EX-10.1 2 d273549dex101.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY,

CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY, and

CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.,

as U.S. Borrowers, Canadian Facility Guarantors, and U.K. Facility Guarantors

CALLAWAY GOLF CANADA LTD.,

as the Canadian Borrower and a U.K. Facility Guarantor,

CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LTD.,

as the U.K. Borrower and a Canadian Facility Guarantor, and

THE OTHER OBLIGORS PARTY HERETO

 

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 22, 2011

$230,000,000

 

 

CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,

as Lenders,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

as Syndication Agent

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,

as Documentation Agent

and

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

Section 1.

      Definitions; Rules of Construction      2   

1.1

  Definitions      2   

1.2

  Accounting Terms      53   

1.3

  Uniform Commercial Code/PPSA      53   

1.4

  Certain Matters of Construction      53   

1.5

  Calculations      54   

1.6

  Interpretation (Quebec)      54   

Section 2.

      Credit Facilities      54   

2.1

  Revolver Commitments      54   

2.2

 

U.K. Letter of Credit Facility

     59   

2.3

  U.S. Letter of Credit Facility      62   

2.4

  Canadian Letter of Credit Facility      65   

Section 3.

      Interest, Fees and Charges      68   

3.1

  Interest      68   

3.2

  Fees      71   

3.3

  Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield Protection      72   

3.4

  Reimbursement Obligations      73   

3.5

  Illegality      73   

3.6

  Inability to Determine Rates      74   

3.7

  Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy      74   

3.8

  Mitigation      75   

3.9

  Funding Losses      76   

3.10

  Maximum Interest      76   

Section 4.

      Loan Administration      77   

4.1

  Manner of Borrowing and Funding Revolver Loans      77   

4.2

  Defaulting Lender      80   

4.3

  Number and Amount of LIBOR Loans; Determination of Rate      81   

4.4

  Borrower Agent      81   

4.5

  One Obligation      82   

4.6

  Effect of Termination      82   

Section 5.

      Payments      82   

5.1

  General Payment Provisions      82   

5.2

  Repayment of Revolver Loans      83   

5.3

  Intentionally Omitted      83   

5.4

  Payment of Other Obligations      83   

5.5

  Marshaling; Payments Set Aside      83   

5.6

  Post-Default Allocation of Payments      84   

5.7

  Application of Payments      87   

 

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5.8

  Loan Account; Account Stated      88   

5.9

  Taxes      88   

5.10

  Lender Tax Information      92   

5.11

  Guarantee by Obligors      93   

5.12

  Currency Matters      99   

5.13

  Currency Fluctuations      100   

Section 6.

      Conditions Precedent      100   

6.1

  Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans      100   

6.2

  Conditions Precedent to Initial U.K. Revolver Loans      101   

6.3

  Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions      102   

Section 7.

      Collateral      103   

7.1

  Grant of Security Interest      103   

7.2

  Lien on Deposit Accounts; Cash Collateral      104   

7.3

  Intentionally Omitted      105   

7.4

  Certain After-Acquired Collateral      105   

7.5

  No Assumption of Liability      105   

7.6

  Further Assurances      106   

Section 8.

      Collateral Administration      106   

8.1

  Borrowing Base Certificates      106   

8.2

  Administration of Accounts      106   

8.3

  Administration of Inventory      108   

8.4

  Intentionally Omitted      108   

8.5

  Administration of Deposit Accounts      108   

8.6

  General Provisions      109   

8.7

  Power of Attorney      110   

Section 9.

      Representations and Warranties      111   

9.1

  General Representations and Warranties      111   

Section 10.

      Covenants and Continuing Agreements      118   

10.1

  Affirmative Covenants      118   

10.2

  Negative Covenants      124   

10.3

  Financial Covenants      135   

Section 11.

      Events of Default; Remedies on Default      135   

11.1

  Events of Default      135   

11.2

  Remedies upon Default      137   

11.3

  License      138   

11.4

  Setoff      138   

11.5

  Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver      138   

11.6

  Judgment Currency      139   

 

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Section 12.

      Agent      139   

12.1

  Appointment, Authority and Duties of Agent      139   

12.2

  Agreements Regarding Collateral and Field Examination Reports      142   

12.3

  Reliance By Agent      143   

12.4

  Action Upon Default      143   

12.5

  Ratable Sharing      143   

12.6

  Indemnification      143   

12.7

  Limitation on Responsibilities of Agent      144   

12.8

  Successor Agent and Co-Agents      144   

12.9

  Due Diligence and Non-Reliance      145   

12.10

  Remittance of Payments and Collections      145   

12.11

  Agent in its Individual Capacity      146   

12.12

  Agent Titles      146   

12.13

  Bank Product Providers      146   

12.14

  No Third Party Beneficiaries      146   

Section 13.

      Benefit of Agreement; Assignments      147   

13.1

  Successors and Assigns      147   

13.2

  Participations      147   

13.3

  Assignments      148   

13.4

  Replacement of Certain Lenders      149   

Section 14.

      Miscellaneous      149   

14.1

  Consents, Amendments and Waivers      149   

14.2

  Indemnity      150   

14.3

  Notices and Communications      150   

14.4

  Performance of Obligors’ Obligations      151   

14.5

  Credit Inquiries      151   

14.6

  Severability      151   

14.7

  Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms      152   

14.8

  Counterparts      152   

14.9

  Entire Agreement      152   

14.10

  Relationship with Lenders      152   

14.11

  Lender Loss Sharing Agreement      152   

14.12

  No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility      155   

14.13

  Confidentiality      155   

14.14

  GOVERNING LAW      156   

14.15

  Consent to Forum; Judicial Reference      156   

14.16

  Waivers by Obligors      156   

14.17

  Patriot Act Notice      157   

14.18

  Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Legislation      157   

14.19

  Reinstatement      157   

14.20

  Nonliability of Lenders      158   

14.21

  Know Your Customer      158   

14.22

  Amendment and Restatement      158   

 

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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

 

Exhibit A-1   Form of Canadian Revolver Note
Exhibit A-2   Form of U.S. Revolver Note
Exhibit A-3   Form of U.K. Revolver Note
Exhibit B   Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit C   Assignment Notice
Exhibit D   Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E   Form of Debenture
Schedule E-1   Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 1.1   Commitments of Lenders
Schedule 1.1A   Mandatory Cost Formulae
Schedule 1.1C   U.K. Eligible Foreign Accounts
Schedule 1.1D   U.K. Non-Bank Lenders
Schedule 5.9.9   Treaty Lenders under HMRC DT Passport Scheme
Schedule 8.6.1   Business Locations
Schedule 9.1.9   Environmental Matters
Schedule 9.1.12   ERISA Compliance
Schedule 9.1.13   Names and Capital Structure
Schedule 9.1.21   Labor Contracts
Schedule 10.2.1   Existing Liens
Schedule 10.2.2   Permitted Investments
Schedule 10.2.3   Permitted Debt

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is dated as of December 22, 2011, among CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY, a California corporation (“Callaway Sales”), CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Callaway Operations”, and together with Parent and Callaway Sales, collectively, “U.S. Borrowers”), CALLAWAY GOLF CANADA LTD., a Canada corporation (“Canadian Borrower”) CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LTD., a company organized under the laws of England (registered number 02756321) (“U.K. Borrower” and together with the U.S. Borrowers and the Canadian Borrower, collectively, “Borrowers”), the other Obligors party to this Agreement from time to time, the financial institutions party to this Agreement from time to time as lenders (collectively, “Lenders”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, as administrative agent and as security trustee for the Lenders (“Agent”).

R E C I T A L S:

WHEREAS, Agent, the Lenders party thereto, the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Borrower, and the other Obligors party thereto entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 22, 2011 (the “Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement”), which amended and restated that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2011, by and among Agent, the Lenders party thereto, the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Borrower, and the other Obligors party thereto (the “Original Loan Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to amend and restate in their entirety the agreements contained in the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement as amongst themselves;

WHEREAS, the Obligors have requested that: (i) the U.S. Lenders provide a credit facility to the U.S. Borrowers; (ii) the Canadian Lenders provide a credit facility to the Canadian Borrower; and (iii) the U.K. Lenders provide a credit facility to the U.K. Borrower, in each case, to finance their mutual and collective business enterprise;

WHEREAS, the applicable Lenders are willing to provide such credit facilities on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, each Obligor hereby restates, ratifies and reaffirms each and every term and condition set forth in the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, and the other Loan Documents effective as of the date hereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto amend and restate the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and agree as follows:

 

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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

1.1 Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

Account: as defined in the UCC (and/or, with respect to any Accounts of a Canadian Subsidiary, as defined in the PPSA), including all rights to payment for goods sold or leased, or for services rendered.

Account Debtor: a Person who is obligated under an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangible.

Acquisition: any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the Original Agreement Closing Date, by which Parent, directly or indirectly, acquires (a) any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger, or otherwise or (b) in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions, a majority (in number of votes) of the Equity Interests of a Person which has ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other similar management personnel of a Person (other than Equity Interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority of the outstanding Equity Interests of a Person.

Acquisition Cap: $0; provided, however, the Acquisition Cap shall be increased to $25,000,000 on the first day of the month following the date Agent has received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any trailing twelve month period ending after the Original Agreement Closing Date is 1.0 to 1.0 or greater. For the avoidance of doubt, any increase in the Acquisition Cap shall remain in effect notwithstanding that Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any trailing twelve month period after such increase takes effect shall be less than 1.0 to 1.0.

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

Agent: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Agent Indemnitees: Agent and its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents and attorneys.

Agent Professionals: attorneys, accountants, appraisers, auditors, business valuation experts, environmental engineers or consultants, turnaround consultants, and other professionals and experts retained by Agent.

Agreement: this Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement.

 

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Allocable Amount: as defined in Section 5.11.

Anti-Terrorism Laws: any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including the Patriot Act and the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Applicable Law: all laws, rules, regulations and governmental guidelines with the force of law applicable to the Person, conduct, transaction, agreement or matter in question, including all applicable statutory law, common law and equitable principles, and all provisions of constitutions, treaties, statutes, rules, regulations, orders and decrees of Governmental Authorities.

Applicable Lenders: with respect to: (a) the U.S. Borrowers, the U.S. Lenders, (b) the Canadian Borrower, the Canadian Lenders, and (c) the U.K. Borrower, the U.K. Lenders.

Applicable Margin: with respect to any Type of Loan, the respective margin set forth in the grid below (the “Pricing Grid”), as determined by the Availability Ratio for the last calendar month:

 

Level

  

Availability

Ratio

   U.S.
Base
Rate
Loans
     LIBOR
Loans
     Canadian
BA Rate
Loans
     Canadian
Prime Rate
Loans and
Canadian Base
Rate Loans
     U.K.
Base
Rate
Loans
 

I

   Greater than or equal to 67%      1.25      2.25      2.25      1.25      2.25

II

   Less than 67% but greater than 33%      1.50      2.50      2.50      1.50      2.50

III

   Less than or equal to 33%      1.75      2.75      2.75      1.75      2.75

Until June 30, 2012, margins shall be determined as if Level II were applicable regardless of the Availability Ratio for the last calendar month. Thereafter, margins shall be subject to increase or decrease based upon the Availability Ratio for the prior calendar month, as determined by Agent. If, by the first day of a calendar month, any Borrowing Base Certificate due in the preceding calendar month has not been received, then, at the option of Agent or Required Lenders, the margins shall be determined as if Level III were applicable, from such day until the first day of the calendar month following actual receipt.

Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) on the first day of the month following the date Agent has received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that EBITDA for any trailing twelve month period ending after the Original Agreement Closing Date was $25,000,000 or greater, but less than $50,000,000, the Pricing Grid shall be as follows:

 

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Level

  

Availability

Ratio

     U.S. Base
Rate
Loans
     LIBOR
Loans
     Canadian
BA Rate
Loans
     Canadian
Prime Rate
Loans and
Canadian Base
Rate Loans
     U.K. Base
Rate
Loans
 

I

   Greater than or equal to 67%        1.00      2.00      2.00      1.00      2.00

II

   Less than 67% but greater than 33%        1.25      2.25      2.25      1.25      2.25

III

   Less than or equal to 33%        1.50      2.50      2.50      1.50      2.50

; and (b) on the first day of the month following the date Agent has received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that EBITDA for any trailing twelve month period ending after the Original Agreement Closing Date was $50,000,000 or greater, the Pricing Grid shall be as follows:

 

Level

  

Availability

Ratio

     U.S. Base
Rate
Loans
     LIBOR
Loans
     Canadian
BA Rate
Loans
     Canadian
Prime Rate
Loans and
Canadian Base
Rate Loans
     U.K. Base
Rate
Loans
 

I

   Greater than or equal to 67%        0.75      1.75      1.75      0.75      1.75

II

   Less than 67% but greater than 33%        1.00      2.00      2.00      1.00      2.00

III

   Less than or equal to 33%        1.25      2.25      2.25      1.25      2.25

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, any reduction of the Pricing Grid under the preceding clause (a) or (b) shall remain in effect notwithstanding that EBITDA for any trailing twelve month period after such reduction takes effect shall be less than $25,000,000 in the case of clause (a) or $50,000,000 in the case of clause (b).

Applicable Time Zone: for borrowings under, and payments due by Borrowers or Lenders on (a) with respect to U.S. Revolver Loans and Canadian Revolver Loans, Pacific time, and (b) with respect to U.K. Revolver Loans, London time.

Approved Fund: any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the Ordinary Course of Business, and is administered or managed by a Lender, an entity that administers or manages a Lender, or an Affiliate of either.

Asset Disposition: a sale, lease, license, consignment, transfer or other disposition of Property of an Obligor or a Subsidiary, including a disposition of Property in connection with a sale-leaseback transaction or synthetic lease.

Assignment and Acceptance: an assignment agreement between a Lender and Eligible Assignee, in the form of Exhibit B.

Assignment of Claims Act: Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, 31 U.S.C. § 3727, 41 U.S.C. § 15, as amended.

Availability: as of any date of determination, the sum of the U.S. Availability plus the Canadian Availability plus the U.K. Availability.

Availability Ratio: the ratio (expressed as a percentage), for any calendar month, of (a) the average daily Availability for such calendar month to (b) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the average daily Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) for such calendar month, plus (ii) the average daily U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) for such calendar month, plus (iii) the average daily U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) for such calendar month.

Available Currency: (i) in the case of a U.S. Borrower, Dollars, (ii) in the case of the Canadian Borrower, Dollars or Canadian Dollars, and (iii) in the case of the U.K. Borrower, Dollars, British Pounds or Euro (but in the case of U.K. Base Rate Loans, Dollars only).

Bank of America: Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association, and its successors and assigns.

Bank of America (Canada): Bank of America, N.A. (acting through its Canada branch), and its successors and assigns.

Bank of America Indemnitees: Bank of America and its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, branches, agents and attorneys.

 

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Bank Product: any of the following products, services or facilities extended to any Obligor or Subsidiary by a Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) Cash Management Services; (b) products under Hedging Agreements; (c) commercial credit card and merchant card services; (d) purchase cards (including so-called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”), and (e) other banking products or services as may be requested by any Obligor or Subsidiary unless otherwise agreed in writing between such Obligor or Subsidiary and the provider of such products or services, other than Letters of Credit.

Bank Product Debt: Debt and other obligations of an Obligor or Subsidiary relating to Bank Products.

Base Rate Loan: a U.S. Base Rate Loan, a Canadian Base Rate Loan or a U.K. Base Rate Loan, as applicable.

Board of Governors: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Borrowed Money: with respect to any Obligor or Subsidiary, without duplication, its (a) Debt that (i) arises from the lending of money by any Person to such Obligor or Subsidiary, (ii) is evidenced by notes, drafts, bonds, debentures, credit documents or similar instruments, (iii) accrues interest or is a type upon which interest charges are customarily paid (excluding trade payables owing in the Ordinary Course of Business), or (iv) was issued or assumed as full or partial payment for Property; (b) Capital Leases; (c) reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit; and (d) guaranties of any Debt of the foregoing types owing by another Person.

Borrower Agent: as defined in Section 4.4.

Borrower Group: a group consisting of (i) the U.S. Borrowers, (ii) the Canadian Borrower, or (iii) the U.K. Borrower, as the context requires.

Borrowers: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Borrowing: a group of Loans of one Type that are made on the same day or are converted into Loans of one Type on the same day.

Borrowing Base: the Canadian Borrowing Base and/or the U.S. Borrowing Base and/or the U.K. Borrowing Base, as the context requires.

Borrowing Base Certificate: a U.S. Borrowing Base Certificate, a Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate, or a U.K. Borrowing Base Certificate, as applicable.

British Pounds or £: the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Business Day: 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, North Carolina and New York, and if such day relates to: (a) a LIBOR Loan, any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant Applicable Currency of that LIBOR Loan are conducted between banks in the London interbank eurocurrency market, (b) a Canadian Revolver Loan, any such day on which banks in Toronto, Ontario, Canada are open for the transaction of banking business, (c) any U.K.

 

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Revolver Loan or U.K. Lender, any day on which commercial banks are open for the transaction of banking business in London, or (d) any Revolver Loan denominated in Euro, any day which is a TARGET Day.

CAM: as defined in Section 14.11(a)(i).

CAM Exchange: as defined in Section 14.11(a)(ii).

CAM Exchange Date: as defined in Section 14.11(a)(iii).

CAM Percentage: as defined in Section 14.11(a)(iv).

Calculation Date: as defined in Section 5.13.

Canadian Accounts Formula Amount: 85% of the Value of Eligible Accounts of the Canadian Borrower.

Canadian Availability: as of any date of determination, the Canadian Borrowing Base as of such date of determination minus the aggregate principal amount of all Canadian Revolver Loans outstanding on such date of determination.

Canadian Availability Reserve: the sum (without duplication) of (a) the Inventory Reserve with respect to the Canadian Borrower’s Inventory; (b) the Canadian Rent and Charges Reserve; (c) the Canadian LC Reserve; (d) the Canadian Bank Product Reserve; (e) all accrued Royalties of the Canadian Domiciled Obligors, whether or not then due and payable by a Canadian Domiciled Obligor; (f) the aggregate amount of liabilities secured by Liens upon Canadian Facility Collateral that are senior to the Agent’s Liens (but imposition of any such reserve shall not waive an Event of Default arising therefrom); (g) the Canadian Priority Payables Reserve; (h) the Wage Earner Protection Act Reserve; (i) the Canadian Dilution Reserve, and (j) such additional reserves, in such amounts and with respect to such matters, as Agent in its Credit Judgment may elect to impose from time to time with respect to the Canadian Borrowing Base.

Canadian BA Rate: with respect to each Interest Period for a Canadian BA Rate Loan, the rate of interest per annum equal to the average rate applicable to Canadian Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances having an identical or comparable term as the proposed Canadian BA Rate Loan displayed and identified as such on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor) of Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service as at approximately 10:00 a.m. Toronto time on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, as of 10:00 a.m. Toronto time on the immediately preceding Business Day), plus five (5) basis points, provided that if such rate does not appear on the CDOR Page at such time on such date, the rate for such date will be the annual discount rate (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) as of 10:00 a.m. Toronto time on such day at which a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule 1 of the Bank Act (Canada) as selected by Agent is then offering to purchase Canadian Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by it having such specified term (or a term as closely as possible comparable to such specified term), plus five (5) basis points.

 

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Canadian BA Rate Loan: a Canadian Revolver Loan, or portion thereof, funded in Canadian Dollars and bearing interest calculated by reference to the Canadian BA Rate.

Canadian Bank Product Reserve: the aggregate amount of reserves established by Agent from time to time in its discretion in respect of Secured Bank Product Obligations owing by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors and their Subsidiaries.

Canadian Base Rate: for any day, the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America (Canada) in Toronto, Ontario as its “base rate” (the “base rate” being a rate set by Bank of America (Canada) based on various factors including costs and desired return of Bank of America (Canada), general economic conditions and other factors, and used as a reference point for pricing loans in Dollars made at its “base rate”, which may be priced at, above or below such announced rate.) Any change in the “base rate” announced by Bank of America (Canada) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. Each interest rate based upon the Canadian Base Rate shall be adjusted simultaneously with any change in the “base rate”. In the event that Bank of America (Canada) (including any successor or assignee) does not at any time publicly announce a “base rate”, then “Canadian Base Rate” shall mean the “base rate” publicly announced by a Schedule 1 chartered bank in Canada selected by Agent.

Canadian Base Rate Loan: a Canadian Revolver Loan, or portion thereof, funded in Dollars and bearing interest calculated by reference to the Canadian Base Rate.

Canadian Borrower: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Canadian Borrowing Base: on any date of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Maximum Canadian Facility Amount, minus the Canadian LC Reserve, or (b) the sum of the Canadian Accounts Formula Amount, plus the Canadian Inventory Formula Amount, minus the Canadian Availability Reserve.

Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate: a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by which the Canadian Borrower certifies calculation of the Canadian Borrowing Base.

Canadian Cash Collateral Account: a demand deposit, money market or other account established by Agent at Bank of America (Canada) or such other financial institution as Agent may select in its discretion, which account shall be for the benefit of the Canadian Facility Secured Parties and shall be subject to Agent’s Liens securing the Canadian Facility Obligations.

Canadian Dilution Reserve: as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts of the Canadian Borrower by 1% for each whole percentage point (or portion thereof) by which the Dilution Percent is in excess of 5.0%.

Canadian Dollars or Cdn$: the lawful currency of Canada.

Canadian Domiciled Obligor: each Canadian Subsidiary which is at any time an Obligor, and “Canadian Domiciled Obligors” means all such Persons, collectively.

 

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Canadian Dominion Account: a special account established by the Canadian Borrower at Bank of America (Canada) or another bank acceptable to Agent, over which Agent has exclusive control for withdrawal purposes during any Dominion Trigger Period.

Canadian Employee Benefits Legislation: the Employment Pensions Plan Act (Alberta), Pension Benefits Standards Act (British Columbia), the Supplemental Pension Plans Act (Quebec) and any Canadian federal, provincial or local counterparts or equivalents, in each case, as applicable and as amended from time to time.

Canadian Employee Plan: any payroll practice and other employee benefit plan, policy, program, agreement or arrangement, including retirement, pension, profit sharing, employment, individual consultant or other compensation agreement, collective bargaining agreement, bonus or other incentive compensation, retention, stock purchase, equity or equity-based compensation, deferred compensation, change in control, severance, sick leave, vacation, loans, salary continuation, hospitalization, health, life insurance, educational assistance or other fringe benefit or perquisite plan, policy, agreement which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, a Canadian Domiciled Obligor, or with respect to which a Canadian Domiciled Obligor has or could have any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

Canadian Facility Collateral: all Collateral that now or hereafter secures (or is intended to secure) any of the Canadian Facility Obligations, including Property of each Canadian Domiciled Obligor, each U.S. Domiciled Obligor, and each U.K. Domiciled Obligor.

Canadian Facility Guarantee: each guarantee agreement (including this Agreement) at any time executed by a Canadian Facility Guarantor in favor of Agent guaranteeing all or any portion of the Canadian Facility Obligations.

Canadian Facility Guarantor: Parent, each Canadian Subsidiary, each U.S. Subsidiary (other than uPlay unless uPlay becomes a Guarantor in accordance with Section 10.2.15), each U.K. Subsidiary, and each other Person (if any) who guarantees payment and performance of any Canadian Facility Obligations.

Canadian Facility Obligations: all Obligations of the Canadian Facility Obligors (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Obligations of the U.S. Domiciled Obligors as guarantors of any U.S. Facility Obligations).

Canadian Facility Obligor: each of the Canadian Borrower or any Canadian Facility Guarantor, and “Canadian Facility Obligors” means all of such Persons, collectively.

Canadian Facility Secured Parties: the Agent, the Canadian Issuing Bank, the Canadian Lenders and the Secured Bank Product Providers who provide Bank Products to the Canadian Facility Obligors and their Subsidiaries.

Canadian Inventory Formula Amount: the sum of: (a) the lesser of (i) 65% of the Value of the Canadian Borrower’s Eligible Inventory, or (ii) 85% of the NOLV Percentage of the Value of the Canadian Borrower’s Eligible Inventory, plus (b) the lesser of (i) $2,000,000, (ii) 65% of

 

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the Value of the Canadian Borrower’s Eligible In-Transit Inventory, or (iii) 85% of the NOLV Percentage of the Value of the Canadian Borrower’s Eligible In-Transit Inventory.

Canadian Issuing Bank: Bank of America (Canada) or an Affiliate of Bank of America (Canada).

Canadian LC Obligations: the sum (without duplication) of (a) all amounts owing by the Canadian Borrower for any drawings under Letters of Credit; (b) the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Canadian Borrower; and (c) all fees and other amounts owing with respect to Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Canadian Borrower.

Canadian LC Reserve: the aggregate of all Canadian LC Obligations, other than those that have been Cash Collateralized.

Canadian Lenders: Bank of America (Canada) and each other Lender that has issued a Canadian Revolver Commitment (provided that such Person or an Affiliate of such Person also has a U.S. Revolver Commitment). Each Canadian Lender shall be a Canadian Qualified Lender.

Canadian Letter of Credit Subline: $5,000,000.

Canadian Letters of Credit: any standby or documentary letter of credit issued by the Canadian Issuing Bank for the account of the Canadian Borrower, or any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit support issued by Agent or the Canadian Issuing Bank for the benefit of the Canadian Borrower.

Canadian Multi-Employer Plan: each multi-employer plan, within the meaning of the Regulations under the Income Tax Act (Canada).

Canadian Overadvance: as defined in Section 2.15.

Canadian Overadvance Loan: a Canadian Revolver Loan made to the Canadian Borrower when a Canadian Overadvance exists or is caused by the funding thereof.

Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance: on any date, the amount by which the aggregate Canadian Revolver Exposure exceeds the amount of the Canadian Borrowing Base on such date.

Canadian Pension Plan: a “registered pension plan,” as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) and any other pension plan maintained or contributed to by, or to which there is or may be an obligation to contribute by, any Obligor in respect of its Canadian employees or former employees, excluding, for greater certainty, a Canadian Multi-Employer Plan.

Canadian Prime Rate: on any date, the highest of (a) a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America (Canada) as its “Prime Rate”, (b) the sum of 0.50% plus the Bank of Canada overnight rate, which is the rate of interest charged by the Bank of Canada on one-day loans to financial institutions, for such day, and (c) the sum of 1.00% plus the Canadian BA Rate for a

 

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one month Interest Period as determined on such day. The “Canadian Prime Rate” is a rate set by Bank of America (Canada) based upon various factors including Bank of America (Canada)’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America (Canada) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

Canadian Prime Rate Loan: a Canadian Revolver Loan, or portion thereof, funded in Canadian Dollars and bearing interest calculated by reference to the Canadian Prime Rate.

Canadian Priority Payables Reserve: on any date of determination, a reserve in such amount as Agent may determine which reflects the unpaid (when due) or un-remitted (when due) payroll tax deductions, unpaid (when due) pension plan contributions, employment insurance premiums, amounts deducted for vacation pay, wages, workers’ compensation and other unpaid (when due) or unremitted (when due) amounts by any Canadian Domiciled Obligor which would give rise to a Lien with priority under Applicable Law over the Lien of Agent.

Canadian Qualified Lender: a financial institution that is not precluded from being a Canadian Lender under the terms of the Bank Act (Canada) or other applicable Canadian federal or provincial legislation.

Canadian Reimbursement Date: as defined in Section 2.4.2.

Canadian Rent and Charges Reserve: the aggregate of (a) all past due rent and other amounts owing by an Obligor to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, broker or other Person who possesses any Canadian Facility Collateral or could assert a Lien on any Canadian Facility Collateral; and (b) commencing three months after the Original Agreement Closing Date, a reserve at least equal to three months’ rent and other charges that could be payable to any such Person, unless it has executed a Lien Waiver.

Canadian Required Lenders: Canadian Lenders (subject to Section 4.2) having (a) Canadian Revolver Commitments in excess of 50% of the aggregate Canadian Revolver Commitments; and (b) if the Canadian Revolver Commitments have terminated, Canadian Revolver Loans and Canadian LC Obligations in excess of 50% of all outstanding Canadian Revolver Loans and Canadian LC Obligations; provided, however, that the Canadian Revolver Commitments and Canadian Revolver Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded from such calculation; provided, further, that at any time there are: (i) 3 or more Canadian Lenders, “Canadian Required Lenders” must include at least 3 Canadian Lenders, and (ii) less than 3 Canadian Lenders, “Canadian Required Lenders” must include all Canadian Lenders.

Canadian Revolver Commitment: for any Canadian Lender, its obligation to make Canadian Revolver Loans and to participate in Canadian LC Obligations in the applicable Available Currencies up to the maximum principal amount shown on Schedule 1.1, or as hereafter determined pursuant to each Assignment and Acceptance to which it is a party, as such Canadian Revolver Commitment may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the

 

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provisions of Sections 2.1.4 or 11.2. “Canadian Revolver Commitments” means the aggregate amount of such commitments of all Canadian Lenders.

Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date: the earliest of (a) the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date (without regard to the reason therefor), (b) the date on which the Borrower Agent terminates or reduces to zero all of the Canadian Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4, and (c) the date on which the Canadian Revolver Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 11.2.

Canadian Revolver Exposure: on any date, an amount equal to the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the Canadian Revolver Loans outstanding on such date plus the Canadian LC Obligations on such date.

Canadian Revolver Loan: a Revolver Loan made by Canadian Lenders to Canadian Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.1(b), which Revolver Loan shall, if denominated in Canadian Dollars, be either a Canadian BA Rate Loan or a Canadian Prime Rate Loan and, if denominated in Dollars, shall be either a Canadian Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan, in each case as selected by the Borrower Agent, and any Canadian Swingline Loan, Canadian Overadvance Loan or Protective Advance made to or owed by the Canadian Borrower.

Canadian Revolver Notes: a promissory note executed by Canadian Borrower in favor of a Canadian Lender in the form of Exhibit A-1, in the amount of such Canadian Lender’s Canadian Revolver Commitment.

Canadian Security Agreement: each (a) general security agreement, security agreement, deed of hypothec, pledge agreement, mortgage or similar agreement pursuant to which any Canadian Domiciled Obligor grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Canadian Facility Secured Parties, Liens upon its Property as security for the Canadian Facility Obligations or (b) security agreement, deed of hypothec, pledge agreement, mortgage or similar agreement pursuant to which any U.S. Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, Liens on its Property located in Canada or otherwise subject to Canadian law as security for the Obligations.

Canadian Subsidiary: a Subsidiary of Parent incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada.

Canadian Swingline Loan: any Borrowing of Canadian Base Rate Loans funded with Agent’s funds, until such Borrowing is settled among the Canadian Lenders or repaid by the Canadian Borrower.

Canadian Unused Line Fee Rate: a per annum rate equal to (a) 0.50%, if the average daily balance of Canadian Revolver Loans and stated amount of Canadian Letters of Credit was 50% or less of the Canadian Revolver Commitments during the preceding calendar month, or (b) 0.375%, if such average daily balance was more than 50% of the Canadian Revolver Commitments during the preceding calendar month.

 

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Capital Expenditures: all liabilities incurred or expenditures made by an Obligor or Subsidiary for the acquisition of fixed assets, or any improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto with a useful life of more than one year.

Capital Lease: any lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Collateral: cash, and any interest or other income earned thereon, that is delivered to Agent to Cash Collateralize any Obligations.

Cash Collateral Account: the U.S. Cash Collateral Account and/or the Canadian Cash Collateral Account and/or the U.K. Cash Collateral Account, as the context may require.

Cash Collateralize: the delivery of cash to Agent, as security for the payment of Obligations, in an amount equal to (a) with respect to LC Obligations, 105% of the aggregate LC Obligations, and (b) with respect to any inchoate, contingent or other Obligations (including Secured Bank Product Obligations), Agent’s good faith estimate of the amount due or to become due, including all fees and other amounts relating to such Obligations. “Cash Collateralization” has a correlative meaning.

Cash Equivalents: (a) marketable obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by, and backed by the full faith and credit of, the United States, Canadian or United Kingdom government, maturing within 12 months of the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances maturing within 12 months of the date of acquisition, and overnight bank deposits, in each case which are issued by Bank of America or a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States (or any state or district of the United States), Canada (or any province or territory of Canada), England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, rated A-1 (or better) by S&P or P-1 (or better) by Moody’s at the time of acquisition, and (unless issued by a Lender) not subject to offset rights; (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying investments of the types described in clauses (a) and (b) entered into with any bank described in clause (b); (d) commercial paper issued by Bank of America or rated A-1 (or better) by S&P or P-1 (or better) by Moody’s, and maturing within nine months of the date of acquisition; and (e) shares of any money market fund that has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to above, has net assets of at least $500,000,000 and has the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P.

Cash Management Services: any services provided from time to time by any Lender or any of its Affiliates to any Obligor or Subsidiary in connection with operating, collections, payroll, trust, or other depository or disbursement accounts, including automated clearinghouse, e-payable, electronic funds transfer, wire transfer, controlled disbursement, overdraft, depository, information reporting, lockbox and stop payment services.

CERCLA: the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.).

Change in Law: the occurrence, after the date hereof, of (a) the adoption, taking effect or phasing in of any law, rule, regulation or treaty; (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof; or (c) the making, issuance

 

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or application of any request, guideline, requirement 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: (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of Parent or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the Equity Interests of Parent entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Parent on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); (b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of Parent ceases 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 or (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 (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors), or (c) Parent ceases to own and control, beneficially and of record, directly or indirectly, all Equity Interests in all other Obligors.

Claims: all claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, proceedings, interest, costs and expenses of any kind (including remedial response costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and Extraordinary Expenses) at any time (including after Full Payment of the Obligations or replacement of Agent or any Lender) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Obligor or other Person, in any way relating to (a) any Loans, Letters of Credit, Loan Documents, or the use thereof or transactions relating thereto, (b) any action taken or omitted in connection with any Loan Documents, (c) the existence or perfection of any Liens, or realization upon any Collateral, (d) exercise of any rights or remedies under any Loan Documents or Applicable Law, or (e) failure by any Obligor to perform or observe any terms of any Loan Document, in each case including all costs and expenses relating

 

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to any investigation, litigation, arbitration or other proceeding (including an Insolvency Proceeding or appellate proceedings), whether or not the applicable Indemnitee is a party thereto.

Closing Date: as defined in Section 6.1.

Code: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Collateral: all Property described in Section 7.1, all Property described in any Security Documents as security for any Obligations, and all other Property that now or hereafter secures (or is intended to secure) any Obligations.

Commitment: for any Lender, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s U.S. Revolver Commitment, Canadian Revolver Commitment, and U.K. Revolver Commitment. “Commitments” means the aggregate amount of all U.S. Revolver Commitments, Canadian Revolver Commitments, and U.K. Revolver Commitments.

Compliance Certificate: a certificate, in the form of Exhibit D, by which Borrowers certify compliance with Section 10.3 (such certificate to include a calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio whether or not a Covenant Trigger Period is in effect).

Consolidated Tangible Assets: as of any date of determination, the Consolidated Total Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries minus consolidated intangible assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, all determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Assets: as of any date of determination, the consolidated total assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Contingent Obligation: as to any Person, any (a) obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt 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 Debt or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Debt 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 Debt or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Debt 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) Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Debt or other obligation is assumed by such Person. The amount of any Contingent Obligation 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 Contingent Obligation 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.

 

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Contractual Obligation: 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.

Covenant Trigger Percentage: 12.5%; provided, however, Covenant Trigger Percentage shall be reduced to 10% on the first day of the month following the date Agent has received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that EBITDA for any trailing twelve month period ending after the Original Agreement Closing Date was $50,000,000 or greater. For the avoidance of doubt, any reduction of the Covenant Trigger Percentage shall remain in effect notwithstanding that EBITDA for any trailing twelve month period after such reduction takes effect shall be less than $50,000,000.

Covenant Trigger Period: the period (a) commencing on the day that Trigger Event Excess Availability is less than, at any time, the greater of (i) $25,000,000, and (ii) an amount equal to the Covenant Trigger Percentage of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation); and (b) continuing until, during the preceding 30 consecutive days, Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than, at all times, the greater of (i) $25,000,000, and (ii) an amount equal to the Covenant Trigger Percentage of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation).

Credit Judgment: Agent’s judgment exercised in good faith, based upon its consideration of any factor that it believes (a) could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the quantity, quality, mix or value of Collateral (including any Applicable Law that may inhibit collection of an Account), the enforceability or priority of Agent’s Liens, or the amount that Agent and Lenders could receive in liquidation of any Collateral; (b) provides a reasonable basis to conclude that any collateral report or financial information delivered by any Obligor is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect; (c) materially increases the likelihood of any Insolvency Proceeding involving an Obligor; or (d) creates or could reasonably be expected to result in a Default or Event of Default. In exercising such judgment, Agent may consider any factors that could reasonably be expected to increase the credit risk of lending to Borrowers on the security of the Collateral.

Credit Party: Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Bank; and “Credit Parties” means Agent, Lenders and Issuing Banks.

Creditor Representative: under any Applicable Law, a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee (including any trustee in bankruptcy), custodian, conservator, administrator, examiner, sheriff, monitor, assignee, liquidator, provisional liquidator, sequestrator or similar officer or fiduciary.

 

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CWA: the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.).

Debt: 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; (b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable and accrued expenses arising in the Ordinary Course of Business); (d) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) 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; (e) Capital Leases and Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities; (f) all Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of the foregoing clauses (a) through (e); and (g) in the case of an Obligor, the Obligations.

Default: an event or condition that, with the lapse of time or giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default.

Default Rate: for any Obligation (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest not paid when due), 2% plus the interest rate otherwise applicable thereto.

Defaulting Lender: any Lender that, as determined by Agent, (a) has failed to perform any funding obligations hereunder, and such failure is not cured within three Business Days; (b) has notified Agent or any Borrower that such Lender does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or under any other credit facility; (c) has failed, within three Business Days following request by Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to Agent that such Lender will comply with its funding obligations hereunder; or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding or taken any action in furtherance thereof; provided, however, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of a Governmental Authority’s ownership of an equity interest in such Lender or parent company.

Deposit Account: as defined in the UCC (and/or with respect to any Deposit Account located in Canada and/or the U.K., any bank account with a deposit function).

Deposit Account Control Agreements: the deposit account control agreements to be executed by each institution maintaining a Deposit Account for an Obligor, in favor of Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties.

Designated Obligations: as defined in Section 14.11(a)(v).

Dilution Percent: the percent, for any period determined by Agent, equal to (a) bad debt write-downs or write-offs, discounts, returns, promotions, credits, credit memos and other dilutive items with respect to Accounts of the U.S. Borrowers (in the case of the U.S. Dilution Reserve), the Canadian Borrower (in the case of the Canadian Dilution Reserve), or the U.K.

 

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Borrower (in the case of the U.K. Dilution Reserve), divided by (b) gross sales of the U.S. Borrowers (in the case of the U.S. Dilution Reserve), of the Canadian Borrower (in the case of the Canadian Dilution Reserve), or of the U.K. Borrower (in the case of the U.K. Dilution Reserve).

Direction: as defined in Section 5.9.2(b)(i).

Distribution: any declaration or payment of a distribution, interest or dividend on any Equity Interest (other than payment-in-kind); any distribution, advance or repayment of Debt to a holder of Equity Interests; or any purchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interest.

Document: as defined in the UCC (and/or with respect to any Document of a Canadian Subsidiary, a “document of title” as defined in the PPSA).

Dollars: lawful money of the United States.

Dollar Equivalent: on any date, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount in Dollars, and with respect to any stated amount in a currency other than Dollars, the amount of Dollars that Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) would be necessary to be sold on such date at the applicable Exchange Rate to obtain the stated amount of the other currency.

Dominion Account: with respect to the U.S. Domiciled Obligors, a U.S. Dominion Account, with respect to the Canadian Domiciled Obligors, a Canadian Dominion Account, and with respect to the U.K. Domiciled Obligors, a U.K. Dominion Account.

Dominion Trigger Period: the period (a) commencing on the day that an Event of Default occurs, or Trigger Event Excess Availability is less than, at any time, the greater of (i) $25,000,000, and (ii) an amount equal to 12.5% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and (b) continuing until, during the preceding 60 consecutive days, no Event of Default has existed and Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than, at all times, the greater of (i) $25,000,000, and (ii) an amount equal to 12.5% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation); provided that following the second termination of a Dominion Trigger Period in any twelve (12) consecutive month period, no subsequent Dominion Trigger Period shall be terminated until such time as no Event of Default exists and Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than, at all times, the greater of (i) $25,000,000, and (ii) an amount equal to 12.5% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the

 

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Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) for 365 consecutive days. Agent will endeavor to provide copies of each notice of control Agent sends to any Dominion Account bank to Borrower Agent substantially contemporaneously with providing such notice to such Dominion Account bank; provided, however, that the failure of Agent to provide a copy of any such notice to Borrower Agent shall not give rise to any liability on the part of Agent and shall not affect the validity and effectiveness of such notice.

EBITDA: determined on a consolidated basis for Parent and Subsidiaries, net income, calculated before interest expense, non-cash stock compensation expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, other non-cash expenses (except to the extent representing a reserve or accrual for cash expenses in another period) of Borrower Agent and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, non-cash amounts related to any downsizing, restructuring or partial close of any operations of Borrower Agent or any of its subsidiaries), gains or losses arising from the sale of capital assets, gains arising from the write-up of assets, and any extraordinary gains (in each case, to the extent included in determining net income).

Eligible Account: an Account owing to a Borrower that arises in the Ordinary Course of Business from the sale of goods or rendition of services, is payable in Dollars (or, in the case of: (x) an Account owing to the Canadian Borrower, in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, and (y) an Account owing to the U.K. Borrower, in Dollars, Euro, or British Pounds), and is deemed by Agent, in its Credit Judgment, to satisfy the criteria set forth below. No Account shall be an Eligible Account if (a) it is unpaid for more than 60 days after the original due date, or it is unpaid for more than 150 days after the original invoice date; (b) 50% or more of the Accounts owing by the Account Debtor are not Eligible Accounts under the foregoing clause; (c) when aggregated with other Accounts owing by the Account Debtor and such Account Debtor’s Affiliates, it exceeds 15% of the aggregate Eligible Accounts (or such higher percentage as Agent may establish for the Account Debtor and its Affiliates from time to time); (d) it does not conform with a covenant or representation herein; (e) it is owing by a creditor or supplier, or is otherwise subject to a potential offset, counterclaim, dispute, deduction, discount, recoupment, reserve, defense, chargeback, credit or allowance (but ineligibility shall be limited to the amount thereof); (f) an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Account Debtor; or the Account Debtor has failed, has suspended or ceased doing business, is liquidating, dissolving or winding up its affairs, or is not Solvent; or the Borrower that originated such Account is not able to bring suit or enforce remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial process; (g) with respect to Accounts owing to: (i) the U.S. Borrowers or the Canadian Borrower, the Account Debtor is organized or has its principal offices or assets outside the United States or Canada, and (ii) the U.K. Borrower, the Account Debtor is organized or has its principal offices or assets outside of England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland other than a U.K. Eligible Foreign Account; (h) it is owing by a Government Authority, unless the Account Debtor is the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof and the Account has been assigned to Agent in compliance with the Assignment of Claims Act or the Account Debtor is the federal government of Canada or any Crown corporation, department, agency or instrumentality of Canada and the Canadian Borrower has complied, to the satisfaction of Agent, with the Financial Administration Act or other Applicable Law; (i) it is not subject to a duly perfected, first priority (in the case of U.K. Accounts, expressed as a fixed charge) Lien in favor

 

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of Agent, or is subject to any other Lien; (j) the goods giving rise to it have not been delivered to the Account Debtor, the services giving rise to it have not been accepted by the Account Debtor, or it otherwise does not represent a final sale; (k) it is evidenced by Chattel Paper or an Instrument of any kind, or has been reduced to judgment; (l) its payment has been extended or the Account Debtor has made a partial payment; (m) it arises from a sale to an Affiliate, from a sale on a cash-on-delivery, bill-and-hold, sale-or-return, sale-on-approval, consignment, or other repurchase or return basis, or from a sale for personal, family or household purposes; (n) it represents a progress billing or retainage, or relates to services for which a performance, surety or completion bond or similar assurance has been issued; or (o) it includes a billing for interest, fees or late charges, but ineligibility shall be limited to the extent thereof. In calculating delinquent portions of Accounts under clauses (a) and (b), credit balances more than 60 days old will be excluded.

The criteria for Eligible Accounts set forth above may only be changed and any new criteria for Eligible Accounts may only be established by Agent in its Credit Judgment, based on: (i) an event, condition or other circumstance arising after the date hereof, (ii) an event, condition or other circumstance existing on the date hereof to the extent that the Agent has no knowledge thereof or its effect on the Account, or (iii) facts, information, or circumstances provided to or learned by Agent in the course of its administration of the facility, including, without limitation, in connection with field exams, audits, reports and other information received, and observance of Collateral and the Obligors’ business performance, in any case under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), which adversely affects or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Accounts as determined by Agent in its Credit Judgment.

Eligible Assignee: a Person that is (i) a Lender or a U.S.-based Affiliate of a Lender, (ii) if such Person is to hold U.S. Facility Obligations, an Approved Fund; (iii) if such Person is to hold Canadian Facility Obligations, a Canadian Qualified Lender and an Affiliate of a U.S. Lender; (iv) if such Person is to hold U.K. Facility Obligations, such person is at all times, other than during any Event of Default, a U.K. Qualified Lender and an Affiliate of a U.S. Lender, (v) any other financial institution approved by Agent and Borrower Agent (which approval by Borrower Agent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), that is organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any state, province or district thereof, has total assets in excess of $5 billion, extends asset-based lending facilities in its Ordinary Course of Business and whose becoming an assignee would not constitute a prohibited transaction under Section 4975 of the Code or any other Applicable Law; and (vi) during any Event of Default, any Person acceptable to Agent in its discretion.

Eligible Inventory: Inventory owned by a Borrower that Agent, in its Credit Judgment, deems to satisfy the criteria set forth below. No Inventory shall be Eligible Inventory unless it (a) is finished goods or raw materials, and not packaging or shipping materials, labels, samples, display items, bags, replacement parts or manufacturing supplies; (b) is not held on consignment, nor subject to any deposit or down payment; (c) is in new and saleable condition and is not damaged, defective, shopworn or otherwise unfit for sale; (d) is not slow-moving (as determined by Agent from time to time), perishable, obsolete or unmerchantable, and does not constitute returned or repossessed goods; (e) meets all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority, and does not constitute hazardous materials under any Environmental Law; (f) conforms with the covenants and representations herein; (g) is subject to Agent’s duly perfected, first priority Lien,

 

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and no other Lien; (h) is not consigned to any Person, and is within: (i) the continental United States, in the case of Inventory of a U.S. Borrower, (ii) Canada, in the case of Inventory of the Canadian Borrower, and (iii) England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, in the case of Inventory of the U.K. Borrower; (i) is not in transit (other than, in the case of: (i) Inventory of a U.S. Borrower, in transit between facilities in the United States of the U.S. Borrowers, (ii) Inventory of the Canadian Borrower, in transit between facilities in Canada of the Canadian Borrower, and (iii) Inventory of the U.K. Borrower, in transit between facilities in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland of the U.K. Borrower); (j) is not subject to any warehouse receipt or negotiable Document; (k) is not subject to any License or other arrangement that restricts such Borrower’s or Agent’s right to dispose of such Inventory, unless Agent has received an appropriate Lien Waiver; (l) is not located on leased premises or in the possession of a warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder or other Person, unless the lessor or such Person has delivered a Lien Waiver or an appropriate U.S. Rent and Charges Reserve (in the case of the U.S. Borrowers), a Canadian Rent and Charges Reserve (in the case of the Canadian Borrower), or a U.K. Rent and Charges Reserve (in the case of the U.K. Borrower) has been established; and (m) is reflected in the details of a current perpetual inventory report.

The criteria for Eligible Inventory set forth above may only be changed and any new criteria for Eligible Inventory may only be established by Agent in its Credit Judgment, based on: (i) an event, condition or other circumstance arising after the date hereof, (ii) an event, condition or other circumstance existing on the date hereof to the extent that the Agent has no knowledge thereof or its effect on Inventory, or (iii) facts, information, or circumstances provided to or learned by Agent in the course of its administration of the facility, including, without limitation, in connection with field exams, audits, reports and other information received, and observance of Collateral and the Obligors’ business performance, in any case under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), which adversely affects or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Inventory as determined by Agent in its Credit Judgment.

Eligible In-Transit Inventory: Inventory consisting of finished goods owned by a Borrower that would be Eligible Inventory if it were not subject to a Document and in transit from a foreign location to a location of a Borrower within the United States, Canada or England, and that Agent, in its Credit Judgment, deems to be Eligible In-Transit Inventory. Without limiting the foregoing, no Inventory shall be Eligible In-Transit Inventory unless it (a) is finished goods, (b) has been delivered to a carrier in a foreign port or foreign airport for receipt by a Borrower in the United States (in the case of the U.S. Borrowers) or Canada (in the case of the Canadian Borrower) or England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (in the case of the U.K. Borrower) within sixty (60) days of the date of determination, but which has not yet been received by the applicable Borrower, (c) is subject to a negotiable Document showing Agent (or, with the consent of Agent, the applicable Borrower) as consignee, which Document is in the possession of Agent or such other Person as Agent shall approve; (d) is fully insured in a manner satisfactory to Agent; (e) has been identified to the applicable sales contract and title has passed to the applicable Borrower; (f) is not sold by a vendor that has a right to reclaim, divert shipment of, repossess, stop delivery, claim any reservation of title or otherwise assert Lien rights against the Inventory, or with respect to whom any Borrower is in default of any obligations; (g) is subject to purchase orders and other sale documentation satisfactory to Agent; (h) is shipped by a

 

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common carrier that is not affiliated with the vendor; and (i) is being handled by a customs broker, freight-forwarder or other handler that has delivered a Lien Waiver.

EMU Legislation: the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.

Enforcement Action: any action to enforce any Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) or Loan Documents or to exercise any rights or remedies relating to any Collateral (whether by judicial action, self-help, notification of Account Debtors, exercise of setoff or recoupment, exercise of any right to vote or act in an Obligor’s Insolvency Proceeding, or otherwise).

Environmental Laws: all Applicable Laws (including all programs, permits and guidance promulgated by regulatory agencies) relating to public health (but excluding occupational safety and health, to the extent regulated by OSHA) or the protection or pollution of the environment, including CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, the Environmental Protection Act (Ontario) and similar Applicable Laws of foreign jurisdictions.

Environmental Notice: a notice (whether written or oral) from any Governmental Authority or other Person of any possible noncompliance with, investigation of a possible violation of, litigation relating to, or potential fine or liability under any Environmental Law, or with respect to any Environmental Release, environmental pollution or hazardous materials, including any complaint, summons, citation, order, claim, demand or request for correction, remediation or otherwise.

Environmental Release: a release as defined in CERCLA or under any other Environmental Law.

Equity Interest: the interest of any (a) shareholder in a corporation; (b) partner in a partnership (whether general, limited, limited liability or joint venture); (c) member in a limited liability company; or (d) other Person having any other form of equity security or ownership interest.

ERISA: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate: any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with an Obligor 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: (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Obligor or 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 Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate fails to meet any funding

 

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obligations with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or requests a minimum funding waiver; (f) an 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 or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) 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 Obligor or ERISA Affiliate.

Euro: the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with EMU Legislation.

Event of Default: as defined in Section 11.

Excess Amount: as defined in Section 5.13.

Exchange Rate: on any date of determination, with respect to Canadian Dollars, British Pounds, Euro or another foreign currency in relation to Dollars, the Spot Rate for Canadian Dollars, British Pounds, Euro or such other foreign currency, as applicable.

Excluded Stock Repurchases: any: (a) Preferred Stock Repurchases, and (b) repurchases or redemptions of the Parent’s common stock to the extent consummated when the Parent does not have any outstanding 7.50% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value; provided, however, that the aggregate amount under clauses (a) and (b) which shall be deemed Excluded Stock Repurchases shall not exceed $140,000,000.

Excluded Tax: with respect to Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of a payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located; (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which Borrower Agent is located; (c) any backup withholding tax required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with Section 5.10; (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any United States withholding tax that is (i) required pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender becomes a Lender (or designates a new Lending Office) hereunder, or (ii) attributable to such Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 5.10, except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from Borrowers with respect to such withholding tax; and (e) taxes imposed on it by reason of Section 1471 or 1472 of the Code.

Existing Letters of Credit: those letter(s) of credit described on Schedule E-1.

Extraordinary Expenses: all costs, expenses or advances that Agent or any Lender may incur during a Default or Event of Default, or during the pendency of an Insolvency Proceeding of an Obligor, 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

 

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(whether instituted by or against Agent, any Lender, any Obligor, any representative of creditors of an Obligor or any other Person) in any way relating to any Collateral (including the validity, perfection, priority or avoidability of Agent’s Liens with respect to any Collateral), Loan Documents, Letters of Credit or Obligations, including any lender liability or other Claims; (c) the exercise, protection or enforcement of any rights or remedies of Agent or any Lender in, or the monitoring of, any Insolvency Proceeding; (d) settlement or satisfaction of any taxes, charges or Liens with respect to any Collateral; (e) any Enforcement Action; (f) negotiation and documentation of any modification, waiver, workout, restructuring or forbearance with respect to any Loan Documents or Obligations; and (g) Protective Advances. 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 Obligor or independent contractors in liquidating any Collateral, and travel expenses. Notwithstanding the forgoing, absent a conflict of interest among Lenders, Extraordinary Expenses shall not include (i) legal fees for more than one counsel to the Lenders (plus any local counsel deemed necessary by the Lenders) in addition to any counsel engaged by Agent or (ii) other costs, expenses or advances incurred by any Lender to the extent unreasonably duplicative of such costs, expenses or advances incurred by the Agent.

Facility Termination Date: June 30, 2016.

Federal Funds Rate: (a) the weighted average of interest rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on the applicable Business Day (or on the preceding Business Day, if the applicable day is not a Business Day), as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next Business Day; or (b) if no such rate is published on the next Business Day, the average rate (rounded up, if necessary, to the nearest 1/8 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on the applicable day on such transactions, as determined by Agent.

Fee Letters: each fee letter agreement between Agent and Borrowers (or any of them).

Financial Administration Act: the Financial Administration Act (Canada) and all regulations and schedules thereunder.

Fiscal Quarter: each period of three months, commencing on the first day of a Fiscal Year.

Fiscal Year: the fiscal year of Parent and its Subsidiaries for accounting and tax purposes, ending on December 31 of each year.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio: the ratio, determined on a consolidated basis for Parent and its Subsidiaries for the most recent twelve calendar months, of (a) EBITDA minus Capital Expenditures (except those financed with Borrowed Money other than Revolver Loans) and cash taxes paid (which amount may not be less than zero), to (b) Fixed Charges; provided, however, that solely for the purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio under Section 10.3.1 and Section 10.2.6(e)(ii)(D), Fixed Charges shall not include any Excluded Stock Repurchases.

 

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Fixed Charges: the sum of cash interest expense, principal payments made on Borrowed Money, and Distributions made (other than Distributions made to Obligors to the extent permitted hereunder).

FLSA: the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

Foreign Lender: any Lender that is (a) in the case of the U.S. Borrowers, organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the laws of the United States, or any state or district thereof, (b) in the case of the Canadian Borrower, not a Canadian Qualified Lender, and (c) in the case of the U.K. Borrower, not a U.K. Qualified Lender.

Foreign Plan: any employee benefit plan or arrangement (a) maintained or contributed to by any Obligor or Subsidiary that is not subject to the laws of the United States or Canada; or (b) mandated by a government other than the United States or Canada for employees of any Obligor or Subsidiary.

Foreign Subsidiary: a Subsidiary of Parent that is a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Code.

Fronting Exposure: a Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata share of U.S. LC Obligations, Canadian LC Obligations, U.K. LC Obligations, U.S. Swingline Loans, Canadian Swingline Loans, or U.K. Swingline Loans, as applicable, except to the extent allocated to other Lenders under Section 4.2.

FSCO: the Financial Services Commission of Ontario or like body in any other province of Canada and any other Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions thereof.

Full Payment: with respect to any Obligations, (a) the full and indefeasible cash payment thereof in the applicable currency required hereunder, including any interest, fees and other charges accruing during an Insolvency Proceeding (whether or not allowed in the proceeding); (b) if such Obligations are LC Obligations or inchoate or contingent in nature, Cash Collateralization thereof (or delivery of a standby letter of credit acceptable to Agent in its discretion, in the amount of required Cash Collateral); and (c) a release of any Claims of Obligors against Agent, Lenders and Issuing Banks arising on or before the payment date. No Loans shall be deemed to have been paid in full until all Commitments related to such Loans have expired or been terminated.

GAAP: generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States from time to time.

General Intangibles: as defined in the UCC (and/or with respect to any General Intangible of a Canadian Subsidiary, an “intangible” as defined in the PPSA).

Governmental Approvals: all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and required reports to, all Governmental Authorities.

 

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Governmental Authority: any federal, state, provincial, municipal, foreign or other governmental department, agency, commission, board, bureau, court, tribunal, instrumentality, political subdivision, or other entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions for or pertaining to any government or court, in each case whether it is or is not associated with the United States, a state, district or territory thereof, Canada, a province or territory thereof or any other foreign entity or government.

Guarantee: each guarantee agreement (including this Agreement, the Canadian Facility Guarantee, and the U.K. Facility Guarantee) executed by a Guarantor in favor of Agent guaranteeing all or any portion of any Canadian Facility Obligation, U.S. Facility Obligation, or U.K. Facility Obligation.

Guarantor Payment: as defined in Section 5.11.

Guarantors: Canadian Facility Guarantors, U.S. Facility Guarantors, U.K. Facility Guarantors, and each other Person who guarantees payment or performance of any Obligations.

Hedging Agreement: an agreement relating to any swap, cap, floor, collar, option, forward, cross right or obligation, or combination thereof or similar transaction, with respect to interest rate, foreign exchange, currency, commodity, credit or equity risk.

Immaterial Subsidiary: at any time, any Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Material Subsidiary.

Indemnified Taxes: Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Indemnitees: Agent Indemnitees, Lender Indemnitees, Issuing Bank Indemnitees and Bank of America Indemnitees.

Insolvency Proceeding: any case or proceeding or proposal commenced by or against a Person under any state, provincial, federal or foreign law for, or any agreement of such Person to, (a) the entry of an order for relief under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, or any other insolvency, debtor relief, bankruptcy, receivership, debt adjustment law or other similar law (whether state, provincial, federal or foreign), including the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the United Kingdom Insolvency Act 1986 and/or the Enterprise Act 2002; (b) the appointment of a Creditor Representative or other custodian for such Person or any part of its Property; or (c) an assignment or trust mortgage for the benefit of creditors.

Intellectual Property: all intellectual and similar Property of a Person, including inventions, designs, patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary information, customer lists, know-how, software and databases; all embodiments or fixations thereof and all related documentation, applications, registrations and franchises; all licenses or other rights to use any of the foregoing; and all books and records relating to the foregoing.

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any Inventory, Equipment, Intellectual Property or other Property violates another Person’s Intellectual Property.

Interest Period: as defined in Section 3.1.4.

Interest Period Loans: LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans.

Inventory: as defined in the UCC (and/or with respect to any inventory located in Canada, as defined in the PPSA), including all goods intended for sale, lease, display or demonstration; all work in process; and all raw materials, and other materials and supplies of any kind that are or could be used in connection with the manufacture, printing, packing, shipping, advertising, sale, lease or furnishing of such goods, or otherwise used or consumed in the applicable Obligor’s business (but excluding Equipment).

Inventory Reserve: reserves established by Agent in its Credit Judgment to reflect factors that may negatively impact the Value of Inventory, including change in salability, obsolescence, seasonality, theft, shrinkage, imbalance, change in composition or mix, markdowns and vendor chargebacks.

Investment: 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 capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Contingent Obligation in respect of Debt of, 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, 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 covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

IRS: the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Issuing Bank Indemnitees: the Issuing Banks and their officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, branches, agents and attorneys.

Issuing Banks: the U.S. Issuing Bank, the Canadian Issuing Bank, and the U.K. Issuing Bank.

LC Application: an application by Borrower Agent on behalf of a Borrower to an Issuing Bank for issuance of a Letter of Credit, in form and substance satisfactory to such Issuing Bank.

LC Conditions: the following conditions necessary for issuance of a Letter of Credit: (a) each of the conditions set forth in Section 6; (b) after giving effect to such issuance, total U.S. LC Obligations do not exceed the U.S. Letter of Credit Subline, no U.S. Overadvance exists or would result therefrom and, if no U.S. Revolver Loans are outstanding, the U.S. LC Obligations do not exceed the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation); (c) after giving effect to such issuance, total Canadian LC Obligations do not exceed the Canadian Letter of Credit Subline, no Canadian Overadvance exists or would result therefrom and, if no Canadian Revolver Loans are outstanding, the

 

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Canadian LC Obligations do not exceed the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation); (d) after giving effect to such issuance, total U.K. LC Obligations do not exceed the U.K. Letter of Credit Subline, no U.K. Overadvance exists or would result therefrom and, if no U.K. Revolver Loans are outstanding, the U.K. LC Obligations do not exceed the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation); (e) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit is (i) no more than 365 days from issuance, in the case of standby Letters of Credit provided, however, that any standby Letter of Credit may provide for the automatic extension thereof for any number of additional periods each of up to 365 days in duration, and (ii) no more than 120 days from issuance, in the case of documentary Letters of Credit; (f) in the case of U.S. Letters of Credit, the Letter of Credit and payments thereunder are denominated in Dollars; (g) in the case of Canadian Letters of Credit, the Letter of Credit and payments thereunder are denominated in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, as applicable; (h) in the case of U.K. Letters of Credit, the Letter of Credit and payments thereunder are denominated in Dollars, British Pounds or Euros, and (i) the form of the proposed Letter of Credit is satisfactory to Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank in their discretion.

LC Documents: all documents, instruments and agreements (including LC Requests and LC Applications) delivered by the Borrower Agent on behalf of a Borrower or by any other Person to an Issuing Bank or Agent in connection with the issuance, amendment or renewal of, or payment under, any Letter of Credit.

LC Obligations: the U.S. LC Obligations, the Canadian LC Obligations, and the U.K. LC Obligations.

LC Request: a request for issuance of a Letter of Credit, to be provided by the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Borrower, the U.K. Borrower, or the Borrower Agent, as applicable, to an Issuing Bank, in form satisfactory to Agent and such Issuing Bank.

Lender Indemnitees: Lenders and their officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents and attorneys.

Lenders: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement, including the U.S. Lenders, the Canadian Lenders, the U.K. Lenders, Agent in its capacity as a provider of Swingline Loans and any other Person who hereafter becomes a “Lender” pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance or in accordance with Section 2.1.7.

Lending Office: the office designated as such by the applicable Lender at the time it becomes party to this Agreement or thereafter by notice to Agent and Borrower Agent.

Letter of Credit: any U.S. Letter of Credit, Canadian Letter of Credit, or U.K. Letter of Credit.

LIBOR: for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the per annum rate of interest (rounded up, if necessary, to the nearest 1/8th of 1%), determined by Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to commencement of such Interest Period, for a term comparable to such Interest Period, equal to (a) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially

 

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available source designated by Agent) for deposits in the applicable Available Currency; or (b) if BBA LIBOR is not available for any reason, the interest rate at which deposits in the applicable Available Currency in the approximate amount of the LIBOR Loan would be offered by Bank of America’s London branch to major banks in the London interbank eurocurrency market. If the Board of Governors imposes a Reserve Percentage with respect to LIBOR deposits, then LIBOR shall be the foregoing rate, divided by 1 minus the Reserve Percentage.

LIBOR Loan: each set of LIBOR Revolver Loans having a common length and commencement of Interest Period.

LIBOR Revolver Loan: a Revolver Loan that bears interest based on LIBOR.

License: any license or agreement under which an Obligor or Subsidiary is authorized to use Intellectual Property in connection with any manufacture, marketing, distribution or disposition of Collateral, any use of Property or any other conduct of its business.

Licensor: any Person from whom an Obligor obtains the right to use any Intellectual Property.

Lien: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever in respect of property (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Lien Waiver: an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by which (unless, in each case, otherwise agreed to by Agent in its sole discretion) (a) for any material Collateral located on leased premises, the lessor waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, and agrees to permit 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 Agent, and agrees to deliver the Collateral to Agent upon request; (c) for any Collateral held by a repairman, mechanic or bailee, such Person acknowledges Agent’s Lien, waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, and agrees to deliver the Collateral to Agent upon request; and (d) for any Collateral subject to a Licensor’s Intellectual Property rights, the Licensor grants to Agent the right, vis-à-vis such Licensor, to enforce Agent’s Liens with respect to the 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: a Revolver Loan.

Loan Account: the loan account established by each Lender on its books pursuant to Section 5.8.

Loan Documents: this Agreement, Other Agreements and Security Documents.

 

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Mandatory Costs: the percentage rate per annum calculated by Agent in accordance with Schedule 1.1A.

Margin Stock: as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors.

Material Adverse Effect: (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, Properties, condition (financial or otherwise) of Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Borrower or Guarantor to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Borrower or Guarantor of any Loan Document to which it is a party or on the validity or priority of Agent’s Liens on the Collateral; or (d) the effect of any event or circumstance that, taken alone or in conjunction with other events or circumstances, otherwise impairs the ability of Agent or any Lender to enforce or collect any Obligations or to realize upon any material portion of the Collateral.

Material Subsidiary: at any time, any Subsidiary of Parent (other than an Obligor) (a) in which the aggregate Investments made by Parent and its Subsidiaries (excluding Investments in the nature of inter-company receivables payable by such Subsidiary arising in the Ordinary Course of Business for the sale of Inventory and provision of services but, in the case of Investments in a Foreign Subsidiary, including Investments in Subsidiaries of such Foreign Subsidiary other than any such receivables) exceed $20,000,000 or (b) that had net annual sales during the four fiscal quarters most recently ended (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any Acquisition made during such period) of $50,000,000 or more

Maximum Canadian Facility Amount: on any date of determination, the lesser of (i) the Canadian Revolver Commitments on such date and (ii) $31,666,666.66 (or such lesser amount after giving effect to any reductions in the Commitments pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1.4); it being acknowledged and agreed that at no time can the sum of the Maximum Canadian Facility Amount plus the Maximum U.S. Facility Amount plus the Maximum U.K. Facility Amount exceed the Maximum Facility Amount in effect at such time.

Maximum Facility Amount: $230,000,000, or such greater or lesser amount as shall then be in effect after giving effect to any reductions in the Commitments pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1.4 and increases in the U.S. Revolver Commitments pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1.7.

Maximum U.K. Facility Amount: on any date of determination, the lesser of (i) the U.K. Revolver Commitments on such date and (ii) $40,000,000 (or such lesser amount after giving effect to any reductions in the Commitments pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1.4); it being acknowledged and agreed that at no time can the sum of the Maximum Canadian Facility Amount plus the Maximum U.S. Facility Amount plus the Maximum U.K. Facility Amount exceed the Maximum Facility Amount in effect at such time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Maximum U.K. Facility Amount shall be deemed to be $0 until the U.K. Closing Date.

Maximum U.S. Facility Amount: on any date of determination, the lesser of (i) the U.S. Revolver Commitments on such date and (ii) $158,333,333.34 (or such greater or lesser amount

 

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after giving effect to any reductions in the Commitments pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1.4 and increases in the Commitments pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1.7; it being acknowledged and agreed that at no time can the sum of the Maximum U.S. Facility Amount plus the Maximum Canadian Facility Amount plus the Maximum U.K. Facility Amount exceed the Maximum Facility Amount in effect at such time.

Moody’s: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

Multiemployer Plan: any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

Net Proceeds: with respect to an Asset Disposition, proceeds (including, when received, any deferred or escrowed payments) received by an Obligor or Subsidiary in cash from such disposition, net of (a) reasonable and customary costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith, including legal fees and sales commissions; (b) amounts applied to repayment of Debt secured by a Permitted Lien senior to Agent’s Liens on Collateral sold; (c) transfer or similar taxes; and (d) reserves for indemnities, until such reserves are no longer needed (after which, any such amounts previously held as reserves shall become Net Proceeds when received).

New Lender: as defined in Section 5.9.15.

NOLV Percentage: with respect to each category of each Borrower’s Inventory (as determined by Agent from to time in its discretion) the net orderly liquidation value of such Inventory, expressed as a percentage (such percentage to be adjusted seasonally at such times consistent with the most recently delivered appraisal, as determined by Agent), expected to be realized at an orderly, negotiated sale held within a reasonable period of time, net of all liquidation expenses, as determined from the most recent appraisal of such Inventory performed by an appraiser and on terms satisfactory to Agent.

Notes: each Revolver Note or other promissory note executed by a Borrower to evidence any Obligations.

Notice of Borrowing: a Notice of Borrowing to be provided by Borrower Agent to request a Borrowing of Revolver Loans, in form satisfactory to Agent.

Notice of Conversion/Continuation: a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to be provided by Borrower Agent to request a conversion or continuation of any Loans as LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans, in form satisfactory to Agent.

Noticed Hedge: Secured Bank Product Obligations arising under a Hedging Agreement.

Obligations: all (a) principal of and premium, if any, on the Loans, (b) U.S. LC Obligations and other obligations of the U.S. Facility Obligors with respect to Letters of Credit, (c) Canadian LC Obligations and other obligations of the Canadian Facility Obligors with respect to Letters of Credit, (d) U.K. LC Obligations and other obligations of the U.K. Facility

 

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Obligors with respect to Letters of Credit, (e) interest, expenses, fees, indemnification obligations, Extraordinary Expenses and other amounts payable by Obligors under Loan Documents, (f) Secured Bank Product Obligations, and (g) other Debts, obligations and liabilities of any kind owing by Obligors pursuant to the Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether evidenced by a note or other writing, whether allowed in any Insolvency Proceeding, whether arising from an extension of credit, issuance of a letter of credit, acceptance, loan, guaranty, indemnification or otherwise, and whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, primary or secondary, or joint or several.

Obligor: each Borrower, Guarantor, or other Person that is liable for payment of any Obligations or that has granted a Lien in favor of Agent on its assets to secure any Obligations.

Obligor Group: a group consisting of (a) Canadian Facility Obligors, (b) U.S. Facility Obligors, or (c) U.K. Facility Obligors.

Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities: with respect to any Person, the (a) monetary obligations of such Person under a so-called synthetic lease, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, if such obligations are considered indebtedness for borrowed money for tax purposes but such lease is classified as an operating lease under GAAP, but in any case excluding any obligations (i) that are liabilities of any such Person as lessee under any operating lease so long as the terms of such operating lease do not require any payment by or on behalf of such Person at termination of such operating lease pursuant to a required purchase by or on behalf of such Person of the property or assets subject to such operating lease or (ii) under any arrangement pursuant to which such Person guarantees or otherwise assures any other Person of the value of the property or assets subject to such operating lease and (b) the monetary obligations under any sale and leaseback transaction which does not create a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.

Ordinary Course of Business: with respect to any Person, the ordinary course of business of such Person, consistent with past practices.

Organic Documents: with respect to any Person, its charter, certificate or articles of incorporation, amalgamation or continuance, bylaws, articles of organization, limited liability agreement, operating agreement, members agreement, shareholders agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, voting trust agreement, or similar agreement or instrument governing the formation or operation of such Person.

Original Agreement Closing Date: June 30, 2011.

Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Original Loan Agreement: as defined in the recitals hereto.

OSHA: the Occupational Safety and Hazard Act of 1970.

Other Agreement: each Note; LC Document; Fee Letter; Lien Waiver; Borrowing Base Certificate, Compliance Certificate, financial statement or report delivered hereunder; or other document, instrument or agreement (other than this Agreement or a Security Document) now or

 

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hereafter delivered by an Obligor or other Person to Agent or a Lender in connection with any transactions relating hereto.

Other Taxes: all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.

Overadvance: a Canadian Overadvance, U.S. Overadvance, or U.K. Overadvance, as the context requires.

Overadvance Loan: a Canadian Overadvance Loan and/or a U.S. Overadvance Loan, and/or a U.K. Overadvance Loan, as the context requires.

Parent: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Participant: as defined in Section 13.2.

Participating Member State: each state so described in any EMU Legislation.

Patriot Act: the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (2001).

Payment Item: each check, draft or other item of payment payable to an Obligor, including those constituting proceeds of any Collateral.

PBA: the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or any other Canadian federal or provincial statute in relation to Canadian Pension Plans, and any regulations thereunder, as amended from time to time.

PBGC: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Pension Plan: any employee pension benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate or to which the Obligor or ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the preceding five plan years.

Permitted Acquisition: any Acquisition by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries where:

(a) the Board of Directors or authorized management committee of Parent or of the applicable Subsidiary and of the Person whose assets or Equity Interests are being acquired has approved such Acquisition;

 

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(b) the business acquired in connection with such Acquisition is engaged in one or more of the leisure goods, products and services businesses generally or any business activities that are substantially similar, related, incidental or complementary thereto;

(c) both before and after giving effect to such Acquisition and the Loans and Letters of Credit (if any) requested to be made in connection therewith, each of the representations and warranties in the Loan Documents is true and correct in all material (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) respects (except (i) any such representation or warranty which relates to a specified prior date and (ii) to the extent the Agent has been notified in writing by Borrower Agent that any representation or warranty is not correct and the Required Lenders have explicitly waived in writing compliance with such representation or warranty) and no Default or Event of Default exists, will exist, or would result therefrom;

(d) after giving effect to the Acquisition, the Parent and its Subsidiaries will continue to be compliance with the covenants in this Agreement, determined on a Pro Forma Basis;

(e) the purchase consideration payable in respect of all Permitted Acquisitions (including the proposed Acquisition and including deferred payment obligations) shall not exceed the Acquisition Cap in the aggregate; provided, however, that no such Acquisition shall count against the Acquisition Cap if either: (i) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) after giving effect to such Acquisition, (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the consummation of such Acquisition, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and (D) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Acquisition (calculated on a trailing twelve month basis recomputed for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered) is not less than 1.0 to 1.0; or (ii) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the

 

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Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) after giving effect to such Acquisition, and (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the consummation of such Acquisition, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation);

(f) as soon as available, but not less than 15 Business Days prior to such Acquisition, Borrower Agent has provided Agent (i) notice of such Acquisition and (ii) a copy of all available business and financial information reasonably requested by Agent including pro forma financial statements, statements of cash flow, financial covenant projections, and Availability projections;

(g) not later than: (i) 15 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of such Acquisition, Borrower Agent shall have provided Agent with the then current drafts of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to such Acquisition, and (ii) 3 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of such Acquisition, Borrower Agent shall have provided Agent with the final copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to such Acquisition;

(h) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to the assets being acquired) are located within the United States, Canada or, solely to the extent the U.K. Closing Date has occurred, the U.K., or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired is organized in a jurisdiction located within the United States, Canada or, solely to the extent the U.K. Closing Date has occurred, the U.K.; provided, however, that this clause (h) shall not be applicable to any Acquisition if either: (i) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base

 

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(without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) after giving effect to such Acquisition, (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the consummation of such Acquisition, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and (D) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Acquisition (calculated on a trailing twelve month basis recomputed for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered) is not less than 1.0 to 1.0; or (ii) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation) after giving effect to such Acquisition, and (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the consummation of such Acquisition, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation); and

(i) concurrently with such Acquisition, any Person required to become a Guarantor or to execute or to deliver any Loan Document will do so in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement.

In no event will assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition constitute assets eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base prior to completion of a field examination, appraisal and other due diligence acceptable to Agent in its discretion, and if such satisfactory field examination, appraisal and due diligence is undertaken prior to the closing of such Acquisition, the assets acquired pursuant to such Acquisition may be taken into account in the applicable Borrowing Base (subject to all eligibility criteria) in determining whether the foregoing conditions are satisfied.

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Person: any individual, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, partnership, joint venture, joint stock company, land trust, business trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan: any employee benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by an Obligor or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, an ERISA Affiliate.

PPSA: the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) and the regulations thereunder; provided, however, if validity, perfection and effect of perfection and non-perfection of Agent’s security interest in and Lien on any Collateral are governed by the personal property security laws of any jurisdiction other than Ontario, PPSA shall mean those personal property security laws (including the Civil Code of Quebec) in such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such validity, perfection, and effect of perfection and non-perfection and for the definitions related to such provisions, as from time to time in effect.

Preferred Stock Repurchase: a repurchase, redemption or other retirement for value of all or a portion of the Parent’s outstanding 7.50% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value.

Pro Forma Basis: with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, in connection with or after the occurrence of an Acquisition, compliance with such covenant or test after giving effect to any such Acquisition as if such Acquisition had occurred on the first day of the relevant test period (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to the proposed Acquisition, are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case to be mutually and reasonably agreed upon by Borrower Agent and Agent).

Pro Rata: (a) with respect to any U.S. Lender and in reference to its U.S. Revolver Commitment, U.S. Facility Obligations or other matters (including (A) payments of principal, accrued interest and fees related thereto, (B) participations in U.S. LC Obligations and U.S. Swingline Loans, (C) increases or reductions to the U.S. Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4 or 2.1.7, and (D) obligations to pay or reimburse Agent for Extraordinary Expenses owed by or in respect of the U.S. Facility Obligors or to indemnify any Indemnitees for Claims relating to the U.S. Facility Obligors) relating thereto, as applicable, a percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) determined (i) while the U.S. Revolver Commitments are outstanding, by dividing the amount of such U.S. Lender’s U.S. Revolver Commitment by the aggregate amount of all U.S. Revolver Commitments, and (ii) at any other time, by dividing the amount of such U.S. Lender’s U.S. Revolver Loans and U.S. LC Obligations by the aggregate amount of all U.S. Revolver Loans and U.S. LC Obligations; (b) with respect to any Canadian Lender and in reference to its Canadian Revolver Commitment, Canadian Facility Obligations or other matters (including (A) payments of principal, accrued interest and fees related thereto, (B) participations in Canadian LC Obligations and Canadian Swingline Loans, (C) reductions to the Canadian Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4, and (D) obligations to pay or reimburse Agent for Extraordinary Expenses owed by or in respect of the Canadian Facility Obligors or to indemnify any Indemnitees for Claims relating to the Canadian Facility Obligors) relating thereto, as applicable, a percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) determined (i) while

 

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the Canadian Revolver Commitments are outstanding, by dividing such Canadian Lender’s Canadian Revolver Commitment by the aggregate amount of all Canadian Revolver Commitments, and (ii) at any other time, by dividing the amount of such Canadian Lender’s Canadian Revolver Loans and Canadian LC Obligations by the aggregate amount of all Canadian Revolver Loans and Canadian LC Obligations; (c) with respect to any U.K. Lender and in reference to its U.K. Revolver Commitment, U.K. Facility Obligations or other matters (including (A) payments of principal, accrued interest and fees related thereto, (B) participations in U.K. LC Obligations and U.K. Swingline Loans, (C) reductions to the U.K. Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4, and (D) obligations to pay or reimburse Agent for Extraordinary Expenses owed by or in respect of the U.K. Facility Obligors or to indemnify any Indemnitees for Claims relating to the U.K. Facility Obligors) relating thereto, as applicable, a percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) determined (i) while the U.K. Revolver Commitments are outstanding, by dividing such U.K. Lender’s U.K. Revolver Commitment by the aggregate amount of all U.K. Revolver Commitments, and (ii) at any other time, by dividing the amount of such U.K. Lender’s U.K. Revolver Loans and U.K. LC Obligations by the aggregate amount of all U.K. Revolver Loans and U.K. LC Obligations; and (d) with respect to any Lender and in reference to any other matter relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is not governed by clause (a), clause (b), or clause (c) preceding of this definition (as reasonably determined by Agent from time to time), a percentage (carried out in the ninth decimal place) determined (i) while any Revolver Commitments are outstanding, by dividing the amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitments by the aggregate amount of all Revolver Commitments, and (ii) at any other time, by dividing the amount of such Lender’s Loans and LC Obligations by the aggregate amount of all Loans and LC Obligations.

Proceeds: as defined in Section 7.1.

Proceeds of Crime Act: the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) (or any successor statute), as amended from time to time, and includes all regulations thereunder.

Properly Contested: with respect to any obligation of any Person, (a) the obligation is subject to a bona fide dispute regarding amount or such Person’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; (d) non-payment could not have a Material Adverse Effect; (e) no Lien is imposed on assets of such Person or its Affiliates in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000,000 for all such Liens, unless bonded and stayed to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent; and (f) if the obligation results from entry of a judgment or other order in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000,000 for all such obligations, such judgment or order is stayed pending appeal or other judicial review.

Property: any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.

Protective Advances: as defined in Section 2.1.6.

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RDPRM: Quebec Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights or Registre des droits personnels et reels mobiliers du Quebec.

Real Estate: all right, title and interest (whether as owner, lessor or lessee) in any real Property or any buildings, structures, parking areas or other improvements thereon.

Report: as defined in Section 12.2.3.

Reportable Event: 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.

Reporting Trigger Period: the period (a) commencing on the day that an Event of Default occurs, or Trigger Event Excess Availability is less than, at any time, the greater of (i) $35,000,000, and (ii) an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation); and (b) continuing until, during the preceding 30 consecutive days, no Event of Default has existed and Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than, at all times, the greater of (i) $35,000,000, and (ii) an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation).

Required Lenders: Lenders (subject to Section 4.2) having (a) Revolver Commitments in excess of 50% of the aggregate Revolver Commitments; and (b) if the Revolver Commitments have terminated, Loans and LC Obligations in excess of 50% of all outstanding Loans and LC Obligations; provided, however, that the Commitments and Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded from such calculation; provided, further, that at any time there are: (i) 3 or more Lenders, “Required Lenders” must include at least 3 Lenders, and (ii) less than 3 Lenders, “Required Lenders” must include all Lenders.

Reserve Percentage: the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded up to the nearest 1/8th of 1%) applicable to member banks under regulations issued by the Board of Governors for determining the maximum reserve requirement for Eurocurrency liabilities.

Reset Date: as defined Section 5.13.

Restrictive Agreement: an agreement (other than a Loan Document) that conditions or restricts the right of any Borrower, Subsidiary or other Obligor to incur or repay Borrowed Money, to grant Liens on any assets, to declare or make Distributions, to modify, extend or renew any agreement evidencing Borrowed Money, or to repay any intercompany Debt.

Revolver Commitment: a U.S. Revolver Commitment and/or a Canadian Revolver Commitment and/or a U.K. Revolver Commitment, as the context requires. “Revolver

 

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Commitments” means the aggregate of the U.S. Revolver Commitments, the Canadian Revolver Commitments, and the U.K. Revolver Commitments.

Revolver Facilities: as defined in Section 14.11(a)(vi).

Revolver Loan: a U.S. Revolver Loan and/or a Canadian Revolver Loan and/or a U.K. Revolver Loan, as the context requires.

Revolver Notes: collectively, the U.S. Revolver Notes, the Canadian Revolver Notes, and the U.K. Revolver Notes.

Royalties: all royalties, fees, expense reimbursement and other amounts payable by an Obligor or a Subsidiary under a License.

S&P: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

SEC: the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Secured Bank Product Obligations: Bank Product Debt owing to a Secured Bank Product Provider, up to the maximum amount (in the case of any Secured Bank Product Provider other than Bank of America and its Affiliates) specified by such provider in writing to Agent, which amount may be established or increased (by further written notice to Agent from time to time) as long as no Default or Event of Default exists and no Overadvance would result from establishment of a Canadian Bank Product Reserve, U.S. Bank Product Reserve, or U.K. Bank Product Reserve, as applicable, for such amount and all other Secured Bank Product Obligations.

Secured Bank Product Provider: (a) Bank of America or any of its Affiliates; and (b) any other Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is providing a Bank Product, provided such provider delivers written notice to Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by the later of the Closing Date or 10 days following creation of the Bank Product, (i) describing the Bank Product and setting forth the maximum amount to be secured by the Collateral and the methodology to be used in calculating such amount, and (ii) agreeing to be bound by Section 12.13.

Secured Parties: Canadian Facility Secured Parties and/or U.S. Facility Secured Parties and/or U.K. Facility Secured Parties, as the context requires.

Security Documents: this Agreement, the Guarantees, Canadian Security Agreements, U.K. Security Agreements, Deposit Account Control Agreements, and all other documents, instruments and agreements now or hereafter securing (or given with the intent to secure) any Obligations.

Senior Officer: the chairman of the board, director, president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer or treasurer of a Borrower or, if the context requires, an Obligor.

Settlement Report: a report delivered by Agent to the Applicable Lenders summarizing the Revolver Loans and, if applicable, participations in LC Obligations outstanding as of a given

 

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settlement date, allocated to the Applicable Lenders on a Pro Rata basis in accordance with their Revolver Commitments.

Solidary Claim: as defined in Section 12.1.1(b).

Solvent: as to any Person, such Person (a) owns Property 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 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 U.S. 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. In addition to the foregoing, “Solvent” means, with respect to any Canadian Subsidiary, that such Canadian Subsidiary is (i) adequately capitalized, (ii) owns assets, the value of which, on a going concern basis, exceeds the liabilities of such Person, (iii) will have sufficient working capital to pay its debts as they become due, (iv) 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 the present or future creditors of such Subsidiary or any of its Affiliates, and (v) is not an “insolvent person” as defined in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada). “Solvent” means, with respect to any U.K. Subsidiary, it is not and is not deemed for the purpose of and under the Insolvency Act 1986 to be unable to pay its debts as they fall due (other than under section 123(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986).

Spot Rate: the exchange rate, as determined by Agent, that is applicable to conversion of one currency into another currency, which is (a) the exchange rate reported by Bloomberg (or other commercially available source designated by Agent) as of the end of the preceding business day in the financial market for the first currency; or (b) if such report is unavailable for any reason, the spot rate for the purchase of the first currency with the second currency as in effect during the preceding business day in Agent’s principal foreign exchange trading office for the first currency.

Subsidiary: any entity at least 50% of whose voting securities or Equity Interests are owned by the Parent (including indirect ownership by the Parent through other entities in which the Parent directly or indirectly owns 50% of the voting securities or Equity Interests).

Supermajority Lenders: Lenders (subject to Section 4.2) having (a) Revolver Commitments in excess of 75% of the aggregate Revolver Commitments; and (b) if the Revolver Commitments have terminated, Loans and LC Obligations in excess of 75% of all outstanding

 

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Loans and LC Obligations; provided, however, that the Commitments and Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded from such calculation.

Swingline Loans: the Canadian Swingline Loans, the U.S. Swingline Loans, and the U.K. Swingline Loans.

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

Tax Credit: a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.

Tax Deduction: as defined in Section 5.9.2.

Taxes: 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.

Termination Event: (a) the whole or partial withdrawal of a Canadian Subsidiary from a Canadian Pension Plan during a plan year; or (b) the filing of a notice of interest to terminate in whole or in part a Canadian Pension Plan or the treatment of a Canadian Pension Plan amendment as a termination or partial termination; or (c) the institution of proceedings by any Governmental Authority to terminate in whole or in part or have a trustee appointed to administer a Canadian Pension Plan; or (d) any other event or condition which might constitute grounds for the termination of or winding up, or partial termination of or winding up, or the appointment of trustee to administer, any Canadian Pension Plan.

Total Revolver Exposure: as of any date of determination, the sum of the U.S. Revolver Exposure plus the Canadian Revolver Exposure plus the U.K. Revolver Exposure.

Trademarks: any and all U.S. and foreign registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, designs, trade dress and other signifiers of origin, including licenses thereof (but, with respect to such licenses, only to the extent the Obligors have the right to grant such sub-license without the consent of any other party).

Transferee: any actual or potential Eligible Assignee, Participant or other Person acquiring an interest in any Obligations.

Treaty Lender: a Lender which: (a) is treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of a Treaty; and (b) does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which that Lender’s participation in the Loan is effectively connected.

Treaty State: a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a “Treaty”) with the United Kingdom which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest.

 

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Trigger Event Excess Availability: as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of: (a) U.S. Availability, plus (b) the lesser of (i) Canadian Availability, and (ii) 25% of U.S. Availability, plus (c) the lesser of (i) U.K. Availability, and (ii) 25% of U.S. Availability, minus (d) the aggregate amount, if any, of all trade payables of Obligors that are more than 60 days past due and all book overdrafts of Obligors in excess of historical practices with respect thereto, in each case as determined by Agent in its Credit Judgment.

Type: any type of a Loan (i.e., a LIBOR Loan, a U.S. Base Rate Loan, a Canadian BA Rate Loan, a Canadian Base Rate Loan, a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, or a U.K. Base Rate Loan) and, in the case of LIBOR Loans and Canadian BA Rate Loans, the same Interest Period.

UCC: the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or, when the laws of any other jurisdiction govern the perfection or enforcement of any Lien, the Uniform Commercial Code of such jurisdiction.

Unfunded Pension Liability: the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year and includes any unfunded liability or solvency deficiency as determined for the purposes of the PBA in respect of any Canadian Pension Plan.

uPlay: uPlay, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

U.K./Canadian Allocable Amount: as defined in Section 5.11.

U.K./Canadian Guarantor Payment: as defined in Section 5.11.

U.K. and United Kingdom: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

U.K. Accounts Formula Amount: 85% of the Value of Eligible Accounts of the U.K. Borrower.

U.K. Availability: as of any date of determination, the U.K. Borrowing Base as of such date of determination minus the aggregate principal amount of all U.K. Revolver Loans outstanding on such date of determination.

U.K. Availability Reserve: the sum (without duplication) of (a) the Inventory Reserve with respect to the U.K. Borrower’s Inventory; (b) the U.K. Rent and Charges Reserve; (c) the U.K. LC Reserve; (d) the U.K. Bank Product Reserve; (e) all accrued Royalties of the U.K. Domiciled Obligors, whether or not then due and payable by a U.K. Domiciled Obligor; (f) the aggregate amount of liabilities secured by Liens upon U.K. Facility Collateral that are senior to the Agent’s Liens (but imposition of any such reserve shall not waive an Event of Default arising therefrom); (g) the U.K. Dilution Reserve, and (h) such additional reserves, in such amounts and with respect to such matters, as Agent in its Credit Judgment may elect to impose from time to time with respect to the U.K. Borrowing Base.

 

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U.K. Bank Product Reserve: the aggregate amount of reserves established by Agent from time to time in its discretion in respect of Secured Bank Product Obligations owing by the U.K. Domiciled Obligors and their Subsidiaries.

U.K. Base Rate: for any day, the reference rate for U.K. Base Rate Loans, being U.S. Prime Rate.

U.K. Base Rate Loan: a U.K. Revolver Loan, or portion thereof, funded in Dollars and bearing interest calculated by reference to U.K. Base Rate.

U.K. Borrower: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement, provided that Callaway Golf Europe Limited as the U.K. Borrower shall not borrow any U.K. Revolver Loan or request any U.K. Letter of Credit under this Agreement until the U.K. Closing Date.

U.K. Borrowing Base: on any date of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Maximum U.K. Facility Amount, minus the U.K. LC Reserve, or (b) the sum of the U.K. Accounts Formula Amount, plus the U.K. Inventory Formula Amount, minus the U.K. Availability Reserve.

U.K. Borrowing Base Certificate: a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by which the U.K. Borrower certifies calculation of the U.K. Borrowing Base.

U.K. Cash Collateral Account: a demand deposit, money market or other account established by Agent at Bank of America, N.A. (London Branch) or such other financial institution as Agent may select in its discretion, which account shall be for the benefit of the U.K. Facility Secured Parties and shall be subject to Agent’s Liens securing the U.K. Facility Obligations.

U.K. Closing Date: as defined in Section 6.2.

U.K. Dilution Reserve: as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts of the U.K. Borrower by 1% for each whole percentage point (or portion thereof) by which the Dilution Percent is in excess of 5.0%.

U.K. Domiciled Obligor: each U.K. Subsidiary which is at any time an Obligor, and “U.K. Domiciled Obligors” means all such Persons, collectively.

U.K. Dominion Account: a special account established by the U.K. Borrower at Bank of America, N.A. (London Branch) or another bank acceptable to Agent, over which Agent has exclusive control for withdrawal purposes at all times.

U.K. Eligible Foreign Account: an Account of the U.K. Borrower that is owed by an Account Debtor that is organized or has its principal offices or assets in a jurisdiction (a) that has been a Participating Member State since before May 2004 or (b) that is listed on Schedule 1.1C.

U.K. Facility Collateral: all Collateral that now or hereafter secures (or is intended to secure) any of the U.K. Facility Obligations, including Property of each U.K. Domiciled Obligor, each U.S. Domiciled Obligor, and each Canadian Domiciled Obligor.

 

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U.K. Facility Guarantee: each guarantee agreement (including this Agreement) at any time executed by a U.K. Facility Guarantor in favor of Agent guaranteeing all or any portion of the U.K. Facility Obligations.

U.K. Facility Guarantor: Parent, each U.K. Subsidiary, each Canadian Subsidiary, and each U.S. Subsidiary (other than uPlay unless uPlay becomes a Guarantor in accordance with Section 10.2.15) and each other Person (if any) who guarantees payment and performance of any U.K. Facility Obligations.

U.K. Facility Obligations: all Obligations of the U.K. Facility Obligors (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Obligations of the U.S. Domiciled Obligors as guarantors of any U.S. Facility Obligations).

U.K. Facility Obligor: each of the U.K. Borrower or any U.K. Facility Guarantor, and “U.K. Facility Obligors” means all of such Persons, collectively.

U.K. Facility Secured Parties: the Agent, the U.K. Issuing Bank, the U.K. Lenders and the Secured Bank Product Providers who provide Bank Products to the U.K. Facility Obligors and their Subsidiaries.

U.K. Inventory Formula Amount: the sum of: (a) the lesser of (i) 65% of the Value of the U.K. Borrower’s Eligible Inventory, or (ii) 85% of the NOLV Percentage of the Value of the U.K. Borrower’s Eligible Inventory, plus (b) the lesser of (i) $2,000,000, (ii) 65% of the Value of the U.K. Borrower’s Eligible In-Transit Inventory, or (iii) 85% of the NOLV Percentage of the Value of the U.K. Borrower’s Eligible In-Transit Inventory.

U.K. Issuing Bank: Bank of America or an Affiliate of Bank of America.

U.K. LC Obligations: the sum (without duplication) of (a) all amounts owing by the U.K. Borrower for any drawings under Letters of Credit; (b) the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued for the account of the U.K. Borrower; and (c) all fees and other amounts owing with respect to Letters of Credit issued for the account of the U.K. Borrower.

U.K. LC Reserve: the aggregate of all U.K. LC Obligations, other than those that have been Cash Collateralized.

U.K. Lenders: each Lender that has issued a U.K. Revolver Commitment (provided that such Person or an Affiliate of such Person also has a U.S. Revolver Commitment).

U.K. Letter of Credit Subline: $2,000,000.

U.K. Letters of Credit: any standby or documentary letter of credit issued by the U.K. Issuing Bank for the account of the U.K. Borrower, or any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit support issued by Agent or the U.K. Issuing Bank for the benefit of the U.K. Borrower.

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(a) where a Lender becomes a party to this Agreement on the day on which this Agreement is entered into, any Lender listed in Schedule 1.1D; and

(b) where a Lender becomes a party to this Agreement after the day on which this Agreement is entered into, a Lender which gives a U.K. Tax Confirmation in the assignment notice which it executes pursuant to, or in connection with, Section 13.3 below.

U.K. Overadvance: as defined in Section 2.15.

U.K. Overadvance Loan: a U.K. Revolver Loan made to the U.K. Borrower when a U.K. Overadvance exists or is caused by the funding thereof.

U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance: on any date, the amount by which the aggregate U.K. Revolver Exposure exceeds the amount of the U.K. Borrowing Base on such date.

U.K. Qualified Lender:

(i) a Lender (other than a Lender within paragraph (ii) below) which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of any advance under the Loan Documents and is:

 

  (A) a Lender:

(1) which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the Income Tax Act 2007 (United Kingdom) (“ITA”) making an advance under the Loan Documents; or

(2) in respect of an advance made under the Loan Documents by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of ITA) at the time that that advance was made

and with respect to (i)(A)(1) and (i)(A)(2), which is within the charge to U.K. corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or

 

  (B) a Lender which is:

(1) a company resident in the U.K. for U.K. tax purposes;

(2) a partnership each member of which is:

(a) a company so resident in the U.K.; or

(b) a company not so resident in the U.K. which carries on a trade in the U.K. through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the Corporation Taxes Act 2009 (United Kingdom) (“CTA”) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or

 

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(3) a company not so resident in the U.K. which carries on a trade in the U.K. through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company; or

 

  (C) a Treaty Lender; or

(ii) a building society (as defined for the purposes of section 880 of ITA) making an advance under the Loan Documents.

U.K. Reimbursement Date: as defined in Section 2.2.2.

U.K. Rent and Charges Reserve: the aggregate of (a) all past due rent and other amounts owing by an Obligor to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, broker or other Person who possesses any U.K. Facility Collateral or could assert a Lien on any U.K. Facility Collateral; and (b) a reserve at least equal to three months’ rent and other charges that could be payable to any such Person, unless it has executed a Lien Waiver.

U.K. Required Lenders: U.K. Lenders (subject to Section 4.2) having (a) U.K. Revolver Commitments in excess of 50% of the aggregate U.K. Revolver Commitments; and (b) if the U.K. Revolver Commitments have terminated, U.K. Revolver Loans and U.K. LC Obligations in excess of 50% of all outstanding U.K. Revolver Loans and U.K. LC Obligations; provided, however, that the U.K. Revolver Commitments and U.K. Revolver Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded from such calculation; provided, further, that at any time there are: (i) 3 or more U.K. Lenders, “U.K. Required Lenders” must include at least 3 U.K. Lenders, and (ii) less than 3 U.K. Lenders, “U.K. Required Lenders” must include all U.K. Lenders.

U.K. Revolver Commitment: for any U.K. Lender, its obligation to make U.K. Revolver Loans and to participate in U.K. LC Obligations, in the applicable Available Currencies, up to the maximum principal amount shown on Schedule 1.1, or as hereafter determined pursuant to each Assignment and Acceptance to which it is a party, as such U.K. Revolver Commitment may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.1.4 or 11.2. “U.K. Revolver Commitments” means the aggregate amount of such commitments of all U.K. Lenders.

U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date: the earliest of (a) the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date (without regard to the reason therefor), (b) the date on which the Borrower Agent terminates or reduces to zero all of the U.K. Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4, and (c) the date on which the U.K. Revolver Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 11.2.

U.K. Revolver Exposure: on any date, an amount equal to the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the U.K. Revolver Loans outstanding on such date plus the U.K. LC Obligations on such date.

U.K. Revolver Loan: a Revolver Loan made by U.K. Lenders to the U.K. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.1(c), which Revolver Loan shall be either a U.K. Base Rate Loan (which shall be denominated in Dollars only) or a LIBOR Loan (which may be denominated in Dollars,

 

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British Pounds or Euros, as selected by the Borrower Agent), and any U.K. Swingline Loan, U.K. Overadvance Loan or Protective Advance made to or owed by the U.K. Borrower.

U.K. Revolver Notes: a promissory note executed by the U.K. Borrower in favor of a U.K. Lender in the form of Exhibit A-3, in the amount of such U.K. Lender’s U.K. Revolver Commitment.

U.K. Security Agreement: (a) the security agreements dated on or about the U.K. Closing Date made by each U.K. Domiciled Obligor in favor of the Agent; and (b) any other debenture, deed of charge or other similar agreement, instrument or document governed by the laws of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, in each case now or hereafter securing (or given with the interest to secure) the U.K. Facility Obligations.

U.K. Subsidiary: a Subsidiary of Parent incorporated or organized under the laws of England and Wales.

U.K. Swingline Loan: any Borrowing of U.K. Base Rate Loans funded with Agent’s funds, until such Borrowing is settled among the U.K. Lenders or repaid by the U.K. Borrower.

U.K. Tax Confirmation: means a confirmation by a Lender that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to it in respect of an advance under a Loan Document is either:

(a) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;

(b) a partnership each member of which is:

(i) a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or

(ii) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of Section 19 of CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of CTA; or

(c) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of Section 19 of CTA) of that company.

U.K. Tax Payment: as defined in Section 5.9.14.

U.K. Unused Line Fee Rate: a per annum rate equal to (a) 0.50%, if the average daily balance of U.K. Revolver Loans and stated amount of U.K. Letters of Credit was 50% or less of the U.K. Revolver Commitments during the preceding calendar month, or (b) 0.375%, if such average daily balance was more than 50% of the U.K. Revolver Commitments during the preceding calendar month.

 

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U.S. Accounts Formula Amount: 85% of the Value of Eligible Accounts of the U.S. Borrowers.

U.S. Availability: as of any date of determination, the U.S. Borrowing Base as of such date of determination minus the aggregate principal amount of U.S. Revolver Loans outstanding on such date of determination.

U.S. Availability Reserve: the sum (without duplication) of (a) the Inventory Reserve with respect to the U.S. Borrowers’ Inventory; (b) the U.S. Rent and Charges Reserve; (c) the U.S. LC Reserve; (d) the U.S. Bank Product Reserve; (e) all accrued Royalties of the U.S. Facility Obligors, whether or not then due and payable by a U.S. Facility Obligor; (f) the aggregate amount of liabilities secured by Liens upon U.S. Facility Collateral that are senior to the Agent’s Liens (but imposition of any such reserve shall not waive an Event of Default arising therefrom); (g) the U.S. Dilution Reserve, (h) the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, if any, outstanding on such date, and the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, if any, outstanding on such date; and (i) such additional reserves, in such amounts and with respect to such matters, as Agent in its Credit Judgment may elect to impose from time to time with respect to the U.S. Borrowing Base.

U.S. Bank Product Reserve: the aggregate amount of reserves established by Agent from time to time in its discretion in respect of Secured Bank Product Obligations owing by the U.S. Domiciled Obligors and their Subsidiaries.

U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Title 11 of the United States Code.

U.S. Base Rate: for any day, a per annum rate equal to the greater of (a) the U.S. Prime Rate for such day; (b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day, plus 0.50%; or (c) LIBOR for a 30 day interest period as determined on such day, plus 1.0%.

U.S. Base Rate Loan: a Revolver Loan that bears interest based on the U.S. Base Rate.

U.S. Borrowers: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

U.S. Borrowing Base: on any date of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Maximum U.S. Facility Amount, minus the U.S. LC Reserve, minus the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance, if any, outstanding on such date, minus the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, if any, outstanding on such date; or (b) the sum of the U.S. Accounts Formula Amount, plus the U.S. Inventory Formula Amount, minus the U.S. Availability Reserve.

U.S. Borrowing Base Certificate: a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by which the U.S. Borrowers certify calculation of the U.S. Borrowing Base.

U.S. Cash Collateral Account: a demand deposit, money market or other account established by Agent at Bank of America or such other financial institution as Agent may select in its discretion, which account shall be for the benefit of the U.S. Facility Secured Parties and shall be subject to Agent’s Liens securing the U.S. Facility Obligations.

 

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U.S. Dilution Reserve: as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts of the U.S. Borrowers by one (1) percentage point for each whole percentage point (or portion thereof) by which the Dilution Percent is in excess of 5.0%.

U.S. Domiciled Obligor: each of the Parent, any U.S. Borrower or any U.S. Subsidiary which it is at any time an Obligor, and “U.S. Domiciled Obligors” means all such Persons, collectively.

U.S. Dominion Account: a special account established by the U.S. Borrowers at Bank of America or another bank acceptable to Agent, over which Agent has exclusive control for withdrawal purposes during any Dominion Trigger Period.

U.S. Facility Collateral: all Collateral that now or hereafter secures (or is intended to secure) any of the U.S. Facility Obligations, including Property of each U.S. Domiciled Obligor.

U.S. Facility Guarantee: each guarantee agreement (including this Agreement) at any time executed by a U.S. Facility Guarantor in favor of Agent guaranteeing all or any portion of the U.S. Facility Obligations.

U.S. Facility Guarantor: each U.S. Subsidiary other than uPlay (unless uPlay becomes a Guarantor in accordance with Section 10.2.15) and each other Person (if any) who guarantees payment and performance of any U.S. Facility Obligations.

U.S. Facility Obligations: all Obligations of the U.S. Facility Obligors (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Obligations of the U.S. Domiciled Obligors as guarantors of the Canadian Facility Obligations and U.K. Facility Obligations).

U.S. Facility Obligor: each of any U.S. Borrower or any U.S. Facility Guarantor, and “U.S. Facility Obligors” means all of such Persons, collectively.

U.S. Facility Secured Parties: the Agent, the U.S. Issuing Bank, the U.S. Lenders and the Secured Bank Product Providers who provide Bank Products to the U.S. Facility Obligors and their Subsidiaries.

U.S. Inventory Formula Amount: the sum of: (a) the lesser of (i) 65% of the Value of the U.S. Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory, or (ii) 85% of the NOLV Percentage of the Value of the U.S. Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory; plus (b) the lesser of (i) $8,000,000, (ii) 65% of the Value of the U.S. Borrowers’ Eligible In-Transit Inventory, or (iii) 85% of the NOLV Percentage of the Value of the U.S. Borrowers’ Eligible In-Transit Inventory.

U.S. Issuing Bank: Bank of America or an Affiliate or branch of Bank of America

U.S. LC Obligations: the sum (without duplication) of (a) all amounts owing by the U.S. Borrowers for any drawings under Letters of Credit; (b) the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued for the account of any U.S. Borrower; and (c) all fees and other amounts owing with respect to Letters of Credit issued for the account of any U.S. Borrower.

 

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U.S. LC Reserve: the aggregate of all U.S. LC Obligations, other than those that have been Cash Collateralized.

U.S. Lenders: Bank of America and each other Lender (other than Canadian Lenders or U.K. Lenders) party hereto.

U.S. Letter of Credit Subline: $20,000,000.

U.S. Letters of Credit: any standby or documentary letter of credit issued by the U.S. Issuing Bank for the account of the U.S. Borrowers (or any U.S. Borrower), or any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit support issued by Agent or the U.S. Issuing Bank for the benefit of any U.S. Borrower, and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.

U.S. Overadvance: as defined in Section 2.1.5.

U.S. Overadvance Loan: a U.S. Revolver Loan made to the U.S. Borrowers or the amount owed by the U.S. Borrowers when a U.S. Overadvance exists or is caused by the funding thereof.

U.S. Prime Rate: the rate of interest announced by Bank of America from time to time as its prime rate. Such rate is set by Bank of America on the basis of various factors, including its costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

U.S. Reimbursement Date: as defined in Section 2.3.2.

U.S. Rent and Charges Reserve: the aggregate of (a) all past due rent and other amounts owing by an Obligor to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, broker or other Person who possesses any U.S. Facility Collateral or could assert a Lien on any U.S. Facility Collateral; and (b) commencing three months after the Original Agreement Closing Date, a reserve at least equal to three months’ rent and other charges that could be payable to any such Person, unless it has executed a Lien Waiver.

U.S. Required Lenders: U.S. Lenders (subject to Section 4.2) having (a) U.S. Revolver Commitments in excess of 50% of the aggregate U.S. Revolver Commitments; and (b) if the U.S. Revolver Commitments have terminated, U.S. Revolver Loans and U.S. LC Obligations in excess of 50% of all outstanding U.S. Revolver Loans and U.S. LC Obligations; provided, however, that the Commitments and Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded from such calculation; provided, further, that at any time there are: (i) 3 or more U.S. Lenders, “U.S. Required Lenders” must include at least 3 U.S. Lenders, and (ii) less than 3 U.S. Lenders, “U.S. Required Lenders” must include all U.S. Lenders.

U.S. Revolver Commitment: for any U.S. Lender, its obligation to make U.S. Revolver Loans and to participate in U.S. LC Obligations up to the maximum principal amount shown on Schedule 1.1, or as hereafter determined pursuant to each Assignment and Acceptance to which

 

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it is a party, as such U.S. Revolver Commitment may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.1.4, 2.1.7, or 11.2. “U.S. Revolver Commitments” means the aggregate amount of such commitments of all U.S. Lenders.

U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date: the earliest of (a) the Facility Termination Date, (b) the date on which the Borrower Agent terminates or reduces to zero the U.S. Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4, and (c) the date on which the U.S. Revolver Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 11.2.

U.S. Revolver Exposure: on any date, an amount equal to the sum of the U.S. Revolver Loans outstanding on such date plus the U.S. LC Obligations on such date.

U.S. Revolver Loan: a Revolver Loan made by a U.S. Lender to a U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.1(a), which Loan shall be denominated in Dollars and shall be either a U.S. Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan, in each case as selected by Borrower Agent, and any U.S. Swingline Loan, U.S. Overadvance Loan or Protective Advance made to or owed by the U.S. Borrowers.

U.S. Revolver Notes: a promissory note executed by U.S. Borrowers in favor of a U.S. Lender in the form of Exhibit A-2, in the amount of such U.S. Lender’s U.S. Revolver Commitment.

U.S. Subsidiary: a Subsidiary of Parent that is organized under the laws of a state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

U.S. Swingline Loan: any Borrowing of U.S. Base Rate Loans funded with Agent’s funds, until such Borrowing is settled among the U.S. Lenders or repaid by the U.S. Borrowers.

U.S. Unused Line Fee Rate: a per annum rate equal to (a) 0.50%, if the average daily balance of U.S. Revolver Loans and stated amount of U.S. Letters of Credit was 50% or less of the U.S. Revolver Commitments during the preceding calendar month, or (b) 0.375%, if such average daily balance was more than 50% of the U.S. Revolver Commitments during the preceding calendar month.

Value: (a) for Inventory, its Dollar Equivalent value determined on the basis of the lower of cost or market, calculated on a first-in, first-out basis, and excluding any portion of cost attributable to intercompany profit among Borrowers and their Affiliates; and (b) for an Account, its Dollar Equivalent face amount, net of any returns, rebates, discounts (calculated on the shortest terms), credits, allowances or Taxes (including sales, excise or other taxes) that have been or could be claimed by the Account Debtor or any other Person.

Wage Earner Protection Act Reserve: on any date of determination, a reserve established from time to time by Agent in its Credit Judgment in such amount as Agent determines reflects the amounts that may become due under the Wage Earner Protection Program Act (Canada) with respect to the employees of any Obligor employed in Canada which would give rise to a Lien with priority under Applicable Law over the Lien of Agent.

 

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1.2 Accounting Terms. Under the Loan Documents (except as otherwise specified herein), all accounting terms shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations shall be made, and all financial statements shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited financial statements of Obligors delivered to Agent before the Original Agreement Closing Date and using the same inventory valuation method as used in such financial statements, except for any change required or permitted by GAAP if Obligors’ certified public accountants concur in such change, the change is disclosed to Agent, and Section 10.3 and any other provision hereof are amended in a manner satisfactory to Required Lenders to take into account the effects of the change, if any. No calculations under the Loan Documents shall give effect to any such change prior to any such amendment.

1.3 Uniform Commercial Code/PPSA. As used herein, the following terms are defined in accordance with the UCC in effect in the State of New York from time to time: “Chattel Paper,” “Commercial Tort Claim,” “Equipment,” “Goods,” “Instrument,” “Investment Property,” “Letter-of-Credit Right” and “Supporting Obligation” and, as such terms relate to any such Property of any Canadian Domiciled Obligor, such terms shall refer to such Property as defined in the PPSA.

1.4 Certain Matters of Construction. The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision. Any pronoun used shall be deemed to cover all genders. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, “from” means “from and including,” and “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.” The terms “including” and “include” shall mean “including, without limitation” and, for purposes of each Loan Document, the parties agree that the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be applicable to limit any provision. Section titles appear as a matter of convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of any Loan Document. All references to (a) laws or statutes include all related rules, regulations, interpretations, amendments and successor provisions; (b) any document, instrument or agreement include any amendments, waivers and other modifications, extensions or renewals (to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents); (c) any section mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a section of this Agreement; (d) any exhibits or schedules mean, unless the context otherwise requires, exhibits and schedules attached hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference; (e) any Person include successors and assigns; (f) except as otherwise specified herein, time of day means time of day at Agent’s notice address under Section 14.3.1; or (g) discretion of Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender mean the sole and absolute discretion of such Person. Except as expressly otherwise provided herein, all calculations of Value, fundings of Loans, issuances of Letters of Credit and payments of Obligations shall be in Dollars and, unless the context otherwise requires, all determinations (including calculations of Borrowing Base and financial covenants) made from time to time under the Loan Documents shall be made in light of the circumstances existing at such time. Borrowing Base calculations shall be consistent with historical methods of valuation and calculation, and otherwise satisfactory to Agent (and not necessarily calculated in accordance with GAAP). Obligors shall have the burden of establishing any alleged negligence, misconduct or lack of good faith by Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Documents. No provision of any Loan Documents shall be construed against any party by reason of such party having, or being deemed to have, drafted the provision. Whenever the phrase “to the best of an Obligor’s knowledge” or words of similar import are used in any Loan Documents, it means actual knowledge of a Senior

 

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Officer of such Obligor, or knowledge that a Senior Officer of such Obligor would have obtained if he or she had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties, including reasonably specific inquiries of employees or agents and a good faith attempt to ascertain the matter to which such phrase relates.

1.5 Calculations. All references in the Loan Documents to Loans, Letters of Credit, Obligations, Borrowing Base components and other amounts shall be denominated in Dollars, unless expressly provided otherwise. The Dollar equivalent of any amounts denominated or reported under a Loan Document in a currency other than Dollars shall be determined by Agent on a daily basis, based on the current Spot Rate. Borrowers shall report Value and other Borrowing Base components to Agent in the currency invoiced by Obligors or shown in Obligors’ financial records, and unless expressly provided otherwise, shall deliver financial statements and calculate financial covenants in Dollars. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any Obligation is funded and expressly denominated in a currency other than Dollars, Obligors shall repay such Obligation in such other currency.

1.6 Interpretation (Quebec). For purposes of any Collateral located in the Province of Quebec or charged by any deed of hypothec (or any other Loan Document) and for all other purposes pursuant to which the interpretation or construction of a Loan Document may be subject to the laws of the Province of Quebec or a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Québec, (q) “personal property” shall be deemed to include “movable property”, (r) “real property” shall be deemed to include “immovable property”, (s) “tangible property” shall be deemed to include “corporeal property”, (t) “intangible property” shall be deemed to include “incorporeal property”, (u) “security interest” and “mortgage” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec”, (v) all references to filing, registering or recording under the UCC or the PPSA shall be deemed to include publication under the Civil Code of Québec, (w) all references to “perfection” of or “perfected” Liens shall be deemed to include a reference to the “opposability” of such Liens to third parties, (x) any “right of offset”, “right of setoff” or similar expression shall be deemed to include a “right of compensation”, (y) “goods” shall be deemed to include “corporeal movable property” other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and securities, and (z) an “agent” shall be deemed to include a “mandatary”.

SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITIES

2.1 Revolver Commitments.

2.1.1. Revolver Loans.

(a) U.S. Revolver Loans to U.S. Borrowers. Each U.S. Lender agrees, severally and not jointly with the other U.S. Lenders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to make U.S. Revolver Loans to the U.S. Borrowers on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, not to exceed in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time such U.S. Lender’s U.S. Revolver Commitment at such time, which U.S. Revolver Loans may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that such U.S. Lenders shall have no obligation to the U.S. Borrowers whatsoever to honor any request for a U.S. Revolver Loan on or after the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date

 

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or if the amount of the proposed U.S. Revolver Loan exceeds U.S. Availability on the proposed funding date for such U.S. Revolver Loan. Each Borrowing of U.S. Revolver Loans shall be funded by the U.S. Lenders on a Pro Rata basis. The U.S. Revolver Loans shall bear interest as set forth in Section 3.1. Each U.S. Revolver Loan shall, at the option of the Borrower Agent, be made or continued as, or converted into, part of one or more Borrowings that, unless specifically provided herein, shall consist entirely of U.S. Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans. The U.S. Revolver Loans shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and shall be secured by all of the U.S. Facility Collateral. U.S. Borrowers shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all of the U.S. Revolver Loans. Each U.S. Revolver Loan shall be funded and repaid in Dollars.

(b) Canadian Revolver Loans to Canadian Borrower. Each Canadian Lender agrees, severally and not jointly with the other Canadian Lenders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to make Canadian Revolver Loans to the Canadian Borrower on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date, not to exceed in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time such Canadian Lender’s Canadian Revolver Commitment at such time, which Canadian Revolver Loans may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that such Canadian Lenders shall have no obligation to the Canadian Borrower whatsoever to honor any request for a Canadian Revolver Loan on or after the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date or if the amount of the proposed Canadian Revolver Loan exceeds Canadian Availability on the proposed funding date for such Canadian Revolver Loan. Each Borrowing of Canadian Revolver Loans shall be funded by the Canadian Lenders on a Pro Rata basis. The Canadian Revolver Loans shall bear interest as set forth in Section 3.1. Each Canadian Revolver Loan shall, at the option of the Borrower Agent, be made or continued as, or converted into, part of one or more Borrowings that, unless specifically provided herein, shall consist entirely of Canadian Prime Rate Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans if denominated in Canadian Dollars, or shall consist entirely of Canadian Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans if denominated in Dollars. The Canadian Revolver Loans shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and shall be secured by all of the Canadian Facility Collateral. Each Canadian Revolver Loan shall be funded in Canadian Dollars or, at the option of the Borrower Agent, Dollars and repaid in the same currency as such underlying Canadian Revolver Loan was made.

(c) U.K. Revolver Loans to U.K. Borrower. Each U.K. Lender agrees, severally and not jointly with the other U.K. Lenders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to make U.K. Revolver Loans to the U.K. Borrower on any Business Day during the period from the U.K. Closing Date to the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, not to exceed in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time such U.K. Lender’s U.K. Revolver Commitment at such time, which U.K. Revolver Loans may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that such U.K. Lenders shall have no obligation to the U.K. Borrower whatsoever to honor any request for a U.K. Revolver Loan on or after the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date or if the amount of the proposed U.K. Revolver Loan exceeds U.K. Availability on the proposed funding date for such U.K. Revolver Loan. Each Borrowing of U.K. Revolver Loans shall be funded by the U.K. Lenders on a Pro Rata basis. The U.K. Revolver Loans shall bear interest as set forth in Section 3.1. Each U.K. Revolver Loan shall, at

 

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the option of the Borrower Agent, be made or continued as, or converted into, part of one or more Borrowings that, unless specifically provided herein, shall consist entirely of U.K. Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans (provided that U.K. Base Rate Loans shall only be denominated in Dollars). The U.K. Revolver Loans shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and shall be secured by all of the U.K. Facility Collateral. Each U.K. Revolver Loan shall be funded in Dollars, British Pounds and/or Euro (in the case of LIBOR Loans) and Dollars only (in the case of U.K. Base Rate Loans) and shall be repaid in the same currency as such underlying U.K. Revolver Loan was made.

(d) Maximum Total Revolver Exposure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.1.1, in no event shall any Borrower be entitled to receive a Revolver Loan if, at the time of the proposed funding of such Loan (and after giving effect thereto and all pending requests for Loans), the Total Revolver Exposure exceeds (or would exceed) the lesser of the Maximum Facility Amount and the Revolver Commitments.

2.1.2. Revolver Notes. The Revolver Loans made by each Lender and interest accruing thereon shall be evidenced by the records of Agent and such Lender. At the request of any Lender, the U.S. Borrowers and/or the Canadian Borrower and/or the U.K. Borrower shall execute and deliver a U.S. Revolver Note and/or a Canadian Revolver Note and/or a U.K. Revolver Note, respectively, to such Lender in the amount of such Lender’s applicable Revolver Commitment(s).

2.1.3. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of Revolver Loans shall be used by Borrowers solely (a) to satisfy existing Debt on the Original Agreement Closing Date; (b) to pay fees and transaction expenses associated with the closing of this credit facility; (c) to pay Obligations in accordance with this Agreement; and (d) for working capital and other lawful corporate purposes of Borrowers.

2.1.4. Voluntary Reduction or Termination of Revolver Commitments.

(a) The Canadian Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date, the U.K. Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, and the U.S. Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, in each case, unless sooner terminated in accordance with this Agreement. Upon at least 10 days’ prior written notice to Agent from the Borrower Agent, (i) U.S. Borrowers may, at their option, terminate the U.S. Revolver Commitments and this credit facility and/or (ii) the Canadian Borrower may, at its option, terminate the Canadian Revolver Commitments and/or (iii) the U.K. Borrower may, at its option, terminate the U.K. Revolver Commitments, in each case, without premium or penalty (other than funding losses payable pursuant to Section 3.9). If the U.S. Borrowers elect to reduce to zero or terminate the U.S. Revolver Commitments pursuant to the previous sentence, the Canadian Revolver Commitments and U.K. Revolver Commitments shall automatically terminate concurrently with the termination of the U.S. Revolver Commitments. Any notice of termination given by Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.1.4 shall be irrevocable but may be conditioned on a refinancing or another material event. On the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date, the Canadian Borrower shall make Full Payment of all Canadian Facility Obligations. On the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, the U.K. Borrower shall

 

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make Full Payment of all U.K. Facility Obligations. On the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, the U.S. Borrowers shall make Full Payment of all U.S. Facility Obligations.

(b) So long as (i) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, and (ii) no U.S. Overadvance, Canadian Overadvance, or U.K. Overadvance then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower Agent may permanently and irrevocably reduce the Maximum Facility Amount by giving Agent at least 10 days’ prior irrevocable written notice thereof from a Senior Officer of the Borrower Agent, which notice shall (A) specify the date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of such reduction (which shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 and increments of $5,000,000 in excess thereof), (B) specify the allocation of such reduction to, and the corresponding reductions of, each of the Maximum U.S. Facility Amount and/or the Maximum Canadian Facility Amount and/or the Maximum U.K. Facility Amount (and the respective U.S. Revolver Commitments, Canadian Revolver Commitments, and the U.K. Revolver Commitments of the U.S. Lenders, the Canadian Lenders, and the U.K. Lenders, respectively, in respect thereof, each of which shall be allocated to such Lenders on a Pro Rata basis at the time of such reduction) and (C) certify the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions precedent (including calculations thereof in reasonable detail) both as of the date of such certificate and as of the effective date of any such proposed reduction. In addition to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (1) each reduction in the Maximum U.S. Facility Amount and the U.S. Revolver Commitments shall in no event exceed U.S. Availability and shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (2) each reduction in the Maximum Canadian Facility Amount and the Canadian Revolver Commitments shall in no event exceed Canadian Availability and shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (3) each reduction in the Maximum U.K. Facility Amount and the U.K. Revolver Commitments shall in no event exceed U.K. Availability and shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

2.1.5. Overadvances. If the aggregate U.S. Revolver Loans exceed the U.S. Borrowing Base (a “U.S. Overadvance”) at any time, the excess amount shall be payable by U.S. Borrowers on demand by Agent, but all such U.S. Revolver Loans shall nevertheless constitute U.S. Facility Obligations secured by the U.S. Facility Collateral. If the aggregate Canadian Revolver Loans exceed the Canadian Borrowing Base (a “Canadian Overadvance”) at any time, the excess amount shall be payable by Canadian Borrower on demand by Agent, but all such Canadian Revolver Loans shall nevertheless constitute Canadian Facility Obligations secured by the Canadian Facility Collateral. If the aggregate U.K. Revolver Loans exceed the U.K. Borrowing Base (a “U.K. Overadvance”) at any time, the excess amount shall be payable by the U.K. Borrower on demand by Agent, but all such U.K. Revolver Loans shall nevertheless constitute U.K. Facility Obligations secured by the U.K. Facility Collateral. Agent may require the Applicable Lenders to honor requests for Overadvance Loans and to forbear from requiring the applicable Borrowers to cure an Overadvance, (a) when no other Event of Default is known to Agent, as long as (i) the Overadvance does not continue for more than 30 consecutive days (and no Overadvance may exist for at least five consecutive days thereafter before further Overadvance Loans are required), and (ii) the Overadvance is not known by Agent to exceed 7.5% of the U.S. Borrowing Base with respect to the U.S. Borrowers, 7.5% of the Canadian Borrowing Base with respect to the Canadian Borrower, or 7.5% of the U.K. Borrowing Base with respect to the U.K. Borrower; and (b) regardless of whether an Event of Default exists, if

 

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Agent discovers an Overadvance not previously known by it to exist, as long as from the date of such discovery the Overadvance does not continue for more than 30 consecutive days. In no event shall Overadvance Loans be required that would cause the outstanding U.S. Revolver Exposure to exceed the aggregate U.S. Revolver Commitments, the outstanding Canadian Revolver Exposure to exceed the aggregate Canadian Revolver Commitments, or the outstanding U.K. Revolver Exposure to exceed the aggregate U.K. Revolver Commitments. Any funding of an Overadvance Loan or sufferance of an Overadvance shall not constitute a waiver by Agent or Lenders of the Event of Default caused thereby. In no event shall any Borrower or other Obligor be deemed a beneficiary of this Section nor authorized to enforce any of its terms. Required Lenders may at any time revoke Agent’s authority to knowingly make further Overadvance Loans by written notice to Agent.

2.1.6. Protective Advances. Agent shall be authorized, in its discretion, at any time that any conditions in Section 6 are not satisfied, and without regard to the aggregate U.S. Revolver Commitments, the Canadian Revolver Commitments, or the U.K. Revolver Commitments, to make U.S. Base Rate Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans, and U.K. Base Rate Loans, as applicable (each a “Protective Advance”) (a) up to an aggregate amount of (i) 10% of the aggregate Canadian Revolver Commitments (minus the aggregate amount of any outstanding Canadian Overadvances), with respect to the Canadian Borrower, (ii) 10% of the aggregate U.S. Revolver Commitments (minus the aggregate amount of any outstanding U.S. Overadvances), with respect to the U.S. Borrowers, or (iii) 10% of the aggregate U.K. Revolver Commitments (minus the aggregate amount of any outstanding U.K. Overadvances), with respect to the U.K. Borrower, in each case, outstanding at any time, if Agent deems such Loans necessary or desirable to preserve or protect Collateral, or to enhance the collectibility or repayment of Obligations; or (b) to pay any other amounts chargeable to Obligors under any Loan Documents, including costs, fees and expenses. Each Applicable Lender shall participate in each Protective Advance on a Pro Rata basis. Required Lenders may at any time revoke Agent’s authority to make further Protective Advances under clause (a) by written notice to Agent. Absent such revocation, Agent’s determination that funding of a Protective Advance is appropriate shall be conclusive. All Protective Advances made by Agent with respect to U.S. Borrowers shall be U.S. Facility Obligations, secured by the U.S. Facility Collateral and shall be treated for all purposes as Extraordinary Expenses. All Protective Advances made by Agent with respect to Canadian Borrower shall be Canadian Facility Obligations, secured by the Canadian Facility Collateral and shall be treated for all purposes as Extraordinary Expenses. All Protective Advances made by Agent with respect to the U.K. Borrower shall be U.K. Facility Obligations, secured by the U.K. Facility Collateral and shall be treated for all purposes as Extraordinary Expenses. In no event shall Protective Advances be made by Agent if it would cause the outstanding U.S. Revolver Exposure to exceed the aggregate U.S. Revolver Commitments, the outstanding Canadian Revolver Exposure to exceed the aggregate Canadian Revolver Commitments, or the outstanding U.K. Revolver Exposure to exceed the aggregate U.K. Revolver Commitments.

2.1.7. Increase in U.S. Revolver Commitments. Borrowers may request an increase in the aggregate U.S. Revolver Commitments from time to time upon notice to Agent, as long as (a) the requested increase is in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 and is offered on the same terms as the existing U.S. Revolver Commitments, except for fees mutually agreed upon by Borrowers and Agent, (b) increases under this Section do not exceed $150,000,000 in

 

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the aggregate and no more than 3 increases are made, (c) no reduction in Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4 has occurred prior to the requested increase, and (d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such increase or result therefrom. Agent shall promptly notify U.S. Lenders of the requested increase and, within 10 Business Days thereafter, each U.S. Lender shall notify Agent if and to what extent such Lender commits to increase its U.S. Revolver Commitment. Any U.S. Lender not responding within such period shall be deemed to have declined an increase. If U.S. Lenders fail to commit to the full requested increase, Eligible Assignees may issue additional U.S. Revolver Commitments and become U.S. Lenders hereunder. Agent may allocate, in its discretion, the increased U.S. Revolver Commitments among committing U.S. Lenders and, if necessary, Eligible Assignees. Provided the conditions set forth in Section 6.3 are satisfied, total U.S. Revolver Commitments shall be increased by the requested amount (or such lesser amount committed by U.S. Lenders and Eligible Assignees) on a date agreed upon by Agent and Borrower Agent, but no later than 45 days following Borrowers’ increase request. Agent, Borrowers, and new and existing Lenders shall execute and deliver such documents and agreements as Agent deems appropriate to evidence the increase in and allocations of U.S. Revolver Commitments. On the effective date of an increase, all outstanding U.S. Revolver Loans, U.S. LC Obligations and other exposures under the U.S. Revolver Commitments shall be reallocated among U.S. Lenders, and settled by Agent if necessary, in accordance with U.S. Lenders’ adjusted shares of such U.S. Revolver Commitments.

2.2 U.K. Letter of Credit Facility.

2.2.1. Issuance of U.K. Letters of Credit. U.K. Issuing Bank shall issue U.K. Letters of Credit from time to time on and after the U.K. Closing Date until 30 days prior to the Facility Termination Date (or until the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, if earlier), on the terms set forth herein, including the following:

(a) The U.K. Borrower acknowledges that U.K. Issuing Bank’s issuance of any U.K. Letter of Credit is conditioned upon U.K. Issuing Bank’s receipt of a LC Application with respect to the requested U.K. Letter of Credit, as well as such other instruments and agreements as U.K. Issuing Bank may customarily require for issuance of a letter of credit of similar type and amount. U.K. Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue any U.K. Letter of Credit unless (i) U.K. Issuing Bank receives a LC Request and LC Application at least three Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance; (ii) each LC Condition is satisfied; and (iii) if a Defaulting Lender that is a U.K. Lender exists, such Lender or the U.K. Borrower has entered into arrangements satisfactory to Agent and U.K. Issuing Bank to eliminate any Fronting Exposure associated with such Lender. If, in sufficient time to act, U.K. Issuing Bank receives written notice from U.K. Required Lenders that a LC Condition has not been satisfied, U.K. Issuing Bank shall not issue the requested U.K. Letter of Credit. Prior to receipt of any such notice, U.K. Issuing Bank shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any failure of LC Conditions.

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U.K. Letter of Credit, except that delivery of a new LC Application shall be required at the discretion of U.K. Issuing Bank.

(c) The U.K. Borrower assumes all risks of the acts, omissions or misuses of any U.K. Letter of Credit by the beneficiary. In connection with issuance of any U.K. Letter of Credit, none of Agent, Issuing Banks or any Lender shall be responsible for the existence, character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods purported to be represented by any Documents; any differences or variation in the character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods from that expressed in any Documents; the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Documents or of any endorsements thereon; the time, place, manner or order in which shipment of goods is made; partial or incomplete shipment of, or failure to ship, any goods referred to in a U.K. Letter of Credit or Documents; any deviation from instructions, delay, default or fraud by any shipper or other Person in connection with any goods, shipment or delivery; any breach of contract between a shipper or vendor and the U.K. Borrower; errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex, telecopy, e-mail, telephone or otherwise; errors in interpretation of technical terms; the misapplication by a beneficiary of any U.K. Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof; or any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Issuing Banks, Agent or any Lender, including any act or omission of a Governmental Authority. The rights and remedies of U.K. Issuing Bank under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative. U.K. Issuing Bank shall be fully subrogated to the rights and remedies of each beneficiary whose claims against the U.K. Borrower are discharged with proceeds of any U.K. Letter of Credit.

(d) In connection with its administration of and enforcement of rights or remedies under any U.K. Letters of Credit or LC Documents, U.K. Issuing Bank shall be entitled to act, and shall be fully protected in acting, upon any certification, documentation or communication in whatever form believed by U.K. Issuing Bank, in good faith, to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by a proper Person. U.K. Issuing Bank may consult with and employ legal counsel, accountants and other experts to advise it concerning its obligations, rights and remedies, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon, any advice given by such experts. U.K. Issuing Bank may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in connection with any matter relating to U.K. Letters of Credit or LC Documents, and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of agents and attorneys-in-fact selected with reasonable care.

2.2.2. Reimbursement; Participations.

(a) If U.K. Issuing Bank honors any request for payment under a U.K. Letter of Credit, the U.K. Borrower shall pay to U.K. Issuing Bank, on the same day (“U.K. Reimbursement Date”), the amount paid by U.K. Issuing Bank under such U.K. Letter of Credit, together with interest at the interest rate for U.K. Base Rate Loans from the U.K. Reimbursement Date until payment by the U.K. Borrower. The obligation of the U.K. Borrower to reimburse U.K. Issuing Bank for any payment made under a U.K. Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional, irrevocable, and joint and several, and shall be paid without regard to any lack of validity or enforceability of any U.K. Letter of Credit or the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that the U.K. Borrower may have at any time against the beneficiary.

 

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Whether or not Borrower Agent submits a Notice of Borrowing, the U.K. Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of a LIBOR Revolver Loan (the initial Interest Period of which shall be 30 days commencing on the relevant Reimbursement Date) in an amount necessary to pay all amounts due U.K. Issuing Bank on that U.K. Reimbursement Date and each U.K. Lender agrees to fund its Pro Rata share of such Borrowing whether or not the U.K. Revolver Commitments have terminated, a U.K. Overadvance exists or is created thereby, or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied.

(b) Upon issuance of a U.K. Letter of Credit, each U.K. Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from U.K. Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided Pro Rata interest and participation in all U.K. LC Obligations relating to the U.K. Letter of Credit. If U.K. Issuing Bank makes any payment under a U.K. Letter of Credit and the U.K. Borrower does not reimburse such payment on the U.K. Reimbursement Date, Agent shall promptly notify U.K. Lenders and each U.K. Lender shall promptly (within one Business Day) and unconditionally pay to Agent, for the benefit of U.K. Issuing Bank, the U.K. Lender’s Pro Rata share of such payment. Upon request by a U.K. Lender, U.K. Issuing Bank shall furnish copies of any U.K. Letters of Credit and LC Documents in its possession at such time.

(c) The obligation of each U.K. Lender to make payments to Agent for the account of U.K. Issuing Bank in connection with U.K. Issuing Bank’s payment under a U.K. Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, setoff, qualification or exception whatsoever, and shall be made in accordance with this Agreement under all circumstances, irrespective of any lack of validity or unenforceability of any Loan Documents; any draft, certificate or other document presented under a U.K. Letter of Credit having been determined to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or the existence of any setoff or defense that any Obligor may have with respect to any Obligations. U.K. Issuing Bank does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the U.K. Borrower or other Person of any obligations under any LC Documents. U.K. Issuing Bank does not make to Lenders any express or implied warranty, representation or guaranty with respect to the Collateral, LC Documents or any Obligor. U.K. Issuing Bank shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in, or for the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any LC Documents; the validity, genuineness, enforceability, collectibility, value or sufficiency of any Collateral or the perfection of any Lien therein; or the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any Obligor.

(d) No Issuing Bank Indemnitee shall be liable to any Lender or other Person for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with any LC Documents except as a result of its actual gross negligence or willful misconduct. U.K. Issuing Bank shall not have any liability to any Lender if U.K. Issuing Bank refrains from any action under a Letter of Credit or LC Documents until it receives written instructions from U.K. Required Lenders.

2.2.3. Cash Collateral. If any U.K. LC Obligations, whether or not then due or payable, shall for any reason be outstanding at any time (a) that an Event of Default exists, (b) that U.K. Availability is less than zero, or (c) within 10 Business Days prior to the U.K. Revolver

 

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Commitment Termination Date, then the U.K. Borrower shall, at U.K. Issuing Bank’s or Agent’s request, Cash Collateralize the stated amount of all outstanding U.K. Letters of Credit and pay to U.K. Issuing Bank the amount of all other U.K. LC Obligations. The U.K. Borrower shall, on demand by U.K. Issuing Bank or Agent from time to time, Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of any Defaulting Lender which is a U.K. Lender. If the U.K. Borrower fails to provide any Cash Collateral as required hereunder, U.K. Lenders may (and shall upon direction of Agent) advance, as U.K. Revolver Loans, the amount of the Cash Collateral required (whether or not the U.K. Revolver Commitments have terminated, a U.K. Overadvance exists or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied).

2.2.4. Resignation of U.K. Issuing Bank. U.K. Issuing Bank may resign at any time upon notice to Agent and the U.K. Borrower. On the effective date of such resignation, U.K. Issuing Bank shall have no further obligation to issue, amend, renew, extend or otherwise modify any Letter of Credit, but shall continue to have all rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank hereunder, including under Sections 2.2, 12.6 and 14.2, relating to any Letter of Credit issued prior to such date. Agent shall promptly appoint a replacement U.K. Issuing Bank, which, as long as no Default or Event of Default exists, shall be reasonably acceptable to the U.K. Borrower.

2.3 U.S. Letter of Credit Facility.

2.3.1. Issuance of U.S. Letters of Credit. U.S. Issuing Bank shall issue U.S. Letters of Credit from time to time until 30 days prior to the Facility Termination Date (or until the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, if earlier), on the terms set forth herein, including the following:

(a) Each U.S. Borrower acknowledges that U.S. Issuing Bank’s issuance of any U.S. Letter of Credit is conditioned upon U.S. Issuing Bank’s receipt of a LC Application with respect to the requested U.S. Letter of Credit, as well as such other instruments and agreements as U.S. Issuing Bank may customarily require for issuance of a letter of credit of similar type and amount. U.S. Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue any U.S. Letter of Credit unless (i) U.S. Issuing Bank receives a LC Request and LC Application at least three Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance; (ii) each LC Condition is satisfied; and (iii) if a Defaulting Lender that is a U.S. Lender exists, such Lender or U.S. Borrowers have entered into arrangements satisfactory to Agent and U.S. Issuing Bank to eliminate any Fronting Exposure associated with such Lender. If, in sufficient time to act, U.S. Issuing Bank receives written notice from U.S. Required Lenders that a LC Condition has not been satisfied, U.S. Issuing Bank shall not issue the requested U.S. Letter of Credit. Prior to receipt of any such notice, U.S. Issuing Bank shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any failure of LC Conditions.

(b) U.S. Letters of Credit may be requested by a U.S. Borrower to support obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, or as otherwise approved by Agent. The renewal or extension of any U.S. Letter of Credit shall be treated as the issuance of a new U.S. Letter of Credit, except that delivery of a new LC Application shall be required at the discretion of U.S. Issuing Bank.

 

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(c) U.S. Borrowers assume all risks of the acts, omissions or misuses of any U.S. Letter of Credit by the beneficiary. In connection with issuance of any U.S. Letter of Credit, none of Agent, Issuing Banks or any Lender shall be responsible for the existence, character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods purported to be represented by any Documents; any differences or variation in the character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods from that expressed in any Documents; the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Documents or of any endorsements thereon; the time, place, manner or order in which shipment of goods is made; partial or incomplete shipment of, or failure to ship, any goods referred to in a U.S. Letter of Credit or Documents; any deviation from instructions, delay, default or fraud by any shipper or other Person in connection with any goods, shipment or delivery; any breach of contract between a shipper or vendor and a U.S. Borrower; errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex, telecopy, e-mail, telephone or otherwise; errors in interpretation of technical terms; the misapplication by a beneficiary of any U.S. Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof; or any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Issuing Banks, Agent or any Lender, including any act or omission of a Governmental Authority. The rights and remedies of U.S. Issuing Bank under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative. U.S. Issuing Bank shall be fully subrogated to the rights and remedies of each beneficiary whose claims against U.S. Borrowers are discharged with proceeds of any U.S. Letter of Credit.

(d) In connection with its administration of and enforcement of rights or remedies under any U.S. Letters of Credit or LC Documents, U.S. Issuing Bank shall be entitled to act, and shall be fully protected in acting, upon any certification, documentation or communication in whatever form believed by U.S. Issuing Bank, in good faith, to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by a proper Person. U.S. Issuing Bank may consult with and employ legal counsel, accountants and other experts to advise it concerning its obligations, rights and remedies, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon, any advice given by such experts. U.S. Issuing Bank may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in connection with any matter relating to U.S. Letters of Credit or LC Documents, and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of agents and attorneys-in-fact selected with reasonable care.

(e) Obligors, Agent and Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that all Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute U.S. Letters of Credit under this Agreement on and after the Original Agreement Closing Date with the same effect as if such Existing Letters of Credit were issued by U.S. Issuing Bank at the request of U.S. Borrowers on the Original Agreement Closing Date.

2.3.2. Reimbursement; Participations.

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unconditional, irrevocable, and joint and several, and shall be paid without regard to any lack of validity or enforceability of any U.S. Letter of Credit or the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that U.S. Borrowers may have at any time against the beneficiary. Whether or not Borrower Agent submits a Notice of Borrowing, U.S. Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of U.S. Base Rate Loans in an amount necessary to pay all amounts due U.S. Issuing Bank on any U.S. Reimbursement Date and each U.S. Lender agrees to fund its Pro Rata share of such Borrowing whether or not the U.S. Revolver Commitments have terminated, a U.S. Overadvance exists or is created thereby, or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied.

(b) Upon issuance of a U.S. Letter of Credit, each U.S. Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from U.S. Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided Pro Rata interest and participation in all U.S. LC Obligations relating to the U.S. Letter of Credit. If U.S. Issuing Bank makes any payment under a U.S. Letter of Credit and U.S. Borrowers do not reimburse such payment on the U.S. Reimbursement Date, Agent shall promptly notify U.S. Lenders and each U.S. Lender shall promptly (within one Business Day) and unconditionally pay to Agent, for the benefit of U.S. Issuing Bank, the U.S. Lender’s Pro Rata share of such payment. Upon request by a U.S. Lender, U.S. Issuing Bank shall furnish copies of any U.S. Letters of Credit and LC Documents in its possession at such time.

(c) The obligation of each U.S. Lender to make payments to Agent for the account of U.S. Issuing Bank in connection with U.S. Issuing Bank’s payment under a U.S. Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, setoff, qualification or exception whatsoever, and shall be made in accordance with this Agreement under all circumstances, irrespective of any lack of validity or unenforceability of any Loan Documents; any draft, certificate or other document presented under a U.S. Letter of Credit having been determined to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or the existence of any setoff or defense that any Obligor may have with respect to any Obligations. U.S. Issuing Bank does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by any U.S. Borrower or other Person of any obligations under any LC Documents. U.S. Issuing Bank does not make to Lenders any express or implied warranty, representation or guaranty with respect to the Collateral, LC Documents or any Obligor. U.S. Issuing Bank shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in, or for the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any LC Documents; the validity, genuineness, enforceability, collectibility, value or sufficiency of any Collateral or the perfection of any Lien therein; or the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any Obligor.

(d) No Issuing Bank Indemnitee shall be liable to any Lender or other Person for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with any LC Documents except as a result of its actual gross negligence or willful misconduct. U.S. Issuing Bank shall not have any liability to any Lender if U.S. Issuing Bank refrains from any action under a Letter of Credit or LC Documents until it receives written instructions from U.S. Required Lenders.

 

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2.3.3. Cash Collateral. If any U.S. LC Obligations, whether or not then due or payable, shall for any reason be outstanding at any time (a) that an Event of Default exists, (b) that U.S. Availability is less than zero, or (c) within 10 Business Days prior to the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, then U.S. Borrowers shall, at U.S. Issuing Bank’s or Agent’s request, Cash Collateralize the stated amount of all outstanding U.S. Letters of Credit and pay to U.S. Issuing Bank the amount of all other U.S. LC Obligations. U.S. Borrowers shall, on demand by U.S. Issuing Bank or Agent from time to time, Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of any Defaulting Lender which is a U.S. Lender. If U.S. Borrowers fail to provide any Cash Collateral as required hereunder, U.S. Lenders may (and shall upon direction of Agent) advance, as U.S. Revolver Loans, the amount of the Cash Collateral required (whether or not the U.S. Revolver Commitments have terminated, a U.S. Overadvance exists or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied).

2.3.4. Resignation of U.S. Issuing Bank. U.S. Issuing Bank may resign at any time upon notice to Agent and U.S. Borrowers. On the effective date of such resignation, U.S. Issuing Bank shall have no further obligation to issue, amend, renew, extend or otherwise modify any Letter of Credit, but shall continue to have all rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank hereunder, including under Sections 2.3, 12.6 and 14.2, relating to any Letter of Credit issued prior to such date. Agent shall promptly appoint a replacement U.S. Issuing Bank, which, as long as no Default or Event of Default exists, shall be reasonably acceptable to U.S. Borrowers.

2.4 Canadian Letter of Credit Facility.

2.4.1. Issuance of Canadian Letters of Credit. Canadian Issuing Bank shall issue Canadian Letters of Credit from time to time until 30 days prior to the Facility Termination Date (or until the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date, if earlier), on the terms set forth herein, including the following:

(a) Canadian Borrower acknowledges that Canadian Issuing Bank’s issuance of any Canadian Letter of Credit is conditioned upon Canadian Issuing Bank’s receipt of a LC Application with respect to the requested Canadian Letter of Credit, as well as such other instruments and agreements as Canadian Issuing Bank may customarily require for issuance of a letter of credit of similar type and amount. Canadian Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue any Canadian Letter of Credit unless (i) Canadian Issuing Bank receives a LC Request and LC Application at least three Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance; (ii) each LC Condition is satisfied; and (iii) if a Defaulting Lender that is a Canadian Lender exists, such Lender or Canadian Borrower has entered into arrangements satisfactory to Agent and Canadian Issuing Bank to eliminate any Fronting Exposure associated with such Lender. If, in sufficient time to act, Canadian Issuing Bank receives written notice from Canadian Required Lenders that a LC Condition has not been satisfied, Canadian Issuing Bank shall not issue the requested Canadian Letter of Credit. Prior to receipt of any such notice, Canadian Issuing Bank shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any failure of LC Conditions.

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issuance of a new Canadian Letter of Credit, except that delivery of a new LC Application shall be required at the discretion of Canadian Issuing Bank.

(c) Canadian Borrower assumes all risks of the acts, omissions or misuses of any Canadian Letter of Credit by the beneficiary. In connection with issuance of any Canadian Letter of Credit, none of Agent, Issuing Banks or any Lender shall be responsible for the existence, character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods purported to be represented by any Documents; any differences or variation in the character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods from that expressed in any Documents; the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Documents or of any endorsements thereon; the time, place, manner or order in which shipment of goods is made; partial or incomplete shipment of, or failure to ship, any goods referred to in a Canadian Letter of Credit or Documents; any deviation from instructions, delay, default or fraud by any shipper or other Person in connection with any goods, shipment or delivery; any breach of contract between a shipper or vendor and Canadian Borrower; errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex, telecopy, e-mail, telephone or otherwise; errors in interpretation of technical terms; the misapplication by a beneficiary of any Canadian Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof; or any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Issuing Banks, Agent or any Lender, including any act or omission of a Governmental Authority. The rights and remedies of Canadian Issuing Bank under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative. Canadian Issuing Bank shall be fully subrogated to the rights and remedies of each beneficiary whose claims against Canadian Borrower are discharged with proceeds of any Canadian Letter of Credit.

(d) In connection with its administration of and enforcement of rights or remedies under any Canadian Letters of Credit or LC Documents, Canadian Issuing Bank shall be entitled to act, and shall be fully protected in acting, upon any certification, documentation or communication in whatever form believed by Canadian Issuing Bank, in good faith, to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by a proper Person. Canadian Issuing Bank may consult with and employ legal counsel, accountants and other experts to advise it concerning its obligations, rights and remedies, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon, any advice given by such experts. Canadian Issuing Bank may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in connection with any matter relating to Canadian Letters of Credit or LC Documents, and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of agents and attorneys-in-fact selected with reasonable care.

2.4.2. Reimbursement; Participations.

(a) If Canadian Issuing Bank honors any request for payment under a Canadian Letter of Credit, Canadian Borrower shall pay to Canadian Issuing Bank, on the same day (“Canadian Reimbursement Date”), the amount paid by Canadian Issuing Bank under such Canadian Letter of Credit, together with interest at the interest rate for Canadian Prime Rate Loans from the Canadian Reimbursement Date until payment by Canadian Borrower. The obligation of Canadian Borrower to reimburse Canadian Issuing Bank for any payment made under a Canadian Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional, irrevocable, and joint and several, and shall be paid without regard to any lack of validity or enforceability of any Canadian Letter of Credit or the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that Canadian

 

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Borrower may have at any time against the beneficiary. Whether or not Borrower Agent submits a Notice of Borrowing, Canadian Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Canadian Prime Rate Loans in an amount necessary to pay all amounts due Canadian Issuing Bank on any Canadian Reimbursement Date and each Canadian Lender agrees to fund its Pro Rata share of such Borrowing whether or not the Canadian Revolver Commitments have terminated, a Canadian Overadvance exists or is created thereby, or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied.

(b) Upon issuance of a Canadian Letter of Credit, each Canadian Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from Canadian Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided Pro Rata interest and participation in all Canadian LC Obligations relating to the Canadian Letter of Credit. If Canadian Issuing Bank makes any payment under a Canadian Letter of Credit and Canadian Borrower does not reimburse such payment on the Canadian Reimbursement Date, Agent shall promptly notify Canadian Lenders and each Canadian Lender shall promptly (within one Business Day) and unconditionally pay to Agent, for the benefit of Canadian Issuing Bank, the Canadian Lender’s Pro Rata share of such payment. Upon request by a Canadian Lender, Canadian Issuing Bank shall furnish copies of any Canadian Letters of Credit and LC Documents in its possession at such time.

(c) The obligation of each Canadian Lender to make payments to Agent for the account of Canadian Issuing Bank in connection with Canadian Issuing Bank’s payment under a Canadian Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, setoff, qualification or exception whatsoever, and shall be made in accordance with this Agreement under all circumstances, irrespective of any lack of validity or unenforceability of any Loan Documents; any draft, certificate or other document presented under a Canadian Letter of Credit having been determined to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or the existence of any setoff or defense that any Obligor may have with respect to any Obligations. Canadian Issuing Bank does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by Canadian Borrower or other Person of any obligations under any LC Documents. Canadian Issuing Bank does not make to Lenders any express or implied warranty, representation or guaranty with respect to the Collateral, LC Documents or any Obligor. Canadian Issuing Bank shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in, or for the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any LC Documents; the validity, genuineness, enforceability, collectibility, value or sufficiency of any Collateral or the perfection of any Lien therein; or the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any Obligor.

(d) No Issuing Bank Indemnitee shall be liable to any Lender or other Person for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with any LC Documents except as a result of its actual gross negligence or willful misconduct. Canadian Issuing Bank shall not have any liability to any Lender if Canadian Issuing Bank refrains from any action under a Letter of Credit or LC Documents until it receives written instructions from Canadian Required Lenders.

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exists, (b) that Canadian Availability is less than zero, or (c) within 10 Business Days prior to the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date, then Canadian Borrower shall, at Canadian Issuing Bank’s or Agent’s request, Cash Collateralize the stated amount of all outstanding Canadian Letters of Credit and pay to Canadian Issuing Bank the amount of all other Canadian LC Obligations. Canadian Borrower shall, on demand by Canadian Issuing Bank or Agent from time to time, Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of any Defaulting Lender which is a Canadian Lender. If Canadian Borrower fails to provide any Cash Collateral as required hereunder, Canadian Lenders may (and shall upon direction of Agent) advance, as Canadian Revolver Loans, the amount of the Cash Collateral required (whether or not the Canadian Revolver Commitments have terminated, a Canadian Overadvance exists or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied).

2.4.4. Resignation of Canadian Issuing Bank. Canadian Issuing Bank may resign at any time upon notice to Agent and Canadian Borrower. On the effective date of such resignation, Canadian Issuing Bank shall have no further obligation to issue, amend, renew, extend or otherwise modify any Letter of Credit, but shall continue to have all rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank hereunder, including under Sections 2.4, 12.6 and 14.2, relating to any Letter of Credit issued prior to such date. Agent shall promptly appoint a replacement Canadian Issuing Bank, which, as long as no Default or Event of Default exists, shall be reasonably acceptable to Canadian Borrower.

SECTION 3. INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES

3.1 Interest.

3.1.1. Rates and Payment of Interest.

(a) The Obligations shall bear interest (i) if a U.S. Base Rate Loan, at the U.S. Base Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin; (ii) if a LIBOR Loan, at LIBOR for the applicable Interest Period, plus the Applicable Margin plus with respect to any U.K. Revolver Loan that is a LIBOR Loan, any Mandatory Costs; (iii) if a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, at the Canadian Prime Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin, (iv) if a Canadian Base Rate Loan, at the Canadian Base Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin, (v) if a Canadian BA Rate Loan, at the Canadian BA Rate for the applicable Interest Period, plus the Applicable Margin, (vi) if a U.K. Base Rate Loan, at the U.K. Base Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin, (vii) if any other U.S. Facility Obligation (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest not paid when due), at the U.S. Base Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin for U.S. Base Rate Loans; (viii) if any other Canadian Facility Obligation (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest not paid when due), at the Canadian Prime Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin for Canadian Prime Rate Loans; and (ix) if any other U.K. Facility Obligation (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest not paid when due), at the U.K. Base Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin for U.K. Base Rate Loans. Interest shall accrue from the date the Loan is advanced or the Obligation is incurred or payable, until paid by the applicable Borrower(s). If a Loan is repaid on the same day made, one day’s interest shall accrue.

 

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(b) Interest on the Revolver Loans shall be payable in the currency (i.e., Dollars, Canadian Dollars, British Pounds or Euro, as the case may be) of the underlying Revolver Loan (which shall be Dollars only in the case of any U.K. Base Rate Loan).

(c) During an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Obligor, or during any other Event of Default if Agent or Required Lenders in their discretion so elect, Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate (whether before or after any judgment). Each Obligor acknowledges that the cost and expense to Agent and Lenders due to an Event of Default are difficult to ascertain and that the Default Rate is a fair and reasonable estimate to compensate Agent and Lenders for this.

(d) Interest accrued on the Loans shall be due and payable (i) on the last day of the relevant Interest Period with respect to Interest Period Loans (or in the case of an Interest Period Loan with an Interest Period of more than 90 days’ duration, on each quarterly anniversary of the first day of such Interest Period) or, in arrears on the first day of each month with respect to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on any date of prepayment, with respect to the principal amount of Loans being prepaid. In addition, interest accrued on the Canadian Revolver Loans shall be due and payable in arrears on the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date, interest accrued on the U.S. Revolver Loans shall be due and payable in arrears on the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, and interest accrued on the U.K. Revolver Loans shall be due and payable in arrears on the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date. Interest accrued on any other Obligations shall be due and payable as provided in the Loan Documents and, if no payment date is specified, shall be due and payable on demand. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest accrued at the Default Rate shall be due and payable on demand.

3.1.2. Application of LIBOR to Outstanding Loans.

(a) Borrowers may on any Business Day, subject to delivery of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, elect to convert any portion of the U.S. Base Rate Loans, the Canadian Base Rate Loans, or the U.K. Base Rate Loans, as applicable, to, or to continue any LIBOR Loan at the end of its Interest Period as, a LIBOR Loan, provided that, in the case of U.K. Base Rate Loans only, portions of such Loans may be converted to a LIBOR Loan denominated in Dollars only. During any Default or Event of Default, Agent may (and shall at the direction of Required Lenders) declare that no Loan may be made, converted or continued as a LIBOR Loan.

(b) Whenever Borrowers desire to convert or continue Loans as LIBOR Loans, Borrower Agent shall give Agent a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, no later than 11:00 a.m. at least three Business Days (and at least four Business Days in the case of a U.K. Revolver Loan) before the requested conversion or continuation date. Promptly after receiving any such notice, Agent shall notify each Applicable Lender thereof. Each Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall be irrevocable, and shall specify the amount of Loans to be converted or continued, the conversion or continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), and the duration of the Interest Period (which shall be deemed to be 30 days if not specified). If, upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of any LIBOR Loans, Borrower Agent shall have failed to deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, Borrowers shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Loans into U.S. Base Rate Loans (if owing by the U.S. Borrowers), Canadian Base Rate Loans (if owing by the Canadian Borrower), or a U.K. Base Rate Loan (if

 

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owing by the U.K. Borrower) if that LIBOR Loan was denominated in Dollars, or (as the case may be) a LIBOR Loan (the initial Interest Period of which shall be 30 days commencing on the date of expiration of the Interest Period applicable to that LIBOR Loan) if that LIBOR Loan was denominated in British Pounds or Euro.

3.1.3. Application of Canadian BA Rate to Outstanding Loans.

(a) Canadian Borrower may on any Business Day, subject to delivery of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation and the other terms hereof, elect to convert any portion of the Canadian Prime Rate Loans, or to continue any Canadian BA Rate Loan at the end of its Interest Period as, a Canadian BA Rate Loan. During any Default or Event of Default, Agent may (and shall at the direction of Required Lenders) declare that no Loan may be made, converted or continued as a Canadian BA Rate Loan.

(b) Whenever Canadian Borrower desires to convert or continue Loans as Canadian BA Rate Loans, Borrower Agent shall give Agent a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, no later than 11:00 a.m. at least three Business Days before the requested conversion or continuation date. Promptly after receiving any such notice, Agent shall notify each Canadian Lender thereof. Each Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall be irrevocable, and shall specify the amount of Loans to be converted or continued, the conversion or continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), and the duration of the Interest Period (which shall be deemed to be one month if not specified). If, upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of any Canadian BA Rate Loans, Borrower Agent shall have failed to deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation with respect thereto as required above, Canadian Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Loans into Canadian Prime Rate Loans.

3.1.4. Interest Periods. In connection with the making, conversion or continuation of any LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans, Borrower Agent shall select an interest period (“Interest Period”) to apply, which interest period shall be 30, 60, 90 or 180 days; provided, however, that:

(a) the Interest Period shall commence on the date the Loan is made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan or Canadian BA Rate Loan, and shall expire on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at its end;

(b) if any Interest Period commences on a day for which there is no corresponding day in the calendar month at its end or if such corresponding day falls after the last Business Day of such month, then the Interest Period shall expire on the last Business Day of such month; and if any Interest Period would expire on a day that is not a Business Day, the period shall expire on the next Business Day; and

(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond: (i) the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date in the case of any Loan owing by the U.S. Borrowers, (ii) the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date in the case of any Loan owing by the Canadian Borrower, and (iii) the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date in the case of any Loan owing by the U.K. Borrower.

 

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3.1.5. Interest Rate Not Ascertainable. If Agent shall determine that, on any date for determining LIBOR or the Canadian BA Rate, due to any circumstance affecting the London interbank market or the Canadian interbank bankers’ acceptances market, respectively, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining such rate on the basis provided herein, then Agent shall immediately notify the Borrower Agent of such determination. Until Agent notifies the Borrower Agent that such circumstance no longer exists, the obligation of the Lenders to make LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans, as applicable, shall be suspended, and no further Loans may be converted into or continued as LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans, as applicable.

3.2 Fees.

3.2.1. Unused Line Fee.

(a) U.S. Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of U.S. Lenders, a fee equal to the U.S. Unused Line Fee Rate times the amount by which the U.S. Revolver Commitments exceed the average daily balance of U.S. Revolver Loans and stated amount of U.S. Letters of Credit during any month. Such fee shall be payable in arrears, on the first day of each month and on the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date.

(b) Canadian Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of Canadian Lenders, a fee equal to the Canadian Unused Line Fee Rate times the amount by which the Canadian Revolver Commitments exceed the average daily balance of Canadian Revolver Loans and stated amount of Canadian Letters of Credit during any month. Such fee shall be payable in arrears, on the first day of each month and on the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date.

(c) The U.K. Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of U.K. Lenders, a fee equal to the U.K. Unused Line Fee Rate times the amount by which the U.K. Revolver Commitments exceed the average daily balance of U.K. Revolver Loans and stated amount of U.K. Letters of Credit during any month. Such fee shall be payable in arrears, on the first day of each month and on the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date.

3.2.2. U.S. LC Facility Fees. The U.S. Borrowers shall pay (a) to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of the U.S. Lenders, a fee equal to the per annum rate of the Applicable Margin in effect for LIBOR Loans times the average daily stated amount of U.S. Letters of Credit, which fee shall be payable monthly in arrears, on the first day of each month; (b) to Agent, for its own account, a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per annum on the stated amount of each U.S. Letter of Credit, which fee shall be payable monthly in arrears, on the first day of each month; and (c) to the U.S. Issuing Bank, for its own account, all customary charges associated with the issuance, amending, negotiating, payment, processing, transfer and administration of U.S. Letters of Credit, which charges shall be paid as and when incurred. At the election of Agent or the U.S. Required Lenders, during an Event of Default, the fee payable under clause (a) shall be increased by 2% per annum.

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Applicable Margin in effect for Canadian BA Rate Loans times the average daily stated amount of Canadian Letters of Credit, which fee shall be payable monthly in arrears, on the first day of each month; (b) to Agent, for its own account, a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per annum on the stated amount of each Canadian Letter of Credit, which fee shall be payable monthly in arrears, on the first day of each month; and (c) to the Canadian Issuing Bank, for its own account, all customary charges associated with the issuance, amending, negotiating, payment, processing, transfer and administration of Canadian Letters of Credit, which charges shall be paid as and when incurred. At the election of Agent or the Canadian Required Lenders, during an Event of Default, the fee payable under clause (a) shall be increased by 2% per annum.

3.2.4. U.K. LC Facility Fees. The U.K. Borrower shall pay (a) to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of the U.K. Lenders, a fee equal to the per annum rate of the Applicable Margin in effect for LIBOR Loans times the average daily stated amount of U.K. Letters of Credit, which fee shall be payable monthly in arrears, on the first day of each month; (b) to Agent, for its own account, a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per annum on the stated amount of each U.K. Letter of Credit, which fee shall be payable monthly in arrears, on the first day of each month; and (c) to the U.K. Issuing Bank, for its own account, all customary charges associated with the issuance, amending, negotiating, payment, processing, transfer and administration of U.K. Letters of Credit, which charges shall be paid as and when incurred. At the election of Agent or the U.K. Required Lenders, during an Event of Default, the fee payable under clause (a) shall be increased by 2% per annum.

3.2.5. Other Fees. Borrowers shall pay such other fees as described in the Fee Letters.

3.3 Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield Protection. All interest, as well as fees and other charges calculated on a per annum basis, shall be computed for the actual days elapsed, based on a year of 360 days, or, in the case of (a) interest based on the Canadian Prime Rate or Canadian BA Rate or (b) a Revolver Loan made in British Pounds, on the basis of a 365 day year, as the case may be. Each determination by Agent of any interest, fees or interest rate hereunder shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. All fees shall be fully earned when due and shall not be subject to rebate, refund or proration. All fees payable under Section 3.2 are compensation for services and are not, and shall not be deemed to be, interest or any other charge for the use, forbearance or detention of money. A certificate as to amounts payable by any Borrower under Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9 or 5.9, submitted to the Borrower Agent by Agent or the affected Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers shall pay such amounts to the appropriate party within 10 days following receipt of the certificate. For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest to which any rate calculated on the basis of a period of time different from the actual number of days in the year (360 days, for example) is equivalent is the stated rate multiplied by the actual number of days in the year (365 or 366, as applicable) and divided by the number of days in the shorter period (360 days, in the example), and the parties hereto acknowledge that there is a material distinction between the nominal and effective rates of interest and that they are capable of making the calculations necessary to compare such rates and that the calculations herein are to be made using the nominal rate method and not on any basis that gives effect to the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest.

 

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3.4 Reimbursement Obligations. Borrowers within each Borrower Group shall reimburse Agent and each Lender for all Extraordinary Expenses incurred by Agent or such Lender in reference to such Borrower Group or its related Obligations or Collateral. In addition to such Extraordinary Expenses, such Borrowers shall also reimburse Agent for all legal, accounting, appraisal, consulting, and other fees, costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with (a) negotiation and preparation of any Loan Documents, including any amendment or other modification thereof; (b) administration of and actions relating to any Collateral for its Obligations, Loan Documents and transactions contemplated thereby, including any actions taken to perfect or maintain priority of Agent’s Liens on any such Collateral, to maintain any insurance required hereunder or to verify such Collateral; and (c) subject to any limits of Section 10.1.1(b), each inspection, audit or appraisal with respect to any Obligor within such Borrowers’ related Obligor Group or Collateral securing such Obligor Group’s Obligations, whether prepared by Agent’s personnel or a third party. All legal, accounting and consulting fees shall be charged to Borrowers by Agent’s professionals at their full hourly rates, regardless of any reduced or alternative fee billing arrangements that Agent, any Lender or any of their Affiliates may have with such professionals with respect to this or any other transaction. If, for any reason (including inaccurate reporting on financial statements, a Borrowing Base Certificate, or a Compliance Certificate), it is determined that a higher Applicable Margin, U.S. Unused Line Fee Rate, Canadian Unused Line Fee Rate, or U.K. Unused Line Fee Rate should have applied to a period than was actually applied, then the proper margin shall be applied retroactively and the applicable Borrowers shall immediately pay to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of Applicable Lenders, an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest and fees that would have accrued using the proper margin and the amount actually paid. All amounts payable by Borrowers under this Section shall be due on demand.

3.5 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Applicable 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 LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon LIBOR or the Canadian BA Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, the applicable Available Currency in the London interbank market, or Canadian Dollars through bankers’ acceptances, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans, as applicable, or to convert U.S. Base Rate Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans, or Canadian Prime Rate Loans to Canadian BA Rate Loans, or U.K. Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans, as applicable, shall be suspended until such Lender notifies Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon delivery of such notice, the applicable Borrower(s) with respect to such Loans shall prepay or, if applicable, convert all LIBOR Loans of such Lender to U.S. Base Rate Loans, Canadian Base Rate Loans or U.K. Base Rate Loans (which alternative to prepayment aforesaid shall only be applicable in relation to any LIBOR Loans of such Lenders to the U.K. Borrower in the case of any such LIBOR Loans denominated in Dollars), or all Canadian Prime Rate Loans to Canadian BA Rate Loans, as applicable, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the applicable

 

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Borrower(s) with respect to such Loans shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

3.6 Inability to Determine Rates. If the U.S. Required Lenders, with respect to U.S. Revolver Loans, or the Canadian Required Lenders, with respect to Canadian Revolver Loans, or the U.K. Required Lenders, with respect to U.K. Revolver Loans, notify Agent for any reason in connection with a request for a Borrowing of, or conversion to or continuation of, a LIBOR Loan or a Canadian BA Rate Loan that (a) deposits or bankers’ acceptances in the relevant Available Currency are not being offered to, as regards LIBOR, banks in the London interbank eurocurrency market or, as regards Canadian BA Rate, Persons in Canada, for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining LIBOR or the Canadian BA Rate for the requested Interest Period, or (c) LIBOR or the Canadian BA Rate for the requested Interest Period does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, then Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower Agent and each Applicable Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Applicable Lenders to make or maintain the affected LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans shall be suspended until Agent (upon instruction by the U.S. Required Lenders, Canadian Required Lenders or U.K. Required Lenders, as applicable) 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 a LIBOR Loan or a Canadian BA Rate Loan or, failing that, will be deemed to have submitted a request for a U.S. Base Rate Loan, a Canadian Prime Rate Loan or a U.K. Base Rate Loan (but in the case of any such pending request in relation to a LIBOR Loan for the U.K. Borrower, if (a) that LIBOR Loan was denominated in British Pounds or Euro, the Borrower Agent shall be deemed to have revoked any such pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of that LIBOR Loan, and the U.K. Borrower shall repay any such outstanding LIBOR Loan which was the subject of a continuation request, and (b) only if that LIBOR Loan was denominated in Dollars shall the Borrower Agent be deemed to have submitted a request for a U.K. Base Rate Loan).

3.7 Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.

3.7.1. Change in Law. If any Change in Law shall:

(a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in LIBOR or the Canadian BA Rate or Mandatory Costs) or any Issuing Bank;

(b) subject any Lender or any Issuing Bank to any Tax with respect to any Loan, Loan Document, Letter of Credit or participation in LC Obligations, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or such Issuing Bank in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 5.9 (or would be covered by Section 5.9 but for exclusions in Sections 5.9.2 and 5.9.13) and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank); or

 

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(c) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market or the Canadian bankers’ acceptances market any other condition, cost or expense affecting any Loan, Loan Document, Letter of Credit, participation in LC Obligations, or Commitment;

and the result thereof shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan or Canadian BA Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the Borrower(s) of any Borrower Group with respect to such Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or participations in LC Obligations) will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

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

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

3.8 Mitigation. If any Lender gives a notice under Section 3.5 or requests compensation under Section 3.7, or if the Borrower(s) of any Borrower Group are required to pay additional amounts with respect to a Lender under Section 5.9, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender,

 

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such designation or assignment (a) would eliminate the need for such notice or reduce amounts payable or to be withheld in the future, as applicable; and (b) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or unlawful. The Borrower(s) of each affected Borrower Group shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender that has issued a Commitment to such Borrower Group in connection with any such designation or assignment.

3.9 Funding Losses. If for any reason (other than default by a Lender) (a) any Borrowing of, or conversion to or continuation of, a LIBOR Loan or a Canadian BA Rate Loan does not occur on the date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation (whether or not withdrawn), (b) any repayment or conversion of a LIBOR Loan or a Canadian BA Rate Loan occurs on a day other than the end of its Interest Period, (c) a Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) is required to assign a LIBOR Loan or Canadian BA Rate Loan prior to the end of its Interest Period pursuant to Section 13.4, or (d) the Borrower(s) of any Borrower Group fail(s) to repay a LIBOR Loan or a Canadian BA Rate Loan when required hereunder, then such applicable Borrower(s) shall pay to Agent its customary administrative charge and to each Applicable Lender all losses and expenses that it sustains as a consequence thereof, including loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from liquidation or redeployment of funds or from fees payable to terminate deposits of matching funds but excluding the Applicable Margin and Mandatory Costs. The Lenders shall not be required to purchase deposits in the London interbank market or any other offshore market to fund any LIBOR Loan or to transact in bankers’ acceptances to make any Canadian BA Rate Loan, but the provisions hereof shall be deemed to apply as if each Applicable Lender had purchased such deposits to fund its LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans, as applicable.

3.10 Maximum Interest. 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 (“maximum rate”). If 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 Obligations of the Borrower Group to which such excess interest relates or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to such Borrower Group. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by 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 Obligations hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.10, if any provision of any of the Loan Documents would obligate any Canadian Domiciled Obligor to make any payment of interest with respect to the Canadian Facility Obligations in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by Applicable Law or would result in the receipt of interest with respect to the Canadian Facility Obligations at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rates shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or so result in a receipt by the applicable recipient of interest with respect to the Canadian Facility Obligations at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows: (i) first, by reducing the amount or rates of interest

 

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required to be paid by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors to the applicable recipient under the Loan Documents; and (ii) thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors to the applicable recipient which would constitute interest with respect to the Canadian Facility Obligations for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada). Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if the applicable recipient shall have received an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by that section of the Criminal Code (Canada), then the Canadian Domiciled Obligors shall be entitled, by notice in writing to Agent, to obtain reimbursement from the applicable recipient in an amount equal to such excess, and, pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by the applicable recipient to the applicable Canadian Domiciled Obligor. Any amount or rate of interest with respect to the Canadian Facility Obligations referred to in this Section 3.10 shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles as an effective annual rate of interest over the term that any Loans to the Canadian Borrower remain outstanding on the assumption that any charges, fees or expenses that fall within the meaning of “interest” (as defined in the Criminal Code (Canada)) shall, if they relate to a specific period of time, be pro rated over that period of time and otherwise be pro rated over the period from the Original Agreement Closing Date to the date of Full Payment of the Canadian Facility Obligations, and, in the event of a dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by Agent shall be conclusive for the purposes of such determination.

SECTION 4. LOAN ADMINISTRATION

4.1 Manner of Borrowing and Funding Revolver Loans.

4.1.1. Notice of Borrowing.

(a) Whenever Borrowers within a Borrower Group desire funding of a Borrowing of Revolver Loans, Borrower Agent shall give Agent a Notice of Borrowing. Such notice must be received by Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the Business Day of the requested funding date, in the case of U.S. Base Rate Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans, or Canadian Base Rate Loans, (ii) on the Business Day prior to the requested funding date, in the case of U.K. Base Rate Loans, and (iii) at least three Business Days prior (and at least four Business Days in the case of a U.K. Revolver Loan) to the requested funding date, in the case of LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans. Notices received after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the amount of the Borrowing, (B) the requested funding date (which must be a Business Day), (C) whether the Borrowing is to be made as a U.S. Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan (in the case of a Borrowing by the U.S. Borrowers), or as a Canadian Base Rate Loan, a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, LIBOR Loan, or a Canadian BA Rate Loan (in the case of a Borrowing by the Canadian Borrower) or as a U.K. Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan (in the case of a Borrowing by the U.K. Borrower), (D) in the case of LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans, the duration of the applicable Interest Period (which shall be deemed to be 30 days if not specified), (E) in the case of a Borrowing by the Canadian Borrower, whether such Loan is to be denominated in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, and (F) in the case of a Borrowing by the U.K. Borrower, in the case of LIBOR Loans only, whether such Loan is to be denominated in Dollars, British Pounds or Euro.

 

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(b) Unless payment is otherwise timely made by Borrowers within a Borrower Group, the becoming due of any amount required to be paid with respect to any of the Obligations of the Obligor Group to which such Borrower Group belongs (whether principal, interest, fees or other charges, including Extraordinary Expenses, LC Obligations, Cash Collateral and Secured Bank Product Obligations) shall be deemed to be a request for Revolver Loans by such Borrower Group on the due date, in the amount of such Obligations and shall bear interest at the per annum rate applicable hereunder to U.S. Base Rate Loans, in the case of such Obligations owing by any U.S. Facility Obligor, or to Canadian Prime Rate Loans, in the case of such Obligations owing by a Canadian Domiciled Obligor, or to U.K. Base Rate Loans, in the case of such Obligations owing by a U.K. Domiciled Obligor. The proceeds of such Revolver Loans shall be disbursed as direct payment of the relevant Obligation. In addition, Agent may, at its option, charge such Obligations of an Obligor Group against any operating, investment or other account of an Obligor within such Obligor Group maintained with Agent or any of its Affiliates.

(c) If Borrowers within a Borrower Group establish a controlled disbursement account with Agent or any branch or Affiliate of Agent, then the presentation for payment of any check, ACH or electronic debit, or other payment item at a time when there are insufficient funds to cover it shall be deemed to be a request for Revolver Loans by such Borrower Group on the date of such presentation, in the amount of such payment item, and shall bear interest at the per annum rate applicable hereunder to U.S. Base Rate Loans, in the case of insufficient funds owing by any U.S. Facility Obligor, or to Canadian Prime Rate Loans, in the case of insufficient funds owing by a Canadian Domiciled Obligor, or to U.K. Base Rate Loans, in the case of insufficient funds owing by a U.K. Domiciled Obligor. The proceeds of such Revolver Loans may be disbursed directly to the controlled disbursement account or other appropriate account.

4.1.2. Fundings by Lenders. Each Applicable Lender shall timely honor its Revolver Commitment by funding its Pro Rata share of each Borrowing of Revolver Loans that is properly requested hereunder. Except for Borrowings to be made as Swingline Loans, Agent shall endeavor to notify the Applicable Lenders of each Notice of Borrowing (or deemed request for a Borrowing) by 12:00 noon (Applicable Time Zone) on the proposed funding date (and on the Business Day prior to the proposed funding date, in the case of U.K. Base Rate Loans) for U.S. Base Rate Loans, Canadian Base Rate Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans or U.K. Base Rate Loans, or by 3:00 p.m. (Applicable Time Zone) at least two Business Days before any proposed funding of LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans. Each Applicable Lender shall fund to Agent such Lender’s Pro Rata share of the Borrowing to the account specified by Agent in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. (Applicable Time Zone) on the requested funding date, unless Agent’s notice is received after the times provided above, in which case Lender shall fund its Pro Rata share by 11:00 a.m. (Applicable Time Zone) on the next Business Day. Subject to its receipt of such amounts from the Applicable Lenders, Agent shall disburse the proceeds of the Revolver Loans as directed by Borrower Agent. Unless Agent shall have received (in sufficient time to act) written notice from an Applicable Lender that it does not intend to fund its Pro Rata share of a Borrowing, Agent may assume that such Lender has deposited or promptly will deposit its share with Agent, and Agent may disburse a corresponding amount to the applicable Borrower(s). If an Applicable Lender’s share of any Borrowing or of any settlement pursuant to Section 4.1.3(b) is not received by Agent, then the Borrowers within the applicable Borrower Group agree to repay to Agent on demand the amount of such share,

 

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together with interest thereon from the date disbursed until repaid, at the rate applicable to such Borrowing.

4.1.3. Swingline Loans; Settlement.

(a) Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, advance U.S. Swingline Loans to the U.S. Borrowers, up to an aggregate outstanding amount equal to 10% of the aggregate U.S. Revolver Commitments, unless the funding is specifically required to be made by all U.S. Lenders hereunder. Each U.S. Swingline Loan shall constitute a U.S. Base Rate Loan for all purposes, except that payments thereon shall be made to Agent for its own account. The obligation of the U.S. Borrowers to repay U.S. Swingline Loans shall be evidenced by the records of Agent and need not be evidenced by any promissory note. Agent (acting through its Canada branch) may, but shall not be obligated to, advance Canadian Swingline Loans to the Canadian Borrower, up to an aggregate outstanding amount equal to 10% of the aggregate Canadian Revolver Commitments, unless the funding is specifically required to be made by all Canadian Lenders hereunder. Each Canadian Swingline Loan shall constitute a Canadian Prime Rate Revolver Loan or a Canadian Base Rate Loan, as applicable, for all purposes, except that payments thereon shall be made to Agent (acting through its Canada branch) for its own account. The obligation of the Canadian Borrower to repay Canadian Swingline Loans shall be evidenced by the records of Agent (acting through its Canada branch) and need not be evidenced by any promissory note. Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, advance U.K. Swingline Loans to the U.K. Borrower, up to an aggregate outstanding amount equal to 10% of the aggregate U.K. Revolver Commitments, unless the funding is specifically required to be made by all U.K. Lenders hereunder. Each U.K. Swingline Loan shall be made in and denominated only in Dollars, and shall constitute a U.K. Base Rate Loan for all purposes, except that payments thereon shall be made to Agent for its own account. The obligation of the U.K. Borrower to repay U.K. Swingline Loans shall be evidenced by the records of Agent and need not be evidenced by any promissory note

(b) Settlement of Swingline Loans and other Revolver Loans among Lenders and Agent shall take place on a date determined from time to time by Agent (but at least weekly), in accordance with the Settlement Report delivered by Agent to Lenders. Between settlement dates, Agent may in its discretion apply payments on Revolver Loans to Swingline Loans, regardless of any designation by any Borrower or any provision herein to the contrary. Each Lender’s obligation to make settlements with Agent is absolute and unconditional, without offset, counterclaim or other defense, and whether or not the Commitments have terminated, an Overadvance exists or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied. If, due to an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to a Borrower or otherwise, any U.S. Swingline Loan may not be settled among the U.S. Lenders hereunder, then each U.S. Lender shall be deemed to have purchased from Agent a Pro Rata participation in such Loan and shall transfer the amount of such participation to Agent, in immediately available funds, within one Business Day after Agent’s request therefor. If, due to an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to a Borrower or otherwise, any Canadian Swingline Loan may not be settled among the Canadian Lenders hereunder, then each Canadian Lender shall be deemed to have purchased from Agent a Pro Rata participation in such Loan and shall transfer the amount of such participation to Agent, in immediately available funds, within one Business Day after Agent’s request therefore. If, due to an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to a Borrower or otherwise, any U.K. Swingline Loan may not be settled

 

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among the U.K. Lenders hereunder, then each U.K. Lender shall be deemed to have purchased from Agent a Pro Rata participation in such Loan and shall transfer the amount of such participation to Agent, in immediately available funds, within one Business Day after Agent’s request therefore

4.1.4. Notices. Borrowers may request, convert or continue Loans, select interest rates and transfer funds based on telephonic or e-mailed instructions to Agent. Borrowers shall confirm each such request by prompt delivery to Agent of a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, if applicable, but if it differs materially from the action taken by Agent or Lenders, the records of Agent and Lenders shall govern. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability for any loss suffered by a Borrower as a result of Agent or any Lender acting upon its understanding of telephonic or e-mailed instructions from a person believed in good faith by Agent or any Lender to be a person authorized to give such instructions on a Borrower’s behalf.

4.2 Defaulting Lender.

4.2.1. Reallocation of Pro Rata Share; Amendments. For purposes of determining Lenders’ obligations to fund or participate in Loans or Letters of Credit, Agent may exclude the Commitments and Loans of any Defaulting Lender(s) from the calculation of Pro Rata shares. A Defaulting Lender shall have no right to vote on any amendment, waiver or other modification of a Loan Document, except as provided in Section 14.1.1(c).

4.2.2. Payments; Fees. Agent may, in its discretion, receive and retain any amounts payable to a Defaulting Lender under the Loan Documents, and a Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned to Agent such amounts until all Obligations owing to Agent, non-Defaulting Lenders and other Secured Parties have been paid in full. Agent may apply such amounts to the Defaulting Lender’s defaulted obligations, use the funds to Cash Collateralize such Lender’s Fronting Exposure, or readvance the amounts, in accordance with this Agreement, to the Borrowers of the Borrower Group to which such defaulted obligations relate. A Lender shall not be entitled to receive any fees accruing hereunder during the period in which it is a Defaulting Lender, and the unfunded portion of its Commitment shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating the unused line fees under Section 3.2.1. If any LC Obligations owing to a Defaulted Lender are reallocated to other Lenders, fees attributable to such LC Obligations under Section 3.2.2, Section 3.2.3, and Section 3.2.4, as applicable, shall be paid to such Lenders. Agent shall be paid all fees attributable to LC Obligations that are not reallocated.

4.2.3. Cure. Borrowers, Agent and Issuing Banks may agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender. At such time, Pro Rata shares shall be reallocated without exclusion of such Lender’s Commitments and Loans, and all outstanding Revolver Loans, LC Obligations and other exposures under the Revolver Commitments shall be reallocated among Lenders and settled by Agent (with appropriate payments by the reinstated Lender) in accordance with the readjusted Pro Rata shares. Unless expressly agreed by Borrowers, Agent and Issuing Banks, no reinstatement of a Defaulting Lender shall constitute a waiver or release of claims against such Lender. The failure of any Lender to fund a Loan, to make a payment in respect of LC Obligations or otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder

 

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shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations, and no Lender shall be responsible for default by another Lender.

4.3 Number and Amount of LIBOR Loans and Canadian BA Rate Loans; Determination of Rate. With respect to the U.S. Borrowers, (i) no more than 10 Borrowings of LIBOR Loans may be outstanding at any time, and all LIBOR Loans to U.S. Borrowers having the same length and beginning date of their Interest Periods shall be aggregated together and considered one Borrowing for this purpose, and (ii) each Borrowing of LIBOR Loans when made, continued or converted shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 or an increment of $1,000,000, in excess thereof. With respect to the Canadian Borrower, (x) no more than 5 Borrowings of LIBOR Loans may be outstanding at any time, and all LIBOR Loans having the same length and beginning date of their Interest Periods shall be aggregated together and considered one Borrowing for this purpose, (y) no more than 5 Borrowings of Canadian BA Rate Loans may be outstanding at any time, and all Canadian BA Rate Loans having the same length and beginning date of their Interest Periods shall be aggregated together and considered one Borrowing for this purpose, and (z) each Borrowing of such Loans when made, continued or converted shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 (or, in the case of Canadian BA Rate Loans, Cdn$1,000,000) or an increment of $1,000,000 (or, in the case of Canadian BA Rate Loans, Cdn$1,000,000), in excess thereof. With respect to the U.K. Borrower, (1) no more than 5 Borrowings of LIBOR Loans may be outstanding at any time, and all LIBOR Loans having the same length and beginning date of their Interest Periods and in the same Available Currency shall be aggregated together and considered one Borrowing for this purpose, and (2) each Borrowing of such Loans when made, continued or converted shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 (or, in the case of LIBOR Loans denominated in British Pounds, £1,000,000 or, in the case of LIBOR Loans denominated in Euros, Euros 1,000,000) or an increment of $1,000,000 (or, in the case of LIBOR Loans denominated in British Pounds, £1,000,000 or, in the case of LIBOR Loans denominated in Euros, Euros 1,000,000), in excess thereof. Upon determining LIBOR or the Canadian BA Rate for any Interest Period requested by the Borrower Agent on behalf of a Borrower Group, Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower Agent thereof by telephone or electronically and, if requested by the Borrower Agent, shall confirm any telephonic notice in writing.

4.4 Borrower Agent. Each Borrower and other Obligor hereby designates Callaway Golf Company, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Agent”) as its representative and agent for all purposes under the Loan Documents, including requests for Loans and Letters of Credit, designation of interest rates, delivery or receipt of communications, preparation and delivery of Borrowing Base and 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 Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender. Borrower Agent hereby accepts such appointment. Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any notice or communication (including any notice of borrowing) delivered by Borrower Agent on behalf of any Borrower. Agent and Lenders may give any notice or communication with a Borrower or other Obligor hereunder to Borrower Agent on behalf of such Borrower or other Obligor. Each of Agent, Issuing Banks and Lenders shall have the right, in its discretion, to deal exclusively with Borrower Agent for any or all purposes under the Loan Documents. Each Borrower and other Obligor agrees that any notice, election, communication, representation, agreement or

 

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undertaking made on its behalf by Borrower Agent shall be binding upon and enforceable against it.

4.5 One Obligation. The Loans, LC Obligations and other Obligations of the applicable Borrower(s) of each Borrower Group and their respective Guarantors shall constitute one general obligation of such Borrower(s) of such Borrower Group and their respective Guarantors and (unless otherwise expressly provided in any Loan Document) shall be secured by Agent’s Lien upon all Collateral of such Borrower(s) of such Borrower Group and their respective Guarantors; provided, however, that each Credit Party shall be deemed to be a creditor of, and the holder of a separate claim against, each Borrower or other Obligor to the extent of any Obligations jointly or severally owed by such Borrower or other Obligor to such Credit Party.

4.6 Effect of Termination. On the effective date of any termination of any of the Commitments, all Obligations with respect thereto shall be immediately due and payable, and any Lender may terminate its and its Affiliates’ Bank Products. All undertakings of Borrowers contained in the Loan Documents shall survive any termination, and Agent shall retain its Liens in the Collateral and all of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents until Full Payment of the Obligations. Notwithstanding Full Payment of the Obligations, Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in any Collateral unless, with respect to any damages Agent may incur as a result of the dishonor or return of Payment Items applied to Obligations, Agent receives (a) a written agreement satisfactory to Agent, executed by Borrowers and any Person whose advances are used in whole or in part to satisfy the Obligations, indemnifying Agent and Lenders from such damages; and (b) such Cash Collateral as Agent, in its discretion, deems appropriate to protect against such damages. Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 5.5, 5.9, 5.10, 12, 14.2 and this Section, and the obligation of each Obligor and Lender with respect to each indemnity given by it in any Loan Document, shall survive Full Payment of the Obligations and any release relating to this credit facility.

SECTION 5. PAYMENTS

5.1 General Payment Provisions. All payments of Obligations shall be made without offset, counterclaim or defense of any kind, free of (and without deduction for) any Taxes, and in immediately available funds, not later than 12:00 noon (Applicable Time Zone) on the due date. Any payment after such time shall be deemed made on the next Business Day. Any payment of a LIBOR Loan or a Canadian BA Rate Loan prior to the end of its Interest Period shall be accompanied by all amounts due under Section 3.9. Any prepayment of Loans by a Borrower Group shall be applied first to U.S. Base Rate Loans, Canadian Base Rate Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans or U.K. Base Rate Loans, as applicable, of such Borrower Group and then to LIBOR Loans or Canadian BA Rate Loans, as applicable, of such Borrower Group. All payments with respect to any U.S. Facility Obligations shall be made in Dollars and all payments with respect to any Canadian Facility Obligations shall be made in Canadian Dollars or, if any portion of such Canadian Facility Obligations is denominated in Dollars, then in Dollars and all payments with respect to any U.K. Facility Obligations shall be made in British Pounds or, if any portion of such U.K. Facility Obligations is denominated in Euro, then in Euro or, if any portion of such U.K. Facility Obligations is denominated in Dollars, then in Dollars.

 

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5.2 Repayment of Revolver Loans. All U.S. Revolver Loans shall be due and payable in full on the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, all Canadian Revolver Loans shall be due and payable in full on the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date, and all U.K. Revolver Loans shall be due and payable in full on the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, in each case unless payment is sooner required hereunder. Revolver Loans may be prepaid from time to time, without penalty or premium, subject to, in the case of LIBOR Loans and Canadian BA Rate Loans, Section 3.9. If any Asset Disposition includes the disposition of Accounts or Inventory of an Obligor, then Net Proceeds equal to the greater of (a) the net book value of such Accounts and Inventory, or (b) the reduction in the applicable Borrowing Base (i.e., the U.S. Borrowing Base in the case of an Asset Disposition with respect to Accounts or Inventory of the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Borrowing Base in the case of an Asset Disposition with respect to Accounts or Inventory of the Canadian Borrower, and the U.K. Borrowing Base in the case of an Asset Disposition with respect to Accounts or Inventory of the U.K. Borrower) upon giving effect to such disposition, shall be applied to the applicable Revolver Loans (i.e., the U.S. Revolver Loans in the case of an Asset Disposition of Accounts or Inventory of the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Revolver Loans in the case of an Asset Disposition with respect to the Accounts or Inventory of the Canadian Borrower, and the U.K. Revolver Loans in the case of an Asset Disposition with respect to the Accounts or Inventory of the U.K. Borrower). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an Overadvance exists (including as a result of any Asset Disposition), the applicable Borrower(s) (i.e., the U.S. Borrowers in the case of a U.S. Overadvance, the Canadian Borrower in the case of a Canadian Overadvance, and the U.K. Borrower in the case of a U.K. Overadvance) shall, on the sooner of Agent’s demand or the first Business Day after any such Borrower has knowledge thereof, repay the outstanding applicable Revolver Loans (i.e., the U.S. Revolver Loans in the case of a U.S. Overadvance, the Canadian Revolver Loans in the case of a Canadian Overadvance, and the U.K. Revolver Loans in the case of a U.K. Overadvance) in an amount sufficient to reduce the principal balance of such Revolver Loans to the applicable Borrowing Base (i.e., the U.S. Borrowing Base in the case of a U.S. Revolver Loans, the Canadian Borrowing Base in the case of Canadian Revolver Loans, and the U.K. Borrowing Base in the case of U.K. Revolver Loans).

5.3 Intentionally Omitted.

5.4 Payment of Other Obligations. Obligations other than Loans, including LC Obligations and Extraordinary Expenses, shall be paid by Borrowers as provided in the Loan Documents or, if no payment date is specified, on demand.

5.5 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside. None of Agent or Lenders shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Obligor or against any Obligations. If any payment by or on behalf of Borrowers or any other Obligor is made to Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, or Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender exercises a 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 Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a Creditor Representative or any other Person, then to the extent of such recovery, the Obligation originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies relating thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred.

 

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5.6 Post-Default Allocation of Payments.

5.6.1. Allocation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during an Event of Default, monies to be applied to the Obligations, whether arising from payments by or on behalf of any Obligor, realization on Collateral, setoff or otherwise, shall be allocated as follows:

(a) with respect to monies, payments, Property or Collateral of or from any U.S. Domiciled Obligor:

(i) first, to all costs and expenses, including Extraordinary Expenses, owing to Agent;

(ii) second, to all Extraordinary Expenses owing to any U.S. Lender;

(iii) third, to all amounts owing to Agent on U.S. Swingline Loans;

(iv) fourth, to all amounts owing to U.S. Issuing Bank on account of U.S. LC Obligations;

(v) fifth, to all Obligations constituting fees (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) owing by any U.S. Domiciled Obligor (exclusive of any such amounts owing by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors or U.K. Domiciled Obligors which are guaranteed by the U.S. Domiciled Obligors);

(vi) sixth, to all U.S. Facility Obligations constituting interest (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) owing by any U.S. Domiciled Obligor (exclusive of any such amounts owing by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors or U.K. Domiciled Obligors which are guaranteed by the U.S. Domiciled Obligors);

(vii) seventh, to Cash Collateralize the U.S. LC Obligations;

(viii) eighth, to all U.S. Revolver Loans and Noticed Hedges (solely to the extent such Noticed Hedges were reserved for by Agent under the U.S. Borrowing Base immediately prior to the time of such allocation) of any U.S. Domiciled Obligor, including Cash Collateralization of Noticed Hedges (solely to the extent such Noticed Hedges were reserved for by Agent under the U.S. Borrowing Base immediately prior to the time of such allocation) of any U.S. Domiciled Obligor;

(ix) ninth, to all other U.S. Facility Obligations (exclusive of any such amounts owing by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors or U.K. Domiciled Obligors which are guaranteed by the U.S. Domiciled Obligors); and

(x) tenth, ratably: (i) to be applied in accordance with clause (b) below, to the extent there are insufficient funds for the Full Payment of all Obligations owing by any Canadian Domiciled Obligor, and (ii) to be applied in accordance with clause (c) below, to the extent there are insufficient funds for the Full Payment of all Obligations owing by any U.K. Domiciled Obligor.

 

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(b) with respect to monies, payments, Property or Collateral of or from any Canadian Domiciled Obligor, together with any allocations pursuant to subclause (x) of clause (a) above and subclause (x) of clause (c) below:

(i) first, to all costs and expenses, including Extraordinary Expenses, owing to Agent, to the extent owing by any Canadian Domiciled Obligor;

(ii) second, to all Extraordinary Expenses owing to any Canadian Lender;

(iii) third, to all amounts owing to Agent (acting through its Canada branch) on Canadian Swingline Loans;

(iv) fourth, to all amounts owing to the Canadian Issuing Bank on account of Canadian LC Obligations;

(v) fifth, to all Canadian Facility Obligations constituting fees (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) owing by any Canadian Domiciled Obligor (exclusive of any such amounts owing by the U.K. Domiciled Obligors which are guaranteed by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors);

(vi) sixth, to all Canadian Facility Obligations constituting interest (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) owing by any Canadian Domiciled Obligor (exclusive of any such amounts owing by the U.K. Domiciled Obligors which are guaranteed by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors);

(vii) seventh, to Cash Collateralize the Canadian LC Obligations;

(viii) eighth, to all Canadian Revolver Loans and Noticed Hedges of any Canadian Domiciled Obligor (solely to the extent such Noticed Hedges were reserved for by Agent under the Canadian Borrowing Base immediately prior to the time of such allocation), including Cash Collateralization of Noticed Hedges (solely to the extent such Noticed Hedges were reserved for by Agent under the Canadian Borrowing Base immediately prior to the time of such allocation) of any Canadian Domiciled Obligor;

(ix) ninth, to all other Canadian Facility Obligations (exclusive of any such amounts owing by the U.K. Domiciled Obligors which are guaranteed by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors); and

(x) tenth, to be applied in accordance with clause (c) below, to the extent there are insufficient funds for the Full Payment of all Obligations owing by any U.K. Domiciled Obligor.

 

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(c) with respect to monies, payments, Property or Collateral of or from any U.K. Domiciled Obligor, together with any allocations pursuant to subclause (x) of clause (a) above and subclause (x) of clause (b) above:

(i) first, to all costs and expenses, including Extraordinary Expenses, owing to Agent, to the extent owing by any U.K. Domiciled Obligor;

(ii) second, to all Extraordinary Expenses owing to any U.K. Lender;

(iii) third, to all amounts owing to Agent on U.K. Swingline Loans;

(iv) fourth, to all amounts owing to the U.K. Issuing Bank on account of U.K. LC Obligations;

(v) fifth, to all U.K. Facility Obligations constituting fees (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) owing by any U.K. Domiciled Obligor (exclusive of any such amounts owing by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors which are guaranteed by the U.K. Domiciled Obligors);

(vi) sixth, to all U.K. Facility Obligations constituting interest (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) owing by any U.K. Domiciled Obligor (exclusive of any such amounts owing by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors which are guaranteed by the U.K. Domiciled Obligors);

(vii) seventh, to Cash Collateralize the U.K. LC Obligations;

(viii) eighth, to all U.K. Revolver Loans and Noticed Hedges of any U.K. Domiciled Obligor (solely to the extent such Noticed Hedges were reserved for by Agent under the U.K. Borrowing Base immediately prior to the time of such allocation), including Cash Collateralization of Noticed Hedges (solely to the extent such Noticed Hedges were reserved for by Agent under the U.K. Borrowing Base immediately prior to the time of such allocation) of any U.K. Domiciled Obligor;

(ix) ninth, to all other U.K. Facility Obligations (exclusive of any such amounts owing by the Canadian Domiciled Obligors which are guaranteed by the U.K. Domiciled Obligors); and

(x) tenth, to be applied in accordance with clause (b) above, to the extent there are insufficient funds for the Full Payment of all Obligations owing by any Canadian Domiciled Obligor.

Amounts shall be applied to each category of Obligations set forth above until Full Payment thereof and then to the next category. If amounts are insufficient to satisfy a category, they shall be applied on a pro rata basis among the Obligations in the category. Amounts distributed with respect to any Secured Bank Product Obligations shall be the lesser of the maximum Secured Bank Product Obligations last reported to Agent or the actual Secured Bank Product Obligations as calculated by the methodology reported to Agent for determining the amount due. Agent shall have no obligation to calculate the amount to be distributed with respect to any Secured Bank

 

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Product Obligations, and may request a reasonably detailed calculation of such amount from the applicable Secured Party. If a Secured Party fails to deliver such calculation within five days following request by Agent, Agent may assume the amount to be distributed is zero. The allocations set forth in this Section are solely to determine the rights and priorities of Agent and Secured Parties as among themselves, and may be changed by agreement among them without the consent of any Obligor. This Section is not for the benefit of or enforceable by any Borrower.

5.6.2. Erroneous Application. Agent shall not be liable for any application of amounts made by it in good faith and, if any such application is subsequently determined to have been made in error, the sole recourse of any Lender or other Person to which such amount should have been made shall be to recover the amount from the Person that actually received it (and, if such amount was received by any Lender, such Lender hereby agrees to return it).

5.7 Application of Payments.

5.7.1. Dominion Account(s) of U.S. Borrowers. The ledger balance in the main Dominion Account of the U.S. Borrowers as of the end of a Business Day shall be applied to the Obligations of the U.S. Borrowers at the beginning of the next Business Day, during any Dominion Trigger Period. If, at the end of a Business Day, after giving effect to such application, if any, a credit balance exists, the balance shall not accrue interest in favor of the U.S. Borrowers and shall be made available to the U.S. Borrowers as long as the Obligations have not been accelerated on account of an Event of Default. During any Dominion Trigger Period, each U.S. Borrower and other Obligor irrevocably waive the right to direct the application of any payments or Collateral proceeds, and agree that Agent shall have the continuing, exclusive right to apply and reapply same against the Obligations, in such manner as Agent deems advisable.

5.7.2. Dominion Account(s) of Canadian Borrower. The ledger balance in the main Dominion Account of the Canadian Borrower as of the end of a Business Day shall be applied to the Obligations of the Canadian Borrower at the beginning of the next Business Day, during any Dominion Trigger Period. If, at the end of a Business Day, after giving effect to such application, if any, a credit balance exists, the balance shall not accrue interest in favor of the Canadian Borrower and shall be made available to the Canadian Borrower as long as the Obligations have not been accelerated on account of an Event of Default. During any Dominion Trigger Period, the Canadian Borrower and each other Obligor irrevocably waive the right to direct the application of any payments or Collateral proceeds, and agree that Agent shall have the continuing, exclusive right to apply and reapply same against the Obligations, in such manner as Agent deems advisable.

5.7.3. Dominion Account(s) of U.K Borrower. The ledger balance in the main Dominion Account of the U.K. Borrower as of the end of a Business Day occurring on and after the U.K. Closing Date shall be applied to the Obligations of the U.K. Borrower at the beginning of the next Business Day. If, at the end of a Business Day occurring after the U.K. Closing Date, after giving effect to such application, if any, a credit balance exists, the balance shall not accrue interest in favor of the U.K. Borrower and shall be made available to the U.K. Borrower as long as the Obligations have not been accelerated on account of an Event of Default and in any event

 

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subject to the terms of the U.K. Security Agreements. The U.K. Borrower and each other Obligor irrevocably waive the right to direct the application of any payments or Collateral proceeds, and agree that Agent shall have the continuing, exclusive right to apply and reapply same against the Obligations, in such manner as Agent deems advisable.

5.8 Loan Account; Account Stated.

5.8.1. Loan Account. Agent shall maintain, in accordance with its usual and customary practices, an account or accounts (“Loan Account”) evidencing the Debt of each of the Borrower(s) within each Borrower Group resulting from each Loan made to such Borrower Group or issuance of a Letter of Credit for the account of such Borrower(s) from time to time. Any failure of Agent to record anything in any Loan Account, or any error in doing so, shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the applicable Borrower(s) to pay any amount owing hereunder. Agent may maintain a single Loan Account in the name of the Borrower Agent, and each Borrower and other Obligor confirms that such arrangement shall have no effect on the joint and several character of its liability for the Obligations as and to the extent provided herein or in the other Loan Documents.

5.8.2. Entries Binding. Entries made in any Loan Account shall constitute presumptive evidence of the information contained therein. If any information contained in the Loan Account is provided to or inspected by any Person, then such information shall be conclusive and binding on such Person for all purposes absent manifest error, except to the extent such Person notifies Agent in writing within 30 days after receipt or inspection that specific information is subject to dispute.

5.9 Taxes.

5.9.1. Payments Free of Taxes. All payments by or on behalf of any Obligor hereunder shall be free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for any Taxes. If Applicable Law requires any Obligor or Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax (including backup withholding or withholding Tax), the withholding or deduction shall be based on information provided pursuant to Section 5.10 and Agent shall pay the amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority. If the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Borrowers or other Obligors shall be increased so that Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank, as applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received if no such withholding or deduction (including withholdings or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) had been made. In addition, Borrowers and the other Obligors shall timely pay all Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authorities.

5.9.2. Payments Free of Tax by the U.K. Borrower. A payment by the U.K. Borrower under this Agreement shall not be increased under Section 5.9.1 above by reason of a withholding or deduction on account of Tax imposed by the United Kingdom (“Tax Deduction”), if on the date on which the payment falls due:

(a) the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if the Lender had been a U.K. Qualified Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or

 

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has ceased to be a U.K. Qualified Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Treaty or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority; or

(b) the relevant Lender is a U.K. Qualified Lender solely by virtue of paragraph (i)(B) of the definition of U.K. Qualified Lender; and:

(i) an officer of H.M. Revenue & Customs has given (and not revoked) a direction (a “Direction”) under section 931 of ITA which relates to the payment and that Lender has received from the U.K. Borrower making the payment a certified copy of that Direction; and

(ii) the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction if that Direction had not been made; or

(c) the Lender is a U.K. Qualified Lender solely by virtue of paragraph (i)(B) of the definition of U.K. Qualified Lender and:

(i) the Lender has not given a U.K. Tax Confirmation to the U.K. Borrower; and

(ii) the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction if the Lender had given a U.K. Tax Confirmation to the U.K. Borrower, on the basis that the U.K. Tax Confirmation would have enabled the U.K. Borrower to have formed a reasonable belief that the payment was an “excepted payment” for the purposes of Section 930 of ITA; or

(d) the relevant Lender is a Treaty Lender and the U.K. Borrower making the payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under Section 5.9.5 below.

5.9.3. Timing and Amount. If the U.K. Borrower is required to make a Tax Deduction, the U.K. Borrower shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

5.9.4. Evidence of Payment. Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the U.K. Borrower shall deliver to the Agent for the Lender or the Agent entitled to the payment a statement under Section 975 of ITA or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Lender or the Agent that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.

5.9.5. Co-operation between a Treaty Lender and the U.K. Borrower. A Treaty Lender and the U.K. Borrower making a payment to which that Treaty Lender is entitled shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for U.K. Borrower to obtain authorization to make that payment without a Tax Deduction.

 

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5.9.6. Exceptions. Nothing in Section 5.9.5 above shall require a Treaty Lender to: (a) register under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme; (b) apply the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to any Loan if it has so registered; or (c) file Treaty forms if it has included an indication to the effect that it wishes the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to apply to this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.9.9 below or Section 5.9.16 below and the Obligor making that payment has complied with its obligations under Section 5.9.10 below or Section 5.9.17 below.

5.9.7. Existing Lenders. A U.K. Non-Bank Lender which becomes a Lender on the day on which this Agreement is entered into gives a U.K. Tax Confirmation to the U.K. Borrower by entering into this Agreement.

5.9.8. Notice. A U.K. Non-Bank Lender shall promptly notify the U.K. Borrower and the Agent if there is any change in the position from that set out in the U.K. Tax Confirmation.

5.9.9. HMRC DT Treaty Passport schemes. A Treaty Lender which becomes a party to this Agreement on the day on which this Agreement is entered into that holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme, and which then wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall include an indication to that effect (for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor) by including its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence opposite its name in Schedule 5.9.9.

5.9.10. Form DTTP2. Where a Lender includes the indication described in Section 5.9.9 above in Schedule 5.9.9, the U.K. Borrower shall, to the extent that such Lender is a Lender under the facilities made available to the U.K. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2, file a duly completed form DTTP2 in respect of such Lender with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of the date of this Agreement and shall promptly provide such Lender with a copy of that filing.

5.9.11. No Filings. If a Lender has not included an indication to the effect that it wishes the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to apply to this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.9.9 above or Section 5.9.16 below, no Obligor shall file any form relating to the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme in respect of that Lender’s commitment(s) or its participation in any facility made available under this Agreement.

5.9.12. Payment. Obligors shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse (within 10 days after demand therefor) Agent, Lenders and Issuing Banks for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including those attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank, with respect to any Obligations of such Borrower’s Borrower Group, Letters of Credit of such Borrower’s Borrower Group or Loan Documents, whether or not such Taxes were properly asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority, and including all penalties, interest and reasonable expenses relating thereto, as well as any amount that a Lender or an Issuing Bank fails to pay indefeasibly to Agent under Section 5.10. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to Borrower Agent by Agent, or by a Lender or an Issuing Bank (with a copy to Agent), shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Obligor, Borrower

 

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Agent shall deliver to Agent a receipt from the Governmental Authority or other evidence of payment satisfactory to Agent.

5.9.13. Payment by the U.K. Borrower. Section 5.9.12 shall not apply:

(a) with respect to any Tax assessed on a Lender or the Agent:

(i) under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Lender or the Agent is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Lender or the Agent is treated as resident for tax purposes; or

(ii) under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Lender’s or the Agent’s lending office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,

if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Lender or the Agent; or

(b) to the extent a loss, liability or cost:

(i) is compensated for by an increased payment under Section 5.9.1; or

(ii) would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Section 5.9.1 but was not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in Section 5.9.2 applied.

5.9.14. Tax Credit. If the U.K. Borrower makes a payment under Section 5.9.1 or Section 5.9.12 (a “U.K. Tax Payment”) and either a Lender or the Agent determines that:

(a) a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that U.K. Tax Payment forms part, or to that U.K. Tax Payment; and

(b) that Lender or the Agent has obtained, utilized and retained that Tax Credit,

that Lender or the Agent shall pay an amount to the U.K. Borrower which that Lender or the Agent determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the U.K. Tax Payment not been required to be made by the U.K. Borrower.

5.9.15. New Lenders. Each Lender which becomes a party to this Agreement in the capacity of a U.K. Lender after the date of this Agreement (“New Lender”) shall indicate, at the time it becomes a New Lender, on and for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to the U.K. Borrower, which of the following categories it falls in:

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(b) a U.K. Qualified Lender (other than a Treaty Lender); or

(c) a Treaty Lender.

If a New Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Section 5.9.15 then such New Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by each Obligor) as if it is not a U.K. Qualified Lender until such time as it notifies the Agent which category applies (and the Agent, upon receipt of such notification, shall inform the U.K. Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, an assignment in accordance with Section 13.3 shall not be invalidated by any failure of a New Lender to comply with this Section 5.9.15.

5.9.16. HMRC DT Treaty Passport schemes – New Lenders. A New Lender that is a Treaty Lender that holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme, and which then wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall include an indication to that effect (for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor) in the assignment notice which it executes pursuant to, or in connection with, Section 13.3 below by including its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in that assignment notice.

5.9.17. Form DTTP2 – New Lenders. Where a New Lender includes the indication described in Section 5.9.16 above in the relevant assignment notice the U.K. Borrower shall, to the extent that New Lender becomes a Lender under a facility which is made available to the U.K. Borrower pursuant to pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2, file a duly completed form DTTP2 in respect of such Lender with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of the date of that assignment and shall promptly provide the Lender with a copy of that filing.

5.10 Lender Tax Information.

5.10.1. Status of Lenders. Each Lender shall deliver documentation and information to Agent and Borrower Agent, at the times and in form required by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower Agent, sufficient to permit Agent or Borrowers to determine (a) whether or not payments made with respect to Obligations 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 for such payments or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.

5.10.2. Documentation. If a Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to Agent and Borrower Agent IRS Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower Agent to determine whether such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. If any Foreign Lender is entitled to any exemption from or reduction of withholding tax for payments with respect to the U.S. Facility Obligations, it shall deliver to Agent and Borrower Agent, on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender hereunder (and from time to time thereafter upon request by Agent or Borrower Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), (a) IRS Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party; (b) IRS Form W-8ECI; (c) IRS Form W-

 

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8IMY and all required supporting documentation; (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, IRS Form W-8BEN and a certificate showing such Foreign Lender is not (i) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (ii) a “10 percent shareholder” of any Obligor within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (iii) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code; or (e) any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in withholding tax, together with such supplementary documentation necessary to allow Agent and Borrowers to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

5.10.3. Lender Obligations. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify Borrower Agent and Agent of any change in circumstances that would change any claimed Tax exemption or reduction. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank, in each case severally and not jointly with the other Lenders and/or applicable Issuing Bank, shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse (within 10 days after demand therefor) the affected Borrower to which such Lender or such Issuing Bank (as applicable) has issued a Commitment and Agent for any Taxes, losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by or asserted against such affected Borrower or Agent by any Governmental Authority due to such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s failure to deliver, or inaccuracy or deficiency in, any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to this Section. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank authorizes Agent to set off any amounts due to Agent under this Section against any amounts payable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank under any Loan Document.

5.11 Guarantee by Obligors.

5.11.1. Guarantee by U.S. Domiciled Obligors.

(a) Joint and Several Liability. Each U.S. Domiciled Obligor agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for, and absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the Secured Parties the prompt payment and performance of, all Obligations and all agreements of each other Obligor under the Loan Documents, and that it is a U.S. Facility Guarantor, a Canadian Facility Guarantor, and a U.K. Facility Guarantor hereunder. Each U.S. Domiciled Obligor agrees that its guaranty or guarantee of obligations as a U.S. Facility Guarantor, a Canadian Facility Guarantor, and a U.K. Facility Guarantor hereunder, as applicable, constitute a continuing guaranty or guarantee of payment and not of collection, that such obligations shall not be discharged until Full Payment of all Obligations, and that such obligations are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of (a) 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 Obligor is or may become a party or be bound; (b) 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 any Secured Party with respect thereto; (c) the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect a Lien or to preserve rights against, any security or guaranty or guarantee for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by any Secured Party in respect thereof (including the release of any security or guaranty or guarantee); (d) the insolvency of any Obligor; (e) any election by Agent or any Lender in an Insolvency Proceeding for the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the

 

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U.S. Bankruptcy Code or similar provision of other Applicable Law; (f) any borrowing or grant of a Lien by any other Obligor, as debtor-in-possession under Section 364 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, under other Applicable Law or otherwise; (g) the disallowance of any claims of any Secured Party against any Obligor for the repayment of any Obligations under Section 502 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, under other Applicable Law or otherwise; (h) any other insolvency, debtor relief or debt adjustment law (whether state, provincial, federal or foreign, including the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), and the Insolvency Act 1986 of the United Kingdom and the Enterprise Act 2002 of the United Kingdom); (i) any change in the ownership, control, name, objects, businesses, assets, capital structure or constitution of any Obligor or any other person; (j) any merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Obligor with any person or persons; (k) the occurrence of any change in the laws, rules, regulations or ordinances of any jurisdiction or by any present or future action of any governmental body or court amending, varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the Obligations under the Loan Documents; (l) the existence of any claim, set-off, compensation or other rights which any Obligor may have at any time against any other Obligor or any other person, or which any Obligor may have at any time against the Secured Parties, whether in connection with the Loan Documents or otherwise; or (m) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, except Full Payment of all Obligations.

(b) Waivers.

(i) Each U.S. Domiciled Obligor 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 Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed against any Obligor, other Person or security for the payment or performance of any Obligations before, or as a condition to, proceeding against such Obligor. Each U.S. Domiciled Obligor waives all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor other than Full Payment of all Obligations. It is agreed among each U.S. Domiciled Obligor, Agent and Lenders that the provisions of this Section 5.11 are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for such provisions, Agent and Lenders would decline to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit. Each U.S. Domiciled Obligor 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.

(ii) Agent and Lenders may, in their discretion, pursue such rights and remedies as they deem appropriate, including realization upon Collateral (including any Real Estate owned by any Obligor) by judicial foreclosure or non-judicial sale or enforcement, without affecting any rights and remedies under this Section 5.11. If, in taking any action in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies, Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any other rights or remedies, including the right to enter a deficiency judgment against any U.S. Domiciled Obligor or other Person, whether because of any Applicable Laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or otherwise, each U.S. Domiciled Obligor consents to such action and waives any claim based upon it, even if the action may result in loss of any rights of subrogation that any U.S. Domiciled Obligor might otherwise have had. Any election of remedies that results in denial or impairment of the

 

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right of Agent or any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any U.S. Domiciled Obligor shall not impair any other U.S. Domiciled Obligor’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations. Each U.S. Domiciled Obligor 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 U.S. Domiciled Obligor’s rights of subrogation against any other Person. 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 Agent but shall be credited against the Obligations. The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether 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 5.11, notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which 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 U.S. Domiciled Obligor’s liability under this Section 5.11 shall be limited to the greater of (i) all amounts for which such U.S. Domiciled Obligor is primarily liable, as described below, and (ii) such U.S. Domiciled Obligor’s Allocable Amount.

(ii) If any U.S. Domiciled Obligor makes a payment under this Section 5.11 of any Obligations (other than amounts for which such U.S. Domiciled Obligor is primarily liable) (a “Guarantor Payment”) that, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments previously or concurrently made by any other U.S. Domiciled Obligor, exceeds the amount that such U.S. Domiciled Obligor would otherwise have paid if each U.S. Domiciled Obligor had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payments in the same proportion that such U.S. Domiciled Obligor’s Allocable Amount bore to the total Allocable Amounts of all U.S. Domiciled Obligors, then such U.S. Domiciled Obligor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and to be reimbursed by, each other U.S. Domiciled Obligor 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 U.S. Domiciled Obligor shall be the maximum amount that could then be recovered from such U.S. Domiciled Obligor under this Section 5.11 without rendering such payment voidable under Section 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or under any similar applicable fraudulent transfer or conveyance Applicable Law, or the Applicable Law in Canada or any province or territory thereof, or in England.

5.11.2. Guarantee by Canadian Domiciled Obligors and U.K. Domiciled Obligors.

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unconditionally guarantees to the Secured Parties the prompt payment and performance of, all Canadian Facility Obligations, U.K. Facility Obligations, and all agreements of each other Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor under the Loan Documents, and that it is a Canadian Facility Guarantor and a U.K. Facility Guarantor hereunder. Each Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor agrees that its guaranty or guarantee of obligations as a Canadian Facility Guarantor and a U.K. Facility Guarantor hereunder, as applicable, constitute a continuing guaranty or guarantee of payment and not of collection, that such obligations shall not be discharged until Full Payment of all Obligations, and that such obligations are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of (a) 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 Obligor is or may become a party or be bound; (b) 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 any Secured Party with respect thereto; (c) the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect a Lien or to preserve rights against, any security or guaranty or guarantee for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by any Secured Party in respect thereof (including the release of any security or guaranty or guarantee); (d) the insolvency of any Obligor; (e) any election by Agent or any Lender in an Insolvency Proceeding for the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or similar provision of other Applicable Law; (f) any borrowing or grant of a Lien by any other Obligor, as debtor-in-possession under Section 364 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, under other Applicable Law or otherwise; (g) the disallowance of any claims of any Secured Party against any Obligor for the repayment of any Obligations under Section 502 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, under other Applicable Law or otherwise; (h) any other insolvency, debtor relief or debt adjustment law (whether state, provincial, federal or foreign, including the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), and the Insolvency Act 1986 of England and the Enterprise Act 2002 of England); (i) any change in the ownership, control, name, objects, businesses, assets, capital structure or constitution of any Obligor or any other person; (j) any merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Obligor with any person or persons; (k) the occurrence of any change in the laws, rules, regulations or ordinances of any jurisdiction or by any present or future action of any governmental body or court amending, varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the Obligations under the Loan Documents; (l) the existence of any claim, set-off, compensation or other rights which any Obligor may have at any time against any other Obligor or any other person, or which any Obligor may have at any time against the Secured Parties, whether in connection with the Loan Documents or otherwise; or (m) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, except Full Payment of all Obligations.

(b) Waivers.

(i) Each Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor 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 Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed against any Obligor, other Person or security for the payment or performance of any Obligations before, or as a condition to, proceeding against such Obligor. Each Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor waives all defenses available

 

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to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor other than Full Payment of all Obligations. It is agreed among each Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor, Agent and Lenders that the provisions of this Section 5.11 are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for such provisions, Agent and Lenders would decline to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit. Each Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor 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.

(ii) Agent and Lenders may, in their discretion, pursue such rights and remedies as they deem appropriate, including realization upon Collateral (including any Real Estate owned by any Obligor) by judicial foreclosure or non-judicial sale or enforcement, without affecting any rights and remedies under this Section 5.11. If, in taking any action in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies, Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any other rights or remedies, including the right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor or other Person, whether because of any Applicable Laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or otherwise, each Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor consents to such action and waives any claim based upon it, even if the action may result in loss of any rights of subrogation that any Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor might otherwise have had. Any election of remedies that results in denial or impairment of the right of Agent or any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor shall not impair any other Canadian Domiciled Obligor’s or U.K. Domiciled Obligor’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations it is jointly and severally liable for and has guaranteed under the Loan Documents. Each Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor 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 Canadian Domiciled Obligor’s or U.K. Domiciled Obligor’s rights of subrogation against any other Person. 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 Agent but shall be credited against the Obligations. The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether 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 5.11, notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which 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 Canadian Domiciled Obligor’s and U.K. Domiciled Obligor’s liability under this Section 5.11 shall be limited to the greater of (i) all amounts for which such Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor is primarily liable, as described below, and (ii) such Canadian Domiciled Obligor’ and U.K. Domiciled Obligor’s U.K./Canadian Allocable Amount.

 

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(ii) If any Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor makes a payment under this Section 5.11 of any Obligations (other than amounts for which such Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor is primarily liable) (a “U.K./Canadian Guarantor Payment”) that, taking into account all other U.K./Canadian Guarantor Payments previously or concurrently made by any other Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor, exceeds the amount that such Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor would otherwise have paid if each Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such U.K./Canadian Guarantor Payments in the same proportion that such Canadian Domiciled Obligor’s or U.K. Domiciled Obligor’s U.K./Canadian Allocable Amount bore to the total U.K./Canadian Allocable Amounts of all Canadian Domiciled Obligors and U.K. Domiciled Obligors, then such Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and to be reimbursed by, each other Canadian Domiciled Obligor and U.K. Domiciled Obligor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective U.K./Canadian Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such U.K./Canadian Guarantor Payment. The “U.K./Canadian Allocable Amount” for any Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor shall be the maximum amount that could then be recovered from such Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor under this Section 5.11 without rendering such payment voidable under Section 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or under any similar applicable fraudulent transfer or conveyance Applicable Law, or the Applicable Law in Canada or any province or territory thereof, or in England.

5.11.3. No Limitation. Nothing contained in this Section 5.11 shall limit the liability of any Obligor to pay Loans made directly or indirectly to that Obligor (including Loans advanced to any other Obligor and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such Obligor), LC Obligations relating to Letters of Credit issued to support such Obligor’s business, and all accrued interest, fees, expenses and other related Obligations with respect thereto, for which such Obligor shall be primarily liable for all purposes hereunder. Agent and Lenders shall have the right, at any time in their discretion, to condition Loans and Letters of Credit upon a separate calculation of borrowing availability for each Borrower and to restrict the disbursement and use of such Loans and Letters of Credit to such Borrower.

5.11.4. Joint Enterprise. Each Obligor has requested that Agent and Lenders make the credit facilities available to the applicable Borrowers on a combined basis, in order to finance Borrowers’ business most efficiently and economically. Obligors’ business is a mutual and collective enterprise, and the successful operation of each Obligor is dependent upon the successful performance of the integrated group. The Obligors believe that the credit facilities provided to the applicable Borrowers under this Agreement will enhance the borrowing power of each Borrower and ease administration of such credit facilities, all to their mutual advantage. Obligors acknowledge that Agent’s and Lenders’ willingness to extend credit and to administer the Collateral as provided under the Loan Documents is done solely as an accommodation to Obligors and at Obligors’ request.

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indemnification or set off, that it may have at any time against any other Obligor, howsoever arising, to the Full Payment of all Obligations.

5.12 Currency Matters. Dollars are the currency of account and payment for each and every sum at any time due from Borrowers hereunder unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise agreed to by Agent. The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

(a) Each repayment of a Revolver Loan or LC Obligation or a part thereof shall be made in the currency in which such Revolver Loan or LC Obligation is denominated at the time of that repayment;

(b) Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the principal or other sum in respect of which such interest is denominated;

(c) Each payment of fees by a U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be in Dollars;

(d) Each payment of fees by Canadian Borrower pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be in Dollars;

(e) Each payment of fees by U.K. Borrower pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be in Dollars;

(f) Each payment in respect of Extraordinary Expenses and any other costs, expenses and indemnities shall be made in the currency in which the same were incurred by the party to whom payment is to be made;

(g) Any amount expressed to be payable in Canadian Dollars shall be paid in Canadian Dollars;

(h) Any amount expressed to be payable in British Pounds shall be paid in British Pounds; and

(i) Any amount expressed to be payable in Euro shall be paid in Euro.

No payment to any Credit Party (whether under any judgment or court order or otherwise) shall discharge the obligation or liability of the Obligor in respect of which it was made unless and until such Credit Party shall have received Full Payment in the currency in which such obligation or liability is payable pursuant to the above provisions of this Section 5.12. To the extent that the amount of any such payment shall, on actual conversion into such currency, be less than the full amount of such obligation or liability (actual or contingent) expressed in that currency, such Obligor (together with the other Obligors who are liable thereunder or obligated therefor) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless such Credit Party with respect to the amount of such deficiency, with such indemnity surviving the termination of this Agreement and any legal proceeding, judgment or court order pursuant to which the original payment was made which resulted in such deficiency. To the extent that the amount of any such payment to a Credit Party shall, upon an

 

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actual conversion into such currency, exceed such obligation or liability, actual or contingent, expressed in that currency, such Credit Party shall return such excess to the Borrower Agent.

5.13 Currency Fluctuations. On each Business Day or such other date determined by Agent (the “Calculation Date”), Agent shall determine the Exchange Rate as of such date. The Exchange Rate so determined shall become effective on the first Business Day immediately following such determination (a “Reset Date”) and shall remain effective until the next succeeding Reset Date. On each Reset Date, Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of the Canadian Revolver Exposure and the U.K. Revolver Exposure. If, on any Reset Date: (a) the Total Revolver Exposure exceeds the total amount of the Commitments on such date, (b) the Canadian Revolver Exposure on such date exceeds the lesser of the Canadian Borrowing Base or the Canadian Revolver Commitments on such date, or (c) the U.K. Revolver Exposure on such date exceeds the lesser of the U.K. Borrowing Base or the U.K. Revolver Commitments on such date (in any case, the amount of any such excess referred to herein as the “Excess Amount”) then (i) Agent shall give notice thereof to Borrower Agent and Lenders and (ii) within one (1) Business Day thereafter, Borrowers shall cause such excess to be eliminated, either by repayment of Revolver Loans or depositing of Cash Collateral with Agent with respect to LC Obligations and until such Excess Amount is repaid, Lenders shall not have any obligation to make any Loans and the Issuing Banks shall not have any obligation to issue any Letters of Credit.

SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

6.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial U.S. Revolver Loans and Initial Canadian Revolver Loans. In addition to the conditions set forth in Section 6.3, Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall not be required to fund any requested U.S. Revolver Loans or Canadian Revolver Loan, issue any Letter of Credit for the benefit of the U.S. Borrowers or the Canadian Borrower or otherwise extend credit to the U.S. Borrowers or the Canadian Borrower hereunder, until the date (“Closing Date”) that each of the following conditions has been satisfied:

(a) Notes shall have been executed by each U.S. Borrower and the Canadian Borrower and delivered to each Applicable Lender that requests issuance of a Note. Each other Loan Document (other than the U.K. Security Agreements and any other Loan Document required to be to duly executed and delivered to Agent pursuant to Section 6.2) to which any Obligor is a party shall have been duly executed and delivered to Agent by each of the signatories thereto, and each such Obligor shall be in compliance with all terms thereof.

(b) U.S. Borrowers and Canadian Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses to be paid to Agent and Lenders on the Closing Date.

(c) Agent shall have received certificates, in form and substance satisfactory to it, from a knowledgeable Senior Officer of each Obligor certifying that, after giving effect to the initial Loans and transactions hereunder, (i) such Obligor is Solvent; (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists; (iii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 9 are true and correct; and (iv) such Obligor has complied with all agreements and conditions to be satisfied by it under the Loan Documents to which such Obligor is a party.

 

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(d) Agent shall have received a certificate of a duly authorized officer of each Obligor certifying (i) that attached copies of such Obligor’s Organic Documents are true and complete, and in full force and effect, without amendment except as shown; (ii) that an attached copy of resolutions authorizing execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which such Obligor is a party is true and complete, and that such resolutions are in full force and effect, were duly adopted, have not been amended, modified or revoked, and constitute all resolutions adopted with respect to this credit facility; and (iii) to the title, name and signature of each Person authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Obligor is a party. Agent may conclusively rely on this certificate until it is otherwise notified by the applicable Obligor in writing.

(e) Agent shall have received a written opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, McMillan LLP, and Cameron McKenna LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

(f) Agent shall have received good standing certificates for each Obligor (other than the U.K. Borrower and the U.K. Subsidiaries), issued by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of such Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization.

(g) There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental instrumentality that in Agent’s judgment (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any Obligor’s business, assets, properties, liabilities, operations, condition or prospects, or could impair any Obligor’s ability to perform satisfactorily under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; or (ii) could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

6.2 Conditions Precedent to Initial U.K. Revolver Loans. In addition to the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 and Section 6.3, Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall not be required to fund any requested U.K. Revolver Loans, issue any Letter of Credit for the benefit of the U.K. Borrower or otherwise extend credit to the U.K. Borrower hereunder, until the date (“U.K. Closing Date”) that each of the following conditions has been satisfied:

(a) Notes shall have been executed by the U.K. Borrower and delivered to each Applicable Lender that requests issuance of a Note.

(b) U.K. Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses to be paid to Agent and Lenders on the U.K. Closing Date.

(c) Agent shall have received certificates, in form and substance satisfactory to it, from a knowledgeable Senior Officer of the U.K. Borrower certifying that, after giving effect to the initial Loans and transactions hereunder, (i) the U.K. Borrower is Solvent; (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists; (iii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 9 are true and correct; and (iv) the U.K. Borrower has complied with all agreements and conditions to be satisfied by it under the Loan Documents to which the U.K. Borrower is a party.

(d) Agent shall have received a certificate of a duly authorized officer of the U.K. Borrower and each U.K. Subsidiary certifying (i) that attached copies of the U.K. Borrower’s and such U.K. Subsidiary’s Organic Documents are true and complete, and in full

 

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force and effect, without amendment except as shown; (ii) that an attached copy of resolutions authorizing execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which the U.K. Borrower and such U.K. Subsidiary is a party is true and complete, and that such resolutions are in full force and effect, were duly adopted, have not been amended, modified or revoked, and constitute all resolutions adopted with respect to this credit facility; and (iii) to the title, name and signature of each Person authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which the U.K. Borrower and each U.K. Subsidiary is a party. Agent may conclusively rely on this certificate until it is otherwise notified by the U.K. Borrower in writing.

(e) Agent shall have received a written opinion of Cameron McKenna LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

(f) There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental instrumentality that in Agent’s judgment (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the U.K. Borrower’s or any U.K. Subsidiary’s business, assets, properties, liabilities, operations, condition or prospects, or could impair the U.K. Borrower’s or any U.K. Subsidiary’s ability to perform satisfactorily under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; or (ii) could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(g) Agent shall have received copies of policies or certificates of insurance for the insurance policies carried by the U.K. Borrower and each U.K. Subsidiary, all in compliance with the Loan Documents.

(h) Agent shall have received (i) the duly executed security agreements by the U.K. Borrower and each U.K. Subsidiary, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, and (ii) any other U.K. Security Document that, in the Agent’s reasonable determination, is consistent with and necessary to effectuate the terms hereof, in each case duly executed by the U.K. Borrower or any U.K. Subsidiary that is a party thereto.

(i) Agent shall have received duly executed agreements establishing each Dominion Account of the U.K. Borrower located in England and related lockbox or equivalent arrangements, in form and substance, and with financial institutions, reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

(j) Agent shall have completed a field examination over the U.K. Borrower within two weeks of the U.K. Closing Date, with results reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

(k) Agent shall have received a U.K. Borrowing Base Certificate prepared as of a date acceptable to Agent.

6.3 Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions. Agent, Issuing Banks and Lenders shall not be required to fund any Loans, arrange for issuance of any Letters of Credit or grant any other accommodation to or for the benefit of Borrowers, unless the following conditions are satisfied:

 

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(a) No Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of, or result from, such funding, issuance or grant;

(b) The representations and warranties of each Obligor in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct on the date of, and upon giving effect to, such funding, issuance or grant (except for representations and warranties that expressly relate to an earlier date);

(c) All conditions precedent in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied; and

(d) With respect to issuance of a Letter of Credit, the LC Conditions shall be satisfied.

Each request (or deemed request) by Borrower Agent or any Borrower for funding of a Loan, issuance of a Letter of Credit or grant of an accommodation shall constitute a representation by Borrowers that the foregoing conditions are satisfied on the date of such request and on the date of such funding, issuance or grant. As an additional condition to any funding, issuance or grant, Agent shall have received such other information, documents, instruments and agreements as it deems appropriate in connection therewith.

SECTION 7. COLLATERAL

7.1 Grant of Security Interest.

7.1.1. To secure the prompt payment and performance of: (a) all Obligations (including, without limitation, all Obligations of the Guarantors), each U.S. Domiciled Obligor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (b) all Canadian Facility Obligations (including, without limitation, all Canadian Facility Obligations of each Canadian Facility Guarantor), each Canadian Domiciled Obligor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Canadian Facility Secured Parties and the U.K. Facility Secured Parties and (c) all U.K. Facility Obligations (including, without limitation, all U.K. Facility Obligations of each U.K. Facility Guarantor) each U.K. Domiciled Obligor hereby grants to Agent, on the U.K. Closing Date, for the benefit of the U.K. Facility Secured Parties and the Canadian Facility Secured Parties, in each case of clause (a), (b), and (c), a continuing security interest in and Lien upon all of the following Property of such Obligor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and wherever located:

(i) all Accounts;

(ii) all Inventory;

(iii) all Deposit Accounts (including all cash, cash equivalents, financial assets, negotiable instruments and other evidence of payment, and other funds on deposit therein or credited thereto);

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(v) all monies, whether or not in the possession or under the control of Agent, a Lender, or a bailee or Affiliate of Agent or a Lender that were derived from or consist of any of the Property described in this Section 7.1.1, and any Cash Collateral;

(vi) all Supporting Obligations of any of the Property described in this Section 7.1.1;

(vii) all Instruments, Documents and Chattel Paper, in each case only to the extent evidencing or governing any of the Property described in this Section 7.1.1;

(viii) all accessions to, substitutions for, and all replacements, products, and cash and non-cash proceeds of the foregoing, including proceeds of and unearned premiums with respect to insurance policies, and claims against any Person for loss, damage or destruction of any of the Property described in this Section 7.1.1 (the “Proceeds”); and

(ix) all books and records (including customer lists, files, correspondence, tapes, computer programs, print-outs and computer records) pertaining to any of the Property described in this Section 7.1.1, and any General Intangibles to the extent evidencing or governing any of the Property described in this Section 7.1.1.

In the case of each U.K. Domiciled Obligor, the continuing security interest in and Lien upon all of the above Property of such U.K. Domiciled Obligor granted above is limited to the Property of that U.K. Domiciled Obligor which is expressed to be subject to a security interest under the U.K. Security Agreements to which that U.K. Obligor is expressed to be a party.

7.2 Lien on Deposit Accounts; Cash Collateral.

7.2.1. Deposit Accounts. To further secure the prompt payment and performance of: (a) all Obligations (including, without limitation, all Obligations of the Guarantors), each U.S. Domiciled Obligor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (b) all Canadian Facility Obligations (including, without limitation, all Canadian Facility Obligations of each Canadian Facility Guarantor), each Canadian Domiciled Obligor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Canadian Facility Secured Parties and the U.K. Facility Secured Parties, and (c) all U.K. Facility Obligations (including, without limitation, all U.K. Facility Obligations of each U.K. Facility Guarantor), each U.K. Domiciled Obligor hereby grants to Agent, on the U.K. Closing Date, for the benefit of the U.K. Facility Secured Parties and the Canadian Facility Secured Parties, in each case of clause (a), (b), and (c), a continuing security interest in and Lien on all amounts credited to any Deposit Account of such Obligor, including any sums in any blocked or lockbox accounts or in any accounts into which such sums are swept. Each Obligor hereby authorizes and directs each bank or other depository to deliver to Agent, upon request, all balances in any Deposit Account maintained by such Obligor, without inquiry into the authority or right of Agent to make such request. In the case of each U.K. Domiciled Obligor, the continuing security interest in and Lien upon all amounts credited to any Deposit Accounts of such U.K. Domiciled Obligor, and any sums in any blocked or lockbox accounts or in any accounts into which such sums are swept, granted above is limited to the sums in the Deposit Accounts of that U.K. Domiciled Obligor, and any sums in any blocked or

 

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lockbox accounts or in any accounts into which such sums are swept, which are expressed to be subject to a security interest under the U.K. Security Agreements to which that U.K. Obligor is expressed to be a party.

7.2.2. Cash Collateral. Any Cash Collateral may be invested, at Agent’s discretion (and with the consent of Borrowers, as long as no Event of Default exists), but Agent shall have no duty to do so, regardless of any agreement or course of dealing with any Obligor, and shall have no responsibility for any investment or loss. To further secure the prompt payment and performance of all: (a) Obligations (including, without limitation, all Obligations of the Guarantors), each U.S. Domiciled Obligor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (b) Canadian Facility Obligations (including, without limitation, all Canadian Facility Obligations of each Canadian Facility Guarantor), each Canadian Domiciled Obligor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Canadian Facility Secured Parties and the U.K. Facility Secured Parties, and (c) U.K. Facility Obligations (including, without limitation, all U.K. Facility Obligations of each U.K. Facility Guarantor), each U.K. Domiciled Obligor hereby grants to Agent, on the U.K. Closing Date, for the benefit of the U.K. Facility Secured Parties and the Canadian Facility Secured Parties, in each case of clause (a), (b), and (c), a continuing security interest in and Lien on all Cash Collateral held from time to time and all proceeds thereof, whether such Cash Collateral is held in a Cash Collateral Account or elsewhere. Agent may apply Cash Collateral of a U.S. Domiciled Obligor to the payment of any Obligations, may apply Cash Collateral of a Canadian Domiciled Obligor to the payment of any Canadian Facility Obligations, and may apply Cash Collateral of a U.K. Domiciled Obligor to the payment of any U.K. Facility Obligations, in each case, in such order as Agent may elect, as they become due and payable. Each Cash Collateral Account and all Cash Collateral shall be under the sole dominion and control of Agent. No U.S. Domiciled Obligor or other Person claiming through or on behalf of any U.S. Domiciled Obligor shall have any right to any Cash Collateral, until Full Payment of all Obligations. No Canadian Domiciled Obligor or other Person claiming through or on behalf of any Canadian Domiciled Obligor shall have any right to any Cash Collateral, until Full Payment of all Canadian Facility Obligations. No U.K. Domiciled Obligor or other Person claiming through or on behalf of any U.K. Domiciled Obligor shall have any right to any Cash Collateral, until Full Payment of all U.K. Facility Obligations

7.3 Intentionally Omitted.

7.4 Certain After-Acquired Collateral. Borrowers shall promptly notify Agent in writing if, after the Original Agreement Closing Date, any Obligor obtains any interest in any Collateral consisting of Deposit Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Instruments, Investment Property or Letter-of-Credit Rights and, upon Agent’s request, shall promptly take such actions as Agent deems appropriate to effect Agent’s duly perfected, first priority Lien upon such Collateral, including obtaining any appropriate possession, control agreement or Lien Waiver. If any Collateral is in the possession of a third party, at Agent’s request, Borrowers shall obtain an acknowledgment that such third party holds the Collateral for the benefit of Agent.

7.5 No Assumption of Liability. The Liens on the Collateral granted hereunder are given as security only and shall not subject Agent or any Lender to, or in any way modify, any obligation or liability of any Obligor relating to any Collateral.

 

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7.6 Further Assurances. Promptly upon request, Obligors shall deliver such instruments, assignments, title certificates, or other documents or agreements, and shall take such actions, as Agent deems appropriate under Applicable Law to evidence or perfect its Lien on any Collateral, or otherwise to give effect to the intent of this Agreement. Each Obligor authorizes Agent to file any financing statement that Agent deems desirable to preserve and perfect Agent’s security interest in the Collateral of such Obligor, and ratifies any action taken by Agent before the Closing Date to effect or perfect its Lien on any Collateral.

SECTION 8. COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION

8.1 Borrowing Base Certificates. By the 15th day of each month, Borrower Agent shall deliver to Agent (and Agent shall promptly deliver same to Lenders) a U.S. Borrowing Base Certificate, Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate, and, at all times after the U.K. Closing Date, a U.K. Borrowing Base Certificate, in each case, prepared as of the close of business of the previous month, and at such other times as Agent may request; provided that during any Reporting Trigger Period, Borrower Agent shall also be required to deliver to Agent weekly U.S. Borrowing Base Certificates, Canadian Borrowing Base Certificates, and, at all times after the U.K. Closing Date, U.K. Borrowing Base Certificates by the 3rd Business Day of each week which begins during such Reporting Trigger Period, in each case, prepared as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the previous week (in the case of matters other than those related to Inventory) or of the close of business of the previous month (in the case of matters relating to Inventory). All calculations of U.S. Availability, Canadian Availability, or U.K. Availability in any Borrowing Base Certificate shall originally be made by Borrower Agent and certified by a Senior Officer of Borrower Agent, provided that Agent may from time to time review and adjust any such calculation (a) to reflect its reasonable estimate of declines in value of any Collateral, due to collections received in any Dominion Account or otherwise; (b) to adjust advance rates to reflect changes in dilution, quality, mix and other factors affecting Collateral; and (c) to the extent the calculation is not made in accordance with this Agreement or does not accurately reflect the U.S. Availability Reserve and/or the Canadian Availability Reserve and/or the U.K. Availability Reserve. The U.S. Borrowing Base Certificate shall set forth the calculation of the U.S. Borrowing Base in Dollars. The Canadian Borrowing Base shall set forth the calculation of the Canadian Borrowing Base in both Canadian Dollars and the Dollar Equivalent thereof along with the Exchange Rate used to determine such Dollar Equivalent. The U.K. Borrowing Base shall set forth the calculation of the U.K. Borrowing Base in each of British Pounds, Dollars and Euros and the Dollar Equivalent thereof along with the Exchange Rate used to determine such Dollar Equivalent.

8.2 Administration of Accounts.

8.2.1. Records and Schedules of Accounts. Each Obligor shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts, including all payments and collections thereon, and shall submit to Agent sales, collection, reconciliation and other reports in form satisfactory to Agent, on such periodic basis as Agent may request. Borrower Agent shall also provide to Agent, on or before the 15th day of each month, a detailed aged trial balance of all Accounts of each Borrower as of the end of the preceding month, specifying each Account’s Account Debtor name and address, amount, invoice date and due date, showing any discount, allowance, credit, authorized return or dispute, and including such proof of delivery, copies of invoices and invoice registers,

 

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copies of related documents, repayment histories, status reports and other information as Agent may reasonably request. If Accounts of any Borrower Group in an aggregate face amount of $2,500,000 or more cease to be Eligible Accounts, Borrower Agent shall notify Agent of such occurrence promptly (and in any event within one Business Day) after any Obligor has knowledge thereof.

8.2.2. Taxes. If an Account of any Obligor includes a charge for any Taxes, Agent is authorized, in its discretion, to pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing authority for the account of such Obligor and to charge the Borrowers of the applicable Borrower Group therefor; provided, however, that neither Agent nor Lenders shall be liable for any Taxes that may be due from any Obligor or with respect to any Collateral.

8.2.3. Account Verification. Whether or not a Default or Event of Default exists, Agent shall have the right at any time, in the name of Agent, any designee of Agent or any Obligor, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Accounts of Obligors by mail, telephone or otherwise. Obligors shall cooperate fully with Agent in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude any such verification process.

8.2.4. Maintenance of Dominion Accounts.

(a) U.S. Domiciled Obligors and Canadian Domiciled Obligors shall maintain Dominion Accounts pursuant to lockbox or other arrangements acceptable to Agent. U.S. Domiciled Obligors and Canadian Domiciled Obligors shall obtain an agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) from each lockbox servicer and Dominion Account bank, establishing Agent’s control over and Lien in the lockbox or Dominion Account, which may be exercised by Agent during any Dominion Trigger Period, requiring immediate deposit of all remittances received in the lockbox to a Dominion Account, and waiving offset rights of such servicer or bank, except for customary administrative charges. If a Dominion Account of a U.S. Domiciled Obligor or Canadian Domiciled Obligor is not maintained with Bank of America or Bank of America (Canada), as applicable, Agent may, during any Dominion Trigger Period, require immediate transfer of all funds in such account to a Dominion Account maintained with Bank of America or Bank of America (Canada), as applicable.

(b) U.K. Domiciled Obligors shall maintain Dominion Accounts at all times after the U.K. Closing Date pursuant to lockbox or other arrangements acceptable to Agent. On or prior to the U.K. Closing Date, U.K. Domiciled Obligors shall obtain an agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) from each lockbox servicer and Dominion Account bank, establishing Agent’s control over and Lien in the lockbox or Dominion Account at all times, requiring immediate deposit of all remittances received in the lockbox to a Dominion Account, and waiving offset rights of such servicer or bank, except for customary administrative charges. If a Dominion Account of a U.K. Domiciled Obligor is not maintained with Bank of America, N.A., London Branch, Agent may, at all times after the U.K. Closing Date, require immediate transfer of all funds in such account to a Dominion Account maintained with Bank of America, N.A., London Branch

 

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(c) Agent and Lenders assume no responsibility to any Obligor for any lockbox arrangement or Dominion Account, including any claim of accord and satisfaction or release with respect to any Payment Items accepted by any bank.

8.2.5. Proceeds of Collateral. Obligors (other than U.K. Domiciled Obligors) 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 Dominion Account (or a lockbox relating to a Dominion Account). After the U.K. Closing Date, U.K. Domiciled Obligors 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 Dominion Account (or a lockbox relating to a Dominion Account). If any Obligor receives cash or Payment Items with respect to any Collateral, it shall hold same in trust for Agent and promptly (not later than the next Business Day) deposit same into a Dominion Account.

8.3 Administration of Inventory.

8.3.1. Records and Reports of Inventory. Each Obligor shall keep accurate and complete records of its Inventory, including costs and daily withdrawals and additions, and shall submit to Agent inventory and reconciliation reports in form satisfactory to Agent, on such periodic basis as Agent may request. Each Obligor shall conduct periodic cycle counts consistent with historical practices, and shall provide to Agent a report based on each such count promptly upon completion thereof, together with such supporting information as Agent may request.

8.3.2. Returns of Inventory. No Obligor shall return any Inventory to a supplier, vendor or other Person, whether for cash, credit or otherwise, unless (a) such return is in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) no Default, Event of Default or Overadvance exists or would result therefrom; (c) Agent is promptly notified if the aggregate Value of all Inventory returned in any month exceeds $5,000,000; and (d) any payment received by an Obligor for a return during any Dominion Trigger Period is promptly remitted to Agent for application to the Obligations.

8.3.3. Acquisition, Sale and Maintenance. No Obligor shall acquire or accept any Inventory on consignment or approval, and each Obligor shall take all steps to assure that all Inventory is produced in accordance with Applicable Law, including the FLSA. Except to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.5(b) in the case of consignments, no Obligor shall sell any Inventory on consignment or approval or any other basis under which the customer may return or require an Obligor to repurchase such Inventory. Each Obligor shall use, store and maintain all Inventory with reasonable care and caution, in accordance with applicable standards of any insurance and in conformity with all Applicable Law, and, except in cases of good faith disputes, shall make current rent payments (within applicable grace and cure periods provided for in leases) at all locations where any Collateral is located.

8.4 Intentionally Omitted.

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Domiciled Obligors), each Obligor shall take all actions necessary to establish Agent’s control of all Deposit Accounts (including Dominion Accounts) and securities accounts maintained by such Obligor; provided, however, that such control shall not be required for the following (collectively, the “Excluded Deposit Accounts”): (a) an account exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes or employee benefits, and (b) at any time during which an Event of Default does not exist, an account containing not more than $250,000, provided that the aggregate amounts contained in all such accounts referred to in this clause (b) for which Agent does not have control at any time shall not exceed $1,000,000. The applicable Obligor shall be the sole account holder of each Deposit Account or securities account and shall not allow any other Person (other than Agent) to have control over a Deposit Account, securities account or any Property deposited therein. Each of the Obligors shall promptly notify Agent in writing of any opening or closing of a Deposit Account or securities account and, concurrently with the opening thereof, shall ensure that such account (except an Excluded Deposit Accounts, and except for accounts of any U.K. Domiciled Obligor prior to the U.K. Closing Date) is subject to a fully executed Deposit Account Control Agreement or, in the case of a securities account, similar control agreement in favor of Agent and acceptable to Agent.

8.6 General Provisions.

8.6.1. Location of Collateral. All tangible items of Collateral, other than Inventory in transit (including in transit to or from a manufacturing facility), shall at all times be kept by Obligors at the business locations for such Obligors set forth in Schedule 8.6.1, except that Obligors may (a) make sales or other dispositions of Collateral in accordance with Section 10.2.5; and (b) move Collateral to another location in the United States or, in the case of: (i) a Canadian Domiciled Obligor, in Canada, or (ii) a U.K. Domiciled Obligor, in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (subject, in each case, to Agent being granted a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) if none has been previously granted in such province or territory), in each case, upon 15 Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent.

8.6.2. Insurance of Collateral; Condemnation Proceeds.

(a) Each Obligor shall maintain insurance with respect to the Collateral, covering casualty, hazard, theft, malicious mischief, flood and other risks, in amounts, with endorsements and with insurers (with a Best’s Financial Strength Rating of at least A_ VII, unless otherwise approved by Agent) satisfactory to Agent. All proceeds under each policy shall be payable to Agent. From time to time upon request, Borrower Agent shall deliver to Agent the originals or certified copies of its insurance policies. Unless Agent shall agree otherwise, each policy shall include satisfactory endorsements (i) showing Agent as lender first loss payee (with respect to property policies only); (ii) requiring at least 30 days prior written notice to Agent in the event of cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever; and (iii) specifying that the interest of Agent shall not be impaired or invalidated by any act or neglect of any Obligor or the owner of the Property, nor by the occupation of the premises for purposes more hazardous than are permitted by the policy. If any Obligor fails to provide and pay for any insurance, Agent may, at its option, but shall not be required to, procure the insurance and charge Borrowers therefor. Each Obligor agrees to deliver to Agent, promptly as rendered, copies of all reports made to insurance companies. While no Event of Default exists, Obligors may settle, adjust or compromise any insurance claim, as long as the proceeds are delivered to Agent in accordance

 

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with Section 8.6.2(b). If an Event of Default exists, only Agent shall be authorized to settle, adjust and compromise any claims involving any Collateral.

(b) Any proceeds of insurance relating to the Collateral and any awards arising from condemnation of any Collateral shall be paid to Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof.

8.6.3. Protection of Collateral. All expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling, maintaining and shipping any Collateral, all Taxes payable with respect to any Collateral (including any sale thereof), and all other payments required to be made by Agent to any Person to realize upon any Collateral, shall be borne and paid by Borrowers. Agent shall not be liable or responsible in any way for the safekeeping of any Collateral, for any loss or damage thereto (except for reasonable care in its custody while Collateral is in Agent’s actual possession), for any diminution in the value thereof, or for any act or default of any warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency or other Person whatsoever, but the same shall be at Obligors’ sole risk.

8.6.4. Defense of Title to Collateral. Each Obligor shall at all times defend its title to Collateral and Agent’s Liens therein against all Persons, claims and demands whatsoever, except Permitted Liens.

8.7 Power of Attorney. Each Obligor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Agent (and all Persons designated by Agent) as such Obligor’s true and lawful attorney (and agent-in-fact), coupled with an interest, for the purposes provided in this Section. Agent, or Agent’s designee, may, without notice and in either its or a an Obligor’s name, but at the cost and expense of the Borrowers:

(a) Endorse an Obligor’s name on any Payment Item or other proceeds of Collateral (including proceeds of insurance) that come into Agent’s possession or control; and

(b) During an Event of Default, (i) notify any Account Debtors of the assignment of their Accounts, demand and enforce payment of Accounts, by legal proceedings or otherwise, and generally exercise any rights and remedies with respect to Accounts; (ii) settle, adjust, modify, compromise, discharge or release any Accounts or other Collateral, or any legal proceedings brought to collect Accounts or Collateral; (iii) sell or assign any Accounts and other Collateral upon such terms, for such amounts and at such times as Agent deems advisable; (iv) collect, liquidate and receive balances in Deposit Accounts or securities accounts, and take control, in any manner, of any proceeds of Collateral; (v) prepare, file and sign an Obligor’s name to a proof of claim or other document in a bankruptcy or other Insolvency Proceeding of an Account Debtor, or to any notice, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document; (vi) receive, open and dispose of mail addressed to an Obligor where the addressor is any Account Debtor or where the addressor is not identifiable with certainty, and notify postal authorities to deliver any such mail to an address designated by Agent; (vii) endorse any Chattel Paper, Document, Instrument, invoice, freight bill, bill of lading, or other document or agreement relating to any Accounts, Inventory or other Collateral; (viii) use an Obligor’s stationery and sign its name to verifications of Accounts and notices to Account Debtors; (ix) use the information recorded on or contained in any data processing, electronic or information systems relating to

 

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any Collateral; (x) make and adjust claims under insurance policies; (xi) take any action as may be necessary or appropriate to obtain payment under any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or other instrument for which an Obligor is a beneficiary; and (xii) take all other actions as Agent deems appropriate to fulfill any Obligor’s obligations under the Loan Documents.

SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

9.1 General Representations and Warranties. To induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make available the Commitments, Loans and Letters of Credit, each Obligor represents and warrants that:

9.1.1. Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Applicable Laws. Each Obligor and each Subsidiary (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (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, and (d) is in compliance with all Applicable Laws; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i), (c) or (d), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.1.2. Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organic Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach of or contravention under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or by which it is bound, the termination or adverse modification of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, 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; (c) result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), or (d) violate any Applicable Law.

9.1.3. Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Obligor of this Agreement or any other Loan Document except for such approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect. All necessary import, export or other licenses, permits or certificates for the import or handling of any goods or other Collateral have been procured and are in effect, and Obligors and Subsidiaries have complied with all foreign and domestic laws with respect to the shipment and importation of any goods or Collateral, except where noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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Obligor 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 Obligor, enforceable against each Obligor that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

9.1.5. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(a) The consolidated and consolidating balance sheets, and related statements of income, cash flow and shareholder’s equity, of Parent and its Subsidiaries that have been and are hereafter delivered to Agent and Lenders (i) are prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial positions and results of operations of Parent and Subsidiaries at the dates and for the periods indicated, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Debt, to the extent required by GAAP to be shown on such financial statements.

(b) Since December 31, 2010, there has been no change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of any Borrower or any Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Each Borrower is Solvent and Parent and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are Solvent.

9.1.6. Litigation. Except as disclosed in Note 17 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Borrower Agent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 3, 2011 and Note 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Borrower Agent’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 2, 2011, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Borrower or any Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.1.7. No Default. No Borrower or 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 or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

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could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), and all personal Property, including all Property reflected in any financial statements delivered to Agent or Lenders, in each case free of Liens except Permitted Liens. Each Borrower and each Subsidiary has paid and discharged all lawful claims that, if unpaid, could become a Lien on its Properties, other than Permitted Liens. All Liens of Agent in the Collateral are duly perfected, first priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens that are expressly allowed to have priority over Agent’s Liens.

9.1.9. Environmental Compliance. Borrowers and Subsidiaries conduct 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 the Obligors have reasonably concluded that, except as specifically disclosed on Schedule 9.1.9, such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.1.10. Insurance. The properties of Borrowers and Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of any Obligor, in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards), with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary operates.

9.1.11. Taxes. Each Borrower and each Subsidiary has filed all federal, state and material local tax returns and other material reports that it is required by law to file, and has paid, or made proper provision in accordance with relevant accounting standards for the payment of, all Taxes upon it, its income and its Properties that are due and payable, except to the extent being Properly Contested.

9.1.12. ERISA; Canadian Pension Plan Compliance. Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.1.12:

(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 qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of Obligors, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. Parent and each ERISA Affiliate has made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.

(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of Obligors, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could be 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.

 

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(c) No Canadian Borrower or any Canadian Subsidiary provides benefits to retired Canadian Employees or to beneficiaries or dependents of retired Canadian Employees. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Canadian Borrower and each Canadian Subsidiary is in compliance with all Requirements of Law and all Canadian Employee Benefits Legislation and health and safety, workers compensation, employment standards, labor relations, health insurance, employment insurance, protection of personal information, human rights laws and any Canadian federal, provincial or local counterparts or equivalents in each case, as applicable to the Canadian Employees and as amended from time to time.

(d)(i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

(e) Canadian Borrower and Canadian Subsidiaries are in compliance with the requirements of the PBA and other federal, provincial or state laws with respect to each Canadian Pension Plan, except where the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No fact or situation that may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect exists in connection with any Canadian Pension Plan. Neither Canadian Borrower nor any of Canadian Subsidiary has any material withdrawal liability in connection with a Plan. No Termination Event has occurred. Each Canadian Pension Plan has no solvency deficiency and is fully funded as required under the most recent actuarial valuation filed with the applicable Governmental Authority pursuant to generally accepted actuarial practices and principles. No fact or circumstance exists that could adversely affect the tax-exempt status of a Canadian Pension Plan. No Lien has arisen, choate or inchoate, in respect of Canadian Borrower or Canadian Subsidiaries or their property in connection with any Canadian Plan (save for contribution amounts not yet due).

(f) With respect to any Foreign Plan, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all employer and employee contributions required by law or by the terms of the Foreign Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued, in accordance with normal accounting practices; (ii) the fair market value of the assets of each funded Foreign Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Foreign Plan funded through insurance, or the book reserve established for any Foreign Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for the accrued benefit obligations with respect to all current and former participants in such Foreign Plan according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to account for such obligations in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles; and (iii) it has been registered as required and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities.

 

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(g) No U.K. Domiciled Obligor nor any of its U.K. subsidiaries is nor has at any time been: (i) an employer (for the purposes of Sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004 of the United Kingdom) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (as those terms are defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993 of the United Kingdom); or (ii) “connected” with or an “associate” of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries which is such an employer (as those terms are used in Sections 38 and 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 of the United Kingdom) in relation to an occupational pension scheme in the United Kingdom which is not a money purchase scheme.

9.1.13. Subsidiaries. Schedule 9.1.13 shows, for each Borrower and each Subsidiary, its name and its jurisdiction of organization. Schedule 9.1.13 shows, for each Subsidiary of Parent, its authorized and issued Equity Interests, the holders of its Equity Interests, and all agreements binding on such holders with respect to their Equity Interests. Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.1.13, in the five years preceding the Closing Date, no Borrower or Subsidiary has acquired any substantial assets from any other Person nor been the surviving entity in a merger, amalgamation or combination. Each Borrower has good title to its Equity Interests in its Subsidiaries, and all such Equity Interests are duly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. There are no outstanding purchase options, warrants, subscription rights, agreements to issue or sell, convertible interests, phantom rights or powers of attorney relating to Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of Parent.

9.1.14. Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

(a) No Borrower or Subsidiary is engaged, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No Loan proceeds or Letters of Credit will be used by Borrowers to purchase or carry, or to reduce or refinance any Debt incurred to purchase or carry, any Margin Stock or for any related purpose, in each case, in violation of Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors.

(b) None of the Borrowers is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

9.1.15. Disclosure. No written report, financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Obligor to Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) taken as a whole 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, the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being understood that projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Borrowers’ control, and that no assurance can be given the projections will be realized).

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writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its Properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Applicable 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. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Inventory has been produced in violation of the FLSA.

9.1.17. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. To the best knowledge of Obligors and except as disclosed in Note 17 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Borrower Agent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 3, 2011 and Note 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Borrower Agent’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 2, 2011, or as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, Borrowers and Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all material Intellectual Property, without conflict with the rights of any other Person. To the best knowledge of Obligors, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed by any Borrower or any Subsidiary infringes upon any valid, proprietary rights held by any other Person that could result in a claim, that, if successful, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in Note 17 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Borrower Agent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 3, 2011 and Note 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Borrower Agent’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 2, 2011, no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Obligors, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower Agent has disclosed to the Agent as of the Closing Date (i) all Royalties or other compensation paid by any Borrower or Subsidiary to any Person with respect to any Intellectual Property and (ii) all Intellectual Property owned, used or licensed by, or otherwise subject to any interests of, any Borrower or Subsidiary.

9.1.18. Accounts. Agent may rely, in determining which Accounts are Eligible Accounts, on all statements and representations made by Borrowers with respect thereto. Borrowers warrant, with respect to each Account at the time it is shown as an Eligible Account in a Borrowing Base Certificate, that:

(a) it is genuine and in all respects what it purports to be, and is not evidenced by a judgment;

(b) it arises out of a completed, bona fide sale and delivery of goods or rendition of services in the Ordinary Course of Business, and substantially in accordance with any purchase order, contract or other document relating thereto;

(c) it is for a sum certain, maturing as stated in the invoice covering such sale or rendition of services, a copy of which has been furnished or is available to Agent on request;

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Course of Business and disclosed to Agent; and it is absolutely owing by the Account Debtor, without contingency in any respect;

(e) no purchase order, agreement, document or Applicable Law restricts assignment of the Account to Agent (regardless of whether, under the UCC or PPSA, the restriction is ineffective), and the applicable Borrower is the sole payee or remittance party shown on the invoice;

(f) no extension, compromise, settlement, modification, credit, deduction or return has been authorized with respect to the Account, except discounts or allowances granted in the Ordinary Course of Business for prompt payment that are reflected on the face of the invoice related thereto and in the reports submitted to Agent hereunder; and

(g) to the best of Borrowers’ knowledge, (i) there are no facts or circumstances that are reasonably likely to impair the enforceability or collectibility of such Account; (ii) the Account Debtor had the capacity to contract when the Account arose, continues to meet the applicable Borrower’s customary credit standards, is Solvent, is not contemplating or subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, and has not failed, or suspended or ceased doing business; and (iii) there are no proceedings or actions threatened or pending against any Account Debtor that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Account Debtor’s financial condition.

9.1.19. Brokers. There are no brokerage commissions, finder’s fees or investment banking fees payable in connection with any transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.

9.1.20. Trade Relations. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there exists no actual or threatened termination, limitation or modification of any business relationship between any Borrower or Subsidiary and any customer or supplier, or any group of customers or suppliers, who individually or in the aggregate are material to the business of such Borrower or Subsidiary.

9.1.21. Labor Relations. Except as described on Schedule 9.1.21, no Obligor is party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no material grievances, disputes or controversies with any union or other organization of any Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s employees, or, to any Obligor’s knowledge, any asserted or threatened strikes, work stoppages or demands for collective bargaining.

9.1.22. OFAC. No Obligor (i) is a person whose property or interest in property is blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)), (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such executive order, or is otherwise associated with any such person in any manner violative of Section 2, or (iii) is a person on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or subject to the limitations or prohibitions under any

 

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other U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control regulation or executive order.

SECTION 10. COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS

10.1 Affirmative Covenants. As long as any Commitments or Obligations are outstanding, each Obligor shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to:

10.1.1. Financial Statements. Deliver to Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender), in form and detail satisfactory to Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of Parent, balance sheets as at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, on a consolidated and consolidating basis for Parent and its Subsidiaries, 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, which consolidated statements shall be audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant or chartered accountant, as applicable, of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;

(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year of Parent, unaudited balance sheets as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of Parent’s fiscal year then ended, on a consolidated and consolidating basis for Parent and its Subsidiaries, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower Agent as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

(c) as soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each month other than the last month of each fiscal quarter of Parent, unaudited balance sheets as at the end of such month, and the related statements of income or operations for such month and for the portion of Parent’s fiscal year then ended, on a consolidated basis for Parent and its Subsidiaries, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding month of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower Agent as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with historical practices.

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(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 10.1.1(a), (b) and (c), or more frequently if requested by Agent when a Default or Event of Default exists, a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower Agent;

(b) concurrently with the delivery of financial statements under Section 10.1.1(a), copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of Parent by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of Borrowers or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;

(c) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of Parent, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which any Obligor may file or be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any provincial securities commission or regulator, and not otherwise required to be delivered to Agent pursuant hereto;

(d) promptly following the Agent’s request therefor, all documentation and other information that the Agent reasonably requests on its behalf or on behalf of any Lender in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Proceeds of Crime Act;

(e) promptly following the Agent’s request therefor, copies of (i) any documents described in Section 101(k)(1) of ERISA that any Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan and (ii) any notices described in Section 101(l)(1) of ERISA that any Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates may request with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; provided that if any Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Plan or Multiemployer Plan prior to the Agent’s request therefor, a Borrower or one of its ERISA Affiliates shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof and promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of any annual report to be filed in connection with any Canadian Pension Plan or any Foreign Plan of any Obligor incorporated in the U.K.;

(f) promptly after Borrower Agent has notified Agent of any intention by Borrowers to treat the Loans and/or Letters of Credit and related transactions as being a “reportable transaction” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4), a duly completed copy of IRS Form 8886 or any successor form;

(g) not later than 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, projections of Parent’s consolidated balance sheets, results of operations, cash flow, U.S. Availability, U.K. Availability and Canadian Availability for the next Fiscal Year, month by month;

 

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(h) at Agent’s request, a listing of each Obligor’s trade payables, specifying the trade creditor and balance due, and a detailed trade payable aging, all in form satisfactory to Agent;

(i) within 45 days of the end of each fiscal quarter of Parent, or more frequently if requested by Agent when a Default or Event of Default exists: (i) all Royalties or other compensation (to the extent not previously disclosed to Agent in writing) paid by any Borrower or Subsidiary to any Person with respect to any Intellectual Property, and (ii) all Intellectual Property (to the extent not previously disclosed to Agent in writing) owned, used or licensed by, or otherwise subject to any interests of, any Borrower or Subsidiary; and

(j) promptly, such additional information regarding the Collateral or the business, financial or corporate affairs of Borrowers or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1(a) or (b) or Section 10.1.2(c) (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 Borrower Agent posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on Borrower Agent’s website; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Borrower Agent’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which Agent and each Lender have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by Agent); provided that: (i) if any Lender so requests, the Borrower Agent shall deliver paper copies or electronic copies via electronic mail of such documents to Agent or any Lender that requests Borrower Agent to deliver such paper or electronic copies until a written request to cease delivering paper or electronic copies is given by Agent or such Lender and (ii) Borrower Agent shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance Borrower Agent shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 10.1.2(a) to Agent and each of the Lenders. Except for such Compliance Certificates, 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 Borrower Agent with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

10.1.3. Notices. Notify Agent and each Lender:

(a) Within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default under Section 11.1(f) and promptly after the occurrence of any other Default or Event of Default;

(b) Promptly of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including, if applicable (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of any Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between any Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material

 

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development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Borrower or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws;

(c) Promptly of the occurrence of any ERISA Event or Termination Event;

(d) Promptly of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(e) Promptly after obtaining knowledge of any pending or threatened labor dispute, strike or walkout, or the expiration of any material labor contract that, in each case, materially and adversely affects any Obligor or any Subsidiary;

(f) Promptly of any judgment affecting any Obligor in an amount exceeding the Dollar Equivalent of $5,000,000;

(g) Promptly after the discharge or any withdrawal or resignation by Borrowers’ accountants; and

(h) At least 30 days prior to any opening of a new office or place of business where Collateral will be located.

Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Senior Officer of Borrower Agent setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action Borrowers have taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 10.1.3 shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

10.1.4. Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000, including (a) all Taxes and tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its Properties, unless such Taxes are being Properly Contested; provided, that all such Taxes, tax liabilities, assessments, governmental charges and levies shall be paid and discharged prior to the date on which a Lien on any Collateral shall attach in an aggregate amount in excess of $250,000 for all federal tax liens and $2,500,000 for all other liens which is senior to Agent’s Lien; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) all Debt, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Debt.

10.1.5. 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 except in a transaction permitted by Section 10.2.4 or 10.2.5; (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 patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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restructuring, closure or partial closure of the golf ball manufacturing operations of Borrowers in existence on the Original Agreement Closing Date, maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and material equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; and (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.

10.1.7. Maintenance of Insurance. In addition to the insurance required hereunder with respect to Collateral, maintain insurance with insurers (with a Best Rating of at least A7, unless otherwise approved by Agent) satisfactory to Agent, with respect to the Properties and business of Borrowers and Subsidiaries of such type (including product liability, workers’ compensation, larceny, embezzlement, or other criminal misappropriation insurance), in such amounts, and with such coverages and deductibles as are customary for companies similarly situated.

10.1.8. Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Applicable Laws 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 Applicable Law or order, write, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Materially comply with all Anti-Terrorism Laws.

10.1.9. Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of each Borrower and each 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 each Borrower and each Subsidiary, as the case may be.

10.1.10. Inspections; Appraisals.

(a) Permit Agent from time to time, subject (except when a Default or Event of Default exists) to reasonable notice and normal business hours, to visit and inspect the Properties of any Borrower or Subsidiary, inspect, audit and make extracts from any Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s books and records, and discuss with its officers, employees, agents, advisors and independent accountants such Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s business, financial condition, assets, prospects and results of operations. Lenders may participate in any such visit or inspection, at their own expense. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any duty to any Borrower to make any inspection, nor to share any results of any inspection, appraisal or report with any Borrower. Borrowers acknowledge that all inspections, appraisals and reports are prepared by Agent and Lenders for their purposes, and Borrowers shall not be entitled to rely upon them.

(b) Reimburse Agent for all charges, costs and expenses of Agent in connection with (i) examinations of any Obligor’s books and records or any other financial or Collateral matters as Agent deems appropriate, up to two times per calendar year; and (ii) appraisals of Inventory, up to two times per calendar year; provided, however, that: (A)

 

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Borrowers shall reimburse Agent for all charges, costs and expenses in connection with a third appraisal in any calendar year if such appraisal is commenced during any Reporting Trigger Period; (B) Borrowers shall reimburse Agent for all charges, costs and expenses in connection with a third examination in any calendar year if such examination is commenced during any Reporting Trigger Period; and (C) if an examination or appraisal is initiated during a Default or Event of Default, all charges, costs and expenses therefor shall be reimbursed by Borrowers without regard to such limits. Borrowers agree to pay Agent’s then standard charges for examination activities, including the standard charges of Agent’s internal examination and appraisal groups, as well as the charges of any third party used for such purposes.

10.1.11. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans or other extensions of credit (a) to refinance existing indebtedness, (b) to issue standby or commercial letters of credit and (c) to finance ongoing working capital needs and for general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions and Preferred Stock Repurchases) not in contravention of any Applicable Law or of any Loan Document.

10.1.12. Additional Guarantors. Promptly notify Agent upon any Person becoming a Subsidiary and (a) cause (i)(A) each U.S. Subsidiary and (B) any Foreign Subsidiary that loses its status as a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Code promptly to execute and deliver to Agent a Guarantee (including, if requested by Agent, a joinder to this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) in favor of Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (ii) each Canadian Subsidiary and U.K. Subsidiary to execute and deliver to Agent a Canadian Facility Guarantee and U.K. Facility Guarantee (including, if requested by Agent, a joinder to this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) in favor of Agent for the benefit of the Canadian Secured Parties and U.K Secured Parties, (b) cause such Guarantor to deliver to the Agent such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Senior Officers or other authorized Persons of such Subsidiary as Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Senior Officer or other authorized Person thereof in connection with the Guarantee, Canadian Facility Guarantee, or U.K. Facility Guarantee, as applicable, to which such Subsidiary is a party and such additional and other documents and certifications as Agent may reasonably require to evidence that such Subsidiary is duly organized or formed and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business, in each case to the extent applicable, in jurisdictions reasonably identified by Agent, and (c) cause such Guarantor to execute and deliver such documents, instruments and agreements and to take such other actions as Agent shall require to evidence and perfect a Lien in favor of Agent (for the benefit of Secured Parties (in the case of a Subsidiary described in clause (a)(i) above) and the Canadian Secured Parties and U.K. Secured Parties (in the case of a Subsidiary described in clause (a)(ii) above)) on all assets of such Person which are the same type as the Collateral, including delivery of legal opinions, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, as it shall deem appropriate.

10.1.13. Landlord and Storage Agreements. Upon request, provide Agent with copies of all existing agreements, and promptly after execution thereof provide Agent with copies of all future agreements, between an Obligor and any landlord, warehouseman, processor, shipper, bailee or other Person that owns any premises at which any Collateral may be kept or that otherwise may possess or handle any Collateral.

 

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10.1.14. Licenses. (a) Keep each License affecting any Collateral (including the manufacture, distribution or disposition of Inventory) or any other material Property of Borrowers and Subsidiaries in full force and effect except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) pay all Royalties when due except as would not materially adversely affect the value of the Collateral; and (d) notify Agent of any default or breach asserted by any Person to have occurred under any License which breach would materially adversely affect the value of the Collateral.

10.1.15. U.K. Pension Plans. Each U.K. Domiciled Obligor shall ensure that it is not and will not be and none of its U.K. subsidiaries will be at any time: (i) an employer (for the purposes of Sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004 of the United Kingdom) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (as those terms are defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993 of the United Kingdom); or (ii) “connected” with or an “associate” of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries which is an employer (as those terms are used in Sections 38 or 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 of the United Kingdom) in relation to an occupational pension scheme in the United Kingdom which is not a money purchase scheme.

10.2 Negative Covenants. As long as any Commitments or Obligations are outstanding, each Obligor shall not, and shall cause each Subsidiary not to:

10.2.1. Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):

(a) Liens in favor of Agent;

(b) Liens existing on the Closing Date that are listed on Schedule 10.2.1;

(c) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or being Properly Contested;

(d) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being Properly Contested;

(e) pledges or deposits in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

(f) deposits or other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Debt), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting Real Estate 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 materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;

 

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(h) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;

(i) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.1(g) or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such judgments (so long as such judgments do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 11.1(g));

(j) Liens securing Debt permitted under Section 10.2.3(e); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Debt and (ii) the Debt secured thereby does not exceed, on the date of acquisition, the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired;

(k) any Lien existing on any property or asset (other than Accounts, Inventory and Dominion Accounts) prior to the acquisition thereof by any Obligor or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset (other than Accounts, Inventory and Dominion Accounts) of any Person that becomes an Obligor or Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes an Obligor or Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming an Obligor or Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Obligor or Subsidiary, (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes an Obligor or Subsidiary, as the case may be, (iv) all obligations secured by a Lien permitted under this clause (k) shall not exceed an aggregate amount of $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding, and (v) if requested by Agent, such Liens will be subject to an intercreditor agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent;

(l) extensions, renewals and replacements of Liens referred to in clauses (a) through (k) above, provided that the property covered thereby is not increased and any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 10.2.3;

(m) Liens (other than on Accounts, Inventory and Dominion Accounts of a Borrower or Guarantor) arising under leases, subleases, licenses and rights to use granted to others and permitted under Section 10.2.5(f); and

(n) Liens (other than on Accounts, Inventory and Dominion Accounts of a Borrower or Guarantor) not expressly permitted by clauses (a) through (m) above and as to which the aggregate amount of obligations secured thereby does not exceed $50,000,000 at any one time.

10.2.2. Investments. Make any Investments, except:

(a) advances to officers, directors and employees of the Obligors and Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;

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(c) Investments by: (i) a U.S. Borrower in another U.S. Borrower; (ii) a U.S. Domiciled Obligor (other than a U.S. Borrower) in another U.S. Domiciled Obligor; (iii) a U.S. Domiciled Obligor in the Canadian Borrower so long as: (A) the aggregate amount of such Investments shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding, and (B) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Investment, or would result therefrom; (iv) a U.S. Domiciled Obligor in Callaway de México, S.A. de C.V. so long as such Investments are in the Ordinary Course of Business and consistent with historical practices; (v) any Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor in a Borrower; (vi) a Borrower in a Guarantor or Subsidiary that is not a Borrower or Guarantor so long as: (A) the aggregate amount of such Investments shall not exceed: (I) $3,000,000 in any calendar year, and (II) $10,000,000 at any time outstanding, and (B) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Investment, or would result therefrom; and (vii) a Subsidiary that is not a Borrower or Guarantor in any other Subsidiary;

(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 to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

(e) Investments consisting of Permitted Acquisitions;

(f) Investments pursuant to Hedging Agreements otherwise permitted hereunder;

(g) Investments in Cash Equivalents; and

(h) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any other Investments (other than an Acquisition) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in any twelve month period and not to exceed $25,000,000 during the term of the Agreement (such limitations, collectively, the “Investment Cap”); provided, however, that no such Investment shall count against the Investment Cap if either: (i) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the consummation of such Investment, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) after giving effect to such Investment, (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a pro forma basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the consummation of such Investment, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 15% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the

 

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Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and (D) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment (calculated on a trailing twelve month basis recomputed for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered) is not less than 1.0 to 1.0; or (ii) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the consummation of such Investment, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) after giving effect to such Investment, and (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a pro forma basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the consummation of such Investment, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation).

10.2.3. Debt. Create, incur, guarantee or suffer to exist any Debt, except:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Debt outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 10.2.3;

(c) Debt consisting of unsecured intercompany loans among Parent and any Subsidiary or unsecured guarantees of Parent or any Subsidiary in respect of Debt of Parent or any Subsidiary so long as, in each case, the corresponding Investment is permitted under Section 10.2.2;

(d) Debt of Parent or any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Hedging Agreement, provided that such Hedging Agreement was entered into by such Person to hedge risks arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and not for speculative purposes;

(e) Debt in respect of Capital Leases, Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities and purchase money obligations for fixed or capital assets; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of all such Debt at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $25,000,000;

 

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(f) Debt that is in existence when a Person becomes a Subsidiary or that is secured by an asset when acquired by a Borrower or Subsidiary, as long as such Debt was not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition, and does not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;

(g) Debt of any wholly owned Subsidiary to Parent or another wholly owned Subsidiary constituting the purchase price in respect of intercompany transfers of goods and services made in the Ordinary Course of Business to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 10.2.8 and not constituting Debt for borrowed money;

(h) Debt of Parent or any Subsidiary in connection with guaranties resulting from endorsement of negotiable instruments in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(i) Debt on account of surety bonds and appeal bonds in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of Parent or its Subsidiaries or in connection with judgments not resulting in an Event of Default under Section 11.1(g);

(j) any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions of Debt permitted pursuant to Sections 10.2.3(b) and (e); provided that (i) the amount of such Debt is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, and (ii) Debt subordinated to the Obligations is not refinanced except on subordination terms at least as favorable to Agent and the Lenders and no more restrictive on Parent and its Subsidiaries than the subordinated Debt being refinanced;

(k) Bank Product Debt (other than Debt arising under Hedging Agreements);

(l) Debt that is not included in any of the preceding clauses of this Section, is not secured by a Lien, or is secured by a lien permitted by Section 10.2.1(n), and does not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;

(m) other Debt that is not included in any of the preceding clauses of this Section so long as such Debt: (i) is not secured by a Lien, (ii) has a maturity date that is at least 6 months after the Facility Termination Date, and (iii) does not have scheduled amortization in excess of 10% per year; and

(n) Debt to the Person, or the beneficial holders of Equity Interests in the Person, whose assets or Equity Interests are acquired in a Permitted Acquisition where such Debt (i) is payable in full no sooner than three years from the date of such Acquisition, (ii) is repayable in installments of no more than one-third of the initial amount in any year after the date of such Permitted Acquisition, (iii) bears interest and fees that are consistent with then available market rates for such Debt, (iv) is not secured by a Lien and (v) does not exceed (together with all other Debt incurred under this clause (n)) $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.

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(a) Merge, amalgamate, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:

(i) prior to the U.K. Closing Date, any Subsidiary may merge or amalgamate with Parent or any other Subsidiary, provided that, (A) in such a merger in which a U.S. Borrower is involved, such U.S. Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (B) in such a merger or amalgamation in which the Canadian Borrower is involved (other than with a U.S. Borrower), the Canadian Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (C) in a merger in which a U.S. Domiciled Obligor (other than a U.S Borrower) is involved (other than with another U.S. Borrower or the Canadian Borrower), the U.S. Domiciled Obligor is the continuing or surviving Person, (D) in a merger or amalgamation in which a U.K. Domiciled Obligor is involved (other than with a U.S. Domiciled Obligor or a Canadian Domiciled Obligor), the U.K. Domiciled Obligor is the continuing or surviving Person, and (E) in a merger or amalgamation in which a Canadian Domiciled Obligor (other than the Canadian Borrower) is involved (other than with a U.S. Domiciled Obligor or the Canadian Borrower), the Canadian Domiciled Obligor is the continuing or surviving Person;

(ii) after the U.K. Closing Date, any Subsidiary may merge or amalgamate with Parent or any other Subsidiary, provided that (A) in such a merger in which a U.S. Borrower is involved, such U.S. Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (B) in such a merger or amalgamation in which the Canadian Borrower is involved (other than with a U.S. Borrower or the U.K. Borrower), the Canadian Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (C) in such a merger or amalgamation in which the U.K. Borrower is involved (other than with a U.S. Borrower or the Canadian Borrower), the U.K. Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (D) in such a merger in which a U.S. Domiciled Obligor (other than a U.S Borrower) is involved (other than with a Borrower), the U.S. Domiciled Obligor is the continuing or surviving Person, (E) in such a merger or amalgamation in which a U.K. Domiciled Obligor (other than the U.K. Borrower) is involved (other than with a U.S. Domiciled Obligor, a Canadian Domiciled Obligor, or the U.K. Borrower), the U.K. Domiciled Obligor is the continuing or surviving Person, and (F) in such a merger or amalgamation in which a Canadian Domiciled Obligor (other than the Canadian Borrower) is involved (other than with a U.S. Domiciled Obligor, a U.K. Domiciled Obligor, or the Canadian Borrower), the Canadian Domiciled Obligor is the continuing or surviving Person;

(iii) any Subsidiary which is not an Obligor may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to its immediate parent or another Obligor;

(iv) any Immaterial Subsidiary may be wound up, liquidated or dissolved; and

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(b) Change its name; change its tax, charter or other organizational identification number; or change its form or state of organization without 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent.

10.2.5. Disposition of Assets. Make any Asset Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Asset Disposition, except:

(a) Asset Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(b) sales of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business, and consignments of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business so long as the aggregate Value of all such consigned Inventory at any one time does not exceed $15,000,000;

(c) Asset Dispositions of Equipment or Real Estate to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(d) Asset Dispositions by (i) any U.S. Borrower to any other U.S. Borrower, (ii) any U.S. Domiciled Obligor (other than a U.S. Borrower) to any other U.S. Domiciled Obligor, (iii) any Canadian Domiciled Obligor or U.K. Domiciled Obligor to any U.S. Borrower, and (iv) any Subsidiary that is not a Borrower or Guarantor to any other Subsidiary;

(e) (i) Asset Dispositions permitted by Section 10.2.4, (ii) Investments permitted by Section 10.2.2, and (iii) Distributions permitted by Section 10.2.6;

(f) leases, subleases, licenses and rights to use granted to others in the Ordinary Course of Business and not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement so long as such leases, subleases, licenses and rights to use do not materially adversely affect the conduct by Parent and its Subsidiaries of their core golf products business or the value of the Collateral;

(g) Asset Dispositions made in connection with the closure, downsizing, restructuring, closure or partial closure of the golf ball manufacturing operations of Parent;

(h) (i) Asset Dispositions of excess Real Estate and related assets made in connection with the consolidation of business activities in other locations and (ii) sale and leaseback transactions involving Real Estate and related assets;

(i) Asset Dispositions consisting of Intellectual Property, manufacturing assets, inventory, accounts, contracts, domain names, marketing materials and marketing related assets related to the brands disclosed to the Agent and the Lenders on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date; provided, in each case, that (i) at the time of such Asset Disposition, no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrowers shall have provided Agent with three (3) Business Days prior written notice of any such Asset Disposition, (iii) if any such Asset Disposition includes the disposition of Accounts or Inventory of an Obligor, the Borrowers shall have complied with Section 5.2, and (iv) if any such Asset Disposition includes the disposition of any Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory, the

 

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Borrowers shall have delivered pro forma Borrowing Base Certificates on or prior to the consummation of such Asset Disposition which give effect to such Asset Disposition; and

(j) other Asset Dispositions (other than with respect to Accounts and Inventory) in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed 5% of the Consolidated Tangible Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year of Parent;

provided, however, that any Asset Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) through (i) shall be for fair market value; provided, further, that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may enter into an agreement to make an Asset Disposition otherwise prohibited by this Section 10.2.5 if failure to consummate such Asset Disposition would not result in a liability or Debt otherwise prohibited by this Agreement and the consummation of the Asset Disposition contemplated by such agreement is conditioned upon either the termination of this Agreement or receipt of the prior written consent of the Agent and the Required Lenders.

10.2.6. Distributions. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Distribution, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:

(a) (i) a U.S. Borrower may make Distributions to another U.S. Borrower; (ii) a U.S. Domiciled Obligor (other than a U.S. Borrower) may make Distributions to another U.S. Domiciled Obligor; (iii) a Canadian Domiciled Obligor may make Distributions to a U.S. Borrower, the Canadian Borrower, and after the U.K. Closing Date, the U.K. Borrower; (iv) a U.K. Domiciled Obligor may make Distributions to a Borrower; and (v) a Subsidiary that is not a Borrower or Guarantor may make Distributions to Parent or any Subsidiary;

(b) Parent and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other Equity Interests of such Person;

(c) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Parent and each Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares of its common stock or other Equity Interests or warrants or options to acquire any such Equity Interests with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock or other Equity Interests;

(d) Parent may purchase Equity Interests in any Obligor or options with respect to Equity Interests in any Obligor held by employees or management of any Obligor in connection with the termination of employment of such employees or management so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of such purchases do not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year of Parent, and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of any such purchase or would result therefrom; and

(e) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Parent and its Subsidiaries may make other Distributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed (collectively, the “Distributions Cap”): (X) $20,000,000 during each year, or (Y) solely until such time as the Agent has received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any trailing twelve month period ending after the Original Agreement Closing Date is 1.0 to 1.0 or greater,

 

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$5,000,000 during any calendar quarter (for the avoidance of doubt, once such condition is met, the limitation in this clause (Y) shall no longer be applicable notwithstanding that Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any trailing twelve month period thereafter shall be less than 1.0 to 1.0); provided, however, that no such Distribution shall count against the Distributions Cap if at the time such Distribution is declared (subject to the last sentence of this clause (e)) either: (i) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 17.5% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the making of such Distribution, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 17.5% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) after giving effect to such Distribution, (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a pro forma basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the making of such Distribution, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 17.5% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and (D) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Distribution (calculated on a trailing twelve month basis recomputed for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered) is not less than 1.1 to 1.0; or (ii) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 30% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the making of such Distribution, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 30% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) after giving effect to such Distribution, (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a pro forma basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the making of such Distribution, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 30% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base

 

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(without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), (D) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (calculated on a trailing twelve month basis for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered) is not less than 1.0 to 1.0, and (E) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than $50,000,000 after giving effect to such Distribution. Any Distribution permitted when declared under this clause (e) may be paid without limitation so long as Borrower Agent notifies Agent in writing at the time such Distribution is declared and Agent establishes a Canadian Availability Reserve, U.K. Availability Reserve, or U.S. Availability Reserve (as determined by Agent in its discretion) in the amount of such Distribution (it being understood that such Canadian Availability Reserve, U.K. Availability Reserve or U.S. Availability Reserve, as applicable, would be released by Agent at the time such Distribution related thereto was paid).

10.2.7. Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by Parent and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof, one or more of the leisure goods, products and services businesses generally or, in each case, any business substantially related or incidental thereto.

10.2.8. Affiliate Transactions. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of Parent, except (a) transactions between or among: (i) the U.S. Borrowers, (ii) the U.S. Domiciled Obligors (other than any U.S. Borrower), (iii) the Canadian Domiciled Obligors, (iv) the U.K. Domiciled Obligors, and (v) Subsidiaries that are not Borrowers or Guarantors; (b) transactions constituting Investments in Subsidiaries as permitted by Section 10.2.2, (c) transactions constituting Debt among Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case as permitted by Section 10.2.3; (d) transactions among Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case as permitted by Section 10.2.4 or Section 10.2.5, (e) transactions constituting Distributions permitted by Section 10.2.6, (f) transactions constituting reasonable fees and compensation paid to (including issuance and grants of securities and stock options, employment agreements and stock option and ownership plans for the benefit of, and indemnities provided on behalf of) officers, directors, employees and consultants of Parent or any Subsidiary, (g) constituting loans or advances to employees and officers of Parent and its Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.2(a), and (h) transactions with Affiliates in the Ordinary Course of Business, upon fair and reasonable terms fully disclosed to Agent and no less favorable than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a non-Affiliate.

10.2.9. Burdensome Agreements. Enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that limits the ability (a) of any Subsidiary to make Distributions to any Borrower or any Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property to any Borrower or any Guarantor, (b) of Parent or any Subsidiary to incur or repay the Obligations, (c) of Parent or any Subsidiary to grant Liens on any Collateral in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, or (d) of any U.S. Subsidiary, U.K. Subsidiary, or Canadian Subsidiary to guarantee the Obligations; provided, that the restrictions set forth herein shall not apply to (i) customary restrictions on transfers of property subject to a capital lease as set forth in such capital lease; (ii) customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition (not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or any other Loan Document) of all or substantially all of the capital stock or assets of such Subsidiary; (iii) customary prohibitions on assignment in any

 

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contract or lease; and (iv) customary net worth provisions contained in leases and other agreements entered into by a Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course of Business.

10.2.10. Restrictions on Payment of Certain Debt. Make any (a) payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement, defeasance or acquisition) with respect to any Debt which is subordinated to the Obligations, except regularly scheduled payments of principal, interest and fees, but only to the extent permitted under any subordination agreement relating to such Debt (and a Senior Officer of Borrower Agent shall certify to Agent, not less than five Business Days prior to the date of payment, that all conditions under such agreement have been satisfied); or (b) any voluntary payments with respect to any Borrowed Money (other than the Obligations and any intercompany obligations) prior to its due date; provided, however, that the restriction set forth in clause (b) shall not apply to any payment if either: (i) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 17.5% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the making of such payment, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 17.5% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) after giving effect to such payment, (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a pro forma basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the making of such payment, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 17.5% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation), and (D) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such payment (calculated on a trailing twelve month basis recomputed for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered) is not less than 1.0 to 1.0; or (ii) (A) average daily Trigger Event Excess Availability has been greater than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) during each month for the six month period immediately prior to the making of such payment, (B) Trigger Event Excess Availability is greater than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation) after

 

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giving effect to such payment, and (C) the Borrowers believe in good faith that, on a pro forma basis as of the last day of each month during the six month period immediately following the making of such payment, they shall have projected Trigger Event Excess Availability of no less than an amount equal to 25% of the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the Canadian LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), the U.K. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.K. LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation), and the U.S. Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the U.S. LC Reserve, the U.K. Overadvance Loan Balance, and the Canadian Overadvance Loan Balance for purposes of this calculation).

10.2.11. Organic Documents. Amend, modify or otherwise change any of its Organic Documents as in effect on the Original Agreement Closing Date where such amendment, modification or other change would have a Material Adverse Effect.

10.2.12. Tax Consolidation. File or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person other than Borrowers and Subsidiaries.

10.2.13. Accounting Changes. Make any material change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP and in accordance with Section 1.2; or change its Fiscal Year.

10.2.14. Activities of uPlay. Unless Borrowers cause uPlay to become a Guarantor hereunder in accordance with Section 10.1.12, uPlay will not (a) engage in any business or activity or (b) own any assets or have any liabilities (other than liabilities reasonably incurred in connection with its maintenance of its existence).

10.3 Financial Covenants. As long as any Commitments or Obligations are outstanding, Borrowers shall:

10.3.1. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, measured on a month-end basis, of at least 1.0 to 1.0 as of (a) the end of the last month immediately preceding the occurrence of any Covenant Trigger Period for which financial statements have most recently been delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1, and (b) the end of each month for which financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1 during any Covenant Trigger Period.

SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES ON DEFAULT

11.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall be an “Event of Default” hereunder, if the same shall occur for any reason whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise:

(a) An Obligor fails to pay (i) when due (whether at stated maturity, on demand, upon acceleration or otherwise) any amount of principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Obligation, or (ii) any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a)(i) above), when and as the same shall become due and payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether at stated maturity, on demand, upon acceleration or otherwise), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

 

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(b) Any representation, warranty or other written statement of an Obligor made in connection with any Loan Documents or transactions contemplated thereby is incorrect or misleading in any material respect when given;

(c) An Obligor breaches or fail to perform any covenant contained in Section 7.2, 7.4, 7.6, 8.1, 8.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.6.2, 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.10, 10.2 or 10.3;

(d) An Obligor breaches or fails to perform any other covenant contained in any Loan Documents, and such breach or failure is not cured within 30 days after a Senior Officer of such Obligor has knowledge thereof or receives notice thereof from Agent, whichever is sooner; provided, however, that such notice and opportunity to cure shall not apply if the breach or failure to perform is not capable of being cured within such period;

(e) A Guarantor repudiates, revokes or attempts to revoke its Guarantee; an Obligor or third party denies or contests the validity or enforceability of any Loan Documents or Obligations, or the perfection or priority of any Lien granted to Agent; or any Loan Document ceases to be in full force or effect for any reason (other than a waiver or release by Agent and Lenders);

(f) Any breach or default of an Obligor occurs under any Hedging Agreement, or any document, instrument or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or any of its Properties is bound, relating to any Debt (other than the Obligations) in excess of the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000, if the maturity of or any payment with respect to such Debt may be accelerated or demanded due to such breach;

(g) Any judgment or order for the payment of money is entered against an Obligor and is unsatisfied for a period of more than 30 days in an amount that exceeds, individually or cumulatively with all other unsatisfied judgments or orders against all Obligors, the Dollar Equivalent of $5,000,000 (net of any insurance coverage therefor acknowledged in writing by the insurer), unless a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order is in effect, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise;

(h) A loss, theft, damage or destruction occurs with respect to any Collateral if the amount not covered by insurance (either individually or in the aggregate) exceeds the Dollar Equivalent of $2,500,000;

(i) An Obligor is enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by any Governmental Authority from conducting any material part of its business and such enjoinment, restraint or prevention could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; an Obligor suffers the loss, revocation or termination of any material license, permit, lease or agreement necessary to its business and such loss, revocation or termination could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; there is a cessation of any material part of an Obligor’s business for a material period of time and such cessation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; any material Collateral or Property of an Obligor is taken or impaired through condemnation and such taking or impairment could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; a Borrower agrees to or commences any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of its affairs; or a Borrower is not Solvent;

 

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(j) Any Obligor generally fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability or refusal to pay, its debts as they become due; or an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by any Obligor; any Obligor agrees to, commences or is subject to a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of its affairs; any Obligor makes an offer of settlement, extension, proposal (or files a notice of intention to make a proposal), plan of arrangement or composition to its unsecured creditors generally; a Creditor Representative is appointed to take possession of any substantial Property of or to operate or sell any of the business of any Obligor; or an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against any Obligor and such Obligor consents to the institution of the proceeding against it, such petition commencing the proceeding is not timely contested by such Obligor, such petition is not dismissed within 30 days after its filing, or an order for relief is entered in the proceeding;

(k) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of an Obligor to a Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000, or that constitutes grounds for appointment of a trustee for or termination by the PBGC of any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; an Obligor or ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due 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 $10,000,000; or any event similar to the foregoing occurs or exists with respect to a Foreign Plan;

(l)(A) a Termination Event shall occur or any Canadian Multi-Employer Plan shall be terminated, in each case, in circumstances which would result or could reasonably be expected to result in a Canadian Facility Obligor required to make a contribution to or in respect of a Canadian Pension Plan or a Canadian Multi-Employer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000 or results in the appointment, by FSCO, of an administrator to wind up a Canadian Pension Plan, (B) any Canadian Domiciled Obligor is in default with respect to any required contributions to a Canadian Pension Plan or fails to eliminate a solvency deficiency or keep such plan fully funded; or (C) any Lien arises (save for contribution amounts not yet due) in connection with any Canadian Pension Plan; or

(m) A Change of Control occurs.

11.2 Remedies upon Default. If an Event of Default described in Section 11.1(j) occurs with respect to any Obligor, then to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, all Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) shall become automatically due and payable and all Commitments shall terminate, without any action by Agent or notice of any kind. In addition, or if any other Event of Default exists, Agent may in its discretion (and shall upon written direction of Required Lenders) do any one or more of the following from time to time:

(a) declare any Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall be due and payable without diligence, presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Borrowers to the fullest extent permitted by law;

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(c) require Obligors to Cash Collateralize LC Obligations, Secured Bank Product Obligations and other Obligations that are contingent or not yet due and payable, and, if Obligors fail promptly to deposit such Cash Collateral, Agent may (and shall upon the direction of Required Lenders) advance the required Cash Collateral as Revolver Loans (whether or not an Overadvance exists or is created thereby, or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied); and

(d) exercise any other rights or remedies afforded under any agreement, by law, at equity or otherwise, including the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC and the PPSA. Such rights and remedies include the rights to (i) take possession of any Collateral; (ii) require Obligors to assemble Collateral, at Obligors’ expense, and make it available to Agent at a place designated by Agent; (iii) enter any premises where Collateral is located and store Collateral on such premises until sold (and if the premises are owned or leased by an Obligor, Obligors agree not to charge for such storage); and (iv) sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral in its then condition, or after any further manufacturing or processing thereof, at public or private sale, with such notice as may be required by Applicable Law, in lots or in bulk, at such locations, all as Agent, in its discretion, deems advisable. Each Obligor agrees that 10 days’ notice of any proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral by Agent shall be reasonable. Agent shall have the right to conduct such sales on any Obligor’s premises, without charge, and such sales may be adjourned from time to time in accordance with Applicable Law. Agent shall have the right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Collateral for cash, credit or any combination thereof, and Agent may purchase any Collateral at public or, if permitted by law, private sale and, in lieu of actual payment of the purchase price, may credit bid and set off the amount of such price against the Obligations.

11.3 License. Agent is hereby granted an irrevocable, non-exclusive and royalty-free license exercisable at any time following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, to any or all Trademarks owned by the Obligors solely for purposes of advertising for sale, marketing, selling, collecting, completing manufacture of, or otherwise exercising any rights or remedies with respect to, any Collateral.

11.4 Setoff. At any time during an Event of Default, Agent, Issuing Banks, Lenders, and any of their Affiliates are authorized, 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 Agent, such Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of an Obligor against any Obligations, irrespective of whether or not Agent, such Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of Agent, such Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Lender and each such Affiliate under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Person may have.

11.5 Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver.

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derogation of each other. The rights and remedies of Agent and Lenders are cumulative, may be exercised at any time and from time to time, concurrently or in any order, and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies available by agreement, by law, at equity or otherwise. All such rights and remedies shall continue in full force and effect until Full Payment of all Obligations.

11.5.2. Waivers. No waiver or course of dealing shall be established by (a) the failure or delay of Agent or any Lender to require strict performance by Obligors with any terms of the Loan Documents, or to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to Collateral or otherwise; (b) the making of any Loan or issuance of any Letter of Credit during a Default, Event of Default or other failure to satisfy any conditions precedent; or (c) acceptance by Agent or any Lender of any payment or performance by an Obligor under any Loan Documents in a manner other than that specified therein. It is expressly acknowledged by Obligors that any failure to satisfy a financial covenant on a measurement date shall not be cured or remedied by satisfaction of such covenant on a subsequent date.

11.6 Judgment Currency. If, for purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum from the currency provided under a Loan Document (“Agreement Currency”) into another currency, the Spot Rate shall be used as the rate of exchange. Notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (“Judgment Currency”) other than the Agreement Currency, an Obligor shall discharge its obligation in respect of any sum due under a Loan Document only if, on the Business Day following receipt by Agent or any Secured Party of payment in the Judgment Currency, Agent or such Secured Party can use the amount paid to purchase the sum originally due in the Agreement Currency. If the purchased amount is less than the sum originally due, such Obligor agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify Agent and Secured Parties against such loss. If the purchased amount is greater than the sum originally due, Agent or such Secured Party shall return the excess amount to such Obligor (or to the Person legally entitled thereto).

SECTION 12. AGENT

12.1 Appointment, Authority and Duties of Agent.

12.1.1. Appointment and Authority.

(a) Each Secured Party appoints and designates Bank of America as Agent under all Loan Documents. Agent may, and each Secured Party authorizes Agent to, enter into all Loan Documents to which Agent is intended to be a party and accept all Security Documents, for the benefit of Secured Parties. Each Secured Party agrees that any action taken by Agent, Required Lenders, U.S. Required Lenders, U.K. Required Lenders, or Canadian Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and the exercise by Agent or Required Lenders of any rights or remedies set forth therein, together with all other powers reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized by and binding upon all Secured Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the sole and exclusive authority to (a) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Loan Documents; (b) execute and deliver as Agent each Loan Document, including any intercreditor or subordination agreement, and accept delivery of each Loan Document from any Obligor or other Person; (c) act as

 

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collateral agent for Secured Parties for purposes of perfecting and administering Liens under the Loan Documents, and for all other purposes stated therein; (d) manage, supervise or otherwise deal with Collateral; and (e) take any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral under the Loan Documents, Applicable Law or otherwise. The duties of Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and Agent shall not have a fiduciary relationship with any Secured Party, Participant or other Person, by reason of any Loan Document or any transaction relating thereto. Agent alone shall be authorized to determine whether any Accounts or Inventory constitute Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory or Eligible In-Transit Inventory, whether to impose or release any reserve, or whether any conditions to funding or to issuance of a Letter of Credit have been satisfied, which determinations and judgments, if exercised in good faith, shall exonerate Agent from liability to any Lender or other Person for any error in judgment.

(b) For the purposes of creating a solidarité active in accordance with Article 1541 of the Civil Code of Quebec between each Secured Party, taken individually, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, each Obligor and each such Secured Party acknowledge and agree with the Agent that such Secured Party and the Agent are hereby conferred the legal status of solidary creditors of each such Obligor in respect of all Obligations owed by each such Obligor to the Agent and such Secured Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (collectively, the “Solidary Claim”) and that, accordingly, but subject (for the avoidance of doubt) to Article 1542 of the Civil Code of Quebec, each such Obligor is irrevocably bound towards the Agent and each Secured Party in respect of the entire Solidary Claim of the Agent and such Secured Party. As a result of the foregoing, the parties hereto acknowledge that the Agent and each Secured Party shall at all times have a valid and effective right of action for the entire Solidary Claim of the Agent and such Secured Party and the right to give full acquittance for it. Accordingly, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent, as solidary creditor with each Secured Party, shall at all times have a valid and effective right of action in respect of the Solidary Claim and the right to give a full acquittance for same. By its execution of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, each such Obligor not a party hereto shall also be deemed to have accepted the stipulations hereinabove provided. The parties further agree and acknowledge that such Liens (hypothecs) under the Security Documents and the other Loan Documents shall be granted to the Agent, for its own benefit and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as solidary creditor as hereinabove set forth.

12.1.2. Duties. Agent shall not have any duties except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. The conferral upon Agent of any right shall not imply a duty to exercise such right, unless instructed to do so by Lenders in accordance with this Agreement.

12.1.3. Agent Professionals. Agent may perform its duties through agents and employees. Agent may consult with and employ Agent Professionals, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon, any advice given by an Agent Professional. Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, employees or Agent Professionals selected by it with reasonable care.

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Lenders or other Secured Parties with respect to any act (including the failure to act) in connection with any Loan Documents, and may seek assurances to its satisfaction from Secured Parties of their indemnification obligations against all Claims that could be incurred by Agent in connection with any act. Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act until it has received such instructions or assurances, and Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining. Instructions of Required Lenders shall be binding upon all Secured Parties, and no Secured Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, instructions by and consent of specific parties shall be required to the extent provided in Section 14.1.1. In no event shall Agent be required to take any action that, in its opinion, is contrary to Applicable Law or any Loan Documents or could subject any Agent Indemnitee to personal liability.

12.1.5. Agent as Security Trustee. In this Agreement and the U.K. Security Agreement, any rights and remedies exercisable by, any documents to be delivered to, or any other indemnities or obligations in favor of Agent shall be, as the case may be, exercisable by, delivered to, or be indemnities or other obligations in favor of, Agent (or any other Person acting in such capacity) in its capacity as security trustee of Secured Parties to the extent that the rights, deliveries, indemnities or other obligations relate to the U.K. Security Agreement or the security thereby created. Any obligations of Agent (or any other Person acting in such capacity) in this Agreement and U.K. Security Agreement shall be obligations of Agent in its capacity as security trustee of Secured Parties to the extent that the obligations relate to the U.K. Security Agreement or the security thereby created. Additionally, in its capacity as security trustee of Secured Parties Agent (or any other Person acting in such capacity) shall have (i) all the rights, remedies and benefits in favor of Agent contained in the provisions of the whole of this Section 12; (ii) all the powers of an absolute owner of the security constituted by the U.K. Security Agreement and (iii) all the rights, remedies and powers granted to it and be subject to all the obligations and duties owed by it under the U.K. Security Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents.

12.1.6. Appointment of Agent as Security Trustee. Each Secured Party hereby appoints Agent to act as its trustee under and in relation to the U.K. Security Agreement and to hold the assets subject to the security thereby created as trustee for Secured Parties on the trusts and other terms contained in the U.K. Security Agreement and each Secured Party hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent in its capacity as security trustee of Secured Parties to exercise such rights, remedies, powers and discretions as are specifically delegated to Agent as security trustee of Secured Parties by the terms of the U.K. Security Agreement together with all such rights, remedies, powers and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto.

12.1.7. Liens. Any reference in this Agreement to Liens stated to be in favor of Agent shall be construed so as to include a reference to Liens granted in favor of Agent in its capacity as security trustee of Secured Parties.

12.1.8. Successors. Secured Parties agree that, if at any time that the Person acting as security trustee of Secured Parties in respect of the U.K. Security Agreement shall be a Person other than Agent, such other Person shall have the rights, remedies, benefits and powers granted to Agent in its capacity as security trustee of Secured Parties under this Agreement and the U.K. Security Agreement.

 

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12.1.9. Capacity. Nothing in Sections 12.1.5 to 12.1.8 shall require Agent in its capacity as security trustee of Secured Parties under this Agreement and the U.K. Security Agreement to act as a trustee at common law or to be holding any property on trust, in any jurisdiction outside the United States or the U.K. which may not operate under principles of trust or where such trust would not be recognized or its effects would not be enforceable.

12.2 Agreements Regarding Collateral and Field Examination Reports.

12.2.1. Lien Releases; Care of Collateral. Secured Parties authorize Agent to release any Lien with respect to any Collateral (a) upon Full Payment of the Obligations; (b) that is the subject of an Asset Disposition which Borrowers certify in writing to Agent is a disposition permitted hereunder or a Lien which Borrowers certify is a Permitted Lien entitled to priority over Agent’s Liens (and Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate without further inquiry); (c) that does not have, when aggregated with all other released Collateral under this clause (c) in any calendar year, a book value greater than $5,000,000; or (d) with the written consent of all Lenders. Secured Parties authorize Agent to subordinate its Liens to any Lien permitted under Section 10.2.1(j). Agent shall have no obligation to assure that any Collateral exists or is owned by a Borrower, or is cared for, protected, insured or encumbered, nor to assure that 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.

12.2.2. Possession of Collateral. Agent and Secured Parties appoint each Lender as agent (for the benefit of Secured Parties) for the 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 Agent thereof and, promptly upon Agent’s request, deliver such Collateral to Agent or otherwise deal with it in accordance with Agent’s instructions.

12.2.3. Reports. Agent shall promptly forward to each Lender, when complete, copies of any field audit, examination or appraisal report prepared by or for Agent with respect to any Obligor or Collateral (“Report”). Each Lender agrees (a) that neither Bank of America nor Agent makes 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 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 the applicable Obligors’ books and records as well as upon representations of the applicable Obligors’ officers and employees; and (c) 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: (i) to such Lender’s Participants, attorneys and accountants, (ii) to the extent requested by any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates, or (iii) to the extent required by Applicable Law or by any subpoena or other legal process) or use any Report in any manner other than administration of the Loans and other Obligations. Each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless 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 Agent furnishing a Report to such Lender.

 

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12.3 Reliance By Agent. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any certification, notice or other communication (including those by telephone, telex, telegram, telecopy or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and upon the advice and statements of Agent Professionals. Agent shall have a reasonable and practicable amount of time to act upon any instruction, notice or other communication under any Loan Document, and shall not be liable for any delay in acting.

12.4 Action Upon Default. Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, or of any failure to satisfy any conditions in Section 6, unless it has received written notice from a Borrower or Required Lenders specifying the occurrence and nature thereof. If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default, Event of Default or failure of such conditions, it shall promptly notify Agent and the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Secured Party agrees that, except as otherwise provided in any Loan Documents or with the written consent of Agent and Required Lenders, it will not take any Enforcement Action, accelerate Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations), or exercise any right that it might otherwise have under Applicable Law to credit bid at foreclosure sales, UCC or PPSA sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral or to assert any rights relating to any Collateral.

12.5 Ratable Sharing. No Lender shall set off against any Dominion Account without the prior consent of Agent. If any Lender shall obtain any payment or reduction of any Obligation, whether through set-off or otherwise, in excess of its share of such Obligation, determined on a Pro Rata basis or in accordance with Section 5.6.1, as applicable, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from Agent, the U.S. Issuing Bank (if such Obligation is a U.S. Facility Obligation), the Canadian Issuing Bank (if such Obligation is a Canadian Facility Obligation), the U.K. Issuing Bank (if such Obligation is a U.K. Facility Obligation), and the other Lenders such participations in the affected Obligation as are necessary to cause the purchasing Lender to share the excess payment or reduction on a Pro Rata basis or in accordance with Section 5.6.1, as applicable. If any of such payment or reduction is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Defaulting Lender obtains a payment or reduction of any Obligation, it shall immediately turn over the amount thereof to Agent for application under Section 4.2.2 and it shall provide a written statement to Agent describing the Obligation affected by such payment or reduction. No Lender shall set off against any Dominion Account without the prior consent of the Agent.

12.6 Indemnification. EACH LENDER SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS AGENT INDEMNITEES AND ISSUING BANK INDEMNITEES, TO THE EXTENT NOT REIMBURSED BY OBLIGORS, ON A PRO RATA BASIS, AGAINST ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH INDEMNITEE (OTHER THAN CLAIMS THAT ARE CAUSED BY THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNITEE), PROVIDED THAT ANY CLAIM AGAINST AN AGENT INDEMNITEE RELATES TO OR ARISES FROM ITS ACTING AS OR FOR AGENT (IN THE CAPACITY OF AGENT). In Agent’s discretion, it may reserve for any Claims made against an Agent Indemnitee or Issuing Bank Indemnitee, and may satisfy any judgment, order or settlement relating thereto, from proceeds of Collateral prior to making any distribution of Collateral proceeds to Secured Parties. If Agent is

 

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sued by any Creditor Representative, debtor-in-possession or other Person for any alleged preference or fraudulent transfer, then any monies paid by 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 Agent by each Lender to the extent of its Pro Rata share.

12.7 Limitation on Responsibilities of Agent. Agent shall not be liable to any Secured Party for any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Loan Documents, except for losses directly and solely caused by Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by any Obligor, Lender or other Secured Party of any obligations under the Loan Documents. Agent does not make any express or implied representation, warranty or guarantee to Secured Parties with respect to any Obligations, Collateral, Loan Documents or Obligor. No Agent Indemnitee shall be responsible to Secured Parties for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in any Loan Documents; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any Loan Documents; the genuineness, enforceability, collectibility, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectibility of any Obligations; or the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any Obligor or Account Debtor. No Agent Indemnitee shall have any obligation to any Secured Party to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any Obligor of any terms of the Loan Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in any Loan Documents.

12.8 Successor Agent and Co-Agents.

12.8.1. Resignation; Successor Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, Agent may resign at any time by giving at least 30 days written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower Agent. Upon receipt of such notice, Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent which shall be (a) a U.S. Lender or an Affiliate of a U.S. Lender; or (b) a commercial bank that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state or district thereof, has a combined capital surplus of at least $200,000,000 and (provided no Default or Event of Default exists) is reasonably acceptable to Borrower Agent. If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of Agent, then Agent may appoint a successor agent from among Lenders or, if no Lender accepts such role, Agent may appoint Required Lenders as successor Agent. Upon acceptance by a successor Agent of an appointment to serve as Agent hereunder, or upon appointment of Required Lenders as successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the powers and duties of the retiring Agent (including as security trustee of Secured Parties under the U.K. Security Agreements) without further act, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder but shall continue to have the benefits of the indemnification set forth in Sections 12.6 and 14.2. Notwithstanding any Agent’s resignation, the provisions of this Section 12 shall continue in effect for its benefit with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while Agent. Any successor to Bank of America by merger or acquisition of stock or this loan shall continue to be Agent (including as security trustee of Secured Parties under the U.K. Security

 

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Agreements) hereunder without further act on the part of the parties hereto, unless such successor resigns as provided above.

12.8.2. Separate Collateral Agent. It is the intent of the parties that there shall be no violation of any Applicable Law denying or restricting the right of financial institutions to transact business in any jurisdiction. If Agent believes that it may be limited in the exercise of any rights or remedies under the Loan Documents due to any Applicable Law, Agent may appoint an additional Person who is not so limited, as a separate collateral agent or co-collateral agent. If Agent so appoints a collateral agent or co-collateral agent, each right and remedy intended to be available to Agent under the Loan Documents shall also be vested in such separate agent. Secured Parties shall execute and deliver such documents as Agent deems appropriate to vest any rights or remedies in such agent. If any collateral agent or co-collateral agent shall die or dissolve, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, then all the rights and remedies of such agent, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, shall vest in and be exercised by Agent until appointment of a new agent.

12.9 Due Diligence and Non-Reliance. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lenders, and based upon such documents, information and analyses as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of each Obligor and its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to fund Loans and participate in LC Obligations hereunder. Each Secured Party has made such inquiries as it feels necessary concerning the Loan Documents, Collateral and Obligors. Each Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that the other Secured Parties have made no representations or warranties concerning any Obligor, any Collateral or the legality, validity, sufficiency or enforceability of any Loan Documents or Obligations. Each Secured Party will, independently and without reliance upon any other Secured Party, and based upon such financial statements, documents and information as it deems appropriate at the time, continue to make and rely upon its own credit decisions in making Loans and participating in LC Obligations, and in taking or refraining from any action under any Loan Documents. Except for notices, reports and other information expressly requested by a Lender, Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Secured Party with any notices, reports or certificates furnished to Agent by any Obligor or any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition, business or Properties of any Obligor (or any of its Affiliates) which may come into possession of Agent or its Affiliates.

12.10 Remittance of Payments and Collections.

12.10.1. Remittances Generally. All payments by any Lender to Agent shall be made by the time and on the day set forth in this Agreement, in immediately available funds. If no time for payment is specified or if payment is due on demand by Agent and request for payment is made by Agent by 11:00 a.m. (Applicable Time Zone) on a Business Day, payment shall be made by Lender not later than 2:00 p.m. (Applicable Time Zone) on such day, and if request is made after 11:00 a.m. (Applicable Time Zone), then payment shall be made by 11:00 a.m. (Applicable Time Zone) on the next Business Day. Payment by Agent to any Secured Party shall be made by wire transfer, in the type of funds received by Agent. Any such payment shall be subject to Agent’s right of offset for any amounts due from such payee under the Loan Documents.

 

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12.10.2. Failure to Pay. If any Secured Party fails to pay any amount when due by it to Agent pursuant to the terms hereof, such amount shall bear interest from the due date until paid at the rate determined by Agent as customary in the banking industry for interbank compensation. In no event shall Obligors be entitled to receive credit for any interest paid by a Secured Party to Agent, nor shall any Defaulting Lender be entitled to interest on any amounts held by Agent pursuant to Section 4.2.

12.10.3. Recovery of Payments. If Agent pays any amount to a Secured Party in the expectation that a related payment will be received by Agent from an Obligor and such related payment is not received, then Agent may recover such amount from each Secured Party that received it. If Agent determines at any time that an amount received under any Loan Document must be returned to an Obligor or paid to any other Person pursuant to Applicable Law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term of any Loan Document, Agent shall not be required to distribute such amount to any Lender. If any amounts received and applied by Agent to any Obligations are later required to be returned by Agent pursuant to Applicable Law, each Lender shall pay to Agent, on demand, such Lender’s Pro Rata share of the amounts required to be returned.

12.11 Agent in its Individual Capacity. As a Lender, Bank of America shall have the same rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents as any other Lender, and the terms “Lenders,” “Required Lenders,” “U.S. Required Lenders,” “U.K. Required Lenders,” “Canadian Required Lenders” or any similar term shall include Bank of America, if applicable, in its capacity as a Lender. Bank of America and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, provide Bank Products to, act as financial or other advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, Obligors and their Affiliates, as if Bank of America were not Agent hereunder, without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. In their individual capacities, Bank of America and its Affiliates may receive information regarding Obligors, their Affiliates and their Account Debtors (including information subject to confidentiality obligations), and each Secured Party agrees that Bank of America and its Affiliates shall be under no obligation to provide such information to any Secured Party, if acquired in such individual capacity.

12.12 Agent Titles. Each Lender, other than Bank of America, that is designated (on the cover page of this Agreement or otherwise) by Bank of America as an “Agent” or “Arranger” of any type shall not have any right, power, responsibility or duty under any Loan Documents other than those applicable to all Lenders, and shall in no event be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any other Lender.

12.13 Bank Product Providers. Each Secured Bank Product Provider, by delivery of a notice to Agent of a Bank Product, agrees to be bound by Section 5.6 and this Section 12. Each Secured Bank Product Provider shall indemnify and hold harmless Agent Indemnitees, to the extent not reimbursed by Obligors, against all Claims that may be incurred by or asserted against any Agent Indemnitee in connection with such provider’s Secured Bank Product Obligations, unless such Claim is caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Indemnitee.

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does not confer any rights or benefits upon Obligors or any other Person. As between Obligors and Agent, any action that Agent may take under any Loan Documents or with respect to any Obligations shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized and directed by Secured Parties.

SECTION 13. BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS

13.1 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Obligors, Agent, Lenders, Secured Parties, and their respective successors and assigns, except that (a) no Obligor shall have the right to assign its rights or delegate its obligations under any Loan Documents; and (b) any assignment by a Lender must be made in compliance with Section 13.3. Agent may treat the Person which made any Loan as the owner thereof for all purposes until such Person makes an assignment in accordance with Section 13.3. Any authorization or consent of a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent transferee or assignee of such Lender.

13.2 Participations.

13.2.1. Permitted Participants; Effect. Any Lender may, in the Ordinary Course of Business and in accordance with Applicable Law, at any time sell to a financial institution (“Participant”) a participating interest in the rights and obligations of such Lender under any Loan Documents. Despite any sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the holder of its Loans and Commitments for all purposes, all amounts payable by Obligors shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests, and Obligors and Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the Loan Documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters under the Loan Documents, and Agent and the other Lenders shall not have any obligation or liability to any such Participant. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.9 unless Borrower Agent agrees otherwise in writing.

13.2.2. Voting Rights. Each Lender shall retain the sole right to approve, without the consent of any Participant, any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Documents other than that which forgives principal, interest or fees, reduces the stated interest rate or fees payable with respect to any Loan or Commitment in which such Participant has an interest, postpones the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date (if such Participant has an interest in the Canadian Revolver Commitments), U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date (if such Participant has an interest in the U.K. Revolver Commitments), or U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date (if such Participant has an interest in the U.S. Revolver Commitments), or any date fixed for any regularly scheduled payment of principal, interest or fees on such Loan or Commitment, or releases any Borrower, Guarantor or substantial portion of the Collateral.

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owing directly to a Lender, and each Lender shall also retain the right of set-off with respect to any participating interests sold by it. By exercising any right of set-off, a Participant agrees to share with Lenders all amounts received through its set-off, in accordance with Section 12.5 as if such Participant were a Lender.

13.3 Assignments.

13.3.1. Permitted Assignments. A Lender may assign to an Eligible Assignee any of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, as long as (a) each assignment is of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of the transferor Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents and, in the case of a partial assignment, is in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in its discretion) and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount; (b) except in the case of an assignment in whole of a Lender’s rights and obligations, the aggregate amount of the Commitments retained by the transferor Lender is at least $10,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in its discretion); and (c) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to Agent, for its acceptance and recording, an Assignment and Acceptance. Nothing herein shall limit the right of a Lender to pledge or assign any rights under the Loan Documents to (i) any Federal Reserve Bank or the United States Treasury as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank, or (ii) counterparties to swap agreements relating to any Loans; provided, however, that any payment by Obligors to the assigning Lender in respect of any Obligations assigned as described in this sentence shall satisfy Obligors’ obligations hereunder to the extent of such payment, and no such assignment shall release the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder.

13.3.2. Effect; Effective Date. Upon delivery to Agent of an assignment notice in the form of Exhibit C and a processing fee of $3,500 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in its discretion), the assignment shall become effective as specified in the notice, if it complies with this Section 13.3. From such effective date, the Eligible Assignee shall for all purposes be a Lender under the Loan Documents, and shall have all rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder. Upon consummation of an assignment, the transferor Lender, Agent and Borrowers shall make appropriate arrangements for issuance of replacement and/or new Notes, as applicable. The transferee Lender shall comply with Section 5.10 and deliver, upon request, an administrative questionnaire satisfactory to Agent.

13.3.3. Certain Assignees. No assignment or participation may be made to an Obligor, Affiliate of an Obligor, Defaulting Lender or natural person. In connection with any assignment by a Defaulting Lender, such assignment shall be effective only upon payment by the Eligible Assignee or Defaulting Lender to Agent of an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution (through direct payment, purchases of participations or other compensating actions as Agent deems appropriate), (a) to satisfy all funding and payment liabilities then owing by the Defaulting Lender hereunder, and (b) to acquire its Pro Rata share of all Loans and LC Obligations. If an assignment by a Defaulting Lender shall become effective under Applicable Law for any reason without compliance with the foregoing sentence, then the assignee shall be deemed a Defaulting Lender for all purposes until such compliance occurs.

 

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13.4 Replacement of Certain Lenders. If a Lender (a) fails to give its consent to any amendment, waiver or action for which consent of all Lenders was required and Required Lenders consented, or (b) is a Defaulting Lender, then, in addition to any other rights and remedies that any Person may have, Agent or Borrower Agent may, by notice to such Lender within 120 days after such event, require such Lender to assign all of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to Eligible Assignee(s), pursuant to appropriate Assignment and Acceptance(s), within 20 days after the notice. Agent is irrevocably appointed as attorney-in-fact to execute any such Assignment and Acceptance if the Lender fails to execute it. Such Lender shall be entitled to receive, in cash, concurrently with such assignment, all amounts owed to it under the Loan Documents, including all principal, interest and fees through the date of assignment (but excluding any prepayment charge).

SECTION 14. MISCELLANEOUS

14.1 Consents, Amendments and Waivers.

14.1.1. Amendment. No modification of any Loan Document, including any extension or amendment of a Loan Document or any waiver of a Default or Event of Default, shall be effective without the prior written agreement of the Required Lenders or of Agent (with the consent of Required Lenders) and each Obligor party to such Loan Document; provided, however, that

(a) without the prior written consent of Agent, no modification shall be effective with respect to any provision in a Loan Document that relates to any rights, duties or discretion of Agent;

(b) without the prior written consent of each affected Issuing Bank, no modification shall be effective with respect to any LC Obligations, Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4, or any other provision in a Loan Document that relates to any rights, duties or discretion of such affected Issuing Bank;

(c) without the prior written consent of each affected Lender, including a Defaulting Lender, no modification shall be effective that would (i) increase the Commitment of such Lender; (ii) reduce the amount of, or waive or delay payment of, any principal, interest or fees payable to such Lender (except as provided in Section 4.2); (iii) extend the Commitment of such Lender, or (iv) amend this clause (c);

(d) without the prior written consent of all Lenders (except any Defaulting Lender), no modification shall be effective that would (i) extend the U.S. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, the U.K. Revolver Commitment Termination Date, the Canadian Revolver Commitment Termination Date or the Facility Termination Date, (ii) alter Section 5.6, 7.1 (except to add Collateral) or 14.1.1; (iii) amend the definition of Pro Rata, Supermajority Lenders, or Required Lenders; (iv) increase any advance rate; (v) release Collateral with a book value greater than $5,000,000 during any calendar year, except as currently contemplated by the Loan Documents; or (vi) release any Obligor from liability for any Obligations;

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defined term used in such definition) to the extent that any such amendment results in more credit being made available to U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Borrowing Base (or any defined term used in such definition) to the extent that any such amendment results in more credit being made available to the Canadian Borrower, or the U.K. Borrowing Base (or any defined term used in such definition) to the extent that any such amendment results in more credit being made available to the U.K. Borrower;

(f) without the prior written consent of a Secured Bank Product Provider, no modification shall be effective that affects its relative payment priority under Section 5.6;

(g) without the prior written consent of all Lenders, (i) the Obligations shall not be subordinated to any other obligations, and (ii) Agent shall not agree to subordinate its Liens in the Collateral to any other Liens except to the extent contemplated by Section 12.2.1; and

(h) without the prior written consent of all: (i) U.S. Lenders, amend the definition of U.S. Required Lenders, (ii) Canadian Lenders, amend the definition of Canadian Required Lenders, and (iii) U.K. Lenders, amend the definition of U.K. Required Lenders.

14.1.2. Limitations. The agreement of Obligors shall not be necessary to the effectiveness of any modification of a Loan Document that deals solely with the rights and duties of Lenders, Agent and/or Issuing Banks as among themselves. Only the consent of the parties to the Fee Letters or any agreement relating to a Bank Product shall be required for any modification of such agreement, and any non-Lender that is party to a Bank Product agreement shall have no right to participate in any manner in modification of any other Loan Document. Any waiver or consent granted by Agent or Lenders hereunder shall be effective only if in writing and only for the matter specified.

14.1.3. Payment for Consents. No Obligor will, directly or indirectly, pay any remuneration or other thing of value, whether by way of additional interest, fee or otherwise, to any Lender (in its capacity as a Lender hereunder) as consideration for agreement by such Lender with any modification of any Loan Documents, unless such remuneration or value is concurrently paid, on the same terms, on a Pro Rata basis to all Lenders providing their consent.

14.2 Indemnity. EACH OBLIGOR SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE INDEMNITEES AGAINST ANY CLAIMS THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE, INCLUDING CLAIMS ASSERTED BY ANY OBLIGOR OR OTHER PERSON OR ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF AN INDEMNITEE. In no event shall any party to a Loan Document have any obligation thereunder to indemnify or hold harmless an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim that is determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

14.3 Notices and Communications.

14.3.1. Notice Address. Subject to Section 4.1.4, all notices and other communications by or to a party hereto shall be in writing and shall be given to any Obligor, at Borrower Agent’s address shown on the signature pages hereof, and to any other Person at its

 

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address shown on the signature pages hereof (or, in the case of a Person who becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, at the address shown on its Assignment and Acceptance), or at such other address as a party may hereafter specify by notice in accordance with this Section 14.3. Each such notice or other communication shall be effective only (a) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the applicable facsimile number, if confirmation of receipt is received; (b) if given by mail, three Business Days after deposit in the mail, with first-class postage pre-paid, addressed to the applicable address; or (c) if given by personal delivery, when duly delivered to the notice address with receipt acknowledged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no notice to Agent pursuant to Section 2.1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1.2, 4.1.1 or 5.3.3 shall be effective until actually received by the individual to whose attention at Agent such notice is required to be sent. Any written notice or other communication that is not sent in conformity with the foregoing provisions shall nevertheless be effective on the date actually received by the noticed party. Any notice received by Borrower Agent shall be deemed received by all Obligors.

14.3.2. Electronic Communications; Voice Mail. Electronic mail and internet websites may be used only for routine communications, such as financial statements, Borrowing Base Certificates and other information required by Section 10.1.2, administrative matters, distribution of Loan Documents, and matters permitted under Section 4.1.4. Agent and Lenders make no assurances as to the privacy and security of electronic communications. Electronic and voice mail may not be used as effective notice under the Loan Documents.

14.3.3. Non-Conforming Communications. Agent and Lenders may rely upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of any Obligor even if such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not confirmed, or if the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from a later confirmation. Each Obligor shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from any liabilities, losses, costs and expenses arising from any telephonic communication purportedly given by or on behalf of an Obligor.

14.4 Performance of Obligors’ Obligations. Agent may, in its discretion at any time and from time to time, at the applicable Borrowers’ expense, pay any amount or do any act required of an Obligor under any Loan Documents or otherwise lawfully requested by Agent to (a) enforce any Loan Documents or collect any Obligations; (b) protect, insure, maintain or realize upon any Collateral; or (c) defend or maintain the validity or priority of Agent’s Liens in any Collateral, including any payment of a judgment, insurance premium, warehouse charge, finishing or processing charge, or landlord claim, or any discharge of a Lien. All payments, costs and expenses (including Extraordinary Expenses) of Agent under this Section shall be reimbursed to Agent by Borrowers, on demand, with interest from the date incurred to the date of payment thereof at the Default Rate applicable to U.S. Base Rate Loans. Any payment made or action taken by Agent under this Section shall be without prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default or to exercise any other rights or remedies under the Loan Documents.

14.5 Credit Inquiries. Each Obligor hereby authorizes Agent and Lenders (but they shall have no obligation) to respond to usual and customary credit inquiries from third parties concerning any Obligor or Subsidiary.

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invalid under Applicable Law, it shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity and the remaining provisions of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.

14.7 Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms. The provisions of the Loan Documents are cumulative. The parties acknowledge that the Loan Documents may use several limitations, tests or measurements to regulate similar matters, and they agree that these are cumulative and that each must be performed as provided. Except as otherwise provided in another Loan Document (by specific reference to the applicable provision of this Agreement), if any provision contained herein is in direct conflict with any provision in another Loan Document, the provision herein shall govern and control.

14.8 Counterparts. Any Loan Document may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement shall become effective when Agent has received counterparts bearing the signatures of all parties hereto. Delivery of a signature page of any Loan Document by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of such agreement.

14.9 Entire Agreement. Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents. The 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.

14.10 Relationship with Lenders. The obligations of each Lender hereunder are several, and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitments of any other Lender. Amounts payable hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt. It shall not be necessary for Agent or any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purposes. Nothing in this Agreement and no action of Agent, Lenders or any other Secured Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or otherwise shall be deemed to constitute Agent and any Secured Party to be a partnership, association, joint venture or any other kind of entity, nor to constitute control of any Obligor.

14.11 Lender Loss Sharing Agreement.

(a) Definitions. As used in this Section 14.11, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(i) CAM: the mechanism for the allocation and exchange of interests in the Loans, participations in Letters of Credit and collections thereunder established under Section 14.11(b).

(ii) CAM Exchange: the exchange of the U.S. Lenders’ interests, U.K. Lenders’ interests, and the Canadian Lenders’ interests provided for in Section 14.11(b).

(iii) CAM Exchange Date: the first date after the Closing Date on which there shall occur (a) any event described in Section 11.1(j) with respect to any Borrower, or (b) an acceleration of Loans and termination of the Commitments pursuant to Section 11.2.

 

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(iv) CAM Percentage: as to each Lender, a fraction, (a) the numerator of which shall be the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Commitments immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date and the termination of the Commitments, and (b) the denominator of which shall be the amount of the Commitments of all the Lenders immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date and the termination of the Commitments.

(v) Designated Obligations: all Obligations of the Borrowers with respect to (a) principal and interest under the U.S. Revolver Loans, U.K. Revolver Loans, Canadian Revolver Loans, Overadvance Loans and Protective Advances, (b) unreimbursed drawings under Letters of Credit and interest thereon, and (c) fees under Sections 3.2.1, 3.2.2(a), 3.2.3(a), and 3.2.4(a).

(vi) Revolver Facilities: the facility established under the U.S. Revolver Commitments, the U.K. Revolver Commitments, and the Canadian Revolver Commitments, and Revolver Facility means any one of such Revolver Facilities.

(b) CAM Exchange.

(i) On the CAM Exchange Date,

(A) the U.S. Revolver Commitments, the U.K. Revolver Commitments, and the Canadian Revolver Commitments shall have terminated in accordance with Section 11.2,

(B) each U.S. Lender shall fund its participation in any outstanding Protective Advances in accordance with Section 2.1.6, each U.K. Lender shall fund its participation in any outstanding Protective Advances in accordance with Section 2.1.6, and each Canadian Lender shall fund its participation in any outstanding Protective Advances in accordance with Section 2.1.6

(C) each U.S. Lender shall fund its participation in any unreimbursed drawings made under the applicable Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.3.2(b), each Canadian Lender shall fund its participation in any unreimbursed drawings made under the applicable Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.4.2(b), and each U.K. Lender shall fund its participation in any unreimbursed drawings made under the applicable Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.2.2(b), and

(D) the Lenders shall purchase at par interests (in Dollars) in the Designated Obligations under each Revolver Facility (and shall make payments to Agent for reallocation to other Lenders to the extent necessary to give effect to such purchases) and shall assume the obligations to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for unreimbursed drawings

 

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under outstanding Letters of Credit under such Revolver Facility such that, in lieu of the interests of each Lender in the Designated Obligations under the U.S. Revolver Commitments, the U.K. Revolver Commitments, and the Canadian Revolver Commitments in which it shall participate immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date, such Lender shall own an interest equal to such Lender’s CAM Percentage in each component of the Designated Obligations immediately following the CAM Exchange.

(ii) Each Lender and each Person acquiring a participation from any Lender as contemplated by Section 13.2 hereby consents and agrees to the CAM Exchange. Each Borrower agrees from time to time to execute and deliver to Lenders all such promissory notes and other instruments and documents as Agent shall reasonably request to evidence and confirm the respective interests and obligations of Lenders after giving effect to the CAM Exchange, and each Lender agrees to surrender any promissory notes originally received by it in connection with its Loans under this Agreement to Agent against delivery of any promissory notes so executed and delivered; provided that the failure of any Lender to deliver or accept any such promissory note, instrument or document shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the CAM Exchange.

(iii) As a result of the CAM Exchange, from and after the CAM Exchange Date, each payment received by Agent pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of any of the Designated Obligations shall be distributed to Lenders, pro rata in accordance with their respective CAM Percentages.

(iv) In the event that on or after the CAM Exchange Date, the aggregate amount of the Designated Obligations shall change as a result of the making of a disbursement under a Letter of Credit by any Issuing Bank that is not reimbursed by the applicable Borrowers, then each Lender shall promptly reimburse such Issuing Bank for its CAM Percentage of such unreimbursed payment.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 14.11, Agent and each Lender agree that if Agent or a Lender is required under Applicable Law to withhold or deduct any taxes or other amounts from payments made by it hereunder or as a result hereof, such Person shall be entitled to withhold or deduct such amounts and pay over such taxes or other amounts to the applicable Governmental Authority imposing such tax without any obligation to indemnify Agent or any Lender with respect to such amounts and without any other obligation of gross up or offset with respect thereto and there shall be no recourse whatsoever by Agent or any Lender subject to such withholding to Agent or any other Lender making such withholding and paying over such amounts, but without diminution of the rights of Agent or such Lender subject to such withholding as against Borrowers and the other Obligors to the extent (if any) provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Any amounts so withheld or deducted shall be treated as, for the purpose of this Section 14.11, having been paid to Agent or such Lender with respect to which such withholding or deduction was made.

 

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14.12 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated by any Loan Document, Obligors acknowledge and agree that (a)(i) this credit facility and any related arranging or other services by Agent, any Lender, any of their Affiliates or any arranger are arm’s-length commercial transactions between Obligors and such Person; (ii) Obligors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate; and (iii) Obligors are capable of evaluating, and understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents; (b) each of Agent, Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger 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 Obligors, any of their Affiliates or any other Person, and has no obligation with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents except as expressly set forth therein; and (c) Agent, Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Obligors and their Affiliates, and have no obligation to disclose any of such interests to Obligors or their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Obligor hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against Agent, Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger with respect to any breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any transaction contemplated by a Loan Document.

14.13 Confidentiality. Each of Agent, Lenders and Issuing Banks shall maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates, and to its and their partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (provided such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the Information and instructed to keep it confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates; (c) to the extent required by Applicable Law or by any subpoena or other legal process; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with any action or proceeding, or other exercise of rights or remedies, relating to any Loan Documents or Obligations; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as this Section, to any Transferee or any actual or prospective party (or its advisors) to any Bank Product; (g) with the consent of Borrower Agent; or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) is available to Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any of their Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Obligors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent and Lenders may publish or disseminate general information describing this credit facility, including the names and addresses of Obligors and a general description of Obligors’ businesses, and may use Obligors’ logos, trademarks or product photographs in advertising materials. As used herein, “Information” means all information received from an Obligor or Subsidiary relating to it or its business that is identified as confidential when delivered. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to have complied if it exercises the same degree of care that it accords its own confidential information. Each of Agent, Lenders and Issuing Banks acknowledges that (i) Information may include material non-public information concerning an Obligor or Subsidiary; (ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; and (iii) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with Applicable Law, including federal, state, provincial and territorial securities laws.

 

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14.14 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES (BUT GIVING EFFECT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATION LAW AND FEDERAL LAWS RELATING TO NATIONAL BANKS).

14.15 Consent to Forum; Judicial Reference.

14.15.1. Forum. EACH OBLIGOR HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT SITTING IN OR WITH JURISDICTION OVER NEW YORK, NEW YORK, IN ANY PROCEEDING OR DISPUTE RELATING IN ANY WAY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE BROUGHT BY IT SOLELY IN ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OBLIGOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL CLAIMS, OBJECTIONS AND DEFENSES THAT IT MAY HAVE REGARDING SUCH COURT’S PERSONAL OR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, VENUE OR INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 14.3.1. Nothing herein shall limit the right of Agent or any Lender to bring proceedings against any Obligor in any other court, nor limit the right of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to preclude enforcement by Agent of any judgment or order obtained in any forum or jurisdiction.

14.15.2. Judicial Reference. If any controversy or claim among the parties relating in any way to any Obligations or Loan Documents, including any alleged tort, shall be pending before any court sitting in or with jurisdiction over California or applying California law, then at the request of any party such proceeding shall be referred by the court to a referee (who shall be an active or retired judge) to hear and determine all issues in such proceeding (whether of fact or law) and to report a statement of decision for adoption by the court. Nothing in this Section shall limit any right of Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise self-help remedies, such as setoff, foreclosure or sale of any Collateral, or to obtain provisional or ancillary remedies from a court of competent jurisdiction before, during or after any judicial reference. The exercise of a remedy does not waive the right of any party to resort to judicial reference. At Agent’s option, foreclosure under a mortgage or deed of trust may be accomplished either by exercise of power of sale thereunder or by judicial foreclosure.

14.16 Waivers by Obligors. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Obligor waives (a) the right to trial by jury (which Agent and each Lender hereby also waives) in any proceeding or dispute of any kind relating in any way to any Loan Documents, Obligations or Collateral; (b) presentment, demand, protest, notice of presentment, default, non-payment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any commercial paper, accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper and guaranties at any time held by Agent on which an Obligor may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies anything Agent may do in this regard; (c) notice prior to taking possession or control of any Collateral; (d) any bond or security that might be required by a court prior to allowing Agent to exercise any rights or remedies; (e) the benefit of all valuation,

 

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appraisement and exemption laws; (f) any claim against Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) in any way relating to any Enforcement Action, Obligations, Loan Documents or transactions relating thereto; and (g) notice of acceptance hereof. Each Obligor acknowledges that the foregoing waivers are a material inducement to Agent, Issuing Banks and Lenders entering into this Agreement and that they are relying upon the foregoing in their dealings with Obligors. Each Obligor has reviewed the foregoing waivers with its legal counsel and has knowingly and voluntarily waived its jury trial and other rights following consultation with legal counsel. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.

14.17 Patriot Act Notice. Agent and Lenders hereby notify Obligors that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, the Proceeds of Crime Act and other applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing, government sanction and “know your client” policies, regulations, laws or rules (the Proceeds of Crime Act and such other applicable policies, regulations, laws or rules, collectively, including any guidelines or orders thereunder, “AML Legislation”), Agent and Lenders are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Obligor, including its legal name, address, tax ID number and other information that will allow Agent and Lenders to identify it in accordance with the Patriot Act and the AML Legislation. Agent and Lenders will also require information regarding each personal guarantor, if any, and may require information regarding Obligors’ management and owners, such as legal name, address, social security number and date of birth. Each Obligor shall promptly provide all such information, including supporting documentation and other evidence, as may be reasonably requested by any Lender or any prospective assignee or participant of a Lender, in order to comply with the Patriot Act and/or the applicable AML Legislation, whether now or hereafter in existence.

14.18 Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Legislation. If the Agent has ascertained the identity of any Canadian Facility Obligor or any authorized signatories of any Canadian Facility Obligor for the purposes of applicable AML Legislation, then the Agent: (a) shall be deemed to have done so as an agent for each Canadian Lender, and this Agreement shall constitute a “written agreement” in such regard between each Canadian Lender and the Agent within the meaning of the applicable AML Legislation; and (b) shall provide to each Canadian Lender copies of all information obtained in such regard without any representation or warranty as to its accuracy or completeness. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence and except as may otherwise be agreed in writing, each of the Canadian Lenders agrees that Agent has no obligation to ascertain the identity of the Canadian Facility Obligors or any authorized signatories of the Canadian Facility Obligors on behalf of any Canadian Lender, or to confirm the completeness or accuracy of any information it obtains from any Canadian Facility Obligor or any such authorized signatory in doing so.

14.19 Reinstatement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Obligor for liquidation or reorganization, should any Obligor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of such Obligor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to Applicable

 

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Law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference”, “fraudulent conveyance” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

14.20 Nonliability of Lenders. Neither the Agent, any Issuing Bank nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to any Obligor to review or inform any Obligor of any matter in connection with any phase of any Obligor’s business or operations. Each Obligor agrees, on behalf of itself and each other Obligor, that neither the Agent, any Issuing Bank nor any Lender shall have liability to any Obligor (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by any Obligor in connection with, arising out of or in any way related to any of the transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless it is determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such losses resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party from which recovery is sought or a breach of obligations under this Agreement by the party from which recovery is sought. NEITHER THE AGENT NOR ANY LENDER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE BY OTHERS OF ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIALS OBTAINED THROUGH INTRALINKS OR OTHER SIMILAR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

14.21 Know Your Customer Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent.

14.22 Amendment and Restatement.

14.22.1. This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and, upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement shall, subject to Section 14.22.3, be superseded hereby.

14.22.2. Notwithstanding the amendment and restatement of the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement by this Agreement, all of the Obligations under the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement which remain outstanding as of the date hereof, shall constitute Obligations owing hereunder. This Agreement is given in substitution for the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, and not as payment of the Obligations of the Borrowers thereunder, and is in no way intended to constitute a novation of the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement.

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connection therewith shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement. Except as expressly modified as of the Closing Date, all of the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all security interests, pledges, assignments and other Liens and Guarantees previously granted by any Obligor pursuant to the Loan Documents executed and delivered in connection with the Original Loan Agreement or the Original Amended and Restated Loan Agreement are hereby reaffirmed, ratified, renewed and continued, and all such security interests, pledges, assignments and other Liens and Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect as security for the Obligations on and after the Closing Date.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered as of the date set forth above.

 

CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, as a U.S. Borrower, U.S. Facility Guarantor, U.K. Facility Guarantor, and Canadian Facility Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Bradley J. Holiday

Name:

 

Bradley J. Holiday

Title:

 

Senior Executive Vice President and

 

Chief Financial Officer

Address:

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

Attn: General Counsel

Fax: 709-930-5022

CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY, a California corporation, as a U.S. Borrower, U.S. Facility Guarantor, U.K. Facility Guarantor, and Canadian Facility Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Bradley J. Holiday

Name:

 

Bradley J. Holiday

Title:

 

Director

Address:

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

Attn: General Counsel

Fax: 709-930-5022

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.,

a Delaware corporation, as a U.S. Borrower, U.S. Facility Guarantor, U.K. Facility Guarantor, and Canadian Facility Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Bradley J. Holiday

Name:  

Bradley J. Holiday

Title:  

Director

Address:
 

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

Attn: General Counsel

  Fax: 709-930-5022

CALLAWAY GOLF CANADA LTD.,

a Canada corporation, as the Canadian Borrower and a U.K. Facility Guarantor,

By:  

/s/ Bradley J. Holiday

Name:  

Bradley J. Holiday

Title:  

Director

Address:
 

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

Attn: General Counsel

  Fax: 709-930-5022

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LTD.,

a company organized under the laws of England and Wales, as the U.K. Borrower and a Canadian Facility Guarantor,

By:  

/s/ Bradley J. Holiday

Name:  

Bradley J. Holiday

Title:  

Director

Address:
 

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

Attn: General Counsel

  Fax: 709-930-5022

CALLAWAY GOLF INTERACTIVE, INC.

a Texas corporation, as a U.S. Facility Guarantor, U.K. Facility Guarantor, and Canadian Facility Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Bradley J. Holiday

Name:  

Bradley J. Holiday

Title:  

Director

Address:
 

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

Attn: General Counsel

  Fax: 709-930-5022

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


CALLAWAY GOLF INTERNATIONAL SALES COMPANY,

a California corporation, as a U.S. Facility Guarantor, U.K. Facility Guarantor, and Canadian Facility Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Bradley J. Holiday

Name:  

Bradley J. Holiday

Title:  

Director and President

Address:
 

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

Attn: General Counsel

  Fax: 709-930-5022

CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPEAN HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED,

a private limited company organized under the laws of England, as a U.K. Facility Guarantor and a Canadian Facility Guarantor,

By:  

/s/ Jeffrey M. Colton

Name:  

Jeffrey M. Colton

Title:  

President

Address:
 

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

Attn: General Counsel

  Fax: 709-930-5022

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Agent and a U.S. Lender

By:  

/s/ Todd Eggertsen

Name:  

Todd Eggertsen

Title:  

Vice President

Address:
  55 S. Lake Ave., Suite 900
  Pasadena, California 91101
  Attn: Todd Eggertsen or Callaway Account Executive
  Telecopy: (626) 584-4602

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

(acting through its Canada branch), as a Canadian Lender

By:  

/s/ Medina Sales de Andrade

Name:  

Medina Sales de Andrade

Title:  

Vice President

Address:
 

181 Bay Street

Toronto, Ontario, M5J2V8

Attn: Teresa Tsui

Fax: (312) 453-4041

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

(acting through its London branch), as U.K. Lender

By:  

/s/ Todd Eggertsen

Name:  

Todd Eggertsen

Title:  

Vice President

Address:
  55 S. Lake Ave., Suite 900
  Pasadena, California 91101
  Attn: Todd Eggertsen or Callaway Account Executive
  Telecopy: (626) 584-4602

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC,

as a U.S. Lender

By:  

/s/ Irja R. Otsa

Name:  

Irja R. Otsa

Title:  

Associate Director

By:  

/s/ Mary E. Evans

Name:  

Mary E. Evans

Title:  

Associate Director

Address:
  677 Washington Blvd., 6th Floor
  Stamford, CT 06901
  Attn: Jitesh Hotwani – Banking
  Products Services
  Fax: (203) 719-3888
  Email: sh-obp@ubs.com

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


UBS AG CANADA BRANCH,

as a Canadian Lender

By:  

/s/ Irja R. Otsa

Name:  

Irja R. Otsa

Title:  

Associate Director

By:  

/s/ Mary E. Evans

Name:  

Mary E. Evans

Title:  

Associate Director

Address:
  677 Washington Blvd., 6th Floor
  Stamford, CT 06901
  Attn: Jitesh Hotwani – Banking
  Products Services
  Fax: (203) 719-3888
  Email: sh-obp@ubs.com

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC,

as a U.K. Lender

By:  

/s/ Irja R. Otsa

Name:  

Irja R. Otsa

Title:  

Associate Director

By:  

/s/ Mary E. Evans

Name:  

Mary E. Evans

Title:  

Associate Director

Address:
  677 Washington Blvd., 6th Floor
  Stamford, CT 06901
  Attn: Jitesh Hotwani – Banking
  Products Services
  Fax: (203) 719-3888
  Email: sh-obp@ubs.com

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


WELLS FARGO BANK N.A.,

as a U.S. Lender

By:  

/s/ Thomas Forbath

Name:  

Thomas Forbath

Title:  

VP

Address:
  2450 Colorado Ave., Suite 3000 W.
  Santa Monica, CA 90404
  Attn: Terry Luh, Relationship
  Manager
  Fax: (855) 475-1938

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA,

as a Canadian Lender

By:  

/s/ Domenic Cosentino

Name:  

Domenic Cosentino

Title:  

Vice President

Address:
  40 King Street West, Suite 2500
  Toronto, Ontario M5H3Y2
  Attn: Terry Luh, Relationship
  Manager
  Fax: (855) 475-1938
With a copy to:
  2450 Colorado Ave., Suite 3000 W.
  Santa Monica, CA 90404
  Attn: Terry Luh, Relationship
  Manager
  Fax: (855) 475-1938

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

(London Branch), as a U.K. Lender

By:  

/s/ Connor J. Duffy

Name:  

Connor J. Duffy

Title:  

Senior Vice President

Address:
  One Plantation Place
  30 Fenchurch Street
  London, EC3M 3BD
  Attn: Anja Best, SVP Global
  Banking
  Fax: +44 20 7929 464
With a copy to:
  2450 Colorado Ave., Suite 3000 W.
  Santa Monica, CA 90404
  Attn: Terry Luh, Relationship
  Manager
  Fax: (855) 475-1938

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


SUNTRUST BANK,

as a U.S. Lender

By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Metts

Name:  

Stephen D. Metts

Title:  

Director

Address:
  303 Peachtree Street NE, 23rd Floor
  Atlanta, GA 30308
  Attn: Steve Metts
  Fax: (404) 813-5890

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


SUNTRUST BANK,

as a Canadian Lender

By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Metts

Name:  

Stephen D. Metts

Title:  

Director

Address:
  303 Peachtree Street NE, 23rd Floor
  Atlanta, GA 30308
  Attn: Steve Metts
  Fax: (404) 813-5890

[Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]


EXHIBIT A-1

to

Second Amended and Restated

Loan and Security Agreement

CANADIAN REVOLVER NOTE

 

[Date]    $                New York, New York

CALLAWAY GOLF CANADA LTD., a Canadian corporation (the “Canadian Borrower”), for value received, hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of                      (the “Canadian Lender”), the principal sum of          DOLLARS ($        ), or such lesser amount as may be advanced by or owed to the Canadian Lender as Canadian Revolver Loans and owing as Canadian LC Obligations from time to time under the Loan Agreement described below, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Terms are used herein as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of             , 2011, among Callaway Golf Company, Callaway Golf Sales Company, Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc., Callaway Golf Europe Ltd., the Canadian Borrower, certain Affiliates of the Canadian Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, the Canadian Lender and certain other financial institutions, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed or extended from time to time (the “Loan Agreement”).

Principal of and interest on this Note from time to time outstanding shall be due and payable as provided in the Loan Agreement. This Note is issued pursuant to and evidences Canadian Revolver Loans and Canadian LC Obligations under the Loan Agreement, to which reference is made for a statement of the rights and obligations of the Canadian Lender and the duties and obligations of the Canadian Borrower. The Loan Agreement contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the happening of certain stated events, and for the borrowing, prepayment and reborrowing of amounts upon specified terms and conditions.

The holder of this Note is hereby authorized by the Canadian Borrower to record on a schedule annexed to this Note (or on a supplemental schedule) the amounts owing with respect to Canadian Revolver Loans and Canadian LC Obligations, and the payment thereof. Failure to make any notation, however, shall not affect the rights of the holder of this Note or any obligations of the Canadian Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Documents.

Time is of the essence of this Note. The Canadian Borrower and all endorsers, sureties and guarantors of this Note hereby severally waive demand, presentment for payment, protest, notice of protest, notice of intention to accelerate the maturity of this Note, diligence in collecting, the bringing of any suit against any party, and any notice of or defense on account of any extensions, renewals, partial payments or changes in any manner of or in this Note or in any of its terms, provisions and covenants, or any releases or substitutions of any security, or any delay, indulgence or other act of any trustee or any holder hereof, whether before or after maturity. The Canadian Borrower agrees to pay, and to save the holder of this Note harmless against, any liability for the payment of all costs and expenses in connection therewith (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) if this Note is collected by or through an attorney-at-law.

In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to the holder of this Note for the use, forbearance or detention of money advanced hereunder exceed the highest lawful rate permitted under Applicable Law. If any such excess amount is inadvertently paid by the Canadian Borrower or inadvertently received by the holder of this Note, such excess shall be returned to the


Canadian Borrower or credited as a payment of principal, in accordance with the Loan Agreement. It is the intent hereof that the Canadian Borrower not pay or contract to pay, and that holder of this Note not receive or contract to receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be paid by the Canadian Borrower under Applicable Law.

This Note shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any conflict of law principles (but giving effect to federal laws relating to national banks).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Revolver Note is executed as of the date set forth above.

 

CALLAWAY GOLF CANADA LTD.,

a Canadian corporation

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 


EXHIBIT A-2

to

Second Amended and Restated

Loan and Security Agreement

U.S. REVOLVER NOTE

 

[Date]    $                New York, New York

CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY, a California corporation and CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (collectively, “U.S. Borrowers”), for value received, hereby unconditionally promise to pay, on a joint and several basis, to the order of                      (“U.S. Lender”), the principal sum of          DOLLARS ($        ), or such lesser amount as may be advanced by U.S. Lender as U.S. Revolver Loans and owing as U.S. LC Obligations from time to time under the Loan Agreement described below, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Terms are used herein as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of             , 2011, among U.S. Borrowers, Callaway Golf Canada Ltd., Callaway Golf Europe Ltd., certain Affiliates of U.S. Borrowers, Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, U.S. Lender, and certain other financial institutions, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed or extended from time to time (the “Loan Agreement”).

Principal of and interest on this Note from time to time outstanding shall be due and payable as provided in the Loan Agreement. This Note is issued pursuant to and evidences U.S. Revolver Loans and U.S. LC Obligations under the Loan Agreement, to which reference is made for a statement of the rights and obligations of U.S. Lender and the duties and obligations of U.S. Borrowers. The Loan Agreement contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the happening of certain stated events, and for the borrowing, prepayment and reborrowing of amounts upon specified terms and conditions.

The holder of this Note is hereby authorized by U.S. Borrowers to record on a schedule annexed to this Note (or on a supplemental schedule) the amounts owing with respect to U.S. Revolver Loans and U.S. LC Obligations, and the payment thereof. Failure to make any notation, however, shall not affect the rights of the holder of this Note or any obligations of U.S. Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Documents.

Time is of the essence of this Note. Each U.S. Borrower and all endorsers, sureties and guarantors of this Note hereby severally waive demand, presentment for payment, protest, notice of protest, notice of intention to accelerate the maturity of this Note, diligence in collecting, the bringing of any suit against any party, and any notice of or defense on account of any extensions, renewals, partial payments, or changes in any manner of or in this Note or in any of its terms, provisions and covenants, or any releases or substitutions of any security, or any delay, indulgence or other act of any trustee or any holder hereof, whether before or after maturity. U.S. Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay, and to save the holder of this Note harmless against, any liability for the payment of all costs and expenses in connection therewith (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) if this Note is collected by or through an attorney-at-law.

In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to the holder of this Note for the use, forbearance or detention of money advanced hereunder exceed the highest lawful rate permitted under Applicable Law. If any such excess amount is inadvertently paid by U.S. Borrowers


or inadvertently received by the holder of this Note, such excess shall be returned to U.S. Borrowers or credited as a payment of principal, in accordance with the Loan Agreement. It is the intent hereof that U.S. Borrowers not pay or contract to pay, and that holder of this Note not receive or contract to receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be paid by U.S. Borrowers under Applicable Law.

This Note shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any conflict of law principles (but giving effect to federal laws relating to national banks).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Revolver Note is executed as of the date set forth above.

 

Attest:     CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY,
    a Delaware corporation

 

Secretary

     
    By  

 

[Seal]     Title:  
Attest:     CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY,
    a California corporation

 

Secretary

     
    By  

 

[Seal]     Title:  
Attest:     CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.,
    a Delaware corporation

 

Secretary

     
    By  

 

[Seal]     Title:  


EXHIBIT A-3

to

Second Amended and Restated

Loan and Security Agreement

U.K. REVOLVER NOTE

 

[Date]    $                New York, New York

CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LTD., a company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the “U.K. Borrower”), for value received, hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of                      (the “U.K. Lender”), the principal sum of          DOLLARS ($]        ), or such lesser amount as may be advanced by or owed to the U.K. Lender as U.K. Revolver Loans and owing as U.K. LC Obligations from time to time under the Loan Agreement described below, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Terms are used herein as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December     , 2011, among Callaway Golf Company, Callaway Golf Sales Company, Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc., Callaway Golf Canada Ltd., the U.K. Borrower, certain Affiliates of the U.K. Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, the U.K. Lender and certain other financial institutions, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed or extended from time to time (the “Loan Agreement”).

Principal of and interest on this Note from time to time outstanding shall be due and payable as provided in the Loan Agreement. This Note is issued pursuant to and evidences U.K. Revolver Loans and U.K. LC Obligations under the Loan Agreement, to which reference is made for a statement of the rights and obligations of the U.K. Lender and the duties and obligations of the U.K. Borrower. The Loan Agreement contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the happening of certain stated events, and for the borrowing, prepayment and reborrowing of amounts upon specified terms and conditions.

The holder of this Note is hereby authorized by the U.K. Borrower to record on a schedule annexed to this Note (or on a supplemental schedule) the amounts owing with respect to U.K. Revolver Loans and U.K. LC Obligations, and the payment thereof. Failure to make any notation, however, shall not affect the rights of the holder of this Note or any obligations of the U.K. Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Documents.

Time is of the essence of this Note. The U.K. Borrower and all endorsers, sureties and guarantors of this Note hereby severally waive demand, presentment for payment, protest, notice of protest, notice of intention to accelerate the maturity of this Note, diligence in collecting, the bringing of any suit against any party, and any notice of or defense on account of any extensions, renewals, partial payments or changes in any manner of or in this Note or in any of its terms, provisions and covenants, or any releases or substitutions of any security, or any delay, indulgence or other act of any trustee or any holder hereof, whether before or after maturity. The U.K. Borrower agrees to pay, and to save the holder of this Note harmless against, any liability for the payment of all costs and expenses in connection therewith (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) if this Note is collected by or through an attorney-at-law.

In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to the holder of this Note for the use, forbearance or detention of money advanced hereunder exceed the highest lawful rate permitted under Applicable Law. If any such excess amount is inadvertently paid by the U.K.


Borrower or inadvertently received by the holder of this Note, such excess shall be returned to the U.K. Borrower or credited as a payment of principal, in accordance with the Loan Agreement. It is the intent hereof that the U.K. Borrower not pay or contract to pay, and that holder of this Note not receive or contract to receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be paid by the U.K. Borrower under Applicable Law.

This Note shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any conflict of law principles (but giving effect to federal laws relating to national banks).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Revolver Note is executed as of the date set forth above.

 

CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LTD.,

a company organized under the laws of England and Wales,

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 


EXHIBIT B

to

Second Amended and Restated

Loan and Security Agreement

ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of [            ], 2011, as amended (“Loan Agreement”), among CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY, a California corporation (“Callaway Sales”), CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Callaway Operations”, and together with Parent and Callaway Sales, collectively, “U.S. Borrowers”), CALLAWAY GOLF CANADA LTD., a Canada corporation (“Canadian Borrower”), CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LTD. (“UK Borrower” and together with the U.S. Borrowers and the Canadian Borrower, collectively, “Borrowers”), the other Obligors from time to time party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (“Agent”) for the financial institutions from time to time party to the Loan Agreement (“Lenders”), and such Lenders. Terms are used herein as defined in the Loan Agreement.

                                          (“Assignor”) and                                                      (“Assignee”) agree as follows:

1. Assignor hereby assigns to Assignee and Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from Assignor (a) a principal amount of $         of Assignor’s outstanding U.S. Revolver Loans and $         of Assignor’s participations in U.S. LC Obligations, (b) a principal amount of $         of Assignor’s outstanding Canadian Revolver Loans and $         of Assignor’s participations in Canadian LC Obligations, (c) a principal amount of $ of Assignor’s outstanding U.K. Revolver Loans and $ of Assignor’s participations in U.K. LC Obligations, (d) the amount of $         of Assignor’s U.S. Revolver Commitment (which represents     % of the total U.S. Revolver Commitments), (e) the amount of $         of Assignor’s Canadian Revolver Commitment (which represents     % of the total Canadian Revolver Commitments), and (f) the amount of $ of Assignor’s U.K. Revolver Commitment (which represents     % of the total U.K. Revolver Commitments) (the foregoing items being, collectively, the “Assigned Interest”), together with an interest in the Loan Documents corresponding to the Assigned Interest. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date (the “Effective Date”) indicated in the corresponding Assignment Notice delivered to Agent, provided such Assignment Notice is executed by Assignor, Assignee, Agent and Borrower Agent, if applicable. From and after the Effective Date, Assignee hereby expressly assumes, and undertakes to perform, all of Assignor’s obligations in respect of the Assigned Interest, and all principal, interest, fees and other amounts which would otherwise be payable to or for Assignor’s account in respect of the Assigned Interest shall be payable to or for Assignee’s account, to the extent such amounts accrue on or after the Effective Date.

2. Assignor (a) represents that as of the date hereof, prior to giving effect to this assignment, its U.S. Revolver Commitment is $        , the outstanding balance of its U.S. Revolver Loans and participations in U.S. LC Obligations is $        , its Canadian Revolver Commitment is $        , the outstanding balance of its Canadian Revolver Loans and participations in Canadian LC Obligations is $        , its U.K. Revolver Commitment is $        , the outstanding balance of its U.K. Revolver Loans and participations in U.K. LC Obligations is $        ; (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made


in or in connection with the Loan Agreement or as to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that Assignor is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; and (c) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of Obligors or the performance by Obligors of their obligations under the Loan Documents. [Assignor is attaching the Note[s] held by it and requests that Agent exchange such Note[s] for new Notes payable to Assignee [and Assignor].]

3. Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (b) confirms that it has received copies of the Loan Agreement and such other Loan Documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (c) agrees that it shall, independently and without reliance upon Assignor and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents; (d) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (e) appoints and authorizes Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan Agreement as are delegated to Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; (f) agrees that it will observe and perform all obligations that are required to be performed by it as a “Lender” under the Loan Documents; and (g) represents and warrants that the assignment evidenced hereby will not result in a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” under Section 406 of ERISA.

4. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. If any provision is found to be invalid under Applicable Law, it shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

5. Each notice or other communication hereunder shall be in writing, shall be sent by messenger, by telecopy or facsimile transmission, or by first-class mail, shall be deemed given when sent and shall be sent as follows:

 

  (a) If to Assignee, to the following address (or to such other address as Assignee may designate from time to time):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  (b) If to Assignor, to the following address (or to such other address as Assignor may designate from time to time):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments hereunder shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available Dollars as follows:

If to Assignee, to the following account (or to such other account as Assignee may designate from time to time):

 

 

 


    

 
ABA No.   

 

 

 

 
Account No.   

 

 
Reference:  

 

 

If to Assignor, to the following account (or to such other account as Assignor may designate from time to time):

 

 

 

    

 
ABA No.  

 

 

 

 
Account No.   

 

 
Reference:  

 

 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Assignment and Acceptance is executed as of             .

 

 

(“Assignee”)
By  

 

Title:  

 

(“Assignor”)
By  

 

Title:  


EXHIBIT C

to

Second Amended and Restated

Loan and Security Agreement

ASSIGNMENT NOTICE

Reference is made to (1) the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of [            ], 2011, as amended (“Loan Agreement”), among CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY, a California corporation (“Callaway Sales”), CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Callaway Operations”, and together with Parent and Callaway Sales, collectively, “U.S. Borrowers”), CALLAWAY GOLF CANADA LTD., a Canada corporation (“Canadian Borrower”), CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LTD. (“UK Borrower” and together with the U.S. Borrowers and the Canadian Borrower, collectively, “Borrowers”), the other Obligors from time to time party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (“Agent”) for the financial institutions from time to time party to the Loan Agreement (“Lenders”), and such Lenders; and (2) the Assignment and Acceptance dated as of             , 20    (“Assignment Agreement”), between             (“Assignor”) and                     (“Assignee”). Terms are used herein as defined in the Loan Agreement.

Assignor hereby notifies Borrower Agent and Agent of Assignor’s intent to assign to Assignee pursuant to the Assignment Agreement (a) a principal amount of $        of Assignor’s outstanding U.S. Revolver Loans and $        of Assignor’s participations in U.S. LC Obligations, (b) a principal amount of $        of Assignor’s outstanding Canadian Revolver Loans and $        of Assignor’s participations in Canadian LC Obligations, (c) a principal amount of $ of Assignor’s outstanding U.K. Revolver Loans and $ of Assignor’s participations in U.K. LC Obligations, (d) the amount of $        of Assignor’s U.S. Revolver Commitment (which represents     % of the total U.S. Revolver Commitments), (e) the amount of $        of Assignor’s Canadian Revolver Commitment (which represents     % of the total Canadian Revolver Commitments), and (f) the amount of $ of Assignor’s U.K. Revolver Commitment (which represents     % of the total U.K. Revolver Commitments) (the foregoing items being, collectively, the “Assigned Interest”), together with an interest in the Loan Documents corresponding to the Assigned Interest1. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date (the “Effective Date”) indicated below, provided this Assignment Notice is executed by Assignor, Assignee, Agent and, if applicable, Borrower Agent. Pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, Assignee has expressly assumed all of Assignor’s obligations under the Loan Agreement to the extent of the Assigned Interest, as of the Effective Date.

For purposes of the Loan Agreement, Agent shall deem (a) Assignor’s U.S. Revolver Commitment to be reduced by $        , and Assignee’s U.S. Revolver Commitment to be increased by $        , (b) Assignor’s Canadian Revolver Commitment to be reduced by $        , and Assignee’s Canadian Revolver Commitment to be increased by $        , and (c) Assignor’s U.K. Revolver Commitments to be reduced by $        , and Assignee’s U.K. Revolver Commitments to be increased by $        .

The address of Assignee to which notices and information are to be sent under the terms of the Loan Agreement is:

 

 

1

Minimum assignment amounts are as set forth in Section 13.3.1 of the Loan Agreement.


 

 

 

 

 

 

The address of Assignee to which payments are to be sent under the terms of the Loan Agreement is shown in the Assignment and Acceptance.

This Notice is being delivered to Borrower Agent and Agent pursuant to Section 13.3 of the Loan Agreement. Please acknowledge your acceptance of this Notice by executing and returning to Assignee and Assignor a copy of this Notice.

For purposes of the Loan Agreement, Assignee notifies to Agent that it is: [not a U.K. Qualified Lender]/[a U.K. Qualified Lender (other than a Treaty Lender)]/[a Treaty Lender].**

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Assignment Notice is executed as of                     .

 

 

(“Assignee”)
By  

 

Title:  

 

(“Assignor”)
By  

 

Title:  

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED,

AS OF THE DATE SET FORTH ABOVE:

BORROWER AGENT:*

 

 

By  

 

Title:  

 

 

** Delete as applicable. Each Assignee is required to confirm to Agent within which of these categories it falls for United Kingdom withholding tax purposes in relation to U.K. Facility Obligations.


* No signature required if Assignee is a Lender, a U.S. based Affiliate of a Lender, if such Person is to hold U.S. Facility Obligations, an Approved Fund, if such Person is to hold Canadian Facility Obligations, a Canadian Qualified Lender and an Affiliate of a U.S. Lender, or if such Person is to hold U.K. Facility Obligations, at all times, other than during any Event of Default, a U.K. Qualified lender and an Affiliate of a U.S. Lender, or if an Event of Default exists.

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Agent

 

By  

 

Title:  


EXHIBIT D

to

Second Amended and Restated

Loan and Security Agreement

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Financial Statement Date:                     

To: Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of [            ], 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Callaway Golf Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Callaway Golf Sales Company, a California corporation (“Callaway Sales”), Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Callaway Operations”, and together with Parent and Callaway Sales, collectively, “U.S. Borrowers”), Callaway Golf Canada Ltd., a Canada corporation (“Canadian Borrower”), Callaway Golf Europe Ltd. (“UK Borrower” and together with the U.S. Borrowers and the Canadian Borrower, collectively, “Borrowers”), the other Obligors party thereto from time to time, the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders (collectively, “Lenders”), and Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (“Agent”).

The undersigned Senior Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that he/she is the                                           of the Parent, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to Agent on the behalf of the Parent, and that:

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements]

1. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the year-end financial statements required by Section 10.1.1(a) of the Agreement for the Fiscal Year of Parent ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such section.

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements]

1. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the interim management financial statements required by Section 10.1.1(b) of the Agreement for the fiscal quarter of Parent ended as of the above date. Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal month-end financial statements]

1. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the interim management financial statements required by Section 10.1.1(c) of the Agreement for the fiscal month of Parent ended as of the above date. Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and


cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with historical practices as of such date for such period.

2. The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made under his/her supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Parent and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.

3. There exists no event or circumstance which is or which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both would constitute an Event of Default, as that term is defined in the Loan Agreement, or, if such an event or circumstance exists, a writing attached hereto specifies the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and the action that Borrowers or the other applicable Obligors have taken or propose to take with respect thereto.

4. The representations and warranties of the Parent and its Subsidiaries contained in Section 9 of the Agreement, and/or any representations and warranties of the Borrowers or any other Obligor that are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection with the Loan Documents, are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date.

5. The financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule 2 attached hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.2

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of             ,         .

 

CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY,

as Parent

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

2 

To be provided whether or not a Covenant Trigger Period is in effect.


For the Quarter/Month/Year ended                     (“Statement Date”)

SCHEDULE 2

to the Compliance Certificate

($ in 000’s)

 

1. Section 10.3.1 – Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

 

A.   EBITDA   
  1.    net income:    $                
  2.    plus interest expense:    $                
  3.    plus non-cash stock compensation expense:    $                
  4.    plus provision for income taxes:    $                
  5.    plus depreciation and amortization:    $                
  6.    plus other non-cash expenses (except to the extent representing a reserve or accrual for cash expenses in another period):    $                
  7.    minus gains or plus losses arising from the sale of capital assets:    $                
  8.    minus gains arising from the write-up of assets:    $                
  9.    minus extraordinary gains:    $                
  10.    Total EBITDA:    $                
B.   Fixed Charges   
  1.    Cash interest expense:    $                
  2.    plus principal payments on Borrowed Money:    $                
  3.    plus Distributions:    $                
  4.    Total Fixed Charges:    $                
C.   Ratio   
  1.    EBITDA:    $                
  2.    minus Capital Expenditures (except those financed with Borrowed Money other than Revolver Loans):    $                


  3.    minus cash taxes paid: divided by    $                
  4.   

 

Fixed Charges:

   $                
  5.   

 

minus any Excluded Stock Repurchases:

   $                
  6.   

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

             to 1.0   
 

 

Minimum Required: 1.00 to 1.00

  
 

 

In compliance?3         Yes     No    

  

 

3 

Only required if Covenant Trigger Period is in effect.


EXHIBIT E

to

Second Amended and Restated

Loan and Security Agreement

FORM OF DEBENTURE

Dated                                                                                                                                 2011

 

  

[CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE

LIMITED/CALLAWAY GOLF

EUROPEAN HOLDING COMPANY

LIMITED]

(as Chargor)

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

(as Agent)

 

 

DEBENTURE

 

 

CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

Mitre House

160 Aldersgate Street

London EC1A 4DD

T +44(0)20 7367 3000

F +44(0)20 7367 2000

NEJA/ 0Z2950.01627


Table of Contents

 

1.    Definitions and Interpretation      4   
2.    Covenant to Pay      7   
3.    Fixed Security      7   
4.    Floating Charge      8   
5.    Perfection of Security      9   
6.    Further Assurance      11   
7.    Representations      11   
8.    Collection of Accounts and Related Matters      13   
9.    Bank Accounts      14   
10.    General Undertakings      15   
11.    Incorporation of Terms      15   
12.    Enforcement of Security      16   
13.    Extension and Variation of the LPA      16   
14.    Appointment of Receiver and Administrator      17   
15.    Powers of Receiver      18   
16.    Discretions and Delegation      20   
17.    Power of Attorney      20   
18.    Protection of Purchasers      21   
19.    Application of Proceeds      21   
20.    No Liability as Mortgagee in Possession      22   
21.    Set-Off      23   
22.    Release of Security      23   
23.    Agent as Trustee      23   
24.    Effectiveness of Security      24   
25.    Payments      24   
26.    Expenses, Stamp Taxes and Indemnities      25   
27.    Assignment      26   
28.    Partial Invalidity      26   
29.    Remedies and Waivers      26   
30.    Notices      26   
31.    Counterparts      26   
32.    Applicable Law      26   
Schedule 1      28   
Bank Accounts      28   
Part 1 Blocked Accounts (including BoA Blocked Accounts)      28   
Part 2 Other Accounts (at Bank of America, N.A., London Branch)      28   
Part 3 Other Accounts (at other Banks)      29   
Schedule 2      30   
BoA Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements      30   


Part 1 BoA Blocked Account Notice Form of Notice of Charge

     30   

Part 2

     32   

BoA Blocked Account Acknowledgement Form of Acknowledgement and Agreement

     32   

Schedule 3

     35   

Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements

     35   

Part 1 Blocked Account Notice

     35   

Part 2 Blocked Account Acknowledgement

     36   

Schedule 4

     38   

BoA Other Account Notices and Acknowledgements

     38   

Part 1 BoA Other Accounts Notice

     38   

Part 2

     40   

BoA Other Accounts Acknowledgement

     40   

Schedule 5

     43   

Other Account Notices and Acknowledgements

     43   

Part 1 Other Accounts Notice

     43   

Part 2 Other Accounts Acknowledgement

     44   

Schedule 6

     46   

Form of Deed of Indemnity

     46   

EXECUTION PAGE

     49   

 


THIS DEED is made on              2011

BETWEEN:

 

(1)

[CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LIMITED/ CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPEAN HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED], a limited company registered in England and Wales with number [02756321/6468420] whose registered office is at The Broadgate Tower 3rd Floor, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS (the “Chargor”); and

 

(2) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association of the United States of America, as trustee and agent for the Secured Parties (defined below) on the terms and conditions set out in this Deed and in the Loan Agreement (defined below) (in such capacity the “Agent”).

WHEREAS:

 

(A) The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with a loan, guarantee and security agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) dated [Note: Insert date.] (as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time), between, amongst others, (1) Callaway Golf Company, Callaway Golf Sales Company and Callaway Golf Ball Operations (as U.S. Borrowers and Guarantors), (2) Callaway Golf Canada Ltd (as Canadian Borrower and Guarantor), (3) the Chargor (as UK [Borrower and] Guarantor), (4) the financial institutions party thereto from time to time (as Lenders) and (5) Bank of America, N.A. (as Agent).

 

(B) The Board of Directors of the Chargor is satisfied that the giving of the security contained or provided for in this Deed is in the interests of the Chargor and the Board has passed a resolution to that effect.

NOW IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

1. Definitions and Interpretation

Specific Definitions

 

1.1 Terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall, unless otherwise defined in this Deed, have the same meanings when used in this Deed and in addition the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

“Account Bank”: in relation to a Bank Account, the bank whose name is set out opposite such Bank Account in Schedule 1 (Bank Accounts), or, where a Bank Account is not set out in Schedule 1 (Bank Accounts), the bank or financial institution with which that Bank Account is held.

“Authorisations”: an approval, consent, exemption, authorisation, notice to or filing with any Governmental Authority.

“Bank Accounts”: has the meaning given to “Deposit Accounts” in the Loan Agreement.

“Blocked Accounts”: those Bank Accounts of the Chargor listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Blocked Accounts (including BoA Blocked Accounts)) and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Other Accounts.

“BoA Blocked Accounts”: those Bank Accounts of the Chargor listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Blocked Accounts (including BoA Blocked Accounts)) that are held with Bank of America, N.A., London Branch and, in addition, any account or accounts opened by the Chargor with Bank of America, N.A., London Branch after the date of this Deed with respect to which a notice in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 4 (BoA Blocked Account Notice) and an

 

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acknowledgement in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 4 (BoA Blocked Account Acknowledgement) has been signed.

“Deed of Indemnity”: a deed of indemnity in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Deed of Indemnity).

“Delegate”: any person appointed by the Agent or any Receiver pursuant to Clause 16.2 (Delegation) and any person appointed as attorney of the Agent and/or any Receiver or Delegate.

“Expenses”: has the meaning given to the term “Extraordinary Expenses” in the Loan Agreement.

“Governmental Authority”: has the meaning given to it in the Loan Agreement.

“LPA”: the Law of Property Act 1925.

“Other Accounts”: those Bank Accounts of the Chargor listed in Part 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 (Other Accounts) and/or such other bank accounts of the Chargor as the Agent may designate or approve by notice in writing to the Chargor as an Other Account.

“Receivables”: has the meaning given to the term “Accounts” in the Loan Agreement.

“Receiver”: a receiver, receiver and manager or administrative receiver of the whole or any part or parts of the Security Assets.

Scottish Assets”: means (i) such of the undertaking, property and assets, present and future, of the Chargor which from time to time are located in Scotland; (ii) such contractual and other rights and other incorporeal moveable property, present and future, of the Chargor which are governed by the laws of Scotland; and (iii) the undertaking, property and assets of the Chargor where the creation and/or enforcement of any Lien over such undertaking, property and assets is governed by the law of Scotland.

“Secured Liabilities”: means all present and future indebtedness, moneys, obligations and liabilities of the Chargor to the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents (as defined in the Loan Agreement), in whatever currency denominated, whether actual or contingent, whether owed jointly or severally or as principal or as surety or in some other capacity, including any liability in respect of any further advances made under the Loan Documents, together with all Expenses and interest as provided under the Loan Agreement.

“Secured Parties”: has the meaning given to it in the Loan Agreement.

“Security”: has the meaning given to the term “Lien” in the Loan Agreement.

“Security Assets”: all the assets of the Chargor that from time to time are the subject of any Lien created or expressed to be created in favour of the Agent by or pursuant to this Deed.

“Stock”: has the meaning given to the term “Inventory” in the Loan Agreement.

General Definitions

 

1.2 Any reference in this Deed to:

 

  1.2.1

the “Agent”, the “Chargor” or the “Secured Parties” shall be construed so as to include its or their successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns, whether immediate or derivative, and, in the case of the Agent, shall include any person for the

 

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  time being appointed as Agent or as the additional Agent for the purpose of, and in accordance with, the Loan Agreement;

 

  1.2.2 the “assets” of any person shall include the undertaking, property, revenues, rights and assets (present and future) of whatsoever nature of such person;

 

  1.2.3 a “Clause” or a “Schedule” is, unless otherwise provided, a reference to a Clause or a Schedule of this Deed; and

 

  1.2.4 a “person” shall include any person, firm, company, partnership, corporation or unincorporated body of persons or any state or government or any agency or delegate of them.

Construction

 

1.3 Any reference in this Deed to a charge or assignment of any asset shall be construed so as to include:

 

  1.3.1 the benefit of any covenants for title given or entered into by any predecessor in title of the Chargor in respect of that asset and all other rights, benefits, claims, contracts, warranties, remedies, security or indemnities in respect of that asset; and

 

  1.3.2 the proceeds of sale of any part of any asset subject to a fixed charge or assignment under this Deed and any other moneys paid or payable in respect of or in connection with that asset, in each case deriving from a disposal of that asset made in breach of the terms of this Deed.

 

1.4 It is intended that this document shall take effect as and be a deed of the Chargor notwithstanding the fact that the Agent may not execute this document as a deed.

 

1.5 Each term in any Loan Document is, to the extent not set out in or otherwise incorporated into this Deed, deemed to be incorporated into this Deed insofar as is necessary to comply with section 2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 but, except where stated otherwise, if there is any conflict between that incorporated term and any other term of this Deed that other term shall prevail.

 

1.6 Any reference in this Deed to any Loan Document or any other agreement or other document shall be construed as a reference to that Loan Document or that other agreement or document as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, restated, varied, amended, supplemented, substituted, novated or assigned, whether or not as a result of any of the same:

 

  1.6.1 there is an increase or decrease in any facility made available under that Loan Document or other agreement or document or an increase or decrease in the period for which any facility is available or in which it is repayable;

 

  1.6.2 any additional, further or substituted facility to or for such facility is provided;

 

  1.6.3 any rate of interest, commission or fees or relevant purpose is changed;

 

  1.6.4 the identity of the parties is changed;

 

  1.6.5 the identity of the providers of any security is changed;

 

  1.6.6 there is an increased or additional liability on the part of any person; or

 

  1.6.7 a new agreement is effectively created or deemed to be created.

 

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1.7 Any reference in this Deed to “this Deed” shall be deemed to be a reference to this Deed as a whole and not limited to the particular Clause, Schedule or provision in which the relevant reference appears and to this Deed as the same may from time to time be restated, varied, amended, supplemented, substituted, novated or assigned.

 

1.8 References in this Deed to laws, statutes or statutory provisions shall be construed as referring to such laws, statutes or statutory provisions as respectively replaced, amended, extended, consolidated or re-enacted from time to time and shall include any order, regulation, instrument or other subordinate legislation made under the relevant law, statute or statutory provision.

 

1.9 The table of contents and headings in this Deed are inserted for convenience only and have no legal effect.

 

1.10 Unless the context otherwise requires, words denoting the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

1.11 Any change in the constitution of any of the parties to this Deed or their absorption of or amalgamation with any other person shall not in any way prejudice or affect their rights under this Deed.

 

1.12 Where any provision of this Deed is stated to include one or more things, that shall be by way of example or for the avoidance of doubt only and shall not limit the generality of that provision.

 

1.13 In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Deed and the Loan Agreement, the provisions of this Deed shall prevail.

Third Party Rights

 

1.14 Nothing in this Deed is intended to confer on any person any right to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any provision of this Deed that that person would not have had but for the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

 

2. Covenant to Pay

Covenant to Pay

 

2.1 The Chargor covenants with the Agent (as trustee for the Secured Parties) that it will pay, perform and discharge the Secured Liabilities as and when the same fall due for payment, performance or discharge in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or, in the absence of any such express terms, on demand.

 

3. Fixed Security

Charges

 

3.1 The Chargor, as security for the payment, performance and discharge of all the Secured Liabilities, charges in favour of the Agent by way of first fixed charge all of the Chargor’s right, title and interest in and to the following assets (other than any Scottish Assets), both present and future:

 

  3.1.1 Bank Accounts - each Bank Account that is a BoA Blocked Account (including all cash, cash equivalents, financial assets, negotiable instruments and other evidence of payment, and other funds on deposit therein or credited thereto);

 

  3.1.2 Securities Accounts - all securities accounts (including any and all Investment Property held therein or credited thereto);

 

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  3.1.3 Monies - all monies, whether or not in the possession or under the control of the Agent, a Lender, or a bailee or Affiliate of the Agent or a Lender that were derived from or consist of any of the Property described in this Clause 3.1, and any Cash Collateral;

 

  3.1.4 Supporting Obligations - all Supporting Obligations of any of the Property described in this Clause 3.1;

 

  3.1.5 Instruments, Documents and Chattel Paper - all Instruments, Documents and Chattel Paper, in each case only to the extent evidencing or governing any of the Property described in this Clause 3.1;

 

  3.1.6 Proceeds - all accessions to, substitutions for, and all replacements, products, and cash and non-cash proceeds of the foregoing, including proceeds of and unearned premiums with respect to insurance policies, and claims against any Person for loss, damage or destruction of any of the Property described in this Clause 3.1 (the “Proceeds”); and

 

  3.1.7 Books and Records - all books and records (including customer lists, files, correspondence, tapes, computer programmes, print-outs and computer records) pertaining to any of the Property described in this Clause 3.1, and any General Intangibles to the extent evidencing or governing any of the Property described in this Clause 3.1.

Assignment

 

3.2 The Chargor, as security for the payment, performance and discharge of all the Secured Liabilities, assigns to the Agent (as trustee for the Secured Parties) by way of security all of the Chargor’s right, title and interest in and to the following assets (other than any Scottish Assets), both present and future:

 

  3.2.1 the Receivables; and

 

  3.2.2 each Blocked Account other than a BoA Blocked Account.

 

4. Floating Charge

Creation of Floating Charge

 

4.1 The Chargor, as security for the payment, performance and discharge of all the Secured Liabilities, charges in favour of the Agent (as trustee for the Secured Parties) by way of a first floating charge all of the Chargor’s undertaking and all its other property, assets and rights whatsoever, all the Stock of the Chargor, the Other Accounts of the Chargor and the property, assets and rights (including, without limitation, its Scottish Assets) not otherwise validly and effectively charged or assigned (whether at law or in equity) by way of fixed security pursuant to Clause 3 (Fixed Security).

Qualifying Floating Charge

 

4.2 The provisions of paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 shall apply to the floating charge created pursuant to Clause 4.1 above.

Conversion by Notice

 

4.3

The Agent may by notice in writing at any time to the Chargor convert the floating charge created by the Chargor pursuant to Clause 4.1 above with immediate effect into a fixed charge

 

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(either generally or specifically) as regards any assets of the Chargor specified in the notice if an Event of Default has occurred for so long as the same is continuing.

Automatic Conversion

 

4.4 Notwithstanding Clause 4.3 (Conversion by Notice) and without prejudice to any law that may have a similar effect, each floating charge created by Clause 4.1 (Creation of Floating Charge) will automatically be converted (without notice) with immediate effect into a fixed charge as regards all of the undertaking and assets (other than any Scottish Assets) subject to that floating charge if:

 

  4.4.1 the Chargor creates or attempts to create any Lien over any of the Security Assets (except as expressly permitted by the terms of the Loan Agreement or this Deed);

 

  4.4.2 any person levies or attempts to levy any distress, execution or other process against any of the Security Assets; or

 

  4.4.3 a resolution is passed or an order is made for the winding-up, dissolution, administration or re-organisation of the Chargor.

 

5. Perfection of Security

Further Advances

 

5.1 The Agent covenants with the Chargor that it shall procure that the U.K. Lenders perform their obligations to make advances to the U.K. Borrower under the Loan Agreement (including any obligation to make available further advances).

Notices of Assignment and Charge – Bank Accounts

 

5.2 The Chargor shall:

 

  5.2.1 promptly deliver to Bank of America, N.A., London Branch with respect to each BoA Blocked Account open as at the date of this Deed, a notice in substantially the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (BoA Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed on behalf of the Chargor, together with a Deed of Indemnity duly executed on behalf the Chargor with respect to each BoA Blocked Account;

 

  5.2.2 promptly deliver to Bank of America, N.A., London Branch with respect to each Other Account which is open at Bank of America, N.A., London Branch as at the date of this Deed, a notice in substantially the form of Part 1 of Schedule 4 (BoA Other Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed on behalf of the Chargor;

 

  5.2.3 promptly deliver to each Account Bank at which (and with respect to) each Other Account is open at a bank other than Bank of America, N.A., London Branch as at the date of this Deed, a notice in substantially the form of Part 1 of Schedule 5 (Other Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed on behalf of the Chargor;

 

  5.2.4 promptly deliver to each Account Bank with which a Blocked Account (other than a BoA Blocked Account) is held that is open as at the date of this Deed, a notice in substantially the form of Part 1 of Schedule 3 (Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed on behalf of the Chargor;

 

  5.2.5 use reasonable endeavours to promptly deliver to the Agent an acknowledgement in substantially the form of Part 2 of Schedule 2 (BoA Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed by Bank of America, N.A., London Branch in respect of each BoA Blocked Account referred to in Clause 5.2.1;

 

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  5.2.6 use reasonable endeavours to promptly deliver to the Agent a notice in substantially the form of Part 2 of Schedule 4 (BoA Other Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed by Bank of America, N.A., London Branch (in the case of each Other Account maintained at Bank of America, N.A., London Branch that is open as at the date of this Deed);

 

  5.2.7 use reasonable endeavours to promptly deliver to the Agent a notice in substantially the form of Part 2 of Schedule 5 (Other Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed by the relevant Account Bank (other than Bank of America, N.A., London Branch) at which each Other Account is open as at the date of this Deed (in the case of any such Other Account); and

 

  5.2.8 use reasonable endeavours to promptly deliver the Agent a notice in substantially the form of Part 2 of Schedule 3 (Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed by the relevant Account Bank at which any Blocked Account other than a BoA Blocked Account is open as at the date of this Deed.

 

5.3 Where any Bank Account is opened at any bank or financial institution after the date of this Deed, the Chargor shall:

 

  5.3.1 (where that Bank Account is opened with Bank of America, N.A., London Branch) promptly deliver to Bank of America, N.A., London Branch a notice in substantially the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (BoA Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed on behalf of the Chargor, together with a Deed of Indemnity duly executed on behalf of the Chargor with respect to that Bank Account;

 

  5.3.2 (where that Bank Account is not opened with Bank of America, N.A., London Branch) promptly deliver to the Account Bank at which that Bank Account is opened, a notice in substantially the form of Part 1 of Schedule 3 (Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed on behalf of the Chargor with respect to that Bank Account;

 

  5.3.3 (where that Bank Account is opened with Bank of America, N.A., London Branch) use reasonable endeavours to promptly deliver to the Agent an acknowledgement in substantially the form of Part 2 of Schedule 4 (BoA Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed by Bank of America, N.A., London Branch in respect of that Bank Account; and

 

  5.3.4 (where the Bank Account is not opened with Bank of America, N.A., London Branch) use reasonable endeavours to promptly deliver to the Agent a notice in substantially the form of Part 2 of Schedule 3 (Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements) duly executed by the Account Bank in respect of that Bank Account.

Notice of Assignment and Charge – Other Assets

 

5.4 The Chargor shall promptly upon request of the Agent from time to time give or join the Agent in giving in respect of any other asset that is charged or assigned pursuant to Clause 3 (Fixed Security), a notice of charge or, as applicable, assignment in such form as the Agent may reasonably require to the relevant obligor, debtor or other third party (as the case may be).

 

5.5 Each such notice shall be duly signed by or on behalf of the Chargor and the Chargor shall procure that each of the persons on whom any such notice is served provides reasonably promptly to the Agent a duly signed acknowledgement of that notice in such form in any case as the Agent may reasonably require.

 

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6. Further Assurance

Further Assurance

 

  6.1 The Chargor shall, at its own expense, take whatever action the Agent or any Receiver may reasonably require for:

 

  6.1.1 preserving, perfecting or protecting any Security Asset or the Lien constituted or intended to be constituted by this Deed over any Security Asset;

 

  6.1.2 facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset; and/or

 

  6.1.3 facilitating the exercise of all rights and powers of the Agent or any Receiver or Delegate provided by or pursuant to this Deed or by law in respect of any Security Asset,

including, without limitation, the execution of any transfer, conveyance, assignment or assurance of all or any of the assets forming part of, or intended to form part of, the Security Assets (whether to the Agent or to its nominee(s)) and the giving of any notice, order or direction and the making of any registration that, in any such case, the Agent may think expedient.

Implied Covenants for Title

 

6.2 Each of the charges and assignments granted by the Chargor under this Deed are granted with full title guarantee in accordance with the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994, save that the covenants set out in section 2(1)(a), section 3 and section 4 of that Act shall extend to the Chargor without, in each case, the benefit of section 6(2) of that Act.

 

7. Representations

General

 

7.1 The Chargor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 7 to the Agent on the date of this Deed and at the times provided for in Section 6.3 (b) (Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions) of the Loan Agreement.

Non-conflict with Other Obligations

 

7.2 The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Deed and the granting of the security under this Deed do not and will not conflict with:

 

  7.2.1 any law or regulation applicable to it;

 

  7.2.2 its constitutional documents; or

 

  7.2.3 any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument,

nor (except as provided in this Deed) result in the existence or imposition of, or oblige it to create, any Security in favour of any person over all or any of its assets.

Centre of Main Interests and Establishments

 

7.3

For the purposes of The Council of the European Union Regulation No. 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings (the “Regulation”), its centre of main interest (as that term is used in

 

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  article 3(1) of the Regulation) is situated in England and Wales and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in article 2(h) of the Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.

Validity and Admissibility in Evidence

 

7.4 All Authorisations required or desirable to:

 

  7.4.1 enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in this Deed;

 

  7.4.2 make this Deed admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation; and

 

  7.4.3 enable it to create any security expressed to be created by it by or pursuant to, or, as the case may be, any security expressed to have been created by it and to be evidenced in, this Deed and to ensure that such security has the priority and ranking it is expressed to have,

have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect, except for any registrations and filings referred to in Clause 7.5.3 below.

No Filing or Stamp Taxes

 

7.5 Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that this Deed be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration, notarial or similar taxes or fees be paid on or in relation to this Deed or the transactions contemplated by this Deed, except:

 

  7.5.1 registration of particulars of this Deed at the Companies Registration Office in England and Wales under Section 860 of the Companies Act 2006 and payment of associated fees;

 

  7.5.2 registration of this Deed at the Land Registry or Land Charges Registry in England and Wales and payment of associated fees; and

 

  7.5.3 registration of particulars of this Deed at the Trade Marks Registry at the Patent Office in England and Wales and payment of associated fees,

which registrations, filings and fees will be made and paid promptly after the date of this Deed.

Creation of Security

 

7.6 This Deed creates or, as applicable, evidences in favour of the Agent the security that it purports to create or evidence with the ranking and priority that it is expressed to have.

 

7.7 Without limiting Clause 7.6 above, its payment obligations under this Deed rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

 

7.8 No Security exists over all or any of its assets and no arrangement or transaction as described in Clause 10.1 below has been entered into by it and is outstanding.

Good Title to Assets

 

7.9 It is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the assets over which it purports to grant security under this Deed.

 

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8. Collection of Accounts and Related Matters

 

8.1 The Chargor covenants with the Agent that it will:

Collection

 

  8.1.1 get in and realise its Receivables in the ordinary course of its business, and shall hold any proceeds thereof on trust for the Agent, and not release, exchange, compound, set off, grant time or indulgence, subordinate its rights in respect of any of its Receivables to the rights of any other person in relation to debts owed to such person or otherwise deal with its Receivables in favour of any person (nor, in each such case, purport to do so) and, in any event, not sell, assign, factor, discount or otherwise charge its Receivables in favour of any person, nor purport to do so.

Perfection of Assignment of Accounts

 

  8.1.2 at any time when it is requested to do so by the Agent and without prejudice to the generality of Clause 6 (Further Assurance) take such steps as the Agent may require to perfect the assignment of its Receivables pursuant to Clause 3.2 (Assignment) including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing and without prejudice to the Agent’s right to do so, giving notice of any such assignment to any of the persons (as the Agent shall specify) from whom its Receivables are due, owing or incurred by delivery to each such person of a notice of assignment in a form satisfactory to the Agent duly executed by such Chargor and procuring that each such person delivers to the Agent (if the Agent so requires) a written acknowledgement of that notice of assignment in a form satisfactory to the Agent.

Payment into BoA Accounts

 

  8.1.3 The Chargor shall:

 

  (a) immediately pay all monies received or receivable by it from time to time from any source (including all proceeds of collection of Receivables) into a BoA Blocked Account;

 

  (b) prior to the date falling thirty (30) days after the date hereof, instruct all debtors and other obligors in writing to make payments with respect to the Chargor’s Receivables into a BoA Blocked Account;

 

  (c) not permit debtors to make payments with respect to the Chargor’s Receivables into any Bank Account other than a BoA Blocked Account after the date falling thirty (30) days after the date hereof;

 

  (d) to the extent it receives payment with respect to its Receivables in the form of cheque, bank draft or cash, immediately upon receipt by the Chargor thereof, pay any such cheque, bank draft or cash into a BoA Blocked Account, which cheque, bank draft or cash prior to such payment shall be held on trust by the Chargor for the benefit of the Agent;

 

  (e) procure that any payment made with respect to Receivables other than by payment into a BoA Blocked Account is promptly transferred or deposited into a BoA Blocked Account; and

 

  (f)

procure that, prior to the close of business on each Business Day, all funds standing to the credit of any Bank Account (other than a BoA Blocked Account or an Other Account maintained at Bank of America, N.A., London

 

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  Branch) representing any payment received by it with respect to Receivables shall be wired to a BoA Blocked Account.

Restrictions on Dealing with Receivables

 

8.2 Notwithstanding Clause 10.1 (Negative Pledge) and Clause 10.2 (Restrictions on Disposals):

 

  8.2.1 no Chargor shall create or permit to subsist any Lien over, in respect of all or any part of any of its Receivables other than the Liens granted under or in connection with this Deed; and

 

  8.2.2 no Chargor shall enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions to sell, factor, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part of any of its Receivables.

 

9. Bank Accounts

Restriction on Bank Accounts

 

9.1 No Chargor shall have any Bank Account other than those from time to time designated or approved by the Agent in writing to the Chargor.

Withdrawals

 

9.2 No Chargor shall withdraw or transfer any monies received into or standing to the credit of any Blocked Account without the prior written consent of the Agent, which may be granted or withheld in the sole discretion of the Agent without the need for reasons to be provided therefor.

Restrictions on dealing with Bank Accounts

 

9.3 Notwithstanding Clause 10.1 (Negative Pledge) and Clause 10.2 (Restriction on Disposals):

 

  9.3.1 no Chargor shall create or permit to subsist any Lien over all or any part of any of its Bank Accounts other than:

 

  (a) the Liens created under or in connection with this Deed; and

 

  (b) any banker’s right of lien, set-off and/or combination;

 

  9.3.2 no Chargor shall enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions to transfer assign or otherwise dispose of all or any part of any of its Bank Accounts;

 

  9.3.3 the Chargor shall, prior to the date falling thirty (30) days after the date hereof, close all Bank Accounts other than the BoA Blocked Accounts and the Other Accounts maintained at Bank of America, N.A., London Branch; and

 

  9.3.4 no Chargor shall, without the Agent’s prior written consent, open any account with any bank or financial institution after the date of this Deed.

BoA Blocked Accounts

 

9.4 The Agent and the Chargor agree that:

 

  9.4.1 all funds deposited into any BoA Blocked Account will be dealt with in the following order:

 

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  (a) first, applied in and towards repayment and payment of the Secured Liabilities of the U.K. Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the Loan Agreement; and

 

  (b) second, and provided no Secured Liabilities due and payable by either Chargor are unpaid and no Event of Default is continuing, transferred from that BoA Blocked Account to an Other Account maintained at Bank of America, N.A., London Branch;

 

  9.4.2 all funds deposited into any Bank Account (other than a BoA Blocked Account) representing any payment received by it with respect to Receivables will be held in that Bank Account and wired to a BoA Blocked Account at the close of business on each Business Day in accordance with Clause 8.1.3(f) hereof; and

 

  9.4.3 from the date upon which the floating charge hereunder has converted to a fixed charge, all funds deposited into the Other Accounts will only be applied against the Secured Liabilities in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the Loan Agreement.

 

10. General Undertakings

Negative Pledge

 

10.1 No Chargor shall create or extend or permit to arise or subsist any Lien over the whole or any part of the Security Assets, except as expressly permitted by the terms of the Loan Agreement or with the prior written consent of the Agent.

Restriction on Disposals

 

10.2 No Chargor shall (or shall agree to) sell, factor, discount, transfer, assign, lease or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of the Security Assets (whether in a single transaction or in a series of transactions whether related or not), except for any disposal in the ordinary course of trading (as conducted by the Chargor at the date of this Deed) of any Security Asset that is subject only to the floating charge created by Clause 4.1 (Creation of Floating Charge) or except as expressly permitted by the terms of the Loan Agreement or this Deed.

Operation of Other Accounts

 

10.3 Until notified by the Agent in writing to the contrary, the Chargor shall be entitled to operate the Other Accounts provided that:

 

  10.3.1 the Other Accounts each retain a credit or zero balance at all times;

 

  10.3.2 the Chargor shall not and shall procure that no other person shall deposit or transfer any monies into any of the Other Accounts other than monies transferred from any Other Account or to the extent permitted under the Loan Agreement; and

 

  10.3.3 the Chargor shall not at any time transfer the whole or any part of the amounts standing to the credit of any Other Account to any other bank account other than to any Other Account or in the ordinary course of business or to the extent permitted under the Loan Agreement.

 

11. Incorporation of Terms

The provisions of Sections 5.9 (Taxes), 8.2 (Administration of Accounts), 8.3 (Administration of Inventory), 8.5 (Administration of Deposit Accounts) and 8.6 (General Provisions) of the Loan Agreement shall apply to this Deed as if set out in full in this Deed, with such changes as are

 

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appropriate to fit this context, such that by entering into this Deed, the Chargor is deemed to give the covenants contained in those Sections.

 

12. Enforcement of Security

When Security becomes Enforceable

 

12.1 The security constituted by this Deed shall become immediately enforceable and the power of sale and other powers conferred by section 101 of the LPA, as varied or extended by this Deed, shall be immediately exercisable upon and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default for so long as the same is continuing.

 

12.2 After the security constituted by this Deed has become enforceable, the Agent may in its absolute discretion enforce all or any part of that security at the times, in the manner and on the terms it thinks fit and take possession of and hold or dispose of all or any part of the Security Assets.

Right of Appropriation

 

12.3 To the extent that any of the Security Assets constitute “financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor under this Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case as defined in, and for the purposes of, the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (the “Regulations”)), the Agent shall have the right, at any time after the security constituted by this Deed has become enforceable, to appropriate all or any part of such financial collateral in or towards discharge of the Secured Liabilities. For this purpose, the parties agree that the value of such financial collateral shall be (in the case of cash) the amount standing to the credit of each bank account of the Chargor, together with any accrued but unpaid interest, at the time the right of appropriation is exercised and (in the case of Securities) the market price of such Securities determined by the Agent by reference to a public index or by such other process as the Agent may select, including independent valuation. In each case, the parties agree that the manner of valuation provided for in this Clause 12.3 shall constitute a commercially reasonable manner of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

Redemption of Prior Liens

 

12.4 The Agent may at any time:

 

  12.4.1 redeem any prior Lien against any Security Asset; or

 

  12.4.2 procure the transfer of that Lien to itself; or

 

  12.4.3 settle and pass the accounts of the person or persons entitled to such Lien (and any accounts so settled and passed shall be conclusive and binding on the Chargor).

 

12.5 All principal moneys, interest, costs, charges and expenses of and incidental to any such redemption or transfer shall be paid by the Chargor to the Agent on demand and shall be secured by this Deed.

 

13. Extension and Variation of the LPA

General

 

13.1 For the purposes of all powers implied by the LPA, such powers shall arise (and the Secured Liabilities shall be deemed to have become due and payable for that purpose) on the date of this Deed.

 

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13.2 Section 103 of the LPA (restricting the power of sale) and section 93 of the LPA (restricting the right of consolidation) shall not apply to the security constituted by this Deed.

 

13.3 The statutory powers of leasing conferred on the Agent are extended so as to authorise the Agent and any Receiver at any time after the security constituted by this Deed has become enforceable to make any lease or agreement for lease, accept surrenders of leases and/or grant options on such terms as it or he shall think fit, without the need to comply with any restrictions imposed by sections 99 and 100 of the LPA.

Privileges

 

13.4 Each Receiver and the Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities conferred by the LPA on mortgagees and receivers.

 

14. Appointment of Receiver and Administrator

Appointment

 

14.1 At any time after the security constituted by this Deed has become enforceable or if the Chargor so requests the Agent in writing (in which case, the security constituted by this Deed shall become immediately enforceable), the Agent may without prior notice to the Chargor:

 

  14.1.1 appoint free from the restrictions imposed by section 109(1) of the LPA either under seal or in writing under its hand any one or more persons to be a Receiver of the whole or any part or parts of the Security Assets in like manner in every respect as if the Agent had become entitled under the LPA to exercise the power of sale conferred under the LPA; or

 

  14.1.2 appoint one or more persons to be an administrator of the Chargor.

Removal

 

14.2 The Agent may by writing under its hand (or by an application to the court where required by law):

 

  14.2.1 remove any Receiver appointed by it; and

 

  14.2.2 may, whenever it deems it expedient, appoint any one or more persons to be a new Receiver in the place of or in addition to any Receiver.

Statutory Powers of Appointment

 

14.3 The powers of appointment of a Receiver conferred by this Deed shall be in addition to all statutory and other powers of appointment of the Agent under the LPA (as extended by this Deed) or otherwise and such powers shall be and remain exercisable from time to time by the Agent in respect of any part or parts of the Security Assets.

Capacity of Receiver

 

14.4 Each Receiver shall be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes. The Chargor alone shall be responsible for a Receiver’s contracts, engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses and for liabilities incurred by him.

 

14.5 The agency of each Receiver shall continue until the Chargor goes into liquidation and after that the Receiver shall act as principal and shall not become the agent of the Agent.

 

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14.6 If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time, each Receiver shall (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) be entitled to act (and to exercise all of the powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed) individually or together with any other person appointed or substituted as Receiver.

Remuneration of Receiver

 

14.7 The Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it without any restriction imposed by section 109(6) of the LPA and the remuneration of the Receiver shall be a debt secured by this Deed that shall be due and payable immediately upon its being paid by the Agent.

 

15. Powers of Receiver

General

 

15.1 Each Receiver has, and is entitled to exercise, all of the rights, powers and discretions set out below in this Clause 15 in addition to those conferred by law.

 

15.2 Without prejudice to the generality of this Clause 15, each Receiver shall have all the rights, powers and discretions of an administrative receiver under Schedule 1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 whether he falls within the statutory definition of an administrative receiver or not.

Specific Powers

 

15.3 Each Receiver shall have the following powers (and every reference in this Clause 15.3 to the “Security Assets” shall be read as a reference to that part or parts of the Security Assets in respect of which that Receiver was appointed):

 

  15.3.1 power to purchase or acquire land and purchase, acquire or grant any interest in or right over land as he thinks fit;

 

  15.3.2 power to take immediate possession of, get in and collect any Security Asset;

 

  15.3.3 power to carry on the business of the Chargor as he thinks fit;

 

  15.3.4 power (but without any obligation to do so) to:

 

  (a) make and effect all repairs, alterations, additions and insurances and do all other acts that the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its business as well for the protection as for the improvement of the Security Assets;

 

  (b) commence or complete any building operations on any freehold, leasehold or commonhold property;

 

  (c) apply for and maintain any planning permission, building regulation approval or any other permission, consent or licence; and

 

  (d) negotiate for compensation with any authority that may intend to acquire or be in the process of acquiring all or any part of the Security Assets and make objections to any order for the acquisition of all or any part of the Security Assets and represent the Chargor at any enquiry to be held to consider such objections or otherwise relating to any such acquisition,

 

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  15.3.5 power to appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, advisers, accountants, servants, workmen, contractors, surveyors, architects, lawyers and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit and power to discharge any such persons appointed by the Chargor (and the costs incurred by any Receiver in carrying out such acts or doing such things shall be reimbursed to that Receiver by the Chargor on demand and until so reimbursed shall carry interest at the rate specified in Clause 3 (Interest, Fees and Charges) of the Loan Agreement from the date of payment by the Agent until reimbursed (after as well as before any judgment));

 

  15.3.6 power to raise and borrow money either unsecured or (with the prior consent of the Agent) on the security of any Security Asset either in priority to the security constituted by this Deed or otherwise and generally on any terms and for whatever purpose he thinks fit;

 

  15.3.7 power to sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any terms as he thinks fit;

 

  15.3.8 power to sever and sell separately any fixtures from the property containing them without the consent of the Chargor;

 

  15.3.9 power to let any Security Asset for any term and at any rent (with or without a premium) as he thinks fit and power to accept a surrender of any lease or tenancy of any Security Asset on any terms that he thinks fit (including the payment of money to a lessee or tenant on a surrender);

 

  15.3.10 power to settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claims, accounts, disputes, questions and demands with or by any person who is or claims to be a creditor of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset;

 

  15.3.11 power to bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon all actions, suits and proceedings in relation to any Security Asset or in relation to the Chargor that may seem to him to be expedient;

 

  15.3.12 power to give valid receipts for all moneys and execute all assurances and things that may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset;

 

  15.3.13 power to form a subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that subsidiary any Security Asset;

 

  15.3.14 power to do all such acts as may seem to him to be necessary or desirable in order to initiate or continue any development of any Security Assets and for these purposes to appoint and to enter into such contracts with such building and engineering contractors or other contractors and professional advisers as he may think fit;

 

  15.3.15 power to call any meeting of the members or directors of the Chargor in order to consider such resolutions or other business as he thinks fit;

 

  15.3.16 power to exercise in relation to any Security Assets all the powers and rights that he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial owner of the same;

 

  15.3.17 power to do all other acts and things that he may consider desirable or necessary for realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed; and

 

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  15.3.18 power to exercise any of the above powers in the name of or on behalf of the Chargor or in his own name and, in each case, at the cost of the Chargor.

Agent’s Powers

 

15.4 To the fullest extent permitted by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed (either expressly or impliedly) upon a Receiver may after the security constituted by this Deed has become enforceable be exercised by the Agent in relation to any Security Asset, irrespective of whether or not it has taken possession of any Security Asset and without first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.

 

16. Discretions and Delegation

Discretion

 

16.1 Any liberty or power that may be exercised or any determination that may be made under this Deed by the Agent or any Receiver may be exercised or made in its absolute and unfettered discretion without any obligation to give reasons.

Delegation

 

16.2 Each of the Agent and any Receiver may delegate (either generally or specifically) by power of attorney or in any other manner to any person any right, power, authority or discretion conferred on it by this Deed (including the power of attorney).

 

16.3 Any such delegation may be made upon such terms and conditions (including the power to sub-delegate) as the Agent or any Receiver (as the case may be) shall think fit.

 

16.4 Neither the Agent nor any Receiver shall be in any way liable or responsible to the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct on the part of any Delegate.

 

17. Power of Attorney

Appointment and Powers

 

17.1 The Chargor, by way of security, irrevocably appoints the Agent, every Receiver and every Delegate severally and independently to be its attorney and in its name, on its behalf and as its act and deed to execute, deliver and perfect all documents and do all things that the attorney may consider to be required or desirable for:

 

  17.1.1 carrying out any obligation imposed on the Chargor by this Deed; and

 

  17.1.2 enabling the Agent or any Receiver or Delegate to exercise, or delegate the exercise of, any of the rights, powers, authorities and discretions conferred on it or him by or pursuant to this Deed or by law (including the exercise of any right of an absolute legal or beneficial owner of the Security Assets).

Ratification

 

17.2 The Chargor shall ratify and confirm whatever any attorney does or purports to do pursuant to its appointment under Clause 17.1 (Appointment and Powers).

 

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18. Protection of Purchasers

Consideration

 

18.1 The receipt of the Agent or any Receiver or Delegate shall be a conclusive discharge to a purchaser and, in making any sale or other disposal of any of the Security Assets (including a disposal by a Receiver or Delegate to any subsidiary of the Chargor) or in making any acquisition in the exercise of their respective powers, the Agent, every Receiver and every Delegate may do so for such consideration, in such manner and on such terms as it or he thinks fit.

Protection of Third Parties

 

18.2 No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Agent, any Receiver or any Delegate shall be bound to enquire:

 

  18.2.1 whether the Secured Liabilities have become payable; or

 

  18.2.2 whether any power that the Agent or any Receiver or Delegate is purporting to exercise has arisen or become exercisable; or

 

  18.2.3 whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or

 

  18.2.4 how any money paid to the Agent or to any Receiver or Delegate is to be applied,

or shall be concerned with any propriety, regularity or purpose on the part of the Agent or any Receiver or Delegate in such dealings or in the exercise of any such power.

 

19. Application of Proceeds

Order of Application

 

19.1 All moneys received or recovered by the Agent, any Receiver or any Delegate pursuant to this Deed, after the security constituted by this Deed has become enforceable, shall (subject to the claims of any person having prior rights thereto and by way of variation of the provisions of the LPA) be applied in the following order of priority (but without prejudice to the right of the Agent to recover any shortfall from the Chargor):

 

  19.1.1 in or towards payment of all costs, losses, liabilities and expenses of and incidental to the appointment of any Receiver or Delegate and the exercise of any of his rights and powers, including his remuneration, and all outgoings paid by him;

 

  19.1.2 in or towards payment of all other Expenses;

 

  19.1.3 in or towards payment of all other Secured Liabilities or such part of them as is then due and payable to the Secured Parties in accordance with the order of application set out in the Loan Agreement (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Chargor); and

 

  19.1.4 in payment of the surplus (if any) to the Chargor or other person entitled to it.

Suspense Account

 

19.2 Until all the Secured Liabilities have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full, the Agent may:

 

  19.2.1 without affecting the liability of the Chargor under this Deed:

 

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  (a) refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by it in respect of the Secured Liabilities; or

 

  (b) apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against the Secured Liabilities or otherwise) and the Chargor shall not be entitled to direct the appropriation of any such moneys, security or rights or to enjoy the benefit of the same; and/or

 

  19.2.2 hold in a suspense account any moneys received from the Chargor or on account of the Chargor’s liability in respect of the Secured Liabilities.

 

19.3 Amounts standing to the credit of any such suspense account shall bear interest at a rate considered by the Agent to be a fair market rate.

New Accounts

 

19.4 If the Agent at any time receives, or is deemed to have received, notice of any subsequent Lien or other interest affecting any Security Asset, the Agent may open a new account with the Chargor.

 

19.5 If the Agent does not open a new account, it shall nevertheless be treated as if it had done so at the time when it received, or was deemed to have received, such notice. As from that time all payments made by or on behalf of the Chargor to the Agent shall be credited or be treated as having been credited to the new account of the Chargor and not as having been applied in reduction of the Secured Liabilities.

Currency Conversion

 

19.6 For the purpose of or pending the discharge of any of the Secured Liabilities, the Agent may (in its absolute discretion) convert any moneys received or recovered by it or any Receiver or Delegate pursuant to this Deed or any moneys subject to application by it or any Receiver or Delegate pursuant to this Deed from one currency to another and any such conversion shall be made at the Agent’s spot rate of exchange for the time being for obtaining such other currency with the first currency and the Secured Liabilities shall be discharged only to the extent of the net proceeds of such conversion realised by the Agent. Nothing in this Deed shall require the Agent to make, or shall impose any duty of care on the Agent in respect of, any such currency conversion.

Certificate

 

19.7 Any certificate signed by an officer of the Agent as to the amount at any time owing under any Loan Document shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding upon the Chargor.

 

20. No Liability as Mortgagee in Possession

Neither the Agent nor any Receiver or Delegate shall in any circumstances (either by reason of entering into or taking possession of any Security Assets or for any other reason and whether as mortgagee in possession or on any other basis) be liable to account to the Chargor for anything, except actual receipts, or be liable to the Chargor for any costs, charges, losses, liabilities or expenses arising from the realisation of any Security Assets or from any act, default or omission of the Agent, any Receiver, any Delegate or any of their respective officers, agents or employees in relation to the Security Assets or from any exercise or purported exercise or non-exercise by the Agent or any Receiver or Delegate of any power, authority or discretion provided by or pursuant to this Deed or by law or for any other loss of any nature whatsoever in connection with the Security Assets or the Loan Documents.

 

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21. Set-Off

Without limiting any other rights conferred on the Agent by law or by any other agreements entered into with the Chargor, the Agent and each other Secured Party shall have the following rights exercisable by it at any time without notice to the Chargor:

 

  21.1.1 the right to set off any matured obligation whatsoever due from the Chargor under the Loan Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by the Agent) against any matured obligation whatsoever owed by the Agent to the Chargor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation;

 

  21.1.2 the right, where the obligations referred to in Clause 21.1.1 above are in different currencies, to convert either obligation at such market rate of exchange as the Agent shall reasonably select for the purpose of that set-off; and

 

  21.1.3 the right, where any obligation referred to in Clause 21.1.1 above is unliquidated or unascertained, to set off in an amount estimated by it in good faith to be the amount of such obligation.

The Agent shall not be obliged to exercise any right conferred by this Clause 21.

 

22. Release of Security

Redemption of Security

 

22.1 Upon the Secured Liabilities being discharged in full and none of the U.K. Lenders being under any further actual or contingent obligation to make advances or provide other financial accommodation to any Obligor, the Agent shall, at the request and cost of each such Chargor, release and cancel the security constituted by this Deed and procure the assignment to the relevant Chargor of the property and assets assigned to the Agent pursuant to this Debenture, in each case subject to Clause 22.2 (Avoidance of Payments) and without recourse to, or any representation or warranty by, the Agent or any of its Delegates.

Avoidance of Payments

 

22.2 If the Agent considers that any amount paid or credited to it is capable of being avoided or reduced by virtue of any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar laws the liability of any Chargor under this Deed and the security constituted hereby shall continue and such amount shall not be considered to have been irrevocably paid.

 

23. Agent as Trustee

Declaration of Trust

 

23.1 The Agent hereby declares itself trustee of the security and other rights (including, but not limited to, the benefit of the covenants contained in this Deed), titles and interests constituted by this Deed and of all moneys, property and assets paid to the Agent or to its order or held by the Agent or its nominee(s) or received or recovered by the Agent or its nominee(s) pursuant to or in connection with this Deed with effect from the date of this Deed to hold the same on trust for itself and each of the other Secured Parties absolutely pro rata (save as may otherwise be agreed between the Agent and the other Secured Parties from time to time) to the moneys, obligations and liabilities of the Chargor owed to all the Secured Parties (including the Agent) from time to time secured by this Deed.

 

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Application of Receipts

 

23.2 All moneys, property and other assets received by the Agent or any Receiver or Delegate shall be held by it or him upon trust for the Agent and the other Secured Parties according to their respective interests to apply the same in the order specified in Clause 19.1 (Order of Application).

Term of Trust

 

23.3 The trusts in this Deed shall remain in force until whichever is the earlier of:

 

  23.3.1 the expiration of a period of 125 years from the date of this Deed; or

 

  23.3.2 receipt by the Agent of confirmation in writing from all of the Secured Parties that the Secured Liabilities are no longer outstanding.

 

24. Effectiveness of Security

Continuing Security

 

24.1 The security constituted by this Deed shall remain in full force and effect as a continuing security for the Secured Liabilities, unless and until discharged by the Agent, and will extend to the ultimate balance of all the Secured Liabilities, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.

Cumulative Rights

 

24.2 The security constituted by this Deed and all rights, powers and remedies of the Agent provided by or pursuant to this Deed or by law shall be cumulative, in addition to and independent of any other guarantee or other security that the Agent may at any time hold for the Secured Liabilities or any other obligations or any rights, powers and remedies provided by law.

Reinstatement

 

24.3 Where any discharge, whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or any security for those obligations or otherwise, is given or any arrangement is made in whole or in part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition that is avoided or must be restored on insolvency, liquidation or otherwise, the liability of the Chargor under the guarantee and security constituted by this Deed shall continue as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.

 

24.4 The Agent may concede or compromise any claim that any payment, security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

 

25. Payments

Manner of Payments

 

25.1 The Chargor shall make all payments to be made by it under this Deed in immediately available funds in the currency in which the relevant indebtedness is denominated or, if different, is payable and to such account and in such manner as the Agent may direct.

Payments Free of Deduction

 

25.2

All payments to be made by the Chargor under this Deed will be made without any set-off or counterclaim and free and clear of and without deduction for or on account of tax, unless the Chargor is required by law to make such payment subject to the deduction or withholding of

 

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  tax, in which case the sum payable by the Chargor in respect of which such deduction or withholding is required to be made shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, the Agent receives and retains (free from any liability in respect of any such deduction or withholding) a net sum equal to the sum that it would have received and so retained had no such deduction or withholding been made or required to be made.

 

26. Expenses, Stamp Taxes and Indemnities

Expenses

 

26.1 The Chargor will immediately on demand pay to the Agent the amount of all reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by it or any Receiver or Delegate in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution and perfection of this Deed and any other documents referred to in this Deed and any amendment, waiver, consent or suspension of rights (or any proposal for any of the foregoing) requested by or on behalf of the Chargor and relating to this Deed.

 

26.2 The Chargor will immediately on demand pay to the Agent the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by it or any Receiver or Delegate in connection with the enforcement of, or the defence, protection and/or preservation of, the security constituted by this Deed or any of the rights, powers and remedies of the Agent or any Receiver or Delegate provided by or pursuant to this Deed or by law.

Stamp Taxes

 

26.3 The Chargor will pay, and immediately on demand indemnify, the Agent against any liability it incurs in respect of, any stamp, registration and similar tax that is or becomes payable in connection with the entry into, performance or enforcement, of this Deed, the security constituted by this Deed or any judgment given in connection with this Deed.

General Indemnity

 

26.4 The Chargor shall, notwithstanding the release or discharge of all or any part of the security constituted by this Deed, indemnify the Agent and every Receiver and Delegate against any cost, loss, liability or damage incurred by any of them as a result of:

 

  26.4.1 any default or delay by the Chargor in the performance of any of its obligations in this Deed;

 

  26.4.2 the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the security constituted by this Deed; and

 

  26.4.3 the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions and remedies vested in the Agent and each Receiver and Delegate by this Deed or by law in respect of the Security Assets.

Currency Indemnity

 

26.5 If any sum (a “Sum”) owing by the Chargor under this Deed or any order or judgment given or made in relation to this Deed has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which such Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:

 

  26.5.1 making or filing a claim or proof against the Chargor;

 

  26.5.2 obtaining an order or judgment or decree in any court or other tribunal;

 

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  26.5.3 enforcing any order or judgment or decree given or made in relation to this Deed; or

 

  26.5.4 applying the Sum in satisfaction of any of the Secured Liabilities,

the Chargor shall indemnify the Agent from and against any loss suffered or incurred as a result of any discrepancy between (a) the rate of exchange used for such purpose to convert such Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (b) the rate or rates of exchange available to the Agent at the time of such receipt of such Sum.

Value Added Tax

 

26.6 Any cost or expense referred to in this Clause 266 is exclusive of any value added tax or any other tax that might be chargeable in connection with that cost or expense. If any value added tax or other tax is so chargeable, it shall be paid by the Chargor at the same time as it pays the relevant cost or expense.

 

27. Assignment

The Agent may assign, charge or transfer all or any of its rights under this Deed without the consent of the Chargor.

 

28. Partial Invalidity

In the case that one or more of the provisions contained in this Deed should prove to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Deed shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and, if any part of the security constituted, or intended to be constituted, by this Deed is invalid, unenforceable or ineffective for any reason, that shall not affect or impair any other part of the security.

 

29. Remedies and Waivers

 

29.1 No delay or omission of the Agent in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Deed shall operate to impair such right, power or privilege or be construed as a waiver of it. Any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege shall not preclude any other or future exercise or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

29.2 Any waiver or consent by the Agent under this Deed must be in writing and may be given subject to any conditions thought fit by the Agent. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the instance and for the purpose for which it is given.

 

30. Notices

Notices shall be given in accordance with Section 14.3 (Notices and Communications) of the Loan Agreement.

 

31. Counterparts

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

32. Applicable Law

 

32.1 The law of England and Wales is the law applicable to this Deed.

 

32.2

For the exclusive benefit of the Agent, the parties to this Deed irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales are to have jurisdiction to hear and settle any dispute, suit, action, claim

 

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  or proceeding (together in this Clause 32 referred to as “Proceedings”) that arises out of or in connection with this Deed, save that nothing contained in this Clause 32.2 shall limit the right of the Agent to take Proceedings against the Chargor in any other court of competent jurisdiction. The Chargor irrevocably agrees only to bring Proceedings in the courts of England and Wales.

 

32.3 The Chargor irrevocably waives:

 

  32.3.1 any right it may have to the trial by jury of Proceedings in any such court as is referred to in this Clause 32;

 

  32.3.2 any objection that it may have now or after the date of this Deed to the commencement, or to the venue, of any Proceedings in any such court; and

 

  32.3.3 any claim that any such Proceedings should be brought in a more convenient forum,

and further irrevocably agrees that a judgment in any Proceedings brought in any competent court shall be conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

 

32.4 The Chargor consents generally in respect of any Proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Deed to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in connection with such Proceedings, including, without limitation, the making, enforcement or execution against any assets whatsoever of any order or judgment that may be made or given in such Proceedings.

IN WITNESS whereof this Deed has been entered into as a deed and is intended to be and is delivered on the day and year first before written.

 

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Schedule 1

Bank Accounts

Part 1

Blocked Accounts (including BoA Blocked Accounts)

 

Name of Chargor

 

Name and address of

entity at which account is

held

 

Account details

 

Amount held as

at the date

hereof

 

[Bank of America, N.A.,

London Branch,

5 Canada Square,

London E14 5AQ]

   

Part 2

Other Accounts (at Bank of America, N.A., London Branch)

 

Name of Chargor

 

Name and address of

entity at which account is

held

 

Account details

 

Amount held as

at the date

hereof

 

[Bank of America, N.A.,

London Branch,

5 Canada Square,

London E14 5AQ]

   

 

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Part 3

Other Accounts (at other Banks)

 

Name of Chargor

 

Name and address of

entity at which account is

held

 

Account details

 

Amount held

as at the date

hereof

     

 

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Schedule 2

BoA Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements

Part 1

BoA Blocked Account Notice

Form of Notice of Charge

 

To: Bank of America, NA

London Branch

5 Canada Square

London

E14 5AQ

 

FAO: GTS Client Services

[Insert Date]

Dear Sirs

We refer to the following accounts in our name and maintained with you:

 

NAME

 

BRANCH

 

CURRENCY

 

ACCT NO

     

(each an “Account” and together the “Accounts”).

 

1. We hereby give you notice that we have charged by way of security pursuant to a debenture dated [Insert Date] (such debenture, as the same may from time to time be amended, varied, supplemented, novated or replaced being referred to as the “Debenture”) between ourselves and Bank of America, National Association as security trustee for and on behalf of the beneficiaries referred to in the Debenture (the “Security Trustee”) all our rights, title and interest in and to the Accounts and the monies from time to time standing to their credit.

 

2. We irrevocably and unconditionally instruct and authorise you (notwithstanding any previous instructions which that we may have given you to the contrary and without requiring you to make any reference to or seek any further authority from us or to make any enquiry as to the justification for or validity of any notice, statement, requirement or direction) as follows:

 

  (1) to disclose to the Security Trustee such information relating to the Accounts as the Security Trustee may, at any time and from time to time, request you to disclose to it;

 

  (2) subject to the Security Trustee’s written directions, to hold all monies standing to the credit of the Accounts to the order of the Security Trustee;

 

  (3) at any time and from time to time, and to the extent possible, to act and rely upon written instructions from or purporting to be from the Security Trustee to credit and debit the Accounts (as the case may require) and to act in accordance with such instructions;

 

  (4)

to comply with the terms of any written notice, statement or instructions that you receive at any time from or purporting to be from, the Security Trustee and that in any

 

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  way relate to or purport to relate to any of the Debenture, the Accounts and the monies standing to the credit thereof from time to time;

 

  (5) to remit to the Security Trustee on a business daily basis the collected and available proceeds of all cash, cheques, orders for the payment of money and other evidence of payment deposited in each of the Accounts, by wire transfer or otherwise as the Security Trustee may instruct you in writing (provided such method of remission is acceptable to you) to such account as the Security Trustee may specify; and

 

  (6) not to agree any change to the mandate for the Accounts without the consent of the Security Trustee,

subject to the terms and conditions contained in the attached acknowledgement.

The instructions and authorisations which are contained in paragraph 2 above shall remain in full force and effect until the Security Trustee gives you written notice revoking them and you have a reasonable time to act on such notice.

A person who is not an addressee or signatory to this letter has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this letter.

This letter, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter and your acceptance of the terms and conditions, instructions and authorisations contained in it by signing the attached form of acknowledgement and agreement, counterpart(s) of which have been signed by us and the Security Trustee and are also attached, and returning it to Bank of America, N.A., 2 King Edward Street, London EC1A 1HQ, for the attention of Bernisi Morrin.

Yours faithfully

For and on behalf of

[Insert name of Account Holder]

 

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Part 2

BoA Blocked Account Acknowledgement

Form of Acknowledgement and Agreement

 

To: Bank of America, NA

2 King Edward Street

London

EC1A 1HQ

(the “Security Trustee”)

 

And to: [Insert Account Holder Name and Address]

(the “Account Holder”)

Dear Sirs

We acknowledge receipt of a letter dated [                    ] and addressed to us by the Account Holder (the “Notice”). This is the Acknowledgement referred to in the Notice. Terms defined in the Notice have the same meaning in this Acknowledgement unless given a different meaning in this Acknowledgement.

We accept the terms, conditions, instructions and authorisations contained in the Notice subject to the terms and conditions of this Acknowledgement.

 

(A) Acknowledgement

We acknowledge and confirm to the Security Trustee that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Acknowledgement:

 

1. we do not have and, until the Security Trustee or a person purporting to be the Security Trustee gives us notice in writing that the Accounts and the monies from time to time standing to the credit thereof have been re-assigned and released to the Account Holder, will not make or exercise any claims or demands, rights of combination, consolidation or set-off or any other equities against the Accounts and the monies from time to time standing to the credit thereof except as permitted or as otherwise provided by the terms of this Acknowledgement; and

 

2. we have not received any notice that any third party has or may have any rights, title or interest in or to, or has made or may be making any claim or demand or taking any action against, the Accounts and the monies from time to time standing to the credit thereof (other than the Notice).

 

(B) Provisions relating to the Accounts

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the IAA shall continue to apply to the Accounts. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Acknowledgement and the IAA, the terms of this Acknowledgement shall prevail.

The proceeds of any deposit, remittance advice, document, cheque or other instrument shall not be available until we have received collected and available funds. If, however, we do give immediate credit to an Account, and

 

  (i) any such deposit, remittance, document, cheque or other instrument is not honoured when due, or

 

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  (ii) final settlement is not received, or

 

  (iii) the respective funds are not freely and immediately available, repatriable or convertible to a commonly traded currency,

then we may, without notice, reverse the credit entry from that Account together with related interest. We will notify the Security Trustee of any credit entry reversed under this provision, as soon as reasonably practicable in all the circumstances.

In relation to any amount credited (whether provisionally or otherwise) to an Account, each of the Security Trustee and the Account Holder by countersigning this Acknowledgement irrevocably authorises us (without prejudice to any other rights we may have howsoever arising) to debit, without notice, from time to time from that Account an amount equivalent to such amount and/or any part thereof to be refunded or that we may be obliged to refund under or in connection with any direct debit arrangement.

This Acknowledgement shall not be construed as an agreement by us to provide credit to the Security Trustee or the Account Holder and we shall not be obliged to act on any instruction in relation to any Account if (i) the relevant Account is in debit or may become overdrawn if we were to act on the instruction or (ii) if to do so would be contrary to our policy (our remittance on the Security Trustee’s instructions of cleared funds on a business daily basis from the Accounts to any loan account with Bank of America, National Association, London branch in the name of the Security Trustee is not contrary to our policy) or to the request, requirement or policy of any regulatory, governmental, fiscal, monetary or other body or authority to which we are subject or submit, whether or not such request, requirement or policy has the force of law.

 

(C) General

We will not be liable to the Account Holder or the Security Trustee for any loss, damage, cost, claim or expense (collectively “Damages”) of any nature arising out of or relating to our performance under this Acknowledgement other than Damages which are directly caused by our gross negligence. In no event will we be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense of any nature, arising from or in relation to economic loss, loss of business, profits, revenue, goodwill and anticipated savings, special damages, loss of or corruption to data, loss of operation time, loss of contracts or any indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive loss.

We will not be liable for and will be excused from any failure or delay in performing under this Acknowledgement if (i) such failure or delay is caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including, but not limited to, legal constraint, emergency conditions, action or inaction of governmental, civil or military authority, fire, labour dispute, war, riot, theft, natural disaster, Act of God, breakdown of any supplier, failure or interruption of service on telecommunications line, equipment failure, or any act, omission, negligence or fault of the Account Holder, the Security Trustee or any person over which we have no control or (ii) we reasonably believed that our action would have violated any law, guideline, decree, rule or regulation of any governmental authority. No such failure or delay will constitute a breach of this Acknowledgement.

We may rely on notices and communications which we believe in good faith to be genuine and given by the appropriate party.

References in this Acknowledgement to this Acknowledgement shall, except where otherwise expressly stated herein, include the Notice and this Acknowledgment and any amendments or supplements to either of them.

Each of the Security Trustee and the Account Holder by signing this Acknowledgement agrees to the terms and conditions of this Acknowledgement and to be bound by such terms and

 

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conditions of this Acknowledgement. Nothing in this Acknowledgement shall prejudice the rights of the Agent under the Debenture.

This Acknowledgement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by us, the Security Trustee and the Account Holder on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each such party has executed at least one counterpart. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Acknowledgement but all the counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

The Security Trustee may terminate this letter by providing notice to the Account Holder and us that all of the Account Holder’s relevant obligations secured by the Account are paid in full. The Security Trustee may also terminate this letter upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Account Holder and us. We may terminate this letter upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Security Trustee and the Account Holder. The Account Holder may not terminate this letter except with the written consent of the Security Trustee and upon prior written notice to us.

A person who is not a signatory to this Acknowledgement (which latter reference does not include a reference to the Notice) has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Acknowledgement.

This Acknowledgement, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

 

Yours faithfully

 

GTS Client Services

 

For and on behalf of

Bank of America, N.A., London Branch

 

Date:

 

Agreed and accepted

 

For and on behalf of

Bank of America, N.A., as Security Trustee

 

Date:

 

For and on behalf of

[Insert name of Account Holder]

 

Date:

 

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Schedule 3

Blocked Account Notices and Acknowledgements

Part 1

Blocked Account Notice

[Date]

 

To: [Name of Bank]

[Address]

Attention: [        ]

Dear Sirs,

We hereby give you notice that by a debenture dated [        ] (the “Debenture”), we have assigned by way of security to Bank of America, N.A. all our rights, title, interest and benefit in and to the following account(s) held with yourselves and all amounts standing to the credit of such account from time to time:

Account No. [                    ], sort code [        ]

Account No. [                    ], sort code [        ]

(the “Blocked Account[s]”).

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by returning a copy of the attached letter on your own headed notepaper with a receipted copy of this notice forthwith, to Bank of America, N.A. at [        ], Attention: [        ].

Yours faithfully

 

                                                         

for and on behalf of

[Chargor]

 

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Part 2

Blocked Account Acknowledgement

[On the Headed Notepaper of Bank]

[Date]

 

To: Bank of America, N.A.

[         ]

 

Attention:         [            ]

Dear Sirs,

[Name of Chargor] (the “Company”)

We refer to the notice, received today from the Company with respect to the assignment by way of security that it has made to Bank of America, N.A. of the Bank Account[s] (the “Notice”).

Terms not defined in this letter shall have the meanings given to them in the Notice.

We hereby acknowledge that the Company has assigned by way of security to Bank of America, N.A. all of its rights, title, interest and benefit in and to the Bank Account[s].

We hereby confirm that we have not received notice that any third party has or may have any rights, title or interest in or to, or has made or may be making any claim or demand or taking any action in respect of, the Bank Account[s].

We hereby irrevocably undertake to you that until receipt by us of notice from you confirming that you no longer have any interest in the Bank Account[s] we shall:

 

(a) not exercise any right of combination, consolidation, merger or set-off that we may have in respect of, or otherwise exercise any other right that we may have to apply any monies from time to time standing or accruing to the credit of the Bank Account[s] save for our usual administrative and transactional fees and charges payable to us for the operation of the Bank Account[s];

 

(b) promptly notify you of any renewal, renumbering or re-designation of any and all or the Bank Account[s];

 

(c) promptly send to you copies with respect to [all] the Bank Account[s] of all statements and, if requested by you, copies of all credits, debits and notices given or made by us in connection with such Bank Account;

 

(d) not permit or effect any withdrawal or transfer from the Bank Account[s] by or on behalf of the Company save for withdrawals and transfers requested by you in writing to us pursuant to the terms of this letter;

 

(e) comply with all instructions received by us from you from time to time with respect to the movement of funds from the Bank Account[s] provided that:

 

  (i)

all instructions must be received by 2pm if they are to be complied with on the same Business Day. Instructions received outside such hours will be complied with on the

 

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  next Business Day following such receipt. Facsimile instructions will be deemed received at the time of transmission; and

 

  (ii) all instructions are given in compliance with the mandate entered into by you stipulating who may give instructions to us;

 

(f) effect the following transaction on a daily basis unless we receive written notice to the contrary in accordance with paragraph (e) above: the cleared balance of the Bank Account[s] will be transferred into the account at [Bank of America, N.A., London Branch] account number [                     ], being an account in your name designated the “[the Chargor] Account” attn. [        ]]; and

 

(g) not agree any change to the mandate for any of the Blocked Account[s] without your prior written consent.

We note that, for the purposes of this letter, all notices, copy notices, advices and correspondence to be delivered to you shall be effectively delivered if sent by facsimile to you at number [    ] or by post at the address at the top of this letter, in both cases marked for the attention of [            ].

This letter, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

Yours faithfully

                                                     

for and on behalf of

[Bank]

We hereby acknowledge and accept the terms of this letter

                                                     

for and on behalf of

Bank of America, N.A.

 

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Schedule 4

BoA Other Account Notices and Acknowledgements

Part 1

BoA Other Accounts Notice

 

To: Bank of America, NA

London Branch

5 Canada Square

London E14 5AQ

 

FAO: GTS Client Services

[Insert Date]

Dear Sirs

We hereby give you notice that by a debenture dated [            ] (the “Debenture”), we have charged to Bank of America, N.A. (the “Security Trustee”) all our rights, title, interest and benefit in and to the following accounts held with yourselves and all amounts standing to the credit of such accounts from time to time:

Account No: [Insert details.], Chaps Sort Code: [Insert details.]

Account No: [Insert details.], Chaps Sort Code: [Insert details.]

(the “Charged Accounts”)

We irrevocably and unconditionally instruct and authorise you (notwithstanding any previous instructions which we may have given you to the contrary and without requiring you to make any reference to or seek any further authority from us or to make any enquiry as to the justification for or validity of any notice, statement, requirement or direction) as follows:

 

(a) at any time after receipt by you of a notice from the Security Trustee that an Event of Default has occurred, not to exercise any right of combination, consolidation, merger or set-off which you may have in respect of, or otherwise exercise any other right which you may have to apply any monies from time to time standing or accruing to the credit of the Charged Accounts, save for your usual administrative and transactional fees and charges payable by us for the operation of the Charged Accounts;

 

(b) promptly notify the Security Trustee of any renewal, renumbering or re-designation of any and all of the Charged Accounts;

 

(c) upon request from the Security Trustee, to send to the Security Trustee copies with respect to all the Charged Accounts of all statements together with copies of all credits, debits and notices given or made by us in connection with such accounts;

 

(d) to permit or effect any withdrawal or transfer from the Charged Accounts in accordance with the Chargor’s mandate with you until you receive notice from us that an Event of Default has occurred and terminating the Chargor’s right to operate the Charged Accounts; and

 

(e) upon receipt of a notice from the Security Trustee that an Event of Default has occurred:

 

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  (i) to act and rely upon written instructions from or purporting to be from the Security Trustee to credit and debit the Charged Accounts (as the case may require) and to act in accordance with such instructions; and

 

  (ii) to comply with the terms of any written notice, statement or instructions which you receive at any time from or purporting to be from, the Security Trustee and which in any way relate to or purport to relate to the Charged Accounts and the monies standing to the credit thereof from time to time.

A person who is not an addressee or signatory to this letter has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this letter.

This letter, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter and your acceptance of the terms and conditions, instructions and authorisations contained in it by signing the attached form of acknowledgement and agreement, counterpart(s) of which have been signed by us and the Security Trustee and are also attached, and returning it to Bank of America, N.A., 2 King Edward Street, London EC1A 1HQ, for the attention of [Insert name.]

Yours faithfully

For and on behalf of

[Chargor]

 

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Part 2

BoA Other Accounts Acknowledgement

 

To: Bank of America, NA

2 King Edward Street

London

EC1A 1HQ

(the “Security Trustee”)

 

And to: [Chargor]

[Chargor Address]

(the “Account Holder”)

Dear Sirs

We acknowledge receipt of a letter dated [                    ] and addressed to us by the Account Holder (the “Notice”). This is the Acknowledgement referred to in the Notice. Terms defined in the Notice have the same meaning in this Acknowledgement unless given a different meaning in this Acknowledgement.

We accept the terms, conditions, instructions and authorisations contained in the Notice subject to the terms and conditions of this Acknowledgement.

 

(A) Acknowledgement

We acknowledge and confirm to the Security Trustee that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Acknowledgement:

 

1. we do not have and, until the Security Trustee or a person purporting to be the Security Trustee gives us notice in writing that the Charged Accounts and the monies from time to time standing to the credit thereof have been discharged from the charge under the Debenture and released to the Account Holder, will not make or exercise any claims or demands, rights of combination, consolidation or set-off or any other equities against the Charged Accounts and the monies from time to time standing to the credit thereof except as permitted or as otherwise provided by the terms of this Acknowledgement; and

 

2. we have not received any notice that any third party has or may have any rights, title or interest in or to, or has made or may be making any claim or demand or taking any action against, the Charged Accounts and the monies from time to time standing to the credit thereof (other than the Notice).

 

(B) Provisions relating to the Accounts

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the IAA shall continue to apply to the Charged Accounts. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Acknowledgement and the IAA, the terms of this Acknowledgement shall prevail.

The proceeds of any deposit, remittance advice, document, cheque or other instrument shall not be available until we have received collected and available funds. If, however, we do give immediate credit to a Charged Account, and

 

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  (i) any such deposit, remittance, document, cheque or other instrument is not honoured when due, or

 

  (ii) final settlement is not received, or

 

  (iii) the respective funds are not freely and immediately available, repatriable or convertible to a commonly traded currency,

then we may, without notice, reverse the credit entry from that Charged Account together with related interest. We will notify the Security Trustee of any credit entry reversed under this provision, as soon as reasonably practicable in all the circumstances.

In relation to any amount credited (whether provisionally or otherwise) to a Charged Account, each of the Security Trustee and the Account Holder by countersigning this Acknowledgement irrevocably authorises us (without prejudice to any other rights we may have howsoever arising) to debit, without notice, from time to time from that Charged Account an amount equivalent to such amount and/or any part thereof to be refunded or that we may be obliged to refund under or in connection with any direct debit arrangement.

This Acknowledgement shall not be construed as an agreement by us to provide credit to the Security Trustee or the Account Holder and we shall not be obliged to act on any instruction in relation to any Charged Account if (i) the relevant Charged Account is in debit or may become overdrawn if we were to act on the instruction or (ii) if to do so would be contrary to our policy or to the request, requirement or policy of any regulatory, governmental, fiscal, monetary or other body or authority to which we are subject or submit, whether or not such request, requirement or policy has the force of law.

 

(C) General

We will not be liable to the Account Holder or the Security Trustee for any loss, damage, cost, claim or expense (collectively “Damages”) of any nature arising out of or relating to our performance under this Acknowledgement other than Damages which are directly caused by our gross negligence. In no event will we be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense of any nature, arising from or in relation to economic loss, loss of business, profits, revenue, goodwill and anticipated savings, special damages, loss of or corruption to data, loss of operation time, loss of contracts or any indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive loss.

We will not be liable for and will be excused from any failure or delay in performing under this Acknowledgement if (i) such failure or delay is caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including, but not limited to, legal constraint, emergency conditions, action or inaction of governmental, civil or military authority, fire, labour dispute, war, riot, theft, natural disaster, Act of God, breakdown of any supplier, failure or interruption of service on telecommunications line, equipment failure, or any act, omission, negligence or fault of the Account Holder, the Security Trustee or any person over which we have no control or (ii) we reasonably believed that our action would have violated any law, guideline, decree, rule or regulation of any governmental authority. No such failure or delay will constitute a breach of this Acknowledgement.

We may rely on notices and communications which we believe in good faith to be genuine and given by the appropriate party.

References in this Acknowledgement to this Acknowledgement shall, except where otherwise expressly stated herein, include the Notice and this Acknowledgment and any amendments or supplements to either of them.

Each of the Security Trustee and the Account Holder by signing this Acknowledgement agrees to the terms and conditions of this Acknowledgement and to be bound by such terms and

 

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conditions of this Acknowledgement. Nothing in this Acknowledgement shall prejudice the rights of the Security Trustee under the Debenture.

This Acknowledgement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by us, the Security Trustee and the Account Holder on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each such party has executed at least one counterpart. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Acknowledgement but all the counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

The Security Trustee may terminate this letter by providing notice to the Account Holder and us that all of the Account Holder’s relevant obligations secured by the Charged Account are paid in full. The Security Trustee may also terminate this letter upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Account Holder and us. We may terminate this letter upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Security Trustee and the Account Holder. The Account Holder may not terminate this letter except with the written consent of the Security Trustee and upon prior written notice to us.

A person who is not a signatory to this Acknowledgement (which latter reference does not include a reference to the Notice) has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Acknowledgement.

This Acknowledgement, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

Yours faithfully

                                                 

GTS Client Services

For and on behalf of

Bank of America, N.A., London Branch

Date:

Agreed and accepted

                                                 

For and on behalf of

Bank of America, N.A., as Security Trustee

Date:

Agreed and accepted

                                                 

For and on behalf of

[Chargor] as Account Holder

Date:

 

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Schedule 5

Other Account Notices and Acknowledgements

Part 1

Other Accounts Notice

[Date]

 

To: [Bank Name]

[            ] Branch

[Address]

Attention:         [            ]

Dear Sirs

We hereby give you notice that by a debenture dated [    ] (the “Debenture”), we have charged to Bank of America, N.A. all our rights, title, interest and benefit in and to the following accounts held with yourselves and all amounts standing to the credit of such accounts from time to time:

 

Account No: [                    ]   sort code [                    ]
Account No: [                    ]   sort code [                    ]
[repeat as necessary]  
(the “Charged Account[s]”)  

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by returning a copy of the attached letter on your own headed notepaper with a receipted copy of this notice forthwith to Bank of America, N.A. at [        ], Attention: [        ].

Yours faithfully

                                                 

for and on behalf of

[Chargor]

 

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Part 2

Other Accounts Acknowledgement

[On the Headed Notepaper of Bank]

[Date]

 

To: Bank of America, N.A.

[            ]

 

Attention: [            ]

Dear Sirs

[Name of Chargor] (the “Company”)

We refer to the notice, received today from the Company with respect to the charge that it has granted to Bank of America, N.A. over the Charged Accounts (the “Notice”).

Terms not defined in this letter shall have the meanings given to them in the Notice.

We hereby acknowledge that the Chargor has charged to Bank of America, N.A. by way of a first floating charge all of its rights, title, interest and benefit in and to the Charged Accounts.

We hereby irrevocably undertake to you that until receipt by us of notice from you confirming that you no longer have any interest in the Charged Accounts we shall:

 

(a) promptly notify you of any renewal, renumbering or re-designation of any and all of the Charged Accounts;

 

(b) upon request from you to send to you copies with respect to all the Charged Accounts of all statements together with copies of all credits, debits and notices given or made by us in connection with such accounts;

 

(c) permit or effect any withdrawal or transfer form the Charged Accounts in accordance with the Chargor’s mandate with us until we receive notice from you terminating the Chargor’s right to operate the Charged Accounts;

 

(d) comply with all instructions received by us from you from time to time with respect to the conduct of the Charged Accounts provided that such instructions are given in accordance with the terms of this letter;

 

(e) upon receipt of a notice from Bank of America, N.A. that an Event of Default has occurred comply with all instructions received by us from you from time to time with respect to the movement of funds from the Charged Accounts provided that:

 

  (i) all instructions are received in writing, by facsimile, to us at facsimile number [        ], attention [        ]; and

 

  (ii) all instructions must be received by 2pm if they are to be complied with on the same Business Day. Instructions received outside such hours will be complied with on the next Business Day following such receipt. Facsimile instructions will be deemed received at the time of transmission,

 

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  and in each case we shall give notice thereof to the Chargor and you as well as reasons why (if at any time) we cannot comply with such instructions.

We are irrevocably authorised by you to follow any instructions received from you in relation to the Charged Accounts from any person that we reasonably believe is an authorised officer of Bank of America. N.A., without further enquiry as to Bank of America, N.A.’s right or authority to give such instructions and we shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with such instructions.

We note that, for the purposes of this letter, all notices, copy notices, advices and correspondence to be delivered to you shall be effectively delivered if sent by facsimile to you at number [            ] or by post at the address at the top of this letter, in both cases marked for the attention of [            ].

This letter, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

Yours faithfully

                                             

for and on behalf of

[Bank]

We hereby acknowledge and accept the terms of this letter

                                             

for and on behalf of

Bank of America, N.A.

 

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Schedule 6

Form of Deed of Indemnity

 

To: Bank of America, N.A., London Branch

5 Canada Square

London

E14 5AQ

in your capacity as Account Bank (“you” or “your” which expressions shall include your successors and assigns).

For the Attention of: Client Services

Date:

We, [            ] Limited (the “Chargor”), refer to our letter addressed to you dated [            ] notifying you that we have charged all our rights, title and interest in and to certain designated accounts to Bank of America, N.A. as agent (the “Agent”) under a Loan Agreement dated [            ] 2011 made between, amongst others, (1) Callaway Golf Company, Callaway Golf Sales Company and Callaway Golf Ball Operations (as U.S. Borrowers and Guarantors), (2) Callaway Golf Canada Ltd (as Canadian Borrower and Guarantor), (3) the Chargor (as [UK Borrower and] Guarantor), (4) the financial institutions party thereto from time to time (as Lenders) and (5) Bank of America, N.A. (as Agent) (such notice, as it may from time to time be amended, varied, supplemented, novated, revoked or replaced, the “Notice”). Terms defined in the Notice and not otherwise defined in this letter will have the meaning ascribed to them in the Notice.

In consideration of you acknowledging receipt of the Notice and accepting the instructions and authorisations contained in the Notice by signing the form of acknowledgement attached to the Notice (such acknowledgement, as it may from time to time be amended, varied, supplemented, novated or replaced the “Acknowledgement”), we irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

1. Agree to indemnify you and keep you indemnified against all losses, claims, liabilities, actions, proceedings, demands, damages, costs and expenses (including without limitation, legal fees and allocated costs for in-house legal services) (collectively “Damages”) in any way arising out of or in connection with (a) the Notice; (b) the Acknowledgement; and/or (c) your provision of any of the services described in the Notice and/or the Acknowledgement, except in the event such Damages are directly caused by your gross negligence; and agree that this indemnity shall survive termination of this letter without limit in time.

 

2. For the avoidance of doubt, agree that nothing in the Notice and/or the Acknowledgement shall prejudice or affect (a) our obligation to pay and your right to debit from any accounts (other than the Accounts) maintained from time to time by us with you (the “Other Accounts”), all your fees, charges, costs,(including for non-receipt of monies advised to be received by you), out of pocket expenses and commission (together the “Charges”) as contemplated by the International Account Agreement that we have executed with you (the “IAA”), including, without limitation, all Charges in connection with any of the Accounts whether or not related to the Notice and/or Acknowledgement or otherwise, or (b) any right you may have to make or exercise any claims or demands or any rights of retention, combination, consolidation, merger, application or set-off or any equities or any other rights you may have howsoever arising against or in respect of any of the Other Accounts and any monies from time to time held in any other Accounts or standing to the credit thereof.

 

3.

Authorise you (without prejudice to any other rights you may have howsoever arising) to, without notice, debit from time to time from any Other Accounts any Charges in connection

 

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  with any Accounts and/or any liability we may have to you under this letter, the IAA or otherwise.

 

4. Authorise you (without prejudice to any other rights you may have howsoever arising) to, without notice, debit from time to time from any Other Accounts (a) for any reasonable costs in connection with any reversal by you as contemplated by the Acknowledgement of any credit entry into any Account, together with related interest; (b) in relation to any credit entry to any Account that you are entitled to reverse under the Acknowledgement, any amount equivalent to the amount of such credit entry and/or any related interest and reasonable costs and/or (c) in relation to any amount credited (whether provisionally or otherwise) to any Account, an amount equivalent to such amount and/or any part thereof to be refunded or that you may refund under or in connection with any direct debit scheme, indemnity, guarantee or arrangement (each amount that you may so debit from any Other Accounts under this sub-paragraph (4), a “Relevant Amount”).

 

5. Agree to pay to you on demand any Relevant Amount.

 

6. Agree that, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, if there are insufficient funds in any Other Account for you to debit any Relevant Amount under sub-paragraph (4) above, we will, on demand by you, deposit sufficient funds in such Other Account specified by you for you to make such debit.

 

7. Agree that we shall pay to you, upon receipt of your invoice, all costs, expenses and legal fees (including allocated costs for in-house legal services) incurred by you in connection with the preparation, administration and enforcement the Acknowledgement and/or the Notice and/or this letter.

 

8. Agree that the indemnity in this letter shall be a continuing security to you and shall not be satisfied by any intermediate payment or settlement of account. Your right under this letter shall be in addition to, and shall not in any way be prejudiced or affected by, any other indemnity or other security whatsoever which you may now or hereafter hold, whether from us or otherwise and may be enforced without first having recourse to any such other indemnity or other security.

 

9. Agree that no delay or omission on your part in exercising any rights, power, privilege or remedy in respect of this letter shall impair such right, power, privilege or remedy, or be construed as waiver of it, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power, privilege or remedy preclude any further exercise of it or other exercise of any right, power, privilege or remedy and agree that the rights herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers, privileges or remedies available to you at law or otherwise.

 

10. Agree that the provisions of this letter shall continue to bind us notwithstanding any transfer, assignment, amalgamation, merger or reconstruction effected by you.

 

11. Agree that this letter may not be terminated by us except with your prior written consent and that termination of this letter will not release us from any of our liabilities or obligations hereunder which shall at any time have arisen or accrued, including those that become effective or continue to be effective on or after termination.

A person who is not an addressee or signatory to this letter (other than Bank of America, N.A., London Branch in its capacity as Account Bank and Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as Agent) has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this letter and the consent of any person who is not a party to this letter (other than Bank of America, N.A., London Branch in its capacity as Account Bank and Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as Agent) is not required to rescind or vary this letter at any time.

 

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This letter, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection this Deed (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Deed) (a “Dispute”). We agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settlement Disputes and accordingly we will not argue to the contrary.

This letter of indemnity has been executed as a deed by the Chargor and has been entered into on [            ].

THE CHARGOR

 

Executed as a deed by    )   
[CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LIMITED]/[CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPEAN HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED]    )

)

                                                        
and signed by    )    Director
two Directors or a Director and the    )   
Company Secretary    )                                                         
pursuant to a resolution of the Board    )    Director/Company Secretary

 

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EXECUTION PAGE

THE CHARGOR

 

Executed as a deed by    )   
[CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPE LIMITED]/[CALLAWAY GOLF EUROPEAN HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED]    )                                                 
and signed by    )    Director
two Directors or a Director and the    )   
Company Secretary    )                                                 
pursuant to a resolution of the Board    )    Director/Company Secretary

AGENT

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A

By:

Name:

Title:

 

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SCHEDULE E-1

Existing Letters of Credit

 

Issuer

 

Beneficiary

 

Outstanding (USD)

 

Expiration

Bank of America

  Safety National Casualty Company   500,000   February 8, 2012


SCHEDULE 1.1

Commitments of Lenders

 

Lender

   U.S. Revolver
Commitment
     Canadian
Revolver
Commitment
     U.K.
Revolver
Commitment
     Total
Commitments
 

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 54,166,666.67       $ 0       $ 0       $ 54,166,666.67   

Bank of America, N.A. (acting through its Canada branch)

   $ 0       $ 10,833,333.33          $ 10,833,333.33   

Bank of America, N.A. (acting through its London branch)

   $ 0       $ 0       $ 15,000,000       $ 15,000,000   

UBS Loan Finance LLC

   $ 41,666,666.67       $ 0       $ 10,000,000       $ 51,666,666.67   

UBS AG Canada Branch

   $ 0       $ 8,333,333.33          $ 8,333,333.33   

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

   $ 41,666,666.67       $ 0          $ 41,666,666.67   

Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada

   $ 0       $ 8,333,333.33          $ 8,333,333.33   

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (London Branch)

         $ 15,000,000       $ 15,000,000   

SunTrust Bank

   $ 20,833,333.33       $ 4,166,666.67       $ 0       $ 25,000,000.00   

Total:

   $ 158,333,333.34       $ 31,666,666.66       $ 40,000,000       $ 230,000,000.00   


SCHEDULE 1.1A

to

Loan, Guaranty and Security Agreement

MANDATORY COST FORMULAE

 

1 The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with:

 

1.1 the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions); or

 

1.2 the requirements of the European Central Bank.

 

2. On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Additional Cost Rate”) for each Lender in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders’ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum.

The Agent will, at the request of the U.K. Borrower, deliver to the U.K. Borrower a statement setting forth the calculation of any Mandatory Cost.

 

3. The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Lending Office in any Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender’s participation in all Loans made from that Lending Office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that Lending Office.

 

4. The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Lending Office in the U.K. will be calculated by the Agent as follows:

 

4.1 in relation to a Revolver Loan in British Pounds:

AB + C(B - D) + E x 0.01 per cent. per annum

100 - (A + C)

 

4.2 in relation to a Revolver Loan in any currency other than British Pounds:

E x 0.01 per cent. per annum.

300

Where:


  A is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of any stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time required to maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio requirements.

 

  B is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Applicable Margin and the Mandatory Cost and, if an unpaid Obligation, the additional rate of interest applicable thereto under the definition of “Default Rate”) payable for the relevant Interest Period on that unpaid Obligation.

 

  C is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that Lender is required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of England.

 

  D is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits.

 

  E is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Agent pursuant to paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000.

 

5. For the purposes of this Schedule:

 

5.1 “Eligible Liabilities” and “Special Deposits” have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 of England or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England;

 

5.2 “Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contained in the Financial Services Authority Fees Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits;

 

5.3 “Fee Tariffs” means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate);

 

5.4 “Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules; and

 

5.5 “Reference Banks” mean the principal London offices of Bank of America or such other banks as may be appointed by Agent.

 

6. In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent. will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures shall be rounded to four decimal places.


7. If requested by Agent or the U.K. Borrower, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority of the U.K., supply to Agent, the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority of the U.K. pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority of the U.K. (calculated for this purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference Bank.

 

8. Each Lender shall supply any information required by Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information in writing on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender:

 

8.1 the jurisdiction of its Lending Office; and

 

8.2 any other information that the Agent may reasonably require for such purpose.

Each Lender shall promptly notify the Agent of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.

 

9. The percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates of charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be determined by Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies Agent to the contrary, each Lender’s obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Lending Office in the same jurisdiction as its Lending Office.

 

10. Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects.

 

11. Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender and each Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above.

 

12. Any determination by Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

 

13.

Agent may from time to time, after consultation with Lenders, determine and notify to all parties hereto any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the U.K. Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of


  its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.


SCHEDULE 1.1C

U.K. Eligible Foreign Accounts

None.


SCHEDULE 1.1D

U.K. Non-Bank Lenders

None.


SCHEDULE 5.9.9

Treaty Lenders Under HMRC DT Passport Scheme

None.


SCHEDULE 8.6.1

Business Locations

Callaway Golf Company

1. 2285 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad, CA 92008

2. 5928 Pascal Court, Carlsbad, CA 92008

3. 5960 Pascal Court, Carlsbad, CA 92008

4. 5860 Dryden Place, Bldg 6, Carlsbad, CA 92008

4. 5891 Dryden Place, Lots 23, 68 and 69, Carlsbad, CA 92008

5. 2180 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad, CA 92008

6. 2081 Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008

7. 1812 Aston Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008

8. 700 Henrietta Creek Rd., Roanoke, TX 76262

Callaway Golf Canada, Ltd.

1. Suite 101, 675 Cochrane Drive, West Tower, Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 0B8

2. 9700 Goreway Dr., Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6P 0M7

3. 1275 Kingsway Avenue, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada V3C 1S2

Callaway Golf Europe Ltd.

1. The Broadgate Tower, 3rd Floor, 20 Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2RS, United Kingdom

2. MJ Services, Building 329 Shepperton Studio, Studios Rd, Shepperton, TW17 0DQ, United Kingdom

3. PD Supplies, Station rd Industrial estate, Station Rd, Ampthill, MK45 2QY, United Kingdom

4. Total Print Ltd, Station Rd, Gedney Hill, PE12 0NP, United Kingdom

5. St Andrews Links Trust, Pilmour House, St Andrews, KY16 9SF, United Kingdom

6. World of Golf Scandinavia AB, Klubbvaggen 20, SE-421 47 Vastra Frolunda, Sweden

7. A27 Barwell Business Park, Leatherhead Road, Chessington, KT9 2NY, United Kingdom

8. Walker Logistics Ltd, Ramsbury Road, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire, RG17 7TJ

Callaway Golf European Holding Company Limited

1. The Broadgate Tower, 3rd Floor, 20 Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2RS, United Kingdom

Callaway Golf Interactive, Inc.

1. 9013 Tuscany Way, Bldg. 1, Suite 110, Austin, TX 78754


Callaway Golf Sales Company

1. 8936 Oak Grove Road, Fort Worth, TX 76115


SCHEDULE 9.1.9

Environmental Matters

None.


SCHEDULE 9.1.12

ERISA Compliance

None.


SCHEDULE 9.1.13

Names and Capital Structure

I. Parent

 

Entity

   State or Country
of Organization
   Mergers,
Amalgamations or
Combinations in

the Last Five
Years

Callaway Golf Company

   Delaware    Acquired certain
assets and
liabilities of uPlay,
LLC on
December 31,
2008.

II. Subsidiaries

 

Entity

 

State or Country

of Organization

 

Authorized/Issued

Equity Interests

 

Holders of Equity
Interests

 

Holders’

Agreements with

Respect to Equity
Interests

 

Mergers,

Amalgamations or
Combinations in

the Last Five

Years

Callaway Golf Interactive, Inc.   Texas  

Authorized: 10,000,000

Issued: 7,265,284

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf Sales Company   California  

Authorized: 10,000

Issued: 10,000

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf International Sales Company   California  

Authorized: 1,000,000

Issued: 1,000

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf Canada Ltd.   Canada  

Authorized: Unlimited

Issued: 1,100

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf Europe Ltd.   United Kingdom  

Authorized: 3,179,875

Issued: 3,179,875

  Callaway Golf European Holding Company Limited (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf (Germany) GmbH   Germany  

Authorized: 1

Issued: 1

  Callaway Golf European Holding Company Limited (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf Kabushiki Kaisha   Japan  

Authorized: 1,600

Issued: 1,000

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf Korea Ltd.   Korea  

Authorized: N/A

Issued: N/A

  Callaway Golf Company (99%); Callaway Golf International Sales Company (1%)   None.   None.


Entity

 

State or Country

of Organization

 

Authorized/Issued

Equity Interests

 

Holders of Equity
Interests

 

Holders’

Agreements with

Respect to Equity
Interests

 

Mergers,

Amalgamations or
Combinations in

the Last Five

Years

Callaway Golf (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.   China  

Authorized: N/A

Issued: N/A

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf South Pacific Pty Ltd.   Australia  

Authorized: Unlimited

Issued: 4,677,400

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc.   Delaware  

Authorized: 1,000

Issued: 1,000

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf Cyprus Co. Ltd.   The Republic of Cyprus  

Authorized: 7,425

Issued: 2,000

  Callaway Golf International Sales Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf European Holding Company Limited   United Kingdom  

Authorized: 1,000

Issued: 597

  Callaway Golf Cyprus Co. Ltd. (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf (Guangzhou) Technology Service Co., Ltd.   China  

Authorized: N/A

Issued: N/A

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.   Malaysia  

Authorized: 5,000,000

Issued: 1,500,000

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf (Thailand) Ltd.   Thailand  

Authorized: 200,000

Issued: 200,000

 

Callaway Golf Company (99.999%)

Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc. (.0005%)

Callaway Golf Interactive, Inc. (.0005%)

  None.   None.
uPlay, Inc.   Delaware  

Authorized: 1,000

Issued: 100

  Callaway Golf Company (100%)   None.   None.
Callaway Golf India Private Ltd.   India  

Authorized: 50,000

Issued: 50,000

 

Callaway Golf International Sales Company (99.988889%)

uPlay, Inc. (0.011111%)

  None.   None.
Callaway de Mexico, S.A. de C.V   Mexico  

Authorized: Unlimited

Issued: 1,000

  Callaway Golf Company (99.9%); Callaway Golf International Sales Company (0.1%)   None.   None.


SCHEDULE 9.1.21

Labor Contracts

Collective bargaining agreement between Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc. and International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers A.F.L.-C.I.O and its Local Lodge 1851 concerning the Chicopee, Massachusetts manufacturing plant. The current agreement became effective October 1, 2011, and expires September 30, 2014. The agreement automatically renews on a year-to-year basis unless terminated. Approximately 160 employees are covered by this agreement.


SCHEDULE 10.2.1

Existing Liens

 

State of Lien Filing

 

Debtor

 

Secured Party

 

Filing Number

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   Sharp Electronics   3276486 1

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   U.S. Bancorp   6368536 9

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   Banc of America Leasing & Capital LLC   2008 0968899

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   Toyota Motor Credit Corporation   2008 1284767

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   Toyota Motor Credit Corporation   2009 3361042

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   Ikon Financial Services   2009 0073400

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   Ikon Financial Services   2009 0073418

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   Ikon Financial Services   2010 2845760

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   Raymond Leasing Corp.   2010 2853343

Delaware

  Callaway Golf Company   Timepayment Corporation   2011 1466260

California

  Callaway Golf Company   Gelco Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services   10-7242907941

California

  Callaway Golf Company   Timepayment Corporation   10-7253794523


State of Lien Filing

 

Debtor

 

Secured Party

 

Filing Number

California

  Callaway Golf Company   Assignor: EMC Corporation; Assignee: SG Equipment Finance USA Corp.   11-7263928958

Delaware

  The Top-Flite Golf Company   NMHG Financial Services Inc.   5370559 8

Ontario

  Callaway Golf Canada Ltd.   DCFS Canada Corp. and Mercedes-Benz Financial   665420427 (registration no. 201010261946 1531 4248)

Ontario

  Callaway Golf Canada Ltd.   DCFS Canada Corp. and Mercedes-Benz Financial   649237734 (registration no. 20081014 1946 1531 5391)


SCHEDULE 10.2.2

Permitted Investments

 

Investor Entity

 

Investment

 

Investment Amount

Callaway Golf Company

  Qingdao Sun Tech Sporting Goods Co., Ltd. and affiliates (loan agreement)   $2,187,587 (USD)

Callaway Golf Company

  Top-Golf International, Inc.   18.26% equity ownership of Top-Golf.

Callaway Golf Company

  Lone Cypress Company, LLC.   $ 2,000,000 (USD)


SCHEDULE 10.2.3

Permitted Debt

In each case, in the amount set forth in the applicable Information Certificate:

 

Nature of Obligation

 

Creditor

 

Entity

Capital Lease, Postage Meter   Pitney Bowes   Callaway Golf Company
Capital Lease, IT Servers   EMC   Callaway Golf Company
Intercompany Loan   Callaway Golf Interactive, Inc.   Callaway Golf Company
Intercompany Loan   Callaway Golf European Holding Co. Ltd.   Callaway Golf Company
Bank Guarantee   Green Square Property Development   Callaway Golf South Pacific Pty Ltd.
Bank Guarantee   Credit Suisse   Callaway Golf Europe Ltd.
Bank Guarantee (VAT)   Den norske Bank   Callaway Golf Europe Ltd.
Bank Guarantee (import duties)   Den norske Bank   Callaway Golf Europe Ltd.
Bond Guarantee (import duties)   Barclays PLC   Callaway Golf Europe Ltd.
Car Leasing   Volvo Auto Leasing Deutschland GmbH   Callaway Golf Europe Ltd.
VAT deferment Guarantee   Eidg. Oberzolldirecktion   Callaway Golf Europe Ltd.
Intercompany Loan   Callaway Golf Cyprus Co. Ltd.   Callaway Golf European Holding Company Limited
Canada AMEX Guarantee   AMEX Bank of Canada   Callaway Golf Canada Ltd.
Intercompany Long-Term Loan   Callaway Golf Company   Callaway Golf Canada Ltd.
Intercompany Short-Term Loan   Callaway Golf Company   Callaway Golf Canada Ltd.
Customs Bond for Duty and GST payments   Canada Customs   Callaway Golf Canada Ltd.