-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Gyi1FmhyG2NDdo1vpvLrraRuRikAsgXTppDYD09nZIZ2e0usPSjSc213mPneBSLm 6Vjpfs1nV+1lBbRznN5OYg== 0001437749-10-002495.txt : 20100806 0001437749-10-002495.hdr.sgml : 20100806 20100806161011 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-10-002495 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 11 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100806 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100806 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CARDTRONICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001277856 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 760681190 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33864 FILM NUMBER: 10998551 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3250 BRIARPARK DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042 BUSINESS PHONE: 832-308-4000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3250 BRIARPARK DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042 10-Q 1 cardtronics_10q-063010.htm FORM 10-Q cardtronics_10q-063010.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
   
þ
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
 
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010
 
or
   
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
 
For the transition period from _______ to _______         

Commission File Number: 001-33864
________________________________
CARDTRONICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
76-0681190
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)

3250 Briarpark Drive, Suite 400
77042
Houston, TX
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 308-4000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes o No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer’’ and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ

Common Stock, par value: $0.0001 per share.  Shares outstanding on August 4, 2010: 41,961,459
 
 
 

 

CARDTRONICS, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
 
Page 
 
PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements (unaudited)
1
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
1
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
2
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
3
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
4
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
28
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
29
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
45
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
48
     
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
49
 Item 1A.
Risk Factors
49
 Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
54
 Item 6.
Exhibits
54
 
Signatures
55
 
When we refer to “us,” “we,” “our,” “ours” or “the Company,” we are describing Cardtronics, Inc. and/or our subsidiaries.
 
 
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

CARDTRONICS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, excluding share and per share amounts)
 
 
 
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
    (Unaudited)        
ASSETS
Current assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 40,089     $ 10,449  
Accounts and notes receivable, net of allowance of $297 and $560 as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
    20,009       27,700  
Inventory
    2,093       2,617  
Restricted cash, short-term
    3,060       3,452  
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other current assets
    10,450       8,850  
Total current assets
    75,701       53,068  
Property and equipment, net
    148,403       147,348  
Intangible assets, net
    79,877       89,036  
Goodwill
    164,121       165,166  
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other assets
    4,545       5,786  
Total assets
  $ 472,647     $ 460,404  
   
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
               
Current portion of long-term debt and notes payable
  $ 2,481     $ 2,122  
Capital lease obligations
          235  
Current portion of other long-term liabilities
    24,599       26,047  
Accounts payable
    19,403       12,904  
Accrued liabilities
    51,379       57,583  
Current portion of deferred tax liability, net
    3,153       3,121  
Total current liabilities
    101,015       102,012  
Long-term liabilities:
               
Long-term debt, net of related discounts
    304,560       304,930  
Deferred tax liability, net
    14,215       12,250  
Asset retirement obligations
    25,341       24,003  
Other long-term liabilities
    29,647       18,499  
Total liabilities
    474,778       461,694  
                 
Commitments and contingencies
               
                 
Stockholders’ deficit:
               
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 125,000,000 shares authorized;
     47,235,439 and 46,238,028 shares issued as of June 30, 2010 and
     December 31, 2009, respectively; 41,746,143 and 40,900,532 shares
     outstanding as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
    4       4  
Additional paid-in capital
    203,571       200,323  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net
    (72,541 )     (57,618 )
Accumulated deficit
    (84,754 )     (96,922 )
Treasury stock; 5,489,296 and 5,337,496 shares at cost as of June 30, 2010
     and December 31, 2009, respectively
    (50,342 )     (48,679 )
Total parent stockholders’ deficit
    (4,062 )     (2,892 )
Noncontrolling interests
    1,931       1,602  
Total stockholders’ deficit
    (2,131 )     (1,290 )
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
  $ 472,647     $ 460,404  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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CARDTRONICS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, excluding share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Revenues:
                       
ATM operating revenues                                                       
  $ 130,560     $ 121,362     $ 256,247     $ 234,942  
ATM product sales and other revenues
    2,388       3,286       4,477       5,051  
Total revenues
    132,948       124,648       260,724       239,993  
Cost of revenues:
                               
Cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of
     depreciation, accretion, and amortization shown
     separately below. See Note 1)
    87,414       83,975       173,293       166,204  
Cost of ATM product sales and other revenues
    2,314       3,153       4,507       4,967  
Total cost of revenues
    89,728       87,128       177,800       171,171  
Gross profit
    43,220       37,520       82,924       68,822  
Operating expenses:
                               
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
    10,272       10,584       21,415       21,439  
Depreciation and accretion expense
    10,264       9,935       20,486       19,574  
Amortization expense                                                       
    3,765       4,504       7,744       9,031  
Loss on disposal of assets                                                       
    1,095       1,676       1,472       3,784  
Total operating expenses
    25,396       26,699       51,117       53,828  
Income from operations
    17,824       10,821       31,807       14,994  
Other expense (income):
                               
Interest expense, net                                                       
    7,314       7,644       14,632       15,355  
Amortization of deferred financing costs and
     bond discounts
    642       603       1,272       1,171  
Other (income) expense
    (332 )     (1,041 )     34       (1,127 )
Total other expense
    7,624       7,206       15,938       15,399  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    10,200       3,615       15,869       (405 )
Income tax expense
    1,952       1,016       3,391       2,033  
Net income (loss)
    8,248       2,599       12,478       (2,438 )
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    45       111       310       142  
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interests
     and available to common stockholders
  $ 8,203     $ 2,488     $ 12,168     $ (2,580 )
                                 
Net income (loss) per common share – basic
  $ 0.20     $ 0.06     $ 0.29     $ (0.07 )
Net income (loss) per common share – diluted
  $ 0.19     $ 0.06     $ 0.29     $ (0.07 )
                                 
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic
    40,017,215       39,032,087       39,910,928       39,005,202  
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted
    41,092,258       39,651,363       40,894,506       39,005,202  
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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CARDTRONICS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net income (loss)
  $ 12,478     $ (2,438 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by
     operating activities:
               
Depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense
    28,230       28,605  
Amortization of deferred financing costs and bond discounts
    1,272       1,171  
Stock-based compensation expense
    2,896       2,120  
Deferred income taxes
    1,891       1,891  
Loss on disposal of assets
    1,472       3,784  
Unrealized gain on derivative instruments
    (506 )      
Amortization of accumulated other comprehensive losses associated
     with derivative instruments no longer designated as hedging instruments
    946        
Other reserves and non-cash items
    959       (1,922 )
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Decrease in accounts and notes receivable, net
    7,525       2,070  
(Increase) decrease in prepaid, deferred costs, and other current assets
    (2,185 )     6,734  
Decrease (increase) in inventory
    535       (47 )
Decrease in other assets
    1,328       1,192  
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
    5,646       (5,804 )
Decrease in accrued liabilities
    (7,067 )     (1,906 )
Decrease in other liabilities
    (2,819 )     (2,745 )
Net cash provided by operating activities
    52,601       32,705  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Additions to property and equipment
    (20,783 )     (10,712 )
Payments for exclusive license agreements and site acquisition costs
    (229 )     (87 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (21,012 )     (10,799 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
          27,812  
Repayments of long-term debt and capital leases
    (1,277 )     (46,486 )
Repayments of borrowings under bank overdraft facility, net
          (142 )
Payments received on subscriptions receivable
          34  
Proceeds from exercises of stock options
    301        
Debt issuance and modification costs
          (458 )
Repurchase of capital stock
    (1,390 )     (92 )
Net cash used in financing activities
    (2,366 )     (19,332 )
                 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    417       494  
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    29,640       3,068  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning of period
    10,449       3,424  
Cash and cash equivalents as of end of period
  $ 40,089     $ 6,492  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
               
Cash paid for interest, including interest on capital leases
  $ 14,667     $ 15,525  
Cash paid for income taxes
  $ 398     $ 285  
Fixed assets financed by direct debt
  $ 542     $  
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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CARDTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(1) General and Basis of Presentation

General

Cardtronics, Inc., along with its wholly- and majority-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) provides convenient automated consumer financial services through its network of automated teller machines (“ATMs”) and multi-function financial services kiosks.  As of June 30, 2010, the Company operated over 33,700 devices across its portfolio, which included over 28,000 devices located in all 50 states of the United States (“U.S.”) (including the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), approximately 2,800 devices throughout the United Kingdom (“U.K.”), and approximately 2,900 devices throughout Mexico. Included within this number are approximately 2,200 multi-function financial services kiosks deployed in the U.S. that, in addition to traditional ATM functions such as cash dispensing and bank account balance inquiries, perform other consumer financial services, including bill payments, check cashing, remote deposit capture (which is deposit taking at off-premise ATMs using electronic imaging), and money transfers.

Through its network, the Company provides ATM management and equipment-related services (typically under multi-year contracts) to large, nationally-known retail merchants as well as smaller retailers and operators of facilities such as shopping malls and airports. Additionally, the Company operates the largest surcharge-free network of ATMs within the United States (based on the number of participating ATMs) and works with financial institutions to place their logos on the Company’s ATM machines, thus providing convenient surcharge-free access to the financial institutions’ customers. The Company’s surcharge-free network, which operates under the Allpoint brand name, has more than 37,000 participating ATMs, including a majority of the Company’s ATMs in the United States and all of the Company 217;s ATMs in the United Kingdom. Finally, the Company provides electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) transaction processing services to its network of ATMs as well as approximately 1,900 ATMs owned and operated by third parties.

Basis of Presentation

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Form 10-Q”) has been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) applicable to interim financial information. Because this is an interim period filing presented using a condensed format, it does not include all of the disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”), although the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information not misleading. You should read this Form 10-Q along with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (“2009 Form 10-K”), which includes a summary of the Company’s significant accounting policies and other disclosures.

The financial statements as of June 30, 2010 and for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 are unaudited. The Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2009 was derived from the audited balance sheet filed in the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K. In management’s opinion, all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s interim and prior period results have been made. The results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year. Additionally, the financial statements for prior periods include certain minor reclassifications. Those reclassifications did not impact the Company’s total reported net income (loss) or stockholders’ deficit.

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Cardtronics, Inc. and its wholly- and majority-owned subsidiaries.  All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  Because the Company owns a majority (51.0%) interest in and realizes a majority of the earnings and/or losses of Cardtronics Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (“Cardtronics Mexico”), this entity is reflected as a consolidated subsidiary in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, with the remaining ownership interest not held by the Company being reflected as a noncontrolling interest.
 
 
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and these differences could be material to the financial statements.

Cost of ATM Operating Revenues and Gross Profit Presentation

The Company presents “Cost of ATM operating revenues” and “Gross profit” within its Consolidated Statements of Operations exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense related to ATMs and ATM-related assets. The following table sets forth the amounts excluded from Cost of ATM operating revenues and Gross profit for the periods indicated:

 
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Depreciation and accretion expenses related to ATMs and ATM-related assets
  $ 8,337     $ 8,236     $ 16,636     $ 16,273  
Amortization expense
    3,765       4,504       7,744       9,031  
Total depreciation, accretion, and amortization expenses excluded
    from Cost of ATM operating revenues and Gross profit
  $ 12,102     $ 12,740     $ 24,380     $ 25,304  

Property and Equipment, net

In accounting for property and equipment, the Company is required to make estimates regarding the expected useful lives of its assets, which ranged historically from three to seven years.  To ensure its useful life estimates accurately reflect the economic use of the assets, the Company periodically evaluates whether changes to the assigned estimated useful lives are necessary.  As a result of its most recent evaluation in the first quarter of 2010, which was based on historical information on its existing and disposed assets, the Company revised the estimated useful lives of several asset classes.  Specifically, the Company determined that it was appropriate to extend the estimated useful life of new ATMs by one year and reduce the estimated useful life of used ATMs by two years start ing January 1, 2010.  The Company also decreased the estimated useful lives of deployment costs and asset retirement obligations by two years each, to more accurately align the periods over which these assets are depreciated with the average time period an ATM is installed in a location before being deinstalled.  The Company anticipates that the above changes will increase its future depreciation expense amounts slightly relative to prior years, and reduce the frequency and amount of losses on disposals of assets in future periods.

(2) Stock-Based Compensation

The Company calculates the fair value of stock-based awards granted to employees and directors on the date of grant and recognizes the calculated fair value, net of estimated forfeitures, as compensation expense over the requisite service periods of the related awards. The following table reflects the total stock-based compensation expense amounts included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the periods indicated:

 
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Cost of ATM operating revenues
  $ 169     $ 193     $ 368     $ 384  
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
    1,268       869       2,528       1,736  
Total stock-based compensation expense
  $ 1,437     $ 1,062     $ 2,896     $ 2,120  

The increase in stock-based compensation expense during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 was due to the issuance of additional shares of restricted stock and stock options to certain of the Company’s employees and directors during 2009 and 2010.  Both the restricted shares and the stock options were granted under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 Stock Incentive Plan”).

At the Company’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 15, 2010, stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.  Among other things, changes to the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan included increasing in the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be granted as equity incentive awards under the plan by 2,000,000 shares, from 3,179,393 to 5,179,393.  As a result of the increased number of shares eligible for grant under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, in the event the Company makes additional grants under the plan, stock-based compensation expense would increase in future periods.
 
 
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In addition to increasing the number of shares eligible for grant, stockholders voted to (i) adjust the existing provisions regarding performance-based awards granted and conform a number of administration provisions of the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan necessary to effectuate the modified performance-based awards, (ii) modify the annual award limitations for any individual participant of the plan as well as the performance criteria that may be utilized to structure performance-based awards, (iii) increase the term of the plan from a 10-year period beginning on the original adoption date (which was August 22, 2007) to a 10-year period beginning on the adoption of the amendment to the plan, and (iv) add two types of awards eligible for grant under the plan: a restricted stock unit award and an annua l incentive award.

Options.  The number of the Company’s outstanding stock options as of June 30, 2010, and changes during the six month period ended June 30, 2010, are presented below:

   
Number
of Shares
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Options outstanding as of January 1, 2010
    3,803,771     $ 8.34  
Granted
    23,000     $ 10.95  
Exercised
    (267,471 )   $ 1.31  
Forfeited
    (52,500 )   $ 7.73  
Options outstanding as of June 30, 2010
    3,506,800     $ 8.90  
                 
Options vested and exercisable as of June 30, 2010
    2,976,276     $ 8.65  

The options granted during the six month period ended June 30, 2010 had a total grant-date fair value of approximately $126,500, or $5.50 per share.  As of June 30, 2010, the unrecognized compensation expense associated with outstanding options was approximately $1.1 million.

Restricted Stock.  The number of the Company’s outstanding restricted shares as of June 30, 2010, and changes during the six month period ended June 30, 2010, are presented below:

   
Number
of Shares
 
Restricted shares outstanding as of January 1, 2010
    1,114,437  
Granted
    729,940  
Vested
    (354,437 )
Forfeited
    (14,250 )
Restricted shares outstanding as of June 30, 2010
    1,475,690  

The restricted shares granted to employees and directors during the six month period ended June 30, 2010 had a total grant-date fair value of approximately $7.9 million, or $10.89 per share.  As of June 30, 2010, the unrecognized compensation expense associated with restricted share grants was approximately $12.9 million.

(3) Earnings per Share

The Company reports its earnings per share under the two-class method.  Under this method, potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share (as well as their related income statement impacts) when their impact on net income (loss) available to common stockholders is anti-dilutive. For the six month period ended June 30, 2009, the Company incurred a net loss and, accordingly, excluded all potentially dilutive securities from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as their impact on the net loss available to common stockholders was anti-dilutive. Such securities included all outstanding stock options and shares of restricted stock.  However, dilutive securities were included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three and six mon th periods ended June 30, 2010 and the three month period ended June 30, 2009 as the Company reported net income for these periods.

Additionally, the shares of restricted stock issued by the Company have a non-forfeitable right to cash dividends, if and when declared by the Company.  Accordingly, such restricted shares are considered to be participating securities and as such, the Company has allocated the undistributed earnings for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and the three month period ended June 30, 2009 among the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock and issued but unvested restricted shares, as follows:
 
 
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Earnings per Share (in thousands, excluding share and per share amounts):

   
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
Income
   
Weighted
Average Shares
Outstanding
   
Earnings
Per
Share
   
Income
   
Weighted
Average Shares
Outstanding
   
Earnings
Per
Share
 
Basic:
                                   
Net income attributable to controlling
     interests and available to common
     stockholders
  $ 8,203                 $ 12,168              
Less: undistributed earnings allocated
     to unvested restricted shares
    (347 )                 (499 )            
Net income available to common
     stockholders
  $ 7,856       40,017,215     $ 0.20     $ 11,669       39,910,928     $ 0.29  
                                                 
Diluted:
                                               
Effect of dilutive securities:
                                               
Add: Undistributed earnings allocated
     to restricted shares
  $ 347                     $ 499                  
Stock options added to the denominator
     under the treasury stock method
            1,075,043                       983,578          
Less: Undistributed earnings reallocated
     to restricted shares
    (338 )                     (487 )                
Net income available to common
     stockholders and assumed conversions
  $ 7,865       41,092,258     $ 0.19     $ 11,681       40,894,506     $ 0.29  

   
Three Months Ended June 30, 2009
 
   
Income
   
Weighted
Average Shares
Outstanding
   
Earnings
Per
Share
 
Basic:
                 
Net income attributable to controlling interests and available to common stockholders
  $ 2,488              
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to unvested restricted shares
    (90 )            
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 2,398       39,032,087     $ 0.06  
                         
Diluted:
                       
Effect of dilutive securities:
                       
Add: Undistributed earnings allocated to restricted shares
  $ 90                  
Stock options added to the denominator under the treasury stock method
            619,276          
Less: Undistributed earnings reallocated to restricted shares
    (89 )                
Net income available to common stockholders and assumed conversions
  $ 2,399       39,651,363     $ 0.06  

The computation of diluted earnings per share excluded potentially dilutive common shares related to restricted stock of 558,585 and 339,481 shares for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, respectively, and 5,805 shares for the three month period ended June 30, 2009, because the effect of including these shares in the computation would have been anti-dilutive.
 
 
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(4) Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Total comprehensive income (loss) consisted of the following:

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 8,248     $ 2,599     $ 12,478     $ (2,438 )
Unrealized (losses) gains on interest rate swap contracts
    (7,717 )     343       (11,101 )     1,536  
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    (487 )     10,113       (3,822 )     8,697  
Total comprehensive income (loss)
    44       13,055       (2,445 )     7,795  
Less: comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    (25 )     162       329       171  
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to controlling interests
  $ 69     $ 12,893     $ (2,774 )   $ 7,624  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss is displayed as a separate component of stockholders’ deficit in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and consisted of the following:

   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
  $ (28,242 )   $ (24,420 )
Unrealized losses on interest rate swap contracts
    (44,299 )     (33,198 )
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss
  $ (72,541 )   $ (57,618 )

The Company currently believes that the unremitted earnings of its United Kingdom and Mexico subsidiaries will be reinvested in the corresponding country of origin for an indefinite period of time. While the Company’s United Kingdom subsidiary has recently begun repaying certain working capital advances provided by the Company’s domestic entities during the past few years, the Company’s original capital investment amounts are not expected to be repaid in the foreseeable future.  Accordingly, no deferred taxes have been provided for on the differences between the Company’s book basis and underlying tax basis in those subsidiaries or on the foreign currency translation adjustment amounts.

Additionally, as a result of the Company’s overall net loss position for tax purposes, the Company has not recorded deferred tax benefits on the unrealized loss amounts related to its interest rate swaps, as management does not currently believe the Company will be able to realize the benefits associated with its net deferred tax asset positions.  However, if the Company continues to generate pre-tax operating profits, as it has during recent periods, its existing and future valuation allowances may no longer be necessary, including those related to the unrealized losses associated with the Company’s interest rate swaps.  Any release of the valuation allowances associated with the Company’s interest rate swap agreements will be accounted for as a reduction of the unrealized loss am ounts currently reflected in the accumulated other comprehensive loss line item within stockholders’ deficit in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(5) Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets with Indefinite Lives

The following table presents the net carrying amount of the Company’s intangible assets with indefinite lives as of June 30, 2010, as well as the changes in the net carrying amounts for the six month period ended June 30, 2010, by segment:
 
 
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Goodwill
   
Trade Name
       
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Mexico
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Balance as of January 1, 2010:
                                   
Gross balance                    
  $ 150,461     $ 63,994     $ 714     $ 200     $ 3,243     $ 218,612  
Accumulated impairment loss
          (50,003 )                       (50,003 )
    $ 150,461     $ 13,991     $ 714     $ 200     $ 3,243     $ 168,609  
                                                 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
          (1,043 )     (2 )           (242 )     (1,287 )
                                                 
Balance as of June 30, 2010:
                                               
Gross balance                                                    
  $ 150,461     $ 62,951     $ 712     $ 200     $ 3,001     $ 217,325  
Accumulated impairment loss
          (50,003 )                       (50,003 )
    $ 150,461     $ 12,948     $ 712     $ 200     $ 3,001     $ 167,322  

Intangible Assets with Definite Lives

The following is a summary of the Company’s intangible assets that are subject to amortization as of June 30, 2010:

   
Gross Carrying
Amount
   
Accumulated
Amortization
   
Net Carrying
Amount
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Customer and branding contracts/relationships
  $ 156,264     $ (87,783 )   $ 68,481  
Deferred financing costs
    14,535       (8,555 )     5,980  
Exclusive license agreements
    5,545       (3,627 )     1,918  
Non-compete agreements
    509       (212 )     297  
Total
  $ 176,853     $ (100,177 )   $ 76,676  

 (6) Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Accrued merchant commissions
  $ 12,581     $ 11,470  
Accrued interest expense
    10,406       10,406  
Accrued compensation
    4,017       8,470  
Accrued armored fees
    3,265       5,234  
Accrued merchant settlement amounts
    3,203       3,603  
Accrued cash rental and management fees
    2,824       2,866  
Accrued interest rate swap payments
    2,119       1,937  
Accrued maintenance fees
    1,794       4,133  
Accrued ATM telecommunications costs
    1,243       1,169  
Accrued processing costs
    1,084       1,556  
Other accrued expenses
    8,843       6,739  
Total
  $ 51,379     $ 57,583  
 
(7) Long-Term Debt

The Company’s long-term debt consisted of the following:

   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Senior subordinated notes due August 2013 (net of unamortized discounts of
     $2.4 million and $2.8 million as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009)
  $ 297,567     $ 297,242  
Other
    9,474       9,810  
Total
    307,041       307,052  
Less: current portion
    2,481       2,122  
Total long-term debt, excluding current portion
  $ 304,560     $ 304,930  
 
 
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Revolving Credit Facility

As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, no borrowings were outstanding under the Company’s $175.0 million revolving credit facility.  However, as of June 30, 2010, the Company had a $4.3 million letter of credit posted under the facility to secure borrowings under the Company’s United Kingdom subsidiary’s overdraft facility (discussed below). This letter of credit, which may be drawn upon in the event the Company defaults under the overdraft facility, reduces the Company’s borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility. As of June 30, 2010, the Company’s available borrowing capacity under the facility, as determined under the earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and accretion expense, and amortization expense (“EBITDA”) and interest expense covenants contained in the credit agreement, totaled $170.7 million, and the Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants and ratios under the facility.

In July 2010, in conjunction with entering into a new $175.0 million revolving credit facility, the Company terminated its previous $175.0 million credit facility.  Additionally, the Company announced its plans to redeem all $100.0 million of its existing outstanding 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes – Series B due August 2013 (the “Series B Notes”).  See Note 17, Subsequent Events, for additional details on the new revolving credit facility, the termination of the previous facility, and the Company’s bond redemption plans.

Other Facilities

Cardtronics Mexico equipment financing agreements.  As of June 30, 2010, other long-term debt consisted of 10 separate equipment financing agreements entered into by Cardtronics Mexico. These agreements, each of which had an original term of five-years, are denominated in Mexican pesos and bear interest at an average fixed rate of 10.49%.  Proceeds from these agreements were utilized for the purchase of additional ATMs to support the Company’s Mexico operations. Pursuant to the terms of the equipment financing agreements, the Company has issued guarantees for 51.0% of the obligations under such agreements (consistent with its ownership percentage in Cardtronics Mexico.) As of June 30, 2010, the total amount of the guarantees was $62.0 60;million pesos (or approximately $4.8 million U.S.).

Bank Machine overdraft facility.  Bank Machine, Ltd., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom, currently has a £1.0 million overdraft facility in place. This facility, which bears interest at 1.75% over the Bank of England’s base rate (0.5% as of June 30, 2010) and is secured by a letter of credit posted under the Company’s corporate revolving credit facility, is utilized for general corporate purposes for the Company’s United Kingdom operations. As of June 30, 2010, no amount was outstanding under this facility.

(8) Asset Retirement Obligations
 
 
Asset retirement obligations consist primarily of costs to deinstall the Company’s ATMs and costs to restore the ATM sites to their original condition. In most cases, the Company is legally required to perform this deinstallation and restoration work. For each group of ATMs, the Company has recognized the fair value of the asset retirement obligation as a liability on its balance sheet and capitalized that cost as part of the cost basis of the related asset. The related assets are being depreciated on a straight-line basis over five years, which is the average time period an ATM is installed in a location before being deinstalled, and the related liabilities are being accreted to their full value over the same period of time.

The following table is a summary of the changes in the Company’s asset retirement obligation liability for the six month period ended June 30, 2010 (in thousands):

Asset retirement obligation as of January 1, 2010
  $ 24,003  
Additional obligations
    1,967  
Accretion expense
    1,252  
Change in estimate
    61  
Payments
    (1,341 )
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    (601 )
Asset retirement obligation as of June 30, 2010
  $ 25,341  

The change in estimate during the six month period ended June 30, 2010 related to the Company’s most recent evaluation of the useful lives of its various asset classes.  For additional information on this change, see Note 1, General and Basis of Presentation – Property and Equipment, net.  Additionally, see Note 11, Fair Value Measurements for additional disclosures on the Company’s asset retirement obligations in respect to its fair value measurements.
 
 
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(9) Other Liabilities

Other liabilities consisted of the following:

   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Current Portion of Other Long-Term Liabilities:
           
Interest rate swaps
  $ 22,409     $ 23,423  
Deferred revenue
    2,030       2,464  
Other
    160       160  
Total
  $ 24,599     $ 26,047  
                 
Other Long-Term Liabilities:
               
Interest rate swaps
  $ 24,850     $ 12,656  
Deferred revenue
    1,781       2,393  
Other
    3,016       3,450  
Total
  $ 29,647     $ 18,499  

The increase in the non-current portion of other long-term liabilities was attributable to the Company’s interest rate swaps, the liabilities for which increased as a result of additional swap agreements entered into this quarter.  Also contributing to the increase was a significant flattening of the forward interest rate curve, which was utilized to value the interest rate swap contracts and resulted in an increase in the Company’s estimated future liabilities under such contracts.

(10) Derivative Financial Instruments

Accounting Policy

The Company recognizes all of its derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value.  The accounting for changes in the fair value (e.g., gains or losses) of those derivative instruments depends on (i) whether these instruments have been designated (and qualify) as part of a hedging relationship and (ii) the type of hedging relationship actually designated. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, the Company designates the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a cash flow hedge, a fair value hedge, or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation.

The Company is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations, including interest rate risk associated with its vault cash rental obligations and, to a lesser extent, borrowings under its revolving credit facility, if and when outstanding.  The Company is also exposed to foreign currency rate risk with respect to its investments in its foreign subsidiaries, most notably its investment in Bank Machine, Ltd. in the United Kingdom.  While the Company does not currently utilize derivative instruments to hedge its foreign currency rate risk, it does utilize interest rate swap contracts to manage the interest rate risk associated with its vault cash rental obligations in the United States and the United Kingdom.  The Company does not currently utilize any derivative instrum ents to manage the interest rate risk associated with its vault cash rental obligations in Mexico, nor does it utilize derivative instruments to manage the interest rate risk associated with borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility.
 
 
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The notional amounts, weighted average fixed rates, and terms associated with the Company’s interest rate swap contracts accounted for as cash flow hedges that are currently in place are as follows:

Notional Amounts
United States
   
Notional Amounts
United Kingdom
   
Notional Amounts
Consolidated (1)
   
Weighted Average Fixed Rate
   
Terms 
(In thousands)
           
$ 600,000     £ 75,000     $ 712,585       3.77 %  
July 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010
$ 625,000     £ 75,000     $ 737,585       3.44 %  
January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011
$ 525,000     £ 50,000     $ 600,057       3.56 %  
January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012
$ 275,000     £ 25,000     $ 312,528       3.53 %  
January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013
$ 100,000     £     $ 100,000       3.61 %  
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

(1)
United Kingdom pound sterling amounts have been converted into United States dollars at approximately $1.50 to £1.00, which was the exchange rate in effect as of June 30, 2010.

The Company has designated a majority of its interest rate swap contracts as cash flow hedges of the Company’s forecasted vault cash rental obligations.  Accordingly, changes in the fair values of the related interest rate swap contracts have been reported in accumulated other comprehensive loss in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As a result of the Company’s overall net loss position for tax purposes, the Company has not recorded any deferred tax benefits on the loss amounts related to these interest rate swap contracts, as management does not currently believe that it is more likely than not that the Company will be able to realize the benefits associated with its net deferred tax asset positions.  However, if the Company continues to generate substantial pre-tax operating profits, as it has during recent periods, its existing and future valuation allowances may no longer be necessary, including those related to the unrealized losses associated with the Company’s interest rate swaps.  Any release of the valuation allowances associated with the Company’s interest rate swap agreements will be accounted for as a reduction of the unrealized loss amounts currently reflected in the accumulated other comprehensive loss line item within stockholders’ deficit in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Cash Flow Hedging Strategy

For each derivative instrument that is designated and qualifies as a cash flow hedge (i.e., hedging the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows attributable to a particular risk), the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive income/loss (“OCI”) and reclassified into earnings in the same line item associated with the forecasted transaction and in the same period or periods during which the hedge transaction affects earnings.  Gains and losses on the derivative instrument representing either hedge ineffectiveness or hedge components that are excluded from the assessment of effectiveness are recognized in earnings.  However, because the Company currently only utilizes fixed-for-floating interest rate s waps in which the underlying pricing terms agree, in all material respects, with the pricing terms of the Company’s vault cash rental obligations, the amount of ineffectiveness associated with such interest rate swap contracts has historically been immaterial.  Accordingly, no ineffectiveness amounts associated with the Company’s cash flow hedges have been recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations during the current period.

The interest rate swap contracts entered into with respect to the Company’s vault cash rental obligations effectively modify the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk by converting a portion of the Company’s monthly floating rate vault cash rental obligations to a fixed rate.  Such contracts are in place through December 31, 2014 for the Company’s United States vault cash rental obligations, and December 31, 2013 for the Company’s United Kingdom vault cash rental obligations.  By converting such amounts to a fixed rate, the impact of future interest rate changes (both favorable and unfavorable) on the Company’s monthly vault cash rental expense amounts has been reduced.  The interest rate swap contracts typically involve the receipt of floating rate a mounts from the Company’s counterparties that match, in all material respects, the floating rate amounts required to be paid by the Company to its vault cash providers for the portions of the Company’s outstanding vault cash obligations that have been hedged.  In return, the Company typically pays the interest rate swap counterparties a fixed rate amount per month based on the same notional amounts outstanding.  At no point is there an exchange of the underlying principal or notional amounts associated with the interest rate swaps.   Additionally, none of the Company’s existing interest rate swap contracts contain credit-risk-related contingent features.
 
 
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The Company is also a party to certain derivative instruments that were originally, but are no longer, designated as cash flow hedges.  Specifically, during 2009, the Company entered into a number of interest rate swaps to hedge its exposure to changes in market rates of interest on its vault cash rental expense in the United Kingdom.  During the fourth quarter of 2009, the Company’s vault cash provider in that market exercised its rights under the contract to modify the pricing terms and changed the target vault cash rental rate within the agreement.  As a result of this change, the Company was no longer able to apply cash flow hedge accounting treatment to the underlying interest rate swap agreements.  In December 2009, the Company entered into a series of additional trad es, the effects of which were to offset the existing swaps and establish new swaps to match the modified underlying vault cash rental rate.  Since the underlying swaps were not deemed to be effective hedges of the Company’s underlying vault cash rental costs, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, an unrealized gain and a corresponding realized loss of $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, related to these swaps have been reflected in the other expense (income) line item in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.
 
Tabular Disclosures

The following tables depict the effects of the use of the Company’s derivative contracts on its Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Operations.
 
 
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Balance Sheet Data
   
June 30, 2010
 
December 31, 2009
 
   
Balance Sheet
Location
 
Fair Value
 
Balance Sheet
Location
 
Fair Value
 
Asset Derivative Instruments:
 
(In thousands)
 
                   
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
                 
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other assets
  $  
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other assets
  $ 1,445  
                       
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
                     
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other current assets
  $ 807  
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other current assets
  $  
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other assets
    400  
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other current assets
     
Total
      $ 1,207       $  
                       
Liability Derivative Instruments:
     
       
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
     
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Current portion of other long-term liabilities
  $ 20,573  
Current portion of other long-term liabilities
  $ 22,286  
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Other long-term liabilities
    23,527  
Other long-term liabilities
    11,139  
Total
      $ 44,100       $ 33,425  
                       
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
                     
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Current portion of other long-term liabilities
  $ 1,836  
Current portion of other long-term liabilities
  $ 1,137  
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Other long-term liabilities
    1,323  
Other long-term liabilities
    1,517  
Total
      $ 3,159       $ 2,654  
                       
Total Derivatives:
      $ 46,052       $ 34,634  

The Asset Derivative Instruments reflected in the table above relate to the current portion of certain derivative instruments that were in an overall liability position, for which the non-current portion is reflected in the Liability Derivative Instruments portion above.
 
 
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Statements of Operations Data

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Derivatives in Cash Flow
Hedging Relationships 
 
Amount of Loss Recognized
in OCI on Derivative
Instruments (Effective
Portion)
 
Location of Gain
(Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated
OCI into Income
(Effective Portion) 
 
Amount of Loss Reclassified
from Accumulated OCI
into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(In thousands)
     
(In thousands)
 
Interest rate swap contracts
  $ (14,359 )   $ (5,248 )
Cost of ATM
operating revenues
  $ (6,339 )   $ (5,591 )

   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
Derivatives in Cash Flow
Hedging Relationships 
 
Amount of Loss Recognized
in OCI on Derivative
Instruments (Effective
Portion)
 
Location of Gain
(Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated
OCI into Income
(Effective Portion) 
 
Amount of Loss Reclassified
from Accumulated OCI
into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(In thousands)
     
(In thousands)
 
Interest rate swap contracts
  $ (24,506 )   $ (9,502 )
Cost of ATM
operating revenues
  $ (12,786 )   $ (11,038 )


       
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Derivatives Not
Designated as Hedging
Instruments 
 
Location of Loss Recognized
into Income on Derivative 
 
Amount of Loss Recognized
into Income on Derivative
 
 
2010
   
2009
 
     
(In thousands)
 
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Other expense (income)
  $ (309 )   $  

       
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
Derivatives Not
Designated as Hedging
Instruments 
 
Location of Loss Recognized
into Income on Derivative 
 
Amount of Loss Recognized
into Income on Derivative
 
 
2010
   
2009
 
     
(In thousands)
 
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Other expense (income)
  $ (650 )   $  

The Company does not currently have any derivative instruments that have been designated as fair value or net investment hedges.  The Company has not historically, and does not currently anticipate, discontinuing its existing derivative instruments prior to their expiration date.  If the Company concludes that it is no longer probable that the anticipated future vault cash rental obligations that have been hedged will occur, or if changes are made to the underlying terms and conditions of the Company’s vault cash rental agreements, thus creating some amount of ineffectiveness associated with the Company’s current interest rate swap contracts, as occurred during the fourth quarter of 2009, any resulting gains or losses will be recognized within the Other expense (income) line item of the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.

As of June 30, 2010, the Company expects to reclassify $21.2 million of net derivative-related losses contained within accumulated OCI to earnings during the next twelve months concurrent with the recording of the related vault cash rental expense amounts.

See Note 11, Fair Value Measurements for additional disclosures on the Company’s interest rate swap contracts in respect to its fair value measurements.

(11) Fair Value Measurements

The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs used to determine fair value. Level 1 refers to fair values determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. Level 2 refers to fair values estimated using significant other observable inputs, and Level 3 includes fair values estimated using significant non-observable inputs. An asset’s or liability’s classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
 
 
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The following tables provide the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis using the fair value hierarchy prescribed by U.S. GAAP.

   
Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2010
 
   
Total
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets:
 
(In thousands)
 
Assets associated with interest rate swaps
  $ 1,207     $     $ 1,207     $  
                                 
Liabilities:
                               
Liabilities associated with interest rate swaps
  $ 47,259     $     $ 47,259     $  

   
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2009
 
   
Total
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets:
 
(In thousands)
 
Assets associated with interest rate swaps
  $ 1,445     $     $ 1,445     $  
                                 
Liabilities:
                               
Liabilities associated with interest rate swaps
  $ 36,079     $     $ 36,079     $  

Liabilities added to the asset retirement obligations line in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis using Level 3 inputs.  The liabilities added during the six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 were $2.0 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

Additionally, below are descriptions of the Company’s valuation methodologies for assets and liabilities measured at fair value.  The methods described below may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Company believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date.

Cash and cash equivalents, accounts and notes receivable, net of the allowance for doubtful accounts, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other current liabilities. These financial instruments are not carried at fair value, but are carried at amounts that approximate fair value due to their short-term nature and generally negligible credit risk.

Interest rate swaps. The fair value of the Company’s interest rate swaps was a net liability of $46.1 million as of June 30, 2010.  These financial instruments are carried at fair value, calculated as the present value of amounts estimated to be received or paid to a marketplace participant in a selling transaction. These derivatives are valued using pricing models based on significant other observable inputs (Level 2 inputs), while taking into account the creditworthiness of the party that is in the liability position with respect to each trade.

Additions to asset retirement obligation liability.  The Company estimates the fair value of additions to its asset retirement obligation liability using expected future cash outflows discounted at the Company’s credit-adjusted risk-free interest rate.

Long-term debt.  The carrying amount of the long-term debt balance related to borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility, if and when there is an amount outstanding, approximates fair value due to the fact that any borrowings are subject to short-term floating market interest rates.  As of June 30, 2010, the fair value of the Company’s $300.0 million senior subordinated notes (see Note 7, Long-Term Debt) totaled $303.0 million, based on the quoted market price for such notes as of that date.
 
 
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(12) Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

In June 2004, the Company acquired from E*Trade Access, Inc. (“E*Trade”) a portfolio of several thousand ATMs.  In connection with that acquisition, the Company assumed E*Trade’s position in a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (the “Court”) wherein the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Commonwealth”) and the National Federation of the Blind (the “NFB”) had sued E*Trade alleging that E*Trade had the obligation to make its ATMs accessible to blind patrons via voice guidance.  In June 2007, the Company, the Commonwealth, and the NFB entered into a class action settlement agreement (the “June 2007 Settlement Agreement”) regarding this matter.  The Court approved the Settlement Agreem ent in December 2007. In 2009, the Company requested a modification to the Settlement Agreement so as to permit it to complete the upgrading or replacement of approximately 2,200 non-voice-guided ATMs by June 30, 2010, with respect to that portion of the non-voice-guided ATMs located in the Commonwealth, and by December 31, 2010, with respect to that portion of the non-voice-guided ATMs located in other states.  The Commonwealth, the NFB, and the Company have reached an agreement on a proposed modification to the Settlement Agreement and have submitted a joint motion to the Court requesting its approval.  The material terms of the proposed modification include that the Company must: (i) ensure all Company-owned ATMs in the state of Massachusetts are voice-guided no later than June 30, 2010, which the Company has accomplished; (ii) ensure all of its Company-owned ATMs located anywhere but in 7-Eleven locations are voice-guided by December 31, 2010; (iii) ensure all of its ATMs located in 7 - -Eleven locations are voice-guided by March 31, 2011; (iv) affix Braille signage on all Company-owned ATMs; (v) distribute Braille signage to non-Company-owned voice-guided ATMs in its portfolio that have not previously been provided such signage by the Company;  (vi) keep the Company’s internet-based ATM Locator updated as to the location of the Company’s voice-guided ATMs; and (vii) ensure that all voice-guided ATMs in its portfolio have tactilely discernable controls, a headphone jack, and a voice script that enables the consumer to complete an ATM transaction.  Currently, the Company expects the proposed modification to the Settlement Agreement to be approved by both the class of plaintiffs indentified in the lawsuit and the Court within the next 120 days.  As the proposed settlement modification does not impact the Company’s obligations under the June 2007 Settlement Agreement but rather only the timing of fulfilling its obligations, the Company does not b elieve that the proposed settlement modification, if approved, will have a material impact on its financial condition or results of operations.

In addition to the above item, the Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Company has provided reserves where necessary for all claims and the Company’s management does not expect the outcome in any of these legal proceedings, individually or collectively, to have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

Regulatory Matters

Financial Regulatory Reform in the United States.  The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), which contains broad measures aimed at overhauling existing financial regulations within the United States, was signed into law on July 21, 2010.  Among many other things, the Act includes provisions that (i) call for the establishment of a new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, (ii) limit the activities that banking entities may engage in, and (iii) give the Federal Reserve the authority to regulate interchange transaction fees charged by electronic funds transfer networks for electronic debit transactions.  Many of the detailed regulations required under the Act have yet to be finalized and will likely not be finalized for some time.  Accordingly, at this point, the Company does not believe that the regulations that are likely to arise from the Act will have a material impact on the Company’s operations.  However, based on the current language contained within the Act, it is uncertain whether the regulation of interchange fees for electronic debit transactions will apply to ATM cash withdrawal transactions.  If ATM cash withdrawal transactions were to fall under the proposed regulatory framework, and the related interchange fees were reduced from their current levels, such change would likely have a negative impact on the Company’s future revenues and operating profits.  Conversely, additional proposed regulations contained within the Act are aimed at providing merchants with additional flexibility in terms of allowing certain point-of-sale transactions to be paid for in cash rather than with debit or credit cards.  Such a change co uld result in the increased use of cash at the point-of-sale for some merchants, and thus, could positively impact the Company’s future revenues and operating profits (through increased transaction levels at the Company’s ATMs).
 
 
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Change in Mexico Fee Structure.  In October 2009, the Central Bank of Mexico adopted new rules regarding how ATM operators disclose and levy fees to consumers who use their ATMs.  These rules, which became effective in May 2010, require ATM operators to elect between receiving an interchange fee from the consumer’s card issuer or a surcharge fee from the consumer.  The Company’s majority-owned subsidiary, Cardtronics Mexico, elected to assess a surcharge fee on the consumer rather than select the interchange fee-only option, and subsequently raised the level of its surcharge fees in order to recoup the interchange fees it is no longer receiving.  Because these changes were just recently enacted, the Company cann ot be certain what impact such fee changes will have on the long-term withdrawal transaction levels in that market.  However, based on very early indications, withdrawal transaction levels in Mexico have declined by amounts greater than those originally anticipated.  If such initial transaction declines continue or worsen from their current levels, the additional surcharge fee amounts may not be sufficient to offset the lost interchange revenues, resulting in lower revenues and profitability per ATM in that market.

As a result of the above developments, the Company has decided to reduce the number of planned ATM deployments in Mexico for the remainder of 2010 in order to gauge the impact of the above rules on its ATM transaction levels and related profits.  If transaction levels continue to worsen, and if the Company is unsuccessful in its efforts to implement certain measures to mitigate the effects of such transaction declines, the Company’s overall profitability in that market will decline.  If such declines are significant, the Company may be required to record an impairment charge in future periods to write-down the carrying value of certain existing tangible and intangible assets associated with that operation.

Other Commitments

Asset Retirement Obligations. The Company’s asset retirement obligations consist primarily of deinstallation costs of the ATM and costs to restore the ATM site to its original condition. In most cases, the Company is legally required to perform this deinstallation and restoration work. The Company had $25.3 million accrued for these liabilities as of June 30, 2010.  For additional information, see Note 8, Asset Retirement Obligations.

Other Contingencies

On or about February 8, 2010, the United States government arrested on a charge of conspiring to commit bank fraud the President and principal owner of Mount Vernon Money Center (“MVMC”), one of the Company’s third-party armored service providers in the Northeast United States.  On or about February 12, 2010, United States’ law enforcement personnel seized all vault cash in the possession of MVMC, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “SDNY”) appointed a receiver (the “Receiver”) to, among other things, immediately take possession and control of all the assets and property of MVMC and affiliated entities.  As a result of these events, by on or about February 12, 2010, MVMC ceased substantially all of its operations. 0; Accordingly, the Company was required to convert over 1,000 ATMs that were being serviced by MVMC to another third-party armored service provider, resulting in a minor amount of downtime being experienced by those ATMs.  Further, based upon a federal indictment in the SDNY of MVMC’s President and of its Chief Operating Officer (the “Indictment”), it appears that all or some of the cash which was delivered to MVMC’s vaults for the sole purpose of loading such cash into the Company’s ATMs was misappropriated by MVMC.  The Company estimates that, immediately prior to the cessation of MVMC’s operations, the amount of vault cash that MVMC should have been holding for loading into the Company’s ATMs totaled approximately $16.2 million.

The Indictment alleges that the defendants defrauded multiple financial institutions and seeks the forfeiture to the United States government from the defendants in an amount of at least $75 million.  If the defendants are convicted and forfeiture directed, it is the belief of the Company that it is highly likely that the U.S. government will distribute forfeited assets it obtains to the victims. The Company intends to seek recovery from such forfeited assets.  Additionally, on May 27, 2010, MVMC, under the control of the Receiver, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.  Accordingly, at this point, it is uncertain what amount, if any, may ultimately be made available to the Company from the vault cash seized by law enforcement authoriti es, other assets that may be forfeited to the United States government, other assets controlled by the Receiver or in the MVMC bankruptcy estate, or from other potential sources of recovery, including proceeds from any insurance policies held by MVMC and/or its owner.  Regardless, the Company currently believes that its existing insurance policies will cover any residual cash losses resulting from this incident, less related deductible payments.  Because the Company cannot reasonably estimate the amount of residual cash losses that may ultimately result from this incident at this point in time, no contingent loss has been reflected in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.  If new information comes to light and the recovery of any resulting cash losses is no longer deemed to be probable, the Company may be required to recognize such losses without a corresponding insurance receivable.
 
 
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(13) Income Taxes

Income tax expense based on the Company’s income (loss) before income taxes was as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Income tax expense
  $ 1,952     $ 1,016     $ 3,391     $ 2,033  
Effective tax rate
    19.1 %     28.1 %     21.4 %     (502.0 )%

The Company has established valuation allowances for its net deferred tax asset positions in all of its jurisdictions as it currently believes it is more likely than not that such benefits will not be realized.  In addition, during each of the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, the Company increased its domestic valuation allowance by approximately $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively; and during each of the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2009, the Company increased its domestic valuation allowance by approximately $0.9 million and $1.9 million, respectively.  The recording of such valuation allowances, along with current state income tax amounts, resulted in the negative effective tax rate reflected above for the six month period ended June 30, 2009.

Although the Company continued to establish valuation allowances in all of its operating segments during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, if the Company continues to generate substantial pre-tax operating profits, as it has during recent periods, its existing and future valuation allowances may no longer be necessary.  It should also be noted that as of December 31, 2009, the Company had approximately $38.0 million in federal net operating loss carryforwards that can be utilized to reduce the Company’s taxable income in future periods, subject to certain restrictions and limitations.  The anticipated utilization of a portion of such carryforwards has been factored into the income tax provision estimate reflected above for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010.

(14) Segment Information

As of June 30, 2010, the Company’s operations consisted of its United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico segments.  The Company’s operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are included in its United States segment. While each of these reporting segments provides similar kiosk-based and/or ATM-related services, each segment is currently managed separately as they require different marketing and business strategies.

Management uses EBITDA to assess the operating results and effectiveness of its segments.  Management believes EBITDA is useful because it allows them to more effectively evaluate the Company’s operating performance and compare the results of its operations from period to period without regard to its financing methods or capital structure. Additionally, the Company excludes depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense as these amounts can vary substantially from company to company within its industry depending upon accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures and the method by which the assets were acquired. EBITDA, as defined by the Company, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies and is not a measure of performance calculated in accordanc e with U.S. GAAP.  In evaluating the Company’s performance as measured by EBITDA, management recognizes and considers the limitations of this measurement.  EBITDA does not reflect the Company’s obligations for the payment of income taxes, interest expense or other obligations such as capital expenditures. Accordingly, EBITDA is only one of the measurements that management utilizes.  Therefore, EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating income, net income, cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities or other income or cash flow statement data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
 
 
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Below is a reconciliation of EBITDA to net income (loss) attributable to controlling interests:

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
EBITDA
  $ 32,140     $ 26,190     $ 59,693     $ 44,584  
Depreciation and accretion expense
    10,264       9,935       20,486       19,574  
Amortization expense
    3,765       4,504       7,744       9,031  
Interest expense, net, including amortization of deferred
     financing costs and bond discounts
    7,956       8,247       15,904       16,526  
Income tax expense
    1,952       1,016       3,391       2,033  
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interests
  $ 8,203     $ 2,488     $ 12,168     $ (2,580 )

The following tables reflect certain financial information for each of the Company’s reporting segments for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.  All intercompany transactions between the Company’s reporting segments have been eliminated.
 
 
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For the Three Month Period Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Mexico
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Revenue from external customers
  $ 105,651     $ 20,343     $ 6,954     $     $ 132,948  
Intersegment revenues                                                    
    775                   (775 )      
Cost of revenues                                                    
    70,045       14,901       5,557       (775 )     89,728  
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
    8,648       1,207       417             10,272  
Loss on disposal of assets                                                    
    634       461                   1,095  
                                         
EBITDA                                                    
    27,475       3,750       960       (45 )     32,140  
                                         
Depreciation and accretion expense
    6,714       2,943       612       (5 )     10,264  
Amortization expense                                                    
    3,336       424       5             3,765  
Interest expense, net                                                    
    6,900       805       251             7,956  
                                         
Capital expenditures (1)                                                    
  $ 8,507     $ 2,308     $ 2,134     $     $ 12,949  

   
For the Three Month Period Ended June 30, 2009
 
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Mexico
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Revenue from external customers
  $ 102,270     $ 18,031     $ 4,347     $     $ 124,648  
Intersegment revenues                                                    
    512                   (512 )      
Cost of revenues                                                    
    71,248       13,085       3,307       (512 )     87,128  
Selling, general, and administrative expenses (2)
    9,050       1,268       266             10,584  
Loss on disposal of assets                                                    
    995       681                   1,676  
                                         
EBITDA                                                    
    22,384       3,057       850       (101 )     26,190  
                                         
Depreciation and accretion expense
    6,768       2,727       445       (5 )     9,935  
Amortization expense                                                    
    4,051       443       10             4,504  
Interest expense, net                                                    
    6,817       1,260       170             8,247  
                                         
Capital expenditures (1)                                                    
  $ 3,257     $ 2,106     $ 460     $     $ 5,823  

   
For the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Mexico
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Revenue from external customers
  $ 207,560     $ 38,964     $ 14,200     $     $ 260,724  
Intersegment revenues                                                    
    1,453                   (1,453 )      
Cost of revenues                                                    
    139,194       29,252       10,807       (1,453 )     177,800  
Selling, general, and administrative expenses (2)
    17,923       2,512       980             21,415  
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets                                                    
    795       684       (7 )           1,472  
                                         
EBITDA                                                    
    51,127       6,463       2,413       (310 )     59,693  
                                         
Depreciation and accretion expense
    13,340       5,886       1,270       (10 )     20,486  
Amortization expense                                                    
    6,665       1,067       12             7,744  
Interest expense, net                                                    
    13,475       1,932       497             15,904  
                                         
Capital expenditures (1)                                                    
  $ 14,508     $ 4,559     $ 2,487     $     $ 21,554  

   
For the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2009
 
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Mexico
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Revenue from external customers
  $ 199,037     $ 32,808     $ 8,148     $     $ 239,993  
Intersegment revenues                                                    
    886                   (886 )      
Cost of revenues                                                    
    142,030       23,792       6,235       (886 )     171,171  
Selling, general, and administrative expenses (2)
    18,686       2,285       468             21,439  
Loss on disposal of assets                                                    
    1,390       2,394                   3,784  
                                         
EBITDA                                                    
    38,901       4,348       1,467       (132 )     44,584  
                                         
Depreciation and accretion expense
    13,573       5,163       848       (10 )     19,574  
Amortization expense                                                    
    8,170       842       19             9,031  
Interest expense, net                                                    
    13,739       2,476       311             16,526  
                                         
Capital expenditures (1)                                                    
  $ 6,312     $ 3,873     $ 614     $     $ 10,799  
 
 
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(1)
Capital expenditure amounts include payments made for exclusive license agreements and site acquisition costs, and capital expenditures financed by direct debt.  Additionally, capital expenditure amounts for Mexico are reflected gross of any noncontrolling interest amounts.
   
(2)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 includes $0.6 million and $0.7 million, respectively, of costs associated with the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement and the completion of a secondary equity offering. Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the six month period ended June 30, 2009 includes $1.2 million in severance costs associated with the departure of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer in March 2009.  These items negatively impacted the Company’s EBITDA during the periods.

Identifiable Assets:
   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
   
(In thousands)
 
United States
  $ 480,689     $ 450,410  
United Kingdom
    68,081       76,109  
Mexico
    19,041       17,235  
Eliminations
    (95,164 )     (83,350 )
Total
  $ 472,647     $ 460,404  

(15) New Accounting Pronouncements

Adopted

Subsequent Events. In March 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2010-09, Subsequent Events, which amended FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 855, Subsequent Events.  Under this updated guidance, SEC filers, as defined in the ASU, no longer are required to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated in originally issued and revised financial statements.  The ASU became effective immediately after it was issued, and except for the removal of the date, the adoption of ASU 2010-09 did not have any imp act on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-06, which amended ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. This update added new requirements for disclosures about transfers into and out of Level 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy and activity in Level 3 of the hierarchy.  Additionally, it clarified existing fair value measurement disclosures about the level of disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2010-06 on January 1, 2010, except for the disclosures about the activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, which is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 20 11.  The Company’s adoption of ASU 2010-06 did not, and is not expected to, have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Issued but Not Yet Adopted

Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements. In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13, which amends ASC 605, Revenue Recognition. This update removes the criterion that entities must use objective and reliable evidence of fair value in accounting for each deliverable separately. Instead, ASU 2009-13 requires entities to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of the delivered goods and services based on a selling price hierarchy. ASU 2009-13 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2011 and may be applied on either a prospective or retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted.  The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2009-13 to have a material imp act on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

(16) Supplemental Guarantor Financial Information

The Company’s $300.0 million of senior subordinated notes are guaranteed on a full and unconditional basis by all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries. The following information sets forth the condensed consolidating statements of operations and cash flows for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 and the condensed consolidating balance sheets as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 of (1) Cardtronics, Inc., the parent company and issuer of the senior subordinated notes (“Parent”); (2) the Company’s domestic subsidiaries on a combined basis (collectively, the “Guarantors”); and (3) the Company’s international subsidiaries on a combined basis (collectively, the “Non-Guarantors”):
 
 
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Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

   
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
Parent
   
 Guarantors
   
Non-Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Revenues
  $     $ 106,426     $ 27,297     $ (775 )   $ 132,948  
Operating costs and expenses
    1,506       87,871       26,527       (780 )     115,124  
Operating (loss) income
    (1,506 )     18,555       770       5       17,824  
Interest expense, net, including
    amortization of deferred financing
    costs and bond discounts
    2,058       4,842       1,056             7,956  
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
    (13,393 )                 13,393        
Other expense (income), net
    53       (429 )     44               (332 )
Income (loss) before income taxes
    9,776       14,142       (330 )     (13,388 )     10,200  
Income tax expense
    1,533       419                   1,952  
Net income (loss)
    8,243       13,723       (330 )     (13,388 )     8,248  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling
    interests
                      45       45  
Net income (loss) attributable to
    controlling interests and available to
    common stockholders
  $ 8,243     $ 13,723     $ (330 )   $ (13,433 )   $ 8,203  

   
Three Months Ended June 30, 2009
 
   
Parent
   
 Guarantors
   
Non- Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Revenues
  $     $ 102,782     $ 22,378     $ (512 )   $ 124,648  
Operating costs and expenses
    1,156       90,956       22,232       (517 )     113,827  
Operating (loss) income
    (1,156 )     11,826       146       5       10,821  
Interest expense, net, including
    amortization of deferred financing
    costs and bond discounts
    812       6,005       1,430             8,247  
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
    (5,483 )                 5,483        
Other income, net
    (24 )     (882 )     (135 )           (1,041 )
Income (loss) before income taxes
    3,539       6,703       (1,149 )     (5,478 )     3,615  
Income tax expense
    945       71                   1,016  
Net income (loss)
    2,594       6,632       (1,149 )     (5,478 )     2,599  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling
    interests
                      111       111  
Net income (loss) attributable to
    controlling interests and available to
    common stockholders
  $ 2,594     $ 6,632     $ (1,149 )   $ (5,589 )   $ 2,488  

   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
Parent
   
 Guarantors
   
Non-Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Revenues
  $     $ 209,013     $ 53,164     $ (1,453 )   $ 260,724  
Operating costs and expenses
    3,049       174,868       52,463       (1,463 )     228,917  
Operating (loss) income
    (3,049 )     34,145       701       10       31,807  
Interest expense, net, including
    amortization of deferred financing
    costs and bond discounts
    3,837       9,638       2,429             15,904  
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
    (22,420 )                 22,420        
Other expense (income), net
    433       (459 )     60             34  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    15,101       24,966       (1,788 )     (22,410 )     15,869  
Income tax expense
    2,633       758                   3,391  
Net income (loss)
    12,468       24,208       (1,788 )     (22,410 )     12,478  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling
    interests
                      310       310  
Net income (loss) attributable to
    controlling interests and available to
    common stockholders
  $ 12,468     $ 24,208     $ (1,788 )   $ (22,720 )   $ 12,168  

 
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Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations – continued

   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
 
   
Parent
   
 Guarantors
   
Non-Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Revenues
  $     $ 199,923     $ 40,956     $ (886 )   $ 239,993  
Operating costs and expenses
    2,289       181,560       42,046       (896 )     224,999  
Operating (loss) income
    (2,289 )     18,363       (1,090 )     10       14,994  
Interest expense, net, including
    amortization of deferred financing
    costs and bond discounts
    1,308       12,431       2,787             16,526  
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
    (2,849 )                 2,849        
Other income, net
    (191 )     (904 )     (32 )           (1,127 )
(Loss) income before income taxes
    (557 )     6,836       (3,845 )     (2,839 )     (405 )
Income tax expense
    1,891       142                   2,033  
Net (loss) income
    (2,448 )     6,694       (3,845 )     (2,839 )     (2,438 )
Net income attributable to noncontrolling
    interests
                      142       142  
Net (loss) income attributable to
    controlling interests and available to
    common stockholders
  $ (2,448 )   $ 6,694     $ (3,845 )   $ (2,981 )   $ (2,580 )

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

   
As of June 30, 2010
 
   
Parent
   
Guarantors
   
Non-Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Assets:
                             
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 3,780     $ 34,828     $ 1,481     $     $ 40,089  
Accounts and notes receivable, net
    33,438       16,508       3,596       (33,533 )     20,009  
Other current assets
    336       8,112       7,161       (6 )     15,603  
Total current assets
    37,554       59,448       12,238       (33,539 )     75,701  
Property and equipment, net
          90,689       57,857       (143 )     148,403  
Intangible assets, net
    5,615       66,776       7,486             79,877  
Goodwill
          150,461       13,660             164,121  
Investments in subsidiaries
    (10,850 )                 10,850        
Intercompany receivable (payable)
    292,609       20,689       (5,384 )     (307,914 )      
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs,
    and other assets
          3,280       1,265             4,545  
Total assets
  $ 324,928     $ 391,343     $ 87,122     $ (330,746 )   $ 472,647  
Liabilities and Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity:
                                       
Current portion of long-term debt
    and notes payable
  $     $     $ 2,481     $     $ 2,481  
Current portion of other
    long-term liabilities
          21,007       3,592             24,599  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    16,631       71,776       19,062       (33,534 )     73,935  
Total current liabilities
    16,631       92,783       25,135       (33,534 )     101,015  
Long-term debt, net of related discounts
    297,567             6,993             304,560  
Intercompany payable
          205,216       102,350       (307,566 )      
Deferred tax liability, net
    12,861       1,326       28             14,215  
Asset retirement obligations
          15,355       9,986             25,341  
Other long-term liabilities
          26,944       2,703             29,647  
Total liabilities
    327,059       341,624       147,195       (341,100 )     474,778  
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity
    (2,131 )     49,719       (60,073 )     10,354       (2,131 )
Total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity
  $ 324,928     $ 391,343     $ 87,122     $ (330,746 )   $ 472,647  

 
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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets – continued

   
As of December 31, 2009
 
   
Parent
   
Guarantors
   
Non-Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Assets:
                             
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 40     $ 8,400     $ 2,009     $     $ 10,449  
Accounts and notes receivable, net
    38,261       23,846       3,980       (38,387 )     27,700  
Other current assets
    80       8,218       6,627       (6 )     14,919  
Total current assets
    38,381       40,464       12,616       (38,393 )     53,068  
Property and equipment, net
          86,975       60,527       (154 )     147,348  
Intangible assets, net
    6,467       73,390       9,179             89,036  
Goodwill
          150,461       14,705             165,166  
Investments in subsidiaries
    (30,887 )                 30,887        
Intercompany receivable (payable)
    306,786       11,681       (6,015 )     (312,452 )      
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other assets
          3,454       2,332             5,786  
Total assets
  $ 320,747     $ 366,425     $ 93,344     $ (320,112 )   $ 460,404  
Liabilities and Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity:
                                       
Current portion of long-term debt and notes payable
  $     $     $ 2,122     $     $ 2,122  
Capital lease obligations
          235                   235  
Current portion of other long-term liabilities
          23,217       2,830             26,047  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    13,825       77,829       20,341       (38,387 )     73,608  
Total current liabilities
    13,825       101,281       25,293       (38,387 )     102,012  
Long-term debt, net of related discounts
    297,242             7,688             304,930  
Intercompany payable
          205,215       106,889       (312,104 )      
Deferred tax liability, net
    10,970       1,326       (46 )           12,250  
Asset retirement obligations
          14,405       9,598             24,003  
Other long-term liabilities
          16,931       1,568             18,499  
Total liabilities
    322,037       339,158       150,990       (350,491 )     461,694  
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity
    (1,290 )     27,267       (57,646 )     30,379       (1,290 )
Total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity
  $ 320,747     $ 366,425     $ 93,344     $ (320,112 )   $ 460,404  

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
Parent
   
Guarantors
   
Non-Guarantors 
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 4,829     $ 41,171     $ 6,601     $     $ 52,601  
Additions to property and equipment
          (14,363 )     (6,420 )           (20,783 )
Payments for exclusive license agreements 
     and site acquisition costs
          (145 )     (84 )           (229 )
Net cash used in investing activities
          (14,508 )     (6,504 )           (21,012 )
Repayments of long-term debt and capital
     leases
          (235 )     (1,042 )             (1,277 )
Proceeds from exercises of stock options
    301                         301  
Repurchase of capital stock
    (1,390 )                       (1,390 )
Net cash used in financing activities
    (1,089 )     (235 )     (1,042 )           (2,366 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                417             417  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
      equivalents
    3,740       26,428       (528 )           29,640  
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning
      of period
    40       8,400       2,009             10,449  
Cash and cash equivalents as of end of
     period
  $ 3,780     $ 34,828     $ 1,481     $     $ 40,089  

 
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Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows – continued

   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
 
   
Parent
   
Guarantors
   
Non-Guarantors 
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating
     activities
  $ (10,100 )   $ 36,437     $ 6,368     $     $ 32,705  
Additions to property and equipment
          (6,256 )     (4,456 )           (10,712 )
Payments for exclusive license agreements
     and site acquisition costs
          (56 )     (31 )           (87 )
Net cash used in investing activities
          (6,312 )     (4,487 )           (10,799 )
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
    26,500       12,500       2,312       (13,500 )     27,812  
Repayments of long-term debt and capital
     leases
    (45,500 )     (43,517 )     (599 )     43,130       (46,486 )
Issuance of long-term notes receivable
    (13,500 )                 13,500        
Payments received on long-term notes
     receivable
    43,130                   (43,130 )      
Repayments of borrowings under bank
     overdraft facility, net
                (142 )           (142 )
Payments received on subscriptions
     receivable
    34                         34  
Debt issuance and modification costs
    (458 )                       (458 )
Repurchase of capital stock
    (92 )                       (92 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing
     activities
    10,114       (31,017 )     1,571             (19,332 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                494             494  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
     equivalents
    14       (892 )     3,946             3,068  
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning
     of period
    20       3,165       239             3,424  
Cash and cash equivalents as of end of
     period
  $ 34     $ 2,273     $ 4,185     $     $ 6,492  

(17) Subsequent Events

Execution of New Credit Agreement

On July 15, 2010, the Company entered into a new $175.0 million revolving credit agreement.  Under the terms of the agreement, outstanding borrowings will bear interest at either the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or base rate, at the Company’s election, plus an applicable margin, based on the Company’s “Total Leverage Ratio,” as defined in the agreement.  The facility, which includes a $15.0 million swing line facility, a $60.0 million foreign currency sub-limit, and a $20.0 million letter of credit sub-limit, provides for $175.0 million in borrowings and letters of credit, but also contains a feature that allows the Company to expand the facility up to an amount of $250.0 million, subject to the availability of additional bank commitments.  The ini tial termination date of the facility is February 2013; however, such date can be extended to July 2015 in the event the Company’s existing senior subordinated notes are no longer outstanding or have been refinanced with a maturity date later than December 2015.

 The credit agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that are customary for similar credit arrangements, including, among other things, covenants relating to (i) financial reporting and notification, (ii) payment of obligations, (iii) compliance with applicable laws and (iv) notification of certain events.   Financial covenants in the facility require the Company to maintain:

·  
A ratio of (i) the sum of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (as defined in the agreement) as of such date minus (b) subordinated indebtedness as of such date to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA (as defined in the agreement) for the four quarter period then ended (the “Senior Leverage Ratio”) of no more than 2.25 to 1.00;
·  
A Total Leverage Ratio of no more than 4.00 to 1.00; and
·  
A ratio of (a) the sum of (i) Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA for the four quarter period then ended, minus (ii) capital expenditures of the Company and the restricted subsidiaries for such period, minus (iii) dividends and distributions in respect of its equity interests paid by the Company and the restricted subsidiaries during such period (excluding any such dividends and distributions paid to an obligor or restricted subsidiary), minus (iv) consideration paid by the Company for repurchase or redemption of its equity interests held by its employees, directors and officers during such period in excess of $5.0 million minus (v) consideration paid by the Company for repurchase or redemption of its equity interests held by other persons during such period in excess of $10.0 million, minus (vi) cash taxes paid by the Company and the restricted subsidiaries during such period, to (b) cash interest expense (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”) of at least 1.50 to 1.00.

 
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In addition to the above financial covenants, the credit agreement also contains various customary restrictive covenants, subject to certain exceptions that prohibit the Company from, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness or guarantees, creating liens or other encumbrances on property or granting negative pledges, entering into a merger or similar transaction, selling or transferring certain property, making certain restricted payments and entering into transactions with affiliates.

The failure to comply with the covenants will constitute an event of default (subject, in the case of certain covenants, to applicable notice and/or cure periods) under the agreement.  Other events of default under the agreement include, among other things, (i) the failure to timely pay principal, interest, fees or other amounts due and owing, (ii) the inaccuracy of representations or warranties in any material respect, (iii) the occurrence of certain bankruptcy or insolvency events, (iv) loss of lien perfection or priority and (v) the occurrence of a change in control.  The occurrence and continuance of an event of default could result in, among other things, termination of the lenders’ commitments and acceleration of all amounts outstanding.  The Company’s obligations under t he credit agreement are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain limitations.  In addition, the Company’s obligations under the agreement, subject to certain exceptions, are secured on a first-priority basis by liens on substantially all of the tangible and intangible assets of the Company and the guarantors.
 
 
Termination of Previous Credit Facility

Concurrent with entering into its new revolving credit facility, the Company terminated its previous $175.0 million credit facility.  No material termination fees or penalties were incurred by the Company in connection with the termination of the previously-existing credit facility, which was due to mature in May 2012.  However, the Company does expect to record a $0.4 million pre-tax charge during the third quarter of 2010 to write-off certain deferred financing costs associated with the previous revolving credit facility.

Issuance of Notice of Redemption of $100.0 million Senior Subordinated Notes – Series B

 In July 2010, the Company issued a “Notice of Redemption” for its Series B Notes.  The call notice, which was issued on July 21, 2010, provides holders with a 30-day notice that the Series B Notes will be redeemed on August 20, 2010, at a redemption price of 102.313% of the principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest through August 20.  The redemption of the Series B Notes will be funded with approximately $30.0 million of available cash on hand and approximately $70.0 million of borrowings under the Company’s recently-executed revolving credit facility (discussed above).  In connection with the redemption, the Company expects to record a $3.2 million pre-tax charge during the third quarter of 2010 to w rite-off the remaining unamortized discount and deferred financing costs associated with the Series B Notes, which will result in an increase in the Company’s amortization of deferred financing costs and bond discounts during the period.  In addition, the Company expects to recognize a $2.3 million pre-tax charge during the third quarter related to the anticipated call premium.
 
 
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements and information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Form 10-Q”) may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “foresee,” “should,” “would,” “could” or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not historical in nature.  These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on us.  While management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonab le as and when made, there can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we currently anticipate.  All comments concerning our expectations for future revenues and operating results are based on our forecasts for our existing operations and do not include the potential impact of any future acquisitions.  Our forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations or projections.  Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those summarized below:

·  
our financial outlook and the financial outlook of the ATM industry;
·  
our ability to respond to recent and future regulatory changes that may impact the ATM and financial services industries;
·  
our ability to respond to potential reductions in the amount of interchange fees that we receive from global and regional debit networks for transactions conducted on our ATMs;
·  
our ability to provide new ATM solutions to financial institutions;
·  
our ATM vault cash rental needs, including potential liquidity issues with our vault cash providers;
·  
the implementation of our corporate strategy;
·  
our ability to compete successfully with new and existing competitors;
·  
our ability to renew and strengthen our existing customer relationships and add new customers;
·  
our ability to meet the service levels required by our service level agreements with our customers;
·  
our ability to pursue and successfully integrate acquisitions;
·  
our ability to successfully manage our existing international operations and to continue to expand internationally;
·  
our ability to prevent security breaches;
·  
our ability to manage the risks associated with our third-party service providers failing to perform their contractual obligations;
·  
changes in interest rates and foreign currency rates; and
·  
the additional risks we are exposed to in our armored transport business.

Other factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our projected results are described in (1) Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, (2) our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 (“2009 Form 10-K”), (3) our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, (4) our reports and registration statements filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and (5) other announcements we make from time to time.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
 
 
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

Cardtronics, Inc. owns the world’s largest non-bank network of automated teller machines (“ATM”) and multi-function financial services kiosks.  As of June 30, 2010, our network included over 33,700 devices throughout the United States (including the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the United Kingdom, and Mexico, primarily within national and regional merchant locations.  Included within this number are approximately 2,200 multi-function financial services kiosks that, in addition to traditional ATM functions such as cash dispensing and bank account balance inquiries, perform other consumer financial services, including bill payments, check cashing, remote deposit capture (which represents deposits taken using electronic imaging at ATMs not physically l ocated at a bank), and money transfers.

More recently, we have started offering a managed services solution.  Under a managed services arrangement, retailers and financial institutions rely on us to handle some or all of the operational aspects associated with operating and maintaining, as well as potentially owning, their ATM fleets.  Under these types of arrangements, we will typically receive a fixed monthly management fee in return for providing certain services, including monitoring, maintenance, cash management, customer service, and transaction processing services.  Finally, we own and operate an electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) transaction processing platform that provides transaction processing services to our network of ATMs and financial services kiosks as well as ATMs owned and operated by third parties.   For a more detailed discussion of our operations and the manners in which we derive revenues, please refer to our 2009 Form 10-K.

Business Update

Over the past several years, we made significant capital investments in our business, including (1) the acquisition of our United Kingdom operations in 2005, (2) our expansion into Mexico in 2006, (3) the launch of our EFT transaction processing platform in 2006, (4) our acquisition of the ATM and consumer financial services business of 7-Eleven, Inc. (“7-Eleven”) in 2007, and (5) the launch of our armored courier operation in the United Kingdom in 2008. Additionally, during this same period of time, we continued to deploy ATMs in high-traffic locations under our contracts with large, well-known retailers, which has led to the development of relationships with large financial institutions through bank branding opportunities and enhanced the value of our wholly-owned surcharge-free network, Allpoint.< /div>

During 2009, we consciously reduced our level of capital investments relative to prior years and focused on extracting additional value from our existing network of ATMs and financial services kiosks.  As a result, during the year ended December 31, 2009, we experienced significant improvements in many of our key operating and financial metrics, as follows:

·  
Total transactions conducted on our network increased over 8% from 354.4 million in 2008 to 383.3 million in 2009;
·  
Monthly cash withdrawal transactions per ATM increased over 6% from 579 in 2008 to 616 in 2009;
·  
Gross profit margins increased from 23.2% in 2008 to 30.2% in 2009; and
·  
Net cash provided by operating activities increased from $16.2 million in 2008 to $74.9 million in 2009, allowing us to pay down the entire amount previously outstanding under our revolving credit facility at the end of 2008.

During the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, we saw a continuation of many of the same positive operating trends outlined above.  For the remainder of 2010, we plan to continue maximizing the value of our existing network while looking for opportunities to selectively expand that network within our existing geographic segments.  In particular, we hope to increase our future revenues by focusing on the following:

·  
Deploying additional ATMs within our existing retail merchant partner locations and implementing selective surcharge rate (or “convenience fee”) increases;
·  
Adding new retail merchant partners to our portfolio of existing retail locations;
·  
Driving incremental transactions to our devices through the continued expansion of our existing bank and Allpoint network branding offerings, as well as through other initiatives that we expect to undertake in the near future;
 
 
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·  
Continuing to expand the number of issuing financial institutions that participate in Allpoint;
·  
Providing ATM management services (generally on a fixed-fee basis) for fleets of ATMs of financial institutions and large retailers; and
·  
Selectively expanding our existing ATM estates within the United Kingdom and Mexico, while also considering additional market entries outside of the United States.

In addition to the above, we plan to continue to invest in our technology and infrastructure so that we can offer additional services to financial institutions and retailers, while at the same time, focusing on optimizing the efficiency of our existing platform to ensure that we remain one of the lowest cost and highest quality service providers within the industry.

Recent Events

Withdrawal Transaction and Revenue Trends – United States.  For the six month period ended June 30, 2010, total same-store cash withdrawal transactions conducted on our domestic ATMs increased by 2.6% when compared to the prior year.  For the three month period ended June 30, 2010, total same-store cash withdrawal transactions conducted on our domestic ATMs increased by 2.2%.  We define same-store ATMs as all ATMs that were continuously transacting for the trailing 13-month period to ensure the exclusion of any new growth or mid-month installations.

The year-over-year same-store withdrawal transaction increases noted above were primarily due to two key factors: (1) a continued shift in the mix of withdrawal transactions being conducted on our domestic network of ATMs (i.e., more surcharge-free and less surcharge-based withdrawal transactions) resulting from the continued evolution and growth of our surcharge-free product offerings, and (2) the proliferation in the use of network-branded stored-value cards by employers and governmental agencies for payroll and other benefit-related payments.  With respect to the latter, the increase in the number of stored-value cards in circulation has served to increase our potential customer base, as these stored-value cards are capable of being used in ATMs, and many of the individuals to whom the cards have been issu ed are traditionally unbanked or underbanked and have not historically been able to utilize ATMs.  We expect to continue to see an increase in the number of stored-value cards in the future, which we believe will result in an increase in the number of cash withdrawal transactions being conducted on our domestic ATMs.

For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, total transactions conducted on our domestic ATMs decreased slightly when compared to the same periods in prior year due to a decrease in surcharge transactions.  Such decrease was primarily due to a loss of a major merchant customer during the fourth quarter of 2009 and planned surcharge rate increases that were implemented in certain retail partner locations during the latter half of 2009 and the first half of 2010.  Although these surcharge rate increases resulted in a decrease in surcharge transaction counts, due to the incremental revenue earned on each transaction, surcharge revenues actually increased during both periods.

As our surcharge-free offerings continue to grow in the United States, so do the interchange revenues we earn from the networks and card-issuing financial institutions whose customers utilize our ATMs.  The interchange rates paid to independent ATM deployers, such as ourselves, are set by the various EFT networks over which the underlying transactions are routed.  Recently, certain networks have reduced the net interchange fees paid to ATM deployers for transactions routed through their networks.  For example, during April 2010, a global network brand reduced the interchange rates it pays to domestic ATM deployers for ATM transactions routed across its debit network.  As a result, we have recently seen certain financial institutions migrate their volume away from other networks t o take advantage of the lower pricing offered by these networks.  Such rate change is currently expected to reduce our ATM operating gross profits by approximately $1.9 million over the remainder of 2010.  Furthermore, if additional financial institutions move to take advantage of this lower pricing, or if additional networks reduce the interchange rates they currently pay to ATM deployers, our future revenues and gross profits would be negatively impacted.  For additional details on this rate change and other risks associated with interchange revenues, see Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors – Interchange fees, which comprise a substantial portion of our transaction revenues, may be lowered at the discretion of the various EFT networks through which our transactions are routed, or through potential regulatory changes, thus reducing our future revenues.
 
 
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Withdrawal Transaction and Revenue Trends – United Kingdom.  For the six month period ended June 30, 2010, total same-store cash withdrawal transactions conducted on our United Kingdom ATMs increased by 3.6% relative to the prior year.  For the three month period ended June 30, 2010, total same-store cash withdrawal transactions conducted on our United Kingdom ATMs increased by 3.8%.

The increases noted above are due to the continued shift in the mix of ATMs in the United Kingdom (i.e., less pay-to-use ATMs and more surcharge-free, or “free-to-use” ATMs).  While the number of free-to-use ATMs within our portfolio increased significantly when compared to the prior year, our pay-to-use ATMs in that market continued to show year-over-year transaction declines, partially offsetting the year-over-year transaction gains that were generated by our free-to-use machines.  As a result of this trend, most of our recent ATM installations in the United Kingdom have been, and will likely continue to be, free-to-use locations.

Although we earn less revenue per cash withdrawal transaction in a free-to-use location, the higher transactions from our free-to-use locations are expected to generate interchange revenues that are sufficient to offset the anticipated decline in surcharge revenues in 2010 resulting from the negative pay-to-use transaction trends noted above.  However, interchange rates, which are set by LINK, the United Kingdom’s primary ATM debit network, are expected to decline beginning in 2011 as a result of declining interest rates during the past two years.  If these interchange rate declines occur, the interchange revenues generated by our free-to-use ATMs subsequent to 2010 may be negatively impacted.  For additional details on the potential change in interchange rates in the United Kingdom beginning in 2011 and other risks associated with interchange revenues, see Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors – Interchange fees, which comprise a substantial portion of our transaction revenues, may be lowered at the discretion of the various EFT networks through which our transactions are routed, or through potential regulatory changes, thus reducing our future revenues.

Financial Regulatory Reform in the United States.  The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), which contains broad measures aimed at overhauling existing financial regulations within the United States, was signed into law on July 21, 2010.  Among many other things, the Act includes provisions that (i) call for the establishment of a new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, (ii) limit the activities that banking entities may engage in, and (iii) give the Federal Reserve the authority to regulate interchange transaction fees charged by electronic funds transfer networks for electronic debit transactions.  Many of the detailed regulations required under the Act have yet to be finalized and will likely not be finalized for some time.  Accordingly, at this point, we do not believe that the regulations that are likely to arise from the Act will have a material impact on our operations.  However, based on the current language contained within the Act, it is uncertain whether the regulation of interchange fees for electronic debit transactions will apply to ATM cash withdrawal transactions.  If ATM cash withdrawal transactions were to fall under the proposed regulatory framework, and the related interchange fees were reduced from their current levels, such change would likely have a negative impact on our future revenues and operating profits.  Conversely, additional proposed regulations contained within the Act are aimed at providing merchants with additional flexibility in terms of allowing certain point-of-sale transactions to be paid for in cash rather than with debit or credit cards.  Such a change would likely result in the increased use of c ash at the point-of-sale for some merchants, and thus, could positively impact our future revenues and operating profits (through increased transaction levels at our ATMs).

Change in Mexico Fee Structure.  In October 2009, the Central Bank of Mexico adopted new rules regarding how ATM operators disclose and levy fees to consumers who use their ATMs.  These rules, which became effective in May 2010, require ATM operators to elect between receiving an interchange fee from the consumer’s card issuer or a surcharge fee from the consumer.  Our majority-owned subsidiary, Cardtronics Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ("Cardtronics Mexico"), elected to assess a surcharge fee on the consumer rather than select the interchange fee-only option, and subsequently raised the level of its surcharge fees in order to recoup the interchange fees it is no longer receiving.  Because these changes were just recently enac ted, we cannot be certain what impact such rate changes will have on the long-term withdrawal transaction levels in that market.  However, based on very early indications, withdrawal transaction levels in Mexico have declined by amounts greater than those originally anticipated.  If such initial transaction declines continue or worsen from their current levels, the additional surcharge fee amounts may not be sufficient to offset the lost interchange revenues, resulting in lower revenues and profitability per ATM in that market.

As a result of the above developments, we have decided to reduce the number of planned ATM deployments in Mexico for the remainder of 2010 in order to gauge the impact of the above rules on our ATM transaction levels and related profits.  If transaction levels continue to worsen, and if we are unsuccessful in its efforts to implement certain measures to mitigate the effects of such transaction declines, our overall profitability in that market will decline.  If such declines are significant, we may be required to record an impairment charge in future periods to write-down the carrying value of certain existing tangible and intangible assets associated with that operation.
 
 
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Revolving Credit Facilities. In July, we entered into a new $175.0 million revolving credit facility.  The new facility, which is led by a syndicate of banks including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, provides us with access to $175.0 million in borrowings and letters of credit (subject to the covenants contained within the facility) and has an initial termination date of February 2013; however, this date can be extended to July 2015 in the event our existing 9.25% senior subordinated notes are no longer outstanding or have been refinanced with a maturity date later than December 2015. Additionally, the credit facility contains a feature that allows us to expand the facility up to $250.0 million, subject to the availability of additional bank commitm ents by existing or new syndicate participants.

Concurrent with the execution of the agreement governing our new revolving credit facility (discussed above) we terminated our previous credit facility of the same amount.  We did not incur any material termination fees or penalties in connection with the termination of the previously-existing credit facility, which was due to mature in May 2012.  However, we expect to record a $0.4 million pre-tax charge during the third quarter of 2010 to write-off certain deferred financing costs associated with the previous revolving credit facility.

For additional information on these transactions, see Item 1, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 17, Subsequent Events.

Notice of Redemption of $100.0 Million 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes – Series B.  In July 2010, we issued a “Notice of Redemption” for our $100.0 million 9.25% senior subordinated notes – Series B due in 2013 (the “Series B Notes”).  The call notice, which was issued on July 21, 2010, provides holders with a 30-day notice that the Series B Notes will be redeemed on August 20, 2010, at a redemption price of 102.313% of the principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest through August 20.  The redemption will be funded with approximately $30.0 million of available cash on hand and approximately $70.0 million of borrowings under our recently-executed credit facility (discussed above).  We expect that the redemption of the Series B Notes combined with the execution of our new credit facility will enhance our financial flexibility by reducing our overall leverage and interest expense amounts.  Based on the current interest rate environment, we expect that our annual cash interest expense savings will be roughly $8.0 million.  However, during the third quarter of 2010, we expect to record a $3.2 million pre-tax charge to write-off the remaining unamortized discount and deferred financing costs associated with the Series B Notes, which will result in an increase in our amortization of deferred financing costs and bond discounts during the period.  In addition, we expect to recognize a $2.3 million pre-tax charge during the third quarter related to the anticipated call premium.
 
 
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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth line items from our Consolidated Statements of Operations as a percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated.  Percentages may not add due to rounding.

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Revenues:
                       
ATM operating revenues
    98.2 %     97.4 %     98.3 %     97.9 %
ATM product sales and other revenues
    1.8       2.6       1.7       2.1  
Total revenues
    100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0  
Cost of revenues:
                               
Cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation,
     accretion, and amortization shown separately below) (1)
    65.8       67.4       66.5       69.3  
Cost of ATM product sales and other revenues
    1.7       2.5       1.7       2.1  
Total cost of revenues
    67.5       69.9       68.2       71.3  
Gross profit
    32.5       30.1       31.8       28.7  
Operating expenses:
                               
Selling, general, and administrative expenses (2) 
    7.7       8.5       8.2       8.9  
Depreciation and accretion expense
    7.7       8.0       7.9       8.2  
Amortization expense
    2.8       3.6       3.0       3.8  
Loss on disposal of assets
    0.8       1.3       0.6       1.6  
Total operating expenses
    19.1       21.4       19.6       22.4  
Income from operations
    13.4       8.7       12.2       6.2  
Other expense (income):
                               
Interest expense, net
    5.5       6.1       5.6       6.4  
Amortization of deferred financing costs and bond discounts
    0.5       0.5       0.5       0.5  
Other (income) expense
    (0.2 )     (0.8 )     0.0       (0.5 )
Total other expense
    5.7       5.8       6.1       6.4  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    7.7       2.9       6.1       (0.2 )
Income tax expense
    1.5       0.8       1.3       0.8  
Net income (loss)
    6.2       2.1       4.8       (1.0 )
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    0.0       0.1       0.1       0.1  
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interests and
     available to common stockholders
    6.2 %     2.0 %     4.7 %     (1.1 )%
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(1)
Excludes effects of depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense of $12.1 million and $12.7 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $24.4 million and $25.3 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The inclusion of this depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense in Cost of ATM operating revenues would have increased our Cost of ATM operating revenues as a percentage of total revenues by 9.1% and 10.2% for the three month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and by 9.4% and 10.5% for the six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
   
(2)
The three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 includes $0.6 million and $0.7 million, respectively, of costs associated with the preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement and the completion of a secondary equity offering, and approximately $0.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively, in incremental stock-based compensation expense (when compared to the same period in the prior year).  The six month period ended June 30, 2009 includes the effect of $1.2 million in severance costs associated with the departure of our former Chief Executive Officer in March 2009.

 
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Key Operating Metrics

We rely on certain key measures to gauge our operating performance, including total transactions, total cash withdrawal transactions, ATM operating revenues per ATM per month, and ATM operating gross profit margin. The following table sets forth information regarding certain of these key measures for the periods indicated:

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Average number of transacting ATMs:
                       
United States: Company-owned
    18,257       18,183       18,194       18,207  
United States: Merchant-owned
    9,944       10,130       9,933       10,141  
United Kingdom
    2,795       2,572       2,754       2,554  
Mexico
    2,881       2,117       2,803       2,106  
Total average number of transacting ATMs
    33,877       33,002       33,684       33,008  
                                 
Total transactions (in thousands) 
    105,393       96,482       202,036       185,853  
Total cash withdrawal transactions (in thousands) 
    65,545       62,047       126,429       119,611  
Average monthly cash withdrawal transactions per
     average transacting ATM
    645       627       626       604  
                                 
Per ATM per month:
                               
ATM operating revenues
  $ 1,285     $ 1,226     $ 1,268     $ 1,186  
Cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation,
     accretion, and amortization) (1)
    860       848       858       839  
ATM operating gross profit (1)  (2) 
  $ 425     $ 378     $ 410     $ 347  
                                 
ATM operating gross profit margin (exclusive of depreciation,
     accretion, and amortization)
    33.0 %     30.8 %     32.4 %     29.3 %
ATM operating gross profit margin (inclusive of depreciation,
     accretion, and amortization)
    23.8 %     20.3 %     22.9 %     18.5 %
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(1)
Excludes effects of depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense of $12.1 million and $12.7 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $24.4 million and $25.3 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The inclusion of this depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense in Cost of ATM operating revenues would have increased our Cost of ATM operating revenues per ATM per month and decreased our ATM operating gross profit per ATM per month by $119 and ­$129 for the three month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and by $121 and $128 for the six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
   
(2)
ATM operating gross profit is a measure of profitability that uses only the revenues and expenses that relate to operating the ATMs in our portfolio. Revenues and expenses from ATM equipment sales and other ATM-related services are not included.
 
 
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Revenues

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
 
   
(In thousands)
         
(In thousands)
       
ATM operating revenues
  $ 130,560     $ 121,362       7.6 %   $ 256,247     $ 234,942       9.1 %
ATM product sales and other revenues
    2,388       3,286       (27.3 )%     4,477       5,051       (11.4 )%
Total revenues
  $ 132,948     $ 124,648       6.7 %   $ 260,724     $ 239,993       8.6 %

Three Months Ended June 30, 2010 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2009

ATM operating revenues. ATM operating revenues generated during the three month periods ended June 30, 2010 increased $9.2 million from the three months ended June 30, 2009. Below is the detail, by segment, of the changes in the various components of ATM operating revenues:

   
Variance: Three Months Ended June 30, 2009 to
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Mexico
   
Total
 
   
Increase (decrease)
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Surcharge revenues
  $ 436     $ (956 )   $ 3,088     $ 2,568  
Interchange revenues
    (589 )     3,258       (533 )     2,136  
Bank branding and surcharge-free network revenues
    3,905                   3,905  
Other revenues
    359             230       589  
Total increase in ATM operating revenues
  $ 4,111     $ 2,302     $ 2,785     $ 9,198  

United States.  During the three month period ended June 30, 2010, our United States operations experienced a $4.1 million, or 4%, increase in ATM operating revenues compared to the same period in 2009.  The majority of this increase was due to the continued growth of participating banks and other financial institutions in our bank branding programs and our Allpoint surcharge-free network, which resulted in a 24% increase in those related revenues.  Additionally, the increased level of participation in these programs positively impacted our interchange revenues due to the increase in the total number of withdrawal transactions conducted on our branded ATMs and routed through our Allpoint network; however, the impact of t hese incremental transactions on our interchange revenues was more than offset by the reduced interchange rates paid by one of the global EFT networks, as discussed above in Recent Events - Withdrawal Transaction and Revenue Trends – United States, and the impact of the loss of a significant merchant customer in the fourth quarter of 2009.  Also contributing to the decrease in interchange revenues was the planned surcharge rate increases that were implemented in certain retail partner locations during the latter half of 2009 and the first half of 2010.  Although these surcharge rate increases resulted in an increase in surcharge revenues, the rate increases somewhat negatively impacted the level of surcharge transactions conducted on our machines, contributing to the decrease in interchange revenues earned during the period.  Finally, the expansion of our surcharge-free programs, which allow participants’ cardh olders to make surcharge-free cash withdrawals at our ATMs, and a decline in our merchant-owned account base further contributed to the decline in the number of surcharge transactions conducted on our machines, which partially offset the impact of the surcharge rate increases.

For additional information on recent trends that have impacted, and may continue to impact, the revenues generated by our United States operations, see Recent Events - Withdrawal Transaction and Revenue Trends – United States above.

United Kingdom.  Our United Kingdom operations experienced a $2.3 million, or 13%, increase in ATM operating revenues for the three month period ended June 30, 2010, when compared to the same period in 2009, due primarily to a 43% increase in the total number of transactions conducted on our ATMs in that market.  The increased level of transactions was primarily attributable to two factors:  (1) a 9% increase in the average number of transacting ATMs, which was the result of additional ATM deployments made throughout 2009 and the first half of 2010 at locations of new and existing customers, and (2) a 79% increase in cash withdrawal transactions conducted on our free-to-use ATMs.  The installation of free-to-use ATM s in a majority of the new locations, combined with a decrease in our pay-to-use ATMs, decreased the surcharge revenues generated by our United Kingdom operations.  However, such lost surcharge fees were more than offset by an increase in interchange revenues.  Excluding the unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate movements between the two periods, the total increase in ATM operating revenues for the period would have been $3.1 million, or 17%, when compared to the same period in 2009.
 
 
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For additional information on recent trends that have impacted, and may continue to impact, the revenues generated by our United Kingdom operations, see Recent Events - Withdrawal Transaction and Revenue Trends – United Kingdom above.
 
Mexico.  The $2.8 million, or 74%, increase in ATM operating revenues generated by our Mexico operations during the three month period ended June 30, 2010, was in part the result of a 36% increase in the average number of transacting ATMs associated with these operations.  The new ATMs, many of which were installed during the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010, contributed to a 28% increase in total transactions during the period as compared to the same period in 2009.  Also contributing to the year-over-year increase in ATM operating revenues was increased revenues per transaction from our ATMs deployed in resort locations during 2010.  Although these ATMs positively contributed to our results dur ing the three month period ended June 30, 2010, as a result of higher transaction volumes and higher convenience fees, we cannot be certain that this trend will continue.  Finally, foreign currency exchange rate movements between the two periods favorably impacted the revenues earned by our Mexico business during the three month period ended June 30, 2010, contributing approximately 10% of the total increase.

Also impacting our results for the period were the new ATM fee rules adopted by the Central Bank of Mexico, which went into effect in May 2010 and negatively impacted our results for the three month period ended June 30, 2010.  These rules require ATM operators to choose between receiving surcharge fees or interchange fees for transactions conducted on their machines.  In response to the new rules, we elected to increase the surcharge rates charged at our ATMs beginning in May 2010 to compensate for the lost interchange revenues associated with such decision.  Although it is still very early on in the transition phase for the new rules, it appears that surcharge transaction levels (subsequent to the new rules going into effect) declined by amounts greater than those originally anticipated.   If this trend continues, the additional surcharge fee amounts charged per transaction may not be sufficient to offset the lost interchange revenues, resulting in lower ATM operating revenues and profits in Mexico.  As a result of these recent developments, we have decided to reduce the number of planned ATM deployments in Mexico for the remainder of 2010 in order to gauge the impact of the above rules on our ATM transaction levels and related profits.  Accordingly, the year-over-year revenue growth rates for the remainder of 2010 in Mexico will likely be lower than those seen during the first half of 2010.  For additional information on these new rules, see Recent Events – Change in Mexico Fee Structure above.

ATM product sales and other revenues.  ATM product sales and other revenues for the three month period ended June 30, 2010 were 27.3% lower than those generated during the same period in 2009 primarily due to lower equipment and value-added reseller (“VAR”) program sales in the United States.  Under our VAR program, we primarily sell ATMs to Associate VARs who in turn resell the ATMs to various financial institutions throughout the United States in territories authorized by the equipment manufacturer.  The reduced sales levels during the most recent quarter were the result of manufacturing and shipment delays experienced from overseas suppliers, and we currently anticipate that such delays will continue to negatively  ;impact our results for the remainder of the year.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2009

ATM operating revenues. ATM operating revenues generated during the six month period ended June 30, 2010 increased $21.3 million from the six month period ended June 30, 2009. Below is the detail, by segment, of changes in the various components of ATM operating revenues:

   
Variance: Six Months Ended June 30, 2009 to
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Mexico
   
Total
 
   
Increase (decrease)
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Surcharge revenues
  $ 1,616     $ (449 )   $ 6,340     $ 7,507  
Interchange revenues
    (368 )     6,551       (390 )     5,793  
Bank branding and surcharge-free network revenues
    7,006                   7,006  
Other revenues
    535       1       463       999  
Total increase in ATM operating revenues
  $ 8,789     $ 6,103     $ 6,413     $ 21,305  

United States.  During the six month period ended June 30, 2010, our United States operations experienced an $8.8 million, or 5%, increase in ATM operating revenues compared to the same period in 2009.  This increase was primarily due to higher bank branding and surcharge-free network revenues attributable to increase participation in these programs by banks and other financial institutions.  Additionally, as was the case during the three months ended June 30, 2010, we generated increased surcharge revenues during the six months ended June 30, 2010 as a result of surcharge rate increases implemented at select merchant locations.
 
 
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United Kingdom.  Our United Kingdom operations also contributed to the higher ATM operating revenues for the six month period ended June 30, 2010, increasing by $6.1 million, or 19%, from the first six months of 2009.  In contrast with the three month period, foreign currency exchange rate movements between the two six-month periods positively impacted our revenues.  Excluding the impact of foreign currency movements, the total increase in ATM operating revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010 would have been $5.4 million, or 16%, compared to the same period in 2009.  This increase was primarily driven by an 8% increase in the average number of transacting ATMs in the United Kingdom, which resulted from addit ional ATM deployments made throughout 2009 and the first six months of 2010, and a 76% increase in withdrawal transactions on our free-to-use ATMs.

Mexico.  Also contributing to the higher ATM operating revenues were our Mexico operations, which experienced a $6.4 million, or 88%, increase in revenues during the six month period ended June 30, 2010 over the same period in 2009.  This increase was the result of a 33% increase in the average number of transacting ATMs associated with our Mexico operations, which contributed to a 23% increase in the number of total transactions conducted on our machines in that market during the six months ended June 30, 2010.  As was the case during the three months ended June 30, 2010, foreign currency exchange rate movements between the two periods favorably impacted the revenues earned by our Mexico business during the first six months of 2010, representing approximately 15% of the total increase.  Finally, as noted above, certain ATM fee rule changes enacted in Mexico in May 2010 are likely to have a negative impact on our ATM operating revenue for the remainder of 2010.  For additional information on these new rules, see Recent Events – Change in Mexico Fee Structure above.

ATM product sales and other revenues.  ATM product sales and other revenues for the six month period ended June 30, 2010 were lower than those generated during the same period in 2010 primarily due to lower equipment and VAR program sales in the second quarter of 2010, as discussed above for the three month period ended June 30, 2010.  This decrease was partially offset by increased equipment and VAR program sales in the first quarter of 2010 as a result of our recent expansion into Puerto Rico and into additional managed services arrangements.

Cost of Revenues

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
 
    (In thousands)           (In thousands)        
Cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of
    depreciation, accretion, and amortization)
  $ 87,414     $ 83,975       4.1 %   $ 173,293     $ 166,204       4.3 %
Cost of ATM product sales and other
    revenues
    2,314       3,153       (26.6 )%     4,507       4,967       (9.3 )%
Total cost of revenues (exclusive of
    depreciation, accretion, and amortization)
  $ 89,728     $ 87,128       3.0 %   $ 177,800     $ 171,171       3.9 %

Three Months Ended June 30, 2010 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2009

Cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization).  The cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization) for the three month period ended June 30, 2010 increased $3.4 million when compared to the same period in 2009.  Below is the detail, by segment, of changes in the various components of our cost of ATM operating revenues:

   
Variance: Three Months Ended June 30, 2009 to
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Mexico
   
Total
 
   
Increase (decrease)
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Merchant commissions
  $ 1,190     $ 914     $ 821     $ 2,925  
Vault cash rental expense
    518       576       142       1,236  
Other costs of cash
    (791 )     173       990       372  
Repairs and maintenance
    (695 )     (441 )     (114 )     (1,250 )
Communications
    (18 )     93       124       199  
Transaction processing
    (653 )     264       193       (196 )
Stock-based compensation
    (24 )                 (24 )
Other expenses
    (145 )     247       75       177  
Total (decrease) increase in cost of ATM operating revenues
  $ (618 )   $ 1,826     $ 2,231     $ 3,439  

 
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United States.  During the three month period ended June 30, 2010, the cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization) incurred by our United States operations decreased $0.6 million when compared to the same period in 2009. The majority of this decrease was due to a decline in armored courier expense, which is included in the other costs of cash line item above, resulting from more favorable pricing terms in place with our armored service providers and fewer cash fills during the period as a result of our efforts to aggressively manage our costs.  Similarly, our primary domestic maintenance service agreements were renewed on more favorable terms in 2009; however, the benefits from the impro ved pricing terms during the three month period were somewhat offset by additional costs incurred to load certain software upgrades on a number of our ATMs.  Additionally, the transaction processing costs incurred during the period decreased due to the conversion of our ATMs located in 7-Eleven locations over to our EFT processing platform from a third-party processor.  Offsetting these decreases were higher merchant commissions, which resulted from the higher surcharge revenues earned during the quarter, and higher vault cash rental expense, which resulted from additional interest rate swap contracts entered into during the latter half of 2009 and the first half of 2010.

United Kingdom.  Our United Kingdom operations experienced an overall increase in the cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization) during the most recent quarter.  The $1.8 million increase was due primarily to an 18% increase in merchant commissions during the period, which resulted from a 43% increase in total transactions during the three month period ended June 30, 2010, when compared to the same period a year ago.  This higher transaction level was primarily attributable to the 9% year-over-year increase in the number of average transacting ATMs associated with our UK operations.  Many of these new ATMs are high transacting, free-to-use ATMs that carry increased operat ing costs due to the higher amounts of cash and more frequent fill rates that are required to keep them operating.  Also contributing to the increased cost of ATM operating revenues was our vault cash rental expense, which increased 68% during the period as a result of certain interest rate swap transactions that we entered into during the latter half of 2009.  These interest rate swaps serve to fix the interest rate on a portion of the monthly vault cash rental fees we pay under our vault cash rental agreement in the United Kingdom.  Such fixed rates, which became effective in January 2010, are higher than current market interest rates, as the fixed rates under the swap contracts extend through the end of 2013, but serve to reduce our risk exposure in the event market rates rise over the next few years.  Additionally, the vault cash rental rates and cash management fees paid to our vault cash provider in the United Kingdom increased during the second half of 2009, whi ch contributed to the year-over-year increase during the most recently completed quarter.

Partially offsetting the above increases was a decrease in maintenance expense during 2010 attributable to an adjustment made during the second quarter of 2009 to correct an error related to certain capitalized costs associated with previously-cancelled ATM sites that should have been expensed in prior periods.  Additionally, the foreign currency exchange rate movements between periods also partially offset the increases in cost of ATM operating revenues.  Excluding the impact of this favorable exchange rate movements, the increase in our cost of ATM operating revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2010 would have been $2.4 million higher than the same period last year.

Mexico.  The increased costs incurred by our Mexico operations during the three month period ended June 30, 2010 were attributable to a 36% increase in the average number of transacting ATMs, and a 28% increase in the total number of transactions conducted on these machines during the current period when compared to the same period in 2009.

Recently, we saw an increase in the number of incidents at certain of our Mexico ATMs located in towns along the U.S.–Mexico border that have resulted in vault cash losses.  Although the total amount of cash losses was immaterial during the three month period ended June 30, 2010, if the attacks continue or if the number of incidents continues to rise, we will be forced to record additional cash losses in future periods, the amount of which could be material and would negatively impact our costs of ATM operating revenues and gross margins.  In response to such incidents, we installed additional security measures during the three months ended June 30, 2010 to prevent these attacks in the future and to minimize the impact these losses have on our operating results.

Cost of ATM product sales and other revenues.  The 26.6% decrease in the cost of ATM product sales and other revenues during the three month period ended June 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 was relatively consistent with the 27.3% decrease in ATM product sales and other revenues discussed above.
 
 
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2009

Cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization).  The cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization) incurred during the six month period ended June 30, 2010 increased $7.1 million from the same period in 2009.  Below is the detail, by segment, of changes in the various components of the cost of ATM operating revenues:

   
Variance: Six Months Ended June 30, 2009 to
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
U.S.
   
U.K.
   
Mexico
   
Total
 
   
Increase (decrease)
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Merchant commissions
  $ 1,822     $ 1,877     $ 1,921     $ 5,620  
Vault cash rental expense
    897       1,186       345       2,428  
Other costs of cash
    (2,616 )     1,340       1,775       499  
Repairs and maintenance
    (1,704 )     (60 )     (150 )     (1,914 )
Communications
    (223 )     179       242       198  
Transaction processing
    (909 )     548       178       (183 )
Stock-based compensation
    (16 )                 (16 )
Other expenses
    (131 )     403       185       457  
Total (decrease) increase in cost of ATM operating revenues
  $ (2,880 )   $ 5,473     $ 4,496     $ 7,089  

United States.  During the six month period ended June 30, 2010, the cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization) incurred by our United States operations decreased $2.9 million when compared to the cost incurred during the same period in 2009. This decrease was primarily the result of lower armored courier expenses (included in other costs of cash) from the improved contracted rates and fewer cash fills. Further contributing to the decrease was lower repairs and maintenance costs, which also resulted from improved contracted rates; however, these decreases were partially offset by additional costs to load certain s oftware upgrades on a number of our ATMs during the period.  Finally, we incurred lower transaction processing costs during the period as a result of transitioning our ATMs located in 7-Eleven stores over to our EFT processing platform.  Partially offsetting the above decreases were higher merchant commissions and higher vault cash rental expense, which increased for the same reasons discussed above with respect to the quarterly period, as well as higher vault cash rental expense due to the fixed rate interest rate swaps that went into effect in January 2010.

United Kingdom.  The cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization) of our United Kingdom operations increased in during the six months ended June 30, 2010 by $5.5 million. This overall increase was primarily due to the increased number of transacting ATMs and total number of transactions conducted on our machines, as described above with respect to the quarterly period.

Mexico.  The cost of ATM operating revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization) of our Mexico operations also increased by $4.5 million primarily due to the increased number of transacting ATMs and the total number of transactions conducted on our ATMs in that market. Foreign currency exchange rate movements between periods also contributed to the increase in the cost of ATM operating revenues, accounting for approximately 15% of the total increase.  Excluding the impact of exchange rate movements, the increase in our cost of ATM operating revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010 would have been $3.6 million higher than the same period last year.

Cost of ATM product sales and other revenues. Relatively consistent with the 11.4% decrease in ATM product sales and other revenues discussed above was a 9.3% decrease in the cost of ATM product sales and other revenues during the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.  These decreases were primarily due to lower equipment and VAR program sales during the period.
 
 
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Gross Profit Margin

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
ATM operating gross profit margin:
                       
     Exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization
    33.0 %     30.8 %     32.4 %     29.3 %
     Inclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization
    23.8 %     20.3 %     22.9 %     18.5 %
ATM product sales and other revenues gross profit margin
    3.1 %     4.0 %     (0.7 )%     1.7 %
Total gross profit margin:
                               
     Exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization
    32.5 %     30.1 %     31.8 %     28.7 %
     Inclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization
    23.4 %     19.9 %     22.5 %     18.1 %

ATM operating gross profit margin.  For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, our ATM operating gross profit margin, exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization, increased by 2.2 and 3.1 percentage points, respectively, when compared to the same periods in 2009.  Additionally, our ATM operating gross profit margin, inclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization, increased by 3.5 and 4.4 percentage points, respectively, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, when compared to the same periods in 2009.  Such increases were due to higher margins earned in our United States operating segment during 2010.  The margin improvements in the United States were primarily attributable to t he year-over-year increase in revenues from our surcharge-free offerings and lower armored and maintenance expenses resulting from the renegotiation of our primary domestic maintenance and armored courier service agreements during the second quarter of 2009.  Offsetting this increase from our United States operating segment was a decrease in the gross profit margins generated by our United Kingdom and Mexico operating segments.  In the United Kingdom, the decrease primarily related to the increase in merchant commissions, vault cash rental expense and other costs of cash, as explained in Cost of Revenues above. In Mexico, the overall gross profit margin was negatively affected during the second quarter of 2010 due to the new ATM fee rules recently adopted by the Central Bank of Mexico.  (See Recent Events – Change in Mexico Fee Structure above.)  Alth ough the increase in average number of transacting ATMs in Mexico allowed for greater economies of scale, our transaction volumes in that market were negatively affected due to the higher surcharge rates implemented as a result of the new fee rules.

In the future, we expect to see continued expansion in our branding and surcharge-free arrangements, as well as new revenue sources from recently negotiated managed services offerings.  However, recent pressure on withdrawal transactions in Mexico and anticipated interchange rate declines in the United States, both of which are discussed in more detail above, are expected to substantially offset the positive margin effects noted above for the remainder of 2010.  As a result, we currently expect that our total gross profit margin level for the full year of 2010 will be relatively consistent with the margin levels achieved during the first half of 2010.

ATM product sales and other revenues gross profit margin.  For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, our ATM product sales and other revenues gross profit margin decreased by 0.9 and 2.4 percentage points, respectively, when compared to the same period in 2009.  This decrease was primarily due to lower margins achieved on our ATM product sales during the first half of 2010, coupled with lower sales in the second quarter of 2010.

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
 
   
(In thousands)
         
(In thousands)
       
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
  $ 9,004     $ 9,715       (7.3 )%   $ 18,887     $ 19,703       (4.1 )%
Stock-based compensation
    1,268       869       45.9 %     2,528       1,736       45.6 %
Total selling, general, and administrative expenses
  $ 10,272     $ 10,584       (2.9 )%   $ 21,415     $ 21,439       (0.1 )%
                                                 
Percentage of total revenues:
                                               
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
    6.8 %     7.8 %             7.2 %     8.2 %        
Stock-based compensation
    1.0 %     0.7 %             1.0 %     0.7 %        
Total selling, general, and administrative expenses
    7.7 %     8.5 %             8.2 %     8.9 %        

 
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Selling, general, and administrative expenses (“SG&A expenses”), excluding stock-based compensation.  SG&A expenses, excluding stock-based compensation, decreased $0.7 million and $0.8 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, respectively, when compared to the same periods in 2009. The decrease for the three month period was primarily attributable to costs in 2009 that were not repeated in 2010, including costs associated with our corporate office relocation and certain employee-related costs.  Also contributing to the decrease was lower professional fees during 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.  The decrease for the six month period was also primarily attributable to costs in 2009 that were not repeated in 2010, including the recognition of $1.2 million in severance costs associated with the departure of our former Chief Executive Officer in March 2009.  Partially offsetting these decreases for both the three and six month periods were costs incurred related to the filing of our shelf registration statement in January 2010 and the completion of a secondary equity offering in April 2010, and, for the three month period, higher employee-related costs.

Stock-based compensation.  The increase in stock-based compensation during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 was due to the issuance of additional shares of restricted stock and stock options during 2009 and 2010.  For additional details on these equity awards, see Item 1, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 2, Stock-Based Compensation.

Depreciation and Accretion Expense

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
 
   
(In thousands)
         
(In thousands)
       
Depreciation expense
  $ 9,633     $ 9,427       2.2 %   $ 19,234     $ 18,601       3.4 %
Accretion expense
    631       508       24.2 %     1,252       973       28.7 %
Depreciation and accretion expense
  $ 10,264     $ 9,935       3.3 %   $ 20,486     $ 19,574       4.7 %
                                                 
Percentage of total revenues:
                                               
Depreciation expense
    7.2 %     7.6 %             7.4 %     7.8 %        
Accretion expense
    0.5 %     0.4 %             0.5 %     0.4 %        
Total depreciation and accretion expense
    7.7 %     8.0 %             7.9 %     8.2 %        

For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, both depreciation expense and accretion expense increased when compared to the same periods in 2009.  These increases were primarily the result of the higher number of machines deployed under Company-owned arrangements in 2010.  Also contributing to the increase in accretion expense was our change in the estimated useful life of our asset retirement obligation assets.  When we install our ATMs, we estimate the fair value of future retirement obligations associated with those ATMs, including the anticipated costs to deinstall, and in some cases refurbish, certain merchant locations. Accretion expense represents the increase of this liability from the original discounted net present value to the amount we ultimately expect to incur. 60; As we decreased the number of years over which our asset retirement obligation assets are being depreciated, we also made a corresponding decrease to the number of years over which the related liabilities are being accreted, which resulted in increased accretion.

Partially offsetting the increase in depreciation expense resulting from the higher number of Company-owned machines was the change in estimated useful lives of certain of our fixed assets, which resulted in a slight decrease in depreciation expense.  For additional information on our change in estimates, see Item 1, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 1, General and Basis of Presentation – Property and Equipment, net.

Amortization Expense

     
Three Months Ended June 30,
     
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
     
2010
     
2009
     
% Change
     
2010
     
2009
     
% Change
 
     
(In thousands)
             
(In thousands)
         
Amortization expense
  $ 3,765     $ 4,504       (16.4 )%   $ 7,744     $ 9,031       (14.3 )%
                                                 
Percentage of total revenues
    2.8 %     3.6 %             3.0 %     3.8 %        

Amortization expense recognized during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 was lower than the same period in 2009 due to certain contract intangible assets associated with each of our operating segments that were fully amortized during 2009 and 2010.
 
 
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Loss on Disposal of Assets

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
 
   
(In thousands)
         
(In thousands)
       
Loss on disposal of assets
  $ 1,095     $ 1,676       (34.7 )%   $ 1,472     $ 3,784       (61.1 )%
                                                 
Percentage of total revenues
    0.8 %     1.3 %             0.6 %     1.6 %        

We recognized lower losses on the disposal of assets during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 primarily due to certain optimization efforts undertaken by us associated with our United Kingdom operations during the comparable periods in 2009.  These optimization efforts resulted in the identification and deinstallation of approximately 300 underperforming ATMs that could be redeployed under separate ATM operating agreements.  As a result of the deinstallation of these machines, we were required to write-off the associated installation costs and any remaining asset retirement obligations associated with the deinstalled machines.

Interest Expense, Net

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
 
   
(In thousands)
         
(In thousands)
       
Interest expense, net
  $ 7,314     $ 7,644       (4.3 )%   $ 14,632     $ 15,355       (4.7 )%
Amortization of deferred financing costs
     and bond discounts
    642       603       6.5 %     1,272       1,171       8.6 %
Total interest expense, net
  $ 7,956     $ 8,247       (3.5 )%   $ 15,904     $ 16,526       (3.8 )%
                                                 
Percentage of total revenues
    6.0 %     6.6 %             6.1 %     6.9 %        

Interest expense, net.  Interest expense, net, decreased during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, when compared to the same periods in 2009, due to the reduction of amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility.  Specifically, this facility had a weighted average balance outstanding of $39.4 million and $44.8 million, respectively, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to no amount outstanding during the first six months of 2010.

In July 2010, we entered into a new $175.0 million revolving credit facility and initiated a full redemption of our Series B Notes, which we expect to fund with $30.0 million of available cash on hand and $70.0 million of borrowings under our new credit facility.  As a result of these actions, we expect that our Interest expense, net will be lower for the remainder of 2010 and for the foreseeable future, absent any additional significant borrowings under the facility, as these actions provide us with the ability to replace all $100.0 million of our Series B Notes (on which we are pay a stated coupon rate of 9.25%) with $70.0 million of borrowings under our credit facility, which, in the current interest rate environment, will carry a rate of approximately 3%.  For additional information on our new r evolving credit facility and the redemption of our Series B Notes, see Recent Events – Revolving Credit Facilities and Recent Events – Notice of Redemption of $100.0 Million 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes – Series B.

Amortization of deferred financing costs and bond discounts. The increase in the amortization of deferred financing costs and bond discounts during 2010 was a result of the additional costs incurred in connection with the amendment of our revolving credit facility in February 2009.  The amendment, among other things, (i) authorizes our repurchase of common stock up to an aggregate of $10.0 million; (ii) increases the amount of aggregate “Investments” (as such term is defined in our revolving credit facility) that we may make in non wholly-owned subsidiaries from $10.0 million to $20.0 million and correspondingly increases the aggregate amount of Investments that we may make in subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (as such term is defined i n our revolving credit facility) from $25.0 million to $35.0 million; (iii) increases the maximum amount of letters of credit that may be issued under our revolving credit facility from $10.0 million to $15.0 million; and (iv) modifies the amount of capital expenditures that may be incurred on a rolling 12-month basis, as measured on a quarterly basis.  Also contributing to the increased expense amount were our senior subordinated notes, as the deferred financing costs and discounts associated with these notes are amortized over the contractual term of the underlying borrowings utilizing the effective interest method.
 
 
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As noted above, we anticipate redeeming all $100.0 million of our Series B Notes on August 20, 2010.  As a result of this redemption, we estimate that we will record a one-time, pre-tax, non-cash charge of approximately $3.2 million to write-off of the remaining unamortized discount and deferred financing costs associated with the notes.  Additionally, as a result of the termination of our previous $175.0 million revolving credit facility, we will record a one-time, pre-tax, non-cash charge of $0.4 million to write-off certain deferred financing costs.  We anticipate recording both of these charges in the third quarter of 2010.  Finally, we incurred approximately $1.7 million of costs in conjunction with entering into our new revolving credit facility.  Although these c osts will be deferred and amortized over the term of the facility, we anticipate that the net impact of our recent financing activities will be a reduction in the amount of Amortization of deferred financing costs and discount expense recorded in future periods.

Income Tax Expense

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
   
2010
   
2009
   
% Change
 
   
(In thousands)
         
(In thousands)
       
Income tax expense
  $ 1,952     $ 1,016       92.1 %   $ 3,391     $ 2,033       66.8 %
                                                 
Effective tax rate
    19.1 %     28.1 %             21.4 %     (502.0 )%        

Our income tax expense increased during both the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, when compared to the same periods in 2009.  These increases were primarily due to higher current federal and state income tax estimates due to our increased profitability.  We also continued to record additional valuation allowances in all of our operating segments during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, as we currently believe that it is more likely than not that our income tax benefits in those jurisdictions will not be utilized.  However, if we continue to generate substantial pre-tax operating profits, as we have during recent periods, our existing and future valuation allowances may no longer be necessary.  It should also be noted that as of December 31, 2009 , we had approximately $38.0 million in federal net operating loss carryforwards that can be utilized to reduce our taxable income in future periods, subject to certain restrictions and limitations.  The anticipated utilization of a portion of such carryforwards has been factored into the income tax provision estimate reflected above for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

As of June 30, 2010, we had $40.1 million in cash and cash equivalents on hand and $307.0 million in outstanding long-term debt.

We have historically funded our operations primarily through cash flows from operations, borrowings under our revolving credit facilities and the sale of equity and debt securities.  Furthermore, we have historically used cash to invest in additional ATMs, either through the acquisition of ATM networks or through organically-generated growth. We have also used cash to fund increases in working capital and to pay interest and principal amounts outstanding under our borrowings. Because we collect a sizable portion of our cash from sales on a daily basis but generally pay our vendors on 30-day terms and are not required to pay certain of our merchants until 20 days after the end of each calendar month, we are able to utilize the excess available cash flow to reduce borrowings made under our revolving credit facility and to fund our ongoing capital expenditure program. Accordingly, we will typically reflect a working capital deficit position and carry a small cash balance on our books.

We believe that our cash on hand and our current bank credit facilities will be sufficient to meet our working capital requirements and contractual commitments for the next 12 months.  Additionally, we expect to fund our working capital needs with cash flows generated from our operations and, to the extent needed, borrowings under our revolving credit facility.  See additional discussion under Financing Facilities below.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $52.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $32.7 million during the same period in 2009. The year-over-year increase was primarily attributable to improved operating margins and profits in 2010 when compared to 2009.  Key drivers of the margin expansion included the increase in revenues, as discussed in Revenues above, the continued shift of revenues from lower-margin revenues earned under merchant-owned accounts to higher-margin Company-owned and surcharge-free network and bank branding revenues, and our ability to leverage our fixed-cost infrastructure to generate strong margins from those higher revenues.
 
 
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Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities totaled $21.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $10.8 million during the same period in 2009. The year-over-year increase was the result of the higher amount of capital expenditures incurred during the first six months of 2010 as a result of our decision to increase our capital spending budget in 2010 relative to 2009.

Anticipated Future Capital Expenditures. We currently anticipate that the majority of our capital expenditures for the foreseeable future will be driven by organic growth projects, including the purchasing of ATMs for existing as well as new ATM management agreements as opposed to acquisitions. We expect that our capital expenditures for the remainder of 2010 will total approximately $24.7 million, net of noncontrolling interests, the majority of which will be utilized to purchase additional ATMs for our Company-owned accounts. We expect such expenditures to be funded with cash generated from our operations.  In addition, we will continue to evaluate selected acquisition opportunities that complement our existing ATM network, some of which could be mate rial. We believe that expansion opportunities continue to exist in all of our current markets, as well as in other international markets, and we will continue to pursue those opportunities as they arise. Such acquisition opportunities, either individually or in the aggregate, could be material.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities totaled $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $19.3 million for the same period in 2009.  During 2009, we generated sufficient cash flows after capital expenditures that allowed us to repay all previously-outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility.  Additionally, during the six months ended June 30, 2010, we generated cash flows from operating activities in excess of the cash flows used in investing activities, thereby enabling us to fund our activities from internally-generated funds and not draw on our bank facilities.

Financing Facilities

As of June 30, 2010, we had $307.0 million in outstanding long-term debt, which was comprised of $297.6 million (net of discount of $2.4 million) of our senior subordinated notes and $9.5 million in notes payable outstanding under equipment financing lines of our Mexico subsidiary.

Revolving credit facility.  In July 2010, we entered into a new $175.0 million revolving credit facility and terminated our previous revolving credit facility of the same amount.  The new facility, which is led by a syndicate of banks including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, provides us with access to $175.0 million in borrowings and letters of credit (subject to the covenants contained within the facility) and has an initial termination date of February 2013; however, such date can be extended to July 2015 in the event our existing senior subordinated notes are no longer outstanding or have been refinanced with a maturity date later than December 2015. Additionally, the credit agreement contains a feature that allows us to expand the fac ility up to $250 million, subject to the availability of additional bank commitments by existing or new syndicate participants.

Borrowings under our new $175.0 million revolving credit facility bear interest at a variable rate based upon the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or prime rate at our option. Additionally, we are required to pay a commitment fee of 0.40% per annum on the unused portion of the revolving credit facility. Substantially all of our assets, including the stock of our wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries and 66% of the stock of our foreign subsidiaries, are pledged to secure borrowings made under the revolving credit facility. Furthermore, each of our domestic subsidiaries has guaranteed our obligations under such facility. There are currently no restrictions on the ability of our wholly-owned subsidiaries to declare and pay dividends directly to us. The primary restrictive covenants within the facility incl ude (i) limitations on the amount of senior debt and total debt that we can have outstanding at any given point in time and (ii) the maintenance of a set ratio of earnings to fixed charges, as computed on a rolling 12-month basis. Additionally, we are limited on the amount of restricted payments we can make pursuant to the terms of the facility, unless no amounts are outstanding under the facility.  For additional information on our new facility, see Item 1, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 17, Subsequent Events.
 
 
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We are currently in compliance with the covenants contained within the new facility and would continue to be in compliance even in the event of substantially higher borrowings or substantially lower earnings.  Other than a $4.3 million letter of credit posted, there are no amounts currently outstanding under the new facility.

Senior Subordinated Notes.   We currently have $300.0 million of senior subordinated notes outstanding – $200.0 million of Series A Notes and $100.0 million of Series B Notes (collectively, the “Notes”).  The Notes are subordinate to borrowings made under the revolving credit facility, mature in August 2013, and carry a 9.25% coupon. Interest is paid semiannually in arrears on February 15th and August 15th of each year. The Notes, which are guaranteed by our domestic subsidiaries, contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness and make certain types of restricted payments, including dividends. Under the terms of the indentures governing the Notes, as of August 15, 2009, we are allowed to redeem all or a part of the Notes at the redemption prices set forth by the indenture plus any accrued and unpaid interest.  In July 2010, we issued a “Notice of Redemption” for the Series B Notes.  The call notice, which was issued on July 21, 2010, provides holders with a 30-day notice that the Series B Notes will be redeemed on August 20, 2010, at a redemption price of 102.313% of the principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest through August 20.  For additional information on this redemption, see Recent Events – Notice of Redemption of $100.0 Million 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes – Series B and Item 1, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 17, Subsequent Events.

Cardtronics Mexico equipment financing agreements. Between 2006 and 2009, Cardtronics Mexico entered into 10 separate five-year equipment financing agreements with a single lender. These agreements, which are denominated in Mexican pesos and bear interest at an average fixed rate of 10.49%, were utilized for the purchase of additional ATMs to support our Mexico operations. As of June 30, 2010, $121.6 million pesos (or approximately $9.5 million U.S.) were outstanding under the agreements, with any future borrowings to be individually negotiated between the lender and Cardtronics Mexico. Pursuant to the terms of the equipment financing agreements, we have issued guarantees for 51.0% of the obligations under these agreements (consistent with our ownership percentag e in Cardtronics Mexico.) As of June 30, 2010, the total amount of the guarantees was $62.0 million pesos (or approximately $4.8 million U.S.).

Bank Machine overdraft facility. Bank Machine, Ltd., our wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom, has a £1.0 million overdraft facility. This facility, which bears interest at 1.75% over the Bank of England’s base rate (0.5% as of June 30, 2010) and is secured by a letter of credit posted under our corporate revolving credit facility, is utilized for general corporate purposes for our United Kingdom operations. As of June 30, 2010, no amount was outstanding under this facility.   The letter of credit we have posted that is associated with this overdraft facility reduces the available borrowing capacity under our corporate revolving credit facility.

New Accounting Standards

For a description of the accounting standards that we adopted during 2010, as well as details of the accounting standards that will apply to us in the future, see Item 1, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 15, New Accounting Pronouncements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The following market risk disclosures should be read in conjunction with the quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk contained in our 2009 Form 10-K.

We are exposed to a variety of market risks, including interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange risk. The following quantitative and qualitative information is provided about financial instruments to which we were a party at June 30, 2010, and from which we may incur future gains or losses from changes in market interest rates or foreign currency exchange prices. We do not enter into derivative or other financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes.

Hypothetical changes in interest rates and foreign currencies chosen for the following estimated sensitivity analysis are considered to be reasonably possible near-term changes generally based on consideration of past fluctuations for each risk category.  However, since it is not possible to accurately predict future changes in interest rates and foreign currencies, these hypothetical changes may not necessarily be an indicator of probable future fluctuations.
 
 
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Interest Rate Risk

Vault cash rental expense.  Because our ATM vault cash rental expense is based on market rates of interest, it is sensitive to changes in the general level of interest rates in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Mexico. In the United States and the United Kingdom, we pay a monthly fee to our vault cash providers on the average amount of vault cash outstanding under a formula based on LIBOR.  In Mexico, we pay a monthly fee to our vault cash provider under a formula based on the Mexican Interbank Rate.

As a result of the significant sensitivity surrounding the vault cash interest expense for our United States and United Kingdom operations, we have entered into a number of interest rate swaps to fix the rate of interest utilized to determine the amounts we pay on a portion of our current and anticipated outstanding vault cash balances. The following swaps currently in place serve to fix the interest rate utilized for our vault cash rental agreements in the United States and the United Kingdom for the following notional amounts and periods:

Notional Amounts
United States
   
Notional Amounts
United Kingdom
   
Notional Amounts
Consolidated(1)
   
Weighted Average Fixed Rate
   
Terms 
(In thousands)
           
$ 600,000     £ 75,000     $ 712,585       3.77 %  
July 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010
$ 625,000     £ 75,000     $ 737,585       3.44 %  
January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011
$ 525,000     £ 50,000     $ 600,057       3.56 %  
January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012
$ 275,000     £ 25,000     $ 312,528       3.53 %  
January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013
$ 100,000     £     $ 100,000       3.61 %  
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
________
(1)
United Kingdom pound sterling amounts have been converted into United States dollars at approximately $1.50 to £1.00, which was the exchange rate in effect as of June 30, 2010.

The following table presents a hypothetical sensitivity analysis of our annual vault cash interest expense based on our outstanding vault cash balances as of June 30, 2010 and assuming a 100 basis point increase in interest rates:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vault Cash Balance
as of June 30, 2010
   
Additional Interest
Incurred on 100 Basis
Point Increase
(Excluding Impact of
Interest Rate Swaps)
   
Additional Interest
Incurred on 100 Basis
Point Increase (Including
Impact of All Interest
Rate Swaps Currently
under Contract)
 
   
(Functional
currency)
   
(U.S. dollars)
   
(Functional
currency)
   
(U.S. dollars)
   
(Functional
currency)
   
(U.S. dollars)
 
   
(In millions)
   
(In millions)
   
(In millions)
 
United States
  $ 896.9     $ 896.9     $ 9.0     $ 9.0     $ 3.0     $ 3.0  
United Kingdom
  £ 109.8       164.9     £ 1.1       1.6     £ 0.3       0.5  
Mexico
  p$ 481.1       37.4     p$ 4.8       0.4     p$ 4.8       0.4  
Total
          $ 1,099.2             $ 11.0             $ 3.9  

As of June 30, 2010, we had a net liability of $46.1 million recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheet related to our interest rate swaps, which represented the estimated fair value of the instruments as of such date. For additional information on our accounting treatment of these swaps and the calculation of their fair value, see Item 1, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 10, Derivative Financial Instruments and Note 11, Fair Value Measurements.

As of June 30, 2010, we had not entered into any derivative financial instruments to hedge our variable interest rate exposure in Mexico, as we have historically not deemed it to be cost effective to engage in such a hedging program due to the immateriality of our Mexico operations to our consolidated operations.  However, as a result of the recent and anticipated continued growth of our operations in Mexico, we are reevaluating the cost-effectiveness of such a program and may enter into derivative financial instruments in the future to hedge our exposure.

Interest expense.  Our interest expense is also sensitive to changes in the general level of interest rates in the United States, as our borrowings under our domestic revolving credit facility accrue interest at floating rates. Although no amount was outstanding under our revolving credit facility as of June 30, 2010, there is no guarantee that we will not borrow amounts in the future, and, in the event we borrow amounts and interest rates significantly increased, the interest that we would be required to pay could be material.  Specifically, we anticipate that we will borrow approximately $70.0 million in August 2010 to help fund the redemption of our Series B Notes.
 
 
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Outlook.  We anticipate that the interest expense we will incur under our bank credit facilities and our vault cash rental expense in the immediate future will continue to be relatively consistent with what it has been in recent periods due to the continued low short-term interest rates in the United States and United Kingdom. Although we currently hedge a substantial portion of our vault cash interest rate risk, as noted above, we may not be able to enter into similar arrangements for similar amounts in the future, and any significant increase in interest rates in the future could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations by increasing our operating costs and expenses.  However, we believe the impac t on our financial statements from significant increase in interest rates would be somewhat mitigated by the interest rate swaps that we currently have in place associated with our vault cash balances in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

Due to our operations in the United Kingdom and Mexico, we are exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, specifically with respect to changes in the United States dollar relative to the British pound and Mexican peso. Our United Kingdom and Mexico subsidiaries are consolidated into our financial results and are subject to risks typical of international businesses including, but not limited to, differing economic conditions, changes in political climate, differing tax structures, other regulations and restrictions, and foreign exchange rate volatility. Furthermore, we are required to translate the financial condition and results of operations of Bank Machine, Ltd. and Cardtronics Mexico into United States dollars, with any corresponding translation gains or losses being recorded in other co mprehensive loss in our consolidated financial statements. As of June 30, 2010, such translation loss totaled approximately $28.2 million compared to approximately $24.4 million as of December 31, 2009.

Our consolidated financial results during the three months ended June 30, 2010 were negatively impacted by a decrease in the value of the British pound relative to the United States dollar compared to the same period in 2009, but positively impacted due to the strengthening of the British pound for the six months ended June 30, 2010. (See Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Results of Operations for additional details on the impact of changes in the foreign exchange rate between the United States dollar and the British pound.) Additionally, our consolidated financial results were also positively impacted by changes in the value of the Mexican peso relative to the United States dollar for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2010. A sensitivity analysis indicates that if the United States dollar uniformly strengthened or weakened 10% against the British pound during the six months ended June 30, 2010, the effect upon Bank Machine’s operating income would have been immaterial.  Similarly, a sensitivity analysis indicates that if the United States dollar uniformly strengthened or weakened 10% against the Mexican peso during the six months ended June 30, 2010, the effect upon Cardtronics Mexico’s operating income would have been $0.1 million. At this time, we have not deemed it to be cost effective to engage in a program of hedging the effect of foreign currency fluctuations on our operating results using derivative financial instruments.

During 2009, our United Kingdom operations began to generate cash flows from operations that exceeded our capital growth needs in that market. This excess cash was used to repay certain advances and intercompany debt.  Prior to 2009, most of our United Kingdom operations’ intercompany payable balances to the United States entities had been deemed to be long-term in nature and were revalued to other comprehensive income (loss) as our United Kingdom operations had not generated sufficient cash flows to cover its operational and capital expansion needs.  Due to the improved financial performance and lower capital expenditures of our United Kingdom operations during 2009, we now expect that these operations will continue to generate excess cash flows beyond its operational and capital expansi on needs that will allow it to further pay down the intercompany balances.  Therefore, we have now designated certain of our intercompany balances as short-term in nature, and the changes in these balances are now translated in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.  As a result, we are now exposed to foreign currency exchange risk as it relates to our intercompany balances for which we expect repayments in the near-term.  As of June 30, 2010, the intercompany payable balance from our United Kingdom operations to the parent totaled $111.1 million, of which $3.3 million was deemed to be short-term in nature.  A sensitivity analysis indicates that, if the United States dollar uniformly strengthened or weakened 10% against the British pound, based on the intercompany payable balance as of June 30, 2010, the effect upon our Consolidated Statements of Operations would be approximately $0.3 million.

We do not hold derivative commodity instruments, and all of our cash and cash equivalents are held in money market and checking funds.
 
 
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Management’s Quarterly Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), we have evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisi ons regarding required disclosure and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2010 at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended June 30, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

For information on our material legal proceedings, see Part I., Item I., Financial Information, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 12, Commitments and Contingencies.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Our business, results of operations and financial condition are subject to a number of risks. Some of those risks are set forth in our 2009 Form 10-K. Outlined below is a modification to certain risks previously disclosed in our 2009 Form 10-K. These risks should be read in conjunction with the risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors, in our 2009 Form 10-K. The risks described in this Form 10-Q and in our 2009 Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.

Interchange fees, which comprise a substantial portion of our transaction revenues, may be lowered at the discretion of the various EFT networks through which our transactions are routed, or through potential regulatory changes, thus reducing our future revenues.

Interchange fees, which represented approximately 31% of our total ATM operating revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009, are set by the various EFT networks through which transactions conducted on our devices are routed.  Interchange fees are set by each network and typically vary from one network to the next.  Accordingly, if some or all of the networks through which our ATM transactions are routed were to reduce the interchange rates paid to us or increase their transaction fees charged to us for routing transactions across their network, or both, our future transaction revenues could decline.

Recently, certain networks have reduced the net interchange fees paid to ATM deployers for transactions routed through their networks.  For example, effective April 1, 2010, a global network brand reduced the interchange rates it pays to domestic ATM deployers for ATM transactions routed across its debit network.  As a result, we have recently seen certain financial institutions migrate their volume away from other networks to take advantage of the lower pricing offered by these networks.  Such rate change is expected to reduce our ATM operating gross profits by approximately $1.9 million over the remainder of 2010.  Additionally, interchange rates in the United Kingdom, which are set by LINK, the United Kingdom’s primary ATM debit network, are expected to decline slightly beginning in 2011.  As a result, the interchange revenues generated by certain of our ATMs in that market are expected to decline in the future.  If other networks enact interchange fee reductions similar to those outlined above, our interchange revenues could be negatively impacted in future periods.

Finally, some federal officials in the United States have expressed concern that consumers using an ATM may not be aware that in addition to paying the surcharge fee that is disclosed to them at the ATM, their financial institution may also assess an additional fee to offset any interchange fee assessed to the financial institution by the EFT networks with regard to that consumer’s transaction.  While there are currently no pending legislative actions calling for limits on the amount of interchange fees that can be charged by the EFT networks to financial institutions for ATM transactions, there can be no assurance that such legislative actions will not occur in the future.

Any potential future network or legislative actions that affect the amount of interchange fees that can be assessed on a transaction may adversely affect our revenues. Historically, we have been successful in offsetting the effects of any such reductions in interchange fees received by us through changes in our business.  However, we can give no assurances that we will be successful in offsetting the effects of any future reductions in the interchange fees received by us, if and when they occur.

Deterioration in global credit markets, as well as changes in legislative and regulatory requirements, could have a negative impact on financial institutions that we conduct business with.
 
 
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We have a significant number of customer and vendor relationships with financial institutions in all of our key markets, including relationships in which those financial institutions pay us for the right to place their brands on our devices. Additionally, we rely on a small number of financial institution partners to provide us with the cash that we maintain in our Company-owned devices.  Turmoil in the global credit markets in the future, such as that recently experienced, may have a negative impact on those financial institutions and our relationships with them. In particular, if the liquidity positions of the financial institutions with which we conduct business deteriorate significantly, these institutions may be unable to perform under their existing agreements with us.  If these defaults were to occur, we may not be successful in our efforts to identify new branding partners and cash providers, and the underlying economics of any new arrangements may not be consistent with our current arrangements.  Furthermore, if our existing bank branding partners or cash providers are acquired by other institutions with assistance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (“FDIC”), or placed into receivership by the FDIC, it is possible that our agreements may be rejected in part or in their entirety.

Finally, in response to the economic crisis, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act" or the "Act"), which contains broad measures aimed at overhauling existing financial regulations within the United States, was signed into law on July 21, 2010.  Among many other things, the Act includes provisions that (i) call for the establishment of a new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, (ii) limit the activities that banking entities may engage in, and (iii) give the Federal Reserve Bank the authority to regulate interchange transaction fees charged by electronic funds transfer networks for electronic debit transactions.  Many of the detailed regulations required under the Act have yet to be finalized and will likely not be finalized for some time.   As such, it is unclear at this point what impact these new regulations will ultimately have on financial institutions with whom we conduct business.  However, if those financial institutions are negatively impacted by such regulations, our future operating results may be negatively impacted.

The passing of legislation banning or limiting the fees we receive for transactions conducted on our ATMs would severely impact our revenues.

Despite the nationwide acceptance of surcharge fees at ATMs in the United States since their introduction in 1996, consumer activists have from time to time attempted to impose local bans or limits on surcharge fees. Even in the few instances where these efforts have passed the local governing body (such as with an ordinance adopted by the city of Santa Monica, California), federal courts have overturned these local laws on federal preemption grounds. More recently, some federal officials have expressed concern that surcharge fees charged by ATM operators are unfair to consumers.  To that end, an amendment proposing limits on the fees that ATM operators, including financial institutions, can charge consumers was recently introduced in the United States Senate, but was not ultimately included in the final version o f the Dodd-Frank Act that was signed into law.  If similar proposed legislation were to be enacted in the future, and the amount we were able to charge for consumers to use our ATMs was reduced, our revenues and related profitability would be negatively impacted.  Furthermore, if such limits were set at levels that are below our current or future costs to operate our ATMs, it would have a material adverse impact on our ability to continue to operate under our current business model.

In the United Kingdom, the Treasury Select Committee of the House of Commons published a report regarding surcharges in the ATM industry in March 2005. This committee was formed to investigate public concerns regarding the ATM industry, including (1) adequacy of disclosure to ATM customers regarding surcharges, (2) whether ATM providers should be required to provide free services in low-income areas and (3) whether to limit the level of surcharges. While the committee made numerous recommendations to Parliament regarding the ATM industry, including that ATMs should be subject to the Banking Code (a voluntary code of practice adopted by all financial institutions in the United Kingdom), the United Kingdom government did not accept the committee’s recommendations. Despite the rejection of the committee’s reco mmendations, the United Kingdom government did sponsor an ATM task force to look at social exclusion in relation to ATM services. As a result of the task force’s findings, approximately 600 additional free-to-use ATMs (to be provided by multiple ATM providers) were required to be installed in low income areas throughout the United Kingdom. While this is less than a 2% increase in free-to-use ATMs throughout the United Kingdom, there is no certainty that other similar proposals will not be made and accepted in the future. If the legislature or another body with regulatory authority in the United Kingdom were to impose limits on the level of surcharges for ATM transactions, our revenue from operations in the United Kingdom would be negatively impacted.
 
 
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In Mexico, surcharging for off-premise ATMs was legalized in late 2003, but was not formally implemented until July 2005. In early October 2009, the Central Bank of Mexico adopted new rules regarding how ATM operators disclose fees to consumers.  The objective of these rules was to provide more transparency to the consumer regarding the cost of a specific ATM transaction, rather than to limit the amount of fees charged to the consumer.  Such rules, which became effective in May 2010, required ATM operators to elect between receiving interchange fees from card issuers or surcharge fees from consumers.  Cardtronics Mexico S.A. de C.V. ("Cardtronics Mexico") elected to assess a surcharge fee on the consumer rather than select the interchange fee-only option, and subsequently raised the l evel of its surcharge fees in order to recoup the interchange fees it is no longer receiving.  Because these changes were just recently enacted, we cannot be certain what impact such rate changes will have on the long-term withdrawal transaction levels in that market.  However, based on very early indications, withdrawal transaction levels in Mexico have declined by amounts greater than those originally anticipated.  If such initial transaction declines continue or worsen from their current levels, the additional surcharge fee amounts may not be sufficient to offset the lost interchange revenues, resulting in lower revenues and profitability per ATM in that market.

As a result of the above developments, we have decided to reduce the number of planned ATM deployments in Mexico for the remainder of 2010 in order to gauge the impact of the above rules on our ATM transaction levels and related profits.  If transaction levels continue to worsen, and if we are unsuccessful in its efforts to implement certain measures to mitigate the effects of such transaction declines, our overall profitability in that market will decline.  If such declines are significant, we may be required to record an impairment charge in future periods to write-down the carrying value of certain existing tangible and intangible assets associated with that operation.
 
We rely on EFT network providers, transaction processors, armored courier providers, and maintenance providers; if they fail or no longer agree to provide their services, we could suffer a temporary loss of transaction revenues or the permanent loss of any merchant contract affected by such disruption.
 
We rely on EFT network providers and have agreements with transaction processors, armored courier providers, and maintenance providers and have more than one such provider in each of these key areas. These providers enable us to provide card authorization, data capture, settlement, and cash management and maintenance services to the merchants we serve. Typically, these agreements are for periods of up to two or three years each. If we improperly manage the renewal or replacement of any expiring vendor contract, or if our multiple providers in any one key area failed to provide the services for which we have contracted and disruption of service to our merchants occurs, our relationship with those merchants could suffer.
 
For example, during the fourth quarter of 2007 and the full year of 2008, our results of operations were negatively impacted by a higher percentage of downtime experienced by our ATMs in the United Kingdom as a result of certain third-party service-related issues. If such disruption of service should recur, our relationships with the affected merchants could be materially negatively impacted. Furthermore, any disruptions in service in any of our markets, whether caused by us or by third party providers, may result in a loss of revenues under certain of our contractual arrangements that contain minimum service-level requirements.
 
Additionally, in February 2010, Mount Vernon Money Center (“MVMC”), one of our third-party armored service providers in the Northeast United States, ceased all cash replenishment operations for its customers following the arrest on charges of bank fraud of its founder and principal owner. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York (the “SDNY”) appointed a receiver (the “Receiver”) to, among other things, seize all of the assets in the possession of MVMC. As a result of these actions, we were required to convert over 1,000 ATMs that were being serviced by MVMC to another third-party armored service provider, resulting in a minor amount of downtime being experienced by those ATMs. Further, based upon a federal indictment in the SDNY of MVMC 217;s President and of its Chief Operating Officer (the “Indictment”), it appears that all or some of the cash which was delivered to MVMC’s vaults for the sole purpose of loading such cash into our ATMs was misappropriated by MVMC.  We estimate that, immediately prior to the cessation of MVMC’s operations, the amount of vault cash that MVMC should have been holding for loading into our ATMs totaled approximately $16.2 million.

The Indictment alleges that the defendants defrauded multiple financial institutions and seeks the forfeiture to the United States government from the defendants in an amount of at least $75 million.  If the defendants are convicted and forfeiture directed, it is our belief that it is highly likely that the U.S. Government will distribute forfeited assets it obtains to the victims. We intend to seek recovery from such forfeited assets.  Additionally, on May 27, 2010, MVMC, under the control of the Receiver, filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.  Accordingly, at this point, it is uncertain what amount, if any, may ultimately be made available to us from the vault cash seized by law enforcement authorities, other assets that may be forfe ited to the United States government, other assets controlled by the Receiver or in the MVMC bankruptcy estate, or from other potential sources of recovery, including proceeds from any insurance policies held by MVMC and/or its owner.  Regardless, we currently believe that our existing insurance policies will cover any residual cash losses resulting from this incident, less related deductible payments.  Because we cannot reasonably estimate the amount of residual cash losses that may ultimately result from this incident at this point in time, no contingent loss has been reflected in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.  If new information comes to light and the recovery of any resulting cash losses is no longer deemed to be probable, we may be required to recognize such losses without a corresponding insurance receivable.
 
 
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Our international operations involve special risks and may not be successful, which would result in a reduction of our gross profits.
 
As of June 30, 2010, approximately 16.9% of our devices were located in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Those devices contributed 17.8% and 15.8% of our gross profits (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization) for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively. We expect to continue to expand in the United Kingdom and Mexico and potentially into other countries as opportunities arise. However, our international operations are subject to certain inherent risks, including:
 
·  
exposure to currency fluctuations, including the risk that our future reported operating results could be negatively impacted by unfavorable movements in the functional currencies of our international operations relative to the United States dollar, which represents our consolidated reporting currency;
 
·  
difficulties in complying with the different laws and regulations in each country and jurisdiction in which we operate, including unique labor and reporting laws;
 
·  
unexpected changes in laws, regulations, and policies of foreign governments or other regulatory bodies, including changes that could potentially disallow surcharging or that could result in a reduction in the amount of interchange fees received per transaction;
 
·  
unanticipated political and social instability that may be experienced in developing countries;
 
·  
rising crime rates in certain of the areas we operate in, including increased incidents of crimes against store personnel where our ATMs are located;
 
·  
difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations, including hiring and retaining skilled workers in those countries in which we operate; and
 
·  
potential adverse tax consequences, including restrictions on the repatriation of foreign earnings.
 
Any of these factors could reduce the profitability and revenues derived from our international operations and international expansion. For example, during the latter half of 2008 and during 2009, we incurred reduced revenues as a consequence of the United States dollar strengthening relative to the British pound and Mexican peso. Additionally, the recent political and social instability in Mexico resulting from an increase in drug-related violence could negatively impact the level of transactions incurred on our existing devices in that market, as well as our ability to successfully grow our business there. Furthermore, the recent regulatory changes in Mexico appear to have had an adverse impact on our transaction volumes in that market. See further discussion on this topic in the above risk factor entitled The passing of legislation banning or limiting the fees we receive for transactions conducted on our ATMs could severely impact our revenues.
 
 
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In 2008, we recognized a goodwill impairment charge of $50.0 million. If we experience additional impairments of our goodwill or other intangible assets, we will be required to record an additional charge to earnings, which may be significant.
 
We have a large amount of goodwill and other intangible assets and are required to perform periodic assessments for any possible impairment for accounting purposes. As of June 30, 2010, we had goodwill and other intangible assets of $244.0 million, or 51.6% of our total assets. We periodically evaluate the recoverability and the amortization period of our intangible assets under U.S. GAAP. Some of the factors that we consider to be important in assessing whether or not impairment exists include the performance of the related assets relative to the expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of our use of the assets or the strategy for our overall business, and significant negative industry or economic trends. These factors, assumptions, and any changes in them could resu lt in an impairment of our goodwill and other intangible assets. In the event we determine our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets are impaired, we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings in our financial statements, which would negatively impact our results of operations and that impact could be material. For example, during the year ended December 31, 2008, we recorded a $50.0 million goodwill impairment charge. Additionally, during each of the years ended December 2009 and 2008, we recorded $0.4 million in net impairment charges associated with intangibles related to our acquired merchant contracts/relationships. Other impairment charges in the future may also adversely affect our results of operations.
 
Additionally, the new and potential regulatory issues facing our Mexico operations could result in the potential impairment of assets associated with those operations. For further discussion on this topic, see the above risk factor entitled The passing of legislation banning or limiting the fees we receive for transactions conducted on our ATMs could severely impact our revenues.
 
 
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers.   The following table provides information about purchases of equity securities that are registered by us pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act during the quarter ended June 30, 2010:

 
 
 
Period
 
Total Number of Shares Purchased
   
 
Average Price Paid Per Share
   
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Program
   
Approximate Dollar Value that May Yet be Purchased Under the Program (1) (2)
 
April 1 – 30, 2010
    1,654 (3)   $ 13.33 (4)         $ 9,882,410  
May 1 – 31, 2010
                    $ 9,882,410  
June 1 – 30, 2010
    110,896 (3)   $ 12.46 (4)         $ 9,882,410  
_________
(1)
In February 2009, our Board of Directors approved a common stock repurchase program that authorizes the repurchase of up to an aggregate of $10.0 million in common stock. The shares will be repurchased from time to time in open market transactions or privately negotiated transactions at our discretion. The share repurchase program will expire on June 30, 2011, unless extended or terminated earlier by the Board of Directors. To date, we have purchased approximately 35,000 shares of our common stock at a total cost of $0.1 million and at an average price per share of $3.37.
   
(2)
In connection with the lapsing of the forfeiture restrictions on restricted shares granted by us under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, which was adopted in December 2007 and expires in December 2017, we permit employees and directors to sell a portion of their shares to us in order to satisfy their tax liabilities that arise as a consequence of the lapsing of the forfeiture restrictions.  In future periods, we may not permit individuals to sell their shares to us in order to satisfy such tax liabilities.  Furthermore, since the number of restricted shares that will become unrestricted each year is dependent upon the continued employment of the award recipients, we cannot forecast either the total amount of such securities or the approximate dollar value of those securities that we might purchase in fu ture years as the forfeiture restrictions on such shares lapse.
   
(3)
Represents shares surrendered to us by participants in our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan to settle the participants’ personal tax liabilities that resulted from the lapsing of restrictions on shares awarded to the participants under the plan.
   
(4)
The price paid per share was based on the average high and low trading prices of our common stock on April 14, 2010, June 5, 2010, and June 20, 2010, which represent the dates on which we repurchased shares from the participants under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.

Item 6. Exhibits

The exhibits required to be filed pursuant to the requirements of Item 601 of Regulation S-K are set forth in the Index to Exhibits accompanying this report and are incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
CARDTRONICS, INC.
   
August 6, 2010
/s/ J. Chris Brewster
 
J. Chris Brewster
 
(Duly Authorized Officer and
Principal Financial Officer)
   
August 6, 2010
/s/ Tres Thompson
 
Tres Thompson
 
Chief Accounting Officer
 
(Duly Authorized Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Each exhibit identified below is part of this Form 10-Q. Exhibits filed (or furnished in the case of Exhibit 32.1) with this Form 10-Q are designated by an “*”. All exhibits not so designated are incorporated herein by reference to a prior filing as indicated.

Exhibit
Number
 
Description 
3.1
   
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cardtronics, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Cardtronics, Inc. on December 14, 2007, File No. 001-33864).
3.2
   
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cardtronics, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Cardtronics, Inc. on December 14, 2007, File No. 001-33864).
10.1
   
Cardtronics, Inc. 2010 Annual Executive Cash Incentive Plan effective January 1, 2010 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Cardtronics, Inc. on May 17, 2010, File No. 001-33864).
* 10.2
   
Credit Agreement, dated July 15, 2010, by and among Cardtronics, Inc., the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, Bank of America, N.A, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
* 10.3
   
First Amendment to Contract Cash Solutions Agreement, dated February 28, 2009, by and between Cardtronics USA, Inc., Cardtronics, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
* 10.4
   
Third Amendment to Contract Cash Solutions Agreement, dated September 1, 2009, by and between Cardtronics USA, Inc., Cardtronics, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
* 10.5
   
Fourth Amendment to Contract Cash Solutions Agreement, dated July 15, 2010, by and between Cardtronics USA, Inc., Cardtronics, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
* 10.6
   
Amendment No. 3 to ATM Cash Services Agreement, dated February 21, 2007, by and between Cardtronics, LP and Bank of America, N.A.
* 10.7
   
Amendment No. 4 to ATM Cash Services Agreement, dated March 23, 2009, by and between Cardtronics USA, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
* 10.8
   
Amendment No. 5 to ATM Cash Services Agreement, dated April 13, 2010, by and between Cardtronics USA, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
10.9
   
Cardtronics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B of Cardtronics, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 30, 2010, File No. 001-33864).
* 31.1
   
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of Cardtronics, Inc. pursuant to Section 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
* 31.2
   
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Cardtronics, Inc. pursuant to Section 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
* 32.1
   
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Cardtronics, Inc. pursuant to Section 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

†  Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted by redacting a portion of the text (indicated by asterisks in the text). This exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
EX-10.2 2 ex10-2.htm EXHIBIT 10.2 ex10-2.htm
Exhibit 10.2
 
Confidential Treatment has been requested for the redacted portions of this agreement.  The redactions are indicated with six asterisks (******).  A complete version of this agreement has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 


 
$175,000,000 Revolving Loan
 
CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
dated as of
 
July 15, 2010
 
among
 
CARDTRONICS, INC.
 
The Guarantors Party Hereto,
 
The Lenders Party Hereto,
 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
 
as Administrative Agent,
 
J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED,
 
as Alternative Currency Agent,
 
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
 
as Syndication Agent
 
and
 
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
 
as Documentation Agent
 
*****
 
JPMORGAN SECURITIES INC.
 
and
 
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
 
as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Lead Arrangers
 
 


 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
  Page
     
ARTICLE I
Definitions
1
     
SECTION 1.01
Defined Terms
1
SECTION 1.02
Classification of Loans and Borrowings
22
SECTION 1.03
Terms Generally
23
SECTION 1.04
Accounting Terms; GAAP
23
     
ARTICLE II
The Credits
23
     
SECTION 2.01
Commitments
23
SECTION 2.02
Loans and Borrowings
24
SECTION 2.03
Requests for Borrowings
24
SECTION 2.04
Swingline Loans
25
SECTION 2.05
Letters of Credit
27
SECTION 2.06
Funding of Borrowings
31
SECTION 2.07
Interest Elections
31
SECTION 2.08
Termination and Reduction of Commitments
33
SECTION 2.09
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
33
SECTION 2.10
Prepayment of Loans
34
SECTION 2.11
Fees
34
SECTION 2.12
Interest
36
SECTION 2.13
Alternate Rate of Interest
36
SECTION 2.14
Increased Costs
37
SECTION 2.15
Break Funding Payments
38
SECTION 2.16
Taxes
39
SECTION 2.17
Payments; Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
40
SECTION 2.18
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
42
SECTION 2.19
Increase of Commitments
43
SECTION 2.20
Defaulting Lenders
45
     
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
47
     
SECTION 3.01
Organization
47
SECTION 3.02
Authority Relative to this Agreement
47
SECTION 3.03
No Violation
47
SECTION 3.04
Financial Statements
48
SECTION 3.05
No Undisclosed Liabilities
48
SECTION 3.06
Litigation
49
SECTION 3.07
Compliance with Law
49
SECTION 3.08
Properties
49
SECTION 3.09
Intellectual Property
49
SECTION 3.10
Taxes
50
SECTION 3.11
Environmental Compliance
50
SECTION 3.12
Labor Matters
51
SECTION 3.13
Investment Company Status
52
 
 
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SECTION 3.14
Insurance
52
SECTION 3.15
Solvency
52
SECTION 3.16
ERISA
52
SECTION 3.17
Disclosure
52
SECTION 3.18
Margin Stock
53
     
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
53
     
SECTION 4.01
Effective Date
53
SECTION 4.02
Each Credit Event
54
     
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
55
     
SECTION 5.01
Financial Statements
55
SECTION 5.02
Notices of Material Events
57
SECTION 5.03
Existence; Conduct of Business
58
SECTION 5.04
Payment of Obligations
58
SECTION 5.05
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
58
SECTION 5.06
Books and Records; Inspection Rights
58
SECTION 5.07
Compliance with Laws
59
SECTION 5.08
Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit
59
SECTION 5.09
Additional Guarantees and Security Documents
59
SECTION 5.10
Compliance with ERISA
61
SECTION 5.11
Compliance With Agreements
61
SECTION 5.12
Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports
61
SECTION 5.13
Maintain Business
62
SECTION 5.14
Further Assurances
62
     
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
62
     
SECTION 6.01
Indebtedness
62
SECTION 6.02
Liens
64
SECTION 6.03
Fundamental Changes
64
SECTION 6.04
Asset Sales
65
SECTION 6.05
Investments
66
SECTION 6.06
Swap Agreements
67
SECTION 6.07
Restricted Payments
67
SECTION 6.08
Prepayments of Indebtedness
68
SECTION 6.09
Transactions with Affiliates
68
SECTION 6.10
Restrictive Agreements
68
SECTION 6.11
Business Acquisitions
69
SECTION 6.12
Constitutive Documents
69
SECTION 6.13
Capital Expenditures
70
SECTION 6.14
Amendment of Subordinated Indebtedness
70
SECTION 6.15
Changes in Fiscal Year
70
SECTION 6.16
Senior Leverage Ratio
70
SECTION 6.17
Total Leverage Ratio
70
SECTION 6.18
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
70
     
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default and Remedies
71
 
 
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SECTION 7.01
Events of Default
71
SECTION 7.02
Cash Collateral
73
     
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
73
     
ARTICLE IX
Guarantee
75
     
SECTION 9.01
The Guarantee
75
SECTION 9.02
Guaranty Unconditional
76
SECTION 9.03
Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement In Certain Circumstances
77
SECTION 9.04
Waiver by Each Guarantor
77
SECTION 9.05
Subrogation
77
SECTION 9.06
Stay of Acceleration
77
SECTION 9.07
Limit of Liability
78
SECTION 9.08
Release upon Sale
78
SECTION 9.09
Benefit to Guarantor
78
     
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
78
     
SECTION 10.01
Notices
78
SECTION 10.02
Waivers; Amendments
80
SECTION 10.03
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
81
SECTION 10.04
Successors and Assigns
83
SECTION 10.05
Survival
86
SECTION 10.06
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
87
SECTION 10.07
Severability
87
SECTION 10.08
Right of Setoff
87
SECTION 10.09
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
87
SECTION 10.10
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
88
SECTION 10.11
Headings
89
SECTION 10.12
Confidentiality
89
SECTION 10.13
Interest Rate Limitation
90
SECTION 10.14
USA Patriot Act
91
SECTION 10.15
Final Agreement of the Parties
91
 
 
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SCHEDULES:
   
     
Schedule 2.01
--
Commitments
Schedule 3.01
--
Organization
Schedule 3.03
--
No Violations
Schedule 3.05
--
No Undisclosed Liabilities
Schedule 3.07
--
Compliance with Law
Schedule 3.09
--
Intellectual Property
Schedule 3.11
--
Environmental Compliance
Schedule 6.01
--
Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02
--
Existing Liens
Schedule 6.05
--
Allowed Investments
Schedule 6.10
--
Restrictive Agreements
     
     
EXHIBITS:
   
     
Exhibit 1.1A
--
Form of Addendum
Exhibit 1.1B
--
Forms of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit 1.1C
--
Form of Commitment Increase Agreement
Exhibit 1.1D
--
Form of Mandatory Cost Calculation
Exhibit 1.1E
--
Form of New Lender Agreement
Exhibit 1.1F
--
Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit 2.03
--
Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit 2.07
--
Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit 5.01(c)
--
Form of Compliance Certificate
 
 
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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of July 15, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), among Cardtronics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as Alternative Currency Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Documentation Agent.
 
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
 
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide the Borrower with a credit facility pursuant to which the Lenders will commit to make revolving credit loans and other extensions of credit available to the Borrower in an amount up to $175,000,000.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants set forth herein, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent and the Lenders agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01   Defined Terms.
 
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
 
ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
 
Addendum” means (a) an agreement in the form of Exhibit 1.1A(i) pursuant to which the Borrower or a Guarantor pledges its Equity Interests in a Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent and such Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor or (b) an agreement in the form of Exhibit 1.1A(ii) pursuant to which the Borrower pledges its Equity Interests in a Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent, in each case, pursuant to Section 5.09.
 
Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar and Alternative Currency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate, plus, without duplication in the case of Loans by a Lender from its office or branch in the United Kingdom, the Mandatory Cost.
 
Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
 
Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
 
 
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Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
 
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
 
Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for an interest period of one month plus 1%.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
 
Alternative Currency” with respect to any Loan means (a) Pounds Sterling, (b) Euros and (c) a currency that (i) is readily available in the amount required and freely convertible into Dollars on the Quotation Day for such Loan and the date such Loan is to be advanced and (ii) has been approved by the Administrative Agent and is available for funding from all of the Lenders.
 
Alternative Currency Agent” means J.P. Morgan Europe Limited in London, an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, acting at the request of the Administrative Agent.
 
Alternative Currency Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of one or more Alternative Currency Loans.
 
Alternative Currency Loan” means a Loan requested in an Alternative Currency with respect to which the Borrower shall have elected an interest rate based on the LIBO Rate.
 
Applicable Margin” means, on any day, the applicable per annum percentage set forth at the appropriate intersection in the table shown below, based on the Total Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended trailing four-quarter period with respect to which the Borrower is required to have delivered the financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(b) hereof (as such Total Leverage Ratio is calculated on Exhibit C of the Compliance Certificate delivered under Section 5.01(c) by the Borrower in connection with such financial statement):
 
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Each change in the Applicable Margin shall take effect on each date on which such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, commencing with the date on which such financials statements and Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered for the four-quarter period ending June 30, 2010.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the period from the Effective Date through the date the financial statements and Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010, the Applicable Margin shall be determined at Level III.  In the event that any fina ncial statement delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) is shown to be inaccurate when delivered (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, and only in such case, then the Borrower shall immediately (i) deliver to the Administrative Agent corrected financial statements for such Applicable Period, (ii) determine the Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period based upon the corrected financial statements, and (iii) immediately pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be prompt ly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.17.  This provision is in addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to Section 2.12(d) and their other respective rights under this Agreement.  If the Borrower fails to deliver the financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent at the time required pursuant to Section 5.01, then effective as of the date such financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, the Applicable Margin shall be determined at Level VI and shall remain at such level until the date such financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate are so delivered by the Borrower.  In the event that any such financial statement, if corrected, would have led to the application of a lower Applicable Margin for the Applicable Period than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, send out a single notice to the Lenders requesting refund to the Administrative Agent of any overpayment of interest relating thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly remit any amounts received to the Borrower.
 
Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that in the case of Section 2.20 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the total Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender's Commitment.  If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Exposure , giving effect to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
 
Arrangers” means, collectively, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and Banc of America Securities Inc.
 
Asset Sale” means the sale, transfer, lease or disposition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of (a) any of the Equity Interest in any Restricted Subsidiary, (b) substantially all of the assets of any division, business unit or line of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (c) any other assets (whether tangible or intangible) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary including, without limitation, any accounts receivable.
 
Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent (which acceptance may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), in the form of Exhibit 1.1B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
 
ATM Equipment” means automated teller machines and related equipment.
 
 
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Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Termination Date and the date of termination of all of the Commitments as set forth herein.
 
Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
 
Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
 
Borrower” means has the meaning given in the preamble hereto.
 
Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.
 
Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.03 or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
 
Business Acquisition” means (a) an Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Subsidiary or shall be merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (b) an acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the property and assets of any Person (other than a Subsidiary) that constitutes substantially all of the assets of such Person or any division or other business unit of such Person.
 
Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, New York or Houston, Texas are authorized or required by Law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits or Alternative Currencies or the principal financial center of the country in which payment or purchase of such Alternative Currency can be m ade in the London interbank market is not open (and, if the Borrowings which are the subject of a borrowing, draw, payment, reimbursement or rate selection are denominated in Euros, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a TARGET Day.
 
 
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Capital Expenditures” means expenditures in respect of fixed or capital assets, including the capital portion of the lease payments made in respect of Capital Lease Obligations in each case which are required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding expenditures for the repair or replacement of any fixed or capital assets which were destroyed, damaged, lost or stolen, in whole or in part, to the extent financed by the proceeds of an insurance policy; provided that, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the amount of Capital Expenditures attributed to such Restricted Subsidiary shall be the O wned Percentage of the amount that would otherwise be included in the absence of this proviso.
 
Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
 
Cash Interest Expense” means, for any period, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, all cash interest payments made during such period (including the portion of rents payable under Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest); provided that, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the amount of Cash Interest Expense attributed to such Restricted Subsidiary shall be the Owned Percentage of the amount that would otherwise be included in the absence of this proviso.
 
Change in Control” means (a) any Person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the date hereof) shall become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the date hereof) of issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower representing more than 50% of the aggregate voting power in elections for directors of the Borrower on a fully diluted basis; or (b) a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Borrower shall cease to be either (i) Persons who were members of the board of directors on the Effective Date or (ii) Pe rsons who became members of such board of directors after the Effective Date and whose election or nomination was approved by a vote or consent of the majority of the members of the board of directors that are either described in clause (i) above or who were elected under this clause (ii).
 
Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any Law after the Effective Date, (b) any change in any Law or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Effective Date.
 
Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.
 
 
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Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
 
Collateral” means all of the property described in the Security Agreement serving as security for the Loans.
 
Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.19 or 10.04.  The initial amount of eac h Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $175,000,000.
 
Commitment Fee Rate” means, on any day, the applicable per annum percentage set forth at the appropriate intersection in the table shown below, based on the Total Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended trailing four-quarter period with respect to which the Borrower is required to have delivered the financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(b) hereof (as such Total Leverage Ratio is calculated on Exhibit C of the Compliance Certificate delivered under Section 5.01(c) by the Borrower in connection with such financial statement):
 
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Each change in the Commitment Fee Rate shall take effect on each date on which such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, commencing with the date on which such financials statements and Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered for the four-quarter period ending June 30, 2010.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the period from the Effective Date through the date the financial statements and Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined at Level III.  In the event any financial statement delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) is shown to be inaccurate when delivered (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to a higher Commitment Fee Rate for any period (an “Applicable Commitment Fee Period”) than the Commitment Fee Rate applied for such Applicable Commitment Fee Period, and only in such case, then the Borrower shall immediately (i) deliver to the Administrative Agent corrected financial statements for such Applicable Commitment Fee Period, (ii) determine the Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Commitment Fee Period based on the corrected financial statements, and (iii) immediately pay to the Administrative Agent the additional accrued commitment fees owing as a result of such increased Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Commitment Fee Period, which payment shall be promptly applied in accordance with Section 2.11.  This provision is in addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 2.12(e) and their other respective rights under this Agreement.  If the Borrower fails to deliver the financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent at the time required pursuant to Section 5.01, then effective as of the date such financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined at Level VI and shall remain at such level until the date such financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate are so delivered by the Borrower.  In the event that any such financial statement, if corrected, would have led to the application of a lower Commitment Fee Rate for the Applicable Commitment Fee Period than the Commitment Fee Rate applied for such Applicable Commitment Fee Period, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, send out a single notice to the Lenders requesting refund to the Administrative Agent of any overpayment of commitment fees relating thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly remit any amounts received to the Borrower.
 
 
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Commitment Increase Agreement” means a Commitment Increase Agreement entered into by a Lender in accordance with Section 2.19 and accepted by the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit 1.1C, or any other form approved by Administrative Agent.
 
Commitment Increase Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19.
 
Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(c).
 
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) the provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable during such period, (iii) depreciation, accretion and amortization expense and (iv) other extraordinary, non-cash and non-recurring expenses reducing such Consolidated Net Income, provided that any such non-recur ring expenses shall not exceed $2,000,000 in any fiscal year, and minus (b) to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the amount included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in respect of any such items or components thereof shall be the Owned Percentage of the amount that would otherwise be included in the absence of this proviso; provided further that, for the purposes of calculating the financial covenants in Sections 6.16, 6. 17 and 6.18, no more than 25% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may be comprised of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA attributed to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Obligors.
 
Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, adjusted to include the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Business Acquisitions made in accordance with Section 6.11 during such period as if such Business Acquisition occurred on the first day of such period, including adjustments attributable to such Business Acquisitions so long as such adjustments (a) have been certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as having been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions, (b) are expected to occur within ninety (90) days o f the date such Business Acquisition is consummated, (c) are permitted or required under Regulation S-X of the SEC and (d) do not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any twelve month period.
 
 
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Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of the date of determination, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all Indebtedness evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar items with regularly scheduled interest payments and a maturity date; provided that, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the amount of Indebtedness attributed to such Restricted Subsidiary shall be the Owned Percentage of the amount that would otherwise be included in the absence of this proviso, unless the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary guaranties a greater percentage than the Owned Percentage, in which case the amount included in respect of such Indebtedness shall be the percentage so guarantied.
 
Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any Person, determined on a consolidated basis, the sum of all interest on Indebtedness paid or payable (including the portion of rents payable under Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest) plus all original issue discounts and other interest expense associated with Indebtedness amortized or required to be amortized in accordance with GAAP.
 
Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income or loss of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP.
 
Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
 
Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.
 
Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
 
Default Rate” means (a) with respect to principal payments on the Loans, the rate otherwise applicable to such Loans plus 2%, and (b) with respect to all other amounts, the rate otherwise applicable to ABR Loans plus 2%.
 
Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party or the Borrower, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to cl ause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has (or its Parent has) become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.
 
 
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Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
 
Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
 
Effective Date” has the meaning given in the preamble hereto.
 
EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
 
Environmental Laws” means all Laws issued or promulgated by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the protection of the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources or the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
 
Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any applicable Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials performed in violation of applicable Environmental Laws, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to a ny of the foregoing.
 
Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.
 
 
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Equivalent Amount” means, on any day, with respect to any Alternative Currency, the amount of an Alternative Currency into which an amount of Dollars may be converted, or the amount of an Alternative Currency may be converted based on the rate at which such Alternative Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date on the Reuters World Currency Page for such Alternative Currency.  In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Equivalent Amount with respect to such Alternative Currency shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by the Admi nistrative Agent or, after consultation with the Borrower, in the event no such service is selected, such Equivalent Amount shall instead be calculated on the basis of the arithmetical mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange on the Administrative Agent for such Alternative Currency on the London market at 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency, for delivery two Business Days later; provided, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Borrower, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
 
ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
 
ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
 
ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
 
Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing in Dollars, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
 
Euro” and “Euros” mean the currency of the participating member states of the EMU.
 
Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
 
 
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Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income (however denominated) and margin or franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes) by the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof), or 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 Unite d States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.18(b)) or the Alternative Currency Agent, any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender or the Alternative Currency Agent at the time such Foreign Lender or the Alternative Currency Agent becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s or the Alternative Currency Agent’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(d), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) or the Alternative Currency Agent was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.16(a) and (d) any withholding tax that is imposed by FATCA.
 
Existing Credit Facility” means that certain credit facility evidenced by the Third Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2005, among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, BNP Paribas as agent and the other lenders party thereto and all related documentation, in each case, as amended.
 
Existing Senior Notes” means the Borrower’s 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013.
 
FATCA” means Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations or official interpretations thereof.
 
Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
 
Fee Letter” means the letter agreement dated June 15, 2010, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent pertaining to certain fees payable to the Administrative Agent.
 
Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
 
 
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of the end of each fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA for the four quarter period then ended, minus (ii) Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, minus (iii) dividends and distributions in respect of its Equity Interests paid by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (excluding any such dividends and distributions paid to an Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary), minus (iv) consideration p aid by the Borrower for repurchase or redemption of its Equity Interests held by its employees, directors and officers during such period in excess of $5,000,000, minus (v) consideration paid by the Borrower for repurchase or redemption of its Equity Interests held by other Persons during such period in excess of $10,000,000, minus (vi) cash Taxes paid by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, to (b) Cash Interest Expense.
 
Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located.  For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
 
Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized other than under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
 
GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
 
Governmental Approval” means (a) any authorization, consent, approval, license, waiver, or exemption, by or with or (b) any required filing or registration by or with, or any other action or deemed action by or on behalf of, any Governmental Authority.
 
Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
 
guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securit ies or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness; provided, that the term guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
 
 
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Guarantees” means the guarantees issued pursuant to this Agreement as contained in Article IX hereof.
 
Guarantor” means, subject to Section 9.08, each Person listed on the signature pages hereof as a Guarantor and each Person that becomes a Guarantor hereafter pursuant to Section 5.09.
 
Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature to the extent any of the foregoing are present in quantities or concentrations prohibited under the Environmental Laws but does not include normal quantities of any material present or used in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, materials such as substances and materials used in the operation or maintenance of ATM Equipment, office or cleaning supplies, typical building and maintenance materials and employee and invitee vehicles and vehicle fuels.
 
Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary” means any Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Material Domestic Subsidiary.
 
Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services, (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) the principal portion of all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor; provided that, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the amount of Indebtedness attributed to such Restricted Subsidiary shall be the Owned Percentage of the amount that would otherwise be included in the absence of this proviso, unless the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary guaranties a greater percentage than the Owned Percentage, in which case the amount included in respect of such Indebtedness shall be the percentage so guarantied.
 
Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
 
Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.07 or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
 
 
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Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid pursuant to Section 2.04.
 
Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing and any Alternative Currency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, if available to all Lenders, nine or twelve months or a shorter period thereafter), as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on th e next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
 
Investment” means any investment in any Person, whether by means of a purchase of Equity Interests or debt securities, capital contribution, loan, time deposit or other similar investments (but not including any demand deposit).
 
Issuing Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(i).  The Issuing Lender may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Lender, in which case the term “Issuing Lender” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
 
Law” means all laws, statutes, treaties, ordinances, codes, acts, rules, regulations and Orders of all Governmental Authorities, whether now or hereafter in effect.
 
LC Disbursement” means a payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
 
LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower or converted into a Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.05(d) at such time.  The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
 
 
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Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 as Lenders, any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereto pursuant to a New Lender Agreement, and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, but in any event, excluding any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
 
Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
 
LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on, in the case of Dollars, Reuters Screen LIBOR 01 Page and, in the case of any Alternative Currency, the appropriate page of such service which displays British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in such Alternative Currency (or, in each case, on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to deposits in the relevant currency in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to (or, in the case of Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, on the day of) the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for deposits in the relevant currency with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.  In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency in an Equivalent Amount of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
 
Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset to secure or provide for the payment of any obligation of any Person, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
 
Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Letters of Credit (and any applications therefor and reimbursement agreements relating thereto), the Security Documents and the Fee Letter.
 
Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Majority Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50.0% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.
 
 
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Mandatory Cost” means an amount calculated in accordance with Exhibit 1.1D.
 
Material Adverse Effect” means a circumstance or condition affecting the business, assets, operations, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect (i) the ability of the Obligors, taken as a whole, to pay the Obligations under the Loan Documents or (ii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
 
Material Domestic Subsidiary” means a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that (i) is a Domestic Subsidiary and (ii) either generates 5% or more of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or holds assets that constitute 5% or more of all assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
 
Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness, or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000.  For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the Swap Termination Value.
 
Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
 
Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
 
New Lender” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.19.
 
New Lender Agreement” means a New Lender Agreement entered into by a New Lender in accordance with Section 2.19 and accepted by the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit 1.1E, or any other form approved by Administrative Agent.
 
Obligations” means, without duplication, (a) all principal, interest (including post-petition interest), fees, reimbursements, indemnifications, and other amounts now or hereafter owed by the Borrower or any of the Guarantors to the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Alternative Currency Agent or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the Loan Documents, including, such obligations with respect to Letters of Credit, and any increases, extensions, and rearrangements of those obligations under any amendments, supplements, and other modifications of the documents and agreements creating those obligations and (b) all obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantor owing to any Lender or any Affiliate of Lender under any Swap Agreement entered into pursuant to Section 6.06.
 
Obligors” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.
 
Order” means an order, writ, judgment, award, injunction, decree, ruling or decision of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, to the extent the Borrower has submitted a claim to, or is bound by the decision of, binding arbitration.
 
 
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Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
 
Owned Percentage” means, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the percentage of Equity Interests therein owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
 
Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a Subsidiary.
 
Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.
 
PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
 
Permitted Encumbrances” means:
 
(a)           Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
 
(b)           carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s and other like Liens imposed by law or by contract provided such contract does not grant Liens in any property other than such property covered by Liens imposed by operation of law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
 
(c)           Liens arising in the ordinary course of business associated with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;
 
(d)           deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
 
(e)           Liens of financial institutions on accounts or deposits maintained therein to the extent arising by operation of law or within the documentation establishing said account to the extent same secure charges, fees and expenses owing or potentially owing to said institution;
 
(f)           judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Section 7.01; and
 
(g)           easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
 
 
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Permitted Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that the Obligors and their respective Restrictive Subsidiaries are permitted to create, incur, assume or permit to exist pursuant to Section 6.01.
 
Permitted Investments” means:
 
(a)           direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
 
(b)           investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and issued by any Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender or any commercial banking institution or corporation rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or A-1 by S&P;
 
(c)           investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any Lender or any other commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
 
(d)           fully collateralized repurchase agreements for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and
 
(e)           money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s or which hold investments substantially of the type described in clauses (a) through (d) above, and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $2,000,000,000.
 
Permitted Liens” means Liens that the Obligors and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries are permitted to create, incur, assume or permit to exist pursuant to Section 6.02.
 
Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
 
Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
 
Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its office located at 270 Park Avenue, New York City, New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
 
 
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Quotation Day” means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined:
 
(a)           (if the Alternative Currency is Pounds Sterling) the first day of that period;
 
(b)           (if the Alternative Currency is Euro) two (2) TARGET Days before the first day of that period; or
 
(c)           (for any other Alternative Currency) two (2) Business Days before the first day of that period,
 
unless market practice differs in the London interbank market for an Alternative Currency, in which case the Quotation Day for that currency will be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice in the London interbank market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks in the London interbank market on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days).
 
Re-Allocation Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19.
 
Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.
 
Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
 
Response” means (a) “response” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §9601(24), and (b) all other actions required by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken to (i) clean up, remove, treat, abate, or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the environment; (ii) prevent the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material; or (iii) perform studies and investigations in connection with, or as a precondition to, clause (i) or (ii) above.
 
Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the term “Restr icted Payment” shall not include any dividend or distribution payable solely in Equity Interests of such Person or warrants, options or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests so long as such warrants, options or other rights do not have mandatory repayment or redemption rights.
 
Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
 
 
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Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
 
Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.
 
S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
 
Security Agreement” shall mean a Security and Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1F among each Obligor and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to which each Obligor pledges substantially all of the personal property of such Obligor.
 
Security Documents” means the Security Agreement, each Addendum, and each other security document or pledge agreement delivered in accordance with applicable local or foreign law to grant a valid, perfected security interest in any property, and all UCC or other financing statements or instruments of perfection required by this Agreement, any security agreement or mortgage to be filed with respect to the security interests in property and fixtures created pursuant to the Security Agreement or any mortgage and any other document or instrument utilized to pledge as collateral for the Obligations any property of whatever kind or nature.
 
Senior Leverage Ratio” means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date minus (ii) Subordinated Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA for the four quarter period then ended.
 
Senior Note Indenture” means the Indentures relating to the Existing Senior Notes, including all supplements, amendments or modifications thereto.
 
Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board).  Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requireme nts without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
 
 
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Subordinated Indebtedness” means unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Guarantors, provided such Subordinated Indebtedness (a) is subordinate in payment to the Obligations pursuant to subordination provisions (i) in the case of publicly or privately-placed subordinated notes, substantially similar to those set forth in any Senior Note Indenture or otherwise reasonably approved in writing by the Administrative Agent or (ii) in the case of all other Subordinated Indebtedness, reasonably approved in writing by the Administrative Agent, (b) does not have a maturity date shorter than six (6) months following the Termination Date and (c) has covenants, taken as a whole, th at are no more restrictive than the terms of the Loan Documents in any material respects, provided that, after giving effect to the issuance of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing or would occur as a result thereof.
 
Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held (whether directly or indirectly).
 
Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that, no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
 
Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Agreements, as determined by the counterparties to such Swap Agreements.
 
Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.  The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
 
Swingline Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
 
Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.
 
Swingline Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable ABR Margin.
 
TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automatic Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system is open for the settlement of payments in Euros.
 
 
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Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
 
Termination Date” means February 15, 2013; provided that in the event the Existing Senior Notes are either (a) repaid, repurchased or otherwise retired or (b) refinanced with debt (other than the Obligations) maturing later than December 15, 2015, the Termination Date shall be automatically extended to July 15, 2015.
 
Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA for the four quarter period then ended.
 
Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
 
Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
 
Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary that at the time of determination shall have been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower in the manner provided below (and shall not have been subsequently designated or deemed to have been designated as a Restricted Subsidiary) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.  Subject to Section 5.09(a), the Borrower may from time to time designate any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary that, immediately after such designation, shall hold any Indebtedness or Equity Interest in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and may designate any Unrestricted Subsidi ary as a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.  Any designation by the Borrower pursuant to this definition shall be made in an officer’s certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent and containing a certification that such designation is in compliance with the terms of this definition.
 
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares mandated by applicable law), on a fully diluted basis, are owned by the Borrower or one or more of the Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or by the Borrower and one or more of the Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.
 
Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
 
SECTION 1.02   Classification of Loans and Borrowings.
 
For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing”).
 
 
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SECTION 1.03   Terms Generally.
 
The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
 
SECTION 1.04   Accounting Terms; GAAP.
 
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Majority Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.  References to quarters and months with respect to compliance with financial covenants and financial reporting obligations of the Borrower shall be fiscal quarters and fiscal months, except where otherwise indicated.
 
ARTICLE II
The Credits
 
SECTION 2.01   Commitments.
 
 
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(a)   Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
 
(b)   Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, Revolving Loans (but excluding Revolving Loans that are Swingline Loans) may, at the option of the Borrower, be requested in, converted into or issued, as applicable, in one or more of the Alternative Currencies in an amount up to the Equivalent Amount of $60,000,000 calculated as of the date such Loans are requested.
 
SECTION 2.02   Loans and Borrowings.
 
(a)   Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
 
(b)   Subject to Section 2.13, each Borrowing requested in Dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith.  Each Borrowing requested in an Alternative Currency shall be comprised entirely of Alternative Currency Loans.  Each Lender may make any Eurodollar Loan or Alternative Currency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
 
(c)   At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000 or the Equivalent Amount in an Alternative Currency.  At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to (i) the entire unused balance of the total Commitments, (ii) that which is required to repay a Swingline Loan, or (iii) that which is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e).  Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of twelve (12) Eurodollar Borrowings and more than eight (8) Alternative Currency Borrowings outstanding.
 
(d)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Termination Date.
 
 
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SECTION 2.03   Requests for Borrowings.
 
To request a Revolving Loan, the Borrower shall provide notice (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, by telephone to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, by telephone to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing or (c) in the case of any Alternative Currency Borrowing, in writing to the Alternative Currency Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. London time three (3) Business Days before the Borrowing Date; provided that any such notice of an ABR Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing.  Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower.  Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
 
(i)   the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
 
(ii)   the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
 
(iii)   whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Eurodollar Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Borrowing, in which case the Borrower shall designate an Alternative Currency;
 
(iv)   in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
 
(v)   the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.
 
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified for Dollar denominated Loans, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing or Alternative Currency Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
 
SECTION 2.04   Swingline Loans.
 
(a)   Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $15,000,000 or (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions s et forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.  Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is not less than $100,000.
 
 
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(b)   To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 3:00 p.m., Houston, Texas time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan.  The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower.  The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower to such account or accounts of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in its Borrowing Request (or, i n the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the Issuing Lender) by 3:30 p.m., Houston, Texas time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
 
(c)   The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding.  Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate.  Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.  Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender.  Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may ap pear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid by the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.  The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
 
 
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SECTION 2.05   Letters of Credit.
 
(a)   General.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit in Dollars for its own account or the account of any of its Subsidiaries, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period.  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Lender rela ting to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
 
(b)   Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions.  To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Lender) to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender at least three Business Days (or such shorter period acceptable to the Issuing Lender) in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit.  If requested by the Issuing Lender, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the standard form of the Issuing Lender in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit.  A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $20,000,000 and (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitments.
 
(c)   Expiration Date.  Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Termination Date; provided, however, that any Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (w hich shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) above).
 
 
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(d)   Participations.  By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Lender, or the Lenders, the Issuing Lender hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Lender, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.  In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administr ative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
 
(e)   Reimbursement.  If the Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit for the Borrower’s own account or the account of any of its Subsidiaries, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, Houston, Texas time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 9:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, Houston, Texas time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than $100,000, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request, in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04, that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or a Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan.  If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbu rsement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof.  Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders.  Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Lenders have m ade payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Lender, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Lender as their interests may appear.  Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of an ABR Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
 
 
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(f)   Obligations Absolute.  The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in a ny respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.  Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Lender, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Lender from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that are caused by (a) the Issuing Lender’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof, or (b) the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.  The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Issuing Lender (as fin ally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination.  In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof (except with respect to gross negligence, willful misconduct and bad faith in which case the immediately prior sentence will apply), the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
 
(g)   Disbursement Procedures.  The Issuing Lender shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit.  The Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Lender has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Is suing Lender and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
 
(h)   Interim Interest.  If the Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Sect ion, then Section 2.12(e) shall apply.  Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Lender except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Lender shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
 
 
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(i)   Replacement of the Issuing Lender.  The Issuing Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Lender and the successor Issuing Lender.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Lender.  At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(b).  From and after the effective date of a ny such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Lender under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Lender” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Lender or to such successor and all previous Issuing Lenders, as the context shall require.  After the replacement of an Issuing Lender hereunder, the replaced Issuing Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
 
(j)   Cash Collateralization.  If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent, the Majority Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, the Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph), the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and u npaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01.  Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account.  Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and discretion of the Administrative Agent (but, if so made, shall be limited to overnight bank loans or investm ents generally comparable to those described in clauses (a) through (e) of Permitted Investments) and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest.  Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account.  Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Lender for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure  representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure, be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement.  If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of D efault have been cured or waived.
 
 
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SECTION 2.06   Funding of Borrowings.
 
(a)   Each Lender shall make each Eurodollar or ABR Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Houston, Texas  time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the proposed Lenders and shall make each Alternative Currency Loan to be made by it hereunder on the dates thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, London time, to the account of the Alternative Currency Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided t hat Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04.  The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to such account or accounts of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Lender.
 
(b)   Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative A gent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon plus any customary charges paid by the Alternative Currency Agent to its correspondent bank, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to such Borrowing.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
 
SECTION 2.07   Interest Elections.
 
(a)   Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.  Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably amo ng the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.  This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
 
 
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(b)   To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent or the Alternative Currency Agent, as applicable, of such election by telephone in the case of the Administrative Agent and in writing in the case of the Alternative Currency Agent by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent or the Alternative Currency Agent, as applicable, of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower.
 
(c)   Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
 
(i)   the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
 
(ii)   the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
 
(iii)   whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Eurodollar Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Borrowing, in which case the Borrower shall designate an Alternative Currency; and
 
(iv)   if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
 
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
 
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
 
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing.  If the Borrower fails to deliver an Interest Election Request with respect to Alternative Currency Loans at least three (3) Business Days prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then such Loan shall be payable at the end of such Interest Period.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Majority Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
 
 
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SECTION 2.08   Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
 
(a)   Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Termination Date.
 
(b)   The Borrower may at any time terminate or from time to time reduce the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.10, the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments.
 
(c)   The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with the ir respective Commitments.
 
SECTION 2.09   Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
 
The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Termination Date, and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the Termination Date; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
 
(a)   Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
 
(b)   The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
 
 
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(c)   The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
 
(d)   Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein.
 
SECTION 2.10   Prepayment of Loans.
 
(a)   The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing selected by the Borrower in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
 
(b)   Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10 shall be applied to reduce pro rata all Loans comprising the designated Borrowing being prepaid.
 
(c)   The Borrower shall notify the Administrative  Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on the date of prepayment, (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, Houston, Texas time, on the date of prepayment or (iv) in the case of prepayment of an Alternative Currency Loan, not later than 11 :00 a.m. London time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment and shall provide written notice thereof to the Alternative Currency Agent at the same time.  Each such notice shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and any amounts required to be paid under Section 2.15.
 
 
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SECTION 2.11   Fees.
 
(a)   The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Commitment Fee Rate on the daily amount of the unused Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates.  Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year during the Availability Period and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall b e payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  For purposes of calculating the unused Commitment of each Lender, Swingline Loans made by or deemed made or attributable to such Lender shall not count as usage.
 
(b)   The Borrower shall pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which fee shall accrue at the same Applicable Margin used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which it ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii) to the Issuing Lender a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the r ate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure in Dollars (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure in Dollars, but in no event less than $500, as well as the Issuing Lender’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder.  Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year during the Availability Period shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day of such months, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.  Any other fees payable to the Issuing Lender pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand.  All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
 
(c)   The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter, or otherwise separately agreed upon, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
 
(d)   All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Lender in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
 
 
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SECTION 2.12   Interest.
 
(a)   The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
 
(b)   The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
 
(c)   Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Swingline Rate.
 
(d)   The Loans comprising each Alternative Currency Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
 
(e)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, such overdue amount shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
 
(f)   Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
 
(g)   All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and (ii) interest computed with respect to an Alternative Currency Loan comprised of Pounds Sterling shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate sha ll be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
 
SECTION 2.13   Alternate Rate of Interest.  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
 
 
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(a)   the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
 
(b)   the Administrative Agent is advised by the Majority Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
 
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Borrowing, as applicable, shall be ineffective, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing, and if any Borrowing Request requests an Alternative Currency Borrowing, such request shall be deemed to be withdrawn; provided that i f the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.
 
SECTION 2.14   Increased Costs.
 
(a)   If any Change in Law shall:
 
(i)   impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Lender; or
 
(ii)   impose on any Lender, the Issuing Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement, Eurodollar Loans or Alternative Currency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
 
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan or Alternative Currency Loans (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Lender of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
 
 
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(b)   If any Lender or the Issuing Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
 
(c)   A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or its respective holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.
 
(d)   Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, makes demand therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof; provided further that no Lender shall seek compensation from the Borrower unless such Lender is actively seeking compensation from other similarly situated borrowers as well.
 
SECTION 2.15   Break Funding Payments.
 
In the event of (a) the payment by an Obligor of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan or Alternative Currency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan or Alternative Currency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, or continue any Eurodollar Loan or Alternative Currency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan or Alternative Currency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compen sate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event (but excluding any anticipated lost profits).  In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan or the rate applicable to Alternative Currency Loans, as applicable, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable a mount and period from other banks in the Eurodollar market.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.
 
 
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SECTION 2.16   Taxes.
 
Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Issuing Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority i n accordance with applicable Law.
 
(a)   In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.
 
(b)   The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.16) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising the refrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
 
(c)   As soon as practicable after a request is made by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority, or other evidencing reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, evidencing payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority.
 
(d)   Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the Law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.  In addition, any Lender or the Issuing Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sh all deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender or the Issuing Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.
 
 
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(e)   If the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent or a Lender determines that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, the Alternative Currency Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
 
(f)   In the case of a Lender or the Alternative Currency Agent that would be subject to withholding tax imposed by FATCA on payments made on the account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder if such Lender or the Alternative Currency Agent fails to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender or the Alternative Currency Agent, as the case may be, shall provide such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower as may be n ecessary for the Borrower to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender or the Alternative Currency Agent, as the case may be, has complied with such Lender’s or the Alternative Currency Agent’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from any such payments.
 
SECTION 2.17   Payments; Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
 
 
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(a)   The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder on Loans denominated in Dollars (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., Houston, Texas time, on the date when due in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim.  The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder on Loans denominated in an Alte rnative Currency (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursements of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise) on the date when due in the applicable Alternative Currency, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All payments in Dollars shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 712 Main Street, Houston, Texas, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  All payments in Alternative Currencies shall be made to the Alternative Currency Agent at the place designated by the Alternative Currency Agent in its notice therefor, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  The Administrative Agent or the Alternative Currency Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any oth er Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.
 
(b)   If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
 
(c)   If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).  The Borrower consents to the foregoin g and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
 
 
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(d)   Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent f orthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
 
(e)   If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b) or 2.17(d) or 10.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administr ative Agent for the account of such Lender for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section; in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
 
SECTION 2.18   Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
 
(a)   If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
 
 
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(b)   If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, or any Lender suspends its obligation to fund Eurocurrency Loans pursuant to Section 2.13, or any Lender refuses to consent to an amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement that requires consent of 100% of the Lenders pursuant to Section 10.02 hereof, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Lender), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Lo ans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment is expected to result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
 
SECTION 2.19   Increase of Commitments.
 
(a)   If no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower may at any time during the Availability Period request one or more increases of the Commitments by notice to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”); provided, however, that (i) the Commitment of any Lender may not be increased without such Lender’s consent, (ii)  the minimum amount of any such increase shall be $5,000,000 and (iii) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments, after giving effect to any such increase, shall not exceed $250,000,000.
 
(b)   Following any Commitment Increase Notice, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Administrative Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to any existing Lender or to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) below, as applicable, by notifying the Administrative Agent.  Promptly and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of notice from the Borrower of its desire to offer such unsubscribed commitments to certain existing Lenders , to the additional banks or financial institutions identified therein or such existing Lenders, additional banks or financial institutions identified by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify such proposed lenders of the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of such unsubscribed portion of the increased Commitments.
 
 
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(c)   Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments shall notify the Administrative Agent of its agreement to participate in the increased Commitments within ten (10) Business Days of the date the Administrative Agent’s notice described in (b) above is sent and shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a New Lender Agreement setting forth its Commitment, and upon the effectiveness of such New Lender Agreement such bank or financial institution (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if o riginally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to add the name of such New Lender and Schedule 2.01 and the definition of Commitment in Section 1.01 hereof shall be deemed amended to increase the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders by the Commitment of such New Lender, provided that the Commitment of any New Lender shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000.  Each New Lender Agreement and Commitment Increase Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other New Lenders or increasing Lenders.
 
(d)   Any Lender that accepts an offer to it by the Borrower to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall, in each case, execute a Commitment Increase Agreement with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and Schedule 2.01 and the definition of Commitment in Section 1.01 hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect such incre ase.  Any Commitment Increase Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other New Lenders and increasing Lenders.
 
(e)   The effectiveness of any New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of either (i) such corporate resolutions of the Borrower authorizing such increase or (ii) a certificate from the Borrower confirming that the corporate resolutions passed with the Transactions that occurred on the Effective Date are still in effect and have not been amended or rescinded.  Once a New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement becomes effective, the Administrative Agent shall reflect the increases in the Commitments effected by such agreements by appropriate entries in the Register.
 
(f)   If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 2.19(c) or any Lender’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.19(d), additional Loans made on or after the effectiveness thereof (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after such Re-Allocation Date (except to the extent that any such pro rata borrowings would result in any Lender making an aggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case such excess amount will be allocated to, and made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or, in the case of ABR Loan, on the date of such increase, and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date.
 
 
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(g)   If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of  Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
 
(h)   Upon the effectiveness of any Commitment Increase Agreement, Section 2.09(b), Schedule 2.01 and other pertinent sections hereof shall be automatically and proportionately modified to reflect the increased Commitment, the exact figures to be agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and all references to the Commitments shall be deemed amended mutatis mutandis.
 
(i)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, any New Lender must have the ability to fund Alternative Currencies with respect to which there are outstanding Loans and all Alternative Currencies described in (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of Alternative Currency.
 
SECTION 2.20   Defaulting Lenders.  
 
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
 
(a)   fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a);
 
(b)   the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Majority Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 10.02), except (i) such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment may not be increased or extended without its consent and (ii) the principal amount of, or interest or fees payable on, Loans or LC Disbursements may not be reduced or excused or the scheduled date of payment may not be postponed as to such Defaulting Lender without such Defaulting Lender ’s consent;
 
(c)   if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
 
(i)   all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments;
 
 
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(ii)   if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lender only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
 
(iii)   if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
 
(iv)   if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and Section 2.11(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages;
 
(v)   if all or any portion of such  Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any Lender hereunder, all facility fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment that was utilized by such LC Exposure) and letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.11(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Lender until and to the extent such LC Exposure is cash collateralized and/or reallocated; and
 
(d)   so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.20(c), and participating interests in any such newly made Swingline Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defau lting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.20(c)(i) (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein).
 
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Parent of any Lender shall occur following the Effective Date and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Lender has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
 
 
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In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
 
ARTICLE III
 
Representations and Warranties
 
The Borrower, for itself and for each Restricted Subsidiary, and each Guarantor, for itself, represent and warrant to the Lenders that:
 
SECTION 3.01   Organization.  
 
Each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the date this representation is made or deemed to be made (i) to the extent applicable, is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction as it is presently being conducted, and (iii) to the extent applicable, is duly qualified or licensed to conduct business and is in good standing in each such jurisdiction.  As of the Effective Date, other than those jurisdictions listed on Schedule 3.01, there are no jurisdictions in which the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s failure to be qualified or be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  As of the Effective Date, no proceeding to dissolve any Obligor is pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened.
 
SECTION 3.02   Authority Relative to this Agreement.  
 
Each of the Obligors has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action on the part of each Obligor that is a party thereto.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Obligor party thereto and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and to the effect of general p rinciples of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity).
 
SECTION 3.03   No Violation.  
 
Except as set forth in Schedule 3.03, the Transactions will not:
 
 
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(a)   result in a breach of the articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any resolution currently in effect adopted by the Board of Directors, shareholders, partners, members or managers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(b)   result in the imposition of any Lien on any of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective assets other than the Liens created under the Loan Documents;
 
(c)   result in, or constitute an event that, with the passage of time or giving of notice or both, would be, a breach, violation or default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, prepayment or acceleration) under (i) any agreement evidencing Indebtedness or any other material agreement to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party or by which its properties or assets may be bound or (ii) any Governmental Approval held by, or relating to the business of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(d)   require the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to obtain any consent, waiver, approval, exemption, authorization or other action of, or make any filing with or give any notice to, any Person except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings necessary to perfect or assign Liens created under the Loan Documents, (iii) filings required under applicable securities Laws, (iv) such as are required regardless of whether this Agreement is entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (v) those which, if not made or obtained, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
 
(e)   violate any Law or Order applicable to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or by which their respective properties or assets may be bound.
 
SECTION 3.04   Financial Statements.  
 
The Borrower has previously furnished to the Administrative Agent the following financial statements (collectively, the “Financial Statements”):  (i) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operation, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for the fiscal year then ended, the notes accompanying such Financial Statements, and the report of KPMG LLP and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2010, and the related statements of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for the period then ended.  The Financial Statements fairly present in all material resp ects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and the results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the periods ended on such dates in accordance with GAAP for the periods covered thereby, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments, reclassifications and absence of footnotes.  Since December 31, 2009, there has been no change that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 3.05   No Undisclosed Liabilities.
 
 
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Except as set forth in Schedule 3.05 or as disclosed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender in accordance with Section 5.02(b), neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any material liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) except for (i) liabilities or obligations referred to, reflected or reserved against in the financial statements most recently delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 4.01(g) or Section 5.01, as applicable, (ii) current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of such financial statements, (iii) liabilities or obligations that are not required to be included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, (iv) liabilities or obligations arising under Governmental Approvals or contracts to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party or otherwise subject, and (v) other Permitted Indebtedness.
 
SECTION 3.06   Litigation.  
 
Except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender in accordance with Section 5.02(c), the Borrower’s most recent form 10-K and form 10-Q filed with the SEC describe each action, suit or proceeding pending before any Governmental Authority or arbitration panel, or to the knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, threatened, (a) involving the Transactions, or (b) against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary regarding the business or assets owned or used by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 3.07   Compliance with Law.
 
Except as set forth in Schedule 3.07, (i) each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with each Law that is or was applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets except where the failure to be in compliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) as of the Effective Date, neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has received any notice of, nor does any of them have knowledge of, the assertion by any Governmental Authority or other Person of any such violation.
 
SECTION 3.08   Properties.
 
Each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries owns (with good and defensible title in the case of real property, subject only to the matters permitted by the following sentence), or have valid leasehold interests in, all the properties and assets (whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible) material to its business, except for minor irregularities or deficiencies in title that, individually or in the aggregate, do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted.  All such properties and assets are free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens and are not, in the case of real property, subject to any rights of way, building use restrictions, exceptions, variances, reservations, or limitations of any nature which would materially interfere with an Obligor’s ability to conduct its busine ss as currently conducted.  The properties of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as to tangible, personal property, are in good operating order, condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted).
 
 
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SECTION 3.09   Intellectual Property
 
(a)   As of the Effective Date, none of the patents, patent applications, trademarks (whether registered or not), trademark applications, trade names, service marks, and copyrights owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (the “Intellectual Property”) has been declared invalid or is the subject of a pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, threatened action for cancellation or a declaration of invalidity, and there is no pending judicial proceeding involving any claim, and neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has received any written notice or cl aim of any infringement, misuse or misappropriation by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any patent, trademark, trade name, copyright, license or similar intellectual property right owned by any third party, except as described in Schedule 3.09.
 
(b)   To the knowledge of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, except as set forth in Schedule 3.09, the conduct by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of their respective businesses as presently conducted does not conflict with, infringe on, or otherwise violate any copyright, trade secret, or patent rights of any Person except where such conflict, infringement or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 3.10   Taxes.
 
All tax returns and reports of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises that are due and payable have been paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for non-payment thereof except (a) where the failure to pay such amounts could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) to the extent being actively contested by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; provided that such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.
 
SECTION 3.11   Environmental Compliance.
 
Except as set forth in Schedule 3.12,
 
(a)   neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary is in violation of any Environmental Law or is subject to any Environmental Liability, except to the extent such violation or such liability, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(b)   neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has received any written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability which claims are currently outstanding or know of any basis for any Environmental Liability, except to the extent such liability, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
 
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(c)   neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has arranged for the disposal of Hazardous Material at a site listed for investigation or clean-up by any Governmental Authority or in violation of any Environmental Law except to the extent such disposal, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(d)   there is no proceeding pending against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary by any Governmental Authority with respect to the presence of any Hazardous Material on or release of any Hazardous Material from any real property owned or operated at any time by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise used in connection with their respective businesses, except to the extent that if such proceeding were determined adversely to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, such determination, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(e)   neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has knowledge that any Hazardous Material has been or is currently being generated, processed, stored or released (or is subject to a threatened release) from, on or under any real property owned or operated by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or otherwise used in connection with their respective businesses in a quantity or concentration that would require remedial action under any Environmental Law if reported to or discovered by the relevant Governmental Authority except to the extent such remedial action, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
 
(f)   to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, there is no underground storage tank located at any real property owned or operated by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent that the presence of such tank, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 3.12   Labor Matters
 
As of the Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, threatened.  The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other Law dealing with such matters except to the extent such violation, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  All payments due from the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against any of them, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower or any Restrict ed Subsidiary except to the extent that the nonpayment of such, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date and the borrowing of Loans, use of proceeds thereof and issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder after the Effective Date will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is bound.
 
 
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SECTION 3.13   Investment Company Status.  
 
Neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
SECTION 3.14   Insurance.  
 
Insurance maintained in accordance with Section 5.05 is in full force and effect.
 
SECTION 3.15   Solvency.  
 
Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, and immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of each Loan, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a going concern basis and on a consolidated basis, is greater than the total amount of debts and other liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a going concern basis and on a consolidated basis is not less than the amount that could reasonably be expected to be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, on a consolidated basis, as they become absolute and matured; (c) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities as they become absolute and mature; and (d) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not engaged in, and are not about to be engaged in, business or a transaction for which the Borrower’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ assets, on a consolidated basis, would constitute unreasonably small capital.  For purposes of this Section 3.15, (a) “fair value” shall mean the amount at which the assets of an entity would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, within a commercially reasonable period of time, each having knowledge of the relevant facts, neither being under any compulsion to act, with equity to both; and (b) “present fair saleable value” shall mean the amount that may be realized within a reasonable time, considered to be six months to one year, either through collecti on or sale at the regular market value, conceiving the latter as the amount which could be obtained for such properties within such period by a capable and diligent businessman from an interested buyer who is willing to purchase under ordinary selling conditions.
 
SECTION 3.16   ERISA.  
 
No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 3.17   Disclosure.  
 
None of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information and forward-looking statements, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
 
 
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SECTION 3.18   Margin Stock.
 
No part of any Borrowing or any Swingline Loan shall be used at any time, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U) in violation of Regulation U or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock in violation of Regulation U.  Neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purposes of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock.  No part of the proceeds of any Borrowing will be used for any purpose which violates, or which is inconsistent with, any regulations promulgated by the Board.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
Conditions
 
SECTION 4.01   Effective Date.  
 
The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02):
 
(a)   The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
 
(b)   The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the Security Documents from each applicable Obligor and same shall constitute satisfactory security documentation to create first priority security interests in the Collateral free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
 
(c)   The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing, to the extent applicable, of each Obligor and each Restricted Subsidiary, the authorization of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, the authority of each natural Person executing any of the Loan Documents on behalf of any Obligor and any other legal matters relating to the Obligors, this Agreement or the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
 
(d)   Each Lender requesting a promissory note evidencing Loans made by such Lender shall have received from the Borrower a promissory note payable to such Lender in a form approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
 
 
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(e)   The Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
 
(f)   The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Borrower confirming receipt of all material governmental and third party approvals, if any, necessary in connection with the financing contemplated hereby.
 
(g)   The Lenders shall have received (i) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the two most recent fiscal years ended prior to the Effective Date as to which such financial statements are available, and (ii) satisfactory unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2010.
 
(h)   The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Vinson & Elkins LLP, counsel for the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
 
(i)   The Administrative Agent shall have received reports of UCC, tax and judgment Lien searches conducted by a reputable search firm with respect to each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries from their respective jurisdiction of formation and such reports shall not disclose any Liens other than Permitted Liens and any Liens securing the Indebtedness which will be paid in full on the Effective Date with the proceeds of a Borrowing.
 
(j)   The Lenders shall have received details of the legal structure of the Borrower which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders.
 
(k)   All membership and stock certificates of each Subsidiary of the Borrower described on Annex 3 to the Security Agreement shall have been delivered to Administrative Agent together with related stock and membership powers executed in blank by the Borrower.
 
(l)   The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance coverage of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, which coverage shall be consistent with the requirements set forth in Section 5.05 and shall name the Administrative Agent as an additional insured and as a loss payee on the liability and casualty insurance policies.
 
(m)   The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the indebtedness and other obligations under the Existing Credit Facility have been satisfied or will be satisfied with the proceeds from the Loans, that the commitments thereunder have been terminated and that all Liens securing the Existing Credit Facility have been terminated and released.
 
SECTION 4.02   Each Credit Event.  
 
The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Lender to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
 
 
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(a)   The representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to have been made as a part of said request for each Borrowing and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable; provided, that to the extent such representations and warranties were made as of a specific date, the same shall be required to have been true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date.
 
(b)   No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred;
 
(c)   The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 or the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender shall have received a request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.05(b); and
 
(d)   At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
 
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of this Section 4.02.
 
ARTICLE V
 
Affirmative Covenants
 
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower, for itself and each Restricted Subsidiary, and each Guarantor, for itself, covenant and agree with the Lenders that:
 
SECTION 5.01   Financial Statements
 
The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
 
(a)   within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year of the Borrower, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification, or exception as to the scope of such audit by reason of any limitation which is imposed by the Borrower) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
 
 
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(b)   within 45 days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year for the Borrower, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consoli dated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end adjustments, reclassifications and the absence of footnotes;
 
(c)   concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 5.01(c) (“Compliance Certificate”) and (i) certifying that the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries contained in Article III and the Security Documents were true and correct in all material respects when made, and are repeated at and as of the date of such Co mpliance Certificate and are true and correct in all material respects at and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties as are by their express terms limited to a specific date, (ii) certifying that, since the later of the Effective Date or the most recent Compliance Certificate, no change has occurred in the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (iv) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.16, 6.17 and 6.18, (v) certifying that (A) the a ggregate consolidated revenues and book value of the aggregate consolidated assets of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries is less than 10% of the aggregate consolidated revenues and book value of the aggregate consolidated assets of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries and (B) the aggregate consolidated revenues and book value of the aggregate consolidated assets of all Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries is less than 10% of the aggregate consolidated revenues and book value of the aggregate consolidated assets of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries, in each case, for the most recently ended period of four (4) fiscal quarters, (vi) containing any notification by the Borrower of the elimination of the effect of any change in GAAP in accordance with Section 1.04, (vii) setting forth a comparison of the Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA as shown on most recent Compliance Certificate to the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the same period, and (viii) including a reasonably detailed description of any adjustments attributable to Business Acquisitions as described in the definition of Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA which are included by the Borrower in its calculation of Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA for the period covered by such Compliance Certificate;
 
(d)   promptly upon receipt of any written complaint, order, citation, notice or other written communication from any Person with respect to, or upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtaining knowledge of, (i) the existence or alleged existence of a violation of any applicable Environmental Law or any Environmental Liability in connection with any property now or previously owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any release of Hazardous Materials on such property or any part thereof in a quantity that is reportable under any applicable Environmental Law, and (iii) any pending or threatened proceeding for the termination, suspension or non-renewal of an y permit required under any applicable Environmental Law, in each case under clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, in which there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse decision or determination that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the details of such matter and the actions, if any, that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is required or proposes to take;
 
 
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(e)   promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request;
 
(f)   promptly following any request therefor, such information evidencing any adjustments attributable to Business Acquisitions as described in the definition of Consolidated Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA and included in a Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to clause (c) above;
 
(g)   within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, copies of certificates evidencing or other evidence of all material insurance coverage maintained by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; and
 
(h)   within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an annual budget of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the following fiscal year.
 
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) and (b) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).  Notwithstanding any thing contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper or electronic copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 5.01(c) to the Administrative Agent.  Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower 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.
 
SECTION 5.02   Notices of Material Events
 
The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender promptly and, in any event, within five Business Days after acquiring knowledge thereof, written notice of the following:
 
(a)   the occurrence of any Event of Default and the action that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
 
(b)   the incurrence of any material liability or obligation of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than such liabilities and obligations referenced in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 3.05;
 
 
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(c)   the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that in any manner questions the validity of the Loan Documents; and
 
(d)   the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in unfunded liability of any Obligor resulting in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
 
SECTION 5.03   Existence; Conduct of Business.
 
Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business except to the extent failure to maintain or preserve could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03 or any other transaction permitted under this Agreement.
 
SECTION 5.04   Payment of Obligations.
 
Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to pay its obligations, including liabilities for Taxes before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except (a) past due Taxes for which no fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss has been assessed, (b) where the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and such Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) where the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 5.05   Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
 
Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of the business of the Obligors and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) subject to Section 5.14, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
 
 
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SECTION 5.06   Books and Records; Inspection Rights.
 
Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to keep proper, complete and consistent books of record that are true and correct in all material respects with respect to such Person’s operations, affairs, and financial condition.  Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested (provided that in the absence of an Event of Default, the representatives of the Administrative Agent shall not visit or inspect such properties more often than once per calen dar year), subject in each case, to any restrictions or confidentiality agreements existing in favor of third parties.
 
SECTION 5.07   Compliance with Laws.
 
Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to comply with all Laws (excluding Laws referenced in Sections 5.10 and 5.12, which compliance shall be governed by such Sections) and Orders applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 5.08   Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit.
 
The proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit will be used only to (i) fund the potential call, tender or open market purchase of the Existing Senior Notes; (ii) pay the fees, expenses and other transaction costs of the Transactions; and (iii) fund working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the making of Business Acquisitions and other acquisitions of property.  No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
 
SECTION 5.09   Additional Guarantees and Security Documents.
 
(a)   The Borrower at all times shall cause all Material Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries to be Guarantors.
 
(b)   If at any time, (i) the aggregate consolidated revenues of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries exceed ten percent (10%) of the aggregate total consolidated revenue of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended period of four (4) fiscal quarters or (ii) the book value of the aggregate consolidated assets of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries exceeds ten percent (10%) of the book value of the aggregate total consolidated assets of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended period of four (4) fiscal quarters, the Borrower shall promptly cause one or more of said Unrestricted Subsidiaries to be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, such that, after givin g effect to such designation, both the aggregate consolidated revenues and the book value of the aggregate consolidated assets of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries are less than ten percent (10%) of the total consolidated revenue and total book value of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries.  In addition, (i) to the extent that such new Restricted Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall cause such new Restricted Subsidiary to execute an Addendum and deliver to the Administrative Agent such other documents relating to such new Restricted Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and (ii) to the extent that such new Restricted Subsidiary is a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary, the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall execute an Addendum and deliver to the Administrative Agent such other documents relating to such new Restricted Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent s hall reasonably request, including any documents necessary to pledge 66% of the Equity Interests of such new Restricted Subsidiary.
 
 
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(c)   If at any time, (i) the aggregate consolidated revenues of Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors exceed ten percent (10%) of the aggregate total consolidated revenue of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended period of four (4) fiscal quarters or (ii) the book value of the aggregate consolidated assets of the Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors exceeds ten percent (10%) of the book value of the aggregate total consolidated assets of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended period of four (4) fiscal quarters, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall promptly cause one or mor e of said Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries to execute an Addendum and deliver to the Administrative Agent such other documents relating to such Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, such that, after giving effect to such Addendum, both the aggregate consolidated revenues and the book value of the aggregate consolidated assets of all Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors are less than ten percent (10%) of the total consolidated revenue and total book value of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries.  In addition, any such Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor shall also be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent not already a Restricted Subsidiary.
 
(d)   Within 30 days after the Borrower acquires or creates a new Subsidiary, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and shall provide the constituent documents for such new Subsidiary, and (i) to the extent that such Subsidiary is a Material Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or to the extent such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to be a Guarantor under clause (b) or (c) above, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable, shall cause such new Subsidiary to execute an Addendum and deliver to the Administrative Agent such other documents relating to such new Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in order to comply with the requirem ents of this Section and (ii) to the extent that such Subsidiary is not a Material Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall or shall cause its Subsidiaries to execute an Addendum and deliver to the Administrative Agent such other documents relating to such new Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, including any documents necessary to pledge all of the capital stock or other Equity Interests in all Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code, only the capital stock and other Equity Interests of such a Foreign Subsidiary that is a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary (i.e., a Foreign Subsidiary the stock of which is directly held by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary) shall be pledged and such pledge shall be limited to 66% of such capital stock or Equity Interests of such first-tier Foreign Subsidiary, and none of the capital stock or Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of such first-tier Foreign Subsidiary shall be pledged.
 
 
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(e)   At any time, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, elect to cause one or more Restricted Subsidiaries that are not then Guarantors to become Obligors by notifying the Administrative Agent of such election and causing such Restricted Subsidiary to execute an Addendum and deliver such Addendum to the Administrative Agent together with such other documents relating to such new Obligor as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
 
SECTION 5.10   Compliance with ERISA.
 
In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 5.07, each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to (a) comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all employee benefit plans (as defined in ERISA) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could be (i) a liability to the PBGC (other than liability for PBGC premiums) or (ii) a past due liability to any Multiemployer Plan, except to the extent such liability could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (c) n ot participate in any prohibited transaction that could result in any civil penalty under ERISA or any tax under the Code, except to the extent such penalty or tax could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (d) operate each employee benefit plan in such a manner that could not reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any material tax liability under Section 4980B of the Code or any liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B of the Code except to the extent such tax liability or liability to any qualified beneficiary could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (e) furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative Agent’s request such additional information about any employee benefit plan as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
 
SECTION 5.11   Compliance With Agreements.
 
Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to comply in all respects with each material contract or agreement to which it is a party, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that such Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary may contest any such contract or agreement or any portion thereof in good faith through applicable proceedings so long as adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP.
 
SECTION 5.12   Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports.
 
Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to (i) comply with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and real property except to the extent that the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) obtain and renew all Governmental Approvals required under Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and real property except to the extent that the failure to obtain or renew such approvals could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) conduct any Response in accordance with Environmental Laws except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that neither such Obligor nor any Restricted Su bsidiary shall be required to undertake any Response to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.
 
 
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SECTION 5.13   Maintain Business.
 
Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to continue to engage primarily in the business or businesses being conducted on the Effective Date and other reasonable expansions and extensions of such business.
 
SECTION 5.14   Further Assurances.
 
Each Obligor shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to execute, acknowledge and deliver, at its own cost and expense, all such further acts, documents and assurances as may from time to time be reasonably necessary or as the Majority Lenders may from time to time reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and purposes of the Loan Documents, including all such actions to establish, preserve, protect and (to the extent required under the Security Documents or as otherwise provided in this Agreement) perfect the estate, right, title and interest of the Lenders, or the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, to the Collateral (including Collateral acquired after the date hereof).
 
ARTICLE VI
 
Negative Covenants
 
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower, for itself and each Restricted Subsidiary, and each Guarantor, for itself, covenant and agree with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
 
SECTION 6.01   Indebtedness.
 
None of the Obligors or any Restricted Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
 
(a)   Indebtedness created hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents, including renewals, extensions and refinancings hereof or thereof;
 
(b)   Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
 
(c)   Subordinated Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the Existing Senior Notes;
 
 
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(d)   Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any assets by an Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary, including Capital Lease Obligations, and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets by an Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (d) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time and, when combined with amounts outstanding under clauses (e) and (l) of this Section, shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time;
 
(e)   Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any assets by any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary, including Capital Lease Obligations, and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets by any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (e) shall n ot exceed $25,000,000 at any time and, when combined with amounts outstanding under clauses (d) and (l) of this Section, shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time;
 
(f)   Indebtedness owed by one Obligor to another Obligor and Indebtedness owed by an Obligor to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor;
 
(g)   Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary in existence on the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by the Borrower (but not incurred or created in connection with such acquisition); provided (i) neither the Borrower nor any other Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation with respect to such Indebtedness, (ii) none of the properties of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary is bound with respect to such Indebtedness and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (g) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time;
 
(h)   Indebtedness in respect of endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business;
 
(i)   Indebtedness associated with accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not more than ninety (90) days past due or which are being actively contested by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP;
 
(j)   Indebtedness constituting Investments permitted by clauses (f) and (h) of Section 6.05;
 
(k)   Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.06;
 
 
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(l)   other Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 outstanding at any time when combined with amounts outstanding under clauses (d) and (e) of this Section; and
 
(m)   guarantees of Indebtedness permitted by clauses (c), (d), (e), (k) and (l) of this Section.
 
SECTION 6.02   Liens
 
None of the Obligors or any Restricted Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
 
(a)   Permitted Encumbrances;
 
(b)   Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders created by the Security Documents;
 
(c)   any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than such property or asset to which such Lien applies on the Effective Date and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
 
(d)   Liens on assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.01, (ii) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such assets and (iv) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Bo rrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the proceeds of, and insurance proceeds related to, such assets;
 
(e)   Liens on assets of any Restricted Subsidiary in existence on the date such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by the Borrower (but not created in connection with such acquisition) securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(g); provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any property of asset of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition;
 
(f)   Liens on the assets of any Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.01(k); and
 
(g)   Liens on cash securing obligations of the Borrower to providers of vault services with respect to such cash.
 
 
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SECTION 6.03   Fundamental Changes.
 
None of the Obligors or any Restricted Subsidiary will merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and, if such transaction involves the Borrower, the Borrower shall survive such transaction:
 
(a)   any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with the Borrower;
 
(b)   any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with any other Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; provided that if such transaction involves an Obligor, the Obligor survives such transaction;
 
(c)   any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with any other Person so long as either (i) such Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation or (ii) if such Restricted Subsidiary is not the surviving entity, the surviving entity and/or the Borrower, as applicable, complies with the provisions of Section 5.09(d) within thirty (30) days of such merger or consolidation;
 
(d)   any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor may change its jurisdiction of organization so long as, in the case of an Obligor, it complies with Section 6.12 hereof;
 
(e)   any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and could not be reasonably expected to result in a Materially Adverse Effect; and
 
(f)   any Unrestricted Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor so long as (i) such Obligor or such Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor is the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation and (ii) the Borrower provides an officer’s certificate to the Administrative Agent, executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying that, after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with Sections 6.16, 6.17 and 6.18.
 
SECTION 6.04   Asset Sales.
 
None of the Obligors or any Restricted Subsidiary will make any Asset Sale except, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto, with respect to clause (a), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
 
(a)   the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make any Asset Sale, including sale-leaseback transactions, if (i) the consideration therefor is not less than the fair market value of the related asset and (ii) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate fair market value of the assets as reasonably determined by the Borrower disposed of in all Asset Sales (other than Asset Sales permitted under the other clauses of this Section 6.04) during any fiscal year would not exceed five percent (5%) of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis;
 
 
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(b)   (i) any Obligor may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to another Obligor, and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to any Obligor or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(c)   sales, exchanges and transfers consisting of Investments permitted by Section 6.05;
 
(d)   sales, exchanges and transfers of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
 
(e)   sales, exchanges and transfers of equipment and other property which is replaced by equipment or property of at least comparable value and use or which is discontinued, obsolete, worn out or no longer used or useful to such Person’s business, all in the ordinary course of business;
 
(f)   sales, exchanges and transfers of chattel paper to third parties pursuant to arm’s-length transaction for fair value in the ordinary course of business;
 
(g)   leases entered into by any Obligor with any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor to lease assets to such Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor so long as (i) the fair market value of the assets leased under this clause (g) shall not exceed $40,000,000 at any time and (ii) such leases are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to such Obligor than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties; and
 
(h)   leases or financing contracts entered into with third parties to lease or finance such third parties’ purchase of ATM Equipment.
 
SECTION 6.05   Investments.
 
None of the Obligors or any Restricted Subsidiary will make an Investment in any other Person, except:
 
(a)   Permitted Investments;
 
(b)   Business Acquisitions permitted by Section 6.11;
 
(c)   Investments listed on Schedule 6.05;
 
(d)   Investments by an Obligor in any other Obligor;
 
(e)   Investments by an Obligor in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor; provided that the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time;
 
 
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(f)   Investments arising out of loans and advances for expenses, travel per diem and similar items in the ordinary course of business to directors, officers and employees in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time;
 
(g)   shares of stock, obligations or other securities received in the settlement of claims arising in the ordinary course of business; and
 
(h)   Investments not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.05 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time.
 
SECTION 6.06   Swap Agreements.
 
None of the Obligors nor any Restricted Subsidiary will enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or manage the interest rate exposure associated with vault cash procurement, any debt securities, debt facilities or leases (existed or forecasted) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (b) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or manage the convertibility feature of convertible Subordinated Indebtedness, (c) Swap Agreements for foreign exchange or currency exchange management or (d) Swap Agreements to hedge or manage any exposure that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may have to counterparties under other Swap Agreements such that, in each case, such Swap Agreements are entered into in the ordinary course of business and the combination of such Swap Agreements, taken as a whole, is for risk man agement purposes and not speculative.
 
SECTION 6.07   Restricted Payments.
 
None of the Obligors nor any Restricted Subsidiary will declare or make, or agree to pay or make, any Restricted Payment, except:
 
(a)   dividends or distributions on capital stock of the Borrower so long as at the time of such dividend or distribution, and after giving pro forma effect thereto, (i) no Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans are outstanding, (ii) no Event of Default exists and (iii) the Borrower is in compliance with Section 6.18;
 
(b)   dividends or distributions on Equity Interests of Restricted Subsidiaries ratably with respect to such Equity Interests;
 
(c)   payments of dividends and distributions made with shares or units of capital stock of the Borrower;
 
(d)   redemptions of capital stock of employees, directors or officers of the Borrower on the following conditions: (i) if no Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans are outstanding at the time of such redemption, the amount of such redemption shall not be limited, so long as, if the amount of such redemption, when combined with all other redemptions made under this clause (d) in the same calendar year, exceeds $5,000,000, the Borrower demonstrates pro forma compliance with Section 6.18; and (ii) if Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans are outstanding at the time of such redemption, the amount of such redemption, when combined with all othe r redemptions made under this clause (d) in the same calendar year, shall not exceed $5,000,000; and
 
 
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(e)   redemptions of capital stock of Persons other than employees, directors or officers of the Borrower on the following conditions: (i) if no Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans are outstanding at the time of such redemption, the amount of such redemption shall not be limited, so long as, if the amount of such redemption, when combined with all other redemptions made under this clause (e) during the term of this Agreement, exceeds $10,000,000, the Borrower demonstrates pro forma compliance with Section 6.18; and (ii) if Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans are outstanding at the time of such redemption, the amount of such redemption, when combined with all other redemptions made under this clause (e) during the term of this Agreement, shall not exceed $10,000,000.
 
SECTION 6.08   Prepayments of Indebtedness.
 
The Borrower will not voluntarily prepay or redeem any Indebtedness, except:
 
(a)   prepayments of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents in accordance with this Agreement;
 
(b)   refinancings of Permitted Indebtedness to the extent such refinancing is permitted by this Agreement;
 
(c)   the payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness to the extent such sale or transfer is permitted by this Agreement;
 
(d)   voluntary prepayments and redemptions made with shares of capital stock of the Borrower and proceeds of offerings of capital stock of the Borrower;
 
(e)   voluntary prepayments and redemptions constituting calls, tenders or open market purchases of the Existing Senior Notes with an aggregate par value not to exceed $100,000,000; and
 
(f)   voluntary prepayments and redemptions, other than those made under the other clauses of this Section, so long as at the time of such prepayment or redemption and after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Event of Default shall exist and the Senior Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 2.0 to 1.0.
 
SECTION 6.09   Transactions with Affiliates
 
None of the Obligors nor any Restricted Subsidiary will sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with any of its Affiliates, except (a) at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07, (c) any transaction between or among Obligors, (d) any transaction between or among Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Obligors and (e) Investments permitted by Section 6.05.
 
 
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SECTION 6.10   Restrictive Agreements.
 
None of the Obligors nor any Restricted Subsidiary will, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, (b) the ability of any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock, (c) the ability of any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary to make or repay loans or advances to any Obligor or (d) the ability of any Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary to guarantee Indebtedness of any Obligor; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by Law or by this Agreement or by Swap Agreements entered into by Foreign Subsidiaries and secured as permitted by Section 6.02(e), (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary of the Borrower pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement, including, without li mitation, secured Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(g), provided that such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof or encumbrances on the property that is the subject thereof.
 
SECTION 6.11   Business Acquisitions.
 
None of the Obligors nor any Restricted Subsidiary will make any Business Acquisitions except that an Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to make Business Acquisitions so long as (a) no Event of Default shall exist before or immediately after giving effect to such Business Acquisition, (b) the Senior Leverage Ratio calculated on a pro forma basis shall not be greater than 2.0 to 1.0, (c) the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with Sections 6.17 and 6.18 and (d) if the consideration for such Business Acquisition is equal to or greater than $25,000,000, the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent at least ten (10) days prior written notice of such Business Acquisition together with an officer’s certificate executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying as to compliance with the requirements of this Section and containing calculations demonstrating compliance with clauses (b) and (c) of this Section; provided that the consideration for Business Acquisitions of Persons that do not become Obligors shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement; provided, further that the proceeds received by an Obligor from unrelated third parties pursuant to Assets Sales permitted under Section 6.04 which Asset Sales consist of substantially all of the assets of any division, business unit or line of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be netted against any amounts reducing such maximum amount.  The consummation of each Business Acquisition shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that all conditions thereto have been satisfied and that same is permitted under the terms of this Agreement, which representation and warranty shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty for all purposes hereunder.
 
 
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SECTION 6.12   Constitutive Documents.
 
None of the Obligors nor any Restricted Subsidiary will amend its charter or by-laws or other constitutive documents in any manner which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the rights of the Lenders under this Agreement or their ability to enforce the same; provided, however, the Obligors or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted after the date hereof to amend its constitutive documents for the purpose of (a) changing its jurisdiction of organization so long as the Administrative Agent is given thirty (30) Business Days prior written notice of such change and (b) effecting any transaction permitted under the terms of this Agreement.
 
SECTION 6.13   Capital Expenditures.
 
None of the Obligors nor any Restricted Subsidiary will make any Capital Expenditures; provided that an Obligor or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to make Capital Expenditures so long as at the time of, and after giving pro forma effect to, such Capital Expenditure, the Borrower is in compliance with Section 6.18.
 
SECTION 6.14   Amendment of Subordinated Indebtedness.
 
The Borrower will not amend any term of any document evidencing Subordinated Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the Senior Note Indenture, if (a) the effect thereof would be to shorten the maturity or average life thereof or increase the amount of any payment of principal thereof or increase the rate or shorten any period for payment of interest thereon or (b) such action would add any covenant or event of default which is more onerous than those contained therein on the Effective Date or, if such Subordinated Indebtedness is incurred after the Effective Date, on the date such Subordinated Indebtedness is incurred, provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) the execution of supplemental indentures associated with the incurrence of add itional Senior Notes to the extent permitted by Section 6.01, (ii) the execution of other indentures or agreements in connection with the issuance of a permitted refinancing of the Senior Notes or (iii) the execution of supplemental indentures to add guarantors if required by the terms of the Senior Note Indenture provided the Borrower and such Person comply with Section 5.09.
 
SECTION 6.15   Changes in Fiscal Year.
 
The Borrower shall not change the end of its fiscal year to a date other than December 31 of each year.
 
SECTION 6.16   Senior Leverage Ratio.
 
The Borrower shall not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the Senior Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.25 to 1.0.
 
 
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SECTION 6.17   Total Leverage Ratio.
 
The Borrower shall not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the Total Leverage Ratio to exceed 4.0 to 1.0.
 
SECTION 6.18   Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
 
The Borrower shall not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter,  permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.50 to 1.0.
 
ARTICLE VII
 
Events of Default and Remedies
 
SECTION 7.01   Events of Default.
 
If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
 
(a)   the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
 
(b)   the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Section 7.01) payable under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which amount has been invoiced, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;
 
(c)   any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement, any Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made in any material respect;
 
(d)   the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;
 
(e)   the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clauses (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or in any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days following the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure first became known to any Financial Officer of the Borrower or (ii) notice of such failure from the Administrative Agent;
 
 
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(f)   the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;
 
(g)   any event or condition occurs (i) that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (ii) that requires the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity, provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
 
(h)   an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or their debts, or of a substantial part of their assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or for a substantial part of any of their assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or or dering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
 
(i)   the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Section 7.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or for a substantial part of any of their assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
 
(j)   the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability, or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
 
(k)   one or more judgments for the payment of money that is not covered by insurance in an aggregate amount in excess of $20,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any attachment or levy shall be entered upon any assets of Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
 
(l)   an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred and are continuing, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(m)   a proceeding shall be commenced by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability of any Loan Document (exclusive of questions of interpretation thereof), or any Obligor shall repudiate or deny that it has any liability or obligation for the payment of principal or interest or other obligations purported to be created under any Loan Document;
 
 
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(n)   any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall at any time fail to constitute a valid and (to the extent required by the Security Documents or as otherwise permitted under this Agreement) perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral purported to be subject thereto, securing the obligations purported to be secured thereby, with the priority required by the Loan Documents, or any Obligor shall so assert in writing, in each case other than as a result of action or inaction of the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
 
(o)   a Change in Control occurs;
 
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Majority Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become  due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest notice of acceleration or the intent to accelerate or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, (iii) increase the rate charged on all Loans to the Default Rate (after the acceleration thereof), and (iv) exercise any or all of the remedies available to it under any of the Loan Docu ments, at Law or in equity (including, without limitation, conducting a foreclosure sale of any of the Collateral).
 
SECTION 7.02   Cash Collateral
 
In addition to the remedies contained in Section 7.01, upon the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent in such amounts and at such times as contemplated by Section 2.05(j).
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
The Administrative Agent
 
Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
 
 
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The Lender serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
 
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administra tive Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
 
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
 
 
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The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
 
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Borrower.  Upon any such resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right, with the approval of Borrower, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and shall not be required during the existence of an Event of Default, to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, appoint a successor Administrati ve Agent which shall be a bank with an office in Houston, Texas, or an Affiliate of any such bank.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of t hem while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
 
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
 
ARTICLE IX
 
Guarantee
 
SECTION 9.01   The Guarante.
 
 
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Each Guarantor hereby jointly, severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the full and punctual payment when due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest on each Loan, and the full and punctual payment of all other Obligations payable by the Borrower or any other Guarantor under the Loan Documents.  Upon failure by the Borrower or any other Guarantor to pay punctually any such amount, each Guarantor shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.  This Guarantee is a guaranty of payment and not of collection.  The Lenders shall not be required to exhaust any right or remedy or take any action against the Borrower, the Guarantors or any other Person or any Collateral.  The Guarantor agrees that, as between the Guarantor and the Lenders, the Obligations may be declared to be due and payable for the purposes of this Guarantee notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition which may prevent, delay or vitiate any declaration as regards the Borrower and that in the event of a declaration or attempted declaration, the Obligations shall immediately become due and payable by each Guarantor for the purposes of this Guaranty.
 
SECTION 9.02   Guaranty Unconditional.
 
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:
 
(a)   any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Guarantor under the Loan Documents, by operation of law or otherwise other than the full payment thereof;
 
(b)   any modification, amendment or waiver of or supplement to the Loan Documents;
 
(c)   any release, impairment, non-perfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for any obligation of the Borrower or any other Guarantor under the Loan Documents;
 
(d)   any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other Guarantor, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower, any other Guarantor or their respective assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Guarantor contained in the Loan Documents;
 
(e)   the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, any other Guarantor, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
 
(f)   any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower or any other Guarantor for any reason of the Loan Documents, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower or any other Guarantor of the principal of or interest on any Loan or any other amount payable by the Borrower or any other Guarantor under the Loan Documents; or
 
 
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(g)   any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, any other Guarantor, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.
 
Furthermore, notwithstanding that the Borrower may not be obligated to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders for interest and/or attorneys’ fees and expenses on, or in connection with, any Obligations from and after the Petition Date (as hereinafter defined) as a result of the provisions of the federal bankruptcy law or otherwise, Obligations for which the Guarantors shall be obligated shall include interest accruing on the Obligations at the Default Rate from and after the date on which the Borrower files for protection under the federal bankruptcy laws or from and after the date on which an involuntary proceeding is filed against the Borrower under the federal bankruptcy laws (herein collectively referred to as the “Petition Date”) and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from and after the Petition Date in connection with the Obligations.
 
SECTION 9.03   Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement In Certain Circumstances.
 
Each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until the Commitments shall have terminated and the principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts payable by the Obligors under the Loan Documents shall have been paid in full.  If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Loan or any other amount payable by the Obligors under the Loan Documents is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Obligor or otherwise, each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated at such time as though such payment had been due but not made at such time.  The Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel) incurred by such Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, other than any costs or expenses resulting from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender.
 
SECTION 9.04   Waiver by Each Guarantor.
 
Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, diligence, presentment, demand, protest notice of acceleration or the intent to accelerate and any other notice not provided for in this Article other than to the extent expressly provided for in favor of the Guarantors in any of the Loan Documents, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any other Person.
 
 
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SECTION 9.05   Subrogation.  
 
Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the holders of the Loans against the Borrower in respect of any amounts paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX; provided that such Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon such right of subrogation until the principal of and interest on the Loans and all other sums at any time payable by the Borrower under the Loan Documents shall have been paid in full.  If any amount is paid to any Guarantor on account of subrogation rights under this Guaranty at any time when all the Obligations have not been indefeasibly paid in full, the amo unt shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Lenders and shall be promptly paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured or absolute or contingent, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
 
SECTION 9.06   Stay of Acceleration.  
 
If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by any Obligor under the Loan Documents is stayed upon insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Agreement shall nonetheless be payable by each Guarantor hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the requisite proportion of the Lenders specified in Article X of this Agreement.
 
SECTION 9.07   Limit of Liability.  
 
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (i) the largest amount that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law and (ii) the amount equal to ninety-five percent (95%) of such Guarantor’s net worth as of the Effective Date.
 
SECTION 9.08   Release upon Sale.  
 
Upon any sale of any Guarantor permitted by this Agreement, such Guarantor (a) be released from its obligations as a Guarantor hereunder, (b) all Liens securing such Guaranty shall automatically be terminated and released and (c) the Administrative Agent will, at the expense of said Guarantor, execute and deliver such documents as are reasonably necessary to evidence said releases and terminations, following written request from the Borrower and receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate from the Borrower certifying no Default or Event of Default exists.
 
SECTION 9.09   Benefit to Guarantor.  
 
Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Loans made to the Borrower may be, in part, re-loaned to, or used for the benefit of, such Guarantor and its Affiliates, that each Guarantor, because of the utilization of the proceeds of the Loans, will receive a direct benefit from the Loans and that, without the Loans, such Guarantor would not be able to continue its operations and carry on its business as presently conducted.
 
 
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ARTICLE X
 
Miscellaneous
 
SECTION 10.01   Notices.
 
(a)   Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
 
(i)   if to the Borrower, to:
 
   3250 Briarpark Drive, Suite 400
   Houston, Texas  77042
   Attention:  Todd Ruden
   Telecopy No.: (832) 308-4750
   Telephone No. (for confirmation): (832) 308-4150
 
   with a copy to:
 
   Vinson & Elkins LLP
   First City Tower
   1001 Fannin, Suite 2500
   Houston, Texas  77002
   Attention:  John A. Thomas
   Telecopy No.:  (713) 615-5651
   Telephone No. (for confirmation):  (713) 758-2856

(ii)   if to a Guarantor, to it in care of the Borrower;
 
(iii)              if to the Administrative Agent, to
 
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 
Loan and Agency Service Group
 
711 Fannin, 10th Floor
 
Houston, Texas 77002
 
Attention:  John Stucker
 
Telecopy No.:  c/o Keely Scott (312) 385-7103
 
Telephone No. (for confirmation):  (713) 216-3769
 
 
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with a copy to:

 
Andrews Kurth LLP
 
600 Travis, Suite 4200
 
Houston, Texas 77002
 
Attention:  Martha (“Marty”) Smith DeBusk
 
Telecopy No.:  (713) 238-7202
 
Telephone No. (for confirmation): (713) 220-4372

(iv)             if to the Alternative Currency Agent, to
 
 
J.P. Morgan Europe Limited
 
125 London Wall
 
London EC2Y 5AJ
 
Telephone No.:  44 207 777 2434/+207 777 2542
 
Facsimile No.:  44 207 777 2360
 
Attention:  The Manager

(v)              if to the Issuing Lender, to
 
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 
Loan and Agency Service Group
 
711 Fannin, 10th Floor
 
Houston, Texas 77002
 
Attention: John Stucker
 
Telecopy No.:  c/o Keely Scott (312) 385-7103
 
Telephone No. (for confirmation):  (713) 216-3769

(vi)             if to the Swingline Lender, to
 
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 
Loan and Agency Service Group
 
711 Fannin, 10th Floor
 
Houston, Texas 77002
 
Attention: John Stucker
 
Telecopy No.:  c/o Keely Scott (312) 385-7103
 
Telephone No. (for confirmation):  (713) 216-3769

(vii)            if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number)
 
 
set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
 
 
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(b)   Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender.  The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
 
(c)   Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
 
SECTION 10.02   Waivers; Amendments.
 
(a)   No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borr ower or Guarantors therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
 
(b)   Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Majority Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Majority Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iii) post pone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.17(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any provisions of Section 2.20 or the definition of “Defaulting Lender”, without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) change any of the provisions of this Section 10.02(b) or the definition of “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (vii) release all or a material portion of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender, provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit the Administrative Agent from releasing any Collateral, or require the consent of the other Lenders for such release, in respect of items sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of to the extent such transaction is permitted hereunder, or (viii) release all or substantially all of the Guarantees (other than in connection with any transactions permitted by the Credit Agreement) without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be.
 
 
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SECTION 10.03   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
 
(a)   The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, due diligence undertaken by the Administrative Agent with respect to the financing contemplated by this Agreement, the preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender for fees, charges and disbursements of one primary law firm as counsel, local counsel as needed and consultants for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender and all other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement during the existence of a Default or an Event of Default (whether or not any waiver or forbearance has been granted in respect thereof), including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
 
(b)   (I) THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING LENDER, AND EACH LENDER, AND EACH RELATED PARTY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING PERSONS (EACH SUCH PERSON BEING CALLED AN “INDEMNITEE”) AGAINST, AND HOLD EACH INDEMNITEE HARMLESS FROM, ANY AND ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES AND RELATED EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE FEES, CHARGES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY COUNSEL FOR ANY INDEMNITEE, INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF (I) THE EXECUTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE PERFORMANCE BY THE PARTIES HERETO OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, (II) ANY LOAN OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREFROM (INCLUDING ANY REFUSAL BY THE ISSUING LENDER TO HONOR A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER A LETTER OF CREDIT IF THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DEMAND DO NOT STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LETTER OF CREDIT), (III) ANY ACTUAL OR ALLEGED PRESENCE OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR FROM ANY PROPERTY OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR (IV) ANY ACTUAL CLAIM, LITIGATION, INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY INDEMNITEE IS A PARTY THERETO; AND WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY THE ORDINARY, SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE OF ANY INDEMNITEE, < font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT, AS TO ANY INDEMNITEE, BE AVAILABLE TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES OR RELATED EXPENSES RESULTED FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNITEE.
 
 
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(c)   To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or assert ed against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.  For purposes hereof, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Commitments at the time.
 
(d)   To the extent permitted by applicable Law, no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against any other party, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
 
(e)   All amounts due under this Section shall be payable no later than ten (10) Business Days from written demand therefor.
 
SECTION 10.04   Successors and Assigns.
 
(a)   The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void), and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 10. 04.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
 
 
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(b)   (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
 
   (A)   the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to an Affiliate of a Lender or if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days after having received written notice thereof; and
 
   (B)   the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender;
 
   (ii)   Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
 
   (A)   except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 and after giving effect to such assignment, the assigning Lender Commitment or Loans shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent or unless the assig nment is of 100% of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and Loans, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing;
 
   (B)   each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;
 
 
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   (C)   the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500;
 
   (D)   the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may include material non-public information about the Borrower or Guarantors and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with such assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws;
 
   (E)   prior to any assignment to an assignee that is not a Lender, the Lender making such an assignment shall first offer the assignment to the other Lenders who shall have five (5) Business Days to purchase the assignment on the same terms as are proposed to such non-Lender assignee; and
 
   (F)   notwithstanding the foregoing, any assignee must have the ability to fund Alternative Currencies with respect to which there are outstanding Loans and all Alternative Currencies described in (a) and (b) of the definition of Alternative Currency.
 
Section 10.04(b)(ii)(B) shall not be construed to prohibit assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans.
 
(iii)   Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 10.03).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
 
(iv)   The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders may treat each Person whose nam e is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Lender and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
 
 
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(v)   Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
 
(c)   (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such participations must be approved by the Borrower so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, (B) such Lender’s ob ligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (C) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (D) such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing immediately upon any such participation, and (E) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver descri bed in the first proviso to Section 10.02(b) that affects such Participant.  Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.1 7(c) as though it were a Lender.
 
(ii)   A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant.  A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.16 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowe r, to comply with Section 2.16(d) as though it were a Lender.
 
 
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(d)   Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
 
SECTION 10.05   Survival.
 
All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower and each Guarantor herein and in the certificates or other instruments  delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 10.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
 
SECTION 10.06   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
 
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and may be delivered in original or facsimile form (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall hav e received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
 
SECTION 10.07   Severability.
 
Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
 
 
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SECTION 10.08   Right of Setoff.
 
Each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time that an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any Guarantor against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower and each Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured.  The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which suc h Lender may have.
 
SECTION 10.09   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
 
(a)   This Agreement and the Loan Documents shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the Law of the State of Texas without regard to any choice-of-law provisions that would require the application of the Law of another jurisdiction provided, to the extent any of the Security Documents recite that they are governed by the Law of another jurisdiction, or any action or event taken thereunder (such as foreclosure of any Collateral) requires application of or compliance with the Law of another jurisdiction, such provisions and concepts shall be controlling.
 
(b)   The Borrower and Guarantors hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the District Courts of the State of Texas sitting in Harris County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of Texas, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Texas State Court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court.&# 160; Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final, non-appealable judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against the Borrower or Guarantors or their properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
 
(c)   The Borrower and Guarantors hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
 
 
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(d)   Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.01.  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
 
SECTION 10.10   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
 
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
 
SECTION 10.11   Headings.
 
Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
 
 
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SECTION 10.12   Confidentiality
 
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below) and use such Information solely in connection with the consideration, administration, documentation, implementation, syndication or negotiation of the Transactions, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Related Parties who need to know the Information in order to consider, administer, document, implement, syndicate or negotiate the terms of the Transactions (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations under the Loan Documents, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section by any party hereto or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, any of its Foreig n Subsidiaries, or any of its Affiliates.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Alternative Currency Agent shall (i) use the Information in connection with the performance by the Administrative Agent of services for other companies or (ii) furnish any Information to other companies.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means (a) all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, any of its Foreign Subsidiaries, any of its Affiliates or any Related Party of the foregoing and (b) the details of this Agreement, including the size of the facility or the pricing of this facility, to the extent that a third party could ident ify the Borrower as the obligor hereunder.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.  If the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender is requested or required, by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process, to disclose any or all of the Information, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or such Lender will provide the Borrower with prompt notice of such event (to the extent that such notice does not contravene any applicable law or similar regulation) so that the Borrower may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement by th e Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or such Lender.  If the Borrower determines to seek such protective order or other remedy, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or such Lender will cooperate with the Borrower in seeking such protective order or other remedy.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, nothing in this Agreement shall (a) restrict the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender from providing information to any bank regulatory authority or any other regulatory or governmental authority, including the Board and its supervisory staff; (b) require or permit the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender to disclose to the Borrower that any information will be or was provided to the Board or any of its supervisory staff; or (c) require or permit the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender to inform the Borrower of a current or upcoming Board examination or an y nonpublic Board supervisory initiative or action.
 
 
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SECTION 10.13   Interest Rate Limitation.
 
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan or reimbursement obligation, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan or reimbursement obligation under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan or reimbursement obligation in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan or reimbursement obligation hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Ra te and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan or reimbursement obligation but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans, reimbursement obligations or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount shall have been received by such Lender and in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, under any circumstances the aggregate amounts taken, reserved, charged, received or paid on the Loans include amounts which by applicable law are deemed interest which would exceed the Maximum Rate, then such excess shall be deemed to be a mistake and each Lender receiving same shall credit the same on the principal of its Loans (or if such Loans shall have been paid in full, refund said excess to the Borrower).  In the event that the maturity of the Obligations are accelerated by reason of any election of the holder thereof resulting from any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes interest may never include more than the Maximum Rate, and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall be canceled automatically as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited on the Obligations (or, if the applicable Loans shall have been paid in full, refunded to the Borrower of such interest).  The provisions of this Section shall control over all other provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which may be in apparent conflict herewith.
 
SECTION 10.14   USA Patriot Act.
 
Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107 56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
 
SECTION 10.15   Final Agreement of the Parties.
 
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES IN REGARD TO THE MATTERS DESCRIBED HEREIN.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
 
BORROWER:  CARDTRONICS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Todd Ruden  
    Todd Ruden
 Senior Vice President – Planning & Treasurer
 
                                                               
 
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GUARANTOR:
CARDTRONICS USA, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Todd Ruden  
   
Todd Ruden
Treasurer
 
                                                               
 
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GUARANTOR: 
CARDTRONICS HOLDINGS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Todd Ruden  
   
Todd Ruden
Treasurer
 
     
 
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GUARANTOR: 
ATM NATIONAL, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Todd Ruden  
   
Todd Ruden
Treasurer
 
     
 
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ISSUING BANK, SWINGLINE
LENDER AND LENDER:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ John Sarvadi  
   
John Sarvadi
Managing Director
 
 
 
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ALTERNATIVE CURRENCY AGENT: 
J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Belinda Lucas  
   
Name: Belinda Lucas
Title: Associate
 
 
 
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SYNDICATION AGENT AND LENDER:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Gary L. Mingle  
   
Name: Gary L. Mingle
Title: Senior Vice-President
 
 
 
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DOCUMENTATION AGENT AND LENDER:
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ John Kallina  
   
Name: John Kallina
Title: Vice President
 
 
 
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LENDER:
AMEGY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Melinda N. Jackson  
   
Name: Melinda N. Jackson
Title: Senior Vice President
 
 
 
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LENDER:
COMPASS BANK
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Frank Carvelli  
   
Name: Frank Carvelli
Title: Vice President
 
 
 
 
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LENDER:
SUNTRUST BANK
 
       
 
By:
/s/ David A. Bennett  
   
Name: David A. Bennett
Title: Vice President
 
 
 
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LENDER:
ALLIED IRISH BANKS, plc
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Joseph Augustini  
   
Joseph Augustini
Senior Vice President
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Roisin O’Connell  
   
Roisin O’Connell
Vice President
 
 
 
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SCHEDULE 2.01
 
COMMITMENTS
 
Lenders
Commitment
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
$33,000,000
Bank of America, N.A.
$33,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
$30,000,000
Amegy Bank National Association
$23,000,000
Compass Bank
$23,000,000
SunTrust Bank
$23,000,000
Allied Irish Banks, plc
$10,000,000
TOTAL
$175,000,000
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 1.1D
 
MANDATORY COST
 
1.
The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a) 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 (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank.
 
2.
On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Alternative Currency 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 the Alternative Currency Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders’ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Alternative Currency Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum.  The Alternative Currency Agent will, at the request of the Borrower or any Lender, deliver to the Borrower or such Lender as the case may be, a statement setting forth the calculation of any Mandatory Cost.
 
3.
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a facility office in a participating member state of the EMU will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Alternative Currency Agent.  This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Alternative Currency Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender’s participation in all Alternative Currency Loans made from that facility office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that facility office.
 
4.
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a facility office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Alternative Currency Agent as follows:
 
(a) in relation to a Pounds Sterling Loan:
 
AB + C(B-D) + E x 0.01    per cent. per annum
           100 - (A+C)
 
(b) in relation to a Loan in any Alternative Currency other than Pounds Sterling:
 
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.
 
 
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B
is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Applicable Margin and the Mandatory Cost and, if the Alternative Currency Loan is an unpaid sum, the Default Rate) payable for the relevant Interest Period on the Alternative Currency Loan.
 
 
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 the Alternative Currency Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits.
 
 
E
is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by the Alternative Currency Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Alternative Currency Agent pursuant to paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000.
 
5.
For the purposes of this Exhibit:
 
 
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 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England;
 
 
Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision 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;
 
 
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);
 
 
Reference Bank” means the Alternative Currency Agent or any other bank or financial institution appointed as such by the Alternative Currency Agent under this Agreement in consultation with the Borrower; and
 
 
Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules.
 
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 the Alternative Currency Agent, the Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Alternative Currency Agent, the rate of charge payable by the Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by the Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to the Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of the Reference Bank.
 
 
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8.
Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Alternative Currency Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate.  In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender:
 
(a) the jurisdiction of its facility office; and
 
(b) any other information that the Alternative Currency Agent may reasonably require for such purpose.
 
Each Lender shall promptly notify the Alternative Currency 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 the Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the Alternative Currency Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Alternative Currency 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 facility office in the same jurisdiction as its facility office.
 
10.
The Alternative Currency 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 the Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects.
 
11.
The Alternative Currency Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the 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 the Alternative Currency Agent pursuant to this Exhibit 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 to this Agreement.
 
13.
The Alternative Currency Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrower and the Lenders, determine and notify to all parties hereto any amendments which are required to be made to this Exhibit in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the 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.
 
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Exhibit 10.3
FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT CASH SOLUTIONS AGREEMENT


THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT CASH SOLUTIONS AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated and effective as of February 28, 2009, is made and entered into among CARDTRONICS USA, INC. (formerly named Cardtronics, LP) and CARDTRONICS, INC. (the "Clients") and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("Wells Fargo").
 
R E C I T A L S:
 
A.           Clients and Wells Fargo entered into a Contract Cash Solutions Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2007 (as modified or amended from time to time, the "Agreement").
 
B.           Pursuant to the Agreement, Wells Fargo has agreed to provide to Clients Cash, not to exceed the Maximum Available Amount, for use in the Covered Machines.
 
C.           Clients have requested that Wells Fargo provide additional Cash during certain holiday periods and clarify that Covered Machines need not be at 7-Eleven locations.
 
D.           Subject to and on the terms and conditions of this Amendment, Wells Fargo is willing to increase the Maximum Available Amount to $450,000,000 during certain holiday periods and to clarify where Covered Machines may be located.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable considerations, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows, intending to be legally bound:
 
ARTICLE I
 
Definitions
 
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, to the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.
 
ARTICLE II
 
Amendments
 
Section 2.1   Covered Machine Locations.  Recital 3 is amended by adding the following sentence to the end thereof:
 
"For the avoidance of doubt, Covered Machines added pursuant to Section I.D. need not be at 7-Eleven locations."
 
 
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Section 2.2   Maximum Available Amount.  Section II.C. is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
 
 
"Maximum Amount of Cash to be Supplied.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the aggregate total of Cash to be provided by Wells Fargo under this Agreement shall at no time during the term hereof exceed (1) $450,000,000 (A) between December 23 of a year and January 3 of the following year, (B) between January 15 and March 31 of each year (the "Tax Season"), (C) between the two days preceding and the two days following the last Monday in May of each year, (D) between July 2 and July 6 of each year, (E) between the two days preceding and the two days following the first Monday in September of each year,  (F) between November 9 and November 13 of each year, and (G) between the two days preceding and the two days following the fourth Thursday of November of each year, and (2) $375,000,000 at all other times, which amounts in clauses (A) thru (G) above include the sum of (x) all Cash with Armored Carriers, (y) Cash in Covered Machines, and (z) all payments owed by Servicers, including any amount to be reimbursed by way of credit to the Settlement Accounts in immediately available funds, net of all adjustments, chargebacks, representations and other corrections to all transactions under the Servicing Agreements (the "Maximum Available Amount").  At no time other than Tax Season shall Cash inside any Covered Machine exceed $160,000.  During Tax Season, at no time shall Cash inside any Covered Machine exceed $300,000."
 
 
Section 2.3   Changes of Address.  Wells Fargo acknowledges receipt of a change of  address for Clients, and Clients and Wells Fargo agree that (i) the attention line for Wells Fargo is changed from “Jeffrey O. Rose” to “John Kalina” and (ii) to delete the address and fax number for Clients found in XIV.E. of the Agreement and substitute therefore the following:
 
Cardtronics USA, Inc.
3250 Briarpark Drive, Suite 400
Houston, TX 77042
Attention: Michael H. Clinard
Fax: (832) 308-4001

The Parties also confirm that no separate notice to LP shall be required under the Agreement or in connection therewith.

ARTICLE III
 
Conditions Precedent
 
The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
 
 
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(a)   Clients and Wells Fargo shall have executed and delivered this Amendment; and
 
(b)   Clients shall have provided to Wells Fargo such other and further documents and instruments, if any, as Wells Fargo may reasonably request.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
Representations and Warranties; Acknowledgments
 
Each of the parties represents and warrants to the others that (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite action on its part; and (ii) it is in compliance with the terms and agreement contained in the Agreement applicable to it.
 
ARTICLE V
 
General Provisions
 
Section 5.1   Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
 
Section 5.2   Facsimile Signatures.  Delivery by fax of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.
 
Section 5.3   Section Headings.  The section headings in this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or effect any of the terms hereof.
 
Section 5.4   Costs and Expenses.  Clients, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse Wells Fargo on demand for all costs and expenses incurred by Wells Fargo in connection with preparation, negotiation and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, all the reasonable fees and disbursements of Wells Fargo's legal counsel.
 
Section 5.5   Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, subject, however, to the requirements of Section XIV.D. of the Agreement.
 
Section 5.6   Governing Law.  The Governing Law shall govern this Amendment and the interpretation thereof.
 
 
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Section 5.7   Entire Agreement; Modification.  This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement between Wells Fargo and Clients relating to the subject matter hereof and may not be changed orally, but only by written instrument signed by both parties.  There are no restrictions, promises, warranties, covenants, or undertakings relating to the subject matter of this Amendment other than those expressly set forth or referred-to herein.  Nothing in this Amendment alters or impairs the Agreement except for the amendments specifically provided herein.
 
[Balance of Page Intentionally Left Blank.  Signature Page Follows]
 
 
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Amendment to be executed on its behalf by the duly authorized officers as of the date and year first written above.
 
CARDTRONICS USA, INC.     WELLS FARGO BANK , NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  
         
By: /s/ Michael H. Clinard
   
By: /s/ John Kallina
 
       Name: Michael H. Clinard
       Title:  President, Global Services
   
       John Kallina
       Vice President
 
 
 
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Exhibit 10.4

THIRD AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT CASH SOLUTIONS AGREEMENT


THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT CASH SOLUTIONS AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated and effective as of September 1, 2009, is made and entered into among CARDTRONICS USA, INC. and CARDTRONICS, INC. (the "Clients") and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("Wells Fargo").
 
R E C I T A L S:
 
A.           Clients and Wells Fargo entered into a Contract Cash Solutions Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2007 (as modified or amended from time to time, the "Agreement").
 
B.           Wells Fargo and Clients desire to clarify certain provisions thereof with respect to Regulation E Claim, Armored Carrier Shortage Claims Processing, Daily Reports issued by the Clients and the pricing of certain services.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable considerations, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows, intending to be legally bound:
 
ARTICLE I
 
Definitions
 
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, to the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.
 
ARTICLE II
 
Amendments
 
Section 2.1.    Section II 2 G., entitled "Work", of the Agreement is amended by inserting the following thereto:

“Effective September 1, 2009, Wells Fargo will assume responsibility for providing the following services to the Client for Vcoms: Regulation E Claims and Armored Courier Shortage Processing (more fully described in subsections 1 and 2 below).  In addition, Wells Fargo will assume responsibility for providing the same services for ATMs based on a mutually agreed upon conversion schedule.  In addition, the Client will assume responsibility for providing “File 5” report and agree to updated times for “Files 1-4” based on a mutually agreed upon implementation schedule.”

 
 

 
 
1.    Regulation E Claims

Wells Fargo will have responsibility for working claims related to inbound Regulation E adjustments from the Covered Machines in accordance with the applicable Regulation E debit network operating rules (“Network Operating Rules”).  All ATM network fees associated with claims will be passed through by Wells Fargo for payment by Clients.  The Work under this part will consist of:

a.   Responding to and processing inbound Regulation E claims on behalf of Clients, which activity includes the research, decision-making and, when appropriate, payment of cardholder claims reported to Wells Fargo against Clients’ Covered machines, using Clients supplied electronic journal, host and error log data and other applicable machine balancing information.  Wells Fargo will respond to claims within the periods provided for in the Network Operating Rules for claims response, subject to its receipt of necessary data and response to information requests from Clients, Armored Carriers and Maintenance Providers.

b.   Process payment of inbound Regulation E claims under $59, without research.  Wells Fargo will file shortage claims for claimable Losses with the Armored Carriers postmarked within five business days of servicing and will provide an electronic file to Clients listing differences on a weekly basis.

2.    Armored Carrier Shortage Claims Processing

a.   Armored Carriers will notify Wells Fargo, after validation, of any cash shortages discovered by and/or reported to Wells Fargo in the Covered Machine balancing or armored vault balancing process in an expedited manner.

b.   Wells Fargo will file shortage claims for Claimable Losses with the Armored Carriers postmarked within five business days of servicing.  Claimable Losses are losses for which Clients are entitled to recover under their contracts with Armored Carriers.

c.   Wells Fargo will negotiate an agreement directly with the Armored Carriers for processing shortage claims, assist with research and negotiate claimable Losses directly with the armored Carriers pursuant to the various Armored Carrier agreements, track claim status as unresolved until resolution is reached (but in no event will Wells Fargo be responsible for pursing claims through mediation, arbitration, litigation or other dispute resolution), and provide Clients with necessary information available to it so that a Customer can pursue Claims Losses to resolution.  Wells Fargo will work with the Armored Carrier to locate a washing item or accept payment on behalf of C lients for Claimable Losses.
 
 
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Section 2.2.    Section III.A.   Commencement.  Section III.A. is amended by deleting the reference to “12:00 a.m.” and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “3:45 p.m.” and deleting the reference to “3:00 p.m.” and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “3:45 p.m.”
 
Section 2.3.    Section III.B of the Agreement (“Daily Reports”) identifies four different reports that are to be issued daily by the Clients to the Bank.  Those reports are referred to as the File 1, File 2, File 3, and File 4 reports and cover and affect the issues set forth in subsections a-d of Section 2 B. 1.  Each of those subsections is hereby amended as follows:

III.B.1 a.   File 1.  Section III.B.1.a. is amended by deleting the reference to “Separate reports for Vcoms and ATMs (each a “File 1 Report”) that provide” and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “A report for Vcoms and ATMS (“File 1 Report”) that provides”; deleting the reference to “12:00 a.m.” and “3:00 p.m.” and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “3:45 p.m.”

IIII.B.1.b.             File 2.  Section III.B.1.b. is amended by deleting the reference to “Separate reports (each a “File 2 Report”) that provide” and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “A report (“File 2 Report”) that provides.”

III.B.1.c.   File 3.  Section III.B.1.c. is amended by deleting the reference to “Separate reports for Covered Machines (each a “File 3 Report”) that provide” and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “A report for Covered Machines (“File 3 Report”) that provides” and deleting both references to “12:00 a.m.” and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “3:45 p.m.”

III.B.1.d.   File 4.  Section III.B.1.d. is amended by deleting the reference to “Separate reports (each a “File 4 Report”) for Covered Machines by type that provide” and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “A report (“File 4 Report”) for Covered Machines by type that provides” and deleting the reference to “12:00 a.m.” and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “3:45 p.m.”

Section 2.4.    In addition to the above four reports, effective upon the execution hereof, Clients shall provided an additional Daily Report to Bank.  Accordingly, the following is added to the Agreement as Section III.B.1.e:

File 5.  A report for Vcoms and ATMs (“File 5 Report”) that provides the amount of Cash dispensed other than ATM withdrawals from for each such Covered Machines between the Beginning Measurement Time through settlement, which is 3:45 p.m. Central Time of the immediately preceding Business Day (“Daily Dispensed Cash”).

Section 2.5.    With respect to fees Bank charges to Clients for the services set forth on Exhibit B, as such was amended by that Amended and Restated Fee Letter dated July 19, 2009, the parties agree as follows:

 
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a.    As of the date reported in writing to Wells Fargo by Cardtronics that an ATM is converted from Fiserv management to Cardtronics management, the ATM will cease to be invoiced under WF Code 08156 ATM Contract Cash Balance/Location and will be invoiced under WF Code 08151 Contract Cash Balance/Settlement.

b.    The fee for “Expanded Network Currency Deposited” is reduced from $0.00030 to $0.00014 per deposit.
 
c.    The fee for “Expanded Network Currency Furnished” is reduced from $0.00030 to $0.00014 per occurrence.

ARTICLE III
 
Representations and Warranties; Acknowledgments
 
Each of the parties represents and warrants to the others that (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite action on its part; and (ii) it is in compliance with the terms and agreement contained in the Agreement applicable to it.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
General Provisions
 
Section 4.1   Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
 
Section 4.2   Facsimile Signatures.  Delivery by fax of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.
 
Section 4.3   Section Headings.  The section headings in this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or effect any of the terms hereof.
 
Section 4.4   Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, subject, however, to the requirements of Section XIV.D. of the Agreement.
 
Section 4.5   Governing Law.  The Governing Law shall govern this Amendment and the interpretation thereof.
 
Section 4.6   Entire Agreement; Modification.  This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement between Wells Fargo and Clients relating to the subject matter hereof and may not be changed orally, but only by written instrument signed by both parties.  There are no restrictions, promises, warranties, covenants, or undertakings relating to the subject matter of this Amendment other than those expressly set forth or referred-to herein.  Nothing in this Amendment alters or impairs the Agreement except for the amendments specifically provided herein.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Amendment to be executed on its behalf by the duly authorized officers as of the date and year first written above.
 
CARDTRONICS USA, INC.     WELLS FARGO BANK , NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  
         
By: /s/ Michael H. Clinard
   
By: /s/ John Kallina
 
       Name: Michael H. Clinard
       Title: President, Global Services
   
       John Kallina
       Vice President
 
 
CARDTRONICS, INC.        
         
By:  /s/ Michael H. Clinard
   
 
 
        Name: Michael H. Clinard
        Title: President, Global Services
   
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit 10.5

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT CASH SOLUTIONS AGREEMENT


THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT CASH SOLUTIONS AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated and effective as of July 15, 2010, is made and entered into among CARDTRONICS, INC. and CARDTRONICS USA, Inc. (successor in interest to Cardtronics, LP, a Delaware limited partnership pursuant to a conversion expressly authorized by Section 265 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) (the "Clients") and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("Wells Fargo").
 
R E C I T A L S:
 
A.           Clients and Wells Fargo entered into a Contract Cash Solutions Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2007 (as modified or amended from time to time, the "Agreement").
 
B.           Pursuant to the Agreement, Wells Fargo has agreed to provide to Clients Cash, not to exceed the Maximum Available Amount, for use in the Covered Machines.
 
C.           Clients have requested that Wells Fargo provide additional Cash during certain holiday periods and clarify that Covered Machines need not be at 7-Eleven locations.
 
D.           Subject to and on the terms and conditions of this Amendment, Wells Fargo is willing to (i) extend the Stated Termination Date to July 20, 2012, and (ii) increase the Maximum Available Amount to $500,000,000 (with temporary increases to $550,000,000 during the Tax Season and certain holiday periods).
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable considerations, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows, intending to be legally bound:
 
ARTICLE I
 
Definitions
 
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, to the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.
 
ARTICLE II
 
Amendments
 
Section 2.1   Maximum Available Amount.  Section II.C. is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
 
 
 

 
 
"Maximum Amount of Cash to be Supplied.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the aggregate total of Cash to be provided by Wells Fargo under this Agreement shall at no time during the term hereof exceed (1) $550,000,000 (A) between December 23 of a year and January 3 of the following year, (B) between January 15 and March 31 of each year (the "Tax Season"), (C) between the two days preceding and the two days following the last Monday in May of each year, (D) between July 2 and July 6 of each year, (E) between the two days preceding and the two days following the first Monday in September of each year, (F) between November 9 and November 13 of e ach year, (G) between the two days preceding and the two days following the fourth Thursday of November of each year, and (H) between the seven days preceding and the seven days following each day that the Bank’s vaults are closed due to holiday observances in each year and (2) $500,000,000 at all other times, which amounts in clauses (1)(A) through (H) and (2) above include the sum of (x) all Cash with Armored Carriers, (y) Cash in Covered Machines, and (z) all payments owed by Servicers, including any amount to be reimbursed by way of credit to the Settlement Accounts in immediately available funds, net of all adjustments, chargebacks, representations and other corrections to all transactions under the Servicing Agreements (the "Maximum Available Amount").  At no time other than Tax Season shall Cash inside any Covered Machine exceed $160,000.  During Tax Season, at no time shall Cash inside any Covered Machine exceed $300,000."
 
Section 2.2   Term.  Section XI.A. is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
 
General.  The initial term of this Agreement expired on July 20, 2009.  The Parties previously agreed, pursuant to a written amendment to the Agreement, to a renewal term commencing on July 20, 2009, and expiring on July 20, 2011, and have further agreed, pursuant to a written fourth amendment to the Agreement to a renewal term commencing on July 20, 2010, and expiring on July 20, 2012 (the "Stated Termination Date"), unless earlier terminated by a Party as provided or permitted in this Agreement (the "Actual Termination Date").
 
ARTICLE III
 
Conditions Precedent
 
The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
 
(a)   Clients and Wells Fargo shall have executed and delivered this Amendment; and
 
(b)   Clients shall have provided to Wells Fargo such other and further documents and instruments, if any, as Wells Fargo may reasonably request.
 
 
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ARTICLE IV
 
Representations and Warranties; Acknowledgments
 
Each of the parties represents and warrants to the others that (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite action on its part; and (ii) it is in compliance with the terms and agreement contained in the Agreement applicable to it.
 
ARTICLE V
 
General Provisions
 
Section 5.1   Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
 
Section 5.2   Facsimile Signatures.  Delivery by fax of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.
 
Section 5.3   Section Headings.  The section headings in this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or effect any of the terms hereof.
 
Section 5.4   Costs and Expenses.  Clients, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse Wells Fargo on demand for all costs and expenses incurred by Wells Fargo in connection with preparation, negotiation and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, all the reasonable fees and disbursements of Wells Fargo's legal counsel.
 
Section 5.5   Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, subject, however, to the requirements of Section XIV.D. of the Agreement.
 
Section 5.6   Governing Law.  The Governing Law shall govern this Amendment and the interpretation thereof.
 
Section 5.7   Entire Agreement; Modification.  This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement between Wells Fargo and Clients relating to the subject matter hereof and may not be changed orally, but only by written instrument signed by both parties.  There are no restrictions, promises, warranties, covenants, or undertakings relating to the subject matter of this Amendment other than those expressly set forth or referred-to herein.  Nothing in this Amendment alters or impairs the Agreement except for the amendments specifically provided herein.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Amendment to be executed on its behalf by the duly authorized officers as of the date and year first written above.
 
 
CARDTRONICS INC.     WELLS FARGO BANK , NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  
         
By: /s/ J. Chris Brewster
   
By: /s/ John Kallina
 
Name: J. Chris Brewster
Title: Chief Financial Officer
   
       John Kallina
       Vice President
 
 
CARDTRONICS USA, INC.        
         
By:  /s/ J. Chris Brewster
   
 
 
        Name: J. Chris Brewster
        Title: Chief Financial Officer
   
 
 
 
 
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EX-10.6 6 ex10-6.htm EXHIBIT 10.6 ex10-6.htm
Exhibit 10.6

Agreement to Amend

This Agreement to Amend is entered into by and between Cardtronics, LP (“Cardtronics”) and Bank of America (“Bank”) as of this 21st day of February, 2007.

RECITALS

A.  
 Cardtronics previously executed the Treasury Services Terms and Conditions Booklet on July 13, 2004 (the “Booklet”).

B.  
Cardtronics and Bank previously executed an Amendment to Treasury Services Terms and Conditions Booklet for ATM Cash Services as of August 2, 2004 (“ATM Cash Services Amendment”) and subsequently amended the ATM Cash Services Amendment as of February 9, 2006.

C.  
Cardtronics and Bank desire to make an additional amendment to the ATM Cash Services Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made in this Agreement to Amend and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

A.  
All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the ATM Cash Services Amendment.

B.  
The ATM Cash Services Amendment is hereby amended by deleting “Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000)” in the second paragraph under “ATM Cash Services” and inserting “Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000)” in its place.

C.  Except as specifically amended herein, the ATM Cash Services Amendment shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to Amend to be executed as of the date first set forth above, by its duly authorized officer.
 
CARDTRONICS, LP      BANK OF AMERICA  
         
/s/ Thomas E. Upton  
   
/s/ William T. Griffin
 
Name: Thomas E. Upton  
   
Name: William T. Griffin
 
Title: Chief Administrative Officer
   
Title: Senior Vice President
 
EX-10.7 7 ex10-7.htm EXHIBIT 10.7 ex10-7.htm
Exhibit 10.7
 
Agreement to Amend

This Agreement to Amend is entered into by and between Cardtronics USA, Inc. (formerly known as Cardtronics, LP, “Cardtronics”) and Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank”) as of this 23rd day of March, 2009.
 
RECITALS

A.  
 Cardtronics previously executed the Treasury Services Terms and Conditions Booklet on July 13, 2004 (the “Booklet”).

B.  
Cardtronics and Bank previously executed an Amendment to Treasury Services Terms and Conditions Booklet for ATM Cash Services as of August 2, 2004 (“ATM Cash Services Amendment”) and subsequently amended the ATM Cash Services Amendment as of February 9, 2006 and further amendment as of February 21, 2007.

C.  
Cardtronics and Bank desire to make an additional amendment to the ATM Cash Services Amendment.

D.  
Cardtronics, LP did legally change its name to Cardtronics USA, Inc. by way of filing with the Secretary of the State of Delaware on December 16, 2008.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made in this Agreement to Amend and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

A.  
All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the ATM Cash Services Amendment.

B.  
The ATM Cash Services Amendment was previously amended on February 21, 2007 by deleting “Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000)” in the second paragraph under “ATM Cash Services” and inserting “Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000)” in its place.  The ATM Cash Services Amendment is hereby further amended by deleting “Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000)” in the second paragraph under “ATM Cash Services” and inserting “Five Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($550,000,000)” in its place.

C.  
Except as specifically amended herein, the ATM Cash Services Amendment shall remain in full force and effect.

D.  
All documents and agreements entered into, signed or executed between Bank and Cardtronics, LP are hereby ratified to be in full force and effect for Cardtronics USA, Inc.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to Amend to be executed as of the date first set forth above, by its duly authorized officer.
 
CARDTRONICS USA, INC.         BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.  
         
/s/ Michael H. Clinard
   
/s/ F. Scott Singhoff
 
Name: Michael H. Clinard
   
Name: F. Scott Singhoff
 
Title: Chief Operating Officer
   
Title: Senior Vice President
 
EX-10.8 8 ex10-8.htm EXHIBIT 10.8 ex10-8.htm
Exhibit 10.8
Confidential Treatment has been requested for the redacted portions of this agreement.  The redactions are indicated with six asterisks (******).  A complete version of this agreement has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

AMENDMENT TO THE
ATM CASH SERVICES AMENDMENT TO THE TREASURY SERVICES TERMS AND
CONDITIONS BOOKLET


This Agreement to Amend is entered into by and between Cardtronics USA, Inc. (“Cardtronics”, also referred to as “you and “your”) and Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank”, also referred to as “we”, “us” and “our”) as of this 13th day of April, 2010.
 
RECITALS

A.  
 Cardtronics previously executed the Treasury Services Terms and Conditions Booklet on July 13, 2004 (the “Booklet”).

B.  
Cardtronics and Bank previously executed an Amendment to Treasury Services Terms and Conditions Booklet for ATM Cash Services as of August 2, 2004 (“ATM Cash Services Amendment”) and subsequently amended the ATM Cash Services Amendment as of February 9, 2006, February 21, 2007, and March 23, 2009.

C.  
Cardtronics and Bank desire to make an additional amendment to the ATM Cash Services Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made in this Agreement to Amend and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

A.  
All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the ATM Cash Services Amendment.

B.  
Exhibit E to the ATM Cash Services Amendment is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached Exhibit E.  The attached Exhibit E shall be effective as of July 1, 2010.

C.  
Except as specifically amended herein, the ATM Cash Services Amendment shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to Amend to be executed as of the date first set forth above, by its duly authorized officer.
 

CARDTRONICS USA, INC.        BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.  
         
/s/Michael H. Clinard
   
/s/ Forest Scott Singhoff
 
Name: Michael H. Clinard
   
Name: Forest Scott Singhoff
 
Title: President Global Services
   
Title: Senior Vice President
 
 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT E

FEES FOR ATM CASH SERVICES

Each month we will debit your account with us for our fees for providing the ATM Cash Services.  We will also provide to you a report of the ATM Cash Service components and the fees for each during that monthly period, as set forth below:
 
1.       Cash Processing Fees:

Depository Services
Unit Price
Change Order per request, per vault
$******
Currency supplied per each $100 supplied
$******
 
We may change our Cash Processing Fees by no more than ******% per annum by providing you at least 30 days prior written notice.  Other account related charges will be based upon our prevailing commercial schedule of fees in effect from time to time.
 
2.        Cash Usage Fees:
 
Our Cash Usage Fee, effective July 1, 2010 is set forth below:
 
Average Daily Cash Balance x the Monthly Rate Factor.
 
The Monthly Rate Factor is the Billing Rate divided by 360, times the number of days in the month being billed.
 
The Billing Rate is the Average One Month Libor rate plus the Spread.
 
The Spread equals ****** basis points (******%).
 
The Average One Month Libor rate is derived from the rates set forth on the Telerate Screen for the London Interbank Offered Rate for one month US Dollar deposits for each day that the rate is published in that month, aggregated and divided by the number of Libor days in the month being billed.
 
(Average 1 month Libor + Spread)/360 x # days x Average Balance)
 
 The Cash Usage Fees may be revised by mutual agreement of the Parties in writing.
 
3.       Reconcilement Fee:
 
You will pay directly the fees and charges of the Reconcilement Agent in performing its reconciliation services to us with regard to the ATM Cash Services.
EX-31.1 9 ex31-1.htm EXHIBIT 31.1 ex31-1.htm
Exhibit 31.1
 
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CARDTRONICS, INC.
 PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Steven A. Rathgaber, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “report”) of Cardtronics, Inc.;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  August 6, 2010
/s/ Steven A. Rathgaber
 
Steven A. Rathgaber
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
EX-31.2 10 ex31-2.htm EXHIBIT 31.2 ex31-2.htm
Exhibit 31.2
 
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF CARDTRONICS, INC.
 PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, J. Chris Brewster, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “report”) of Cardtronics, Inc.;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  August 6, 2010
/s/ J. Chris Brewster
 
J. Chris Brewster
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
EX-32.1 11 ex32-1.htm EXHIBIT 31.1 ex32-1.htm
Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Cardtronics, Inc. (“Cardtronics”) for the period ended June 30, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Cardtronics.
 

Date:  August 6, 2010
/s/ Steven A. Rathgaber
 
Steven A. Rathgaber
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
(Principal Executive Officer)


Date:  August 6, 2010
/s/ J. Chris Brewster
 
J. Chris Brewster
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
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