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I. PURSUANT TO THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT, THE EXISTING LENDERS HAVE EXTENDED, AND HAVE AGREED TO EXTEND, CREDIT TO BORROWER.
II. BORROWER HAS INFORMED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT PARENT INTENDS TO EFFECT AN INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING PURSUANT TO WHICH IT WILL OFFER AND SELL SHARES OF PARENT’S COMMON STOCK IN AN UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “IPO”) AND WILL RAISE APPROXIMATELY $250,000,000 OF GROSS CASH PROCEEDS THEREFROM (THE “IPO PROCEEDS”).
III. IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING, (I) BORROWER HAS REQUESTED THAT LENDERS EXTEND CREDIT IN THE FORM OF SENIOR SECURED TERM LOANS (“SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS”) TO BORROWER ON THE RESTATEMENT DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW) IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $100,000,000 SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN AND IN THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, (II) BORROWER WILL OFFER TO PURCHASE (THE “SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES TENDER OFFER”) ALL OF ITS ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AND WILL CONCURRENTLY SOLICIT CONSENTS FROM THE HOLDERS THEREOF (THE “SENIOR
SUBORDINATED NOTES CONSENT SOLICITATION”) TO AMEND THE SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE INDENTURE TO ELIMINATE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND ELIMINATE OR MODIFY CERTAIN EVENT OF DEFAULT AND RELATED PROVISIONS CONTAINED THEREIN, (III) BORROWER WILL, WITH THE PROCEEDS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS (AND/OR ANY PORTION OF THE IPO PROCEEDS CONTRIBUTED TO BORROWER BY PARENT), PURCHASE ALL OF THE SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES VALIDLY TENDERED AND NOT WITHDRAWN IN CONNECTION WITH THE SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES TENDER OFFER (THE “SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES REPURCHASE”), (IV) PARENT WILL, WITH THE IPO PROCEEDS (AND/OR ANY PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS DIVIDENDED OR DISTRIBUTED TO PARENT BY BORROWER), (A) REPURCHASE ALL ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING PARENT JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES (AS DEFINED IN THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT) (THE “PARENT JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES REPURCHASE”), (B) REDEEM ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING SHARES OF SPONSOR PREFERRED STOCK (AS DEFINED IN THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT) AND PAY ALL ACCRUED AND UNPAID DIVIDENDS THEREON (THE “SPONSOR PREFERRED STOCK REDEMPTION”) AND (C) REPURCHASE UP TO $35,000,000 OF PARENT COMMON STOCK ISSUED TO HOLDINGS’ CLASS A UNIT HOLDERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE LIQUIDATION OF HOLDINGS (“PARENT COMMON STOCK REPURCHASE”), (V) PARENT AND BORROWER WILL PAY PREPAYMENT PENALTIES OR TENDER PREMIUMS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “PREPAYMENT PENALTIES”) IN CONNECTION WITH THE SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES REPURCHASE, THE PARENT JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES REPURCHASE AND THE SPONSOR PREFERRED STOCK REDEMPTION AND (VI) FEES AND EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING (THE “TRANSACTION COSTS”) WILL BE PAID (SUCH TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN CLAUSES (I) THROUGH (VI) ABOVE, THE “TRANSACTIONS”).
IV. BORROWER AND LENDERS DESIRE TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT, EFFECTIVE UPON AND SUBJECT TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PARENT IPO AND TO THE OTHER APPLICABLE CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW, IN THE FORM OF THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A (THE “RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT”) TO (I) SET FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH LENDERS WILL MAKE THE SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS TO BORROWER, (II) TERMINATE THE COMMITMENTS (THE “EXISTING REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENTS”) WITH RESPECT TO THE EXISTING $50,000,000 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY (THE “EXISTING REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY”) AND TO ESTABLISH NEW COMMITMENTS TO MAKE REVOLVING LOANS TO BORROWER PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 2.1A(I) OF THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF UP TO $75,000,000 (THE “NEW REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENTS”), (III) INCREASE THE SYNTHETIC LETTER OF CREDIT COMMITMENTS FROM
$15,000,000 TO $35,000,000, (IV) TERMINATE LC FACILITY COMMITMENTS AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE LC FACILITY LENDERS TO ISSUE LC FACILITY LETTERS OF CREDIT PURSUANT TO THE $20,000,000 STAND-ALONE LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY UNDER THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT (THE “LC FACILITY”), (V) PROVIDE FOR AN UNCOMMITTED INCREMENTAL TERM LOAN FACILITY IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF UP TO $100,000,000 AND (VI) MAKE CERTAIN OTHER AMENDMENTS SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, IN EACH CASE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND AGREEMENTS SET FORTH HEREIN AND IN THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (SUCH AMENDMENTS DESCRIBED IN CLAUSES (I) THROUGH (VI) ABOVE, THE “IPO AMENDMENTS”).
V. BORROWER HAS FURTHER REQUESTED THAT THE LENDERS CONSENT TO THE TRANSACTIONS AND WAIVE COMPLIANCE BY PARENT AND BORROWER WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT TO PERMIT THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS AND THE USE OF THE IPO PROCEEDS AS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
VI. BORROWER HAS FURTHER REQUESTED THAT THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT BE AMENDED TO REDUCE THE INTEREST RATE MARGINS APPLICABLE TO THE U.S. DOLLAR TERM LOANS (WHICH REDUCED MARGINS SHALL ALSO APPLY TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS) AND THE SYNTHETIC LETTER OF CREDIT LOANS (AND THE INTEREST RATE MARGIN COMPONENT OF THE LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY FEE IN RESPECT OF THE SYNTHETIC LETTERS OF CREDIT) (THE “REPRICING AMENDMENT”).
VII. EACH LENDER UNDER THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT THAT AGREES TO MAKE SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS (EACH SUCH LENDER, A “SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LENDER”) IS WILLING TO EXTEND CREDIT TO BORROWER IN THE FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS ON THE TERMS AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN AND IN THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT AND WILL, ON THE RESTATEMENT DATE, MAKE SUCH SUPPLEMENTAL TERM LOANS TO BORROWER IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED BY SECTION 1 HEREOF AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT.
VIII. THE PERSONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO (THE “NEW REVOLVING LENDERS”) ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE THE NEW REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENTS ON THE RESTATEMENT DATE, ON THE TERMS AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN AND IN THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT.
IX. THE PERSONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE II HERETO (THE “INCREASING SYNTHETIC LETTER OF CREDIT LENDERS”) ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE AN AGGREGATE OF $20,000,000 OF ADDITIONAL SYNTHETIC LETTER OF CREDIT COMMITMENTS ON THE RESTATEMENT DATE, ON THE TERMS
AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN AND IN THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT.
X. ON OCTOBER 16, 2002, THE DATE ON WHICH THE INITIAL LOANS WERE MADE UNDER THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT, (A) BORROWER, EACH CREDIT SUPPORT PARTY (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ENTERED INTO THE SECURITY AGREEMENT, (B) PARENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ENTERED INTO THE PARENT GUARANTY AND (C) THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ENTERED INTO THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY, PURSUANT TO WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE CREDIT SUPPORT PARTIES GUARANTEED THE OBLIGATIONS OF BORROWER UNDER THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT AND PROVIDED SECURITY THEREFOR. EACH CREDIT SUPPORT PARTY EXPECTS TO REALIZE SUBSTANTIAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT AND EACH CREDIT SUPPORT PARTY IS WILLING TO REAFFIRM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE PARENT GUARANTY AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY, AS APPLICABLE, AND THE OTHER COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS.
ACCORDINGLY, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS HEREIN CONTAINED, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
A. Supplemental Term Loans.
1. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Restated Credit Agreement, each Supplemental Term Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make a Supplemental Term Loan to Borrower in Dollars on the Restatement Date in a principal amount equal to such Supplemental Term Lender’s Supplemental Term Loan Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.1 to the Restated Credit Agreement. For purposes hereof, a person shall become a Supplemental Term Lender and a party to the Restated Credit Agreement (upon the effectiveness of the IPO Amendments and the Restated Credit Agreement) by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent, on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on June 1, 2006, a signature page to this Amendment. Each Supplemental Term Lender’s Supplemental Term Loan Commitment shall expire immediately and without further action on September 30, 2006 if the Restatement Date does not occur on or before that date.
2. Each Supplemental Term Lender shall fund its Supplemental Term Loans to Administrative Agent on the Restatement Date, in the manner contemplated by the Restated Credit Agreement. The Supplemental Term Loan Commitments of the Supplemental Term Lenders are several and not joint, and no Supplemental Term Lender shall be responsible for any other Supplemental Term Lender’s failure to make any Supplemental Term Loan. The obligations of each Supplemental Term Lender to make Supplemental Term Loans on the Restatement Date are subject to (a) the satisfaction or waiver in accordance with the Restated Credit Agreement of each of the conditions set forth in subsection 4.1 of the Restated Credit
Agreement and (b) the Restated Credit Agreement and the IPO Amendments having become effective in accordance with Section 8 hereof.
3. The proceeds of the Supplemental Term Loans shall be applied by Borrower (or, to the extent any such proceeds are dividended or distributed to Parent by Borrower, by Parent), together with the IPO Proceeds (to the extent any IPO Proceeds are contributed by Parent to Borrower), solely (i) to finance (a) the Senior Subordinated Notes Repurchase, (b) the Parent Junior Subordinated Notes Repurchase, (c) the Sponsor Preferred Stock Redemption and (d) the Parent Common Stock Repurchase, (ii) to pay the Prepayment Penalties and (iii) to pay the Transaction Costs.
4. Borrower agrees to pay each Supplemental Term Lender a ticking fee equal to 0.50% per annum of such Supplemental Term Lender’s Supplemental Term Loan Commitment (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a 360-day year), beginning to accrue on August 1, 2006 and payable to each Supplemental Term Lender on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Supplemental Term Loan Commitments and (ii) the occurrence of the Restatement Date.
B. Revolving Loan Commitments.
1. On the Restatement Date, (i) all existing Revolving Loans and all other amounts owed under the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to Revolving Loans and Existing Revolving Loan Commitments shall be paid in full and (ii) the Existing Revolving Loan Commitments shall be terminated in whole.
2. Each New Revolving Lender hereby agrees that, effective upon the Restatement Date, it shall have made a New Revolving Loan Commitment in the amount set forth next to such New Revolving Lender’s name on Schedule I hereto. All such New Revolving Loan Commitments shall constitute “Revolving Loan Commitments” and all New Revolving Lenders shall constitute “Revolving Lenders”, in each case for all purposes of the Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Requisite Lenders hereby consent to the establishment of the New Revolving Loan Commitments.
3. Each New Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, effective upon the Restatement Date, have irrevocably purchased a participation in each Revolving Letter of Credit issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such New Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the maximum amount that is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder.
C. Additional Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments.
1. Each Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender hereby agrees that, effective upon the Restatement Date, (i) in respect of each Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender that is a Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender immediately prior to the Restatement Date, such Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment
in effect immediately prior to the Restatement Date shall be increased by the amount set forth next to such Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s name on Schedule II hereto, and (ii) in respect of each Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender that is not a Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender immediately prior to the Restatement Date, such Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment shall be the amount set forth next to such Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s name on Schedule II hereto. All such additional Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments shall constitute “Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments” and all Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders shall constitute “Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders”, in each case for all purposes of the Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Requisite Lenders hereby consent to the increase in the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments resulting from the additional Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments being provided by the Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders hereunder.
2. Each Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, effective upon the Restatement Date, have irrevocably purchased from each Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender a participation in each Synthetic Letter of Credit issued by such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender and outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share (with the calculation thereof to be made after giving effect to the increase in the amount of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments as contemplated hereby) of the maximum amount that is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder.
3. On the Restatement Date, each Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender shall deposit with Administrative Agent such Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit equal to the amount set forth next to such Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s name on Schedule II hereto.
D. Termination of LC Facility. On the Restatement Date, (i) all LC Facility Loans and all other amounts owed under the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to LC Facility Loans and LC Facility Commitments shall be paid in full, (ii) each existing LC Facility Letter of Credit will be deemed to be a Synthetic Letter of Credit issued under the Restated Credit Agreement and (iii) the LC Facility Commitments shall be terminated in whole.
E. Consent and Waiver. The Requisite Lenders hereby consent to the Transactions and hereby waive compliance by Parent and Borrower with the provisions of subsections 7.5, 7.7, 7.9 and 7.12 of the Existing Credit Agreement to the extent (but only to the extent necessary) to permit Parent and Borrower to consummate the Transactions. The Requisite Lenders hereby further waive compliance by the Borrower with the provisions of subsection 2.4B(iii)(c) of the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to the IPO Proceeds.
F. Amendments to the Credit Agreement to Effect Repricing Amendment. Effective as of the Repricing Amendment Effective Date (as defined below):
1. Subsection 1.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add the definition of the following term in appropriate alphabetical order:
“Specified Ratings Condition” means Borrower shall have received a corporate family rating of B1 or higher from Moody’s and an organization rating of B+ or higher from S&P, in each case with no negative outlook (the “Specified Ratings”); provided that the Specified Ratings Condition shall only remain satisfied for so long as (i) neither Moody’s shall have reduced its corporate family rating, nor S&P shall have reduced its organization rating, to a ratings category below the Specified Ratings (a “Ratings Event”) and (ii) neither Moody’s nor S&P shall have withdrawn or otherwise ceased to publish its rating with respect to the Borrower (a “Ratings Withdrawal”).
2. The definition of each of the following terms in subsection 1.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
“Base Rate Margin” means, for any day, (i) with respect to any Revolving Loan, the margin over Base Rate used in determining the rate of interest on Base Rate Loans pursuant to subsection 2.2A, and (ii) with respect to any U.S. Dollar Term Loan or Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan, 1.25%; provided that, with respect to clause (ii) above, upon the satisfaction of the Specified Ratings Condition (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of Borrower certifying such satisfaction delivered to Administrative Agent) and for so long as the Specified Ratings Condition shall remain satisfied, “Base Rate Margin” shall mean, for any day, 1.00%.
“LIBOR Rate Margin” means, for any day, (i) with respect to any Revolving Loan, the margin over the Adjusted LIBOR Rate used in determining the rate of interest on LIBOR Rate Loans pursuant to subsection 2.2A, and (ii) with respect to any U.S. Dollar Term Loan or Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan, 2.25%; provided that, with respect to clause (ii) above, upon the satisfaction of the Specified Ratings Condition (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of Borrower certifying such satisfaction delivered to Administrative Agent) and for so long as the Specified Ratings Condition shall remain satisfied, “LIBOR Rate Margin” shall mean, for any day, 2.00%.
3. Subsection 2.2A of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended:
(1) by deleting “2.00%” and substituting therefor the words “the Base Rate Margin” in clause (iii)(a) thereof;
(2) by deleting “3.00%” and substituting therefor the words “the LIBOR Rate Margin” in clause (iii)(b) thereof;
(3) by inserting the phrase “with respect to any Revolving Loan” immediately after the phrase “the Base Rate Margin and the LIBOR Rate Margin” appearing in the second line of clause (v) thereof; and
(4) by adding a new clause (vii) that reads as follows:
G. Amendment and Restatement of Credit Agreement to Effect the IPO Amendments. Effective as of the Restatement Date, the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form of the Restated Credit Agreement (it being understood and agreed that, except as otherwise set forth on Schedule III hereto, all schedules and exhibits to the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue to constitute schedules and exhibits to the Restated Credit Agreement, in the forms thereof immediately prior to the Restatement Date). Upon the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement, (a) each Term B Loan and Supplemental Term B Loan outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to such effectiveness shall be deemed to be an Existing U.S. Dollar Term Loan under the Restated Credit Agreement, (b) each Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to such effectiveness shall be deemed to be a Canadian Dollar Term Loan under the Restated Credit Agreement and (c) each Letter of Credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement (other than a LC Facility Letter of Credit, with respect to which the provisions of Section 4 hereof shall apply) shall be deemed to be a Letter of Credit of the same type under the Restated Credit Agreement.
H. Effectiveness of Repricing Amendment and IPO Amendments.
1. The Repricing Amendment shall become effective as of the first date (the “Repricing Amendment Effective Date”) on which Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (including, without limitation, delivery via facsimile or electronic mail in accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement) duly executed counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of (A) Borrower, (B) Administrative Agent, (C) each Credit Support Party, (D) the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), (E) each Term Lender holding a U.S. Dollar Term Loan and (F) each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender (in the case of each of clauses (E) and (F), after giving effect to any prior or concurrent assignment, whether pursuant to the mandatory assignment provisions set forth in subsection 2.9 of the Existing Credit Agreement or otherwise).
2. The IPO Amendments and the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement effected hereby in connection therewith shall become effective as of the first date, occurring on or prior to September 30, 2006, on which the following conditions have been satisfied (such date, the “Restatement Date”):
(1) each of the conditions set forth in subsection 4.1 of the Restated Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Restated Credit Agreement;
(2) there shall be no outstanding Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans or unreimbursed drawings under any Revolving Letter of Credit on the Restatement Date; and
(3) Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (including, without limitation, delivery via facsimile or electronic mail in accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement) duly executed counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of (A) Borrower, (B) Administrative Agent, (C) each Credit Support Party, (D) the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), (E) each Supplemental Term Lender, (F) each New Revolving Lender and (G) each Increasing Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender.
I. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each of Borrower and, as applicable, each Credit Support Party represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and each Lender that, as of the Repricing Amendment Effective Date and as of the Restatement Date, the following statements are true, correct and complete:
1. Corporate Power and Authority. Each of Borrower and each Credit Support Party has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Amendment and, with respect to Borrower, to carry out the transactions contemplated by the Restated Credit Agreement.
2. Authorization of Agreements. The execution and delivery of this Amendment and, with respect to Borrower, the performance of the Restated Credit Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Borrower and each Credit Support Party.
3. No Conflict. The execution and delivery by Borrower and each Credit Support Party of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of the Restated Credit Agreement do not and will not (i) violate any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, the Organizational Documents of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other Government Authority binding on Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under any of the Loan Documents in favor of Administrative Agent on behalf of Lenders or as otherwise permitted under the Restated Credit Agreement), or (iv) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Restatement Date and except, in each case, to the extent such
violation, conflict, breach or failure to obtain such approval or consent could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4. Governmental Consents. The execution and delivery by each of Borrower and each Credit Support Party of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of the Restated Credit Agreement do not and will not require any Governmental Authorization, except as has been duly obtained and is in full force and effect unless the failure to obtain such Governmental Authorization could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5. Binding Obligation. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and each Credit Support Party and is the legally valid and binding obligation of each of Borrower and each Credit Support Party, enforceable against each of Borrower and each Credit Support Party in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) relating to enforceability.
6. Incorporation of Representations and Warranties from Credit Agreement. The representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Existing Credit Agreement (with respect to the Repricing Amendment Effective Date) or the Restated Credit Agreement (with respect to the Restatement Date), as the case may be, are and will be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the Repricing Amendment Effective Date or the Restatement Date, as the case may be, to the same extent as though made on and as of such dates, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.
7. Absence of Default. No event has occurred and is continuing or will result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment that would constitute an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default.
J. Acknowledgement and Consent.
1. Parent and each Subsidiary of Borrower (each individually a “Credit Support Party” and collectively, the “Credit Support Parties”) hereby acknowledges that it has read this Amendment (including the Restated Credit Agreement) and consents to the terms hereof and further hereby affirms, confirms and agrees that (i) notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment or the Restated Credit Agreement, the obligations of such Credit Support Party under each of the Loan Documents to which such Credit Support Party is a party shall not be impaired and each of the Loan Documents to which such Credit Support Party is a party are, and shall continue to be, in full force and
effect and are hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects, (ii) its guaranty of all of the Obligations and the pledge of and/or grant of a security interest in its assets as Collateral to secure such Obligations, all as provided in the Guaranties, the Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents as originally executed, and acknowledges and agrees that each such guaranty, pledge and/or grant continues in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, the Obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (iii) all the representations and warranties made by or relating to it contained in the Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Restatement Date with the same effect as though made on and as of the Restatement Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.
2. Parent and each Subsidiary of Borrower acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this Amendment, the Restated Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to require the consent of such Credit Support Party to any future amendments to the Credit Agreement.
K. Miscellaneous.
1. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other Loan Documents. On and after the Repricing Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import, and each reference to the Existing Credit Agreement in any other Loan Document, shall be deemed a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended to give effect to the Repricing Amendment, and on and after the Restatement Date, each such reference shall mean and be a reference to, from and after the replacement of the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement by the terms of the Restated Credit Agreement, the Restated Credit Agreement. This Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
2. No Novation. Neither this Amendment nor the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Loan Document or any other security therefor or any guaranty thereof. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the Obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement or instruments guaranteeing or securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing expressed or implied in this Amendment, the Restated Credit Agreement or any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement or Borrower or any other Loan Party under any other Loan Document (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) from any of its obligations and liabilities thereunder. The Existing Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall remain in full force and effect, until and except as modified hereby or thereby in connection herewith or therewith. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Restated Credit Agreement.
3. Fees and Expenses. Borrower acknowledges that all costs, fees and expenses as described in subsection 10.2 of the Restated Credit Agreement incurred by Administrative Agent or its counsel (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel to Administrative Agent) with
respect to this Amendment, the Restated Credit Agreement and the documents and transactions contemplated hereby shall be for the account of Borrower. Borrower further agrees to pay to Administrative Agent such fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed pursuant to the Arrangement Fee Letter dated May 31, 2006, among Borrower, Administrative Agent, the Co-Arrangers and the other party identified therein, with such fees to be distributed as provided therein.
4. Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
5. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANOTHER LAW.
6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document.
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