit any Aircraft to be used or operated:             (i)    outside of the United States, Mexico or Canada;             (ii)   in violation of any Aircraft Permits or Aircraft Regulations or in a manner that      could cause any Lender to be in violation of any applicable Aircraft Regulation;                                        68

 

           (iii)  for any purpose for which the Aircraft was not designed or which is illegal;             (iv)   in any circumstances or place where the Aircraft is not covered by the insurances      required to be maintained hereunder or under any Security Instrument; or             (v)    by any other person or entity (whether by lease, sublease or otherwise).        6.31  Reserved.        6.32  Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Effective Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.                                  ARTICLE VII                           AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS        So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, or with respect to Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03, the Borrower Agent shall:        7.01  Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:        (a)   as soon as available and concurrently with the filing thereof with the SEC, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company or, if earlier, the date required to be filed with the SEC (without giving effect to any extension permitted by the SEC), a Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related Consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ investment and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, (i) such Consolidated statements to be audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders (the “Auditor”), which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with audit standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and applicable Securities Laws and shall be unqualified (including any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, but other than any “going concern” or like qualification or exception resulting solely from an upcoming maturity date for the Loans occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered); provided, that along with the foregoing, the Company shall deliver an accounting of leases of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018, and (ii) such statements to be certified by the chief financial officer of the Company to the effect that such statements are fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the Consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries;        (b)   (i)   as soon as available and concurrently with the filing thereof with the SEC, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company or, if earlier, the date required to be filed with the SEC (without giving effect to any extension permitted by the SEC), unaudited Consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of the end of such quarter and the related statements of income and cash flow for such quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then elapsed, on a Consolidated basis for the Company and Subsidiaries, setting forth in comparative form corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year and certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower Agent as prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP and fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for such quarter and period, subject to normal year end adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided, that along with the foregoing, the Company                                        69

 

shall deliver an accounting of leases of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018; and        (ii)  monthly, as soon as available, but in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, unaudited Consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of the end of such month and the related statements of income and cash flow for such month and for the portion of the fiscal year then elapsed, on a Consolidated basis for the Company and Subsidiaries, setting forth in comparative form corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year and certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower Agent as prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP and fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for such month and period, subject to normal year end adjustments and the absence of footnotes;        (c)   as soon as available but not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, annual financial projections of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, consisting of Consolidated balance sheets and statements of income or operations and cash flows.        As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 7.02(d), the Loan Parties shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clause (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Loan Parties to furnish the information and materials described in subsections (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.        7.02  Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders:        (a)   [reserved];        (b)   [reserved];        (c)   a Compliance Certificate executed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or treasurer of Borrower Agent which provides updates, if any, to Schedules 6.08, 6.19, 6.28, 6.29(b), 6.30(a) and 6.30(b) to make the representations and warranties with respect thereto true and correct as of the end of the applicable Measurement Period and includes updates, if any, to Schedule 6.29(a) of the Senior Term Loan Agreement delivered to the lenders thereunder, delivered (i) concurrently with delivery of financial statements under Sections 7.01(a) and 7.01(b) and (ii) as requested by Required Lenders while a Default or Event of Default exists;        (d)   promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement sent to the stockholders of the Company, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Company may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;        (e)   at the Required Lenders’ reasonable request (but not more frequently than monthly unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), a listing of each Borrower’s trade payables, specifying the trade creditor and balance due, and a detailed trade payable aging, all in form reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders; and        (f)   promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the                                        70

 

Required Lenders may from time to time reasonably request, all in form and scope reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.        Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b) or Section 7.02(d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower Agent posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower Agent’s website on the Internet at www.rrts.com; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower Agent’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: the Borrower Agent shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrowers with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for obtaining copies of such documents.        Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on SyndTrak or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Loan Parties or their Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. Each Loan Party hereby agrees that, so long as any Borrower is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities, (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC”, each Loan Party shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to any Loan Party or its securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor”; and (z) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor”. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC.”        7.03  Notices. Promptly notify (or, in the case of clause (m), provide) the Administrative Agent and each Lender:        (a)   of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;        (b)   of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority; (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws; violation or asserted violation of any applicable Law;                                       71

 

      (c)   of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;        (d)   of the occurrence of a Change of Control;        (e)   of the creation or acquisition of any Subsidiary;        (f)   of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary;        (g)   of any change in the Borrower Agent’s chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer or treasurer;        (h)   of the discharge by any Loan Party of its present Auditors or any withdrawal or resignation by such Auditors;        (i)   of any collective bargaining agreement or other labor contract to which a Loan Party becomes a party, or the application for the certification of a collective bargaining agent;        (j)   of the filing of any Lien for unpaid Taxes against any Loan Party in excess of $1,000,000;        (k)   of any casualty or other insured damage to any material portion of the Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any interest in a material portion of the Collateral under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding or if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed;        (l)   [reserved];        (m)   promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material requests or notices received by any Borrower or Subsidiary (other than in the ordinary course of business or to the extent duplicative of notices provided hereunder) and copies of any material statement or report furnished to any lender or holder of any ABL Obligations or Senior Term Loan Obligations; and        (n)   of any failure by any Loan Party to pay rent at any of such Loan Party’s locations where the NOLV of Aircraft Parts at such location in excess of $100,000 if such failure continues for more than fifteen (15) days following the day on which such rent first came due.        Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrowers have taken and propose to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.        7.04  Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being Properly Contested; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property, except to the extent that any such Lien would otherwise be permitted by Section 8.02; and (c) all Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than $11,000,000, as and when                                        72

 

due and payable, but subject to any Subordination Provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.        7.05  Preservation of Existence, Etc. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation except in a transaction permitted by Section 8.04 or 8.05; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered Intellectual Property, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.        7.06  Maintenance of Properties. (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its properties (other than insignificant properties) and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its facilities.        7.07  Maintenance of Insurance; Condemnation Proceeds.        (a)   Maintain with (i) companies having an A.M. Best Rating of at least “A” or (ii) financially sound and reputable insurance companies reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders and not Affiliates of the Loan Parties, insurance with respect to its properties and business (including all-risk hull insurance and liability insurance applicable to Aircraft) against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business and operating in the same or similar locations or as is required by applicable Law, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons and as are reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders;        (b)   Maintain flood insurance with respect to any Mortgaged Property located in any area identified by FEMA (or any successor agency) as a Special Flood Zone with such providers, on such terms and in such amounts as required pursuant to the Flood Disaster Protection Act and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or as otherwise required by the Lenders.        (c)   Cause all casualty policies, including fire and extended coverage policies, maintained with respect to any Collateral to be endorsed or otherwise amended to include (i) a non-contributing mortgagee clause (regarding improvements to Real Property) and lenders’ loss payable clause (regarding personal property), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, which endorsements or amendments shall provide that the insurer shall pay all proceeds otherwise payable to the Loan Parties under the policies directly to the Administrative Agent, (ii) a provision to the effect that none of the Loan Parties, Secured Parties or any other Person shall be a co-insurer and (iii) such other provisions as the Required Lenders may reasonably require from time to time to protect the interests of the Secured Parties.        (d)   Cause commercial general liability (and all-risk hull insurance and liability insurance applicable to Aircraft) policies to be endorsed to name the Administrative Agent as an additional insured; and cause business interruption policies (if any) to name the Administrative Agent as a loss payee and to be endorsed or amended to include (i) a provision that, from and after the Effective Date, the insurer shall pay all proceeds otherwise payable to the Loan Parties under the policies directly to the Administrative                                       73

 

Agent, (ii) a provision to the effect that none of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent or any other party shall be a co-insurer and (iii) such other provisions as the Required Lenders may reasonably require from time to time to protect the interests of the Secured Parties.        (e)   Cause each such policy referred to in this Section 7.07 to also provide that it shall not be canceled, modified or not renewed (i) by reason of nonpayment of premium except upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent (giving the Administrative Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (ii) for any other reason except upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent.        (f)   Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to the cancellation, modification or non-renewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy or insurance certificate (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, including an insurance binder) together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders of payment of the premium therefor.        (g)   Permit any representatives that are designated by the Administrative Agent to inspect the insurance policies maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties and to inspect books and records related thereto and any properties covered thereby. The Loan Parties shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of any representatives retained by the Administrative Agent to conduct any such inspection.        (h)   None of the Secured Parties, or their agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 7.07. Each Loan Party shall look solely to its insurance companies or any other parties other than the Secured Parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against any Secured Party or its agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then the Loan Parties hereby agree, to the extent permitted by law, to waive their right of recovery, if any, against the Secured Parties and their agents and employees. The designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by any Secured Party under this Section 7.07 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by such Secured Party that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of the Loan Parties or the protection of their properties.        7.08  Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws (including without limitation all applicable Environmental Laws, OSHA, safety standards for over- the-road, for-hire trucking which have been promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and Aircraft Regulations including, in each case, comparable applicable laws and regulations under the laws of Canada or any province thereof) and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being Properly Contested; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.        7.09  Books and Records. (a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in all material respects in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Loan Parties or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over any Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.        7.10  Inspection Rights and Appraisals; Meetings with the Administrative Agent.                                       74

 

      (a)   Subject to Section 7.10(b), permit the Administrative Agent or its designees or representatives from time to time, subject to reasonable notice and normal business hours (except, in each case, when a Default or Event of Default exists), to conduct Field Exams and/or appraisals of Aircraft Parts and to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers and Auditors; provided that representatives of the Borrower Agent shall be given the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Auditors. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to any Loan Party to share any results of any Field Exam with any Loan Party. Appraisals shall be shared with the Borrower Agent upon request. The Loan Parties acknowledge that all Field Exams, appraisals and reports are prepared by or for the Administrative Agent and Lenders for their purposes, and Loan Parties shall not be entitled to rely upon them.        (b)   Reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket charges, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with up to one appraisal of parts inventory and Field Exam during any twelve (12) month period; provided, however, that if a Field Exam or appraisal is initiated during a Default or Event of Default, (x) all reasonable and documented out-of- pocket charges, costs and expenses therefor shall be reimbursed by the Loan Parties without regard to such limits and (y) there shall be no limitation on the number or frequency of such Field Exams or appraisals of parts inventory. In addition, (i) during the continuance of an Event of Default, in the Required Lenders’ discretion, the Administrative Agent may request appraisals of Aircraft and Rolling Stock without limitation on the number or frequency of such appraisals, all of which shall be at the Company’s expense and (ii) the Required Lenders shall conduct one (1) appraisal of Term Loan Equipment after the Effective Date (which the Required Lenders intend to conduct within 60 days of the Effective Date), which appraisal shall be conducted at Company’s expense.        (c)   Without limiting the foregoing, participate and will cause their key management personnel to participate in telephonic or other meetings with the Administrative Agent and Lenders periodically during each year, which meetings shall be held at such times and such places as may be reasonably requested by the Required Lenders.        7.11  Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions in the case of the Term Loan Facilities to pay fees and expenses in connection with the Transactions and for ordinary course working capital purposes. None of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions will be used, directly or indirectly, (a) to finance or refinance dealings or transactions by or with any Person that is described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or is otherwise a Person officially sanctioned by the United States of America pursuant to the OFAC Sanctions Program or (b) for any purpose that is otherwise in violation of the Trading with the Enemy Act, the OFAC Sanctions Program, the PATRIOT Act or CISADA (collectively, the “Foreign Activities Laws”).        7.12  New Subsidiaries. As soon as practicable but in any event within 30 Business Days following the acquisition or creation of any Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), or the time any existing Excluded Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, or the Division of any Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary that is or becomes a Foreign Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary), cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent each of the following, as applicable:        (a)   a joinder agreement reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders duly executed by such Domestic Subsidiary sufficient to cause such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor (or, with the consent of the Required Lenders, a Borrower hereunder), together with executed counterparts of each other Loan Document reasonably requested by the Required Lenders, including all Security Instruments and other                                        75

 

documents reasonably requested to establish and preserve the Lien of the Administrative Agent in all Collateral of such Domestic Subsidiary;        (b)   (i) Uniform Commercial Code financing statements naming such Person as “Debtor” and naming the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as “Secured Party,” in form, substance and number sufficient in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders and its special counsel to be filed in all Uniform Commercial Code filing offices and in all jurisdictions in which filing is necessary to perfect in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties the Lien on the Collateral conferred under such Security Instrument to the extent such Lien may be perfected by Uniform Commercial Code filing, and (ii) pledge agreements, security agreements, control agreements, and original collateral (including pledged Equity Interests (other than Excluded Equity Interests), Securities and Instruments) and such other documents and agreements as may be reasonably required by the Required Lenders, all as necessary to establish and maintain a valid, perfected security interest in all Collateral in which such Domestic Subsidiary has an interest consistent with the terms of the Loan Documents;        (c)   upon the reasonable request of the Required Lenders, an opinion of counsel to each such Domestic Subsidiary and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, each of which opinions may be in form and substance, including assumptions and qualifications contained therein, substantially similar to those opinions of counsel delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a);        (d)   current copies of the Organization Documents of each such Domestic Subsidiary, together with minutes of duly called and conducted meetings (or duly effected consent actions) of the Board of Directors, partners, or appropriate committees thereof (and, if required by such Organization Documents or applicable law, of the shareholders, members or partners) of such Person authorizing the actions and the execution and delivery of documents described in this Section 7.12, all certified by a Responsible Officer of such Domestic Subsidiary (and applicable Governmental Authority in the case of charter documents); and        (e)   with respect to any Subsidiary to become a Borrower hereunder, within five (5) Business Days prior to becoming a Borrower, all “know-your-customer” and customer due diligence documentation satisfactory to the Lenders to the extent such information is requested by the Lenders reasonably promptly after written notice to the Administrative Agent of the proposed joinder of a Borrower.        (f)   if any holder of the ABL Obligations or Senior Term Loan Obligations or any agent thereof receives any guaranty from any Person, or is granted additional collateral to secure such ABL Obligations or Senior Term Loan Obligations after the Effective Date, the Loan Parties shall cause the same to be granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to the extent required by the Intercreditor Agreement.        7.13  Compliance with ERISA. Do, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following: (a) maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws; (b) cause each Plan which is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code to maintain such qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to any Plan subject to the Pension Funding Rules. At no time shall the accumulated benefit obligations under any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA that is not a Multiemployer Plan exceed the Fair Market Value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such benefits by more than $550,000. The Loan Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries shall not withdraw, and shall cause each ERISA Affiliate not to withdraw, in whole or in part, from any Multiemployer Plan so as to give rise to withdrawal liability exceeding $550,000 in the                                       76

 

aggregate. At no time shall the actuarial present value of unfunded liabilities for post-employment health care benefits, whether or not provided under a Plan, calculated in a manner consistent with Statement No. 106 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, exceed $550,000.        7.14  Further Assurances. At the Borrowers’ cost and expense, upon reasonable request of the Required Lenders, duly execute and deliver or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such further information, instruments, documents, certificates, financing and continuation statements, and do and cause to be done such further acts that may be reasonably necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement, the Security Instruments and the other Loan Document, including, to create, continue or preserve the liens and security interests in Collateral (and the perfection and priority thereof) of the Administrative Agent contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents and specifically including all Collateral acquired by the Borrowers after the Effective Date.        7.15  Licenses. (a) Keep in full force and effect each License (i) the expiration or termination of which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the realizable value in the use or sale of a material amount of Aircraft Parts or (ii) the expiration or termination of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (each a “Material License”); (b) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of (i) any material modification to any such Material License that could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent or any Lender and (ii) entering into any new Material License; (c) pay all Royalties (other than immaterial Royalties or Royalties being Properly Contested) arising under such Material Licenses when due (subject to any cure or grace period applicable thereto); and (d) notify the Administrative Agent of any material default or material breach asserted in writing by any Person to have occurred under any such Material License.        7.16  Environmental Laws. (a) Conduct its operations and keep and maintain its Real Property in material compliance with all Environmental Laws, other than any such non-compliance which would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect; (b) obtain and renew all environmental permits necessary for its operations and properties, other than any environmental permits the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) implement any and all investigation, remediation, removal and response actions that are required to comply with Environmental Laws pertaining to the presence, generation, treatment, storage, use, disposal, transportation or release of any Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under or about any of its Real Property other than any such non- compliance which would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.        7.17  Leases, Mortgages and Third-Party Agreements.        (a)   Upon request, provide Administrative Agent with copies of all existing and future agreements (including any mortgage, deed of trust or similar security document) entered into between a Loan Party and any landlord, warehouseman, processor, shipper, bailee or other Person that owns, or has a mortgage or similar lien on, any premises at which any Collateral (excluding Rolling Stock and Aircraft) with an aggregate value of $250,000 or greater may be kept or that otherwise may possess any Collateral (excluding Rolling Stock and Aircraft) with an aggregate value of $250,000 or greater (each a “Material Third-Party Agreement”).        (b)   Except as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, (i) make all payments and otherwise perform all obligations in respect of all leases and all mortgages, deeds of trust or similar security documents constituting Material Third-Party Agreements and not allow such leases to lapse or be terminated (or any rights to renew such leases to be forfeited or cancelled), (ii) notify the Administrative                                       77

 

Agent of any default by the applicable Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such leases or mortgages, deeds of trust or similar security documents and (iii) promptly cure any such default by the applicable Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary. If any such default is not so cured, each Loan Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent (as its non-fiduciary agent and on its behalf) to, if elected by the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, make such payments and/or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may elect in order to cure any such default (whether or not an Event of Default under this Agreement exists at such time). Each Loan Party agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to exercise any right to cure hereunder, whether or not such right is exercised on any one or more occasions.        7.18  Material Contracts. Perform and observe all the payment terms and other material terms and provisions of each Material Contract to be performed or observed by it, maintain each such Material Contract in full force and effect, enforce each such Material Contract in accordance with its terms, take all such action to such end as may be from time to time reasonably requested by the Required Lenders and, upon reasonable request of the Required Lenders, make to each other party to each such Material Contract such demands and requests for information and reports or for action as any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled to make under such Material Contract, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so, except, in any case, where the failure to do any of the foregoing, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.        7.19  Reserved.        7.20  Reserved.        7.21  Post-Closing Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth below as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event within the time limit specified below, or such later date as the Required Lenders agree to in writing:        (a)   [To be specified].        7.22  Beneficial Ownership Regulation. The Borrower shall provide written notice of any applicable changes relating to compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purpose of compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.                                  ARTICLE VIII                             NEGATIVE COVENANTS        So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:        8.01  Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or issue any Disqualified Equity Interest, except:        (a)   Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;        (b)   Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date and listed on Schedule 8.01;                                         78

 

      (c)   Guarantees of any Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Loan Party otherwise permitted hereunder; provided that (i) any Guarantee of Indebtedness permitted hereunder that is subordinated to the Obligations shall be subordinated to the Obligations on substantially the same terms as such guaranteed Indebtedness and (ii) in the case of any Guarantee by any Loan Party of any non-Loan Party, the related Investment is permitted under Section 8.03 (other than Section 8.03(e));        (d)   obligations (contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Swap Contract; provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the Ordinary Course of Business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks reasonably anticipated by such Person associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, cash flows of or property held by, or changes in the value of securities issued by, such Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view” and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party; provided further, however, that the Swap Termination Value of all such Swap Contracts, together with the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(f) any one time outstanding, shall not exceed $110,000,000;        (e)   Indebtedness arising in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with treasury management and commercial credit card, merchant card and purchase or procurement card services including Treasury Management and Other Services;        (f)   Without duplication of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(x), Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations for Real Property and fixed or capital assets within the limitations set forth in Section 8.02(i); provided that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness at any one time outstanding, together with the Swap Termination Value of all Swap Contracts permitted under Section 8.01(d), shall not exceed $110,000,000; provided, that for purposes of measuring compliance with this Section 8.01(f), the accounting of leases shall be in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018;        (g)   the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business;        (h)   Indebtedness in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letters of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business in respect of workers’ compensation and other casualty claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers’ compensation and other casualty claims;        (i)   Indebtedness incurred or arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and not in connection with the borrowing of money in respect of (i) obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms; (ii) performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, performance and completion guarantees and similar instruments or obligations; and (iii) without duplication of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(q) below, obligations to pay insurance premiums;        (j)   Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;        (k)   surety bonds, deposits and similar obligations permitted under Section 8.02(e) or (f);                                        79

 

      (l)   unsecured Indebtedness of (i) any Loan Party owing to any other Loan Party, (ii) any Loan Party owing to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that any such Indebtedness described in this clause (ii) (x) bears interest (and provided for fees) at a rate (or amount) no greater than the then current arm’s length market rate (or amount) for similar Indebtedness, (y) does not require the payment in cash of principal (at maturity or otherwise) prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Maturity Date and (z) is subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, (iii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party owing to any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (iv) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party owing to any Loan Party; provided that any such Indebtedness described in this clause (iv) which is owing to a Loan Party, shall (x) to the extent the aggregate principal amount thereof is in excess of $1,000,000, be evidenced by promissory notes in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders and pledged to the Administrative Agent on terms acceptable to it, (y) be permitted under Section 8.03(c)(iv) or Section 8.03(g), and (z) not be forgiven or otherwise discharged for any consideration other than payment in full in cash unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent;        (m)   the Obligations (as defined in the ABL Loan Agreement) in an amount not to exceed $275,000,000, the Credit Product Obligations (as defined in the ABL Loan Agreement) and any Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is secured only by Liens permitted under Section 8.02(n);        (n)   Subordinated Debt;        (o)   Indebtedness incurred in connection with any Permitted Earn-Out Payment;         (p)   Contingent Obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with Dispositions permitted under Section 8.05(b);         (q)   Without duplication of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(i)(iii) above, Indebtedness incurred in connection with the financing of insurance premiums in the Ordinary Course of Business;        (r)   Contingent Obligations arising under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue to the Administrative Agent and/or for the benefit of providers of ABL Obligations or Senior Term Loan Obligations title insurance policies;        (s)   Contingent Obligations related to guaranty obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to operating leases of the Company’s Domestic Subsidiaries for terminal facilities and other contract obligations (other than Indebtedness) of the Company’s Domestic Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Agreement so long as the same remain Contingent Obligations;        (t)   Contingent Obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of sellers in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;        (u)   Indebtedness or Contingent Obligations related to co-borrower or guaranty obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to loans obtained by independent contractors of the Company or its Subsidiaries for the purpose of such independent contractor acquiring trucks or trailers;  provided that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligations, together with the aggregate amount of Investments permitted under Section 8.03(i), shall not exceed $16,500,000 at any one time outstanding;                                         80

 

      (v)   Assumed Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate amount of such Assumed Indebtedness does not exceed $8,250,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;        (w)   Refinancing Indebtedness;        (x)   Without duplication of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(f) above, Attributable Indebtedness; provide that the aggregate amount of such Attributable Indebtedness does not exceed $11,000,000 at any time outstanding;        (y)   Indebtedness under the Acceptable Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement (as defined in the ABL Loan Agreement); and        (z)   the Obligations (as defined in the Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement) in an amount not to exceed $71,500,000 and any Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is secured only by Liens permitted under Section 8.02(q).        8.02  Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):        (a)   Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;        (b)   Liens existing on the Effective Date as described on Schedule 8.02 (setting forth, as of the Effective Date, the lienholder thereof, the principal amount of the obligations secured thereby and the property or assets of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary subject thereto) and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property, and (ii) the obligations secured or benefited thereby constitutes Refinancing Indebtedness;        (c)   Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges, not yet due or which are being Properly Contested, and which in all cases are junior to the Lien of the Administrative Agent;        (d)   Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, landlords or other like Liens imposed by Law or arising in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being Properly Contested;        (e)   Liens, pledges or deposits in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with (i) insurance, workers compensation, unemployment insurance and social security legislation, (ii) contracts, bids, government contracts, and surety, appeal, customs, performance and return-of-money bonds and (iii) other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations in respect of the payment for borrowed money), whether pursuant to contracts, statutory requirements, common law or consensual arrangements, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;        (f)   Liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business consisting of deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case, incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;        (g)   Liens with respect to minor defects in title and easements, rights-of-way, covenants, consents, reservations, encroachments, variations and zoning and other similar restrictions, charges, encumbrances or title defects affecting Real Property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or                                        81

 

materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person and do not materially detract from the value of or materially impair the use by the Loan Parties in the Ordinary Course of Business of the property subject to or to be subject to such encumbrance;        (h)   Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01 or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such judgments, and which in all cases are junior to the Lien of the Administrative Agent;        (i)   Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(f); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness (including any leases and chattel paper related to such property, any lease or rental payments related to such property and any proceeds of such property) and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or Fair Market Value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition;        (j)   Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding leases entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;        (k)   operating leases or subleases (other than leases or sublease of any Aircraft subject to an Aircraft Mortgage) granted by the Loan Parties to any other Person in the Ordinary Course of Business;        (l)   Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC or any comparable or successor provision on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and (c) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;        (m)   Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities imposed by Law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods and arising in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being Properly Contested;        (n)   Liens on the collateral securing the ABL Obligations to the extent such Liens are permitted by and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;        (o)   Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;        (p)   Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section so long as neither (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby, nor (ii) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date such Lien is incurred) exceeds (as to all Loan Parties) $2,750,000 at any time; provided that such Lien shall not attach to any Accounts, Aircraft Parts, Rolling Stock or Aircraft; and        (q)   Liens on the collateral securing the Senior Term Loan Obligations to the extent such Liens are permitted by and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.        8.03  Investments. Make or maintain any Investments, except:        (a)   Investments held by the Loan Parties in the form of Cash Equivalents that are (i) subject to the Administrative Agent’s Lien and control, pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, or (ii) maintained in an Excluded Deposit Account;                                        82

 

      (b)   loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Loan Parties and Restricted Subsidiaries made in the Ordinary Course of Business in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $5,500,000;        (c)   (i) Investments in Subsidiaries outstanding on the Effective Date, (ii) Investments in Loan Parties, (iii) Investments by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, and (iv) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Investment, Investments by Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,500,000;        (d)   Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the Ordinary Course of Business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled Account Debtors (including in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization) to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;        (e)   Guarantees permitted by Section 8.01;        (f)   Investments existing as of the Effective Date as described in Schedule 8.03 (setting forth, as of the Effective Date, the amount, obligor or issuer and maturity, if any, thereof) and extensions or renewals thereof, provided that no such extension or renewal shall be permitted if it would (i) increase the amount of such Investment at the time of such extension or renewal or (ii) result in a Default hereunder;        (g)   Investments (including Acquisitions) acquired or arising in connection with a Permitted Acquisition;        (h)   Deposits made in the Ordinary Course of Business securing obligations or performance under contracts, such as in connection with real estate or personal property leases;         (i)   Loans made by the Company or its Subsidiaries to independent contractors of the Company or its Subsidiaries for the purpose of such independent contractor acquiring trucks or trailers;  provided that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligations, together with the aggregate amount of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(u), shall not exceed $16,500,000 at any one time outstanding;         (j)   [reserved];        (k)   promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by Section 8.05;        (l)   other Investments (other than Acquisitions) so long as the Payment Conditions are satisfied with respect thereto (a “Specified Investment”); and        (m)   so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Investment, additional Investments not otherwise expressly permitted by this Section, Investments by any Loan Party in an aggregate amount (valued at cost) not to exceed $2,750,000 during the term of this Agreement.        8.04  Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person or Divide any Loan Party to their Subsidiaries, except that, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom:                                        83

 

      (a)   any Subsidiary of the Company may merge or consolidate with or liquidate or dissolve into a Loan Party; provided, that, (i) the Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (ii) a Borrower may not merge into the Company and (iii) in the case of any merger of a Borrower and a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person;        (b)   in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, any Subsidiary of a Loan Party may merge with or into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge with or into or consolidate with it; provided, that, (i) the Person surviving such merger shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party and (ii) in the case of any such merger to which any Loan Party is a party, such Loan Party is the surviving Person or the surviving Person becomes a Loan Party; provided, further that the Company shall be the surviving Person in the case of any merger with the Company;        (c)   any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge into any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that, when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is merging with another Subsidiary that is not wholly-owned, the wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person; and        (d)   any Loan Party (other than the Company) may dissolve or liquidate if the Borrower Agent determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interest of the Loan Parties and is not materially disadvantageous to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders; provided that such Loan Party shall at or before the time of such dissolution or liquidation, transfer its assets to a Loan Party (or, if such Loan Party was a Borrower, to a Borrower).        8.05  Dispositions. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:        (a)   Dispositions of Cash Equivalents, each in the Ordinary Course of Business;        (b)   Dispositions for at least Fair Market Value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company if the Fair Market Value is reasonably likely to be more than $1,100,000) so long as (i) the net book value of all assets sold or otherwise disposed of in any fiscal year by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, does not constitute a substantial portion of the property of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or otherwise exceed 0% of the net book value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the preceding fiscal year (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Disposition, and (iii) all proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.06(c);        (c)   Dispositions that constitute (i) an Investments permitted under Section 8.03, (ii) a Lien permitted under Section 8.02, (iii) a merger, dissolution, consolidation or liquidation permitted under Section 8.04(a), or (iv) a Restricted Payment permitted under Section 8.06;        (d)   Dispositions that result from a casualty or condemnation in respect of such property or assets and is not otherwise an Event of Default so long as all proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.06(c);        (e)   the licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other Intellectual Property rights in the Ordinary Course of Business,        (f)   (i) the lapse of immaterial registered patents, trademarks, copyrights and other Intellectual Property to the extent maintaining such registered Intellectual Property is not economically desirable in the conduct of its business or (ii) the abandonment of patents, trademarks, copyrights, or                                        84

 

other intellectual property rights in the Ordinary Course of Business so long as in each case under clauses (i) and (ii), such lapse or abandonment is not materially adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties;        (g)   the leasing or subleasing of assets (other than sale and leaseback transactions prohibited under Section 8.15) in the Ordinary Course of Business;        (h)   Dispositions that consist of the sale or discount in the Ordinary Course of Business of overdue Accounts in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof; provided that the Net Cash Proceeds from such Disposition shall be deposited in a Controlled Deposit Account;        (i)   Dispositions among the Loan Parties or by any Subsidiary to a Loan Party;        (j)   Dispositions by any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;        (k)   Dispositions of surplus, outdated, obsolete or worn out property in the Ordinary Course of Business; or        (l)   “Specified Dispositions” as defined in the Senior Loan Documents to the extent permitted by the Senior Loan Documents; or        (m)   other Dispositions of assets so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Disposition and (ii) the Fair Market Value of all such assets Disposed of, whether individually or in a series of related transactions, does not exceed $5,500,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year.        8.06  Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:        (a)   each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments, directly or indirectly, to any Borrower;        (b)   the Company and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common Equity Interests of such Person;        (c)   the Company, the Borrowers and each Restricted Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares of its common stock or other common Equity Interests or warrants or options to acquire any such shares in connection with customary employee or management agreements, plans or arrangements, all in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,100,000 during the term of this Agreement;        (d)   the Borrower may acquire its common stock upon the exercise of stock options or the vesting of restricted stock units if such common stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such stock options or in connection with tax withholding obligations arising in connection with such exercise or vesting of securities held by any current or former director, officer or employee of any Loan Party or Subsidiary, all in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,100,000 during any fiscal year; and        (e)   the Company shall be permitted to make any other Restricted Payment if the Payment Conditions are satisfied with respect thereto.        8.07  Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries on the Effective Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.                                        85

 

      8.08  Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of any Loan Party, whether or not in the Ordinary Course of Business, other than:        (a)   transactions on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate;        (b)   transactions between or among the Loan Parties;        (c)   subject to the terms and conditions of Section 8.06(e), each of the Permitted Earn-Out Payments; and        (d)   transactions pursuant to agreements in existence or contemplated on the Effective Date as set forth on Schedule 8.08 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse to the Secured Parties in any material respect.        8.09  Burdensome Agreements. Enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement, the ABL Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document) that:        (a)   requires the grant of a Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure another obligation of such Person; or        (b)   limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Company or any Borrower or to otherwise transfer property to the Company or any Borrower, (ii) of any Subsidiary to Guarantee the Indebtedness of the Borrowers or become a direct Borrower hereunder, or (iii) of any Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person; provided, however, that this clause (iii) shall not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(e) solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness.        8.10  Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, in any manner that might cause the Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulations T, U or X of the FRB, in each case as in effect on the date or dates of such Credit Extension and such use of proceeds.        8.11  Prepayment of Indebtedness; Amendment to Material Agreements.        (a)   Make or pay, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of (x) principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness or (y) any amounts under the Acceptable Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement (as defined in the ABL Loan Agreement), including any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses, except:             (i)    payments when due of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments      (including mandatory prepayments arising as a result of a change of control or sale of substantially      all assets), other than (x) payments in respect of any Subordinated Debt prohibited by the      Subordination Provisions thereof and (y) any payment in respect of the Acceptable Letter of Credit      Reimbursement Agreement (as defined in the ABL Loan Agreement);                                        86

 

           (ii)   payments made through the incurrence of Refinancing Indebtedness;             (iii)  payments of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary      sale or transfer permitted hereunder of the property securing such Indebtedness;             (iv)   payments made solely from and substantially contemporaneously with the      proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests by the Company (other than Disqualified Equity      Interests);             (v)    optional payment, prepayments or redemptions in respect of any Indebtedness      (other than Subordinated Debt to the extent contrary to the Subordination Provisions applicable      thereto) so long as the Payment Conditions are satisfied (a “Specified Debt Payment”); and             (vi)   payments under paragraph 3 of the Acceptable Letter of Credit Reimbursement      Agreement (as defined in the ABL Loan Agreement) after satisfaction of the conditions set forth      therein.        (b)   Amend, modify or change in any manner any term or condition of any Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(b), (d), (f), (g), (j), (l) or (n) outstanding on the Effective Date, in each case so that the terms and conditions thereof are less favorable in any material respect to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders than the terms of such Indebtedness as of the Effective Date.        (c)   Amend, modify or change in any manner any term or condition of the Senior Loan Documents, unless such modifications are expressly permitted by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.        (d)   Amend, modify or change in any manner any term or condition of the Acceptable Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement (as defined in the ABL Loan Agreement) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders).        8.12  Reserved.        8.13  Creation of New Subsidiaries. Create or acquire any new Subsidiary after the Effective Date other than Subsidiaries created or acquired in accordance with Section 7.12.        8.14  Securities of Subsidiaries. Permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any Equity Interests (whether for value or otherwise) to any Person other than a Loan Party.        8.15  Sale and Leaseback. Enter into any agreement or arrangement with any other Person providing for the leasing by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary to such other Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”), unless (a) the Disposition of the property subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted by Section 8.05, and the Fair Market Value of all property sold in any fiscal year is not in excess of $11,000,000, (b) the applicable Loan Party would be entitled to incur Liens with respect to such transaction pursuant to Section 8.02 and such Lien shall not attach to any property of the Company and its Subsidiaries other than the property subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, (c) the Indebtedness in respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted under Section 8.01(x) (measured as the Attributable Indebtedness with respect to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction), and the aggregate principal amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect of all Sale and Leaseback Transactions                                       87

 

shall not exceed $11,000,000, (d) the Net Cash Proceeds received by the applicable Loan Party in connection with such transaction are at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined by the board of directors of the Company or a member of the senior management of the Company) of such property and (e) not less than 80% of the purchase price for the property subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.        8.16  Organization Documents; Fiscal Year. (a) Amend, modify or otherwise change any of its Organization Documents in any material respect, except in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 8.04, but in any case not in any manner that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the interests of the Secured Parties; provided, however, that the Lenders agree that the Company may amend its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation without any further consent of the Lenders to (i) effect a reverse stock split of the Company at a ratio determined by the Board of Directors of the Company and (ii) reduce the number of authorized shares of the common stock of the Company in a corresponding proportion to such reverse stock split or (b) change its fiscal year.        8.17  Reserved.        8.18  Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Laws and Regulations. Permit any other Controlled Entity or any authorized agent of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, acting on behalf of such Loan Party or any such Subsidiary, or any other Controlled Entity, to:        (a)   become (including by virtue of being owned or controlled by a Blocked Person), own or control a Blocked Person or any Person that is the target of sanctions imposed by the United Nations or by the European Union;        (b)   directly or indirectly have any investment in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including, without limitation, any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Credit Extensions) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (A) would cause any Secured Party to be in violation of any law or regulation applicable to such Secured Party or (B) is prohibited by or subject to sanctions under any U.S. Economic Sanctions;        (c)   conduct, engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, or facilitate a violation of, any of the prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No. 13224, the Currency and Foreign Regulations Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act), the PATRIOT Act, the Money Laundering Control Act or any other United States anti-money laundering or anti-terrorism law or regulation (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”); or        (d)   engage, or permit any of its Affiliates to engage, in any activity that could reasonably be expected to subject such Person or any Secured Party to sanctions under CISADA or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.        8.19  Economic Sanctions Laws and Regulations. Permit any other Controlled Entity or any authorized agent of such Loan Party or their respective Subsidiaries or any other Controlled Entity to conduct, transact, engage in, or facilitate, any business or activity on behalf of such Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in violation of the Foreign Activities Law.        8.20  Reserved.        8.21  Aircraft Operations. (a) fail to maintain any Aircraft Permit applicable to it, (b) fail to operate and maintain any Aircraft in all material respects in compliance with all Aircraft Regulations, or                                       88

 

(c) receive notice from any Governmental Authority of its intent to revoke or cancel any Aircraft Permit and such Governmental Authority does not agree in writing to withdraw such revocation or cancelation within 20 Business Days of receipt of such notice.                                   ARTICLE IX                      EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES        9.01  Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default”:        (a)   Non-Payment. Any Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii) within five days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan, any commitment or other fee due hereunder, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or        (b)   Specific Covenants. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained (i) in any of Sections 4.04, 6.30(g), 7.03(a), 7.03(b), 7.05(a), 7.07, 7.10, 7.11, 7.21, or 7.22 or Article VIII, or (ii) in any of Sections 7.01(a), 7.01(b), 7.02(c) or 7.02(f), and such failure under this clause (ii) continues for three (3) or more Business Days; or        (c)   Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days after receipt of notice of such default by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent from the Administrative Agent; or        (d)   Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading when made or deemed made in any material respect (or in any respect if qualified by materiality); or        (e)   Cross-Default. (i) With respect to the ABL Obligations and the Senior Term Loan Obligations, any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise, and after the passage of any grace period) in respect of any such Indebtedness or guarantee, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, and such default continues for more than the grace or cure period, if any, therein specified, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder of such Indebtedness or beneficiary of such guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded, (ii) with respect to any Indebtedness or guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder, the Senior Term Loan Obligations, the ABL Obligations and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise, and after passage of any grace period) in respect of any such Indebtedness or guarantee, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any                                       89

 

other event occurs, and such default continues for more than the grace or cure period, if any, therein specified, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder of such Indebtedness or beneficiary of such guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (iii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or        (f)   Insolvency Events. Any Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to any Loan Party; or        (g)   Inability to Pay Debts. Any Loan Party becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due; or        (h)   Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non- monetary final judgments that have, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, such judgment or order remains unvacated and unpaid and either (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or        (i)   ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or        (j)   Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, or any Lien granted thereunder, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason, other than as expressly permitted hereunder or upon Payment in Full, ceases to be in full force and effect (except with respect to immaterial assets and except as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent (or its agent) to maintain possession of any stock certificates, certificates of title, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Agreement)); or any Borrower or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any Lien granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Instruments; or any Borrower denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or any party to the Intercreditor Agreement contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of the Intercreditor Agreement or denies that it has any liability or obligation thereunder or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind the Intercreditor Agreement; or        (k)   Indictment. (i) Any Loan Party is (A) criminally indicted or convicted of a felony for fraud or dishonesty in connection with the Loan Parties’ business or (B) charged by a Governmental                                        90

 

Authority under any law that would reasonably be expected to lead to forfeiture of any material portion of Collateral, or (ii) any director or senior officer of any Loan Party is (A) criminally indicted or convicted of a felony for fraud or dishonesty in connection with the Loan Parties’ business, unless such director or senior officer promptly resigns or is removed or replaced or (B) charged by a Governmental Authority under any law that would reasonably be expected to lead to forfeiture of any material portion of Collateral; or        (l)   [Reserved].        (m)   Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.        9.02  Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent, and at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, take any or all of the following actions:        (a)   declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;        (b)   declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other Loan Obligations owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers;        (c)   [reserved]; and        (d)   exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law;  provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9.01(f), the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender;  No remedy herein is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or any other provision of Law.        9.03  Application of Funds.        (a)   Subject to Section 9.03(b) below, all payments made by Loan Parties in respect of the Loan Obligations shall be applied (a) first, as specifically required in the Loan Documents; (b) second, to Loan Obligations then due and owing; (c) third, to other Loan Obligations specified by Borrower Agent; and (d) fourth, as determined by the Required Lenders in their discretion.        (b)   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, after the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:                                         91

 

            First, to all fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article IV) due to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such, until paid in full;              Second, to that portion of the Loan Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts payable to the Lenders (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them until paid in full;              Third, to that portion of the Loan Obligations constituting accrued and interest on the Term Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them until paid in full;              Fourth, to that portion of the Loan Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Term Loans, any remainder of the proceeds to be distributed ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them until paid in full;              Fifth, with respect to any other Loan Obligations, any remainder of the proceeds of Term Loan A Equipment to be distributed ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth payable to them until paid in full;              Sixth, to all other Obligations that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, or any of them, on such date, ratably based on the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date until paid in full; and              Last, the balance, if any, after Payment in Full, to the Borrowers or as otherwise required by Law.        (c)   For purposes of Section 9.03(b), “paid in full” of a type of Obligation means payment in cash or immediately available funds of all amounts owing on account of such type of Obligation, including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Event, default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, irrespective of whether any of the foregoing would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws.        (d)   Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any application of amounts made by it in good faith under this Section 9.03, notwithstanding the fact that any such application is subsequently determined to have been made in error.                                   ARTICLE X                            ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT        10.01 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints U.S. Bank National Association to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and no Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations                                        92

 

arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. It is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Administrative Agent is not guaranteeing performance of or assuming any liability for the obligations of the Borrower or other parties hereto or any parties to the Collateral. The Administrative Agent shall not have liability for any failure, inability or unwillingness on the part of the Borrower to provide accurate and complete information on a timely basis to the Administrative Agent, or otherwise on the part of any such party to comply with the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracy or error in the performance or observance on the Administrative Agent’s part of any of its duties hereunder or under the other Loan Documents that is caused by or results from any such inaccurate, incomplete or untimely information received by it, or other failure on the part of any such other party to comply with the terms hereof. The Lenders hereby authorize and empower the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver on their behalf the Loan Documents and all related agreements, documents or instruments as shall be necessary or appropriate as determined by the Lenders in good form and in the forms presented to the Administrative Agent as of the date hereof in order to effectuate the purposes of the Loan Documents and any such other related agreements, documents and instruments. The Administrative Agent shall be exonerated from liability to any Lender or other Person for any error in judgment or mistake except to the extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non- appealable decision) of the Administrative Agent.  Each Lender and each other Secured Party (by acceptance of the benefits of the Security Instruments) hereby acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement, agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement to the extent then in effect, and authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement as Administrative Agent and on behalf of such Lender or Secured Party.  For purposes of clarity, phrases such as “satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,” “approved by the Administrative Agent,” “acceptable to the Administrative Agent,” “as determined by the Administrative Agent,” “in the Administrative Agent’s discretion,” “selected by the Administrative Agent,” “elected by the Administrative Agent,” “requested by the Administrative Agent,” and phrases of similar import that authorize and permit the Administrative Agent to approve, disapprove, determine, act or decline to act in its discretion shall be subject to the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receiving written direction from the Lenders or Required Lenders, as applicable, to take such action or to exercise such rights (it being understood that nothing contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall impose a duty on the Administrative Agent to make any such determination or take any action independent of such written direction from the Lenders or the Required Lenders or exercise any discretionary acts).  As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including collection of any Obligations) or any matter that would require the Administrative Agent to exercise any discretion hereunder or under any other Loan Document, including without limitation, in connection with the enforcement of any right or remedy under the Loan Documents whether before or after a default, in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding (or similar relief) or otherwise, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) solely upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding; provided however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action at the direction of the Required Lenders or otherwise which exposes the Administrative Agent to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or applicable legal requirements unless the Administrative Agent is furnished with an indemnification satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect thereto. The Administrative Agent may at any time request instructions from the Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which by the terms of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents the Administrative Agent is permitted or required to take or to grant.                                       93

 

Whether or not the Administrative Agent makes such a request, at all times except with respect to an express obligation set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining. If, in performing its duties under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent is required to decide between alternative courses of action or has received conflicting directions or any other directions from Lenders who do not satisfy the definition of Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may refrain from taking any action until it receives instructions from the Required Lenders.  Each Lender agrees that in any instance in which this Agreement or any other Loan Document provides that the Administrative Agent’s consent may not be unreasonably withheld, provide for the exercise of the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, or provide to a similar effect, it shall not in its instructions (or, by refusing to provide instruction) to the Administrative Agent withhold its consent or exercise its discretion in an unreasonable manner.        10.02 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative 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 Loan Parties or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.        10.03 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative 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 Administrative Agent:        (a)   shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a 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 Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required 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 Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law;        (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 any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity;        (d)   The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions of this Agreement relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (i) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or (ii) have any liability with respect to or                                        94

 

arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution;        (e)   Without limiting the foregoing, the Lenders shall not have any right of action whatsoever against the Administrative Agent as a result of its acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary);        (f)   Nothing herein or in any other Loan Document or related documents shall obligate the Administrative Agent to advance, expend or risk its own funds, or to take any action which in its reasonable judgment may cause it to incur any expense or financial or other liability for which it is not adequately indemnified.        (g)   The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or other disasters; and        (h)   The Administrative Agent will provide copies of notices, certificates and reports that it receives from the Borrower to the Lenders to the extent they are not required to be delivered to Lenders by the Borrower or any other party to this Agreement, and shall have no obligation to review such notices, certificates or reports except as expressly provided herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be under a duty to examine or independently evaluate, and shall not be charged with knowledge or notice of, the contents of any financial statements or reports delivered to it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, it being acknowledged that such deliveries are for the purpose of making such materials available to the Lenders.        The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with the Loan Documents, except for direct (as opposed to consequential) losses directly and solely caused by the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision). The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 9.02). The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower Agent or a Lender.        The Administrative 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 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 V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.                                         95

 

      10.04 Reliance by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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 website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative 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 that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), 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. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except for its or their own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.        10.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative 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 Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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 Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for any acts or omissions of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.        10.06 Resignation of the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower Agent. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower Agent, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower Agent 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 Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any Collateral held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such Collateral until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative 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 Section). The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its                                       96

 

predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative 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 Administrative Agent was acting as the Administrative Agent.        10.07 Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent 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 also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent 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.        10.08 [Reserved].        10.09 The Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise        (a)   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 and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(h), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and        (b)   to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;  and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.        Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.        The Loan Parties and the Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, to (a) credit bid and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof                                       97

 

conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, including under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or any similar Laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) credit bid and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any other sale or foreclosure conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with applicable Law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims being estimated for such purpose if the fixing or liquidation thereof would not unduly delay the ability of the Administrative Agent to credit bid and purchase at such sale or other disposition of the Collateral and, if such claims cannot be estimated without unduly delaying the ability of the Administrative Agent to credit bid, then such claims shall be disregarded, not credit bid, and not entitled to any interest in the asset or assets purchased by means of such credit bid) and the Secured Parties whose Obligations are credit bid shall be entitled to receive interests (ratably based upon the proportion of their Obligations credit bid in relation to the aggregate amount of Obligations so credit bid) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity Interests of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). Upon request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower Agent at any time, the Secured Parties will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any such Liens on particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 10.09.        10.10 Collateral Matters. The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent when directed by the Required Lenders,        (a)   to release any Lien on any Collateral (i) upon the occurrence of the Facility Termination Date, (ii) that is Disposed or to be Disposed as part of or in connection with any Disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) subject to Section 11.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders;        (b)   to release or subordinate any Lien (and any Indebtedness secured thereby) on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property (i) that is permitted by Section 8.02(i), so long as the Borrower Agent shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of release or subordination, as the case may be, a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that such Lien (and the Indebtedness secured thereby) is permitted by Section 8.02(i) (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), or (ii) if such release or subordination is required under the Intercreditor Agreement; and        (c)   to release any Subsidiary from its obligations under the Loan Documents, and release any Lien granted by such Subsidiary thereunder, if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder, so long as the Borrower Agent shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of release a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that such transaction is permitted by this Agreement (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry).        Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Loan Party from its obligations under the Loan Documents pursuant to this Section 10.10.        10.11 Other Collateral Matters.                                        98

 

      (a)   Care of Collateral. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to assure that any Collateral exists or is owned by a Borrower, or is cared for, protected or insured, nor to assure that the Administrative Agent’s Liens have been properly created, perfected or enforced, or are entitled to any particular priority, nor to exercise any duty of care with respect to any Collateral. The Administrative Agent hereby disclaims any representation or warranty to the Lenders concerning and shall have no responsibility to Lenders for the existence, priority or perfection of the Liens and security interests granted hereunder or under any Loan Document or in the value of any of the Collateral and shall not be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. The Administrative Agent makes no representation as to the value, sufficiency or condition of the Collateral or any part thereof, as to the title of the Borrower or any Guarantor to the Collateral, as to the security afforded by this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for insuring the Collateral, for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral, except as provided in the immediately following sentence when the Administrative Agent has possession of the Collateral. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to the Lenders as to any Collateral in its possession or in the possession of someone under its control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of Agent or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto, except the duty to accord such of the Collateral as may be in its possession substantially the same care as it accords its own assets and the duty to account for monies received by it. The Administrative Agent shall not be under an obligation independently to request or examine insurance coverage with respect to any Collateral. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any bank, depositary bank, custodian, independent counsel of the Borrower or any other party selected by the Administrative Agent with reasonable care or selected by any other party hereto that may hold or possess Collateral or documents related to Collateral and the Administrative Agent shall not be required to monitor the performance of any such Persons holding Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the perfection of any Lien or for the filing, form, content or renewal of any UCC financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and such other documents or instruments, provided however that if instructed by the Required Lenders and at the expense of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall arrange for the filing and continuation, of financing statements or other filing or recording documents or instruments (collectively, the “Financing Statements”) for the perfection of security interests in the Collateral; provided, that, the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the preparation, form, content, sufficiency or adequacy of any such Financing Statements all of which shall be provided in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Required Lenders including the jurisdictions and filing offices where the Administrative Agent is required to file such Financing Statements. In connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies in respect of, or foreclosure or realization upon, any real estate-related collateral pursuant to this Agreement or any Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to take title to or possession of real estate in its own name, or otherwise in a form or manner that may, in its reasonable judgment, expose it to liability. In the event that the Administrative Agent deems that it may be considered an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Administrative Agent to incur, or be exposed to, any environmental liability or any liability under any other federal, state or local law, the Administrative Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as the Administrative Agent or to arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. The Administrative Agent will not be liable to any Person for any environmental liability or any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Administrative Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous materials into the environment.        (b)   Lenders as Agent For Perfection by Possession or Control; Vehicles. The Administrative Agent and Secured Parties appoint each Lender as agent (for the benefit of Secured Parties) for the                                       99

 

purpose of perfecting Liens in any Collateral held or controlled by such Lender, to the extent such Liens are perfected by possession or control. If any Lender obtains possession or control of any Collateral, it shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request, deliver such Collateral to the Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with it in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions. In addition, each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into the Vehicle Title Custodial Agreement and appoints the Vehicle Title Service Provider to act as the custodian thereunder for the purpose of perfecting the security interests in and liens upon the Collateral consisting of titled vehicles.        (c)   Reports. The Administrative Agent shall promptly forward to each Lender, when complete, copies of any Field Exam or appraisal report prepared for the Administrative Agent with respect to any Borrower or Collateral (“Report”) and promptly provide Borrower Agent with a copy of each such Report other than relating to a Field Exam. Each Lender agrees (a) the Administrative Agent makes no any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any Report, and shall not be liable for any information contained in or omitted from any Report; (b) that the Reports are not intended to be comprehensive audits or examinations, and that the Administrative Agent or any other Person performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Obligations or the Collateral and will rely significantly upon Borrowers’ books and records as well as upon representations of Borrowers’ officers and employees; and (c) subject to clauses (b) and (c) of the first paragraph of Section 11.07, to keep all Reports confidential and strictly for such Lender’s internal use, and not to distribute any Report (or the contents thereof) to any Person (except to such Lender’s Participants, attorneys and accountants) or use any Report in any manner other than administration of the Loans and other Obligations. Each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any other Person preparing a Report from any action such Lender may take as a result of or any conclusion it may draw from any Report, as well as from any claims arising as a direct or indirect result of the Administrative Agent furnishing a Report to such Lender.                                    ARTICLE XI                               MISCELLANEOUS        11.01 Amendments, Etc.        (a)   No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrowers or any other Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrowers or the applicable Borrower, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:             (i)    waive any condition set forth in Section 5.01(a) with respect to any funding      under the Term Loan Facilities without the written consent of the Required Lenders;             (ii)   extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment      terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) without the written consent of such Lender;             (iii)  postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any      payment (but excluding the delay or waiver of any mandatory prepayment) of principal, interest,      fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them), including the Maturity Date, or any                                       100

 

     scheduled reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document, in each      case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;             (iv)   reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on any Loan or      reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without      the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the      consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (A) to amend the definition of “Default Rate”      (so long as such amendment does not result in the Default Rate being lower than the interest rate      then applicable to Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, as applicable) or to waive any obligation of      the Borrowers to pay interest at the Default Rate;             (v)    change Section 2.13 or Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata      sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected      thereby;             (vi)   change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or      any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend,      waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent      hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;             (vii)  [reserved];             (viii) release any Borrower or any Guarantor that contributes assets to any Security      Instrument to which it is a party without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent      such Loan Party is the subject of a Disposition permitted by Section 8.05 (in which case such      release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);             (ix)   release all or a material part of the Collateral without the written consent of each      Lender except (A) with respect to Dispositions and releases of Collateral permitted or required      hereunder (including pursuant to Section 8.05) or under the Security Agreement or (B) to the      extent required pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (in which case such release      may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);             (x)    subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative      Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any other Lien on such property without the      written consent of each Lender, except with respect to (A) subordination of such Liens to Liens      permitted pursuant to Section 8.02(i) and (B) subordination of such Liens to other Liens on      Collateral (other than Aircraft Parts) with an aggregate book value not to exceed $25,000,000;             (xi)   [reserved]; or             (xii)  without the prior written consent of each Lender, impose any materially greater      restriction on the ability of any Lender to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder.        (b)   In addition to the foregoing, (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto; and (iii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall be permitted to amend any provision of the Loan Documents (and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document) if the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction                                       101

 

of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any such provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender, (y) no waiver, amendment, or modification shall postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (but excluding the delay or waiver of any mandatory prepayment) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to any Defaulting Lender, including the Maturity Date, or any scheduled reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document, in each case without the written consent of each Defaulting Lender directly affected thereby, and (z) no waiver, amendment, or modification shall reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, or reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Defaulting Lender directly affected thereby.        (c)   If any Lender does not consent (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 11.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).        (d)   Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, no Loan Party will, directly or indirectly, pay any remuneration or other thing of value, whether by way of additional interest, fee or otherwise, to any Lender or its Affiliates as consideration for agreement by such Lender to any amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document, unless such remuneration or value is concurrently paid, on the same terms, on a ratable basis to all Lenders providing their agreement. Notwithstanding the terms of this Agreement or any amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document, Non-Consenting Lenders shall not be entitled to receive any fees or other compensation paid to the Lenders in connection with any amendment, waiver, consent or release approved in accordance with the terms of this Agreement by the Required Lenders.        (e)   IN NO EVENT   SHALL  THE REQUIRED   LENDERS, WITHOUT   THE  PRIOR WRITTEN  CONSENT   OF EACH   LENDER, DIRECT   THE  ADMINISTRATIVE   AGENT  TO ACCELERATE AND DEMAND PAYMENT OF THE LOANS HELD BY ONE LENDER WITHOUT ACCELERATING AND DEMANDING PAYMENT OF ALL OTHER LOANS OR TO TERMINATE THE  COMMITMENTS    OF  ONE  OR  MORE   LENDERS   WITHOUT   TERMINATING   THE COMMITMENTS OF ALL LENDERS. EACH LENDER AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED  IN ANY  OF THE LOAN   DOCUMENTS AND    WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE REQUIRED    LENDERS, IT WILL NOT TAKE ANY    LEGAL ACTION   OR INSTITUTE ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OR COLLATERAL, OR ACCELERATE OR OTHERWISE ENFORCE ITS PORTION OF THE OBLIGATIONS. WITHOUT LIMITING     THE GENERALITY    OF THE FOREGOING, NO LENDER MAY EXERCISE ANY RIGHT THAT IT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE UNDER  APPLICABLE   LAW   TO  CREDIT  BID  AT  FORECLOSURE   SALES, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE SALES OR OTHER SIMILAR SALES OR DISPOSITIONS OF ANY OF THE COLLATERAL    EXCEPT    AS    AUTHORIZED    BY    THE    REQUIRED    LENDERS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION OR ELSEWHERE HEREIN, EACH LENDER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE SUCH ACTION TO                                      102

 

PRESERVE OR ENFORCE ITS RIGHTS AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY WHERE A DEADLINE OR LIMITATION PERIOD IS OTHERWISE APPLICABLE AND WOULD, ABSENT THE TAKING OF SPECIFIED ACTION, BAR THE ENFORCEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS HELD BY SUCH LENDER AGAINST SUCH LOAN PARTY, INCLUDING THE FILING OF PROOFS OF CLAIM       IN ANY INSOLVENCY PROCEEDING.        11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.        (a)   Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone or in the case of notices otherwise expressly provided herein (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), 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, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:             (i)    if to a Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, to the address, telecopier number,      electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02, as      changed pursuant to subsection (d) below.             (ii)   if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address      or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire, as changed pursuant to      subsection (d) below (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated      by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may      contain material non-public information relating to the Borrowers).        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 (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).        (b)   Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrowers 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 Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) 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 (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the                                       103

 

intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.        (c)   The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED   BELOW) DO   NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY       OR COMPLETENESS   OF  THE  BORROWER     MATERIALS   OR  THE  ADEQUACY    OF  THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.     NO  WARRANTY   OF ANY  KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED  OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING   ANY  WARRANTY    OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR     A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD      PARTY  RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM  VIRUSES  OR  OTHER  CODE  DEFECTS, IS  MADE   BY  ANY  AGENT  PARTY   IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of a Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).        (d)   Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.        (e)   Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrowers even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrowers, except to the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision) of any such Person. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.        11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.                                       104

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or any of them (including enforcement action with respect to any Collateral) shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.02 for the benefit of all the Secured Parties; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.08, or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Borrower under any Debtor Relief Law but only to the extent the Administrative Agent shall have failed to do so within a reasonable time after notice; and provided further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.        11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.        (a)   Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of- pocket expenses (including any Extraordinary Expenses) incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of (1) counsel for the Administrative Agent, (2) counsel for the Lenders, (3) outside consultants for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, (4) to the extent expressly provided herein, appraisers, (5) to the extent expressly provided herein, Field Exams, and (6) environmental site assessments required hereunder, (B) in connection with (1) the preparation, negotiation, administration, management, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (2) the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement or the Loan Documents or efforts to preserve, protect, collect, or enforce the Collateral, or (3) any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of any Obligations, (iii) all reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Lenders and (iv) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Secured Parties who are not the Administrative Agent, or any Affiliate thereof, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default; provided that fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel set forth in this clause (a) shall be limited to fees, disbursements and other charges of (i) one counsel to the Administrative Agent, (ii) one counsel for the Lenders, (iii) if necessary, one local counsel required in any relevant local jurisdiction (which may include a single counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) and applicable special regulatory counsel, (iv) additional counsel retained with the Borrower Agent’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (v) if representation of the Administrative Agent and/or all Lenders in such matter by a single counsel would be inappropriate based on the advice of legal counsel due to the existence of an actual or potential conflict of interest, where the Lender affected by such conflict informs the Borrower Agent of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, if necessary, one firm of local counsel in any relevant local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for such affected Lender and one firm of special regulatory counsel for such affected Lender (the foregoing, collectively being referred to as “Secured Party Expenses”).        (b)   Indemnification by the Borrowers. Each Loan Party shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each other Secured Party and each Related Party of any of the                                      105

 

foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold harmless each Indemnitee from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel (limited to reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel for the Administrative Agent and one primary counsel for all Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and one firm of special regulatory counsel for all Indemnitees, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or potential conflict of interest, where an Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the Borrower Agent of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee and, if necessary, one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for such affected Indemnitee and one firm of special regulatory counsel for such affected Indemnitee)) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) 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 thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub- agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 4.01), (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) any claims of, or amounts paid by any Secured Party to, a Controlled Account Bank or other Person which has entered into a control agreement with any Secured Party hereunder or (v) 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 Borrowers 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 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.        (c)   Indemnification of Administrative Agent by Lenders. To the extent that (i) the Loan Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it, or (ii) any liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever are be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, any Agent or a Related Party (an “Agent Indemnitee”) in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Agent Indemnitee in connection therewith (collectively, “Agent Indemnitee Liabilities”), then each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of such Agent Indemnitee, such Lender’s ratable share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such Agent Indemnitee Liabilities, so long as the Agent Indemnitee Liabilities were incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub- agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d). In no event shall any Lender have any obligation hereunder to indemnify or hold harmless an Agent Indemnitee with respect to any Agent Indemnitee Liabilities that are determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Indemnitee. In the Administrative Agent’s discretion, it may reserve for any Agent Indemnitee Liabilities of an Agent Indemnitee, and may satisfy any judgment, order or settlement relating thereto, from proceeds of Collateral prior to making any distribution of Collateral proceeds to the Secured Parties. If the Administrative Agent is sued by any                                      106

 

creditor representative, debtor-in-possession or other Person for any alleged preference or fraudulent transfer, then any monies paid by the Administrative Agent in settlement or satisfaction of such proceeding, together with all interest, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in the defense of same, shall be promptly reimbursed to the Administrative Agent by each Lender to the extent of its ratable share thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Lenders agree to pay the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms above for any amounts invoiced and owing to it by the Borrower but remain unpaid for more than 30 days as a result of Section 2.5 of the Intercreditor Agreement.        (d)   Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and without limiting the indemnification obligations above, each of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any other party, 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 the use of the proceeds thereof. Except to the extent resulting from its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision), no Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above 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.        (e)   Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after written demand therefor.        (f)   Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender and the occurrence of the Facility Termination Date.        11.05 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. None of the Administrative Agent or Lenders shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or against any Obligations. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Loan Party is made to a Secured Party, or a Secured Party exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Secured Party in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the occurrence of the Facility Termination Date.        11.06 Successors and Assigns.        (a)   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 no Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible                                      107

 

Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (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 (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Secured Parties) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.        (b)   Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment(s) and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:             (i)    Minimum Amounts. Except in the case of (A) an assignment of the entire      remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment under any Facility and the Loans at the      time owing to it under such Facility or (B) an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or      an Approved Fund, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes      Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the 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 Administrative 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, unless each of the      Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the      Borrower Agent otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or      delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and      concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to      an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment      for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.             (ii)   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 Loans or the Commitment assigned. No Lender shall assign all or a portion of      its rights and obligations among the Facilities other than on a pro-rata basis across the Facilities      (unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent).             (iii)  Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment during the      primary syndication or to an Eligible Assignee except to the extent required by subsection      (b)(i)(B) of this Section; provided that the Borrower Agent shall be deemed to have given the      consent required in the definition of “Eligible Assignee” to such assignment if Borrower Agent has      not, on behalf of all Borrowers, responded in writing within ten (10) Business Days of a request      for consent.             (iv)   Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and      deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing      and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent      may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any      assignment and for the avoidance of doubt no such fee shall be payable in connection with any      assignment by a Lender to a Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of a Lender. The assignee,      if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.                                       108

 

           (v)    No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to the      Borrowers or any of a Borrower’s Affiliates (other than a Permitted Holder) or Subsidiaries, (B) to      any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender      hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a      natural person.             (vi)   Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and      obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and      until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall      make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient,      upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the      assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding,      with the consent of the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata      share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the      applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all      payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any      Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full      pro rata share of all Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the      foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender      hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of      this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all      purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.             (vii)  Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent      pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each      Assignment and Assumption, the 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 Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and      11.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such      assignment). Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the      assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this      Agreement that does not comply with this subsection 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 Section 11.06(d).        (c)   Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers (and such agency being solely for tax purposes) (in such capacity, subject to Section 11.17), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office 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 amounts of the Loans and Loan Obligations 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 Borrowers, the Administrative 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. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower Agent and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at any time that a                                      109

 

request for a consent for a material or substantive change to the Loan Documents is pending, any Lender may request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register.        (d)   Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or a Borrower or any of the Borrowers’ 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 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 Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.        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, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 11.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(e) shall be delivered to the participating Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 and Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender.        If any Lender (or any assignee thereof) sells a participation, such Lender (or such assignee) shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender (nor any assignee thereof) shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender (or such assignee) shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.        (e)   Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the 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 Agent’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 3.01 unless the Borrower Agent is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.        (f)   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 (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of                                      110

 

such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.        (g)   [Reserved].        (h)   [Reserved].        (i)   Disqualified Institutions.        (a)   No assignment or, to the extent the DQ List has been posted on the Platform for all Lenders, participation, shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on which the applicable Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or participate all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower Agent has consented to such assignment as otherwise contemplated by this Section 11.06, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee or participant that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), such assignee shall not retroactively be considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment in violation of this clause (i)(a) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (i) shall apply.        (b)   If any assignment is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Borrower Agent’s prior consent in violation of clause (a) above, the Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, (A) in the case of outstanding Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions, prepay such Term Loan by paying the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such Term Loans, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and/or (B) require such Disqualified Institution to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 11.06), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement and related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and other the other Loan Documents; provided that (i) the Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.06(b), (ii) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws and (iii) in the case of clause (A), the Borrowers shall not use the proceeds from any Loans to prepay Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions.        (c)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Institutions (A) will not (x) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) (x) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter, and (y) for                                       111

 

purposes of voting on any plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws (“Plan of Reorganization”), each Disqualified Institution party hereto hereby agrees (1) not to vote on such Plan of Reorganization, (2) if such Disqualified Institution does vote on such Plan of Reorganization notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (1), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such Plan of Reorganization in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws) and (3) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by the Bankruptcy Court (or other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (2).        (d)   The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrowers hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent, to (A) post the list of Disqualified Institutions provided by the Borrower (including without limitation those set forth on Schedule 11.06) and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “DQ List”) on the Platform, including that portion of the Platform that is designated for “public side” Lenders or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender requesting the same.        11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Secured Parties agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (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) 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 action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document 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 Borrowers and their obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower Agent in its reasonable discretion 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 Secured Parties or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties.        For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary relating to a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Secured Party on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan Party or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date, any information not marked “PUBLIC” at the time of delivery will be deemed to be confidential; provided that any information marked “PUBLIC” may also be marked “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.        Each of the Secured Parties acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non- public information concerning a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such                                       112

 

material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including federal and state securities Laws.        Each of the Loan Parties hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to publish the name of any Loan Party and the amount of the credit facility provided hereunder in any “tombstone” or comparable advertisement which the Administrative Agent elects to publish. The Administrative Agent reserves the right to provide to industry trade organizations information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.        11.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, only after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, 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 or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrowers against any and all of the obligations of the Borrowers now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrowers may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender or any Affiliate thereof shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender or its Affiliate (as applicable) from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender or its Affiliate shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender or its Affiliates as to which such right of setoff was exercised. The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or its Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower Agent and the Administrative 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.        11.09 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrowers. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Loan Obligations hereunder.        11.10 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 and the other Loan Documents 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 Section 5.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have                                      113

 

received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. 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.        11.11 Survival. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Secured Parties, regardless of any investigation made by any Secured Party or on their behalf and notwithstanding that any Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Loan Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.        Further, the provisions of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 11.04 and Article X shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the Obligations, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. In connection with the termination of this Agreement and the release and termination of the security interests in the Collateral, the Administrative Agent may require such indemnities and collateral security as it shall reasonably deem necessary or appropriate in its reasonable discretion to protect the Secured Parties against loss on account of credits previously applied to the Obligations that could reasonably be expected to subsequently be reversed or revoked.        11.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.        11.13 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or if any Lender fails to approve any amendment, waiver or consent requiring Required Lenders, all Lenders or all affected Lenders that is requested by Borrower Agent pursuant to Section 11.01 that has received the written approval of not less than the Required Lenders (without giving effect to clause (y) of such definition), then in each such case the Borrower Agent may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative 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 11.06), 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 Agent shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 11.06(b);        (b)   such Lender shall have received the following, as applicable:                                       114

 

           (i)    if such Lender is not a Defaulting Lender, payment of an amount equal to the      outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts      payable to it hereunder, including the for the avoidance of doubt, the applicable prepayment      premium owed by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.06(e), and under the other Loan Documents      (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding      principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower Agent (in the case of all other amounts);      or             (ii)   if such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, payment of an amount equal to the      outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts      payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under      Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest      and fees) or the Borrower Agent (in the case of all other amounts).        (c)   in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;        (d)   in the case of any such assignment resulting from the refusal of a Lender to approve a requested amendment, waiver or consent, the Person to whom such assignment is being made has agreed to approve such requested amendment, waiver or consent; and        (e)   such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.  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 Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Any replacement pursuant to this Section 11.13 shall not be deemed a waiver of any rights that the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.        11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.        (a)   THIS AGREEMENT    SHALL   BE GOVERNED    BY, AND   CONSTRUED   IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW    OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.        (b)   EACH  PARTY  IRREVOCABLY    AND  UNCONDITIONALLY    SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS SITTING IN COOK    COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, 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  ILLINOIS 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 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING                                       115

 

ANY ACTION   OR PROCEEDING    RELATING  TO  THIS AGREEMENT OR     ANY  OTHER LOAN  DOCUMENT    AGAINST   THE  BORROWERS    OR  THEIR  PROPERTIES   IN  THE COURTS OF ANY COMPETENT JURISDICTION.        (c)   EACH PARTY 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) OF THIS SECTION. 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 PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT THAT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM          OR RECOVER   IN  ANY  LEGAL   ACTION   OR  PROCEEDING    REFERRED   TO   IN THIS SECTION 11.14 ANY    SPECIAL,  EXEMPLARY,    PUNITIVE    OR  CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.        (d)   EACH  PARTY  HERETO   (EXCEPT  FOR  THE  ADMINISTRATIVE    AGENT WHO SHALL BE SERVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW) IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY  HERETO   TO  SERVE  PROCESS   IN ANY  OTHER   MANNER    PERMITTED   BY APPLICABLE LAW.        11.15 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.        11.16 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) 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.        11.17 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrowers that                                      116

 

pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrowers in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. Borrowers shall, promptly upon request, provide all documentation and information as each Lender may request from time to time for purposes of complying with any "know your customer," anti-money laundering rules and regulations, or other requirements of applicable Law, including the PATRIOT Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation.        11.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Secured Parties are arm’s-length commercial transactions between each Loan Party, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, (B) each Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each Secured Party is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates or any other Person and (B) no Secured Party has any obligation to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, (iii) the Secured Parties may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their Affiliates, and no Secured Party has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Loan Party or its Affiliates and (iv) the Secured Parties have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and each of the Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against any Secured Party with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.        11.19 Attachments. The exhibits, schedules and annexes attached to this Agreement are incorporated herein and shall be considered a part of this Agreement for the purposes stated herein; except, that, in the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of such exhibits and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.        11.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA  Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:        (a)   the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and        (b)   the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:             (i)    a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;                                      117

 

           (ii)   a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments      of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that      may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of      ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this      Agreement or any other Loan Document; or             (iii)  the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the      write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.        11.21 Real Estate Collateral. No real property shall be taken as Collateral unless Lenders receive 45 days advance notice and each Lender confirms to the Administrative Agent that it has completed all flood due diligence, received copies of all flood insurance documentation and confirmed flood insurance compliance as required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, or as otherwise satisfactory to such Lender. At any time that any Real Property constitutes Collateral, no modification of any Loan Document shall add, increase, renew or extend any loan, commitment or credit line hereunder until each Lender has confirmed in writing to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s completion of flood insurance due diligence, flood insurance compliance, flood insurance documentation and flood insurance coverage each as required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, in each case as satisfactory to each Lender.        11.22 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap Contract or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):        (a)   In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.        (b)   As used in this Section 11.22, the following terms have the following meanings:                                        118

 

                  “BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is             defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such             party.                   “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as             that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);             (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance             with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and             interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).                   “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be             interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.                   “QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial             contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C.             5390(c)(8)(D).                                  ARTICLE XII                            CONTINUING GUARANTY        12.01 Guaranty.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, as a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection, prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration, demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all of the Obligations, whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, damages, costs, expenses or otherwise, of the Borrowers to the Secured Parties, arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including all renewals, extensions, amendments, refinancings and other modifications thereof and all costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Parties in connection with the collection or enforcement thereof) (the “Guarantied Obligations”). The Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the amount of the Guarantied Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor, and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Guarantied Obligations. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guarantied Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Guarantied Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, non-perfection or extent of any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Guarantied Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty, and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to any or all of the foregoing.        12.02 Rights of Lenders. Each Subsidiary Guarantor consents and agrees that the Secured Parties may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or demand, and without affecting the enforceability or continuing effectiveness hereof: (a) amend, extend, renew, compromise, discharge, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment or the terms of the Guarantied Obligations or any part thereof; (b) take, hold, exchange, enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect, sell, or otherwise dispose of any security for the payment of this Guaranty or any Guarantied Obligations; (c) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in their sole discretion may determine; and (d) release or substitute one or more of any endorsers or other guarantors of any of the Guarantied Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Subsidiary Guarantor consents to the taking of, or failure to take, any action which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty or which, but for this provision, might operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor.                                       119

 

      12.03 Certain Waivers. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives (a) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Borrowers or any other guarantor, or the cessation from any cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of any Secured Party) of the liability of the Borrowers; (b) any defense based on any claim that any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of the Borrowers; (c) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting any Subsidiary Guarantor’s liability hereunder; (d) any right to proceed against the Borrowers, proceed against or exhaust any security for the Guarantied Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever; (e) any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by any Secured Party; and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable Law limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties. Each Subsidiary Guarantor expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Guarantied Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty or of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional Guarantied Obligations.        12.04 Obligations Independent. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the Guarantied Obligations and the obligations of any other guarantor, and a separate action may be brought against each Subsidiary Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty whether or not any Borrower or any other person or entity is joined as a party.        12.05 Subrogation. No Subsidiary Guarantor shall exercise any right of subrogation, contribution, indemnity, reimbursement or similar rights with respect to any payments it makes under this Guaranty until the Facility Termination Date. If any amounts are paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Secured Parties to reduce the amount of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.        12.06 Termination; Reinstatement. This Guaranty is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Guarantied Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until the Facility Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect or be revived, as the case may be, if any payment by or on behalf of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary Guarantor is made, or any of the Secured Parties exercises its right of setoff, in respect of the Guarantied Obligations and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by any of the Secured Parties in their discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and whether or not the Secured Parties are in possession of or have released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission, termination or reduction. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this paragraph shall survive termination of this Guaranty.        12.07 Subordination. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of the Borrowers owing to each Subsidiary Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including but not limited to any obligation of the Borrowers to any Subsidiary Guarantor as subrogee of the Secured Parties or resulting from any Subsidiary Guarantor’s performance under this Guaranty, to the Payment in Full. If the Secured Parties so request, any such obligation or indebtedness of the Borrowers to any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be enforced and performance received by any Subsidiary Guarantor as trustee for the Secured Parties and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over                                       120

 

to the Secured Parties on account of the Guarantied Obligations, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty.        12.08 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guarantied Obligations is stayed, in connection with any case commenced by or against any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Borrowers under any Debtor Relief Laws, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by each Subsidiary Guarantor immediately upon demand by the Secured Parties.        12.09 Condition of Borrowers. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from the Borrowers and any other guarantor such information concerning the financial condition, business and operations of the Borrowers and any such other guarantor as each Subsidiary Guarantor requires, and that none of the Secured Parties has any duty, and no Subsidiary Guarantor is relying on the Secured Parties at any time, to disclose to any Subsidiary Guarantor any information relating to the business, operations or financial condition of the Borrowers or any other guarantor (and each Subsidiary Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Secured Parties to disclose such information and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).        12.10 Keepwell. Each Guarantor that is a Qualified ECP hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP shall only be liable under this Section 12.10 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 12.10, or otherwise under this Guaranty, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Guarantor that is a Qualified ECP under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until the Guarantied Obligations have been paid in full in cash. Each Guarantor that is a Qualified ECP intends that this Section 12.10 constitute, and this Section 12.10 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.              [Remainder of page is intentionally left blank; signature pages follow.]                                        121reta-ex101_12.htm

Exhibit 10.1

 

REATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 28th day of August, 2019, by and between Reata Pharmaceuticals, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Manmeet S. Soni (“Indemnitee”). 

 

RECITALS

 

A.    Highly competent and experienced persons are reluctant to serve corporations as directors, executive officers or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance and indemnification against claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the Company.

 

B.    The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that the inability to attract and retain such persons would be detrimental to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future.

 

C.    The Board has also determined that it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company, in addition to purchasing and maintaining directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (or otherwise providing for adequate arrangements of self-insurance), contractually to obligate itself to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be adequately protected.

 

D.    Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company, but only on the condition that Indemnitee be so indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by law, as permitted herein.

 

E.    Article Thirteen of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

In consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I 
Certain Definitions

As used herein, the following words and terms shall have the following respective meanings (whether singular or plural):

 

 

 

 

“Acquiring Person” means any Person other than (i) the Company, (ii) any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, (iii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary of the Company or of a Company owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, or (iv) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary of the Company or of a Company owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

 

“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i)    The acquisition, after the date of this Agreement, by any Person of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 40% or more of either (x) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (y) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this Subparagraph (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (A) any acquisition directly from the Company, (B) any acquisition by the Company, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (D) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of paragraph (iii) below; or

 

(ii)    Members of the Incumbent Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or

 

(iii)    Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or an acquisition of assets of another entity (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common equity and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or other similar governing body, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or the entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 40% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common equity of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such entity except to the extent that such ownership results solely from ownership of the Company that existed prior to the Business Combination and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors or other similar governing body of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or

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(iv)    Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

“Claim” means an actual or threatened claim or request for relief which was, is or may be made by reason of anything done or not done by Indemnitee in, or by reason of any event or occurrence related to, Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, including any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, investigation, inquiry, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, administrative or legislative hearing, or any other proceeding (including, without limitation, any securities laws action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, hearing, or procedure) whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative and whether or not based upon events occurring, or actions taken, before the date hereof, and any appeal in or related to any such action, suit, arbitration, investigation, hearing or procedure and any inquiry or investigation (including discovery), whether conducted by or in the right of the Company or any other Person, that Indemnitee in good faith believes could lead to any such action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, hearing or other proceeding or appeal thereof.

 

“Corporate Status” means the status of a person who is, becomes or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or is, becomes or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner, member, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, fiduciary or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company agrees that Indemnitee’s service on behalf of or with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed to be at the request of the Company.

 

“DGCL” means the Delaware General Corporation Law and any successor statute thereto, as either of them may from time to time be amended.

 

“Disinterested Director” with respect to any request by Indemnitee for indemnification hereunder, means a director of the Company who at the time of the vote is not a named defendant or respondent in the Claim in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

“Expenses” means all attorneys’ fees and disbursements, retainers, accountant’s fees and disbursements, private investigator fees and disbursements, court costs, transcript costs, fees and expenses of experts, witness fees and expenses, costs and obligations under any bond posted in connection with any Claim, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements, costs or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending (including affirmative defenses and counterclaims), preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in or preparing to participate in (including on appeal) a  Claim and all interest or finance charges attributable to any thereof. Should any payments by the Company under this Agreement be determined to be subject to any federal, state or local 

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income or excise tax, “Expenses” shall also include such amounts as are necessary to place Indemnitee in the same after-tax position (after giving effect to all applicable taxes) as Indemnitee would have been in had no such tax been determined to apply to such payments. Also, in this Agreement “witness” includes responding (or objecting) to a discovery request, whether in writing or in an oral deposition, in any Claim.

 

“Final Adjudication” means a final adjudication by a court from which there is no further right of appeal or a final adjudication of an arbitration pursuant to Section 5.1 if Indemnitee elects to seek such arbitration.

 

“Incumbent Board” means the individuals who, as of the date of this Agreement, constitute the Board and any other individual who becomes a director of the Company after that date and whose election or appointment by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Incumbent Board.

 

“Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither contemporaneously is, nor in the five years theretofore has been, retained to represent: (a) the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such Person (other than as Independent Counsel under this Agreement or similar agreements), (b) any other party to the Claim giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder or (c) the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 5% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities, or Person controlled by such beneficial owner (other than, in each such case under clauses (a) through (c)), with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

 

“Independent Directors” means the directors on the Board that are independent directors as defined in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(15) or successor provision, or, if the Company’s Common Stock is not then quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, that qualify as independent, disinterested, or a similar term as defined in the rules of the principal securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed or quoted.

 

“Person” means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).

 

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“Potential Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any Person shall have announced publicly an intention to effect a Change in Control, or commenced any action (such as the commencement of a tender offer for the Company’s Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities or the solicitation of proxies for the election of any of the Company’s directors) that, if successful, could reasonably be expected to result in the occurrence of a Change in Control; (ii) the Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would constitute a Change in Control; or (iii) any other event occurs which the Board declares to be a Potential Change of Control.

 

 “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by that Person.

 

“Voting Securities” means any securities that vote generally in the election of directors, in the admission of general partners, or in the selection of any other similar governing body.

ARTICLE II 
Services by Indemnitee

 

Indemnitee is serving as an officer of the Company. Indemnitee may from time to time also agree to serve, as the Company may request from time to time, in another capacity for the Company (including another officer or director position) or as a director, officer, partner, member, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, fiduciary or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. Indemnitee and the Company each acknowledge that they have entered into this Agreement as a means of inducing Indemnitee to serve, or continue to serve, the Company in such capacities. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position or positions (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law). The Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in any such position or positions.

ARTICLE III 
Indemnification

 

Section 3.1    General. Subject to the provisions set forth in Article IV, the Company shall indemnify, and advance Expenses to, Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in effect on the date hereof and to such greater extent as applicable law may hereafter from time to time permit. The other provisions set forth in this Agreement are provided in addition to and as a means of furtherance and implementation of, and not in limitation of, the obligations expressed in this Article III. No requirement, condition to or limitation of any right to indemnification or to advancement of Expenses under this Article III shall in any way limit the rights of Indemnitee under Article VII.

 

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Section 3.2    Additional Indemnity of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 3.2 if, by reason of anything done or not done by Indemnitee in, or by reason of any event or occurrence related to, Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee is, was or becomes, or is threatened to be made, a party to, or witness or other participant in any Claim. Pursuant to this Section 3.2, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against any and all Expenses, judgments, penalties (including excise or similar taxes), fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of any such Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Claim, issue or matter therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Company under this Section 3.2 shall be subject to the condition that no determination (which, in any case in which Independent Counsel is involved, shall be in a form of a written opinion) shall have been made pursuant to Article IV that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. Nothing in this Section 3.2 shall limit the benefits of Section 3.1, Section 3.3 or any other Section hereunder.

 

Section 3.3    Advancement of Expenses. The Company shall pay, on a current and as-incurred basis, all Expenses reasonably incurred by, or in the case of retainers to be incurred by, or on behalf of Indemnitee (or, if applicable, reimburse Indemnitee for any and all Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee and previously paid by Indemnitee) in connection with any Claim, whether brought by the Company or otherwise, in advance of the later of (a) the final, non-appealable determination or resolution of all such Claims and (b) any determination respecting entitlement to indemnification pursuant to Article IV hereof (and shall continue to pay such Expenses after such determination and until it shall ultimately be determined (in a Final Adjudication) that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company against such Expenses). Such payments and advances shall be made within 10 days after the receipt by the Company of a written request from Indemnitee requesting such payment or payments from time to time, whether prior to or after the final, non-appealable determination or resolution of such Claim. Any such payment by the Company is referred to in this Agreement as an “Expense Advance.” Any dispute as to the reasonableness of the incurrence of any Expense shall not delay an Expense Advance by the Company, and the Company agrees that any such dispute shall be resolved only upon the final, non-appealable determination or resolution of the respective underlying Claim involving Indemnitee. Indemnitee hereby undertakes and agrees that Indemnitee will reimburse and repay the Company without interest for any Expense Advances to the extent that it shall ultimately be determined (in a Final Adjudication) that Indemnitee is not entitled under the law to be indemnified by the Company against such Expenses. Indemnitee shall not be required to provide collateral or otherwise secure the undertaking and agreement described in the prior sentence. The Company shall make all Expense Advances pursuant to this Section 3.3 without regard to the financial ability of the Indemnitee to make repayment and without regard to whether or not the Indemnitee may ultimately be found to be entitled to indemnification under the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Section 3.4    Indemnification for Additional Expenses. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all costs and expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in Article I) and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within two business days of that request) advance those costs and expenses to Indemnitee, that are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any claim asserted against, or action brought by, Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or an Expense Advance by the Company under this Agreement or any other agreement or provision of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to any Claim, (ii) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, or (iii) enforcement of, or claims for breaches of, any provision of this Agreement, in each of the foregoing situations regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to that indemnification, Expense Advance payment, insurance recovery, enforcement, or damage claim, as the case may be, and regardless of whether the nature of the proceeding with respect to such matters is judicial, by arbitration, or otherwise.

 

Section 3.5    Partial Indemnity. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement of a Claim but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled. Moreover, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any or all Claims, or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith.

ARTICLE IV 
Procedure for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification

 

Section 4.1    Request by Indemnitee. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall, at such time as determined by Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s sole discretion, submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification. Nevertheless, any failure of Indemnitee to provide a request to the Company, or to provide such a requestwithin any time frame, shall not relieve the Company of any liability that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder.

 

Section 4.2    Determination of Request. Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 4.1 hereof, a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to whether Indemnitee is permitted under applicable law to be indemnified shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 4.5, in the specific case as set forth in this Section 4.2:

 

(a)    If a Potential Change in Control or a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel (selected in accordance with Section 4.3) in a written opinion to the Board and Indemnitee, unless Indemnitee shall request that such determination be made by the Board, or a committee of the Board, in which case by the person or persons or in the manner provided for in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) below; or

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(b)    If a Potential Change in Control or a Change in Control shall not have occurred, then the determination shall be made by one of the following, in Indemnitee’s sole discretion, as the Indemnitee requests in writing: (i) by the Board by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors even though less than a quorum of the Board, or (ii) by a majority vote of a committee solely of two or more Disinterested Directors designated to act in the matter by a majority vote of all Disinterested Directors even though less than a quorum of the Board, or (iii) by Independent Counsel selected by the Board or a committee of the Board by a vote as set forth in clauses (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (b), or if such vote is not obtainable or such a committee cannot be established, by a majority vote of all directors, or (iv) by the stockholders of the Company in a vote that excludes the shares held by directors who are not Disinterested Directors.

If it is so determined that Indemnitee is permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within 10 days after such determination. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall require that any determination be made under this Section 4.2 prior to the final, non-appealable determination or resolution of a Claim involving Indemnitee for which indemnification is sought hereunder; provided, that Expense Advances shall continue to be made by the Company pursuant to, and to the extent required by, the provisions of Article III. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person or persons making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information that is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and that is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person or persons making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification), and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee therefrom.

 

Section 4.3    Independent Counsel. If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee, and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company, within 10 days after submission of Indemnitee’s request for indemnification, specifying the identity and address of the Independent Counsel so selected unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Disinterested Directors or a committee of the Board, in which event the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee within 10 days after receipt of Indemnitee’s request for the Board or a committee of the Disinterested Directors to make such selection, specifying the identity and address of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, (i) such notice to Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by a written confirmation by the Independent Counsel so selected that it satisfies the requirements of the definition of “Independent Counsel” in Article I and that it agrees to serve in such capacity and (ii) Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within seven days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection. Any objection to the selection of Independent Counsel pursuant to this Section 4.3 may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of the definition of “Independent Counsel” in Article I, and the objection shall 

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set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. If such written objection is timely made, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction (the “Court”) has determined that such objection is without merit or such objection is withdrawn. In the event of a timely written objection to a choice of Independent Counsel, the party originally selecting the Independent Counsel shall have seven days to make an alternate selection of Independent Counsel and to give written notice of such selection to the other party, after which time such other party shall have five days to make a written objection to such alternate selection. If, within 30 days after submission of Indemnitee’s request for indemnification pursuant to Section 4.1, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Court for resolution of any objection that shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom an objection is so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 4.2. The Company shall pay any and all fees and expenses reasonably incurred by, such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Section 4.2, and the Company shall pay all fees and expenses reasonably incurred incident to the procedures of this Section 4.3, regardless of the manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 5.1, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

 

Section 4.4    Establishment of a Trust. In the event of a Potential Change in Control or a Change in Control, the Company shall, upon written request by Indemnitee, create a trust for the benefit of Indemnitee (the “Trust”) and from time to time upon written request of Indemnitee shall fund the Trust in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all Expenses reasonably anticipated at the time of each such request to be incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, and defending any Claim, and any and all judgments, fines, penalties, and settlement amounts of any and all Claims from time to time actually paid or claimed, reasonably anticipated, or proposed to be paid. The amount to be deposited in the Trust pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by the Independent Counsel (or other person(s) making the determination of whether Indemnitee is permitted to be indemnified by applicable law). The terms of the Trust shall provide that, upon a Change in Control, (i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded, without the written consent of Indemnitee; (ii) the trustee of the Trust shall advance to Indemnitee, within ten days of a request by Indemnitee, any and all Expenses reasonably incurred by, or in case of retainer to be incurred by, or on behalf of Indemnitee (or, if applicable, reimburse Indemnitee for any Expense reasonably incurred by Indemnitee and previously paid by Indemnitee), with any required determination concerning the reasonableness of the Expenses to be made by the Independent Counsel (and Indemnitee hereby agrees to reimburse the Trust under the circumstances in which Indemnitee would be required to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances under Section 3.3 of this Agreement); (iii) the Trust shall continue to be funded by the Company in accordance with the funding obligation set forth above; (iv) the trustee of the Trust shall promptly pay to Indemnitee all amounts for which Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement; and (v) all unexpended funds in the Trust shall revert to the Company upon a final determination by the Independent Counsel or a Final Adjudication, 

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as the case may be, that Indemnitee has been fully indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The trustee of the Trust shall be chosen by Indemnitee and shall be an institution that is not affiliated with Indemnitee. Nothing in this Section 4.4 shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 4.5    Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.

 

(a)    Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement upon submission of a request for indemnification under Section 4.1, and the Company shall have the burden of proof in overcoming that presumption in reaching a determination contrary to that presumption. Such presumption shall be used by Independent Counsel (or other person or persons determining entitlement to indemnification) as a basis for a determination of entitlement to indemnification unless the Company provides information sufficient to overcome such presumption by clear and convincing evidence or unless the investigation, review and analysis of Independent Counsel (or such other person or persons) convinces Independent Counsel by clear and convincing evidence that the presumption should not apply.

 

(b)    If the person or persons empowered or selected under Article IV of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within 60 days after receipt by the Company of the request by Indemnitee therefor, the determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional 30 days, if the person making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating to such determination; and provided, further, that the 60-day limitation set forth in this Section 4.5(b) shall not apply and such period shall be extended as necessary (i) if within 30 days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification under Section 4.1 Indemnitee and the Company have agreed, and the Board has resolved, to submit such determination to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to Section 4.2(b) for their consideration at an annual meeting of stockholders to be held within 90 days after such agreement and such determination is made thereat, or a special meeting of stockholders is called within 30 days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within 60 days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat, or (ii) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 4.2(a) of this Agreement, in which case the applicable period shall be as set forth in Section 5.1(c).

 

(c)    The termination of any Claim, issue or matter by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) by itself adversely affect the rights of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee failed to meet any particular standard of conduct, that Indemnitee had any 

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particular belief, or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law. Indemnitee may be found to have failed to meet any particular standard of conduct in respect of any Claim, issue or matter only after Indemnitee shall have been so adjudged by the Court or arbitrator, as applicable, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom.

 

(d)    For purposes of the second sentence of Section 3.5, a settlement or other resolution of a Claim short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. For purposes of the second sentence of Section 3.5, in the event that any Claim to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including settlement of such Claim with or without payment of money or other consideration), it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in suchClaim. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence.

 

(e)    The failure of the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a determination before the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct shall not be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct.

ARTICLE V 
Certain Remedies of Indemnitee

 

Section 5.1    Indemnitee Entitled to Adjudication in an Appropriate Court. If (a) a determination is made pursuant to Article IV that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement; (b) there has been any failure by the Company to make timely payment or advancement of any amounts due hereunder (including, without limitation, any Expense Advances); or (c) the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 4.2 and such determination shall not have been made and delivered in a written opinion within 60 days after the latest of (i) such Independent Counsel’s being appointed, (ii) the overruling by the Court of objections to such counsel’s selection, or (iii) expiration of all periods for the Company or Indemnitee to object to such counsel’s selection, Indemnitee shall be entitled to commence an action seeking an adjudication in the Court of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification or advancements due hereunder, including, without limitation, Expense Advances. Alternatively, Indemnitee, in Indemnitee’s sole discretion, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such action seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such action pursuant to this Section 5.1, or such right shall expire. The Company agrees not to oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration and it shall continue to pay Expense Advances pursuant to Section 3.3 until it shall ultimately be determined (in a Final Adjudication) that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company against such Expenses.

 

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Section 5.2    Adverse Determination Not to Affect any Judicial Proceeding. If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Article IV that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Article V shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial or arbitration on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of such initial adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Article V, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, under this Agreement and the Company shall have the burden of proof in overcoming such presumption and to show by clear and convincing evidence that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.

 

Section 5.3    Company Bound by Determination Favorable to Indemnitee in any Judicial Proceeding or Arbitration. If a determination shall have been made or deemed to have been made pursuant to Article IV that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be irrevocably bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Article V, and shall be precluded from asserting that such determination has not been made or that the procedure by which such determination was made is not valid, binding and enforceable.

 

Section 5.4    Company Bound by the Agreement. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Article V that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Company shall not seek from a court, or agree to, a “bar order” that would have the effect of prohibiting or limiting Indemnitee’s rights to advancement of any Expenses under this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI 
Contribution

 

Section 6.1    Contribution Payment.

 

(a)    Whether or not the indemnification provided in Article III hereof is available, in respect of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or Claim in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, or Claim), the Company shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount of any judgment or settlement of such action, suit or Claim without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have against Indemnitee. The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any action, suit or Claim in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit orClaim) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.

 

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(b)    Without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason, Indemnitee shall elect or be required to pay all or any portion of any judgment or settlement in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or Claim in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit orClaim), the Company shall contribute to the amount of Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in proportion to the relative benefits received by the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit orClaim), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, from the transaction or events from which such action, suit or Claim arose; provided, however, that the proportion determined on the basis of relative benefit may, to the extent necessary to conform to law, be further adjusted by reference to the relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit orClaim), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, in connection with the transaction or events that resulted in such Expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other equitable considerations which applicable law may require to be considered.

 

(c)    The Company hereby agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to fully indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless from any claims of contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.

 

(d)    To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law and without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding subparagraphs of this Section 6.1, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Claim in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to suchClaim; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

 

Section 6.2    Relative Fault. The relative fault of the Indemnitee, on the one hand, and of the Company and any and all other parties (including officers and directors of the Company other than Indemnitee) who may be at fault with respect to such matter shall be determined (i) by reference to the relative fault of Indemnitee as determined by the court or other governmental agency assessing the contribution amounts or (ii) to the extent such court or other governmental agency does not apportion relative fault, by the Independent Counsel (or such other party which makes a determination under Article IV) after giving effect to, among other things, the degree of which their actions were motivated by intent to gain personal profit or advantage, the degree to 

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which their liability is primary or secondary, the degree to which their conduct is active or passive, the degree of the knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to prevent or correct the subject matter of the Claims and other relevant equitable considerations of each party. The Company and Indemnitee agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6.2 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6.2. 

ARTICLE VII 
Miscellaneous

 

Section 7.1    Non-Exclusivity. The rights of Indemnitee to receive indemnification and advancement of Expenses under this Agreement shall be in addition to, and shall not be deemed exclusive of, any other rights Indemnitee shall under the DGCL or other applicable law, the charter or bylaws of the Company, any other agreement, vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. Every other right or remedy of Indemnitee shall be cumulative of the rights and remedies granted Indemnitee hereunder. No amendment or alteration of the charter or bylaws of the Company or any provision thereof shall adversely affect Indemnitee’s rights hereunder, and such rights shall be in addition to any rights Indemnitee may have under the charter, bylaws and the DGCL or other applicable law. To the extent that there is a change in the DGCL or other applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) that allows greater indemnification by agreement than would be afforded currently under the Company’s charter or bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by virtue of this Agreement the greater benefit so afforded by such change. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of the DGCL that adversely affects any right of Indemnitee shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any Claim involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place before the effective date of such amendment or repeal.

 

Section 7.2    Insurance and Subrogation.

 

(a)    To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries of the Company or for individuals serving at the request of the Company as directors, officers, partners, members, venturers, proprietors, trustees, employees, agents, fiduciaries or similar functionaries of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary under such policy or policies.

 

(b)    In the event of any payment by the Company under this Agreement for which reimbursement is available under any insurance policy or policies obtained by the Company, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee under such insurance policy or policies, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights, provided that all Expenses relating to such action shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(c)    The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under the Company’s charter or bylaws or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 

(d)    If Indemnitee is a director of the Company, the Company will advise the Board of any proposed material reduction in the coverage for Indemnitee to be provided by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and will not effect such a reduction with respect to Indemnitee without the prior approval of at least 80% of the Independent Directors of the Company.

 

(e)    If Indemnitee is a director of the Company during the term of this Agreement and if Indemnitee ceases to be a director of the Company for any reason, the Company shall procure a run-off directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred before the time Indemnitee ceased to be a director of the Company and covering Indemnitee, which policy, without any lapse in coverage, will provide coverage for a period of six years after the time Indemnitee ceased to be a director of the Company and will provide coverage (including amount and type of coverage and size of deductibles) that are substantially comparable to the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that was most protective of Indemnitee in the 12 months preceding the time Indemnitee ceased to be a director of the Company and that is reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee; provided, however, that:

 

(i)    this obligation shall be suspended during the period immediately following the time Indemnitee ceases to be a director of the Company if and only so long as the Company has a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy in effect covering Indemnitee for such claims that, if it were a run-off policy, would meet or exceed the foregoing standards, but in any event this suspension period shall end when a Change in Control occurs; and

 

(ii)    no later than the end of the suspension period provided in the preceding clause (i) (whether because of failure to have a policy meeting the foregoing standards or because a Change in Control occurs), the Company shall procure a run-off directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy meeting the foregoing standards and lasting for the remainder of the six-year period.

 

(f)    Notwithstanding the preceding clause (e) including the suspension provisions therein, if Indemnitee ceases to be an officer or a director of the Company in connection with a Change in Control or at or during the one-year period following the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall procure a run-off directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy covering Indemnitee that is reasonably satisfactory to Indemnity, meets the foregoing standards in clause (e), and lasts for a six-year period upon the Indemnitee’s ceasing to be an officer or a director of the Company in such circumstances.

 

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(g)    If at the time of the receipt of a notice of a Claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such Claim to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Claim in accordance with the terms of such policies.

 

Section 7.3    Self Insurance of the Company; Other Arrangements. The parties hereto recognize that the Company may, but except as provided in Section 7.2(d), Section 7.2(e), and Section 7.2(f) is not required to, procure or maintain insurance or other similar arrangements, at its expense, to protect itself and any person, including Indemnitee, who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner, member, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, fiduciary or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss asserted against or incurred by such person, in such a capacity or arising out of the person’s status as such a person, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense or liability or loss.

Except as provided in Section 7.2(d), Section 7.2(e) and Section 7.2(f), in considering the cost and availability of such insurance, the Company (through the exercise of the business judgment of its directors and officers) may, from time to time, purchase insurance which provides for certain (i) deductibles, (ii) limits on payments required to be made by the insurer, or (iii) coverage which may not be as comprehensive as that previously included in insurance purchased by the Company or its predecessors. The purchase of insurance with deductibles, limits on payments and coverage exclusions, even if in the best interest of the Company, may not be in the best interest of Indemnitee. As to the Company, purchasing insurance with deductibles, limits on payments and coverage exclusions is similar to the Company’s practice of self-insurance in other areas. In order to protect Indemnitee who would otherwise be more fully or entirely covered under such policies, the Company shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless to the extent (i) of such deductibles, (ii) of amounts exceeding payments required to be made by an insurer, or (iii) of amounts that prior policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance held by the Company or its predecessors have provided for payment to Indemnitee, if by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status Indemnitee is or is threatened to be made a party to anyClaim. The obligation of the Company in the preceding sentence shall be without regard to whether the Company would otherwise be required to indemnify such officer or director under the other provisions of this Agreement, or under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors or other arrangement. Without limiting the generality of any provision of this Agreement, the procedures in Article IV hereof shall, to the extent applicable, be used for determining entitlement to indemnification under this Section 7.3.

 

Section 7.4    Certain Settlement Provisions. The Company shall have no obligation to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for amounts paid in settlement of a Claim without the Company’s prior written consent. The Company shall not settle any Claim in any manner that would impose any fine or other obligation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee shall unreasonably withhold their consent to any proposed settlement.

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Section 7.5    Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue for so long as Indemnitee serves as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or, at the request of the Company, as a director, officer, partner, member, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, fiduciary or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, and thereafter shall survive until and terminate upon the later to occur of: (a) the expiration of 20 years after the latest date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve in any such capacity; (b) the final non-appealable determination or resolution of all pending Claims in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Article IV relating thereto; or (c) the expiration of all statutes of limitation applicable to possible Claims arising out of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status.

 

Section 7.6    Notice by Each Party. Indemnitee shall promptly notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document or communication relating to any Claim for which Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder; provided, however, that any failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not adversely affect Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement except to the extent the Company shall have been materially prejudiced as a direct result of such failure. The Company shall promptly notify Indemnitee in writing as to the pendency of any Claim that may involve a claim against Indemnitee for which Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder.

 

Section 7.7    Amendment. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by a written instrument executed by or on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

 

Section 7.8    Waivers. The observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) by the party entitled to enforce such term only by a writing signed by the party against which such waiver is to be asserted. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, no delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party hereto of any right, power or privilege hereunder operate as a waiver of any other right, power or privilege hereunder nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder.

 

Section 7.9    Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents expressly referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered hereby, and any other prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements with respect to the matters covered hereby, including without limitation any prior indemnification agreements, are expressly superseded by this Agreement.

 

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Section 7.10    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement (including any provision within a single section, paragraph or sentence), or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be judicially declared to be invalid, unenforceable or void, such decision will not have the effect of invalidating or voiding the remainder of this Agreement or affect the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances, it being the intent and agreement of the parties that this Agreement shall be deemed amended by modifying such provision to the extent necessary to render it valid, legal and enforceable while preserving its intent, or if such modification is not possible, by substituting therefor another provision that is valid, legal and enforceable and that achieves the same objective. Any such finding of invalidity or unenforceability shall not prevent the enforcement of such provision in any other jurisdiction to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 7.11    Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon (a) transmitter’s confirmation of a receipt of a facsimile transmission if during normal business hours of the recipient, otherwise on the next business day, (b) confirmed delivery of a standard overnight courier or when delivered by hand or (c) the expiration of five business days after the date mailed by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested), postage prepaid, to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other addresses for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to the Company, to it at:

 

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2801 Gateway Drive

Suite 150

Irving, Texas 75063-2648

Attn: Corporate Secretary

Facsimile: 469-442-4740

 

 

If to Indemnitee, to Indemnitee at:

 

501 Dudley Road

Newton, MA 02459

 

or to such other address or to such other individuals as any party shall have last designated by notice to the other parties. All notices and other communications given to any party in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or sent to the intended recipient thereof in accordance with and as provided in the provisions of this Section 7.11.

 

Section 7.12    Governing Law. This Agreement  and the legal relations among the parties shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with , the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflict of laws rule.

 

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Section 7.13 Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (other than an arbitration provided for in Section 5.1) shall be brought only in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for the purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (c) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (d) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or otherwise inconvenient forum.

 

Section 7.14    Certain Construction Rules.

 

(a)    The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, unless otherwise provided to the contrary, (1) all references to days shall be deemed references to calendar days and (2) any reference to a “Section” or “Article” shall be deemed to refer to a section or article of this Agreement. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import referring to this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, the term “or” shall not be deemed to be exclusive. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

(b)    For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, nominee, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interest of the Company” for purposes of this Agreement and the DGCL.

 

(c)    In the event of a merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Company with or into any other entity, references to the “Company” shall include the entity surviving or resulting from the merger, consolidation or amalgamation as well as the Company, and Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under this Agreement with respect to the surviving or resulting entity as Indemnitee would stand with respect to the Company if its existence had continued upon and after the merger, consolidation or amalgamation.

 

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Section 7.15    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, notwithstanding that both parties are not signatories to the original or same counterpart.

 

Section 7.16    Certain Persons Not Entitled to Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (but subject to Section 7.1), Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of this Agreement with respect to any Claim, issue or matter therein, brought or made by Indemnitee against the Company, except as specifically provided in Article III, Article IV or Section 7.3. In addition, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement:

 

(a)    To indemnify Indemnitee if (and to the extent that) a final, non-appealable  decision by a court or arbitration body having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful; or

 

(b)    To indemnify Indemnitee for the payment to the Company of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or Expenses incurred by Indemnitee for Claims in connection with such payment under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

Section 7.17    Indemnification for Negligence, Gross Negligence, etc. Without limiting the generality of any other provision hereunder, it is the express intent of this Agreement that Indemnitee be indemnified and Expenses be advanced regardless of Indemnitee’s acts of negligence, gross negligence, intentional or willful misconduct to the extent that indemnification and advancement of Expenses is allowed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and under applicable law.

 

Section 7.18    Mutual Acknowledgments. Both the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that, in certain instances, applicable law (including applicable federal law that may preempt or override applicable state law) or public policy may prohibit the Company from indemnifying the directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries of the Company under this Agreement or otherwise. For example, the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the position that indemnification of directors, officers and controlling Persons of the Company for liabilities arising under federal securities laws is against public policy and, therefore, unenforceable. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Company has undertaken or may be required in the future to undertake with the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the Company’s right under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee. In addition, the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that federal law prohibits indemnifications for certain violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

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Section 7.19    Enforcement. The Company agrees that its execution of this Agreement shall constitute a stipulation by which it shall be irrevocably bound in any court or arbitration in which a proceeding by Indemnitee for enforcement of Indemnitee’s rights hereunder shall have been commenced, continued or appealed, that its obligations set forth in this Agreement are unique and special, and that failure of the Company to comply with the provisions of this Agreement will cause irreparable and irremediable injury to Indemnitee, for which a remedy at law will be inadequate. As a result, in addition to any other right or remedy Indemnitee may have at law or in equity with respect to breach of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to injunctive or mandatory relief directing specific performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement. The Company agrees not to seek, and agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of, a bond in connection with Indemnitee’s seeking or obtaining such relief.

 

Section 7.20    Successors and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives.

 

Section 7.21    Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or on behalf of the Company or any affiliate of the Company against Indemnitee or Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors, or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of one year from the date of accrual of that cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company or its affiliate shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within that one-year period; provided, however, that for any claim based on Indemnitee’s breach of fiduciary duties to the Company or its stockholders, the period set forth in the preceding sentence shall be three years instead of one year; and provided, further, that, if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, the shorter period shall govern.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered to be effective as of the date first above written.

 

			
	
REATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
By:
	
 
	
/s/ J. Warren Huff

	
Name:
	
 
	
J. Warren Huff

	
Title:
	
 
	
Chief Executive Officer

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
INDEMNITEE:

	
 

	
 
	
 
	
/s/ Manmeet S. Soni

	
Name:
	
 
	
Manmeet S. Soni

 

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