-----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, PClmWjtDeMNih9jt/oaJkEcaaDowVnukfw9P0QTLwf1lbqPCa+Fd+yZ1mgApqZfJ jvbtw+dWaYhLj/Obwzj5QQ== 0000950152-05-010073.txt : 20051219 0000950152-05-010073.hdr.sgml : 20051219 20051219172717 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950152-05-010073 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051213 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20051219 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051219 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: R H DONNELLEY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000030419 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ADVERTISING [7310] IRS NUMBER: 132740040 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07155 FILM NUMBER: 051273567 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1001 WINSTEAD DRIVE CITY: CARY STATE: NC ZIP: 27513 BUSINESS PHONE: 9198046000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1001 WINSTEAD DRIVE CITY: CARY STATE: NC ZIP: 27513 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DUN & BRADSTREET CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DUN & BRADSTREET COMPANIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19790429 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DONNELLEY R H INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065310 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ADVERTISING [7310] IRS NUMBER: 362467635 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-59287 FILM NUMBER: 051273568 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1001 WINSTEAD DRIVE CITY: CARY STATE: NC ZIP: 27513 BUSINESS PHONE: 9192971234 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1001 WINSTEAD DRIVE CITY: CARY STATE: NC ZIP: 27513 8-K 1 l17526ae8vk.htm R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION FORM 8-K/425 R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION FORM 8-K/425
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 13, 2005
R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  1-07155
(Commission
File Number)
  13-2740040
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
1001 Winstead Drive, Cary NC
(Address of principal
executive offices)
      27513
(Zip Code)
R.H. Donnelley Inc.*
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
of incorporation)
  333-59287
(Commission
File Number)
  36-2467635
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
1001 Winstead Drive, Cary NC
(Address of principal
executive offices)
      27513
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code:
(919) 297-1600
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
x   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-10.1 Second Amend&Restated Credit Agree 12/13/2005
EX-10.2 Second Amend&Restated Guar and Coll Agree 12/13/05
EX-10.3 Agreement to Amend and Restate 9/9/03
EX-10.4 Agreement to Amend and Restate 11/8/02


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*R.H. Donnelley Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of R.H. Donnelley Corporation. R.H. Donnelley Inc. became subject to the filing requirements of Section 15(d) on October 1, 1998 in connection with the public offer and sale of its 91/8% Senior Subordinated Notes, which Notes were redeemed in full on February 6, 2004. In addition, R.H. Donnelley Inc. is the obligor of 87/8% Senior Notes due 2010 and 107/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, and is now subject to the filing requirements of Section 15(d) as a result of such Notes. As of December 1, 2005, 100 shares of R.H. Donnelley Inc. common stock, no par value, were outstanding.

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
     On December 13, 2005, R.H. Donnelley Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and R.H. Donnelley Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“RHDI”), entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto as lenders, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“Deutsche Bank”), as co-lead arrangers and joint-bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents, and Deutsche Bank, as administrative agent.
     The Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement amends and restates RHDI’s existing Credit Agreement, dated September 1, 2004 (the “Credit Agreement”), as amended, to, among other things, (i) permit the merger (the “Merger”) of Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Dex Media”), with and into Forward Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 3, 2005, by and among Dex Media, the Company and Merger Sub, and the incurrence of additional debt in connection therewith; (ii) provide up to $350 million of tranche D-1 term loans to be used to finance the repurchase of RHDI’s outstanding $325 million aggregate principal amount of 87/8% Senior Notes due 2010 pursuant to its previously announced cash tender offer and related consent solicitation and for general corporate purposes, the terms of which are substantially the same as the terms of the existing tranche D term loans other that with respect to pricing; (iii) generally remove the Company from the affirmative and negative covenants and certain of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and provide for a parent covenant in lieu thereof; (iv) permit the previously announced repurchase of all the Company’s outstanding preferred stock from certain investment partnerships affiliated with The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; (v) modify the financial performance covenants contained in the Credit Agreement; (vi) to provide for shared services arrangements between RHDI and its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Dex Media and its subsidiaries, on the other hand; and (vii) permit certain securitization transactions.
     In connection with the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, on December 13, 2005, the Company, RHDI and the subsidiaries of RHDI party thereto entered into a Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (the “Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”) to amend and restate the existing Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2004, to, among other things, exclude all property of the Company from the security interests granted thereunder, other than the capital stock of RHDI.

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Agreements to Amend and Restate
     On December 13, 2005, the Company entered into (i) an Agreement to Amend and Restate (the “Dex West Agreement to Amend and Restate”) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2003 (the “Dex West Credit Agreement”), as amended, by and among Dex Media, Dex Media West, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Dex Media, Dex Media West LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Dex Media West, Inc., and the lenders party thereto and (ii) an Agreement to Amend and Restate (the “Dex East Agreement to Amend and Restate”) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2002 (the “Dex East Credit Agreement”), as amended, by and among Dex Media, Dex Media East, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Dex Media, Dex Media East LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Dex Media East, Inc., and the lenders party thereto.
     Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Dex West Agreement to Amend and Restate and the Dex East Agreement to Amend and Restate, in connection with the completion of the Merger, the Dex West Credit Agreement and the Dex East Credit Agreement, respectively, will be amended to permit, among other things, the Merger. As amended and restated, the Dex West Credit Agreement will provide for an additional $503 million tranche B-1 term loan facility, which will be available to redeem certain indebtedness in connection with change of control offers, which are required to be made as a result of the Merger, and to fund a portion of the cash consideration to be paid to Dex Media’s stockholders in connection with the Merger.
     The foregoing descriptions of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Dex West Agreement to Amend and Restate and the Dex East Agreement to Amend and Restate do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2, Exhibit 10.3 and Exhibit 10.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
     Certain statements contained in this document regarding the Company’s future operating results or performance or business plans or prospects and any other statements not constituting historical fact are “forward-looking statements” subject to the safe harbor created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Where possible, the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “will,” “planned,” “estimated,” “potential,” “goal,” “outlook,” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management, have been used to identify such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements reflect only the Company’s current beliefs and assumptions with respect to future business plans, prospects, decisions and results, and are based on information currently available to the Company. Accordingly, the statements are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and contingencies which could cause the Company’s actual operating results, performance or business plans or prospects to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. Such risks, uncertainties and contingencies include, but are not limited to, statements about the

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benefits of the Merger between the Company and Dex Media, including future financial and operating results, the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts.
     The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: (1) the failure of the Company and Dex Media stockholders to approve the Merger; (2) the risk that the businesses will not be integrated successfully; (3) the risk that expected strategic advantages and savings from the Merger may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; (4) disruption from the Merger making it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers; and (5) general economic conditions and consumer sentiment in our markets. Additional factors that could cause the Company’s and Dex Media’s results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements are described in detail in the registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (registration No. 333-129539), which contains a preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed transaction, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, in Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Dex Media’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K in Item 1 “Business” and Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Standalone Company” and elsewhere in Dex Media’s Annual Report, as well as the Company’s and Dex Media’s other periodic filings with the SEC that are available on the SEC’s website (http//:www.sec.gov).
Additional Information and Where To Find It
     In connection with the proposed transaction, the Company has filed the Registration Statement with the SEC (registration No. 333-129539), which contains a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed transaction. Investors are urged to read the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes available, because it will contain important information. Investors may obtain a free copy of the registration statement and definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus (when available), as well as other filings containing information about the Company and Dex Media, without charge, on the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov). Free copies of the Company’s SEC filings are also available on the Company’s website (http://www.rhd.com), or by request to Investor Relations, R.H. Donnelley Corporation, 1001 Winstead Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27513. Free copies of Dex Media’s SEC filings are available on Dex Media’s website (http://www.dexmedia.com), or by request to Investor Relations, Dex Media, Inc., 198 Inverness Drive West, Englewood, Colorado 80112. Information contained on the Company’s website, Dex Media’s website or the website of any other person is not incorporated by reference into this filing, and no information contained on those websites should be considered to be part of this document.

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Participants in Solicitation
     The Company, Dex Media and their respective directors and executive officers and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s and Dex Media’s stockholders in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding the Company’s directors and executive officers is available in its proxy statement filed with the SEC by the Company on March 21, 2005, and information regarding Dex Media’s directors and executive officers is available in its proxy statement filed with the SEC by Dex Media on April 20, 2005. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in the Registration Statement.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits.
          The following exhibits are filed with this report:
     
Exhibit No.   Exhibit Description
10.1
  Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 13, 2005, among the Company, RHDI, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto as lenders, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as co-lead arrangers and joint-bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent.
 
   
10.2.
  Second Amended and Restated Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2005, by and among the Company, RHDI, and the subsidiaries of RHDI party thereto, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent.
 
   
10.3
  Agreement to Amend and Restate, dated December 13, 2005, among the Company and the lenders that are party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2003, as amended, referenced therein.
 
   
10.4
  Agreement to Amend and Restate, dated December 13, 2005, among the Company and lenders that are party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2002, as amended, referenced therein.

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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.
         
  R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION
 
 
  /s/ Robert J. Bush    
  Robert J. Bush   
  Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary   
 
         
  R.H. DONNELLEY INC.
 
 
  /s/ Robert J. Bush    
  Robert J. Bush   
  Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary   
 
Date: December 19, 2005

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Exhibit Description
10.1
  Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 13, 2005, among the Company, RHDI, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto as lenders, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as co-lead arrangers and joint-bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent.
 
   
10.2.
  Second Amended and Restated Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2005, by and among the Company, RHDI, and the subsidiaries of RHDI party thereto, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent.
 
   
10.3
  Agreement to Amend and Restate, dated December 13, 2005, among the Company and the lenders that are party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2003, as amended, referenced therein.
 
   
10.4
  Agreement to Amend and Restate, dated December 13, 2005, among the Company and lenders that are party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2002, as amended, referenced therein.

EX-10.1 2 l17526aexv10w1.txt EX-10.1 SECOND AMEND&RESTATED CREDIT AGREE 12/13/2005 EXHIBIT 10.1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $2,383,840,176.86 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT among R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION, R.H. DONNELLEY INC., as Borrower, The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent, BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., UBS SECURITIES LLC and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agents and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Administrative Agent Dated as of December 13, 2005 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page ---- SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.................................................................. 2 1.1. Defined Terms........................................................... 2 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions........................................... 31 SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF TERM COMMITMENTS......................................... 31 2.1. Term Loans and Tranche D-1 Term Commitments............................. 31 2.2. Procedure for Tranche D-1 Term Loan Borrowing........................... 31 2.3. [Reserved].............................................................. 32 2.4. Repayment of Term Loans................................................. 32 SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS.................................... 34 3.1. Revolving Commitments................................................... 34 3.2. Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing.................................. 35 3.3. Swingline Commitment.................................................... 35 3.4. Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans......... 35 3.5. Commitment and Other Fees............................................... 37 3.6. Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments....................... 37 3.7. L/C Commitment.......................................................... 37 3.8. Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit.............................. 38 3.9. Fees and Other Charges.................................................. 38 3.10. L/C Participations...................................................... 38 3.11. Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower................................ 39 3.12. Obligations Absolute.................................................... 39 3.13. Letter of Credit Payments............................................... 40 3.14. Letter of Credit Requests............................................... 40 SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT................. 40 4.1. Optional Prepayments.................................................... 40 4.2. Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions......................... 41 4.3. Conversion and Continuation Options..................................... 43 4.4. Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches...................................... 43 4.5. Interest Rates and Payment Dates........................................ 43 4.6. Computation of Interest and Fees........................................ 44 4.7. Inability to Determine Interest Rate.................................... 44 4.8. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments......................................... 45 4.9. Requirements of Law..................................................... 46 4.10. Taxes................................................................... 47 4.11. Indemnity............................................................... 48 4.12. Change of Lending Office................................................ 49 4.13. Replacement of Lenders.................................................. 49 4.14. Evidence of Debt........................................................ 49 4.15. Illegality.............................................................. 50 4.16. Tranche C Term Loans.................................................... 50
i SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES............................................... 52 5.1. Financial Condition..................................................... 52 5.2. No Change............................................................... 52 5.3. Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law................................ 52 5.4. Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations........................... 52 5.5. No Legal Bar............................................................ 53 5.6. Litigation.............................................................. 53 5.7. No Default.............................................................. 53 5.8. Ownership of Property; Liens............................................ 53 5.9. Intellectual Property................................................... 53 5.10. Taxes................................................................... 54 5.11. Federal Regulations..................................................... 54 5.12. ERISA................................................................... 54 5.13. Investment Company Act; Other Regulations............................... 54 5.14. Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures......................................... 54 5.15. Use of Proceeds......................................................... 55 5.16. Environmental Matters................................................... 55 5.17. Accuracy of Information, etc............................................ 55 5.18. Security Documents...................................................... 56 5.19. Solvency................................................................ 56 5.20. Senior Debt............................................................. 56 5.21. Regulation H............................................................ 56 5.22. Certain Documents....................................................... 57 SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT......................................................... 57 6.1. Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement and Initial Extensions of Credit.................................................................. 57 6.2. Conditions to Each Extension of Credit.................................. 58 SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS........................................................ 59 7.1. Financial Statements.................................................... 59 7.2. Certificates; Other Information......................................... 59 7.3. Payment of Obligations.................................................. 60 7.4. Maintenance of Existence; Compliance.................................... 61 7.5. Maintenance of Property; Insurance...................................... 61 7.6. Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.................. 61 7.7. Notices................................................................. 61 7.8. Environmental Laws...................................................... 62 7.9. Interest Rate Protection................................................ 62 7.10. Additional Collateral, etc.............................................. 62 7.11. Further Assurances...................................................... 64 SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS........................................................... 64 8.1. Financial Condition Covenants........................................... 64 8.2. Indebtedness............................................................ 66 8.3. Liens................................................................... 68 8.4. Fundamental Changes..................................................... 70 8.5. Disposition of Property................................................. 70
ii 8.6. Restricted Payments..................................................... 71 8.7. Capital Expenditures.................................................... 73 8.8. Investments............................................................. 74 8.9. Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments......... 75 8.10. Transactions with Affiliates............................................ 76 8.11. Sales and Leasebacks.................................................... 76 8.12. Hedge Agreements........................................................ 77 8.13. Changes in Fiscal Periods............................................... 77 8.14. Negative Pledge Clauses................................................. 77 8.15. Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions............................ 77 8.16. Lines of Business....................................................... 78 8.17. Commingling of Accounts................................................. 78 SECTION 8A. HOLDINGS COVENANTS...................................................... 78 8A.1. Holdco Covenants........................................................ 78 8A.2. Amendments to Acquisition Documents..................................... 79 SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT............................................................ 79 SECTION 10. THE AGENTS.................................................................. 82 10.1. Appointment............................................................. 82 10.2. Delegation of Duties.................................................... 82 10.3. Exculpatory Provisions.................................................. 83 10.4. Reliance by Agents...................................................... 83 10.5. Notice of Default....................................................... 83 10.6. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders................................ 83 10.7. Indemnification......................................................... 84 10.8. Agent in Its Individual Capacity........................................ 84 10.9. Successor Administrative Agent.......................................... 84 10.10. Securitizations......................................................... 85 10.11. Agents Generally........................................................ 85 10.12. The Lead Arrangers...................................................... 85 SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS............................................................... 85 11.1. Amendments and Waivers.................................................. 85 11.2. Notices................................................................. 86 11.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.......................................... 87 11.4. Survival of Representations and Warranties.............................. 87 11.5. Payment of Expenses and Taxes........................................... 87 11.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.................. 88 11.7. Adjustments; Set-off.................................................... 91 11.8. Counterparts............................................................ 91 11.9. Severability............................................................ 92 11.10. Integration............................................................. 92 11.11. GOVERNING LAW........................................................... 92 11.12. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers..................................... 92 11.13. Acknowledgments......................................................... 92
iii 11.14. Releases of Guarantees and Liens........................................ 93 11.15. Confidentiality......................................................... 93 11.16. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL................................................... 94 11.17. Delivery of Addenda..................................................... 94 11.18. Termination............................................................. 94 11.19. USA Patriot Act......................................................... 94
iv ANNEX: A Pricing Grid SCHEDULES: 1.1 Mortgaged Property 3.7 Existing Letters of Credit 5.4 Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices 5.6 Litigation 5.14 Subsidiaries 5.18(a) UCC Filing Jurisdictions 5.18(b) Mortgage Filing Jurisdictions 8.2(a)(iv) Existing Indebtedness 8.3(a)(vi) Existing Liens 8.14 Existing Negative Pledge Clauses 8.15 Existing Subsidiary Distribution Restrictions EXHIBITS: A Form of Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement B Form of Compliance Certificate C Form of Closing Certificate D Form of Mortgage E Form of Assignment and Assumption F-1 Form of Legal Opinion of Jones Day F-2 Form of Legal Opinion of Robert J. Bush, Esq. G Form of Prepayment Option Notice H Form of Exemption Certificate I-1 Form of Term Note I-2 Form of Revolving Note I-3 Form Swingline Note J Form of Addendum L Form of Letter of Credit Request v SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 13, 2005, among R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), R.H. DONNELLEY INC., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings ("RHDonnelley" or the "Borrower"), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the "Lenders"), J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS as co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacity, the "Lead Arrangers"), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the "Syndication Agent"), BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., UBS SECURITIES LLC and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-documentation agents (collectively, in such capacity, the "Co-Documentation Agents"), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"). Recitals WHEREAS, Holdings and the Borrower are parties to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as heretofore amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Existing Credit Agreement"), dated as of September 1, 2004 (the "Original Closing Date"), among Holdings, the Borrower, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities parties thereto (the "Existing Lenders"), the documentation agents and syndication agents named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent, pursuant to which the Existing Lenders made (i) tranche A-2 term loans (the "Tranche A-2 Term Loans") to the Borrower which have a current outstanding principal balance of $313,375,784.51, (ii) tranche A-3 term loans (the "Tranche A-3 Term Loans") to the Borrower which have a current outstanding principal balance of $115,968,245.94, (iii) tranche D term loans (the "Tranche D Term Loans") to the Borrower which have a current outstanding principal balance of $1,429,496,146.41 and (iv) commitments to make revolving extensions of credit in an aggregate principal amount of up to $175,000,000; WHEREAS, Holdings has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 3, 2005 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Target"), Holdings and Forward Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which Holdings will acquire (the "Dex Media Acquisition") the Target; WHEREAS, the Dex Media Acquisition will be effected by merging (the "Merger") the Target with and into Merger Sub with Merger Sub being the survivor of the Merger; WHEREAS, Holdings and the Borrower intend to finance the Dex Media Acquisition, related transactions and the related fees and expenses with (a) the issuance of approximately 36.3 million new shares of common stock of Holdings, (b) up to $503,000,000 from incremental senior secured term loan facilities to be made available under the Dex West Credit Agreement (as defined below), (c) up to $2,292,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance by Holdings (or a finance vehicle subsidiary as the initial issuer thereof) of senior notes, and (d) up to $250,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance by the Target (or a finance vehicle subsidiary as the initial issuer thereof) of senior notes (the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), the "Financing Transactions"); WHEREAS, (a) Holdings intends to redeem (the "Preferred Stock Redemption") its Preferred Stock (as defined below) and (b) the Borrower intends to repurchase (the "Notes Repurchase"; together with the Preferred Stock Redemption and the Financing Transactions, the "Transaction") its outstanding Senior Unsecured Notes (as defined below); 2 WHEREAS, the Borrower intends to finance the Notes Repurchase with up to $350,000,000 of new Tranche D-1 term loans (the "Tranche D-1 Term Loans") to be made pursuant to this Agreement; WHEREAS, Holdings and the Borrower have requested that the Existing Lenders amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement as provided in this Agreement and that the Lenders make available the Tranche D-1 Term Loans in order to, among other things, finance the Notes Repurchase and pay related fees and expenses and to permit the consummation of the Dex Media Acquisition; and WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to provide the Tranche D-1 Term Loans and amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein. Now, therefore, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1. "Addendum": an instrument, substantially in the form of Exhibit J, by which a Lender becomes a party to or otherwise consents to this Agreement as of the Closing Date and, in the case of a Revolving Lender, its previously delivered Addendum. "Additional Senior Subordinated Debt": any Indebtedness of the Borrower having substantially the same terms and conditions as the Senior Subordinated Notes (but in no event with an earlier maturity) and any Guarantee Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor or Holdings in respect of such Indebtedness; provided that such Guarantee Obligations are subordinated to the same extent as the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes. "Additional Senior Subordinated Debt Documents": the agreements pursuant to which any Additional Senior Subordinated Debt is issued. "Additional Senior Unsecured Debt Documents": the agreements pursuant to which any Additional Senior Unsecured Notes are issued. "Additional Senior Unsecured Notes": any Indebtedness of the Borrower having substantially the same terms and conditions as the Senior Unsecured Notes (but in no event with an earlier maturity) and any Guarantee Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantors or Holdings in respect of such Indebtedness having substantially the same terms and conditions as the Guarantee Obligations relating to the Senior Unsecured Notes. "Adjustment Date": as defined in the Pricing Grid. "Administrative Agent": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Affiliate": as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise. 3 "Agents": the collective reference to the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents, the Lead Arrangers and the Administrative Agent. "Aggregate Exposure": with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to (a) until the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lender's Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lender's Term Loans and (ii) the amount of such Lender's Revolving Commitment then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lender's Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding. "Aggregate Exposure Percentage": with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender's Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time. "Agreement": this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. "Allocable Share": with respect to any amount, prior to the Dex Media Acquisition Effective Date, 100% of such amount and, on or after the Dex Media Acquisition Effective Date, 55% of such amount. "Allocated Expenditure Use Amounts": at any time, an amount equal to the sum (in each case, solely to the extent that the following are made or paid after December 5, 2003 in reliance upon Permitted Acquisition Reserve Amounts) of (i) the consideration for all Permitted Acquisitions, (ii) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 8.6(c) and, to the extent made in reliance on borrowings of Tranche C Term Loans or Designated Additional Indebtedness, Section 8.6, (iii) the aggregate amount expended to redeem, repurchase or prepay Indebtedness to the extent permitted under Section 8.9, (iv) the aggregate amount of any Investments made pursuant to Section 8.8(n) and (v) the Permitted Acquisition Reserve Amounts at the time such Permitted Acquisition is consummated. "Applicable Margin": for each Type of Loan, the rate per annum set forth below:
Eurodollar Loans Base Rate Loans ---------------- --------------- Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans 2.00% 1.00% Tranche A-2 Term Loans 2.00% 1.00% Tranche A-3 Term Loans 1.75% 0.75% Tranche D Term Loans 1.75% 0.75% Tranche D-1 Term Loans 1.50% 0.50%
provided, that, on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after the Original Closing Date (in the case of Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Tranche A-2 Term Loans) or December 6, 2004 (in the case of Tranche A-3 Term Loans), the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans, Tranche A-2 Term Loans and Tranche A-3 Term Loans will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid and provided, further, that (a) if at any time the Applicable Margin with respect to any outstanding Tranche C Term Loans is more than (x) 0.25% greater than the Applicable Margin with respect to Tranche D Term Loans or (y) more than 0.50% greater than the Applicable Margin with respect to Tranche D-1 Term Loans, the Applicable Margin with respect to Tranche D Term Loans and Tranche D-1 Term Loans, as applicable, shall be increased such that the Applicable Margin with respect to such Tranche D Term Loans and Tranche D-1 Term Loans, as applicable, is equal to the margins applicable to each Type of Tranche C Term Loan minus 0.25% and 0.50%, respectively, and (b) solely for the purpose of determining any adjustment to the Applicable Margin with respect to Tranche D Term Loans or 4 Tranche D-1 Term Loans required by clause (b) above, the Applicable Margin with respect to Tranche C Term Loans shall reflect any original issue discount ("OID") applicable to the Tranche C Term Loans (with OID being equated to Applicable Margin based on an assumed four-year life to maturity). "Asset Sale": any (a) Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property (excluding any such Disposition permitted by clause Section 8.5 (other than clause (j) thereof)) that yields gross proceeds to any Group Member (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of $1,000,000 and (b) any transfer of Securitization Assets in a Securitization (and any subsequent transfer of Securitization Assets that results in any increase in the aggregate funded amount of any Securitization over the greatest aggregate funded amount previously outstanding thereunder), provided that a payment obligation pursuant to Section 4.2(c) shall only exist with respect to a Securitization to the extent the aggregate funded amount of all such Securitizations outstanding at the time of determination exceeds the aggregate amount of prepayments of Term Loans previously made hereunder in respect of Securitizations. "Assignee": as defined in Section 11.6(b). "Assignment and Assumption": an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit E. "Available Revolving Commitment": as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender's Revolving Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender's Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided that, in calculating any Lender's Revolving Extensions of Credit for the purpose of determining such Lender's Available Revolving Commitment pursuant to Section 3.5, the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero. "Base PHD": (a) prior to the Dex Media Acquisition Effective Date, up to $650,000,000 of aggregate principal amount of Permitted Holdings Debt at any time outstanding together with any Guarantee Obligations of Holdings of the obligations of any Finance Company described in Section 8A.1(a)(ii)(v)) and (b) on or after the Dex Media Acquisition Effective Date, up to $2,650,000,000 of aggregate principal amount of Permitted Holdings Debt at any time outstanding. "Base Rate": for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%. For purposes hereof: "Prime Rate" shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with extensions of credit to debtors). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively. "Base Rate Loans": Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Base Rate. "Benefitted Lender": as defined in Section 11.7(a). "Board": the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor). 5 "Borrower": as defined in the preamble to this Agreement. "Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow": with respect to each fiscal year of the Borrower ending on or after December 31, 2003, the portion of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year which is not required to be used to prepay Term Loans or to reduce Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2(d) (or, in the case of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, the analogous provision of the Original Credit Agreement). "Borrowing Date": any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder. "Business": as defined in Section 5.16(b). "Business Day": a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close, provided, that with respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market. "Capital Lease Obligations": as to any Person, 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, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP. "Capital Stock": any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing. "Closing Date": the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.1 shall have been satisfied, which date is December 13, 2005. "Co-Documentation Agents": as defined in the preamble to this Agreement. "Code": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. "Collateral": all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document. "Collateral Agent": Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Security Documents. "Commitment": as to any Lender, the sum of the Tranche D-1 Term Commitment and the Revolving Commitment of such Lender. "Commitment Fee Rate": 0.375% per annum. "Commonly Controlled Entity": an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001(14) of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code. 6 "Compliance Certificate": a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B. "Conduit Lender": any special purpose entity organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument, subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 or 11.5 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment. "Confidential Information Memorandum": the Confidential Information Memorandum, dated November 2005, furnished to the Lenders. "Consolidated Capital Expenditures": for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that should be capitalized under GAAP on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. "Consolidated Current Assets": at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Permitted Investments) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption "total current assets" (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date. "Consolidated Current Liabilities": at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption "total current liabilities" (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication of clause (a) above, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans to the extent otherwise included therein. "Consolidated EBITDA": for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest expense, amortization or writeoff of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness (including the Loans), (c) depreciation and amortization expense, (d) any extraordinary charges or losses determined in accordance with GAAP, (e) non-cash compensation expenses arising from the issuance of stock, options to purchase stock and stock appreciation rights to the management of the Borrower, (f) any other non-cash charges (including charges against goodwill), non-cash expenses or non-cash losses of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such period (excluding any such charge, expense or loss incurred in the ordinary course of business that constitutes an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period), (g) restructuring and synergy charges incurred during the fiscal periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2007 in connection with the Dex Media Acquisition in an aggregate amount not exceeding $25,000,000 and (h) all non-recurring charges consisting of (i) severance costs associated with a restructuring, (ii) payments of customary investment and commercial banking fees and expenses, (iii) cash premiums or penalties payable in connection with the early extinguishment of Indebtedness and (iv) corporate relocation expenses; provided, however, that cash 7 payments made in such period or in any future period in respect of such non-cash charges, expenses or losses (excluding any such charge, expense or loss incurred in the ordinary course of business that constitutes an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period) shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated EBITDA in the period when such payments are made, and minus, to the extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) interest income, (b) any extraordinary income or gains determined in accordance with GAAP and (c) any other non-recurring or non-cash income (excluding any items that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period that are described in the parenthetical to clause (f) above), all as determined on a consolidated basis, provided that, for purposes of Section 8.1 and with respect to any period ending prior to September 30, 2005, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to (i) the consummation of the SBC Acquisition, (ii) the Loans made (or otherwise outstanding) on the Original Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing as if such events occurred on the first day of the relevant period. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a "Reference Period") pursuant to any determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, (i) if at any time during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period and (ii) if during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. As used in this definition, "Material Acquisition" means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (a) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person and (b) would have increased or decreased Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available by more than $1,000,000; and "Material Disposition" means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property that contributed more than $1,000,000 to Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available. "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio": for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period. "Consolidated Interest Expense": for any period, the sum of (a) total cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptance financing and Securitizations and net costs under Hedge Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP) and (b) the amount of dividends paid by the Borrower during such period pursuant to Section 8.6(j). "Consolidated Leverage Ratio": at any time, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt at such time to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1. "Consolidated Net Income": for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a 8 Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest (including the portion of Consolidated Net Income allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons to the extent that cash distributions have not actually been received from such Persons), except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary, (d) all non-cash accounting adjustments attributable to the application of purchase method accounting of the SBC Acquisition in accordance with GAAP and (e) any non-cash impact of the reduction in deferred revenue as a result of the fair value exercise undertaken as required by the purchase method of accounting for the transactions contemplated by the SBC Acquisition Agreement in accordance with GAAP, during the twelve consecutive months following the consummation of the SBC Acquisition. "Consolidated Senior Secured Debt": all Consolidated Total Debt that is secured by a Lien on any assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries. "Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio": at any time, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt at such time to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1. "Consolidated Total Debt": at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, provided that the amount of such Indebtedness shall be without regard to the effects of the purchase method of accounting requiring that the amount of such Indebtedness be valued at its fair market value instead of its outstanding principal amount. "Consolidated Working Capital": at any date, Consolidated Current Assets on such date minus Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date (which shall be positive if Consolidated Current Assets are greater than Consolidated Current Liabilities and negative if Consolidated Current Assets are less than Consolidated Current Liabilities). "Continuing Directors": the directors of Holdings on the Closing Date, and each other director, if, in each case, such other director's nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings is recommended by at least 66-2/3% of the then Continuing Directors. "Contractual Obligation": as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound. "Default": any of the events specified in Section 9, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied. "Designated Additional Indebtedness": any Additional Senior Unsecured Notes or Additional Senior Subordinated Debt incurred pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(xv) and designated, at the time of the incurrence thereof, by the Borrower as being incurred for one or more of the permitted uses of the Tranche C Term Loans under this Agreement by written notice to such effect by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent; provided that the aggregate amount of Additional Senior Unsecured Notes and 9 Additional Senior Subordinated Debt which may be designated as Designated Additional Indebtedness pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed $400,000,000. "Dex Media Acquisition": the acquisition of Target pursuant to the Merger Agreement. "Dex Media Acquisition Documentation": collectively, the Merger Agreement and all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and all side letters and agreements affecting the terms thereof or entered into in connection therewith. "Dex Media Acquisition Effective Date": the date on which the Dex Media Acquisition is consummated pursuant to the Merger Agreement; provided that no material provision of the Merger Agreement shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner that is material and adverse to the Lenders without the consent of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. "Dex West Credit Agreement": the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2003, as amended, among the Target, Dex Media West, Inc., Dex Media West LLC, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and others. "Disposition": with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms "Dispose" and "Disposed of" shall have correlative meanings. "Dollars" and "$": dollars in lawful currency of the United States. "Domestic Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States. "ECF Percentage": in the event that the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end of the relevant fiscal year is (i) equal to or greater than 5.0 to 1.0, 50% or (ii) less than 5.0 to 1.0, 0%. "Environment": any indoor or outdoor surface, soil, surface waters, groundwaters, land, sediments, surface or subsurface strata, ambient air and any other environment medium or occupied space. "Environmental Laws": any and all foreign, federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health, natural resources or the Environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect. "ERISA": the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. "Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements": for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System. 10 "Eurodollar Base Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen), the "Eurodollar Base Rate" shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar deposits at or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein. "Eurodollar Loans": Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate. "Eurodollar Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%): Eurodollar Base Rate ---------------------------------------- 1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements "Eurodollar Tranche": the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans under a particular Facility the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day). "Event of Default": any of the events specified in Section 9, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied. "Excess Cash Flow": for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year, (ii) the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation, amortization and non-cash taxes) deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year, and (iv) the aggregate net amount of non-cash loss on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income over (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (ii) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal year on account of Consolidated Capital Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred to finance such expenditures and any such expenditures financed with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount), (iii) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments of Funded Debt (including the Term Loans) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made during such fiscal year (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), (iv) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year, (v) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and (vi) restructuring and synergy charges incurred during the fiscal periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2007 in connection with the Dex Media Acquisition in an aggregate amount not exceeding $25,000,000. "Excess Cash Flow Application Date": as defined in Section 4.2(d). 11 "Excess Funded Amount": as defined in Section 3.4 of the Old First Amendment. "Excluded Indebtedness": all Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(a), other than Indebtedness permitted by clause (xv) thereof, provided that any Designated Additional Indebtedness shall also be Excluded Indebtedness. "Existing Credit Agreement": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Existing First Amendment": the First Amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2004. "Existing Holdings Notes": the 6-7/8% Senior Notes of Holdings due 2013. "Existing Holdings Notes Indenture": the Indenture, dated as of January 14, 2005, under which the Existing Holdings Notes were issued. "Existing Lenders": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Facility": each of (a) the Tranche A-2 Term Loans and the Tranche A-3 Term Loans (collectively, the "Tranche A Term Facility"), (b) the Tranche D Term Loans and the Tranche D-1 Term Loans (collectively, the "Tranche D Term Facility") and (c) the Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the "Revolving Facility"). "Federal Funds Effective Rate": for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published 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 of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. "Fee Payment Date": (a) the third Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period. "Finance Company": one or more subsidiaries of Holdings formed for the purpose of being the initial issuer of debt securities that will become Permitted Holdings Debt incurred in connection with the financing of the Dex Media Acquisition and/or the Preferred Stock Redemption. "Foreign Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary. "Funded Debt": as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans. "Funding Office": the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 11.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders. 12 "GAAP": generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time. In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to negotiate in good faith in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower's financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. "Accounting Changes" refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC. "Goldman Sachs": Goldman Sachs Capital Partners 2000, L.P. and its Affiliates. "Goldman Stock Purchase and Support Agreement": the Stock Purchase and Support Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2005, by and among Holdings, the Borrower and the Stockholders of Holdings identified on Schedule A thereto. "Governmental Authority": any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners). "Group Members": the collective reference to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. "Guarantee and Collateral Agreement": the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A. "Guarantee Obligation": as to any Person (the "guaranteeing person"), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the "primary obligations") of any other third Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such 13 guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person's maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith. "Guarantors": the collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors. "Hedge Agreements": 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 or the Subsidiaries shall be a Hedge Agreement. "Holdings": as defined in the preamble to this Agreement. "Holdings Leverage Ratio": the Leverage Ratio (as such term is defined in the Existing Holdings Notes Indenture as in effect on the Closing Date without giving effect to any amendment or modification thereto). "Holdings Permitted Acquisition": any acquisition by Holdings of all or any portion of the assets of, or all or any portion of the Capital Stock in, or other investment in, a Person (including without limitation joint ventures) or division or line of business of a Person if, at the time of and immediately after giving effect thereto, (x) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (y) all transactions related thereto are consummated in accordance with applicable laws and (z) in case of an acquisition of assets, such assets (other than assets to be retired or disposed of) are to be used, and in the case of an acquisition of any Capital Stock, the Person so acquired is engaged, in the same line of business as that of Holdings or a line of business reasonably related thereto. "Holdings Permitted Encumbrances": any (i) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of Holdings in conformity with GAAP; (ii) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (iii) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to bankers' Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depositary institution; (iv) pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation; (v) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; 14 (vi) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings; (vii) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by Holdings or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of Holdings after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Holdings; provided that (A) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary of Holdings, as the case may be, (B) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of Holdings and (C) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Holdings, as the case may be; (viii) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by Holdings or any other Subsidiary of Holdings in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased; (ix) any provision for the retention of title to any property by the vendor or transferor of such property, which property is acquired by Holdings or a Subsidiary of Holdings in a transaction entered into in the ordinary course of business of Holdings or such Subsidiary of Holdings and for which kind of transaction it is normal market practice for such retention of title provision to be included; (x) Liens arising by means of any judgment of any court to the extent not otherwise resulting in a Default; provided that any such Lien is released within 30 days following the creation thereof; (xi) Liens in favor of the purchasers of Permitted Holdings Debt and/or an escrow agent on the proceeds of such debt during the period during which such proceeds are held in escrow; and (xii) Liens not otherwise permitted hereunder so long as neither (A) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (B) the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date such Lien is incurred) of the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to Holdings and all Subsidiaries of Holdings) $50,000,000 at any one time. "Immaterial Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Borrower with total assets not exceeding $1,000,000; provided that the aggregate total assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time. "Indebtedness": of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) the principal of and premium on (if any, and to the extent such premium has become due) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person's business, (ii) customary indemnification obligations entered into in connection with an acquisition or Disposition permitted under this Agreement and (iii) customary purchase price adjustments based on differences between estimated assets or liabilities at closing and subsequent final determination of such assets or liabilities following closing), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or 15 other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property) (other than customary indemnification obligations entered into in connection with an acquisition or Disposition permitted under this Agreement), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements, (g) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above, (h) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation (the amount of such obligations with respect to such Person being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property and the amount of obligations so secured), and (i) for the purposes of Sections 8.2 and 9(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements. 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 expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefore. "Indebtedness Measurement Date": as defined in Section 8.2(a)(viii). "Indemnified Liabilities": as defined in Section 11.5. "Indemnitee": as defined in Section 11.5. "Independent Financial Advisor": an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing or any third party appraiser or recognized expert with experience in appraising the terms and conditions of the type of transaction or series of related transactions for which an opinion is required; provided that such firm or appraiser is not an Affiliate of the Borrower. "Initial Base PHD": Permitted Holdings Debt existing on the Closing Date and senior notes of Holdings in an aggregate principal amount of up to $2,292,000,000 issued in connection with the Dex Media Acquisition and/or the Preferred Stock Redemption. "Insolvency": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA. "Insolvent": pertaining to a condition of Insolvency. "Intellectual Property": the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. "Interest Payment Date": (a) as to any Base Rate Loan (other than any Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan with an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, and as to any Eurodollar Loan with an Interest Period longer 16 than three months, each day that is three months (and, if applicable, each day that is six, nine or twelve months) after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and any Swingline Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof and (d) as to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be paid. "Interest Period": as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (with the prior consent of all Lenders under the relevant Facility and subject to certain administrative procedures to be determined by the Administrative Agent) nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if available to all Lenders under the relevant Facility) nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following: (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day; (ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period under a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving Termination Date or beyond the date final payment is due on the Tranche A-2 Term Loans or the Tranche D Term Loans, as the case may be; (iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and (iv) the Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan. "Investments": as defined in Section 8.8. "Issuing Lender": the Administrative Agent or any Affiliate thereof (including Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch), or any other Lender which at the request of the Borrower and with the consent of the Administrative Agent agrees to become an Issuing Lender; provided, however, that until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower otherwise, neither the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates (including Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch) shall be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit other than a standby Letter of Credit. In the event there is more than one Issuing Lender, each reference to the "Issuing Lender" in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall, where appropriate, be deemed to be a reference to each Issuing Lender. "L/C Commitment": $25,000,000. 17 "L/C Obligations": at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.11. "L/C Participants": the collective reference to all the Revolving Lenders other than the Issuing Lender. "Lead Arrangers": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Lenders": as defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender. "Letter of Credit Request": a Letter of Request, substantially in the form of Exhibit L, submitted by the Borrower to the Issuing Lender to request the issuance of a Letter of Credit. "Letters of Credit": as defined in Section 3.7(a). "Lien": any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). "Loan": any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement. "Loan Documents": this Agreement, any Letter of Credit Requests, the Security Documents and the Promissory Notes. "Loan Party": Holdings and each Group Member that is a party to a Loan Document. "Majority Facility Lenders": with respect to any Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans or the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the case may be, outstanding under such Facility (or, in the case of the Revolving Facility, prior to any termination of the Revolving Commitments, the holders of more than 50% of the Total Revolving Commitments). "Mandatory Prepayment Date": as defined in Section 4.2(h). "Material Adverse Effect": a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), contingent liabilities or material agreements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agents or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder. "Materials of Environmental Concern": any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation. "Merger Agreement": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. 18 "Merger Sub": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Moody's": Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Mortgaged Properties": the real properties listed on Schedule 1.1, as to which the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have been granted a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages. "Mortgages": each of the mortgages and deeds of trust made by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit D (with such changes thereto as shall be advisable under the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage or deed of trust is to be recorded). "Multiemployer Plan": a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA. "Net Cash Proceeds": (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Permitted Investments (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or by the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received in connection therewith or otherwise, but only as and when received) of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, net of attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document) and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith; net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements); and net of reasonable reserves in respect of post-closing adjustments and escrows (such reserves and escrowed amounts shall be disclosed to the Administrative Agent at the time taken or made and shall be deemed to be "Net Cash Proceeds" when such reserves and escrowed amounts are no longer required to be maintained) and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys' fees, investment banking fees, accountants' fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith. "New Lender": as defined in Section 4.16. "Non-Cash Pay Holdings Debt": Indebtedness of Holdings which (i) does not mature or amortize, and is not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or in part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or in part, by Holdings (unless such redemption is required only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), and which does not require any payment of cash interest, in each case prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche D Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity of Holdings or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock). "Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock": preferred stock of Holdings which (i) is not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or part, by (A) Holdings (unless such redemption is required only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement) or (B) the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and which do not require any payment of cash dividend or distributions, in each case, prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche D Maturity 19 Date, (ii) are not secured by any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) are not guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv) are not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings or any Subsidiary (other than Non-Cash Pay Holdings Debt) or any preferred stock or other Capital Stock of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than common equity of Holdings or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock). "Non-Excluded Taxes": as defined in Section 4.10(a). "Non-U.S. Lender": as defined in Section 4.10(d). "Notes": the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Senior Unsecured Notes. "Notes Call": the redemption of the Senior Unsecured Notes pursuant to the call provisions of the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture. "Notes Indentures": the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, collectively. "Notes Repurchase": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Obligations": the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to any Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of Specified Hedge Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to any Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise; provided, that (i) obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any Specified Hedge Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed and (ii) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements. "Old First Amendment": the First Amendment to the Original Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2003. "Optional Prepayment Date": as defined in Section 4.1(b). "Optional Tranche D Prepayment Amount": as defined in Section 4.1(b). "Original Credit Agreement": the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2002, among Holdings, the Borrower, R.H. Donnelley Finance Corporation II, as special purpose borrower, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities parties thereto, the documentation agents and syndication agents named therein, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent. "Original Closing Date": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. 20 "Other Taxes": 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 or any other Loan Document. "Participant": as defined in Section 11.6(c). "PBGC": the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor). "Permitted Acquisition": any acquisition, whether in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Borrower or any one or more Domestic Subsidiaries, or any combination thereof, of all or a substantial part of the assets, or a going concern business or division, of any Person organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States and conducting substantially all of its business therein, whether through purchase of assets or securities, by merger or otherwise (it being understood that the assets of such Person may include foreign assets (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) that are not a material portion of the assets acquired); provided that: (a) both before and immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (b) the Person whose assets, securities or equity interests are being acquired is engaged in the same line of business activity as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and businesses reasonably related thereto in compliance with Section 8.16 and such acquisition is initiated and completed with the approval of the board of directors (or other analogous body) of such Person or otherwise on a friendly basis; (c) immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the ratios set forth in Section 8.1 opposite the period in which the date of proposed consummation of such acquisition falls (the "Transaction Date") (and, for purposes of determining such compliance, "Consolidated EBITDA" and the "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" shall each be as in effect on the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended on or prior to such Transaction Date for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 and adjusted to give effect to the proposed acquisition as if it had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance and "Consolidated Total Debt" and "Consolidated Senior Secured Debt" shall be as in effect on such Transaction Date and assuming the proposed acquisition had been consummated); (d) if immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, the Borrower shall have any additional Subsidiaries, (i) such additional Subsidiaries shall be Domestic Subsidiaries (except for Foreign Subsidiaries that, together with all other foreign assets acquired, are not a material portion of the assets acquired) and (ii) the Borrower shall have complied, and shall have caused such additional Subsidiaries to have complied, with the provisions of Section 7.10 with respect thereto; and (e) the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying compliance (with supporting information in reasonable detail) with the conditions set forth above and in Section 8.8 in connection with such acquisition. "Permitted Acquisition Reserve Amounts": at any time, an amount equal to (a) the sum (in each case, if applicable, to the extent the following items occur after December 5, 2003 and are not required to be used to prepay Term Loans and reduce Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2) of (i) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of any issuance of Capital Stock by any Group Member (other than 21 issuances of Capital Stock to any Group Member), (ii) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from borrowings of Tranche C Term Loans, (iii) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of Additional Senior Subordinated Debt and Additional Senior Unsecured Notes and (iv) an amount equal to the sum of the Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow for each fiscal year ending after December 5, 2003 minus (b) the amount of Allocated Expenditure Use Amounts at such time. "Permitted Asset Swap": any transfer of properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of properties or assets (other than cash) that will be used in the business of publishing yellow pages directories and the sale of advertising in connection therewith; provided that the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower and the board of directors of Holdings) of the properties or assets being transferred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary (a) is not greater than the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower and the board of directors of Holdings) of the properties or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in such exchange and (b) does not exceed, at the time such Permitted Asset Swap is completed, together with the cumulative aggregate fair market value of all other Permitted Asset Swaps completed prior to the date thereof, 15% of consolidated net revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) for the last full fiscal year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1; provided, further, that with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions that constitute a Permitted Assets Swap with an aggregate fair market value in excess of $25,000,000, the Borrower, prior to consummation thereof, shall be required to obtain a written opinion from an Independent Financial Advisor to the effect that such transaction or series of related transactions are fair from a financial point of view to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. "Permitted Business": the telephone and internet directory services businesses and businesses reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto. "Permitted Holdings Debt": Indebtedness of Holdings, other than Non-Cash Pay Holdings Debt, which (i) does not mature, and is not subject to mandatory repurchase, redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to customary asset sale or change in control provisions requiring redemption or repurchase only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), in each case, prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche D Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings (except other Permitted Holdings Debt), the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Capital Stock of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than common stock or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock of Holdings, provided that any such exchange or conversion, if effected, would not result in an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9(k)), (v) if subordinated, is subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a written instrument delivered, and reasonably satisfactory, to the Administrative Agent or on terms substantially similar to (and no less favorable in any significant respect to the Lenders than) the subordination terms applicable to the Senior Subordinated Notes and (vi) is issued solely for cash consideration and bears interest (which may be payable in cash) at a fixed rate which represents a market rate of interest for such Permitted Holdings Debt at the time of its issuance. "Permitted Investments": any (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; 22 (b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or a rating of at least P-1 from Moody's; (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker's acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 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 commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and whose debt has a rating, at the time as of which any investment therein is made, of at least P-1 from Moody's or at least A-1 from S&P; (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and (e) shares of money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (d) above. "Person": an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature. "PHD Issuance Conditions": with respect to any issuance of Permitted Holdings Debt, other than Initial Base PHD, the following conditions: (a) at the time of such issuance, and after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and (iii) the Holdings Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 7.25 to 1.0; and (b) at the time of such issuance, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) copies of all indentures and other instruments evidencing or governing Permitted Holdings Debt, in each case certified by an executive officer of Holdings as being true, complete and correct, and (ii) a certificate of an executive officer of Holdings, dated the date of such issuance, confirming satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in clause (a) above and setting forth calculations, in reasonable detail, of Pro Forma Compliance and of the Holdings Leverage Ratio referred to above. "Plan": at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA. "Preferred Stock": the 8% redeemable convertible cumulative preferred stock of Holdings issued to Goldman Sachs on November 25, 2002 and January 3, 2003. "Preferred Stock Redemption": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Prepayment Option Notice": as defined in Section 4.1(b). "Pricing Grid": the pricing grid attached hereto as Annex A. 23 "Pro Forma Compliance": with respect to any event, that the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.1 recomputed as if the event with respect to which Pro Forma Compliance is being tested had occurred on the first day of each relevant period with respect to which current compliance with such financial covenants would be determined (for example, in the case of financial covenants based on Consolidated EBITDA, as if such event had occurred on the first day of the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter in respect of which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b)). "Projections": as defined in Section 7.2(c). "Promissory Notes": the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans. "Properties": as defined in Section 5.16(a). "Quarterly Excess Cash Flow": for any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter, (ii) the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation, amortization and non-cash taxes) deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal quarter, and (iv) the aggregate net amount of non-cash loss on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter, to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income less (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (ii) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal quarter on account of Consolidated Capital Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred to finance such expenditures and any such expenditures financed with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount), (iii) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments of Funded Debt (including the Term Loans) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made during such fiscal quarter (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), (iv) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal quarter, and (v) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income. "Recovery Event": any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Group Member in excess of $1,000,000. "Refinanced Revolving Commitments": as defined in Section 11.1. "Refunded Swingline Loans": as defined in Section 3.4(b). "Refunding Date": as defined in Section 3.4(c). "Register": as defined in Section 11.6(b). "Regulation U": Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time. "Reimbursement Obligation": the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.11 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit. 24 "Reinvestment Deferred Amount": with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by any Group Member in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Term Loans or reduce the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2(c) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice. "Reinvestment Event": any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice. "Reinvestment Notice": a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire, replace or repair fixed or capital assets useful in its business or to finance a Permitted Acquisition. "Reinvestment Prepayment Amount": with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire, replace or repair fixed or capital assets useful in the Borrower's business or to finance a Permitted Acquisition. "Reinvestment Prepayment Date": with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring 12 months after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire, replace or repair fixed or capital assets useful in the Borrower's business or to effect a Permitted Acquisition with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount. "Release": any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, pouring, emitting, emptying, escaping or leaching of any Materials of Environmental Concern into the Environment (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Materials of Environmental Concern). "Reorganization": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA. "Replacement Revolving Commitments": as defined in Section 11.1. "Reportable Event": any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. Section. 4043. "Required Lenders": at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the sum of (a) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and the Tranche D-1 Term Commitments then in effect and (b) the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding. "Requirement of Law": as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject. 25 "Responsible Officer": the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of the Borrower. "Restricted Payments": as defined in Section 8.6. "Revolving Commitment": as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Loans and participate in Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading "Revolving Commitment" under such Lender's name on such Lender's Addendum or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The amount of the Total Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date is $175,000,000. "Revolving Commitment Period": the period from and including the Original Closing Date to the Revolving Termination Date. "Revolving Extensions of Credit": as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender's Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) such Lender's Revolving Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding. "Revolving Lender": each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds Revolving Loans. "Revolving Loans": as defined in Section 3.1(a). "Revolving Percentage": as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender's Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the Total Revolving Commitments (or, at any time after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding). "Revolving Termination Date": December 31, 2009. "RHDonnelley": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "S&P": Standard & Poor's Rating Services. "SBC Acquisition": pursuant to the SBC Acquisition Agreement, the acquisition by Holdings of (i) a 47% partnership interest in the AM-DON Partnership, an Illinois general partnership, (ii) a 50% partnership interest in DonTech II, an Illinois general partnership, (iii) 100% of the partnership interests in APIL Partners Partnership, an Illinois general partnership, and (iv) a license to publish telephone directories, sell yellow pages advertising and use certain trademarks in connection therewith. "SBC Acquisition Agreement": the Purchase Agreement, dated July 28, 2004, by and among Ameritech Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SBC Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Ameritech Publishing Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Ameritech, and Holdings. 26 "SBC Acquisition Documentation": collectively, the SBC Acquisition Agreement and all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and all side letters and agreements affecting the terms thereof or entered into in connection therewith. "SEC": the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority. "Securitization": any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to a Securitization Vehicle Securitization Assets of the Borrower or such Subsidiary (or grants a security interest in such Securitization Assets transferred or purported to be transferred to such Securitization Vehicle), and which Securitization Vehicle finances the acquisition of such Securitization Assets (i) with proceeds from the issuance of Third Party Interests, (ii) with Sellers' Retained Interests or (iii) with proceeds from the sale or collection of Securitization Assets previously purchased by such Securitization Vehicle. "Securitization Assets": any accounts receivable owed to or owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) arising in the ordinary course of business from the sale of goods or services, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, all proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights) which are of the type customarily transferred in connection with securitizations of accounts receivable and which are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to a Securitization Vehicle in connection with a Securitization permitted by Section 8.5. "Securitization Vehicle": a Person that is a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Subsidiary formed for the purpose of effecting one or more Securitizations to which the Borrower or its Subsidiaries transfer Securitization Assets and which, in connection therewith, issues Third Party Interests or Sellers' Retained Interests; provided that such Securitization Vehicle shall engage in no business other than the purchase of Securitization Assets pursuant to Securitizations permitted by Section 8.5, the issuance of Third Party Interests or other funding of such Securitizations and any activities reasonably related thereto, and provided further that: (x) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Securitization Vehicle (i) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is with recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; (y) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with such Securitization Vehicle other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; and (z) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Securitization Vehicle's financial condition or cause such Securitization Vehicle to achieve certain levels of operating results. 27 "Security Documents": the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Collateral Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. "Sellers' Retained Interests": the debt or equity interests held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a Securitization Vehicle to which Securitization Assets have been transferred in a Securitization permitted by Section 8.5, including any such debt or equity received in consideration for the Securitization Assets transferred. "Senior Subordinated Notes": the 10-7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes of the Borrower due 2012. "Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture": the Indenture, dated as of December 3, 2002, under which the Senior Subordinated Notes were issued and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the Senior Subordinated Notes. "Senior Unsecured Notes": the 8-7/8% Senior Notes of the Borrower due 2010. "Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture": the Indenture, dated as of December 3, 2002, under which the Senior Unsecured Notes were issued and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the Senior Unsecured Notes. "Shared Services": the centralized services utilizing the Shared Services Assets and Operations which are provided by Holdings (or a Subsidiary of Holdings formed for such purpose) to Permitted Businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and, if the Dex Media Acquisition is consummated, the Target and its Subsidiaries. "Shared Services Assets and Operations": (a) the information technology assets and related operations and (b) the general administrative and corporate level services and related assets, in each case that are owned and operated by Holdings (or a Subsidiary of Holdings formed for such purpose) and used to provide centralized services with respect to Permitted Businesses conducted by (i) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) if the Dex Media Acquisition Effective Date occurs, the Target and its Subsidiaries. "Shared Services Payments": payments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash to Holdings (or a Subsidiary of Holdings formed for such purpose) in respect of the provision by Holdings (or such Subsidiary) to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of Shared Services; provided, however, that all such payments shall be made solely to reimburse Holdings (or such Subsidiary) for those actual cash costs (including accrued costs payable by Holdings (or such Subsidiary) in cash within the 30-day period after receipt of a Shared Services Payment) associated with the Shared Services Assets and Operations that are directly attributable or otherwise allocable to the provision of such services to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (it being understood that to the extent that any of the costs of such services cannot be clearly allocated as between the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Target and its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, such costs shall be allocated on a fair and reasonable basis). "Single Employer Plan": any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan. "Solvent": when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the "present fair saleable value" of the assets of such Person will, as of 28 such date, exceed the amount of all "liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise", as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) "debt" means liability on a "claim", and (ii) "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. "Specified Change of Control": a "Change of Control" (or any other defined term having a similar purpose) as defined in the Notes Indentures, the Additional Senior Subordinated Debt Documents or the Additional Senior Unsecured Debt Documents. "Specified Hedge Agreement": any Hedge Agreement (a) entered into by (i) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) any Person who is an Agent or Lender or any affiliate thereof at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, as counterparty and (b) that has been designated by such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, and the Borrower, by notice to the Administrative Agent, as a Specified Hedge Agreement. The designation of any Hedge Agreement as a Specified Hedge Agreement shall not create in favor of the Agent, Lender or affiliate thereof that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. "Standard Securitization Undertakings": representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Securitization, including those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Securitization Vehicle. "Subsidiary": as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower. "Subsidiary Guarantor": each Subsidiary of the Borrower other than any (a) Foreign Subsidiary or (b) Securitization Vehicle. "Supermajority Lenders": at any time, the holders of more than 66 2/3% of (a) until the Closing Date, the Commitments then in effect and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding. 29 "Swingline Commitment": the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 3.3 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000. "Swingline Lender": Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as the lender of Swingline Loans. "Swingline Loans": as defined in Section 3.3(a). "Swingline Participation Amount": as defined in Section 3.4(c). "Syndication Agent": as defined in the preamble to this Agreement. "Target": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. Prior to the consummation of the Merger, "Target" shall mean Dex Media, Inc., and after the consummation of the Merger, "Target" shall mean Merger Sub. "Term Lenders": the collective reference to the Tranche A-2 Term Lenders, the Tranche A-3 Term Lenders, the Tranche D Term Lenders and the Tranche D-1 Term Lenders. "Term Loans": the collective reference to the Tranche A-2 Term Loans, the Tranche A-3 Term Loans, the Tranche D Term Loans and the Tranche D-1 Term Loans. "Third Party Interests": with respect to any Securitization, notes, bonds or other debt instruments, beneficial interests in a trust, undivided ownership interests in receivables or other securities issued for cash consideration by the relevant Securitization Vehicle to banks, financing conduits, investors or other financing sources (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) the proceeds of which are used to finance, in whole or in part, the purchase by such Securitization Vehicle of Securitization Assets in a Securitization. The amount of any Third Party Interests shall be deemed to equal the aggregate principal, stated or invested amount of such Third Party Interests which are outstanding at such time. "Total Revolving Commitments": at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect. "Total Revolving Extensions of Credit": at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Lenders outstanding at such time. "Tranche A-2 Term Lender": each Lender that holds a Tranche A-2 Term Loan. "Tranche A-2 Term Loan": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Tranche A-2 Term Percentage": as to any Tranche A-2 Term Lender at any time, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's Tranche A-2 Term Loans then constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of all the Tranche A-2 Term Loans then outstanding. "Tranche A-3 Term Lender": each Lender that holds a Tranche A-3 Term Loan. "Tranche A-3 Term Loan": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Tranche A-3 Term Percentage": as to any Tranche A-3 Lender at any time, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's Tranche A-3 Term Loans then 30 outstanding constitutes the aggregate principal amount of all the Tranche A-3 Term Loans then outstanding. "Tranche C Term Loans": as defined in Section 4.16. "Tranche C Term Loan Request": as defined in Section 4.16. "Tranche D Maturity Date": June 30, 2011. "Tranche D Prepayment Amount": as defined in Section 4.2(h). "Tranche D Term Lender": each Lender that holds a Tranche D Term Loan. "Tranche D Term Loan": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Tranche D Term Percentage": as to any Tranche D Lender at any time, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's Tranche D Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of all the Tranche D Term Loans then outstanding. "Tranche D-1 Term Commitment": as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Tranche D-1 Term Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth in its Addendum opposite the heading "Amount of Tranche D-1 Term Loan". The original aggregate amount of the Tranche D-1 Term Commitments is $350,000,000. "Tranche D-1 Term Lender": each Lender that holds a Tranche D-1 Term Loan or has a Tranche D-1 Term Commitment. "Tranche D-1 Term Loan Availability Period": the period from and including the Closing Date to and including January 6, 2006. "Tranche D-1 Term Loans": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Tranche D-1 Term Percentage": as to any Tranche D-1 Term Lender at any time, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's Tranche D-1 Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of all the Tranche D-1 Term Loans then outstanding (or, at any time prior to the making of the Tranche D-1 Term Loans, the percentage which the amount of such Lender's Tranche D-1 Term Commitment then in effect constitutes of the aggregate amount of all the Tranche D-1 Term Commitments then in effect). "Transaction": as defined in the recitals to this Agreement. "Transferee": any Assignee or Participant. "Type": as to any Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan. "United States": the United States of America. "Wholly Owned Subsidiary": as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares required by law) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. 31 "Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor": any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower. 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto. (b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation", (iii) the word "incur" shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words "incurred" and "incurrence" shall have correlative meanings), and (iv) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any right or interest in or to assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time (subject to any applicable restrictions hereunder). (c) The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. (d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF TERM COMMITMENTS 2.1. Term Loans and Tranche D-1 Term Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, (a) each Tranche A-2 Term Lender, Tranche A-3 Term Lender and Tranche D Term Lender severally agrees to continue the outstanding Tranche A-2 Term Loans, Tranche A-3 Term Loans and Tranche D Term Loans, respectively, made by it under the Existing Credit Agreement (which Loans shall remain subject to the same Interest Period applicable to them immediately prior to the Closing Date), and (b) each Tranche D-1 Term Lender agrees to make a Tranche D-1 Term Loan to the Borrower on not more than one date during the Tranche D-1 Term Loan Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Tranche D-1 Commitment. The Term Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2, 2.3 and 4.3. 2.2. Procedure for Tranche D-1 Term Loan Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (i) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing in the event the Tranche D-1 Term Loans requested to be made on such date shall be Base Rate Loans or (ii) 11:00 A.M., New York City time, three Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing in the event the Tranche D-1 Term Loans requested to be made on such date shall be Eurodollar Loans) requesting that the Tranche D-1 Term Lenders make the Tranche D-1 Term Loans on the date of the proposed Borrowing and specifying the amount to be borrowed. Upon receipt of such 32 notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Tranche D-1 Term Lender thereof. Not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing, each Tranche D-1 Term Lender having a commitment to make a Tranche D-1 Term Loan shall make available to the Administrative Agent, an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Tranche D-1 Term Loan requested to be made by such Tranche D-1 Term Lender on such date. The Administrative Agent shall credit the account of the Borrower on the books of the Funding Office of the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts of Tranche D-1 Term Loans made available to the Administrative Agent by the Tranche D-1 Term Lenders. 2.3. [Reserved]. 2.4. Repayment of Term Loans. (a) The Tranche A-2 Term Loans of each Tranche A-2 Lender shall mature in 17 consecutive quarterly installments, commencing on December 31, 2005. The Borrower shall repay the Tranche A-2 Term Loans on each date set forth below in an amount equal to the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche A-2 Term Loans continued on the Closing Date set forth opposite such date:
Installment Percentage of Principal Amount ----------- ------------------------------ December 31, 2005 4.76190% March 31, 2006 4.76190% June 30, 2006 4.76190% September 30, 2006 4.76190% December 31, 2006 4.76190% March 31, 2007 4.76190% June 30, 2007 4.76190% September 30, 2007 4.76190% December 31, 2007 4.76190% March 31, 2008 4.76190% June 30, 2008 4.76190% September 30, 2008 5.95238% December 31, 2008 5.95238% March 31, 2009 5.95238% June 30, 2009 5.95238% September 30, 2009 11.90476% December 31, 2009 11.90476%
(b) The Tranche A-3 Term Loan of each Tranche A-3 Lender shall mature in 17 consecutive quarterly installments, commencing on December 31, 2005. The Borrower shall repay the Tranche A-3 Term Loans on each date set forth below in an amount equal to the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche A-3 Term Loans continued on the Closing Date set forth opposite such date:
Installment Percentage of Principal Amount ----------- ------------------------------ December 31, 2005 4.59770% March 31, 2006 4.59770% June 30, 2006 4.59770%
33 Installment Percentage of Principal Amount ----------- ------------------------------ September 30, 2006 4.59770% December 31, 2006 4.59770% March 31, 2007 4.59770% June 30, 2007 4.59770% September 30, 2007 4.59770% December 31, 2007 4.59770% March 31, 2008 4.59770% June 30, 2008 4.59770% September 30, 2008 5.74713% December 31, 2008 5.74713% March 31, 2009 5.74713% June 30, 2009 5.74713% September 30, 2009 11.49425% December 31, 2009 14.94253%
(c) The Tranche D Term Loan of each Tranche D Lender shall mature in 23 consecutive quarterly installments, commencing on December 31, 2005. The Borrower shall repay the Tranche D Term Loans on each date set forth below in an amount equal to the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche D Term Loans continued on the Closing Date set forth opposite such date:
Installment Percentage of Principal Amount ----------- ------------------------------ December 31, 2005 0.25253% March 31, 2006 0.25253% June 30, 2006 0.25253% September 30, 2006 0.25253% December 31, 2006 0.25253% March 31, 2007 0.25253% June 30, 2007 0.25253% September 30, 2007 0.25253% December 31, 2007 0.25253% March 31, 2008 0.25253% June 30, 2008 0.25253% September 30, 2008 0.25253% December 31, 2008 0.25253% March 31, 2009 0.25253% June 30, 2009 0.25253% September 30, 2009 0.25253% December 31, 2009 0.25253% March 31, 2010 15.15152% June 30, 2010 15.15152% September 30, 2010 15.15152% December 31, 2010 15.15152% March 31, 2011 17.42424% June 30, 2011 17.67677%
34 , provided, however, that in the event there shall be more than $25,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Unsecured Notes outstanding on June 30, 2010, the aggregate outstanding unpaid principal amount of the Tranche D Term Loans shall be due and payable on June 30, 2010. (d) The Tranche D-1 Term Loan of each Tranche D-1 Lender shall mature in 22 consecutive quarterly installments, commencing on March 31, 2006. The Borrower shall repay the Tranche D-1 Term Loans on each date set forth below in an amount equal to the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche D-1 Term Loans made during the Tranche D-1 Term Loan Availability Period set forth opposite such date:
Installment Percentage of Principal Amount ----------- ------------------------------ March 31, 2006 0.25253% June 30, 2006 0.25253% September 30, 2006 0.25253% December 31, 2006 0.25253% March 31, 2007 0.25253% June 30, 2007 0.25253% September 30, 2007 0.25253% December 31, 2007 0.25253% March 31, 2008 0.25253% June 30, 2008 0.25253% September 30, 2008 0.25253% December 31, 2008 0.25253% March 31, 2009 0.25253% June 30, 2009 0.25253% September 30, 2009 0.25253% December 31, 2009 0.25253% March 31, 2010 15.15152% June 30, 2010 15.15152% September 30, 2010 15.15152% December 31, 2010 15.15152% March 31, 2011 17.55051% June 30, 2011 17.80303%
, provided, however, that in the event there shall be more than $25,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Unsecured Notes outstanding on June 30, 2010, the aggregate outstanding unpaid principal amount of the Tranche D-1 Term Loans shall be due and payable on June 30, 2010. SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS 3.1. Revolving Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans ("Revolving Loans") to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which, when added to such Lender's Revolving Percentage of the sum of (i) the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender's Revolving Commitment. During the Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Revolving Commitments by borrowing, prepaying and reborrowing the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans, 35 as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 3.2 and 4.3. (b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans on the Revolving Termination Date. (c) On the Closing Date, the Revolving Loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, shall be continued hereunder. 3.2. Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing. The Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Commitments during the Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, (a) three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Base Rate Loans), specifying (i) the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. Each borrowing under the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of Base Rate Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Revolving Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided, that the Swingline Lender may request, on behalf of the Borrower, borrowings under the Revolving Commitments that are Base Rate Loans in other amounts pursuant to Section 3.4. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof. Each Revolving Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent. 3.3. Swingline Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender agrees to make a portion of the credit otherwise available to the Borrower under the Revolving Commitments from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period by making swing line loans ("Swingline Loans") to the Borrower; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Swingline Commitment then in effect (notwithstanding that the Swingline Loans outstanding at any time, when aggregated with the Swingline Lender's other outstanding Revolving Loans hereunder, may exceed the Swingline Commitment then in effect) and (ii) the Borrower shall not request, and the Swingline Lender shall not make, any Swingline Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan, the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero. During the Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Swingline Commitment by borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Swingline Loans shall be Base Rate Loans only. (b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Swingline Loans on the Revolving Termination Date. 3.4. Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans. (a)Whenever the Borrower desires that the Swingline Lender make Swingline Loans it shall give the Swingline Lender irrevocable telephonic notice confirmed promptly in writing (which telephonic notice 36 must be received by such Swingline Lender not later than 12 Noon, New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed and (ii) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period). Each borrowing under the Swingline Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Not later than 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Swingline Loans to be made by the Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swingline Loans available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date by depositing such proceeds in the account of the Borrower with the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in immediately available funds. (b) The Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), on one Business Day's notice given by the Swingline Lender no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, request each Revolving Lender to make, and each Revolving Lender hereby agrees to make, a Revolving Loan, in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender's Revolving Percentage of the aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans (the "Refunded Swingline Loans") outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay the Swingline Lender. Each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of such Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately available funds, not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day after the date of such notice. The proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall be immediately made available by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender for application by the Swingline Lender to the repayment of the Refunded Swingline Loans. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to charge the Borrower's accounts with the Administrative Agent (up to the amount available in each such account) in order to immediately pay the amount of such Refunded Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full such Refunded Swingline Loans. (c) If, prior to the time a Revolving Loan would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 3.4(b), one of the events described in Section 9(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Borrower or if for any other reason, as determined by the Swingline Lender in its sole discretion, Revolving Loans may not be made as contemplated by Section 3.4(b), each Revolving Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice referred to in Section 3.4(b) (the "Refunding Date"), purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans by paying to the Swingline Lender an amount (the "Swingline Participation Amount") equal to (i) such Revolving Lenders' Revolving Percentage times (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of relevant Swingline Loans then outstanding that were to have been repaid with such Revolving Loans. (d) Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any Revolving Lender such Lender's Swingline Participation Amount in respect of Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its Swingline Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender's participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Lender's pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all such Swingline Loans then due); provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline Lender. (e) Each Revolving Lender's obligation to make the Loans referred to in Section 3.4(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 3.4(c) shall be absolute and 37 unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender or the Borrower may have against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 6; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Revolving Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. 3.5. Commitment and Other Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee for the period from and including the Closing Date to the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period, computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. (b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agents and the Lead Arrangers the fees in the amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing by the Borrower, the Agents and the Lead Arrangers. 3.6. Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days' notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving Commitments. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments then in effect. 3.7. L/C Commitment. (a)Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.10(a), agrees to issue letters of credit ("Letters of Credit") for the account of the Borrower on any Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Issuing Lender; provided that the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit after the day that is 30 days before the Revolving Termination Date; provided, further, that the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (x) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment or (y) the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars, (ii) expire no later than the earlier of (A) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (B) (1) if such Letter of Credit is a standby Letter of Credit, the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date, or (2) if such Letter of Credit is a commercial Letter of Credit, the date that is 30 days before the Revolving Termination Date and (iii) be payable upon presentation of sight drafts; provided, further, that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) above). (b) The Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law. 38 (c) On the Closing Date, the Letters of Credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, shall be continued hereunder. A list of such existing Letters of Credit is set forth in Schedule 3.7. 3.8. Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time request that the Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the applicable Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, a Letter of Credit Request, accompanied by such other certificates, documents or other papers as may be requested by the Issuing Lender. Upon receipt of a Letter of Credit Request, the applicable Issuing Lender will process such request in accordance with its customary procedures and shall issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby after securing the Administrative Agent's authorization to do so (but in no event shall the applicable Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Letter of Credit Request and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto). Promptly after the issuance of or amendment to a standby Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, in writing, of such issuance or amendment, and such notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such issuance or amendment. Upon receipt of the notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of such issuance or amendment and, if so requested by any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall furnish such Lender with copies of the issuance or amendment. With regard to any commercial Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall on the first Business Day of each week provide the Administrative Agent by facsimile with a report detailing the daily aggregate outstanding amount of such Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender for the previous week. 3.9. Fees and Other Charges. (a)The Borrower will pay a participation fee to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders on all outstanding Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurodollar Loans under the Revolving Facility, shared ratably among the Revolving Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee of 0.25% per annum (and, in any event, no less than $500 per year) on the undrawn and unexpired amount of each Letter of Credit, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date. (b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse the Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit. 3.10. L/C Participations. (a)The Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant's own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant's Revolving Percentage in the Issuing Lender's obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant agrees with the Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender upon demand at the Issuing Lender's address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant's Revolving Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed. Each L/C Participant's obligation to pay such amount shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C Participant may have against the Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other 39 Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 6, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other L/C Participant or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. (b) If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.10(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.10(a) is not made available to the Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, the Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Facility. A certificate of the Issuing Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. (c) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by the Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof; provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by the Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by the Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to the Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it. 3.11. Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. If any draft is paid under any Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount of (a) the draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment, not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice of such draft, if such notice is received on such day prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, or (ii) if clause (i) above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice. Each such payment shall be made to the Issuing Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in Dollars and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be payable on any such amounts from the date on which the relevant draft is paid until payment in full at the rate set forth in (x) until the Business Day next succeeding the date of the relevant notice, Section 4.5(b) and (y) thereafter, Section 4.5(c). 3.12. Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligations under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with the Issuing Lender that the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower's Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.11 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any 40 other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the Issuing Lender to the Borrower. 3.13. Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit. 3.14. Letter of Credit Requests. To the extent that any provision of any Letter of Credit Request or any Issuing Lender's standard form of application referred to in Section 3.8 is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply. SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT 4.1. Optional Prepayments. (a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, three Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date thereof, in the case of Base Rate Loans, which notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans; provided, that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 4.11. Upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in the case of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans and Swingline Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Term Loans and Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof. Partial prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple thereof. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.1(a) or 4.8, with respect to the amount of any optional prepayment described in Section 4.1(a) that is allocated to Tranche D Term Loans or Tranche D-1 Term Loans (such amounts, the "Optional Tranche D Prepayment Amount"), at any time when Tranche A-2 Term Loans or Tranche A-3 Term Loans remain outstanding, the Borrower will, in lieu of applying such amount to the prepayment of Tranche D Term Loans or Tranche D-1 Term Loans, as applicable, as provided in Sections 4.1(a) and 4.8, on the date specified in Section 4.1(a) for such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in writing) requesting that the Administrative Agent prepare and provide to each Tranche D Term Lender and Tranche D-1 Term Lender, as applicable, a Prepayment Option Notice as described below. As promptly as practicable after receiving such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent will send to each Tranche D Term Lender and Tranche D-1 Term Lender, as applicable, a Prepayment Option Notice, 41 which shall be in the form of Exhibit G (a "Prepayment Option Notice"), and shall include an offer by the Borrower to prepay on the date (each an "Optional Prepayment Date") that is 4 Business Days after the date of the Prepayment Option Notice, the relevant Term Loans of such Lender by an amount equal to the portion of the Optional Tranche D Prepayment Amount indicated in such Lender's Prepayment Option Notice as being applicable to such Lender's Tranche D Term Loans or Tranche D-1 Term Loans, as applicable. Any Tranche D Term Lender or Tranche D-1 Term Lender which wishes to accept any or all of the prepayment applicable to its Tranche D Term Loans or Tranche D-1 Term Loans, as applicable, shall be required to execute and return the Prepayment Option Notice to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date that is 3 Business Days after the date of the Prepayment Option Notice. On the Optional Prepayment Date, (i) the Borrower shall pay to the relevant Tranche D Term Lenders and Tranche D-1 Term Lenders the aggregate amount necessary to prepay that portion of the outstanding relevant Term Loans in respect of which such Lenders have accepted prepayment as described above and (ii) the Tranche A-2 Term Loans and Tranche A-3 Term Loans shall be prepaid in an aggregate amount equal to the portion of the Optional Tranche D Prepayment Amount not accepted by the relevant Lenders, and such amount shall be applied to the prepayment of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans and Tranche A-3 Term Loans to the extent so required. 4.2. Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions. (a) If any Indebtedness shall be incurred by any Group Member (other than Excluded Indebtedness), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such incurrence toward the prepayment of the Term Loans and the reduction of the Revolving Commitments as set forth in Section 4.2(g); provided that (i) to the extent that the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the date of incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (xv) of Section 8.2(a), calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (and any required repayments hereunder), is greater than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0 but less than 5.0 to 1.0, in each case after giving effect thereto, only 75% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Indebtedness shall be applied on the date of such incurrence toward the prepayment of the Term Loans and the reduction of the Revolving Commitments as set forth in Section 4.2(g) and (ii) to the extent that the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the date of incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (xv) of Section 8.2(a), calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (and any required repayments hereunder), is less than 4.0 to 1.0 after giving effect thereto, no prepayment of Term Loans or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be required pursuant to this Section. (b) If any Capital Stock shall be issued or sold by any Group Member (other than issuances of Capital Stock to Holdings or any Group Member), an amount equal to 50% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such issuance or sale toward the prepayment of the Term Loans and the reduction of the Revolving Commitments as set forth in Section 4.2(g); provided that to the extent that the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the date of such issuance or sale of Capital Stock, calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the such issuance or sale (and any required repayments hereunder), is less than 4.5 to 1.0 after giving effect thereto, no prepayment of Term Loans or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be required pursuant to this Section. (c) If on any date any Group Member shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof, an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on such date toward the prepayment of the Term Loans and the reduction of the Revolving Commitments as set forth in Section 4.2(g); provided, that (i) notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Term Loans and the reduction of the Revolving Commitments as set forth in Section 4.2(g) and (ii) the Borrower shall use the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition to prepay Term Loans and reduce the Revolving Commitments as set forth in Section 4.2(g) to the extent necessary to 42 avoid having to prepay or to offer to prepay any of the Notes, any Additional Senior Subordinated Debt or any Additional Senior Unsecured Notes. (d) If, for any fiscal year of the Borrower there shall be Excess Cash Flow, the Borrower shall, on the relevant Excess Cash Flow Application Date, apply the ECF Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow toward the prepayment of the Term Loans and the reduction of the Revolving Commitments as set forth in Section 4.2(g); provided that the amount of any prepayment of Term Loans and reduction of Revolving Commitments required pursuant to this Section 4.2(d) shall be reduced by the amount of any optional prepayments of Term Loans and optional prepayments of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans to the extent accompanying permanent optional reductions of Revolving Commitments, in each case to the extent such prepayments are made during the relevant fiscal year. Each such prepayment and commitment reduction shall be made on a date (an "Excess Cash Flow Application Date") no later than five days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the financial statements of the Borrower referred to in Section 7.1(a), for the fiscal year with respect to which such prepayment is made, are required to be delivered to the Lenders and (ii) the date such financial statements are actually delivered. (e) [Reserved] (f) [Reserved] (g) Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments and Commitment reductions made pursuant to Section 4.2 shall be applied, first, to prepay the Term Loans and, second, to reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments. Any such reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be accompanied by prepayment of the Revolving Loans and/or Swingline Loans to the extent, if any, that the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit exceed the amount of the Total Revolving Commitments as so reduced, provided that if the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans then outstanding is less than the amount of such excess (because L/C Obligations constitute a portion thereof), the Borrower shall, to the extent of the balance of such excess, replace outstanding Letters of Credit and/or deposit an amount in cash in a cash collateral account established with the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The application of any prepayment pursuant to Section 4.2 shall be made, first, to Base Rate Loans and, second, to Eurodollar Loans. Each prepayment of the Loans under Section 4.2 (except in the case of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans and Swingline Loans) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.2(g) or 4.8, with respect to the amount of any mandatory prepayment described in Section 4.2 that is allocated to Tranche D Term Loans or Tranche D-1 Term Loans (such amounts, the "Tranche D Prepayment Amount"), at any time when Tranche A-2 Term Loans or Tranche A-3 Term Loans remain outstanding, the Borrower will, in lieu of applying such amount to the prepayment of Tranche D Term Loans or Tranche D-1 Term Loans, as applicable, as provided in paragraph (g) above, on the date specified in Section 4.2 for such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in writing) requesting that the Administrative Agent prepare and provide to each Tranche D Term Lender and Tranche D-1 Term Lender, as applicable, a Prepayment Option Notice. As promptly as practicable after receiving such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent will send to each Tranche D Term Lender and Tranche D-1 Term Lender, as applicable, a Prepayment Option Notice and shall include an offer by the Borrower to prepay on the date (each a "Mandatory Prepayment Date") that is 4 Business Days after the date of the Prepayment Option Notice, the relevant Term Loans of such Lender by an amount equal to the portion of the Tranche D Prepayment Amount indicated in such Lender's Prepayment Option Notice as being applicable to such Lender's Tranche D Term Loans or Tranche D-1 Term Loans, as applicable. 43 Any Tranche D Term Lender or Tranche D-1 Term Lender which wishes to accept any or all of the prepayment applicable to its Tranche D Term Loans or Tranche D-1 Term Loans, as applicable, shall be required to execute and return the Prepayment Option Notice to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date that is 3 Business Days after the date of the Prepayment Option Notice. On the Mandatory Prepayment Date, (i) the Borrower shall pay to the relevant Tranche D Term Lenders and Tranche D-1 Term Lenders the aggregate amount necessary to prepay that portion of the outstanding relevant Term Loans in respect of which such Lenders have accepted prepayment as described above, (ii) the Tranche A-2 Term Loans and Tranche A-3 Term Loans shall be prepaid in an aggregate amount equal to the portion of the Tranche D Prepayment Amount not accepted by the relevant Lenders, and such amount shall be applied to the prepayment of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans and Tranche A-3 Term Loans to the extent so required. 4.3. Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to Base Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor), provided that no Base Rate Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. (b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term "Interest Period" set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans, provided that no Eurodollar Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations, and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Loans shall be automatically converted to Base Rate Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. 4.4. Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than 30 Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time. 4.5. Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin. (b) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin. 44 (c) (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or (y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility plus 2% (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%), in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment). (d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand. 4.6. Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to Base Rate Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate. (b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 4.5(a). 4.7. Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any Interest Period: (a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the relevant Facility that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (x) any Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as Base Rate 45 Loans, (y) any Loans under the relevant Facility that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as Base Rate Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to Base Rate Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Loans under the relevant Facility to Eurodollar Loans. 4.8. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment or participation fees and any reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the respective Tranche A-2 Term Percentages, Tranche A-3 Term Percentages, Tranche D Term Percentages, Tranche D-1 Term Percentages or Revolving Percentages, as the case may be, of the relevant Lenders. (b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Term Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans then held by the Term Lenders (except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.1(b) and 4.2(h)). The amount of each principal prepayment of the Term Loans shall be applied to reduce the then remaining installments of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans, Tranche A-3 Term Loans, Tranche D Term Loans and Tranche D-1 Term Loans, as the case may be, pro rata based upon the then remaining principal amount thereof. Amounts prepaid on account of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed. (c) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the Revolving Lenders. (d) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. (e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under 46 this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender's share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower. (f) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower. 4.9. Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof: (i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes covered by Section 4.10 and changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender); (ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate hereunder; or (iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender on an after-tax basis for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower in writing (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation of such amounts. (b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority 47 made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or such corporation's capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's or such corporation's policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation on an after-tax basis for such reduction. (c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lender's intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. 4.10. Taxes. (a) All payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on any Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between such Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from such Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings ("Non-Excluded Taxes") or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to any Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to such Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to such Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lender's failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section or (ii) that are United States withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that such Lender's assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph. (b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. (c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible after payment thereof the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Agent or Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower 48 shall indemnify the Agents and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. (d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a "U.S. Person" as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a "Non-U.S. Lender") shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of "portfolio interest", a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit H and a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver. (e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. 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 or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender's judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender. (f) If any Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded 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 4.10, 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 4.10 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such 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 such 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 such Agent or such Lender in the event such Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. (g) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. 4.11. Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold each Lender harmless from any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of 49 (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. 4.12. Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 4.9 or 4.10(a) with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.9 or 4.10(a). 4.13. Replacement of Lenders. The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 4.9 or 4.10(a) or (b) defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder, with a replacement financial institution or (c) does not consent to any amendment to the Loan Documents which is otherwise approved by the Required Lenders; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) prior to any such replacement, such Lender shall have taken no action under Section 4.12 so as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts owing pursuant to Section 4.9 or 4.10(a), (iv) the replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (v) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under Section 4.11 if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (vi) the replacement financial institution, if not already a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (viii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 4.9 or 4.10(a), as the case may be, and (ix) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender. 4.14. Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. 50 (b) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 11.6(b), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and any Promissory Note evidencing such Loan, the Type of such Loan and each 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) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender's share thereof. (c) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 4.14(a) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. (d) The Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender, the Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note of the Borrower evidencing any Term Loans, Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender, substantially in the forms of Exhibit I-1, I-2 or I-3, respectively, with appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount. 4.15. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be canceled and (b) such Lender's Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law. If any such conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 4.11. 4.16. Tranche C Term Loans. (a) In accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.16, the Borrower may, at its option, at any time during the term of this Agreement, request in writing that the Facilities be increased by up to $400,000,000; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of or after giving effect to such increase and the use of proceeds thereof, (ii) immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 8.1 opposite the period in which the date of the relevant Indebtedness Measurement Date falls (and, for purposes of determining such compliance, "Consolidated EBITDA" and the "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" shall each be as in effect on the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended on or prior to such Indebtedness Measurement Date and adjusted to give effect to the proposed incurrence of Indebtedness and the uses of the proceeds thereof as if such Indebtedness had been incurred and other relevant transactions had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance and "Consolidated Total Debt" and "Consolidated Senior Secured Debt" shall be as in effect on such Indebtedness Measurement Date and assuming the proposed Indebtedness had been incurred), (iii) the increase to the Facilities shall be a single new tranche of term loans (the "Tranche C Term Loans" ) which may be borrowed in up to three separate fundings (subject to a minimum amount for any such funding of $100,000,000) and which, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section, shall have the same terms and conditions as the Tranche D Term Loans, shall be entitled to share pari passu with the Term Loans in all optional and mandatory prepayments under Section 4.2, shall have the same rights under Sections 4.1(b) and 4.2(h) as the Tranche D Term Loans, shall be 51 secured under the Security Documents on a pari passu basis with all of the other Obligations, shall be entitled to all of the other benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as if such Tranche C Term Loans were Loans or Term Loans, as applicable, and shall be considered a new Facility. (b) The Applicable Margin for Tranche C Term Loans and the amortization and maturity thereof shall be as agreed upon by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender providing such Tranche C Term Loans; provided that any such Tranche C Term Loans shall not amortize (on a percentage basis) any faster than the Tranche D Term Loans and shall not mature prior to the Tranche D Maturity Date. Any request for Tranche C Term Loans (a "Tranche C Term Loan Request") shall be submitted by the Borrower to the Lenders through the Administrative Agent not less than 10 days prior to the proposed borrowing date, specify the proposed borrowing date, and amount of such borrowing and shall be accompanied by (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that no Default or Event of Default exists as of the date of the request or will result from the requested borrowing, (ii) a written consent to the increase in the amount of the Loans outstanding hereunder executed by the Guarantors and (iii) such information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. The Borrower may not pay any fees to those Lenders which agree to provide Tranche C Term Loans (other than fees payable under this Agreement). The consent of the Lenders parties to this Agreement at the time of such increase shall not be required for any such borrowing of Tranche C Term Loans pursuant to this Section. (c) Each Lender shall have the option to approve a Tranche C Term Loan Request in its sole and absolute discretion. The failure to approve such a request by any number of Lenders shall not affect the Borrower's right to borrow Tranche C Term Loans pursuant to this Section. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no Lender which fails to approve a Tranche C Term Loan Request shall be (i) subject to removal as a Lender as a result of such failure to approve, (ii) obligated to lend any Tranche C Term Loan or (iii) as a result of such failure to approve, deemed to be in default in any respect hereunder. (d) In responding to any Tranche C Term Loan Request under this Section, each Lender that is willing to make such Tranche C Term Loans shall specify the maximum amount of Tranche C Term Loans that it is willing to make. The borrowing of any Tranche C Term Loans shall be contingent upon (i) execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent relating to such Tranche C Term Loans, (ii) execution and delivery by each Lender providing Tranche C Term Loans of documentation satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, (iii) execution and delivery by the Borrower (and, if applicable, Holdings and its Subsidiaries) of such amendments to the Security Documents (including amendments to the Mortgages) or such other documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary or desirable to reflect the making of the Tranche C Term Loans, and (iv) receipt by the Administrative Agent of such corporate resolutions and officer's certificates of the Loan Parties and legal opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. In the case of any such documentation executed by any Person that was not theretofore a Lender, upon the making of its Tranche C Term Loans, such Person shall be a party hereto and a Lender hereunder. (e) If the aggregate principal amount committed to by the approving Lenders is less than the amount requested, the Borrower may (i) withdraw its request for Tranche C Term Loans in its entirety, (ii) accept the offered amounts, (iii) designate one or more additional banks, financial institutions or other entities which are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as additional Lenders hereunder in accordance with clause (f) of this Section (each, a "New Lender"), which New Lenders may commit to the amount of the Tranche C Term Loans that has not been committed to by the approving Lenders, or (iv) request the consenting Lenders to commit to the amount of such request not previously committed to by the approving Lenders. 52 (f) Each New Lender designated by the Borrower shall become an additional party hereto as a Lender concurrently with the making of the Tranche C Term Loans and the documentation pursuant to which the Tranche C Term Loans are made shall, in any event, contain the representations, warranties, indemnities and other protections afforded to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders which would be granted or made by an Assignee under Section 11.6 by means of the execution of an Assignment and Acceptance. SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, each of the Borrower and, solely for purposes of Sections 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6(a), 5.10, 5.13 and 5.17, Holdings, hereby represents and warrants to each Agent and each Lender that: 5.1. Financial Condition. The audited consolidated balance sheets of Holdings as of December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of Holdings as of such dates, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of September 30, 2005, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders equity for the nine months then ended, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of Holdings as of such date, and the consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows for the six months then ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments). All such consolidated financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). Neither Holdings nor any Group Member has any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, or any long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments, including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the financial statements referred to in the preceding sentence (it being understood that with respect to Guarantee Obligations, the underlying debt is so reflected). During the period from December 31, 2004 to and including the date hereof there has been no Disposition by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any material part of its business or property. 5.2. No Change. Since December 31, 2004, there has been no development, circumstance or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.3. Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of Holdings and each Group Member (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law, in each case with respect to clauses (c) and (d), except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.4. Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to execute, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a 53 party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, except consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule 5.4, which consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law). 5.5. No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of Holdings or any Group Member and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents). No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation applicable to Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.6. Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened by or against Holdings or any Group Member or against any of their respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (b) in the case of any Group Member only, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.7. No Default. No Group Member is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 5.8. Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Group Member has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other property, except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 8.3. 5.9. Intellectual Property. Each Group Member owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted, except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No material claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The use of Intellectual Property by each Group Member does not infringe on the rights of any Person, except to the extent the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 54 5.10. Taxes. Each of Holdings and each Group Member has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge. 5.11. Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for "buying" or "carrying" any "margin stock" within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U. 5.12. ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor an "accumulated funding deficiency" (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period. The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits by a material amount. Neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability under ERISA, and neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any material liability under ERISA if the Borrower or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent. 5.13. Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an "investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is a "holding company", or a company "controlled" by a "holding company", within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended. No Loan Party is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness. 5.14. Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures. As of the Closing Date, (i) Schedule 5.14 sets forth the name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary and each partnership or joint venture to which the Borrower is a party or in which the Borrower has an economic interest on the Closing Date and, as to each such Subsidiary and each such partnership or joint venture, as the case may be, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock (or other economic interest) owned by any Loan Party and (ii) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors' qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except as created by the Loan Documents. 55 5.15. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Tranche D-1 Term Loans shall be used to finance the Notes Repurchase and pay related fees and expenses in connection therewith and for general corporate purposes; provided that no more than $8,000,000 of such proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans shall be used, together with the proceeds of the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit, for general corporate purposes. The proceeds of any Tranche C Term Loans shall be used (i) to finance Permitted Acquisitions and to pay related fees and expenses, (ii) to finance the redemption, repurchase or prepayment of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.9(a)(v) or (iii) to finance Restricted Payments permitted under Section 8.6 with the proceeds thereof. 5.16. Environmental Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any Group Member (the "Properties") do not contain, and have not previously contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or constituted a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law; (b) no Group Member has received or is aware of any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business operated by any Group Member (the "Business"), nor does the Borrower have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened; (c) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law, nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Properties in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law; (d) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Group Member is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business; (e) there has been no Release or threat of Release of Materials of Environmental Concern at or from the Properties, or arising from or related to the operations of any Group Member in connection with the Properties or otherwise in connection with the Business, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws; (f) the Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance, and have in the last five years been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Business; and (g) no Group Member has assumed any liability of any other Person under Environmental Laws. 5.17. Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Confidential Information Memorandum or any other 56 document, certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished (or, in the case of the Confidential Information Memorandum, as of the date of this Agreement), any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. On the date hereof, there is no fact known to any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents, in the Confidential Information Memorandum or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents. 5.18. Security Documents. (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the pledged stock described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the delivery to, and continuing possession by, the Collateral Agent of stock certificates representing such pledged stock, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the financing statements on file (or to be filed) in the offices specified on Schedule 5.18(a), create (or, when filed, will create) a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except Liens permitted by Section 8.3). (b) Each of the Mortgages is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds thereof, and the Mortgages on file in the offices specified on Schedule 5.18(b) create a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person. Schedule 1.1 lists, as of the Closing Date, each parcel of owned real property and each leasehold interest in real property located in the United States and held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. 5.19. Solvency. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are, and after giving effect to the incurrence of all Indebtedness hereunder will be and will continue to be, Solvent. 5.20. Senior Debt. The Obligations constitute "Senior Debt" and "Designated Senior Debt" of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor under and as defined in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture. The Obligations constitute "Senior Debt" (or its equivalent) of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto (if any) under and as defined in the Additional Senior Subordinated Debt Documents (if any). 5.21. Regulation H. No Mortgage encumbers improved real property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. 57 5.22. Certain Documents. The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy of the Dex Media Acquisition Documentation and the Notes Indentures, including any amendments, supplements or modifications with respect to any of the foregoing. SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 6.1. Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement and Initial Extensions of Credit. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the agreement of each Lender to make the initial extension of credit requested to be made by it is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such extension of credit, of the following conditions precedent: (a) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, or, in the case of the Lenders, an Addendum, executed and delivered by each Agent, Holdings, the Borrower, the Required Lenders under, and as defined in, the Existing Credit Agreement and each Tranche D-1 Term Lender, (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) amendments or acknowledgments to such other Security Documents as the Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to provide the benefits thereof to the Loans and the obligations of the Loan Parties in connection therewith on the same basis as such benefits are provided to the Existing Lenders for the purpose of securing obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement. (b) Existing Credit Agreement. All accrued unpaid interest, fees and other amounts (other than principal) owing under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been paid. (c) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent Lien search in each of the jurisdictions where assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are located (within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code), and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, except for liens permitted by Section 8.3 and Holdings Permitted Encumbrances or discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. (d) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments including the certificate of incorporation of each Loan Party that is a corporation certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party, and a long form good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization. (e) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following executed legal opinions: (i) the legal opinion of Jones Day, counsel to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1; and (ii) the legal opinion of Robert J. Bush, Esq., general counsel of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2. Each such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. 58 (f) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. To the extent not previously delivered, the Collateral Agent (or its agent) shall have received (i) the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof. (g) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create or maintain in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 8.3), shall have been filed, registered or recorded. (h) Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower certifying as to the solvency of the Loan Parties (other than Holdings), taken as a whole, on the Closing Date. (i) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in Sections 5.4, 5.5 and 5.18 shall be true and correct in all material respects (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no other representations and warranties shall be made on the Closing Date). (j) Control Agreements. To the extent not previously delivered, the Administrative Agent shall have received control agreements executed by all parties thereto with respect to each Deposit Account (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) or Securities Account (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) required to be pledged by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (subject to the proviso in Section 7.10(e) hereof), in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 6.2. Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by it on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: (a) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date. (b) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to a specified date, then as of such date. (c) Certificate. At the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b). 59 Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this Section 6.2 have been satisfied. SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS Each of the Borrower and, solely for purposes of Sections 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5, Holdings, hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or Agent hereunder, each of the Borrower and, solely for purposes of Sections 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5, Holdings, shall, and the Borrower shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to: 7.1. Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with copies for each Lender): (a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if earlier, on or prior to the date on which the Borrower is required to file its annual report on Form 10-K (or successor form) with the SEC), a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders' equity for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year on a GAAP basis, reported on without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit or other material qualification or exception, by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing; and (b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if earlier, not later than the date on which the Borrower is required to file such quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or successor form) with the SEC), the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter and statements of changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year on a GAAP basis, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments). All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects, shall be prepared in reasonable detail and, except as otherwise indicated above, shall be in accordance with GAAP or applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (in the case of pro forma and pro forma adjusted financial information) applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein). 7.2. Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with copies for each Lender) (or, in the case of clause (g), to the relevant Lender): (a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.1(a), a certificate of the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default, except as specified in such certificate; 60 (b) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 7.1, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best of each such Responsible Officer's knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements and satisfied every condition contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate and (ii) in the case of quarterly or annual financial statements, (x) a Compliance Certificate containing all information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by each Group Member with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower, as the case may be, and, if applicable, for determining the Applicable Margins, and (y) to the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, a listing of any material Intellectual Property acquired by any Loan Party since the date of the most recent list delivered pursuant to this clause (y) (or, in the case of the first such list so delivered, since the Closing Date); (c) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 30 days after the commencement for each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for the following fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of projected operations and cash flow as of the end of such fiscal year and the assumptions used therein), in each case with supporting commentary and discussion and in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administration Agent, and, promptly when available, any material revision of such budget (collectively, the "Projections"); (d) if the Borrower is not then a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower or 90 days in the case of the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal year, a narrative discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter, as compared to the portion of the Projections covering such periods and to the comparable periods of the previous year; (e) no later than five Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof, copies of substantially final drafts of any proposed material amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification with respect to the Notes Indentures; (f) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and reports that the Borrower sends to the holders of any class of its debt securities or public equity securities and, within five days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and reports that the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC; and (g) promptly, such additional financial and other information, including, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request. 7.3. Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations of whatever nature, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, (c) such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested 61 obligation and the enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation and (d) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 7.4. Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a)(i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 8.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 7.5. Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business. 7.6. Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) upon reasonable prior notice permit representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and as often as may reasonably be desired and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Group Members with officers and employees of the Group Members and with their independent certified public accountants. 7.7. Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of: (a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; (b) any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) any litigation or proceeding affecting any Group Member (i) which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) which relates to any Loan Document; (d) the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure to make any required contribution to a Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan or any withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan; and (e) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 62 Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto. 7.8. Environmental Laws. (a) Comply in all material respects with, and ensure compliance in all material respects by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws, except where the failure to so comply, could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws except where the failure to so conduct and complete such investigations, studies, sampling and testing, could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 7.9. Interest Rate Protection. In the case of the Borrower, within 90 days after the Closing Date, enter into, and thereafter maintain, such Hedge Agreements as are necessary to provide (together with any existing Hedge Agreements entered into prior to the date hereof) that at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of all Funded Debt at such time is subject to either a fixed interest rate or interest rate protection for a period of not less than three years, which Hedge Agreements shall have terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 7.10. Additional Collateral, etc. (a) With respect to any personal property acquired after the Closing Date by any Group Member (other than (w) any property described in paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) below, (x) any property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 8.3(a)(viii), (y) property acquired by any Foreign Subsidiary and (z) any other property with respect to which a security interest cannot be perfected by filing a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant state having a value which, together with the value of all such other property as to which the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, does not have a perfected Lien, does not exceed $2,500,000), promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in such property and (ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent. (b) With respect to any fee interest in any real property having a value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $2,500,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Group Member (other than (x) any real property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 8.3(a)(viii) and (y) real property acquired by any Foreign Subsidiary), promptly (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, covering such real property, (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide the Lenders with (x) title insurance covering such real property in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent) as well as a current as-built survey thereof, together with a surveyor's certificate and (y) any consents or estoppels 63 reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. (c) With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary or a Securitization Vehicle) created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Group Member, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock and intercompany obligations of such new Subsidiary that is owned by any Group Member, (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock and any intercompany notes evidencing such obligations, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Group Member, (iii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to such new Subsidiary, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent and (C) to deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of such Subsidiary, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments, and (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. (d) With respect to any new Foreign Subsidiary or Securitization Vehicle created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Group Member (other than by any Group Member that is a Foreign Subsidiary), promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock and intercompany obligations of such new Subsidiary that is owned by any such Group Member (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding Capital Stock of any such new Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock and any intercompany notes evidencing such obligations, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Group Member, as the case may be, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Collateral Agent's security interest therein, and (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. (e) From and after the Closing Date, with respect to any Deposit Account (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) or Securities Account (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) of any Group Member, cause such Group Member and the relevant securities intermediary or depository institution to enter into a control agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, provided that control agreements shall not be required with respect to Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts having an aggregate balance of less than $1,000,000 at any one time. 64 (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any Subsidiary which guarantees the Notes, any Additional Senior Subordinated Debt or any Additional Senior Unsecured Notes shall comply with the requirements of Section 7.10(c). 7.11. Further Assurances. From time to time execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take all such actions, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of more fully perfecting or renewing the rights of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral (or with respect to any additions thereto or replacements or proceeds thereof or with respect to any other property or assets hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary which may be deemed to be part of the Collateral) pursuant hereto or thereto. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which requires any consent, approval, recording qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Borrower will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent or such Lenders may be required to obtain from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization. SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall not, and the Borrower shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: 8.1. Financial Condition Covenants. (a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at any time during any fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Fiscal Quarter Consolidated Leverage Ratio - ------------------ --------------------------- December 31, 2005 5.90 to 1.0 March 31, 2006 5.90 to 1.0 June 30, 2006 5.90 to 1.0 September 30, 2006 5.90 to 1.0 December 31, 2006 5.25 to 1.0 March 31, 2007 5.25 to 1.0 June 30, 2007 5.25 to 1.0 September 30, 2007 5.25 to 1.0 December 31, 2007 4.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2008 4.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2008 4.50 to 1.0 September 30, 2008 4.50 to 1.0 December 31, 2008 3.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2009 3.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2009 3.50 to 1.0 September 30, 2009 3.50 to 1.0 December 31, 2009 3.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2010 3.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2010 3.50 to 1.0
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Fiscal Quarter Consolidated Leverage Ratio - ------------------ --------------------------- September 30, 2010 3.50 to 1.0 December 31, 2010 3.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2011 3.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2011 3.50 to 1.0
(b) Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at any time during any fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such fiscal quarter:
Consolidated Senior Secured Fiscal Quarter Leverage Ratio - ------------------ --------------------------- December 31, 2005 4.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2006 4.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2006 4.50 to 1.0 September 30, 2006 4.50 to 1.0 December 31, 2006 4.25 to 1.0 March 31, 2007 4.25 to 1.0 June 30, 2007 4.25 to 1.0 September 30, 2007 4.25 to 1.0 December 31, 2007 3.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2008 3.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2008 3.50 to 1.0 September 30, 2008 3.50 to 1.0 December 31, 2008 2.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2009 2.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2009 2.50 to 1.0 September 30, 2009 2.50 to 1.0 December 31, 2009 2.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2010 2.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2010 2.50 to 1.0 September 30, 2010 2.50 to 1.0 December 31, 2010 2.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2011 2.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2011 2.50 to 1.0
(c) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Consolidated Interest Fiscal Quarter Coverage Ratio - ------------------ --------------------- December 31, 2005 1.75 to 1.0 March 31, 2006 1.75 to 1.0 June 30, 2006 1.75 to 1.0 September 30, 2006 1.75 to 1.0 December 31, 2006 1.75 to 1.0 March 31, 2007 1.75 to 1.0
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Consolidated Interest Fiscal Quarter Coverage Ratio - ------------------ --------------------- June 30, 2007 1.75 to 1.0 September 30, 2007 1.75 to 1.0 December 31, 2007 2.00 to 1.0 March 31, 2008 2.00 to 1.0 June 30, 2008 2.00 to 1.0 September 30, 2008 2.00 to 1.0 December 31, 2008 2.25 to 1.0 March 31, 2009 2.25 to 1.0 June 30, 2009 2.25 to 1.0 September 30, 2009 2.25 to 1.0 December 31, 2009 2.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2010 2.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2010 2.50 to 1.0 September 30, 2010 2.50 to 1.0 December 31, 2010 2.50 to 1.0 March 31, 2011 2.50 to 1.0 June 30, 2011 2.50 to 1.0
8.2. Indebtedness. (a) Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except: (i) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document; (ii) Indebtedness (A) of the Borrower to any Subsidiary, (B) of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (C) of any Foreign Subsidiary to any Foreign Subsidiary and (D) subject to Section 8.8(f), of any Foreign Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; (iii) Guarantee Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor and, subject to Section 8.8(f), of any Foreign Subsidiary; (iv) Indebtedness outstanding on the Original Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.2(a)(iv) and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without shortening the maturity of, or increasing the principal amount thereof or decreasing weighted average life thereof); (v) Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of fixed or capital assets secured by Liens permitted by Section 8.3(a)(viii) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $45,000,000 at any one time outstanding; (vi) Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $925,000,000 and Guarantee Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Notes, provided that the Guarantee Obligations in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes are subordinated to the same extent as the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes; 67 (vii) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof; provided that such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary; (viii) Indebtedness of the Borrower incurred to finance the cash consideration for Permitted Acquisitions that are permitted by Section 8.8(m) so long as (v) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents in a manner substantially equivalent to the subordination of the Senior Subordinated Notes, (w) the terms of such Indebtedness are no more restrictive than the terms applicable to the Loans, (x) the final maturity of such Indebtedness is no earlier than the final maturity of the Loans, (y) such Indebtedness shall not require any payments of principal thereof prior to the final maturity of the Loans and (z) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $50,000,000; provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the ratios set forth in Section 8.1 opposite the period in which the date of the proposed incurring of such Indebtedness falls (the "Indebtedness Measurement Date") (and, for purposes of determining such compliance, the "Consolidated EBITDA" and the "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" shall each be as in effect on the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended on or prior to such Indebtedness Measurement Date and adjusted to give effect to the proposed incurrence of Indebtedness and the uses of the proceeds thereof as if such Indebtedness had been incurred and such acquisition had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance and "Consolidated Total Debt" and "Consolidated Senior Secured Debt" shall be as in effect on such Indebtedness Measurement Date and assuming the proposed Indebtedness had been incurred); (ix) Hedge Agreements permitted under Section 8.12; (x) [Reserved]; (xi) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to borrowings by employees in connection with the purchase of Capital Stock of Holdings by employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of such Guarantee Obligations, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of loans and advances pursuant to Section 8.8(i) shall not exceed $2,500,000; (xii) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in respect of netting services, overdraft protection and other services in connection with deposit accounts; provided that the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time; (xiii) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with surety, performance, appeal or similar bonds, completion guarantees or similar instruments (other than letters of credit) issued in the ordinary course of business and with respect to obligations other than Indebtedness, including any such instruments pursuant to self-insurance and workers' compensation programs; (xiv) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument 68 inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business Days of incurrence of such Indebtedness; (xv) Additional Senior Subordinated Debt or Additional Senior Unsecured Notes, so long as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Additional Senior Subordinated Debt or Additional Senior Unsecured Notes, as the case may be, with the covenants set forth in Section 8.1 opposite the period in which the relevant Indebtedness Measurement Date falls (and, for purposes of determining such compliance, "Consolidated EBITDA" and the "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" shall each be as in effect on the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended on or prior to such Indebtedness Measurement Date and adjusted to give effect to the proposed incurrence of Indebtedness and the uses of the proceeds thereof as if such Indebtedness had been incurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance and "Consolidated Total Debt" and "Consolidated Senior Secured Debt" shall be as in effect on such Indebtedness Measurement Date and assuming the proposed Indebtedness had been incurred); provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have then occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (xvi) additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount (for the Borrower and all Subsidiaries) not to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding; (xvii) (A) Indebtedness incurred to refinance, refund or replace Indebtedness outstanding under Sections 8.2(a)(v) and 8.2(a)(vii) without increasing the principal amount thereof, (B) Additional Senior Subordinated Debt incurred to refinance, refund or replace the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Indebtedness outstanding under Section 8.2(a)(viii) without increasing the principal amount thereof and (C) Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors incurred to refinance, refund or replace the Senior Unsecured Notes without increasing the principal amount thereof, so long as such Indebtedness constitutes either Additional Senior Subordinated Debt or Additional Senior Unsecured Notes; (xviii) [Reserved]; and (xix) Third Party Interests issued by Securitization Vehicles in Securitizations permitted by Section 8.5, and Indebtedness represented by such Third Party Interests and Indebtedness consisting of Standard Securitization Undertakings, provided that the aggregate amount of such Third Party Interests shall not exceed $260,000,000 at any time outstanding. (b) [Reserved] 8.3. Liens. (a) Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for: (i) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP; 69 (ii) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (iii) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to bankers' Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depositary institution; (iv) pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation; (v) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (vi) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) Liens in existence on the Original Closing Date listed on Schedule 8.3(a)(vii), securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(a)(iv), provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the date hereof and that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased; (viii) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(v) to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of fixed or capital assets, provided that (A) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition, construction or improvement of such fixed or capital assets, (B) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (C) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased; (ix) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents (including any Liens created therein in favor of holders of the Senior Unsecured Notes as required by the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture); (x) any Lien (other than Liens permitted by paragraph (vii)) existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (B) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (C) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be; 70 (xi) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased; (xii) Liens in favor of any Securitization Vehicle or any collateral agent on Securitization Assets transferred or purported to be transferred to such Securitization Vehicle in connection with Securitizations permitted by Section 8.5; (xiii) any provision for the retention of title to any property by the vendor or transferor of such property, which property is acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in a transaction entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary and for which kind of transaction it is normal market practice for such retention of title provision to be included; (xiv) Liens arising by means of any judgment of any court to the extent not otherwise resulting in a Default; provided that any such Lien is released within 30 days following the creation thereof; and (xv) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section so long as neither (A) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (B) the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date such Lien is incurred) of the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries) $50,000,000 at any one time. (b) [Reserved] 8.4. Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its property or business, except that: (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or with or into any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or, subject to Section 8.8(f), with or into any Foreign Subsidiary; (b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or, subject to Section 8.8(f), any Foreign Subsidiary; (c) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person to effect an Investment permitted under Section 8.8(m)(x); (d) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person to effect a Disposition permitted under Section 8.5; and (e) the Borrower may dispose of any or all of its assets to any Subsidiary Guarantor. 8.5. Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary's Capital Stock to any Person, except: 71 (a) the Disposition in the ordinary course of business of obsolete, worn out or permanently retired equipment or facilities that is no longer useful in the conduct of the business; (b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business; (c) the Disposition of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business; (d) Dispositions permitted by Section 8.4(a), (b) or (e); (e) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary's Capital Stock to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; (f) the Disposition of the Borrower's facility at 1615 Bluff City Highway, Bristol, Tennessee; (g) the licensing or sublicensing of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business in a manner that does not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (h) Dispositions of property by a Foreign Subsidiary to another Foreign Subsidiary; (i) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 8.6; (j) the Disposition of other property (other than Dispositions of less than all of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary owned by the Group Members) having a fair market value not to exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Borrower; provided that all Dispositions permitted by this Section 8.5(j) shall be made for fair value and at least 75% of the consideration therefor shall consist of cash or Permitted Investments; (k) Permitted Asset Swaps; (l) sales of Securitization Assets to one or more Securitization Vehicles in Securitizations; provided that (i) each such Securitization is effected on market terms as reasonably determined by the management of the Borrower, (ii) the aggregate amount of Third Party Interests in respect of all such Securitizations does not exceed $260,000,000 at any time outstanding, (iii) the proceeds to each such Securitization Vehicle from the issuance of Third Party Interests are applied substantially simultaneously with receipt thereof to the purchase from the Borrower or Subsidiaries Securitization Assets and an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from each such Securitization is applied to the mandatory repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 4.2(c) and (iv) the Capital Stock and Sellers' Retained Interests in respect of each such Securitization Vehicle shall be pledged to the Administrative Agent under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and (m) Dispositions to Holdings (or a Subsidiary thereof) of assets used or to be used for the provision of Shared Services. 8.6. Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in common stock of the Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of any Group Member, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or 72 make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (collectively, "Restricted Payments"), except that: (a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (and, if such Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, to its other holders of common Capital Stock on a pro rata basis); (b) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may pay its Allocable Share of dividends to Holdings to permit Holdings to purchase (i) Holdings' common stock or common stock options from present or former directors, officers or employees of Holdings or any Group Member upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of such officer or employee or a change of control (under the applicable plan) and (ii) Holdings' common stock for contributions to its employee stock purchase and deferred compensation plans in the ordinary course of business, provided, that the aggregate amount of payments under this clause (b) after the Original Closing Date (net of any proceeds received by Holdings and contributed to the Borrower after the Original Closing Date in connection with resales of any common stock or common stock options so purchased) shall not exceed $5,000,000; (c) the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings to (i)(A) pay its Allocable Share of franchise taxes and other amounts required by Holdings to maintain its corporate existence, (B) pay its Allocable Share of operating and overhead expenses of Holdings (including, without limitation, salaries and other compensation of employees, directors' fees and expenses and travel and entertainment expenses) incurred by Holdings in the ordinary course of business, (C) pay its Allocable Share of the Shared Services Payments or (D) reimburse Holdings for the payment of amounts relating to services (including, without limitation, legal, consulting, software, insurance and accounting services) provided by third parties on the Borrower's or any of its Subsidiaries' behalf, in each case under this clause (i) to the extent such costs and expenses are incurred in the ordinary course of business and do not, for all costs and expenses described in this clause (i), exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year or (ii) pay its Allocable Share of any taxes that are due and payable by Holdings as part of a consolidated group; (d) [Reserved]; (e) [Reserved]; (f) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to enable Holdings to pay dividends on, and any increase in the purchase price in connection with the redemption of, the Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Goldman Stock Purchase and Support Agreement, provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have then occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (b) after giving effect thereto, on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is not greater than 4.50 to 1.00; (g) any Foreign Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any other Foreign Subsidiary; (h) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted by this Section, so long as the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payments, together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this Section 8.6(h) since December 6, 2004, shall not exceed at any time the sum of (i) $150,000,000 plus (ii) (x) 50% of Quarterly Excess Cash Flow with respect to each 73 fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending on or after December 31, 2004 in which Quarterly Excess Cash Flow is greater than $0 minus (y) 100% of the absolute value of Quarterly Excess Cash Flow with respect to each fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending on or after December 31, 2004 in which Quarterly Excess Cash Flow is less than $0 (provided in no event shall this clause (ii) be deemed to be less than $0); provided that in determining Quarterly Excess Cash Flow for any fiscal quarter, the Borrower shall subtract any payments made pursuant to Section 8.6(k) with such Quarterly Excess Cash Flow; (i) [Reserved]; (j) so long as no Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 9(a) or 9(f) shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may from time to time pay cash dividends to Holdings in an amount not in excess of its Allocable Share of regularly scheduled cash interest payable during the next period of 30 days on outstanding Permitted Holdings Debt, provided, however, that (x) any such dividends relating to any such cash interest payment must be paid not earlier than 30 days prior to the date when such cash interest is required to be paid by Holdings and the proceeds must (except to the extent prohibited by applicable subordination provisions, if any) be applied by Holdings to the payment of such interest when due and (y) no payment of dividends may be made pursuant to this clause (j) in respect of its Allocable Share of cash interest on Permitted Holdings Debt other than Base PHD unless the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such dividend payment) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such dividend payment is not less than the greater of (A) 2.00 to 1.00 and (B) the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio covenant then in effect under Section 8.1(c); provided that for purposes of this clause (j) Permitted Holdings Debt shall be deemed to include any Indebtedness of a Finance Company that, if issued by Holdings, would constitute Permitted Holdings Debt; and (k) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to enable Holdings to (i) repurchase its common stock and (ii) pay cash dividends on its common stock, in an aggregate amount for the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) during any fiscal year not to exceed, if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Restricted Payment is (w) greater than 4.00 to 1.0, 10% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year, (x) greater than 3.50 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.0, 20% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year, (y) greater than 3.00 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0, 30% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year and (z) less than 3.00 to 1.0, 50% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year; provided that in determining Excess Cash Flow for the previous year, the Borrower shall subtract any payments made pursuant to Section 8.6(h) with such Excess Cash Flow. 8.7. Capital Expenditures. Make or commit to make any Consolidated Capital Expenditure, except (a) Consolidated Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not exceeding $35,000,000 in any fiscal year; provided, that (i) up to 100% of any such amount referred to above, if not so expended in the fiscal year for which it is permitted, may be carried over for expenditure in the next succeeding fiscal year and (ii) Consolidated Capital Expenditures made pursuant to this clause (a) during any fiscal year shall be deemed made, first, in respect of amounts permitted for such fiscal year as provided above and, second, in respect of amounts carried over from the prior fiscal year pursuant to subclause (i) above and (b) Consolidated Capital Expenditures made in an amount equal to the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount. 74 8.8. Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, "Investments"), except: (a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business; (b) cash and Permitted Investments; (c) Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 8.2; (d) the SBC Acquisition Documentation and the transactions contemplated thereby; (e) intercompany Investments by any Group Member in the Borrower or any Person that, prior to such Investment, is a Subsidiary Guarantor; (f) intercompany Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in any Person, that, prior to such Investment, is a Foreign Subsidiary (including, without limitation, Guarantee Obligations with respect to obligations of any such Foreign Subsidiary, loans made to any such Foreign Subsidiary and Investments resulting from mergers with or sales of assets to any such Foreign Subsidiary) in an aggregate amount (valued at cost) not to exceed $5,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; (g) Investments consisting of Sellers' Retained Interests in Securitizations permitted by Section 8.5; (h) [Reserved]; (i) loans and advances to employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of such loans and advances, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Guarantee Obligations pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(xi), shall not exceed $2,500,000; (j) stock, obligations or other securities received in settlement or good faith compromise of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Borrower or a Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of a debtor; (k) Investments in prepaid expenses and deposits in respect of workers' compensation and other similar deposits provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business, provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of such prepaid expenses and deposits shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any one time; (l) [Reserved]; (m) Investments not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section and consisting of (x) a Permitted Acquisition, provided that (i) the consideration for any such Permitted Acquisition shall consist of common stock of the Borrower, cash, assumed Indebtedness or any combination thereof, and (ii) the aggregate amount of cash and assumed Indebtedness in connection with all such Permitted Acquisitions shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of (A) $100,000,000, (B) the product of $15,000,000 (or, in the case of any fiscal 75 quarter with respect to which the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (measured on the last day of such fiscal quarter) is less than 4.5 to 1.0, $20,000,000) times the number of fiscal quarters elapsed since July 1, 2004, (C) the amount of Permitted Acquisition Reserve Amounts at such time and (D) the cash portion of the consideration for any Permitted Acquisition which is financed with the proceeds of a Reinvestment Event to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 4.2(c), provided, further, that (I) at least seven Business Days prior to consummating any Permitted Acquisition, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Lenders a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions described in the definition of "Permitted Acquisition" have been met with respect thereto and setting forth in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent the calculations required to be made pursuant to clause (c) of such definition and the assumptions used by the Borrower to make such calculations; (II) in the case of Permitted Acquisitions made in reliance on clauses (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) of the definition of Permitted Acquisition Reserve Amounts, the aggregate consideration in respect of such Permitted Acquisitions made in reliance on such clauses may not exceed (measured at the time that the relevant Permitted Acquisition is consummated) $350,000,000 (or $500,000,000, to the extent that the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at such time, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such Permitted Acquisition and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith had been consummated or incurred, as the case may be, on the first day of the relevant period, is less than 5.0 to 1.0), and (y) Investments in joint ventures and partnerships (other than Permitted Acquisitions) organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States of America and conducting substantially all of its business therein in an aggregate amount not to exceed on any date $15,000,000; and (n) Investments not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section, so long as the aggregate amount of such Investments, together with all other Investments permitted pursuant to this Section 8.8(n) since the December 6, 2002, shall not exceed the sum of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) (1) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of any issuance of Capital Stock by any Group Member after December 5, 2003 (other than issuances of Capital Stock to any Group Member) which are not required to be used to prepay Term Loans or reduce Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2(b) minus (2) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 8.6(e) of the Existing Credit Agreement since December 5, 2003, (y) the aggregate amount expended to redeem, repurchase or prepay Indebtedness in reliance upon Section 8.9(a)(v)(B) and (z) the aggregate amount of other Investments consummated in reliance upon clause (a)(i) of the definition of Permitted Acquisition Reserve Amounts. 8.9. Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a) Make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness, except (i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents, (ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Additional Senior Subordinated Debt prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof, (iii) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (iv) payments on intercompany Indebtedness, (v) redemptions, repurchases or prepayments of other Indebtedness so long as the aggregate amount of cash expended in connection therewith since December 5, 2003 shall not exceed the sum of (A) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from borrowings of Tranche C Term Loans and issuances of Designated Additional Indebtedness after the Original Closing Date (it being understood and agreed that for the purposes of this Section 8.9(a), Designated Additional Indebtedness shall include 76 "Designated Additional Indebtedness" as defined in the Original Credit Agreement incurred after the Original Closing Date and prior to the Closing Date), in each case which are not used for Restricted Payments or Permitted Acquisitions made pursuant to Sections 8.6 or 8.8, respectively, (B) (1) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of any issuance of Capital Stock by any Group Member after December 5, 2003 (other than issuances of Capital Stock to any Group Member) which are not required to be used to prepay Term Loans or reduce Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2(b) minus (2) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 8.6(e) of the Existing Credit Agreement since December 5, 2003, (y) the aggregate amount of Permitted Acquisitions consummated in reliance upon clause (a)(i) of the definition of Permitted Acquisition Reserve Amounts and (z) other Investments consummated pursuant to Section 8.8(n) in reliance upon such Net Cash Proceeds, (C) (1) an amount equal to the sum of the Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow for each fiscal year elapsed since December 5, 2003 minus (2) the aggregate amount of Permitted Acquisitions consummated in reliance upon clause (a)(iv) of the definition of Permitted Acquisition Reserve Amounts and (D) the Excess Funded Amount, (vi) refinancings, refundings or replacements of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.2(a)(iv), (v) and (vii), and (vii) the Notes Repurchase and the Notes Call; (a) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Notes, the Additional Senior Subordinated Debt or the Additional Senior Unsecured Notes, other than the Notes Repurchase and other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change that (i) would extend the maturity, reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof, reduce the rate or extend any date for payment of interest thereon or would change the covenants therein in a manner not materially more restrictive to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) does not involve the payment of a consent fee; (b) [Reserved]; or (c) designate any Indebtedness (other than obligations of the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents) as "Designated Senior Debt" (or any other defined term having a similar purpose) for the purposes of the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and any Additional Senior Subordinated Debt Documents. 8.10. Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor) unless such transaction is (a) otherwise not prohibited by this Agreement, and (b) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the relevant Group Member, taken as a whole, than it would obtain in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate; provided that this Section 8.10 shall not prohibit or require the Borrower to modify (i) any Restricted Payment permitted under Section 8.6, (ii) any sale of Securitization Assets to Securitization Vehicles and other transactions effected as part of Securitizations permitted by Section 8.5, (iii) the provision of Shared Services or (iv) transactions between the Target and/or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, for which the reimbursement or consideration represents an allocation on a fair and reasonable basis to such Person, provided that, such allocation represents an amount no less than cost. 8.11. Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any Person (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor) providing for the leasing by any Group Member of real or personal property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Group Member to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of such Group Member, except to the extent permitted by Section 8.2(a)(v). 77 8.12. Hedge Agreements. Enter into any Hedge Agreement, except (a) the Hedge Agreements contemplated by Section 7.9, (b) Hedge Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Capital Stock or the Notes, any Additional Senior Subordinated Debt or any Additional Senior Unsecured Notes), (c) Hedge Agreements required by any Securitization and (d) Hedge Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary. 8.13. Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31 or change the Borrower's method of determining fiscal quarters. 8.14. Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Group Member to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Notes Indentures and the Additional Senior Subordinated Debt Documents or Additional Senior Unsecured Debt Documents and the Preferred Stock, (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (c) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or assets pending such sale; provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that are to be sold and such sale is permitted under this Agreement, (d) any restrictions in effect on the Original Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 8.14 hereto, (e) customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting assignment thereof in existence on the date hereof or entered into consistent with past practice, (f) customary restrictions contained in any documents relating to any Securitizations; provided such restrictions only apply to the applicable Securitization Vehicle and its assets, (g) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by Sections 8.2 and 8.3, so long as the restrictions under this clause (g) apply only to the collateral on which a Lien is permitted with respect thereto pursuant to Section 8.3, (h) customary restrictions contained in the documents evidencing Permitted Holdings Debt, Non-Cash Pay Holdings Debt and Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock and (i) restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement and customary restrictions contained in documents evidencing any Permitted Acquisition or Holdings Permitted Acquisition. 8.15. Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. (a) Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to (i) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or (iii) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) any restrictions imposed by law or existing under the Loan Documents, the Notes Indentures and the Additional Senior Subordinated Debt Documents or Additional Senior Unsecured Debt Documents, (B) any restrictions in effect on the Original Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 8.15 hereto, (C) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary, (D) customary restrictions contained in the documents evidencing Permitted Holdings Debt, Non-Cash Pay Holdings Debt and Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock, (E) customary restrictions contained in any documents relating to any Securitizations; provided such restrictions only apply to the applicable Securitization Vehicle and its assets, (F) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by Sections 8.2 and 8.3, so long as the restrictions under this clause (F) apply only to the collateral on which a Lien is permitted with respect thereto pursuant to Section 8.3 and (G) restrictions contained in the 78 Merger Agreement and customary restrictions contained in documents evidencing any Permitted Acquisition or Holdings Permitted Acquisition. 8.16. Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date or that are reasonably related thereto. 8.17. Commingling of Accounts. The Borrower will not, nor will it cause or permit any Subsidiary to, commingle amounts relating to Securitization Assets sold pursuant to a Securitization with cash or any other amounts of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries other than the temporary commingling of collections on and proceeds of any accounts receivable or related assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case as may be necessary to identify and sort such collections and proceeds. SECTION 8A. HOLDINGS COVENANTS Holdings hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or Agent hereunder: 8A.1. Holdings Covenants. (a) Holdings shall not (i) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations other than (u) those incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, Merger Sub, any Finance Company, any Subsidiary of Holdings or entity created or acquired in connection with a Holdings Permitted Acquisition and any Subsidiary of Holdings created to perform Shared Services and, if the Dex Media Acquisition Effective Date occurs, the Target, (v) the issuance or sale of its common stock or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock, (w) the incurrence of Non-Cash Pay Holdings Debt or, to the extent permitted below, Permitted Holdings Debt, (x) the ownership of Shared Services Assets and Operations and the provision of Shared Services, (y) those incidental to the Preferred Stock and the redemption thereof and (z) the performance of its obligations under the Dex Media Acquisition Documentation, including without limitation the consummation of the Dex Media Acquisition, and the transactions contemplated thereby, and in each case above including activities incidental thereto; (ii) incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liabilities or financial obligations other than (u) nonconsensual obligations imposed by operation of law and other liabilities incidental to the maintenance of its existence or incurred in the ordinary course of business and other permitted activities, (v) pursuant to the Loan Documents to which it is a party and Guarantee Obligations in respect of (A) the Notes and (B) any obligations of any Finance Company prior to the assumption of such obligations by Holdings (whether by operation of law or otherwise), (w) ordinary course trade payables, employee compensation liabilities (including, without limitation, loans and advances to employees of Holdings in the ordinary course of business) and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course in connection with the provision of Shared Services, (x) obligations with respect to its Capital Stock, Non-Cash Pay Holdings Debt and, to the extent permitted hereby, Permitted Holdings Debt, (y) Indebtedness assumed by Holdings in connection with a Holdings Permitted Acquisition and (z) Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; (iii) own, lease, manage or otherwise operate any properties or assets other than assets constituting Shared Services Assets and Operations, cash and Permitted Investments and Investments in the Borrower, Merger Sub, any Finance Company, any Subsidiary of Holdings or entity created or acquired in connection with a Holdings Permitted Acquisition, any Subsidiary of Holdings created to perform Shared Services and, if the Dex Media Acquisition Effective Date occurs, the Target, and the ownership of shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower, Merger Sub, any Finance Company, any Subsidiary of Holdings or entity created or acquired in connection with a Holdings Permitted Acquisition and any Subsidiary of Holdings created to perform Shared Services and, if the Dex Media Acquisition is consummated, the Target; or (iv) create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than Holdings Permitted Encumbrances. Holdings shall not in any event 79 incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness for borrowed money other than (i) Non-Cash Pay Holdings Debt, (ii) Permitted Holdings Debt and (iii) the Guarantee Obligations referred to in clause (a)(ii)(v)(B) above; provided, however, that in the case of Permitted Holdings Debt, other than Initial Base PHD, the PHD Issuance Conditions are satisfied at the time of any such issuance of Permitted Holdings Debt. (b) Holdings will ensure that any Shared Services Payments made by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to Holdings (or a Subsidiary of Holdings formed for such purpose) represent only reimbursement for cash expenses actually incurred by Holdings (or such Subsidiary) (including accrued costs payable in cash by Holdings (or such Subsidiary) within the 30-day period after its receipt of a Shared Services Payment) that are directly attributable to the provision of Shared Services to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or, if not directly attributable to such Shared Services, are not directly attributable to Shared Services provided to any other Persons and represent a fair and equitable allocation of such out-of-pocket expenses that are not so directly attributable among the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and all other Persons, on the other hand, to which Holdings (or a Subsidiary of Holdings formed for such purpose) provides Shared Services. Shared Services Payments will not in any event include payments in respect of trade payables incurred in connection with the conduct of the Permitted Business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, for example, payables relating to printing costs, distribution costs, and costs of inventory, paper and other raw materials), which shall be incurred and paid directly by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (it being understood, however, that trade payables of Holdings (or a Subsidiary of Holdings formed for such purpose) incurred in the ordinary course relating to assets included in the Shared Services Assets and Operations or the provision of Shared Services may be incurred by Holdings (or such Subsidiary) and reimbursed as Shared Services Payments in accordance herewith). Holdings (or a Subsidiary of Holdings formed for such purpose) will invoice the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for Shared Services Payments on a periodic basis, not less frequently than quarterly. Holdings (or a Subsidiary of Holdings formed for such purpose) will from time to time provide the Administrative Agent with such analyses and other information regarding Shared Services Payments, including with respect to attributions and allocations of costs and expenses to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. 8A.2. Amendments to Acquisition Documents. Holdings shall not amend, supplement or otherwise modify (pursuant to a waiver or otherwise) any material provision of the Merger Agreement in a manner that is material and adverse to the Lenders without the consent of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing: (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or (b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or 80 (c) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 7.4(a) (with respect to Holdings and the Borrower only), Section 7.7(a) or Section 8 or 8A of this Agreement or Section 5.5 or 5.7(b) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing; or (d) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or (e) Holdings or any Group Member shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (iii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or to become subject to a mandatory offer to purchase by the obligor thereunder or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable (other than the Notes Repurchase and Notes Call); provided, that a default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate $25,000,000; or (f) (i) Holdings or any Group Member (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or Holdings or any Group Member (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against Holdings or any Group Member (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against Holdings or any Group Member (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) Holdings or any Group Member (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) Holdings or any Group Member (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or 81 (g) (i) any Person shall engage in any "prohibited transaction" (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of any Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) any Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders is likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could, in the sole judgment of the Required Lenders, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Holdings or any Group Member involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) of $25,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 45 days from the entry thereof; or (i) any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby (other than in respect of Collateral which in the aggregate has a fair market value not in excess of $1,000,000); or (j) the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert; or (k) (i) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means or warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 40% (or 50%, in the case of Goldman Sachs or any "group" of which Goldman Sachs is a member) of the outstanding common stock of Holdings; (ii) the board of directors of Holdings shall cease to consist of a majority of Continuing Directors; (iii) Holdings shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, 100% of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower free and clear of all Liens (except Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement); or (iv) a Specified Change of Control shall occur; or (l) [Reserved]; or (m) the Senior Subordinated Notes or Additional Senior Subordinated Debt or the guarantees thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Obligations or the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the case may be, as provided in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture or the Additional Senior Subordinated Debt Documents, or any Loan Party, any Affiliate of any Loan Party, the trustee in 82 respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes or Additional Senior Subordinated Debt, as the case may be, or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes or Additional Senior Subordinated Debt, as the case may be, shall so assert; then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower, automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable. With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto). Except as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower. SECTION 10. THE AGENTS 10.1. Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes such Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. Each Lender hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute, deliver and perform the Security Documents on behalf of such Lender. 10.2. Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled 83 to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. 10.3. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party. 10.4. Reliance by Agents. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Holdings or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Promissory Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans. 10.5. Notice of Default. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless such Agent has received notice from a Lender, Holdings or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default". In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders. 10.6. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, 84 attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates. 10.7. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. 10.8. Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include each Agent in its individual capacity. 10.9. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 Business Days' notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or Section 9(f) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower 85 (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term "Administrative Agent" shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent's rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent's resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 10 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 10.10. Securitizations. Each party hereto authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into customary intercreditor agreements in connection with Securitizations permitted under this Agreement. 10.11. Agents Generally. Except as expressly set forth herein, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such, and shall incur no liability, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 10.12. The Lead Arrangers. The Lead Arrangers, in their capacity as such, shall have no duties or responsibilities, and shall incur no liability, under this Agreement and other Loan Documents. SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS 11.1. Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.1. The Required Lenders and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, extend the scheduled date of any amortization payment in respect of any Term Loan, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable hereunder (except (x) in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates, which waiver shall be effective with the consent of the Majority Facility Lenders of each adversely affected Facility and (y) that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender's Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 11.1 without the written consent of 86 such Lender; (iii) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, release a substantial part of the Collateral or release a substantial part of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders; (iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 4.8 without the written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of each Facility adversely affected thereby (except for technical amendments with respect to additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement which afford the protections to such additional extensions of credit of the type provided to the Term Loans and the Revolving Loan Commitments on the Closing Date); (v) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Facility Lenders with respect to any Facility without the written consent of all Lenders under such Facility; (vi) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 10 without the written consent of each Agent adversely affected thereby; (vii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3.3 or 3.4 without the written consent of each Swingline Lender adversely affected thereby; (viii) amend or modify any provision of Section 11.6 to add any additional consent requirements necessary to effect any assignment or participation under such Section without the consent of the Supermajority Lenders; (ix) amend, modify or waive any provision of Sections 3.7 through 3.14 without the written consent of the Issuing Lender; or (x) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 4.1(b) or 4.2(h) without the consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the Tranche D Term Facility. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended at any time after December 31, 2008 with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the Replacement Revolving Commitments (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Revolving Commitments ("Refinanced Revolving Commitments") with a replacement revolving facility hereunder ("Replacement Revolving Commitments"); provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Revolving Commitments, (b) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Revolving Commitments shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Revolving Commitments, (c) the final maturity of such Replacement Revolving Commitments shall not be earlier than the final maturity date of the Tranche D Term Loans at the time of such refinancing and (d) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Revolving Commitments shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Commitments than, those applicable to such Refinanced Revolving Commitments, except to the extent that such substantially identical or less favorable terms may be extended to cover any period after the latest final maturity of the Revolving Commitments in effect immediately prior to such refinancing. 11.2. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto: 87 Holdings: R.H. Donnelley Corporation 1001 Winstead Drive Cary, North Carolina 27513 Attention: General Counsel Telecopy: (919) 297-1518 Telephone: (919) 297-1114 The Borrower: R.H. Donnelley, Inc. 1001 Winstead Drive Cary, North Carolina 27513 Attention: General Counsel Telecopy: (919) 297-1518 Telephone: (919) 297-1114 The Administrative Agent: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 60 Wall Street New York, New York 10005 Attention: Susan L. LeFevre Telecopy: (212) 797-5692 Telephone: (212) 250-6114 provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon any Agent or the Lenders shall not be effective until received. 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 Section 2 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. 11.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. 11.4. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder. 11.5. Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all their out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to such Agent and filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to 88 be submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date), and from time to time thereafter on a quarterly basis or such other periodic basis as such Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any amendment, supplement or modification to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, (c) to pay or reimburse each Lender and Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including the fees and disbursements of counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Lender and of counsel to such Agent, (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (e) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, trustees, advisors and controlling persons (each, an "Indemnitee") harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of any Group Member or any of the Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause (e), collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"), provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section 11.5 shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 11.5 shall be submitted to the Borrower at the address set forth in Section 11.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section 11.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. 11.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (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. (b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an "Assignee") all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of: 89 (A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (i) for an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate (as defined below), (ii) for an assignment by any assigning Lender of its Term Loans or (iii) if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, for an assignment to any other Person; (B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate; and (C) the Issuing Lender, provided that no consent of any Issuing Lender shall be required for an assignment to a Lender or Lender Affiliate or of a Term Loan. (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments 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 $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Lender Affiliates, if any; (B) 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 (it being understood that only a single processing and recordation fee of $3,500 will be payable with respect to any multiple assignments by or to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate pursuant to clause (ii)(A) above that are simultaneously consummated pursuant to a single Assignment and Assumption); and (C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire. For the purposes of this Section 11.6, the term "Lender Affiliate" has the following meaning: "Lender Affiliate" means, with respect to any Lender, (a) such Lender's parent company and/or any affiliate of such Lender that is at least 50% owned by such Lender or its parent company and (b) an Approved Fund. "Approved Fund" means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in loans, any other fund that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor. (iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, 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 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 and 11.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply 90 with this Section 11.6 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 Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Lender and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. (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)(ii) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)(i) 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 Borrower or the Administrative Agent, 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 Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) 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 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 may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to clause (i) of the proviso to the second sentence of Section 11.1 and (2) directly 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 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 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 11.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 11.7(a) as though it were a Lender. (ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 4.9 or 4.10 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower's prior written consent. Any Participant that is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.10 unless such Participant complies with Section 4.10(d). (d) Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall prevent or prohibit any Lender from pledging its Loans and Promissory Notes hereunder to a Federal Reserve Bank in support of borrowings made by such Lender from such Federal Reserve Bank and, with prior notification to the Administrative Agent (but without the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower), any 91 Lender that is a fund may pledge all or any portion of its Loans and Promissory Notes to its trustee, to a collateral agent or to another creditor providing credit or credit support to such Lender in support of its obligations to such trustee, such collateral agent or a holder of such obligations, or such other creditor as the case may be. No pledge pursuant to this clause (d) shall release the transferor Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. (e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Promissory Notes to any Lender requiring Promissory Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above. (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 11.6(b). Each of Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not, in its capacity as such, institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance. 11.7. Adjustments; Set-off. (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a "Benefitted Lender") shall receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 9(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other relevant Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other relevant Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the relevant Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. (b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. 11.8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this 92 Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. 11.9. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 11.10. Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents. 11.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 11.12. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof; (b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; (c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be at its address set forth in Section 11.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto; (d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and (e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages. 11.13. Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that: 93 (a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (b) no Agent or Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to Holdings or the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Agents and Lenders, on one hand, and Holdings and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and (c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders. 11.14. Releases of Guarantees and Liens. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 11.1) to direct the Collateral Agent to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 11.1 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below. (b) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than obligations under or in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person. 11.15. Confidentiality. Each Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement that is designated by such Loan Party as confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to any Agent, any other Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any pledgee referred to in Section 11.6(d) or to any direct or indirect counterparty to any Hedge Agreement or any securitization or derivative transaction (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates, (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender's investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender and its Affiliates shall have the right to (i) list the names and logos of the Borrower and Holdings, as provided by the Borrower and Holdings from time to time, and describe the transaction that is the subject to this Agreement in their marketing materials and (ii) post such information, including, without limitation, a customary "tombstone," on their website. 94 11.16. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. 11.17. Delivery of Addenda. Each Lender not a party to the Existing Credit Agreement shall become a party to this Agreement by delivering to the Administrative Agent an Addendum duly executed by such Lender. The delivery of an Addendum by a Lender party to the Existing Credit Agreement duly executed by such Lender shall constitute consent to this Agreement. 11.18. Termination. If the Revolving Commitments are terminated in accordance with this Agreement, and all outstanding Tranche A-2 Term Loans, Tranche A-3, Tranche D Term Loans and Tranche D-1 Term Loans have been paid in full in accordance with this Agreement, together with accrued interest thereon and all other amounts owing in respect thereof or otherwise payable hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate (except for those provisions of this Agreement that are stated to survive termination of this Agreement). 11.19. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies Holdings and 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 "USA Patriot Act"), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Holdings and the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of Holdings and the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify Holdings and the Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION By: /s/ Robert J. Bush -------------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary R.H. DONNELLEY INC. By: /s/ Robert J. Bush -------------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Signature Page to the R.H. Donnelley Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Administrative Agent By: /s/ Susan LeFevre -------------------------------------- Name: Susan LeFevre Title: Director By: /s/ Lana Gifas -------------------------------------- Name: Lana Gifas Title: Vice President Signature Page to the R.H. Donnelley Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent By: /s/ Peter B. Thauer ------------------- Name: Peter B. Thauer Title: Vice President Signature Page to the R.H. Donnelley Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., as Co-Documentation Agent By: /s/ Victor F. Bulzacchelli -------------------------- Name: Victor F. Bulzacchelli Title: Vice President Signature Page to the R.H. Donnelley Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Co-Documentation Agent By: /s/ Doreen Barr --------------- Name: Doreen Barr Title: Associate By: /s/ Judith E. Smith ------------------- Name: Judith E. Smith Title: Director Signature Page to the R.H. Donnelley Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as Co- Documentation Agent By: /s/ William Archer -------------------------------------- Name: William Archer Title: Authorized Signatory Signature Page to the R.H. Donnelley Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement USB SECURITIES LLC,, as Co- Documentation Agent By: /s/ Amanda J. Montgomery -------------------------------------- Name: Amanda J. Montgomery Title: Managing Director By: /s/ Isaac Koyfman -------------------------------------- Name: Isaac Koyfman Title: Director and Counsel Signature Page to the R.H. Donnelley Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agent By: /s/ Mark L. Cook -------------------------------------- Name: Mark L. Cook Title: Director Signature Page to the R.H. Donnelley Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ANNEX A I. PRICING GRID FOR REVOLVING LOANS, SWINGLINE LOANS, TRANCHE A-2 TERM LOANS
Applicable Margin Applicable Margin for Base Pricing Level for Eurodollar Loans Rate Loans - ------------------- -------------------- -------------------------- I 2.00% 1.00% II 1.75% 0.75% III 1.50% 0.50%
II. PRICING GRID FOR TRANCHE A-3 TERM LOANS
Applicable Margin Applicable Margin for Base Pricing Level for Eurodollar Loans Rate Loans - ------------------- -------------------- -------------------------- I 1.75% 0.75% II 1.50% 0.50%
The Applicable Margin shall be adjusted, on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after the Original Closing Date (in the case of Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Tranche A-2 Term Loans) or December 6, 2004 (in the case of Tranche A-3 Term Loans), based on changes in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, with such adjustments to become effective on the date (the "Adjustment Date") that is three Business Days after the date on which the relevant financial statements are delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.1 and to remain in effect until the next adjustment to be effected pursuant to this paragraph. If any financial statements referred to above are not delivered within the time periods specified in Section 7.1, then, until the date that is three Business Days after the date on which such financial statements are delivered, for (a) Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Tranche A-2 Term Loans, the highest rate set forth in each column of the Pricing Grid for Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Tranche A-2 Term Loans ("Pricing Grid I") shall apply and (b) for Tranche A-3 Term Loans, the highest rate set forth in each column of the Pricing Grid for Tranche A-3 Term Loans ("Pricing Grid II") shall apply. On each Adjustment Date, the Applicable Margin for (a) Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Tranche A-2 Term Loans shall be adjusted to be equal to the Applicable Margins opposite the Pricing Level in Pricing Grid I determined to exist on such Adjustment Date from the financial statements relating to such Adjustment Date and (b) for Tranche A-3 Term Loans shall be adjusted to be equal to the Applicable Margins opposite the Pricing Level in Pricing Grid II determined to exist on such Adjustment Date from the financial statements relating to such Adjustment Date. As used herein, the following rules shall govern the determination of Pricing Levels on each Adjustment Date for Pricing Grid I and Pricing Grid II: (a) Pricing Grid I: "Pricing Level I" shall exist on an Adjustment Date if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the relevant period is greater than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00. "Pricing Level II" shall exist on an Adjustment Date if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the relevant period is less than 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00. "Pricing Level III" shall exist on an Adjustment Date if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the relevant period is less than 4.00 to 1.00. (b) Pricing Grid II: "Pricing Level I" shall exist on an Adjustment Date if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the relevant period is greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00. "Pricing Level II" shall exist on an Adjustment Date if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the relevant period is less than 4.00 to 1.00. (c) It is understood and agreed that, solely for purposes of determining the Pricing Levels for Pricing Grid I and Pricing Grid II, the Existing Holdings Notes shall be included in the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio.
EX-10.2 3 l17526aexv10w2.txt EX-10.2 SECOND AMEND&RESTATED GUAR AND COLL AGREE 12/13/05 EXHIBIT 10.2 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT among R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION R.H. DONNELLEY INC. and certain of its Subsidiaries and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent Dated as of December 13, 2005 Table of Contents
Page ---- SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS.................................................................................. 2 1.1 Definitions.................................................................................... 2 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.................................................................. 5 SECTION 2. Guarantee...................................................................................... 5 2.1 Guarantee...................................................................................... 5 2.2 Right of Contribution.......................................................................... 6 2.3 No Subrogation................................................................................. 6 2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations..................... 7 2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional........................................................... 7 2.6 Reinstatement.................................................................................. 8 2.7 Payments....................................................................................... 8 SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST..................................................................... 8 3.1 Grant of First Priority Security Interest...................................................... 8 3.2 Grant of Second Priority Security Interest..................................................... 9 3.3 Separate and Distinct Security Interests....................................................... 9 3.4 Excluded Property.............................................................................. 10 3.5 Equal and Ratable Requirements................................................................. 10 3.6 Classification of Credit Agreement Obligations................................................. 10 SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES................................................................. 11 4.1 Title; No Other Liens.......................................................................... 11 4.2 Perfected First Priority Lien.................................................................. 11 4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office........................................... 11 4.4 Farm Products.................................................................................. 12 4.5 Investment Property............................................................................ 12 4.6 Receivables.................................................................................... 12 4.7 Intellectual Property.......................................................................... 12 4.8 Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts.......................................................... 13 SECTION 5. COVENANTS...................................................................................... 13 5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper............................. 13 5.2 Maintenance of Insurance....................................................................... 13 5.3 Payment of Obligations......................................................................... 13 5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.............................. 14 5.5 Changes in Locations, Name, etc................................................................ 14 5.6 Notices........................................................................................ 14 5.7 Investment Property............................................................................ 15 5.8 Receivables.................................................................................... 16 5.9 Intellectual Property.......................................................................... 16 5.10 Commercial Tort Claims......................................................................... 17 5.11 Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts.......................................................... 17 5.12 Unrestricted Subsidiaries...................................................................... 17
i SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS............................................................................ 17 6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables........................................................ 17 6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable........................................... 18 6.3 Pledged Stock.................................................................................. 18 6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent................................................. 19 6.5 Code and Other Remedies........................................................................ 19 6.6 Registration Rights............................................................................ 20 6.7 Deficiency..................................................................................... 21 SECTION 7. THE COLLATERAL ACCOUNT; DISTRIBUTIONS.......................................................... 21 7.1 The Collateral Account......................................................................... 21 7.2 Control of Collateral Account.................................................................. 21 7.3 Investment of Funds Deposited in Collateral Account............................................ 21 7.4 Application of Moneys.......................................................................... 21 7.5 Application of Moneys Distributable to the Trustee............................................. 23 7.6 Collateral Agent's Calculations................................................................ 23 7.7 Pro Rata Sharing............................................................................... 24 SECTION 8. AGREEMENTS WITH THE COLLATERAL AGENT........................................................... 24 8.1 Delivery of Secured Debt Agreements............................................................ 24 8.2 Information as to Secured Parties.............................................................. 24 8.3 Compensation and Expenses...................................................................... 24 8.4 Stamp and Other Similar Taxes.................................................................. 24 8.5 Filing Fees, Excise Taxes, Etc................................................................. 25 8.6 Indemnification................................................................................ 25 8.7 Collateral Agent's Lien........................................................................ 26 SECTION 9. THE COLLATERAL AGENT........................................................................... 26 9.1 Collateral Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc........................................ 26 9.2 Appointment of Collateral Agent as Agent for the Secured Parties............................... 27 9.3 Duty of Collateral Agent....................................................................... 28 9.4 Execution of Financing Statements.............................................................. 28 9.5 Authority of Collateral Agent.................................................................. 28 9.6 Exculpatory Provisions......................................................................... 28 9.7 Delegation of Duties........................................................................... 29 9.8 Reliance by Collateral Agent................................................................... 29 9.9 Limitations on Duties of Collateral Agent...................................................... 29 9.10 Moneys to be Held in Trust..................................................................... 29 9.11 Resignation and Removal of the Collateral Agent................................................ 29 9.12 Status of Successor Collateral Agent........................................................... 29 9.13 Merger of the Collateral Agent................................................................. 29 9.14 Co-Collateral Agent; Separate Collateral Agent................................................. 29 9.15 Treatment of Payee or Indorsee by Collateral Agent............................................. 29 SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS................................................................................... 29 10.1 Amendments in Writing.......................................................................... 29 10.2 Notices........................................................................................ 29 10.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies............................................ 29 10.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.......................................................... 29 10.5 Successors and Assigns......................................................................... 29 10.6 Set-Off........................................................................................ 29 10.7 Counterparts................................................................................... 29
ii 10.8 Severability................................................................................... 29 10.9 Section Headings............................................................................... 29 10.10 Integration.................................................................................... 29 10.11 GOVERNING LAW.................................................................................. 29 10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers............................................................ 29 10.13 Acknowledgements............................................................................... 29 10.14 Additional Grantors............................................................................ 29 10.15 Releases 37 10.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL........................................................................... 29
SCHEDULES Schedule 1 Notice Addresses Schedule 2 Investment Property Schedule 3 Perfection Matters Schedule 4 Jurisdictions of Organization, Identification Numbers and Location of Chief Executive Offices Schedule 5 Intellectual Property Schedule 6 Deposit and Securities Accounts ANNEXES Annex I Form of Assumption Agreement Annex II Form of Acknowledgement and Consent iii SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of December 13, 2005, among each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the "Grantors"), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, together with any successor collateral agent, the "Collateral Agent") for (i) the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the "Lenders") from time to time parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among R.H. Donnelley Corporation ("Holdings"), R.H. Donnelley Inc. (the "Borrower"), the Lenders, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent") and the other agents named therein (together with the Administrative Agent, the "Agents") and (ii) the holders from time to time (the "Holders") of the Borrower's 8-7/8% Senior Notes due 2010 (the "Senior Notes") issued under the Indenture, dated January 3, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among the Borrower and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). W I T N E S S E T H: - - - - - - - - - - WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor; WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses; WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; WHEREAS, in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, certain parties hereto entered into the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2004 (the "Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement"); WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the holders of Credit Agreement Obligations (as defined below) (collectively, the "Credit Agreement Secured Parties"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) are required, under certain circumstances, to equally and ratably secure the Senior Notes (such requirements, the "Equal and Ratable Requirements"); NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder and to satisfy the Equal and Ratable 2 Requirements of the Indenture, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined below), to amend and restate the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in its entirety as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS 1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the New York UCC: Accounts, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Securities Account and Supporting Obligations. (b) The following terms shall have the following meanings: "Agents": as defined in the preamble. "Agreement": this Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations": the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to any Credit Agreement Secured Party (or, in the case of any Specified Hedge Agreement, any Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Specified Hedge Agreement was entered into), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Credit Agreement Secured Parties that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements). "Collateral": as defined in Section 3. "Collateral Account": the collateral account established by the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 7.1. "Collateral Agent Fees": all fees, costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent of the types described in Sections 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 and 9.1(c). "Copyrights": (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 5), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof. 3 "Copyright Licenses": any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 5), granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright. "Credit Agreement Obligations": (i) the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations. "Credit Agreement Secured Parties": as defined in the recitals hereto. "Deposit Account": as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and, in any event, including, without limitation, any demand, time, savings, passbook or like account maintained with a depositary institution. "Distribution Date": each date fixed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion for a distribution to the relevant Secured Parties of funds held in the Collateral Account. "Equal and Ratable Requirements": as defined in the recitals hereto. "Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement": as defined in the recitals hereto. "First Lien Secured Amount": at any time, the lesser of (i) $1,525,000,000 and (ii) the maximum amount that can be secured under the Indenture pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of "Permitted Liens" contained therein. "First Priority Interest": as defined in Section 3. "Foreign Subsidiary": any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of America. "Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock": the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary. "Grantors": as defined in the preamble hereto. "Guarantor Obligations": with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2) or any other Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Credit Agreement Secured Parties that are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document). "Guarantors": the collective reference to each Grantor other than the Borrower. "Holders": as defined in the preamble hereto. "Indenture": as defined in the preamble hereto. "Intellectual Property": the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any 4 infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. "Intercompany Note": any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor (other than Holdings) to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries. "Investment Property": the collective reference to (i) all "investment property," as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC (other than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the definition of "Pledged Stock") and (ii) whether or not constituting "investment property" as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Stock. "Issuers": the collective reference to each issuer of any Investment Property. "New York UCC": the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York. "Patents": (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5, (ii) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing. "Patent License": all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5. "Pledged Notes": all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2, all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor (other than Holdings) and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than Holdings) (other than promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business). "Pledged Stock": the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2, together with any other shares, stock certificates, options, interests or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect; provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary be required to be pledged hereunder. "Proceeds": all "proceeds," as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Investment Property, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto. "Receivable": any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including, without limitation, any Account). "Second Priority Interest": as defined in Section 3. "Secured Debt Agreements": collectively, (a) the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents and any other documents entered into in connection therewith and (b) the Indenture and any other documents entered into in connection therewith. 5 "Secured Obligations": (i) the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the Senior Note Obligations and (iii) the Guarantor Obligations. "Secured Parties": collectively, (a) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, (b) the Holders and (c) the Collateral Agent. "Securities Act": the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "Senior Notes": as defined in the preamble hereto. "Senior Note Obligations": the unpaid principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Senior Notes (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the instruments governing the Senior Notes after the maturity of the Senior Notes and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in such instruments after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding). "Trademarks": (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof. "Trademark License": any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5. "Trustee": as defined in the preamble hereto. 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereto" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. (b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. (c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor's Collateral or the relevant part thereof. (d) All references to the Lenders hereunder and in the recitals hereto shall, where appropriate, include any Affiliate of any Lender that is a party to a Specified Hedge Agreement. SECTION 2. GUARANTEE 2.1 Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees as a primary obligor and not merely as surety to the Collateral Agent, for the 6 ratable benefit of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations. (b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.2). (c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party hereunder. (d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations. (e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated. 2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor's right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Secured Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. 2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party for the payment of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to 7 seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Secured Parties by the Borrower on account of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be applied against the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Collateral Agent may determine. 2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations. Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party may be rescinded by the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party and any of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations continued, and the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Collateral Agent (or the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party for the payment of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Credit Agreement Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto. 2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party, or (c) any other 8 circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent and any Credit Agreement Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Credit Agreement Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof "demand" shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings. 2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Credit Agreement Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made. 2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Collateral Agent for the sole benefit of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the office of the Collateral Agent located at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST 3.1 Grant of First Priority Security Interest. Subject to Section 3.4, each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Collateral Agent, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (and, to the extent the following constitutes "Collateral" under, and as defined in, the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, hereby confirms (without interruption) its assignment and transfer to the Collateral Agent under the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement of), a first priority, security interest (the "First Priority Interest") in, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the "Collateral"), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor's Credit Agreement Obligations (provided, that in no event shall the First Priority Interest at any time secure an amount in excess of (i) principal amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement up to the First Lien Secured Amount and accrued interest and fees thereon plus (ii) any other Credit Agreement Obligations permitted by the Indenture to be secured on a first priority basis): (a) all Accounts; 9 (b) all Chattel Paper; (c) all Contracts; (d) all Deposit Accounts; (e) all Documents; (f) all Equipment; (g) all General Intangibles; (h) all Instruments; (i) all Intellectual Property; (j) all Inventory; (k) all Investment Property; (l) all Letter-of-Credit Rights; (m) all other personal property not otherwise described above; (n) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and (o) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing. 3.2 Grant of Second Priority Security Interest. Subject to Sections 3.4 and 7.4, each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Collateral Agent, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a second priority security interest (the "Second Priority Interest") in all right, title and interest of such Grantor in all Collateral, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations. 3.3 Separate and Distinct Security Interests. (a) As set forth in the separate granting clauses contained in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 above, it is the intent of each Grantor, the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent, that such grants shall create two separate and distinct security interests in all right, title and interest of each Grantor in all Collateral in favor of (i) the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and (ii) the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the First Priority Interest and the Second Priority Interest shall constitute valid and enforceable security interests in the Collateral having the priorities relative to one another established under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 without regard to whether the actual numeric priority of any of such security interests may prove to be different, whether due to the existence of a senior lien or the unenforceability of any of such security interests. (b) Notwithstanding (i) anything to the contrary contained in any other document, filing or agreement related to the creation, attachment, perfection or existence of the security interests granted herein, (ii) the time, place, order or method of attachment or perfection of such security interests, (iii) the time or order of filing or recording of financing statements or other documents filed or recorded to perfect 10 such security interests, and (iv) the rules for determining priority under any law governing the relative priorities of secured creditors, the Second Priority Interest is expressly junior in priority, operation and effect to the First Priority Interest. (c) The priorities set forth herein are intended solely to define the relative priorities of the secured interests in relation to one another and shall not be construed as an agreement by any Secured Party to subordinate its secured interest in favor of the Lien of a Person which is not a Secured Party. 3.4 Excluded Property. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Section 3 (other than Section 3.5), this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in, and the Collateral shall not include, (a) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest (i) is prohibited by any Requirements of Law of a Governmental Authority or requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Requirement of Law, (ii) is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property, or (iii) in the case of any Investment Property, Pledged Stock or Pledged Note, any applicable shareholder or similar agreement, except in each case to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable law or (b) any property of Holdings, other than its right, title and interest in and to the Capital Stock of the Borrower and all Proceeds and products related thereto. 3.5 Equal and Ratable Requirements. Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) to the extent the Holders are required to be secured equally and ratably with respect to the Collateral or any other collateral security for the Credit Agreement Obligations pursuant to the Equal and Ratable Requirements of the Indenture but are not deemed so secured pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Security Document, this Agreement or such other Security Document, as applicable, shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to comply with the Equal and Ratable Requirements of the Indenture; and (b) to the extent the Holders are secured with respect to the Collateral or any other collateral security for the Credit Agreement Obligations pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document to a greater extent than is required by the Equal and Ratable Requirements of the Indenture, this Agreement or such other Security Document, as applicable, shall be deemed amended in order to provide the Holders only those rights and security interests with respect to the Collateral or collateral security as are required by the Equal and Ratable Requirements of the Indenture. 3.6 Classification of Credit Agreement Obligations. The Credit Agreement Obligations secured by the Collateral pursuant to Section 3.1 shall be classified or reclassified from time to time as having been incurred in reliance on Section 4.09(c)(1) of the Indenture, and the Credit Agreement Obligations secured pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be classified or reclassified from time to time as having been incurred in reliance on any paragraph of Section 4.09 of the Indenture other than paragraph (c)(1) thereof. Any mandatory repayments made under the Credit Agreement with Net Available Cash (as defined in the Indenture) from Asset Sales (as defined in the Indenture) shall be deemed applied first to obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement secured by the Second Priority Interest and second to obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement secured by the First Priority Interest. 11 Section 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES To induce the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to make and continue their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party that: 4.1 Title; No Other Liens. Except for the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. No financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that any Grantor may, as part of its business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual Property owned or developed by a Grantor. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing activity shall not constitute a "Lien" on such Intellectual Property. Each Secured Party understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees, and such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Collateral Agent to utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto. 4.2 Perfected First Priority Lien. Part I of Schedule 3 lists for each Grantor, the jurisdiction in which the Collateral Agent has filed an initial financing statement and applicable amendments to perfect the security interests granted under the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. (a) The First Priority Interest granted or continued pursuant to this Agreement (i) upon the effective filing of the amendment described in Part II of Schedule 3 to the financing statement currently on file against Holdings in the filing office described in Part I of Schedule 3, will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral to which Article 9 of the New York UCC is applicable in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Credit Agreement Obligations (provided, that in no event shall the First Priority Interest at any time secure an amount in excess of (A) principal amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement up to the First Lien Secured Amount and accrued interest and fees thereon plus (B) any other Credit Agreement Obligations permitted by the Indenture to be secured on a first priority basis), enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any such Collateral from such Grantor and (ii) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral to which Article 9 of the New York UCC is applicable in existence on the date hereof except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement to have priority over the First Priority Interest. (b) Perfected Second Priority Lien. The Second Priority Interest granted pursuant to this Agreement (i) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified in Section 4.2(a)(i) will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral to which Article 9 of the New York UCC is applicable in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any such Collateral from such Grantor and (ii) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral to which Article 9 of the New York UCC is applicable in existence on the date hereof except for the First Priority Interest and Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement to have priority over the First Priority Interest. 4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such Grantor's jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor's chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence, as the 12 case may be, are specified on Schedule 4. Such Grantor has furnished to the Collateral Agent a certified charter, certificate of incorporation or other organizational document and a long-form good standing certificate as of a date which is recent to the date hereof. 4.4 Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm Products. 4.5 Investment Property. (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer owned by such Grantor or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, if less, 65% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer. (b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. (c) Each of the Pledged Notes constituting Collateral constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. (d) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the security interests created or continued by this Agreement. 4.6 Receivables. With respect to the Receivables constituting Collateral of any Grantor (other than Holdings) only: (a) No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Collateral Agent. (b) None of the obligors on any Receivables is a Governmental Authority. (c) The amounts represented by such Grantor to the Secured Parties from time to time as owing to such Grantor in respect of the Receivables will at such times be accurate. 4.7 Intellectual Property. With respect to the Intellectual Property constituting Collateral of any Grantor (other than Holdings) only: (a) Schedule 5 lists all Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents and applications for the foregoing owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof and all Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses. (b) On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned and, to the knowledge of such Grantor, does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person. (c) Except as set forth in Schedule 5 hereto, on the date hereof, none of the Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or franchisor. (d) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or such Grantor's rights in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 13 (e) No action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of any Intellectual Property or such Grantor's ownership interest therein, or (ii) which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the value of any Intellectual Property. 4.8 Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts . Schedule 6 hereto sets forth each Deposit Account or Securities Account constituting Collateral in which any Grantor (other than Holdings) has any interest on the date hereof. SECTION 5. COVENANTS Each Grantor other than Holdings, and Holdings for the purposes of Sections 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 5.7 only, covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Secured Obligations shall have been paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have terminated: 5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper constituting Collateral, such Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall be immediately delivered to the Collateral Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement. 5.2 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor will maintain, with financially sound and reputable companies, insurance policies (i) insuring the Inventory and Equipment against loss by fire, explosion, theft and such other casualties as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (ii) to the extent requested by the Collateral Agent, insuring such Grantor against liability for personal injury and property damage relating to such Inventory and Equipment, such policies to be in such form and amounts and having such coverage as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. (b) All such insurance shall (i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective unless the insurer gives at least 30 days notice to the Collateral Agent, (ii) name the Collateral Agent as insured party or loss payee, as applicable, and (iii) be reasonably satisfactory in all other respects to the Collateral Agent. (c) The Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance substantially concurrently with each delivery of the Borrower's audited annual financial statements and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request. 5.3 Payment of Obligations. Such Grantor will pay and discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Collateral or in respect of income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims of any kind (including, without limitation, claims for labor, materials and supplies) against or with respect to the Collateral, except that no such charge need be paid if the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of such Grantor and such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to result in the sale, forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the Collateral or any interest therein. 14 5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interests created by this Agreement as perfected security interests having the priorities described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interests against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the rights of such Grantor under the Loan Documents to dispose of the Collateral. (b) Such Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail. (c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property, Deposit Accounts and Letter-of-Credit Rights constituting Collateral and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Collateral Agent to obtain "control" (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (other than with respect to (i) Investment Property and (ii) Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts), no Grantor shall be required to take any actions to perfect or maintain the Collateral Agent's security interest with respect to any personal property Collateral which (i) cannot be perfected or maintained by filing a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code and (ii) has a fair market value which, together with the value of all other personal property Collateral of all Grantors with respect to which a security interest is not perfected or maintained in reliance on this sentence, does not exceed $2,500,000. (d) Subject to Section 5.11, such Grantor will not establish any additional Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts constituting Collateral without executing and delivering, concurrently with the establishment of such account, a control agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the related depositary bank or securities intermediary, as the case may be, in order to perfect the security interests of the Collateral Agent in such account under the Uniform Commercial Code. 5.5 Changes in Locations, Name, etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon 15 days' prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and delivery to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent of all additional executed financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein: (i) change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence from that referred to in Section 4.3; or (ii) change its name. 5.6 Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent promptly, in reasonable detail (which notice shall specify that it is being delivered pursuant to this Section), of: 15 (a) any Lien (other than security interests created or continued hereby or Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral which would adversely affect the ability of the Collateral Agent to exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and (b) the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby. 5.7 Investment Property. (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of the Capital Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of the Pledged Stock, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, hold the same in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and deliver the same forthwith to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Collateral Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. Any sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over to the Collateral Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Investment Property or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, be delivered to the Collateral Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Investment Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Collateral Agent, hold such money or property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. (b) Without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, such Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to issue any Capital Stock of any nature or to issue any other securities convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any Capital Stock of any nature of any Issuer, except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement), (iii) create, incur or permit to exist any Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect to, any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof, or any interest therein, except for the security interests created by this Agreement and the Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement or (iv) enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Collateral Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof. (c) In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Investment Property issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Collateral Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.7(a) with respect to the Investment Property issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.6 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.6 with respect to the Investment Property issued by it. 16 5.8 Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice, such Grantor will not (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Receivable in any manner that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the value thereof. (b) Such Grantor will deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy of each material demand, notice or document received by it that questions or calls into doubt the validity or enforceability of more than 5% of the aggregate amount of the then outstanding Receivables. 5.9 Intellectual Property. (a) Except to the extent any Grantor reasonably determines that any Intellectual Property is no longer used or useful in its business, such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will (i) continue to use commercially each material Trademark in order to maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any mark which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, shall obtain perfected security interests in such mark pursuant to this Agreement (with such priorities as are contemplated in Section 3), and (v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby such Trademark may become invalidated or impaired in any way. (b) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public. (c) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) (i) will employ each material Copyright and (ii) will not (and will not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may become invalidated or otherwise impaired. Such Grantor will not (either itself or through licensees) do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may fall into the public domain. (d) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act that knowingly uses any material Intellectual Property to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person. (e) Such Grantor will notify the Collateral Agent immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating to any material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any final or non-appealable adverse determination or development (including, without limitation, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal in any country) regarding such Grantor's ownership of, or the validity of, any material Intellectual Property or such Grantor's right to register the same or to own and maintain the same. (f) Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration of any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such filing to the Collateral Agent within five Business Days after the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon request of the Collateral Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Collateral Agent may request to evidence the 17 Collateral Agent's security interests in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby. (g) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of the material Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability. (h) In the event that any material Intellectual Property is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall (i) take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and (ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material economic value, promptly notify the Collateral Agent after it learns thereof and sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution, to seek appropriate relief and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution. 5.10 Commercial Tort Claims. Such Grantor shall advise the Collateral Agent promptly of any Commercial Tort Claim held by such Grantor in excess of $1,000,000 and shall promptly execute a supplement to this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to grant security interests in such Commercial Tort Claim to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the manner and having the priorities described in Section 3. 5.11 Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts. No Grantor shall establish or maintain a Deposit Account or Securities Account for which such Grantor has not delivered to the Collateral Agent a control agreement executed by all parties relevant thereto, provided that the Grantors shall not be required to enter into control agreements with respect to any Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts having an aggregate balance of less than $1,000,000. 5.12 Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a Loan Party as an "Unrestricted Subsidiary" for purposes of the Indenture. SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS 6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. With respect to Receivables constituting Collateral of any Grantor other than Holdings: (a) After an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Collateral Agent may require in connection with such test verifications. (b) The Collateral Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor's Receivables. The Collateral Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. If required by the Collateral Agent, upon the request of the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent if required, in the Collateral Account, subject to withdrawal by the Collateral Agent for the account of the Secured Parties only as 18 provided in Section 7.4, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit. (c) At the Collateral Agent's request, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts. 6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. With respect to Receivables constituting Collateral of any Grantor other than Holdings: (a) The Collateral Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after prior notice to the Grantors communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the Collateral Agent's satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables. (b) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and at the direction of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent in its own name or in the name of others may, and upon the request of the Collateral Agent each Grantor shall, notify obligors on the Receivables that the Receivables have been assigned to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Collateral Agent. (c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times. 6.3 Pledged Stock. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Grantor of the Collateral Agent's intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes, in each case paid in the normal course of business of the relevant Issuer and consistent with past practice, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the Investment Property; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other organizational right exercised or other action taken which, in the Administrative Agent's reasonable judgment, would result in any violation of any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document. (b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Investment Property and make application thereof to the Secured Obligations in such order as the Collateral Agent may determine, and (ii) any or all of the Investment Property shall be registered in the 19 name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, and the Collateral Agent or its nominee may thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Investment Property at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or Issuers or otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Investment Property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or other organizational structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Investment Property, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Investment Property with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing. (c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Investment Property pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) upon delivery of any notice to such effect pursuant to Section 6.3(a), pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Investment Property directly to the Collateral Agent. 6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent. In addition to the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties specified in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, and the Collateral Agent, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, shall have given notice thereof to the Grantors, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control in accordance with Section 7.1. All Proceeds while held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 7.4. 6.5 Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker's board or office of any Secured Party or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on 20 credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Any Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Collateral Agent's request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at places which the Collateral Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor's premises or elsewhere. The Collateral Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.5, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Secured Parties hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, in such order as the Collateral Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the Collateral Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a)(3) of the New York UCC, need the Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Secured Parties arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition. 6.6 Registration Rights. (a) If the Collateral Agent shall determine to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Pledged Stock pursuant to Section 6.5, and if in the opinion of the Collateral Agent it is necessary or advisable to have the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be sold, registered under the provisions of the Securities Act, the relevant Grantor will cause the Issuer thereof to (i) execute and deliver, and cause the directors and officers of such Issuer to execute and deliver, all such instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, necessary or advisable to register the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be sold, under the provisions of the Securities Act, (ii) use its best efforts to cause the registration statement relating thereto to become effective and to remain effective for a period of one year from the date of the first public offering of the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be sold, and (iii) make all amendments thereto and/or to the related prospectus which, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable thereto. Each Grantor agrees to cause such Issuer to comply with the provisions of the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of any and all jurisdictions which the Collateral Agent shall designate and to make available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act. (b) Each Grantor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Stock, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so. 21 (c) Each Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.6 valid and binding and in compliance with any and all other applicable Requirements of Law. Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 6.6 will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, that the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 6.6 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement. 6.7 Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay the Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to collect such deficiency. SECTION 7. THE COLLATERAL ACCOUNT; DISTRIBUTIONS 7.1 The Collateral Account. At such time as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate, there shall be established and, at all times thereafter until this Agreement shall have terminated, the Collateral Agent shall maintain a separate collateral account under its sole dominion and control (the "Collateral Account"). All moneys which are received by the Collateral Agent or any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent in respect of the Collateral, whether in connection with the exercise of the remedies provided in this Agreement or any Security Document, shall be deposited in the Collateral Account and held by the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral and applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 7.2 Control of Collateral Account. All right, title and interest in and to the Collateral Account shall vest in the Collateral Agent, and funds on deposit in the Collateral Account shall constitute part of the Collateral. The Collateral Account shall be subject to the exclusive dominion and control of the Collateral Agent. 7.3 Investment of Funds Deposited in Collateral Account. The Collateral Agent may, but is under no obligation to, invest and reinvest moneys on deposit in the Collateral Account at any time in Permitted Investments. All such investments and the interest and income received thereon and the net proceeds realized on the sale or redemption thereof shall be held in the Collateral Account and constitute Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any diminution in funds resulting from such investments or any liquidation prior to maturity. 7.4 Application of Moneys. (a) The Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to apply moneys held by it in the Collateral Account to the payment of due and unpaid Collateral Agent Fees. (b) All remaining moneys held by the Collateral Agent in the Collateral Account or received by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral shall, to the extent available for distribution (it being understood that the Collateral Agent may liquidate investments prior to maturity in order to make a distribution pursuant to this Section 7.4), be distributed by the Collateral Agent on each Distribution Date in the following order of priority (with such distributions being made by the Collateral Agent to the respective representatives for the Secured Parties as provided in Section 7.4(d), and each such 22 representative shall be responsible for insuring that amounts distributed to it are distributed to its Secured Parties in the order of priority set forth below): First: to the Collateral Agent for any unpaid Collateral Agent Fees and then to any Secured Party which has theretofore advanced or paid any Collateral Agent Fees constituting administrative expenses allowable under Section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, an amount equal to the amount thereof so advanced or paid by such Secured Party and for which such Secured Party has not been reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full, then ratably (without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured Parties in proportion to the amounts of such Collateral Agent Fees advanced by the respective Secured Parties and remaining unpaid on such Distribution Date; Second: to any Secured Party which has theretofore advanced or paid any Collateral Agent Fees other than such administrative expenses described in clause First above, an amount equal to the amount thereof so advanced or paid by such Secured Party and for which such Secured Party has not been reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full, then ratably (without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured Parties in proportion to the amounts of such Collateral Agent Fees advanced by the respective Secured Parties and remaining unpaid on such Distribution Date; Third, to the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the amount then due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Credit Agreement Obligations secured by the First Priority Interest, pro rata among the parties to which such Credit Agreement Obligations are then due and owing based on the respective amounts thereof, until such Credit Agreement Obligations are paid or cash collateralized (to the extent not then due and payable) in full; provided that in no event shall the aggregate amount distributed under clauses Third and Fourth of this Section 7.4 exceed (i) principal amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement up to the First Lien Secured Amount and accrued interest and fees thereon plus (ii) any other Credit Agreement Obligations permitted by the Indenture to be secured on a first priority basis; Fourth (this clause being applicable only if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), to the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the amount of unpaid principal, interest, fees, charges, costs and expenses in respect of the Credit Agreement Obligations secured by the First Priority Interest, pro rata among the parties holding such Credit Agreement Obligations based on the respective amounts thereof, until such Credit Agreement Obligations are paid or cash collateralized (to the extent not then due and payable) in full; provided that in no event shall the aggregate amount distributed under clauses Third and Fourth of this Section 7.4 exceed (i) principal amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement up to the First Lien Secured Amount and accrued interest and fees thereon plus (ii) any other Credit Agreement Obligations permitted by the Indenture to be secured on a first priority basis; Fifth (this clause being applicable only if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), to the Secured Parties, in respect of the Second Priority Interest, the amount of unpaid principal, interest, fees, charges, costs and expenses in respect of the Secured Obligations, pro rata among the parties holding such Secured Obligations based on the respective amounts thereof (after giving effect to any distributions made under clauses Third and Fourth of this Section 7.4), until such Secured Obligations are paid or cash collateralized (in the case of Credit Agreement Obligations not then due and payable) in full; and Sixth, any balance remaining after the Secured Obligations shall have been paid or cash collateralized in full, no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have 23 terminated shall be paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. (c) The term "unpaid" as used in clause Third, Fourth and Fifth of Section 7.4(b) refers: (i) in the absence of a bankruptcy proceeding with respect to the relevant Grantor(s), to all amounts of Credit Agreement Obligations or Secured Obligations, as the case may be, outstanding as of a Distribution Date, and (ii) during the pendency of a bankruptcy proceeding with respect to the relevant Grantor(s), to all amounts allowed (within the meaning of Title 11 of the United States Code entitled "Bankruptcy") by the bankruptcy court in respect of Credit Agreement Obligations or Secured Obligations, as the case may be, as a basis for distribution (including estimated amounts, if any, allowed in respect of contingent claims), to the extent that prior distributions (whether actually distributed or set aside pursuant to Section 7.5) have not been made in respect thereof. (d) The Collateral Agent shall make all payments and distributions under this Section 7.4 (i) on account of Credit Agreement Obligations to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to directions of the Administrative Agent, for re-distribution in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and (ii) on account of the Senior Note Obligations to the Trustee, pursuant to directions of the Trustee, for re-distribution in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. 7.5 Application of Moneys Distributable to the Trustee. If at any time any moneys collected or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement are distributable pursuant to Section 7.4 to the Trustee, and if the Trustee shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing that no provision is made under the Indenture for the application by the Trustee of such moneys (whether because the Senior Note Obligations under the Indenture have not become due and payable or otherwise) and that the Indenture does not effectively provide for the receipt and the holding by the Trustee of such moneys pending the application thereof, then the Collateral Agent, after receipt of such notification, shall, at the direction of the Trustee, invest such amounts in Permitted Investments maturing within 90 days after they are acquired by the Collateral Agent or, in the absence of such direction, hold such moneys uninvested and shall hold all such amounts so distributable and all such investments and the net proceeds thereof in trust solely for the Trustee (in its capacity as trustee) and for no other purpose until such time as the Trustee shall request in writing the delivery thereof by the Collateral Agent for application pursuant to the Indenture, as applicable. 7.6 Collateral Agent's Calculations. In making the determinations and allocations required by Section 7.4, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by the Trustee as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Senior Note Obligations and information supplied by the Administrative Agent as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Credit Agreement Obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information, provided that nothing in this sentence shall prevent any Grantor from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any information so supplied. All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 7.4 shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final (absent manifest error), and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by the Administrative Agent or the Trustee of any amounts distributed to them. 24 7.7 Pro Rata Sharing. If, through the operation of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or other laws or otherwise, the Collateral Agent's security interests hereunder and under the other Security Documents is enforced with respect to some, but not all, of the Secured Obligations then outstanding, the Collateral Agent shall nonetheless apply the proceeds of the Collateral for the benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations which have been enforced in the proportions and subject to the priorities specified herein after giving effect thereto. To the extent that the Collateral Agent distributes Proceeds collected with respect to Secured Obligations held by one holder to or on behalf of Secured Obligations held by a second holder, the first holder shall be deemed to have purchased a participation in the Secured Obligations held by the second holder, or shall be subrogated to the rights of the second holder to receive any subsequent payments and distributions made with respect to the portion thereof paid or to be paid by the application of such Proceeds. SECTION 8. AGREEMENTS WITH THE COLLATERAL AGENT 8.1 Delivery of Secured Debt Agreements. On or before the date hereof, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent true and complete copies of each Secured Debt Agreement as in effect on the date hereof. The Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, promptly upon the execution thereof, (i) a true and complete copy of all amendments, modifications or supplements to any Secured Debt Agreement entered into after the date hereof, and (ii) a true and complete copy of any new Secured Debt Agreement entered into after the date hereof. 8.2 Information as to Secured Parties. The Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent on the date hereof and quarterly hereafter, and from time to time upon request of the Collateral Agent, a list setting forth as of a date not more than 10 days prior to the date of such delivery the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Secured Obligations. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent of each change in the identity or address of the Administrative Agent or the Trustee. 8.3 Compensation and Expenses. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon demand, (i) reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to compensation of fiduciaries or of a trustee of an express trust) for its services hereunder and for administering the Collateral and (ii) all of the fees, costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel, advisors and agents) (A) arising in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, modification, and termination of this Agreement, each other Security Document, or the enforcement of any of the provisions hereof or thereof, (B) incurred or required to be advanced in connection with the administration of the Collateral, the sale or other disposition of Collateral and the preservation, protection or defense of the Collateral Agent's rights under this Agreement, each other Security Document, and in and to the Collateral, (C) incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the removal of the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 9.11 or (D) the failure by any Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document. Such fees, costs and expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any other bankruptcy law relating to creditors' rights generally. The obligations of the Grantors under this Section 8.3 shall survive the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement and the other Security Documents and the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent hereunder. 8.4 Stamp and Other Similar Taxes. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party from any present or future claim for liability for any stamp or any other similar tax, and any penalties or interest with respect thereto, which may be assessed, levied or collected by any jurisdiction in connection with this Agreement, any other Security Document or any Collateral. The obligations of the Grantors under this Section 8.4 shall survive 25 the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement and the other Security Documents and the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent hereunder. 8.5 Filing Fees, Excise Taxes, Etc. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, agrees to pay or to reimburse the Collateral Agent for any and all payments made by the Collateral Agent in respect of all search, filing, recording and registration fees, taxes, excise taxes and other similar imposts which may be payable or determined to be payable in respect of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Security Documents. The obligations of the Grantors under this Section 8.5 shall survive the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement and the other Security Documents and the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent hereunder. 8.6 Indemnification. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Collateral Agent for all of its out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the other Security Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Collateral Agent and filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date), and from time to time thereafter on a quarterly basis or such other periodic basis as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse the Collateral Agent for all of its out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any amendment, supplement or modification to this Agreement and the other Security Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, (c) to pay or reimburse each Secured Party and the Collateral Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any such other documents (including, without limitation, in connection with any action taken with respect to the Collateral), including the fees and disbursements of counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Secured Party and of counsel to the Collateral Agent, (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Secured Party and the Collateral Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any such other documents, and (e) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Secured Party and the Collateral Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, trustees, advisors and controlling persons (each, an "Indemnitee") harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of any Group Member or any of the Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any Security Document (all the foregoing in this clause (e), collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"), provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, 26 under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. The obligations of the Grantors under this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement and the other Security Documents and the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent hereunder. 8.7 Collateral Agent's Lien. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Security Document, as security for the payment of the Collateral Agent Fees (i) the Collateral Agent is hereby granted a lien upon all Collateral and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to use and apply any of the funds held by the Collateral Agent in the Collateral Account to cover such Collateral Agent Fees. SECTION 9. THE COLLATERAL AGENT 9.1 Collateral Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Collateral Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following: (i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable; (ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent's security interest in such Intellectual Property (and the associated goodwill) and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby; (iii)pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof; (iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.5 or 6.6, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and (v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any 27 portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Collateral Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Collateral Agent's option and such Grantor's expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and Collateral Agent's security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do. Anything in this Section 9.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Collateral Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 9.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. (b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Collateral Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement. (c) The expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 9.1, together with interest thereon at the rate applicable hereto under Section 4.5(c) of the Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by the Collateral Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent on demand. (d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released. 9.2 Appointment of Collateral Agent as Agent for the Secured Parties. (a) By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and the Security Documents, each Secured Party shall be deemed irrevocably (i) to consent to the appointment of the Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under the Security Documents, (ii) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for enforcement of any provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents against any Grantor or the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder, (iii) to agree that such Secured Party shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any Security Document against any Grantor or to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder and (iv) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Security Documents. (b) The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. 28 9.3 Duty of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent's sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account. No Secured Party nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent's and the Secured Parties' interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. 9.4 Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent to file or record financing statements and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Collateral Agent determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor (other than Holdings) authorizes the Collateral Agent to use the collateral description "all personal property" in any such financing statement. Each Grantor hereby ratifies and authorizes the filing by the Collateral Agent of any financing statement with respect to the Collateral made prior to the date hereof. 9.5 Authority of Collateral Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by this Agreement and by such other agreements as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Grantors, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority. 9.6 Exculpatory Provisions. (a) The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for the correctness of any recitals, statements, representations or warranties in any Secured Debt Agreement, all of which are made solely by the Grantors. The Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the existence, genuineness, value or condition of any of the Collateral or any part thereof, or as to the title of the Grantors thereto or as to the security afforded or intended to be afforded by this Agreement and the other Security Documents, or as to the validity, execution (except its execution), enforceability, legality or sufficiency of this Agreement and the other Security Documents or the Secured Obligations or as to the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the liens or security interests in any of the Collateral created or intended to be created by this Agreement, or as to the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or this Agreement, or as to insuring the Collateral or as to the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral, and the Collateral Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility in respect of any such matters. (b) The Collateral Agent shall not be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance by the Grantors of any of the covenants or agreements contained herein, in the other Security Documents or in any Secured Debt Agreement. Whenever it is necessary, or in the opinion of the Collateral Agent advisable, for the Collateral Agent to ascertain the amount of Secured Obligations then held by Secured 29 Parties, the Collateral Agent may rely on a certificate of the Administrative Agent (in the case of the Credit Agreement Obligations) or the Trustee (in the case of the Senior Note Obligations), and if the Administrative Agent (in the case of the Credit Agreement Obligations) or the Trustee (in the case of the Senior Note Obligations) shall not give such information to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to withhold distributions hereunder to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties) or the Trustee (on behalf of the Holders), as applicable (in which case distributions to those Persons who have supplied such information to the Collateral Agent shall be calculated by the Collateral Agent using, for those Persons who have not supplied such information, the list then most recently delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.2), and the amount so calculated to be distributed to the Person who fails to give such information shall be held in trust for such Person until such information is received by the Collateral Agent, whereupon on the next Distribution Date the amount distributable to such Person shall be recalculated using such information and distributed to it. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall prevent any Grantor from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any certificate so supplied. (c) The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation or duty to take any action under this Agreement or any other Security Document or otherwise if taking such action (i) would subject the Collateral Agent to a tax in any jurisdiction where it is not then subject to a tax or (ii) would require the Collateral Agent to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, unless the Collateral Agent shall receive security or indemnity satisfactory to it against such tax (or equivalent liability), or any liability resulting from such qualification, in each case as results from the taking of such action under this Agreement or any other Security Document. (d) The Collateral Agent shall have the same rights with respect to any Secured Obligation held by it as any other Secured Party and may exercise such rights as though it were not the Collateral Agent hereunder, and it and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, provide services to and generally engage in any kind of banking or trust business with, any of the Grantors as if it were not the Collateral Agent. (e) The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with this Agreement or any other Security Document except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction). (f) The permissive right of the Collateral Agent to take any action under this Agreement or any other Security Document shall not be construed as a duty to so act. 9.7 Delegation of Duties. The Collateral Agent may execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform any duty hereunder, or under any other Security Document either directly or by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such trusts, powers and duties. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it without gross negligence or willful misconduct. 9.8 Reliance by Collateral Agent. (a) Whenever in the administration of this Agreement, or any other Security Document the Collateral Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that a factual matter be proved or established in connection with the Collateral Agent taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder or thereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof is herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved or established by a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Collateral Agent, and such certificate shall be full warrant to the Collateral Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted in reliance thereon. 30 (b) The Collateral Agent may, at the expense of the Grantors, consult with counsel, and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by it hereunder in accordance therewith. The Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Agreement or any other Security Document from any court of competent jurisdiction. Any opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate of a Responsible Officer or representations made by a Responsible Officer in a writing delivered to the Collateral Agent. (c) The Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon, and shall be fully protected in acting upon or failing to act as a consequence of, any resolution, statement, certificate, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond or other paper or document which it believes in good faith is genuine and has been signed or presented by the proper party or parties or, in the case of cables, telecopies and telexes, to have been sent by the proper party or parties. In the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any such certificates, opinions or other information and need not investigate any fact or matter stated therein. (d) The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in the Collateral Agent by this Agreement or by any other Security Document, unless the Collateral Agent shall have been provided adequate security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by the Collateral Agent, its agents and its counsel in the exercise of any such right or power or in compliance with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Collateral Agent. (e) Upon any application or demand by any of the Grantors to the Collateral Agent to take or permit any action under any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document, the Borrower shall furnish to the Collateral Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement, in any other Security Document or in any Secured Debt Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of any document is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement, any other Security Document or any Secured Debt Agreement relating to such particular application or demand, such additional document shall also be furnished. 9.9 Limitations on Duties of Collateral Agent. (a) The Collateral Agent shall be obligated to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, or any other Security Document, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement, or any other Security Document against the Collateral Agent. By acceptance of the benefits under this Agreement, the Holders shall be deemed to have agreed that they shall not be entitled to, and shall not, (i) direct the actions of the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any Security Document, (ii) have the right to consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification to this Agreement or any Security Document, (iii) take any action, or commence any legal proceeding seeking, to require, compel or cause the Collateral Agent to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or any Security Document against any Grantor or to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder, (iv) take any action, or commence any legal proceeding seeking, to prevent or enjoin the Collateral Agent from taking any action (including, without limitation, the enforcement of any provisions of this Agreement or any Security Document against any Grantor, the exercise of any remedy hereunder or thereunder, the release of any Security Document, the consent to any amendment or modification of this Agreement or any Security Document or the grant of any waiver hereunder or thereunder), or refraining from taking any such action, in accordance with this Agreement or any Security Document, as the case may be, or (v) otherwise take any action, or commence any legal proceeding seeking, to delay, hinder or otherwise impair the Collateral Agent in taking any such action in accordance with this Agreement or any Security Document. By 31 acceptance of the benefits under this Agreement, the Holders, as Secured Parties, will be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the provisions of the preceding sentence are intended to induce the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to permit such Persons to be Secured Parties under this Agreement and under the Security Documents and are being relied upon by the Credit Agreement Secured Parties as consideration therefor. (b) Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Agreement or of any other Security Document. The Collateral Agent shall make available for inspection and copying by the Administrative Agent and the Trustee each certificate or other paper furnished to the Collateral Agent by any of the Grantors under or with respect to this Agreement, any other Security Document or the Collateral. (c) No provision of this Agreement, or any other Security Document shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Collateral Agent to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Collateral Agent shall be unqualified or incompetent, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation or if such performance or exercise would constitute doing business by the Collateral Agent in such jurisdiction or impose a tax on the Collateral Agent by reason thereof or to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties hereunder. 9.10 Moneys to be Held in Trust. All moneys received by the Collateral Agent under or pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, or any other Security Document (except Collateral Agent Fees) shall be held in trust for the purposes for which they were paid or are held. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for interest on any money or assets received by it except as the Collateral Agent may agree in writing. 9.11 Resignation and Removal of the Collateral Agent. (a) The Collateral Agent may at any time, by giving written notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Trustee, resign and be discharged of the responsibilities hereby created, such resignation to become effective upon (i) the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent, (ii) the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Collateral Agent and (iii) the approval of such successor Collateral Agent evidenced by one or more instruments signed by the Administrative Agent and (in the absence of an Event of Default) the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). If no successor Collateral Agent shall be appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 60 days after the Collateral Agent gives the aforesaid notice of resignation, the Collateral Agent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Trustee or any Secured Party may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Collateral Agent to act until such time, if any, as a successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed as provided in this Section 9.11. Any successor so appointed by such court shall immediately and without further act be superseded by any successor Collateral Agent appointed by the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 9.11(b). The Administrative Agent may at any time upon giving 10 days' prior written notice thereof to the Collateral Agent (with a copy to the Trustee), remove the Collateral Agent for any reason or no reason at all and appoint a successor Collateral Agent, such removal to be effective upon the acceptance of such appointment by the successor. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the Collateral Agent Fees to the extent incurred or arising, or relating to events occurring, before such resignation or removal or in connection with actions taken in accordance with Section 9.11(b). (b) If at any time the Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed or otherwise become incapable of acting, or if at any time a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Collateral Agent for any other cause, a successor Collateral Agent may be appointed by the Administrative Agent with the consent 32 of the Borrower (in the absence of an Event of Default), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The powers, duties, authority and title of the predecessor Collateral Agent shall be terminated and canceled without procuring the resignation of such predecessor and without any other formality (except as may be required by applicable law) than appointment and designation of a successor in writing duly acknowledged and delivered to the predecessor and the Borrower. Such appointment and designation shall be full evidence of the right and authority to make the same and of all the facts therein recited, and this Agreement shall vest in such successor, without any further act, deed or conveyance, all the estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties, authority and title of its predecessor; but such predecessor shall, nevertheless, on the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, or the successor, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all the estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties, authority and title of such predecessor hereunder and shall deliver all Collateral held by it or its agents to such successor. Should any deed, conveyance or other instrument in writing from any Grantor be required by any successor Collateral Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in such successor the estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties, authority and title vested or intended to be vested in the predecessor Collateral Agent, any and all such deeds, conveyances and other instruments in writing shall, on request of such successor, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by such Grantor. If such Grantor shall not have executed and delivered any such deed, conveyance or other instrument within 10 days after it received a written request from the successor Collateral Agent to do so, or if Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the predecessor Collateral Agent may execute the same on behalf of such Grantor. Such Grantor hereby appoints any predecessor Collateral Agent as its agent and attorney to act for it as provided in the next preceding sentence. 9.12 Status of Successor Collateral Agent. Every successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.11(b) shall be a bank or trust company in good standing and having power to act as Collateral Agent hereunder, incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and having its principal corporate trust office within the 48 contiguous States and shall also have capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $100,000,000, if there be such an institution with such capital, surplus and undivided profits willing, qualified and able to accept the trust hereunder upon reasonable or customary terms. 9.13 Merger of the Collateral Agent. Any corporation into which the Collateral Agent may be merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Collateral Agent shall be a party, shall be Collateral Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto. 9.14 Co-Collateral Agent; Separate Collateral Agent. (a) If at any time or times it shall be necessary or prudent in order to conform to any law of any jurisdiction in which any of the Collateral shall be located, or to avoid any violation of law or imposition on the Collateral Agent of taxes by such jurisdiction not otherwise imposed on the Collateral Agent, or the Collateral Agent shall be advised by opinion of counsel that it is necessary or prudent in the interest of the Secured Parties, or the Collateral Agent shall deem it desirable for its own protection in the performance of its duties hereunder, the Collateral Agent and each of the Grantors shall execute and deliver all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to constitute another bank or trust company, or one or more persons approved by the Collateral Agent and the Grantors, either to act as Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents of all or any of the Collateral under this Agreement, jointly with the Collateral Agent originally named herein or therein or any successor Collateral Agent, or to act as separate collateral agent or collateral agents of any of the Collateral. If any of the Grantors shall not have joined in the execution of such instruments and agreements within 10 days after it receives a written request from the Collateral Agent to do so, or if an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent may act under the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.14(a) without the concurrence of such Grantors and execute and deliver such instruments and agreements on behalf of such Grantors. Each of the Grantors hereby appoints the 33 Collateral Agent as its agent and attorney to act for it under the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.14(a) in either of such contingencies. (a) Every separate Collateral Agent and every co-Collateral Agent, other than any successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.14(b), shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act and be such, subject to the following provisions and conditions: (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred upon the Collateral Agent in respect of the custody, control and management of moneys, papers or securities shall be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent or any agent appointed by the Collateral Agent; (ii) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be conferred or imposed and exercised or performed by the Collateral Agent and such separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents or co-Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents, jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents or co-Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Collateral Agent shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, or unless the performance of such act or acts would result in the imposition of any tax on the Collateral Agent which would not be imposed absent such joint act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents or co-Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents; (iii)no power given hereby to, or which it is provided herein or therein may be exercised by, any such co-Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents or separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents shall be exercised hereunder or thereunder by such co-Collateral Agent or co- Collateral Agents or separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents except jointly with, or with the consent in writing of, the Collateral Agent, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding; (iv) no Collateral Agent hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other Collateral Agent hereunder; and (v) the Borrower and the Collateral Agent, at any time by an instrument in writing executed by them jointly, may accept the resignation of or remove (for any reason or no reason at all) any such separate Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agent and, in that case by an instrument in writing executed by them jointly, may appoint a successor to such separate Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agent, as the case may be, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding. If the Borrower shall not have joined in the execution of any such instrument within 10 days after it receives a written request from the Collateral Agent to do so, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the power to accept the resignation of or remove any such separate Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agent and to appoint a successor without the concurrence of the Borrower, the Borrower hereby appointing the Collateral Agent its agent and attorney to act for it in such connection in such contingency. If the Collateral Agent shall have appointed a separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents or co-Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents as above provided, the Collateral Agent may at any time, by an instrument in writing, accept the resignation of or remove any such separate Collateral Agent or co Collateral Agent and the successor to any such separate Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agent shall be appointed by the Borrower and the Collateral Agent, or by the Collateral Agent alone pursuant to this Section 9.14(b). 34 9.15 Treatment of Payee or Indorsee by Collateral Agent. (a) The Collateral Agent may treat the registered holder or, if none, the payee or indorsee of any promissory note or debenture evidencing a Secured Obligation as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, whether such promissory note or debenture shall be past due or not. (b) Any Person (other than the Administrative Agent and the Trustee) that shall be designated as the duly authorized representative of one or more Secured Parties to act as such in connection with any matters pertaining to this Agreement, any other Security Document or the Collateral shall present to the Collateral Agent such documents, including, without limitation, opinions of counsel, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require, in order to demonstrate to the Collateral Agent the authority of such Person to act as the representative of such Secured Parties. 9.16 Existing Deposit Account Control Agreements. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas acknowledges and agrees that to the extent it is a party to any control agreement with respect to any Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts of any Grantor, it shall exercise its rights as a secured party thereunder in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall distribute any amounts received with respect thereto in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 7.4). Section 10. MISCELLANEOUS 10.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except with the consent of the Collateral Agent and in accordance with Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement. 10.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1 or such other address specified in writing to the Administrative Agent in accordance with such Section. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Collateral Agent shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement and shall be addressed to the Collateral Agent at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Trustee or any Holder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement and shall be addressed to it (or, in the case of any Holder, to it care of the Trustee) at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Department or at such other address provided by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.2. 10.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 10.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party would 35 otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law. 10.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Guarantor agrees to pay or reimburse the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party for all its costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party. (b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement. (d) The agreements in this Section 10.4 shall survive repayment of the Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 10.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. 10.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent and each Credit Agreement Secured Party at any time and from time to time, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as the Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to the Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party hereunder and claims of every nature and description of the Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party against such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, as the Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party may elect, whether or not the Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Collateral Agent and each Credit Agreement Secured Party shall notify such Grantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of the Collateral Agent and each Credit Agreement Secured Party under this Section 10.6 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the Collateral Agent and each Credit Agreement Secured Party may have. 36 10.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. 10.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 10.9 Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof. 10.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Grantors, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents. 10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor and each of the Holders hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof; (b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; (c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Grantor at its address referred to in Section 10.2 or at such other address of which the Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto; (d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and (e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages. 10.13 Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that: 37 (a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party; (b) neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and (c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Secured Parties. 10.14 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex I hereto. 10.15 Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans and the other Credit Agreement Obligations (other than Credit Agreement Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements) shall have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Collateral Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Collateral Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination. (b) If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, then the Collateral Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral. At the request and sole expense of the Borrower, a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent, at least ten Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms of the sale or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. (c) Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent from the Administrative Agent of a written notice stating that the Credit Agreement Obligations consisting of outstanding principal amounts of Loans under the Credit Agreement are less than the First Lien Secured Amount, the security interests created by Section 3.2 shall terminate forthwith. (d) The Collateral Agent will, at any time, upon the written instruction of the Administrative Agent, at the sole expense of the relevant Grantor, execute and deliver to the relevant Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created by the Security Documents on the Collateral specified by the Administrative Agent in such instruction (provided that the 38 Administrative Agent may not direct the Collateral Agent to release the liens created by Section 3.2 without simultaneously releasing the liens created by Section 3.1 unless the Credit Agreement Obligations consisting of outstanding principal amounts of Loans under the Credit Agreement are less than the First Lien Secured Amount). The Administrative Agent may give such instructions at any time, whether or not at any such time any or all of the Secured Obligations are still outstanding. 10.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. 39 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent By: /s/ Lana Gifas ----------------------------------- Name: Lana Gifas Title: Vice President By: /s/ Omayra Laucella ----------------------------------- Name: Omayra Laucella Title: Vice President 40 R.H.DONNELLEY CORPORATION By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ----------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary R.H.DONNELLEY INC. By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ----------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary R.H.DONNELLEY APIL, INC. By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ----------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary R.H.DONNELLEY PUBLISHING & ADVERTISING, INC. By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ----------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President and Corporate Secretary 41 GET DIGITAL SMART.COM, INC. By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ----------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary R.H. DONNELLEY PUBLISHING & ADVERTISING OF ILLINOIS PARTNERSHIP By: R.H. Donnelley Publishing & Advertising of Illinois Holdings, LLC, its managing partner By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ----------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President and Secretary DONTECH II PARTNERSHIP By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ----------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President and Secretary DONTECH HOLDINGS, LLC By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ----------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President Secretary R.H. DONNELLEY PUBLISHING & ADVERTISING OF ILLINOIS HOLDINGS, LLC By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ----------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President and Secretary ANNEX I FORM OF ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of __________ __, 200_, made by ______________________________ (the "Additional Grantor"), in favor of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the "Lenders") parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such Credit Agreement. W I T N E S S E T H : - - - - - - - - - - WHEREAS, R.H. Donnelley Corporation ("Holdings"), R.H. Donnelley Inc., (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent have entered into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2005, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrower and certain of its Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2005, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Guarantee and Collateral Agreement") in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders; WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED: 1. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 10.14 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in the Schedules to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is true and correct on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date. 2 2. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. [ADDITIONAL GRANTOR] By:___________________________ Name: Title: Annex 1-A to Assumption Agreement Supplement to Schedule 1 Supplement to Schedule 2 Supplement to Schedule 3 Supplement to Schedule 4 Supplement to Schedule 5 Supplement to Schedule 6 ANNEX II FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of December 13, 2005 (the "Agreement"), made by the Grantors parties thereto for the benefit of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders. The undersigned agrees for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows: 1. The undersigned will be bound by the terms of the Agreement and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to the undersigned. 2. The undersigned will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.6(a) of the Agreement. 3. The terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.6 of the Agreement shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.6 of the Agreement. [NAME OF ISSUER] By:_____________________________________ Name: Title: Address for Notices: ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Fax:
EX-10.3 4 l17526aexv10w3.txt EX-10.3 AGREEMENT TO AMEND AND RESTATE 9/9/03 EXHIBIT 10.3 AGREEMENT TO AMEND AND RESTATE AGREEMENT TO AMEND AND RESTATE, dated as of December 13, 2005 (this "Agreement"), among those lenders party to the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below immediately prior to the Restatement Effective Date referred to below (the "Existing Lenders"), those lenders listed on Schedule I hereto (the "Additional Lenders" and together with the Existing Lenders, the "Lenders") and R.H. Donnelley Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("RHD Corp."). Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings provided such terms in the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Dex Media West, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), Dex Media West LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Borrower") and certain lenders are parties to a Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2003, as amended (as in effect immediately prior to the Restatement Effective Date, the "Existing Credit Agreement"); WHEREAS, Parent has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 3, 2005 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among RHD Corp., Parent and Forward Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of RHD Corp. ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which RHD Corp. will acquire (the "Parent Acquisition") the Parent; WHEREAS, the Parent Acquisition will be effected by merging (the "Merger") Parent with and into Merger Sub with Merger Sub being the survivor of the Merger; WHEREAS, RHD Corp. intends to finance the Parent Acquisition, related transactions and the related fees and expenses with (a) the issuance of approximately 36.3 million new shares of common stock of RHD Corp., (b) up to $503,000,000 from new Tranche B-1 Term Loans (as defined below) to be made available under the Restated Credit Agreement (as defined below), (c) up to $2,292,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance by RHD Corp. (or a finance vehicle subsidiary as the initial issuer thereof) of senior notes, and (d) up to $250,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance by Parent (or a finance vehicle subsidiary as the initial issuer thereof) of senior notes (the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), the "Financing Transactions"); WHEREAS, Parent, Holdings and the Borrower have requested that the Existing Lenders amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement as provided in this Agreement and that the Lenders with Tranche B-1 Commitments (as defined below) make available the Tranche B-1 Term Loans; and WHEREAS, the Lenders with Tranche B-1 Commitments are willing to provide the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and the Lenders are willing to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein. NOW THEREFORE, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. The parties hereto hereby agree that on the Restatement Effective Date (as defined below) the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in the form attached hereto as Annex I (as so amended and restated, the "Restated Credit Agreement"). It is understood and agreed that the Restated Credit Agreement will be dated as of the Restatement Effective Date. 2. Each Lender with a Tranche B-1 Commitment amount specified opposite its name on Schedule I agrees to make term loans (the "Tranche B-1 Term Loans") on and after the Restatement Effective Date to the Borrower in the aggregate principal amount specified as its Tranche B-1 Commitment on Schedule I in accordance with clause (ii) of Section 2.01(a) of the Restated Credit Agreement. 3. The Lenders hereby direct and authorize JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (together with any other Lender as required) to effect amendments reasonably satisfactory to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to the Loan Documents other than the Existing Credit Agreement to give effect to the Restated Credit Agreement, and to terminate the Parent Agreement effective as of the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent agrees to so terminate the Parent Agreement). 4. This Agreement shall become effective (the "AAR Effective Date") on the date on which the Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of RHD Corp., a counterpart to this Agreement and, in the case of the Required Lenders under, and as defined in, the Existing Credit Agreement and each Lender with a Tranche B-1 Commitment, a Lender Addendum. 5. The Restated Credit Agreement shall become effective on the date on which all of the conditions specified below shall have been satisfied (the "Restatement Effective Date"): (a) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an executed counterpart to the Restated Credit Agreement by Parent, Holdings and the Borrower and (ii) a counterpart to any amendments or acknowledgments to the Security Documents as the Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to provide the benefits thereof to the Loans and the obligations of the Loan Parties in connection therewith on the same basis as such benefits are provided to the Existing Lenders for the purpose of securing obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement. (b) Parent Acquisition. The Parent Acquisition shall have been, or shall substantially contemporaneously be, consummated in accordance with the Merger Agreement, and no material provision of the Merger Agreement shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner that is material and adverse to the Lenders without the consent of the Administrative Agent. (c) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent Lien search in each of the jurisdictions where assets of Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are located (within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code), and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, except for liens permitted by Section 6.02 of the Restated Credit Agreement or discharged on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. (d) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Restatement Effective Date with appropriate insertions and attachments including the certificate of incorporation of each Loan Party that is a corporation certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party, and a long form good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization. -2- (e) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the legal opinion of Jones Day, counsel to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, covering such matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. (f) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. To the extent not previously delivered, the Collateral Agent (or its agent) shall have received (i) the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof. (g) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create or maintain in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02 of the Restated Credit Agreement), shall have been executed and delivered (if applicable) and be in proper form for filing, registering or recording. (h) Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower certifying as to the solvency of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, on the Restatement Effective Date. (i) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in Sections 3.02, 3.03(b), 3.18 and 3.19 of the Restated Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Restated Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, no other representations and warranties shall be made on the Restatement Effective Date). (j) Schedules to the Restated Credit Agreement. The Lenders shall have received schedules to the Restated Credit Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it. 6. RHD Corp. shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender with a Tranche B-1 Commitment a commitment fee, which shall accrue at 0.375% per annum on the daily unused amount of the Tranche B-1 Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the AAR Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of (i) the Restatement Effective Date and (ii) the termination of the Tranche B-1 Commitments. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the earlier of (i) the Restatement Effective Date and (ii) the termination of the Tranche B-1 Commitments. All commitment 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). 7. RHD Corp. may at any time, without premium or penalty, terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Tranche B-1 Commitments; provided that each reduction of the Tranche B-1 Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. RHD Corp. shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Tranche B-1 Commitments under 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 -3- notice delivered by RHD Corp. pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable. Any termination or reduction of the Tranche B-1 Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Tranche B-1 Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Tranche B-1 Commitments. 8. The Lenders hereby confirm and agree that notwithstanding anything contained in the Existing Credit Agreement to the contrary, (i) Parent may enter into and perform its obligations under the Merger Agreement, (ii) Parent may form and hold a subsidiary (the "Financing Subsidiary") for the purpose of being the initial issuer of debt securities that will constitute New Parent Notes (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement) upon the merger of the Financing Subsidiary with and into Parent in connection with the financing of the Parent Acquisition and (iii) Parent or the Financing Subsidiary, as applicable, is permitted to incur any Indebtedness created by such New Parent Notes notwithstanding the PHD Issuance Conditions to the contrary and in connection therewith may grant liens on the proceeds of such notes in favor of the purchasers thereof and/or escrow agent to the extent such notes are closed in escrow. 9. This Agreement is limited as specified and shall not constitute a modification, acceptance or waiver of any other provision of the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. 10. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A complete set of counterparts shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. 11. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 12. RHD Corp. shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement. [signature page follows] -4- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first above written. R.H. Donnelley Corporation for the purposes of Sections 6, 7 and 12, By: /s/ Robert J. Bush ------------------ Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Signature Page to the Dex West Amendment Agreement JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent By: /s/ Peter B. Thauer ------------------- Name: Peter B. Thauer Title: Vice President Signature Page to the Dex West Amendment Agreement ANNEX A ================================================================================ CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of September 9, 2003, as amended and restated as of _________ __, 2006, among DEX MEDIA, INC., DEX MEDIA WEST, INC., DEX MEDIA WEST LLC, as Borrower, The Lenders Party Hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent --------------------------- WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent --------------------------- BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P. and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents --------------------------- J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners ================================================================================ TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ARTICLE I Definitions Section 1.01 Defined Terms.............................................. 1 Section 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings..................... 31 Section 1.03 Terms Generally............................................ 31 Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP..................................... 31 ARTICLE II The Credits Section 2.01 Commitments.................................................. 32 Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings......................................... 32 Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings...................................... 33 Section 2.04 Swingline Loans.............................................. 33 Section 2.05 Letters of Credit............................................ 35 Section 2.06 Funding of Borrowings........................................ 38 Section 2.07 Interest Elections........................................... 39 Section 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments..................... 40 Section 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt......................... 40 Section 2.10 Amortization of Term Loans................................... 41 Section 2.11 Prepayment of Loans.......................................... 43 Section 2.12 Fees......................................................... 45 Section 2.13 Interest..................................................... 46 Section 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest................................... 47 Section 2.15 Increased Costs.............................................. 47 Section 2.16 Break Funding Payments....................................... 48 Section 2.17 Taxes........................................................ 48 Section 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs... 50 Section 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders............... 51 ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties Section 3.01 Organization; Powers......................................... 52 Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability................................ 52 Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts......................... 52 Section 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.............. 52 Section 3.05 Properties................................................... 53 Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters......................... 53
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PAGE Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements.......................... 53 Section 3.08 Investment and Holding Company Status........................ 54 Section 3.09 Taxes........................................................ 54 Section 3.10 ERISA; Margin Regulations.................................... 54 Section 3.11 Disclosure................................................... 54 Section 3.12 Subsidiaries................................................. 54 Section 3.13 Insurance.................................................... 55 Section 3.14 Labor Matters................................................ 55 Section 3.15 Solvency..................................................... 55 Section 3.16 Senior Indebtedness.......................................... 55 Section 3.17 Parent Acquisition........................................... 55 Section 3.18 Security Documents........................................... 55 Section 3.19 Liens........................................................ 56 Section 3.20 No Burdensome Restrictions................................... 56 ARTICLE IV Conditions Section 4.01 Each Credit Event............................................ 56 ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants Section 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information................... 57 Section 5.02 Notices of Material Events................................... 59 Section 5.03 Information Regarding Collateral............................. 59 Section 5.04 Existence; Conduct of Business............................... 60 Section 5.05 Payment of Obligations....................................... 60 Section 5.06 Maintenance of Properties.................................... 60 Section 5.07 Insurance.................................................... 60 Section 5.08 Casualty and Condemnation.................................... 60 Section 5.09 Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights............... 60 Section 5.10 Compliance with Laws......................................... 61 Section 5.11 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit........................ 61 Section 5.12 Additional Subsidiaries...................................... 61 Section 5.13 Further Assurances........................................... 61 Section 5.14 Interest Rate Protection..................................... 62 Section 5.15 Transition of Qwest Billing.................................. 62 ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants Section 6.01 Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities...................... 62 Section 6.02 Liens........................................................ 64 Section 6.03 Fundamental Changes.......................................... 65 Section 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions.... 65 Section 6.05 Asset Sales.................................................. 67
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PAGE Section 6.06 Sale and Leaseback Transactions.............................. 68 Section 6.07 Swap Agreements.............................................. 68 Section 6.08 Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness........ 68 Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates................................. 70 Section 6.10 Restrictive Agreements....................................... 71 Section 6.11 Change in Business........................................... 72 Section 6.12 Fiscal Year.................................................. 72 Section 6.13 Amendment of Material Documents.............................. 72 Section 6.14 Tax Payments................................................. 72 Section 6.15 Interest Coverage Ratio...................................... 73 Section 6.16 [Reserved]................................................... 73 Section 6.17 Leverage Ratio............................................... 73 Section 6.18 Senior Secured Leverage Ratio................................ 74 Section 6.19 [Reserved]................................................... 74 Section 6.20 Collections, Funds and Permitted Investments................. 74 Section 6.21 Employee Outsourcing Arrangements............................ 75 Section 6.22 Parent Covenants............................................. 75 Section 6.23 Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries..................... 76 Section 6.24 Commingling of Accounts...................................... 77 ARTICLE VII Events of Default ARTICLE VIII The Agent ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous Section 9.01 Notices...................................................... 81 Section 9.02 Waivers; Amendments.......................................... 82 Section 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver........................... 83 Section 9.04 Successors and Assigns....................................... 85 Section 9.05 Survival..................................................... 87 Section 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness..................... 88 Section 9.07 Severability................................................. 88 Section 9.08 Right of Setoff.............................................. 88 Section 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process... 88 Section 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL......................................... 89 Section 9.11 Headings..................................................... 89 Section 9.12 Confidentiality.............................................. 89 Section 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation..................................... 90 Section 9.14 Termination or Release....................................... 90 Section 9.15 USA Patriot Act.............................................. 91
Contents, p. 4 SCHEDULES: Schedule 2.01. -- Commitments Schedule 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts Schedule 3.05. -- Properties Schedule 3.06. -- Disclosed Matters Schedule 3.12. -- Subsidiaries Schedule 3.13. -- Insurance Schedule 6.01. -- Existing Indebtedness Schedule 6.02. -- Existing Liens Schedule 6.04. -- Existing Investments Schedule 6.10. -- Existing Restrictions EXHIBITS: Exhibit A -- Form of Assignment and Assumption Exhibit B -- Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement Exhibit C -- Form of Affiliate Subordination Agreement Exhibit D -- Form of Parent Pledge Agreement CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 9, 2003, as amended and restated as of ___________ __, 2006 (this "Agreement"), among DEX MEDIA, INC., a Delaware corporation, DEX MEDIA WEST, INC., a Delaware corporation, DEX MEDIA WEST LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent for such lenders. The parties hereto 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. "Adjusted LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar 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. "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. "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. "Affiliate Subordination Agreement" means an Affiliate Subordination Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C pursuant to which intercompany obligations and advances owed by any Loan Party are subordinated to the Obligations. "Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacities as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, and each of its Affiliates and successors acting in any such capacity. The Administrative Agent may act on behalf of or in place of any Person included in the "Agent". "Agreement to Amend and Restate" means the Agreement to Amend and Restate, dated as of December 13, 2005, among RHD Corp. (for purposes of Sections 6, 7 and 12 thereof), the Administrative Agent and the lenders party thereto. "Allocable Net Proceeds" means, with respect to (i) any Equity Issuance of the Parent, 58% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance and (ii) any Damages Event, the Net Proceeds of that portion of any liquidated damage payment pursuant to the Non-Competition Agreement or the Publishing Agreement, or any payments in settlement of claims relating thereto, that is calculated with reference to, or otherwise allocable to, the purchase price paid for the West Acquisition. For purposes of determining Allocable Net Proceeds, any costs and expenses deducted from gross proceeds shall be allocated ratably 2 to that portion of Net Proceeds representing Allocable Net Proceeds and that portion not representing Allocable Net Proceeds. "Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus -1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as the case may be. "Applicable Percentage" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender's Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the relative amounts of the Revolving Exposures of the Revolving Lenders. "Applicable Rate" means, for any day (a) with respect to any Tranche B Term Loan, 0.75% per annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, and 1.75% per annum, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, (b) with respect to any Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 0.50% per annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, and 1.50% per annum, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, and (c) with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan that is a Revolving Loan or a Tranche A Term Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption "ABR Spread", "Eurodollar Spread" or "Commitment Fee Rate", as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date:
ABR Eurodollar Commitment Fee Leverage Ratio: Spread Spread Rate - -------------------------- ------ ---------- -------------- Category 1 0.25% 1.25% 0.375% greater than or equal to 3.75 to 1.00 Category 2 0.0% 1.00% 0.375% greater than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 but less than 3.75 to 1.00 Category 3 0.0% 0.875% 0.375% less than 2.75 to 1.00
For purposes of the foregoing, (i) the Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower's fiscal year based upon the consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be greater than 3.75 to 1.00 (A) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (B) if the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial statements are delivered. "Approved Fund" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04. 3 "Arrangers" means J. P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC. "Asset Disposition" means (a) any sale, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction but excluding any sale of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization) of any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any dividend or distribution from any Unrestricted Subsidiary representing proceeds from the disposition by such Unrestricted Subsidiary of assets outside the ordinary course of business or from the sale of any Equity Interests in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, other than (i) dispositions described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 6.05 and (ii) other dispositions and dividends or distributions resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding $15,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower, (b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, but only to the extent that the Net Proceeds therefrom have not been applied to repair, restore or replace such property or asset within 365 days after such event and (c) any transfer of Securitization Assets in a Securitization (and any subsequent transfer of Securitization Assets that results in any increase in the aggregate funded amount of any Securitization over the greatest aggregate funded amount previously outstanding thereunder), provided that a Prepayment Event shall only exist with respect to a Securitization to the extent the aggregate funded amount of all such Securitizations outstanding at the time of determination exceeds the aggregate amount of prepayments of Term Loans previously made hereunder in respect of Securitizations. "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 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. "Associated Employees" means employees of the East Borrower or of the Employee Company that provide substantial services to or for the benefit of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and in respect of which the Borrower makes payments to the East Borrower or the Employee Company pursuant to the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement. "Attributable Debt" means, on any date, in respect of any lease of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary entered into as part of a sale and leaseback transaction subject to Section 6.06, (a) if such lease is a Capital Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP and (b) if such lease is not a Capital Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under such lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation. "Bankruptcy Code" means the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. ss.101 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute. "Base QPI" means up to $750,000,000 of aggregate principal amount of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness at any time outstanding. "Base RHD Indebtedness" means up to $2,650,000,000 of aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of RHD Corp. at any time outstanding. "Billing and Collection Agreement" means (a) prior to November 1, 2004, the Agreement for the Provision of Billing and Collection Services for Directory Publishing Services dated as of September 9, 2003, between Qwest Corp. and the Borrower and (b) after November 1, 2004, the 4 Agreement for the Provision of Billing and Collection Services for Directory Publishing Services dated as of November 1, 2004, between Qwest Corp. and Parent. "Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America. "Borrower" means Dex Media West LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, all of the Equity Interests of which are owned by Holdings. "Borrower Receivables" means the receivables of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries subject to purchase by Qwest Corp. pursuant to the Billing and Collection Agreement. "Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow" means, with respect to Excess Cash Flow in respect of any fiscal year (a) if the Leverage Ratio as of the end of such fiscal year is less than 5.00 to 1.00, 100% of the amount of such Excess Cash Flow and (b) otherwise, 50% of the amount of such Excess Cash Flow. "Borrowing" means (a) Loans of the same Class and 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. "Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market. "Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, without duplication, the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP. "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. "Change in Control" means: (a) the acquisition of ownership, beneficially or of record, by any Person other than Holdings of any Equity Interest in the Borrower; (b) the acquisition of ownership, beneficially or of record, by any Person other than the Parent of any Equity Interest in Holdings; (c) the acquisition of ownership, beneficially or of record, by any Person other than RHD Corp. of any Equity Interest in the Parent; 5 (d) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Governing Board of the Parent or Holdings by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the Governing Board of the Parent or Holdings or (ii) appointed by Persons so nominated; (e) the occurrence of a "Change of Control", as defined in the Senior Subordinated Debt Documents (but excluding any such Change of Control thereunder in connection with the consummation of the Parent Acquisition); or (f) the occurrence of a "Change of Control", as defined in the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents (but excluding any such Change of Control thereunder in connection with the consummation of the Parent Acquisition). "Change in Control Offers" means, in connection with or as a result of the Parent Acquisition, the respective requirements of (a) Parent to offer to repurchase the Existing Parent Notes and (b) the Borrower to offer to repurchase the Senior Unsecured Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes, in each case at a premium to the outstanding principal amount thereof. "Change in Law" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender's or the Issuing Bank'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 date of this Agreement. "Class", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans, Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Swingline Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or a Tranche B-1 Commitment. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. "Collateral" means any and all "Collateral", as defined in any Security Document, including any and all "Pledged Collateral" as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement. "Collateral Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties. "Collateral Agreement" means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit B. "Collateral and Guarantee Requirement" means the requirement that: (a) the Agent shall have received from each Loan Party either (i) a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Loan Party or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the Restatement Effective Date, a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Loan Party; (b) all outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and each Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (except 6 that the Loan Parties shall not be required to pledge more than 65% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and the Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; (c) all Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary that is owing to any Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and the Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank, and all such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the Affiliate Subordination Agreement; (d) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Collateral Agreement (including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Collateral Agreement, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Agent for filing, registration or recording; (e) the Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of any Mortgage required to be entered into after the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.13 with respect to each Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 6.02, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, and (iii) such surveys, abstracts, appraisals, legal opinions and other documents as the Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property; and (f) each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder. "Commitment" means a Revolving Commitment or a Tranche B-1 Commitment, or any combination thereof (as the context requires). "Consolidated Cash Interest Expense" means, for any period, the excess of (a) the sum of (i) the interest expense (including imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (ii) any cash payments made during such period in respect of obligations referred to in clause (b)(iii) below that were amortized or accrued in a previous period, plus (iii) the amount of dividends paid by Holdings during such period pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(viii) and Section 6.08(a)(x), plus (iv) to the extent not otherwise included in the interest expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, commissions, discounts, yield, loss on sales and other fees and charges during such period in connection with any Securitizations payable to any person other than Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, minus (b) the sum of (i) interest income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (ii) to the extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such period, amounts attributable to amortization of financing costs, plus (iii) to the extent included in such consolidated 7 interest expense for such period, non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of debt discounts or accrued interest payable in kind for such period, plus (iv) to the extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such period, amounts attributable to premiums paid, prepayment fees or penalties related to the repayment of Indebtedness, plus (v) to the extent included in the interest expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, any one time financing fees upon entering into any Securitization. For purposes of the foregoing, interest expense of any Person shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by such Person with respect to interest rate Swap Agreements (other than early termination payments). "Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) consolidated interest expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (iv) any extraordinary charges or non-cash charges for such period (provided, however, that any cash payment or expenditure made with respect to any such non-cash charge shall be subtracted in computing Consolidated EBITDA during the period in which such cash payment or expenditure is made), (v) restructuring and synergy charges incurred during the fiscal periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2007 in connection with the Parent Acquisition in an aggregate amount not exceeding $40,000,000 and (vi) non-recurring charges consisting of (A) severance costs associated with a restructuring, (B) payments of customary investment and commercial banking fees and expenses, (C) cash premiums or penalties payable in connection with the early extinguishment of Indebtedness and (D) costs associated with the termination of projects to develop information technology and software, and minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary gains and non-cash gains for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of any date, if the Borrower or any consolidated Subsidiary has made any Permitted Acquisition or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition outside of the ordinary course of business of a Subsidiary or of assets constituting a business unit, in each case as permitted by Section 6.05, during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (a "Reference Period") most recently ended on or prior to such date, Consolidated EBITDA for the such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto, as if such Permitted Acquisition or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition (and any related incurrence, repayment or assumption of Indebtedness with any new Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms) had occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income or loss, before the effect of the payment of any dividends in respect of preferred stock, of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (adjusted to reflect any charge, tax or expense incurred or accrued by the Parent during such period as though such charge, tax or expense had been incurred by the Borrower, to the extent that Holdings or the Borrower has made or would be entitled under the Loan Documents to make and intends to make any payment or dividend to or for the account of the Parent in respect thereof (but without duplication of any such charge, tax or expense in respect of which East Holdings or the East Borrower has made or intends to make a payment or dividend to or for the account of the Parent)); provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income of any Person (other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party) in which any other Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party or any director holding qualifying shares in compliance with applicable law) owns an Equity Interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Loan Parties during such period, and (b) the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the date that such Person's assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary. 8 "Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person under any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, document or agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound. "Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. "Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto. "Core Qwest Agreements" means the Publishing Agreement and the Non-Competition Agreement. "Damages Event" means the receipt by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Parent of any payment made by Qwest Corp., Qwest or any Affiliate thereof (i) constituting liquidated damages or other damages paid pursuant to, or as a result of the breach or asserted breach of obligations under, any Core Qwest Agreement or (ii) representing amounts paid in settlement or compromise of claims that Qwest Corp., Qwest or any Affiliate thereof has breached its obligations under any Core Qwest Agreement. "Debt Issuance" means the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a) (other than by clause (x) thereof). "Default" means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default. "Designated Equity Proceeds" means (a) Equity Proceeds received by the Parent or Holdings and (b) Equity Proceeds received by Holdings representing Net Proceeds from the issuance of Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, which in each case (i) not later than the date of receipt thereof by the Parent or Holdings are designated as such by the Parent or Holdings, as applicable, pursuant to a notice given to the Administrative Agent specifying the amount thereof and the Designated Equity Proceeds Uses to which such Equity Proceeds will be applied (and the respective amounts to be applied if multiple uses are specified), which specification shall comply with the limitations set forth in the definition of Designated Equity Proceeds Use, and, in the case of Equity Proceeds in respect of Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock or representing proceeds from the issuance of Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, attaching the certificate of designation, indenture, or other operative document containing the terms and conditions of such Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock or Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, as the case may be, and any purchase or subscription agreement relating to the issuance and sale thereof, and (ii) except for Designated Equity Proceeds specified to be applied to general working capital needs, are, within 90 days of the date of receipt thereof (or in the case of proceeds from Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, from the date of receipt thereof by the Parent) applied to the Designated Equity Proceeds Uses specified in such notice in the amounts so specified. Any Equity Proceeds that do not satisfy the foregoing requirements will be deemed Equity Proceeds (or Allocable Net Proceeds, as applicable) in respect of which Section 2.11(c) will apply, and in the case of any failure to satisfy the requirement in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, will be deemed to have been received at the time the 90-day period referred to therein expires. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Designated Equity Proceeds (x) may include amounts dividended by Holdings to the Parent pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(vii) which are thereafter reinvested by the Parent in Equity Interests of Holdings and (y) shall not in any event include Equity Proceeds received by the Parent which constitute "Designated Equity Proceeds" as defined in, and for purposes of, the East Credit Facilities. 9 "Designated Equity Proceeds Use" means the application of Designated Equity Proceeds (a) to consummate a Permitted Acquisition pursuant to Section 6.04(g), (b) to make an Investment pursuant to Section 6.04(d) or Section 6.04(n), (c) to provide additional working capital to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (d) to make Capital Expenditures for additions to property, plant and equipment of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. "Designated Excess Cash Expenditures" means the use of the Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow in respect of any fiscal year (i) to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(v)(B) or (ii) to effect Optional Repurchases of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.08(b)(vi). "Dex" means Qwest Dex, Inc., a Colorado corporation. "Disclosed Matters" means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06. "Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia. "dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States of America. "East Allocable Share" means, with respect to any amount, 42% of such amount. "East Borrower" means Dex Media East LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of East Holdings and the Parent. "East Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2002, as amended and restated as of the date hereof, among the Parent, East Holdings, the East Borrower, various lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. "East Credit Facilities" means East Credit Agreement and the guarantee, security and other agreements entered into in connection therewith and defined as "Loan Documents" in the East Credit Agreement. "East Entities" means East Holdings, the East Borrower and their subsidiaries. "East Holdings" means Dex Media East, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of the Parent. "East Indentures" means, (a) the Indenture dated as of November 8, 2002, among the East Borrower, Dex Media East Finance Co. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the East Borrower's 9--7/8% Senior Notes due 2009 and (b) the Indenture dated as of November 8, 2002, among the East Borrower, Dex Media East Finance Co. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the East Borrower's 12--1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012. "East Territories" means the states of Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota and the metropolitan statistical area of El Paso, Texas. "Employee Company" means a limited purpose, bankruptcy remote limited liability company to be established, if required by the provisions of Section 6.21, with at least 49% of the Equity Interests of which owned by Holdings or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof and at least 49% of the Equity Interests of which owned by East Holdings or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof, with the 10 remaining Equity Interests owned by Holdings or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof, East Holdings or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof or the Parent, the sole business of which will be (x) to employ substantially all management and other employees conducting and providing services to (i) businesses conducted by the Borrower or its subsidiaries or (ii) the East Borrower or its subsidiaries and (y) to be compensated by the Borrower and the East Borrower, on a current cost-recovery basis, for the out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including salaries, bonus and benefit costs) of providing such employees for the benefit of the Borrower and the East Borrower, as the case may be, pursuant to the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement. "Employee Cost Sharing Agreement" means that certain Employee Cost Sharing Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2003, by and among Dex Media Services LLC, Parent, the Borrower and the East Borrower. "Environmental Laws" means all applicable federal, state, and local laws (including common law), regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives, orders (including consent orders), and binding agreements with any Governmental Authority in each case, relating to protection of the environment, natural resources, human health and safety or the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling or handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous Materials. "Environmental Liability" means any liability, claim, action, suit, judgment or order under or relating to any Environmental Law for any damages, injunctive relief, losses, fines, penalties, fees, expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and consultants) or costs, whether contingent or otherwise, including those arising from or relating to: (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing. "Equity Interests" means 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 of whatever nature, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing. "Equity Issuance" means the issuance by Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Equity Interests, or the receipt by Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any capital contribution, other than (i) any such issuance of Equity Interests to, or receipt of any such capital contribution from, the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary, (ii) any such issuance of Equity Interests or any such receipt of capital contributions to the extent the Net Proceeds therefrom constitute Designated Equity Proceeds and (iii) any issuance of Equity Interests to, or receipt of any capital contributions from, members of management of the Parent or its subsidiaries, in each case, either directly or indirectly through the Parent. "Equity Proceeds" means the Net Proceeds received by the Parent or Holdings from contributions to its common equity or from the issuance and sale of its common Equity Interests or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. 11 "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 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, 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. "Event of Default" has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII. "Excess Cash Flow" means, for any fiscal year, the sum (without duplication) of: (a) Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year, adjusted to exclude any gains or losses attributable to Prepayment Events; plus (b) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or losses deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year; plus (c) the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital decreased during such fiscal year plus (ii) the net amount, if any, by which the deferred income taxes of Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries increased during such fiscal year; minus (d) the sum of (i) any non-cash gains included in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year plus (ii) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital increased during such fiscal year plus (iii) the net amount, if any, by which the deferred income taxes of Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries decreased during such fiscal year; minus (e) the sum of (i) Capital Expenditures for such fiscal year (except to the extent attributable to the incurrence of Capital Lease Obligations or otherwise financed by incurring Long-Term Indebtedness and except to the extent made with Net Proceeds in respect of Prepayment Events or Designated Equity Proceeds) plus (ii) cash consideration paid during such fiscal year to make acquisitions or other capital investments (other than Permitted Investments and except to the extent financed by incurring Long-Term Indebtedness); minus 12 (f) the aggregate principal amount of Long-Term Indebtedness repaid or prepaid by Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, excluding (i) Indebtedness in respect of Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit, (ii) Term Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11(a), (c), (d) or (e), and (iii) repayments or prepayments of Long-Term Indebtedness financed by incurring other Long-Term Indebtedness; minus (g) the aggregate amount of cash dividends paid by Holdings to the Parent during such fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(vii), Section 6.08(a)(viii) and Section 6.08(a)(x) minus (h) the aggregate amount of cash restructuring and synergy charges incurred during the fiscal periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2007 in connection with the Parent Acquisition in an aggregate amount not exceeding $40,000,000. "Excluded Capital Expenditures" means (a) Capital Expenditures of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in a cumulative aggregate amount not exceeding $40,000,000 required to be made under the West Acquisition Agreement and any other agreements directly relating to the West Acquisition and (b) Capital Expenditures of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in a cumulative aggregate amount not exceeding $45,000,000 in respect of the IT Upgrade Project. "Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that (i) is in effect and would apply to amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to any withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a), or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure to comply with Section 2.17(e). "Existing Notes" means the Existing Parent Notes, the Senior Unsecured Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes. "Existing Parent Discount Notes" means 9.0% Senior Discount Notes of Parent due 2013. "Existing Parent Notes" means the Existing Parent Discount Notes and the Existing Parent Senior Notes. "Existing Parent Senior Notes" means 8.0% Senior Notes of Parent due 2013. "Existing Parent Senior Notes Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of November 10, 2003, under which the Existing Parent Senior Notes were issued. "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 13 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. "Financial Covenants" means the covenants set forth in Sections 6.15, 6.17 and 6.18. "Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower. "Financing Transactions" means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Parent and each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and (b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Parent of the New Parent Note Documents to which it is to be a party, the issuance of the New Parent Notes and the use of the proceeds thereof. "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 not a Domestic Subsidiary. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. "Governing Board" means (a) the managing member or members or any controlling committee of members of any Person, if such Person is a limited liability company, (b) the board of directors of any Person, if such Person is a corporation or (c) any similar governing body of any Person. "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 or other obligation 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 other obligation 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, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation 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 other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. "Guarantors" means Holdings and the Subsidiary Loan Parties. "Hazardous Materials" means (i) any petroleum products or byproducts and all other hydrocarbons, coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated 14 biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances; or (ii) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law. "Headquarters Sale-Leaseback" means the sale and leaseback of the Borrower's headquarters facility located at 198 Inverness Drive West, Englewood, Colorado. "Holdings" means Dex Media West, Inc., a Delaware corporation, all of the Equity Interests of which are on the Restatement Effective Date, owned by the Parent. "Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) 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, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i) 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. "Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes. "Information Memorandum" means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated November 2005, as modified or supplemented prior to the Restatement Effective Date, relating to the Borrower and the Parent Acquisition. "Initial Base QPI" means the Qualifying Parent Indebtedness existing on the Restatement Effective Date and the New Parent Notes. "Installment Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a). "Interest Coverage Ratio" means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on such date. "Interest Election Request" means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07. "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 15 day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid. "Interest Period" means, with respect to any Eurodollar 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 nine or twelve months thereafter if, at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all Lenders participating therein agree to make an interest period of such duration available), as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. 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 purchasing, holding or acquiring (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Equity Interest, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, or making or permitting to exist any loans or advances (other than commercially reasonable extensions of trade credit) to, guaranteeing any obligations of, or making or permitting to exist any investment in, any other Person, or purchasing or otherwise acquiring (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any Person constituting a business unit. The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary in connection with any Investment and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with any acquisition of assets), plus the cost of all additions, as of such date, thereto and minus the amount, as of such date, of any portion of such Investment repaid to the investor in cash or property as a repayment of principal or a return of capital (including pursuant to any sale or disposition of such Investment), as the case may be, but without any other adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment. In determining the amount of any Investment or repayment involving a transfer of any property other than cash, such property shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer. "Issuing Bank" 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 Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term "Issuing Bank" shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. "IT Upgrade Project" means the migration of the information technology systems, software and platforms utilized by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the operation of their businesses to a new platform. "LC Disbursement" means a payment made by the Issuing Bank 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 16 have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time. "Lenders" means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 or Schedule I to the Agreement to Amend and Restate and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than 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. "Leverage Ratio" means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on such date. "LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or 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 dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits 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 dollar deposits 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 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, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (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 Document Obligations" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement. "Loan Documents" means this Agreement and the Security Documents. "Loan Parties" means Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties. "Loans" means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. "Long-Term Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness that, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes (or, when incurred, constituted) a long-term liability. For purposes of determining the Long-Term Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary owed to Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall be excluded. 17 "Margin Stock" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U of the Board. "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, prospects, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) any material rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents. "Material Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time. "Material Subsidiary" means (i) any Securitization Vehicle and (ii) any other Subsidiary, including its subsidiaries, which meets any of the following conditions: (a) Holdings', the Borrower's and the other Subsidiaries' investments in and advances to such Subsidiary exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of Holdings and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, (b) the consolidated assets of such Subsidiary exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of Holdings and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year or (c) the consolidated pre-tax income from continuing operations of such Subsidiary for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters exceeds 5% of the consolidated pre-tax income from continuing operations of Holdings and the Subsidiaries for such period. "Merger" has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Parent". "Merger Agreement" means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 3, 2005, among Parent, RHD Corp. and Merger Sub. "Merger Sub" has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Parent". "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Mortgage" means any mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, leasehold mortgage or other security document granting a Lien on any real property and improvements thereto to secure the Obligations delivered after the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.13. Each Mortgage shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent. "Mortgaged Property" means each parcel of real property and improvements thereto owned by a Loan Party with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.13. "Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA. "Net Proceeds" means, with respect to any event (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any debt instrument or equity security received as non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses (including underwriting discounts and 18 commissions and collection expenses) paid or payable by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to third parties (including Affiliates, if permitted by Section 6.09) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (provided that such amounts withheld or estimated for the payment of taxes shall, to the extent not utilized for the payment of taxes, be deemed to be Net Proceeds received when such nonutilization is determined), and the amount of any reserves established by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case that are directly attributable to such event (provided that any reversal of any such reserves will be deemed to be Net Proceeds received at the time and in the amount of such reversal), in each case as determined reasonably and in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Borrower. "Net Working Capital" means, at any date, (a) the consolidated current assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding cash, Permitted Investments and current deferred income taxes) minus (b) the consolidated current liabilities of Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding current liabilities in respect of Indebtedness and current deferred income taxes). Net Working Capital at any date may be a positive or negative number. Net Working Capital increases when it becomes more positive or less negative and decreases when it becomes less positive or more negative. "New Parent Note Documents" means the indenture under which the New Parent Notes are issued and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the New Parent Notes. "New Parent Notes" means senior notes of Parent to be issued in connection with the Parent Acquisition. "Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock" means preferred stock or other preferred securities or membership interests of Holdings or the Parent which (i) are not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or part, by (A) Holdings or the Parent (unless such redemption is required only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement) or (B) the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and which do not require any payment of cash dividends or distributions, in each case, prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) are not secured by any assets of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) are not guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv) are not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt) or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity of the Parent or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock). "Non-Competition Agreement" means the Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement dated as of November 8, 2002, among East Borrower, the Borrower, Dex Holdings LLC, Qwest Corp., Qwest and Dex. "Obligations" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement. "Optional Repurchase" means, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, any optional or voluntary repurchase, redemption or prepayment made in cash of such Indebtedness, the related payment in cash of accrued interest to the date of such repurchase, redemption or prepayment on 19 the principal amount of such Indebtedness repurchased, redeemed or prepaid, the payment in cash of associated premiums (whether voluntary or mandatory) on such principal amount and the cash payment of other fees and expenses incurred in connection with such repurchase, redemption or prepayment. "Original Closing Date" means September 9, 2003. "Original Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement, dated as September 9, 2003, as amended, among Parent, Holdings, the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (f/k/a JPMorgan Chase Bank) as administrative agent, and others. "Other Taxes" means any and all present or future recording, stamp, documentary, excise, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document. "Parent" means Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Immediately upon consummation of the Parent Acquisition, Parent will be merged (the "Merger") with and into Forward Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned Subsidiary of RHD Corp. ("Merger Sub"), and the term "Parent" will thereafter mean the surviving entity in the Merger, which will change its name to Dex Media, Inc. Upon consummation of the Merger, Parent will be a wholly owned direct Subsidiary of RHD Corp. "Parent Acquisition" means the acquisition of Parent by RHD Corp. pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the documents related thereto. "Parent Acquisition Effective Date" means the date upon which the Parent Acquisition shall have been consummated pursuant to the Merger Agreement; provided that, no material provision of the Merger Agreement shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner adverse to the Lenders without the consent of the Administrative Agent. "Parent Leverage Ratio" means the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as such term is defined in the Existing Parent Senior Notes Indenture as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date without giving effect to any amendment or modification thereto); provided however, that such leverage ratio shall be computed without giving effect to the purchase method of accounting for the purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding its computation for the purposes of the Existing Parent Senior Notes Indenture. "Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt" means Indebtedness of the Parent which (i) does not mature or amortize, and is not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or in part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or in part, by the Parent (unless such redemption is required only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), and which does not require any payment of cash interest, in each case prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not Guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity of the Parent or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock). "Parent Pledge Agreement" means the Parent Pledge Agreement between the Parent and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit D. "Participant" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04. 20 "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions. "Perfection Certificate" means a certificate in the form of Exhibit II to the Collateral Agreement or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent. "Permitted Acquisitions" means any acquisition (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party of all or substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person, if (a) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) such acquired Person is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and substantially all the business of such acquired Person or business consists of one or more Permitted Businesses and not less than 80% of the consolidated gross operating revenues of such acquired Person or business for the most recently ended period of twelve months is derived from domestic operations in the United States of America, (c) each Subsidiary resulting from such acquisition (and which survives such acquisition) other than any Foreign Subsidiary, shall be a Subsidiary Loan Party and at least 80% of the Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary shall be owned directly by the Borrower and/or Subsidiary Loan Parties and shall have been (or within 10 Business Days (or such longer period as may be acceptable to the Agent) after such acquisition shall be) pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (subject to the limitations of the pledge of Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries set forth in the definition of "Collateral and Guarantee Requirement"), (d) the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been (or within 10 Business Days (or such longer period as may be acceptable to the Agent) after such acquisition shall be) satisfied with respect to each such Subsidiary, (e) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition, with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are available, as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance and (f) the Borrower has delivered to the Agent an officer's certificate to the effect set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, together with all relevant financial information for the Person or assets acquired and reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating satisfaction of the requirement set forth in clause (e) above. "Permitted Asset Swap" means any transfer of properties or assets by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of properties or assets (other than cash) that will be used in a Permitted Business; provided that (a) the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Governing Board of the Borrower) of the property or assets being transferred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary is not greater than the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Governing Board of the Borrower) of the property or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in such exchange and (b) the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Governing Board of the Borrower) of all property or assets transferred by the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries in any such transfer, together with the cumulative aggregate fair market value of property or assets transferred in all prior Permitted Asset Swaps, does not exceed 15% of the Borrower's consolidated net revenues for the prior fiscal year. "Permitted Business" means the telephone and internet directory services businesses and businesses reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto and in the case of any Securitization Vehicle, Securitizations. "Permitted Encumbrances" means: (a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05; 21 (b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, landlord's, repairmen's and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05; (c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance 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) judgment liens in respect of judgments or attachments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (j) of Article VII; and (f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that are not substantial in amount 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 Subsidiary; provided that the term "Permitted Encumbrances" shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness. "Permitted Holdings Debt" means Indebtedness of Holdings which (i) does not mature, and is not subject to mandatory repurchase, redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to customary asset sale or change in control provisions requiring redemption or repurchase only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), in each case, prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings (except other Permitted Holdings Debt), the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock of the Parent or Holdings, provided that any such exchange or conversion, if effected, would not result in a Change in Control) and (v) if subordinated, is subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a written instrument delivered, and reasonably satisfactory, to the Administrative Agent or on terms substantially identical to (and no less favorable in any significant respect to the Lenders than) the subordination terms applicable to the Senior Subordinated Debt. "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 or allowing for liquidation at the original par value at the option of the holder within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (b) investments in commercial paper (other than commercial paper issued by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Affiliates) maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody's; (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker's acceptances, time deposits or overnight bank deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or 22 guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days 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 and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000. "Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Borrower which (i) does not mature, and is not subject to mandatory repurchase, redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to customary asset sale or change in control provisions requiring redemption or repurchase only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), in each case, prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock of the Parent or Holdings, provided that any such exchange or conversion, if effected, would not result in a Change in Control) and (iv) is, together with any Guarantee thereof by any Subsidiary (a "Permitted Subordinated Guarantee"), subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a written instrument delivered, and reasonably satisfactory, to the Administrative Agent or on terms substantially identical to (and no less favorable in any significant respect to the Lenders than) the subordination terms applicable to the Senior Subordinated Debt. "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. "Prepayment Event" means any (a) Asset Disposition, (b) Equity Issuance, (c) Debt Issuance or (d) Damages Event. "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 principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective. "Pro Forma Compliance" means, with respect to any event, that Holdings and the Borrower are in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants recomputed as if the event with respect to which Pro Forma Compliance is being tested had occurred on the first day of each relevant period with respect to which current compliance with such Financial Covenants would be determined (for example, in the case of Financial Covenants based on Consolidated EBITDA, as if such event had occurred on the first day of the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter in respect of which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)). 23 "Pro Forma Leverage Ratio" means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness as of such date (giving effect to any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness on such date, including as a result of any acquisition to be consummated on such date) to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date (calculated by giving pro forma effect to any material acquisitions or dispositions consummated after the commencement of such period or to be consummated on the calculation date as if such acquisitions or dispositions had been consummated on the first day of such period). "Pro Forma RP Coverage Ratio" means, on the date of any Restricted Payment proposed to be made pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(v)(B), the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date minus the amount of such proposed Restricted Payment and any other Restricted Payments made during such period pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(v) to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such period. "Publishing Agreement" means the Publishing Agreement dated as of November 8, 2002, among Dex Holdings LLC, East Borrower, the Borrower and Qwest Corp. "Put Financing" means the financing required to fund any purchases of Existing Notes required to be made by the Parent or the Borrower, as the case may be, pursuant to the Change in Control Offers. "Put Financing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Put Financing. "Qualifying Parent Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Parent, other than Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt and any Put Financing, which (i) does not mature or amortize, and is not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or part (unless such redemption is required only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), in each case prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not Guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity of the Parent or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock) and (v) is issued solely for cash consideration and bears interest (which may be payable in cash) at a fixed rate which represents a market rate of interest for such Qualifying Parent Indebtedness at the time of its issuance. "QPI Issuance Conditions" means, with respect to any issuance of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, other than Initial Base QPI, the following conditions: (a) at the time of such issuance, and after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) Holdings and the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and (iii) Parent Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 6.50 to 1.0; and (b) at the time of such issuance, the Agent shall have received (i) copies of all indentures and other instruments evidencing or governing such Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, in each case certified by an executive officer of the Parent as being true, complete and correct, and (ii) a certificate of an executive officer of the Parent, dated the date of such issuance, confirming satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in clause (a) above and setting forth calculations, in reasonable detail, of Pro Forma Compliance and of the Parent Leverage Ratio referred to above. 24 "Qwest" means Qwest Communications International Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Qwest Corp." means Qwest Corporation, a Colorado corporation. "Qwest Services" means Qwest Services Corporation, a Colorado corporation. "Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness issued or incurred (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) to extend, renew or refinance existing Indebtedness ("Refinanced Debt"); provided that (i) such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of, and unpaid interest on, the Refinanced Debt plus the amount of any premiums paid thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith, (ii) such Indebtedness has a later maturity and a longer weighted average life than the Refinanced Debt, (iii) such Indebtedness bears a market interest rate (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower) as of the time of its issuance or incurrence, (iv) if the Refinanced Debt or any Guarantees thereof are subordinated to the Obligations, such Indebtedness and Guarantees thereof are subordinated to the Obligations on terms no less favorable in any significant respect to the holders of the Obligations than the subordination terms of such Refinanced Debt or Guarantees thereof (and no Loan Party that has not guaranteed such Refinanced Debt Guarantees such Indebtedness), (v) such Indebtedness contains covenants and events of default and is benefited by Guarantees (if any) which, taken as a whole, are determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower not to be materially less favorable to the Lenders than the covenants and events of default of or Guarantees (if any) in respect of such Refinanced Debt, (vi) if such Refinanced Debt or any Guarantees thereof are secured, such Indebtedness and any Guarantees thereof are either unsecured or secured only by such assets as secured the Refinanced Debt and Guarantees thereof, (vii) if such Refinanced Debt and any Guarantees thereof are unsecured, such Indebtedness and Guarantees thereof are also unsecured, (viii) such Indebtedness is issued only by the issuer of such Refinanced Indebtedness and (ix) the proceeds of such Indebtedness are applied promptly (and in any event within 45 days) after receipt thereof to the repayment of such Refinanced Debt. "Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04. "Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person's Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, Controlling Persons and advisors of such Person and of each of such Person's Affiliates. "Release" means any actual or threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture. "Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time. "Required Percentage" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(c). "Requirement of Law" means, with respect to any Person, the charter and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, rule or regulation (including Environmental Laws and ERISA) or order, decree or other determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject. 25 "Restatement Effective Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Agreement to Amend and Restate. "Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any 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, cancelation, termination or amendment of any Equity Interests in the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary. "Revolving Availability Period" means the period from but excluding the Original Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments. "Revolving Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, 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 Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender's Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders' Revolving Commitments on June 16, 2005 was $100,000,000. "Revolving 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 Lender" means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure. "Revolving Loan" means a Loan made or continued pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.01. "Revolving Maturity Date" means September 9, 2009, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day. "RHD Allocable Share" means, with respect to any amount, 40% of such amount. "RHD Corp." means R.H. Donnelley Corporation, a Delaware corporation. "RHD Inc." means R.H. Donnelley Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of RHD Corp. "RHD Leverage Ratio" means the Leverage Ratio (as such term is defined in the Indenture, dated as of January 14, 2005, under which the 6-7/8% Senior Notes of RHD Corp. due 2013 were issued, as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date without giving effect to any amendment or modification thereto). "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, Inc. 26 "Secured Parties" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement. "Securitization" means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to a Securitization Vehicle Securitization Assets of the Borrower or such Subsidiary (or grants a security interest in such Securitization Assets transferred or purported to be transferred to such Securitization Vehicle), and which Securitization Vehicle finances the acquisition of such Securitization Assets (i) with proceeds from the issuance of Third Party Interests, (ii) with Sellers' Retained Interests or (iii) with proceeds from the sale or collection of Securitization Assets previously purchased by such Securitization Vehicle. "Securitization Assets" means any accounts receivable owed to or owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) arising in the ordinary course of business from the sale of goods or services, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, all proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights) which are of the type customarily transferred in connection with securitizations of accounts receivable and which are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to a Securitization Vehicle in connection with a Securitization permitted by Section 6.05. "Securitization Vehicle" means a Person that is a direct wholly owned Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or of a Subsidiary of the Borrower formed for the purpose of effecting one or more Securitizations to which the Borrower or its Subsidiaries transfer Securitization Assets and which, in connection therewith, issues Third Party Interests or Sellers' Retained Interests; provided that such Securitization Vehicle shall engage in no business other than the purchase of Securitization Assets pursuant to Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05, the issuance of Third Party Interests or other funding of such Securitizations and any activities reasonably related thereto, and provided further that (x) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Securitization Vehicle (i) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; (y) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with such Securitization Vehicle other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; and (z) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Securitization Vehicle's financial condition or cause such Securitization Vehicle to achieve certain levels of operating results. "Security Documents" means the Collateral Agreement, the Parent Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.12 or 5.13 or pursuant to the Collateral Agreement to secure any of the Obligations. 27 "Security Interests" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement. "Sellers' Retained Interests" means the debt or equity interests held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a Securitization Vehicle to which Securitization Assets have been transferred in a Securitization permitted by Section 6.05, including any such debt or equity received in consideration for the Securitization Assets transferred. "Senior Indebtedness" means at any time, Total Indebtedness at such time, except (to the extent counted as Total Indebtedness) the Senior Subordinated Debt, Permitted Subordinated Debt, Permitted Holdings Debt and any other Indebtedness of Holdings not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary. "Senior Secured Indebtedness" means at any time, the principal amount of all the Obligations and all other Senior Indebtedness, other than unsecured Senior Indebtedness, in each case included in Total Indebtedness at such time. "Senior Secured Leverage Ratio" means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Senior Secured Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date. "Senior Subordinated Debt" means the Indebtedness represented by the Senior Subordinated Notes (including the Note Guarantees, Exchange Notes (each as defined in the Senior Subordinated Debt Documents), guarantees of Exchange Notes and any replacement Exchange Notes). "Senior Subordinated Debt Documents" means the indenture under which the Senior Subordinated Debt was issued and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the Senior Subordinated Debt or providing for any Guarantee or other right in respect thereof. "Senior Subordinated Notes" means the Borrower's 9--7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $780,000,000. "Senior Unsecured Debt" means the Indebtedness represented by the Senior Unsecured Notes (including the Note Guarantees, Exchange Notes (each as defined in the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents), guarantees of Exchange Notes and any replacement Exchange Notes). "Senior Unsecured Debt Documents" means the indentures under which the Senior Unsecured Debt was issued and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the Senior Unsecured Debt or providing for any Guarantee or other right in respect thereof. "Senior Unsecured Notes" means the Borrower's (a) 8--1/2% Senior Notes due 2010 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $385,000,000 and (b) 5--7/8 Senior Notes due 2011 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000. "Shared Services" means the centralized services utilizing the Shared Services Assets and Operations which are provided by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries to Permitted Businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the East Borrower and its subsidiaries (including any "unrestricted subsidiaries" permitted by the East Credit Facilities) and/or Unrestricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.22(c). "Shared Services Assets and Operations" means (a) the information technology assets and related operations and (b) the general administrative and corporate level services and related assets, in 28 each case that are owned and operated by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries and used to provide centralized services with respect to Permitted Businesses conducted by (i) RHD Corp. and its subsidiaries, (ii) the Borrower and its subsidiaries, (iii) the East Borrower and its subsidiaries (including any unrestricted subsidiaries permitted by the East Credit Facilities) and (iv) any Unrestricted Subsidiaries permitted hereunder. "Shared Services Payments" means payments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash to the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, in respect of the provision by the Parent or RHD Corp. or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) to the Borrower and its subsidiaries of Shared Services; provided, however, that all such payments shall be made solely to reimburse the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, for those actual cash costs (including accrued costs payable by the Parent, RHD Corp. or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) in cash within the 30-day period after receipt of a Shared Services Payment) associated with the Shared Services Assets and Operations that are directly attributable or otherwise allocable to the provision of such services to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (it being understood that to the extent that any of the costs of such services cannot be clearly allocated as between the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the East Borrower and its subsidiaries, RHD Inc. and its subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries, on the other hand, such costs shall be allocated on a fair and reasonable basis). "Standard Securitization Undertakings" means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Securitization, including those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Securitization Vehicle. "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 percentages (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 eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages 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 requirements 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. "subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (the "parent") at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other 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 by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. "Subsidiary" means (a) any subsidiary of Holdings on the Restatement Effective Date, including the Borrower, and (b) each subsidiary of Holdings organized or acquired after the Restatement Effective Date that has not been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.23. 29 "Subsidiary Loan Party" means any Subsidiary other than the Borrower that is not (x) a Foreign Subsidiary or (y) a Securitization Vehicle. "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 or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement. "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. "Tax Payments" means payments in cash in respect of Federal, state and local (i) income, franchise and other similar taxes and assessments imposed on (or measured by) net income which are paid or payable by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or which are directly attributable to (or arising as a result of) the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) taxes which are not determined by reference to income, but which are imposed on a direct or indirect owner of the Borrower as a result of such owner's ownership of the equity of the Borrower (such taxes in clauses (i) and (ii), "Applicable Taxes"). "Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority. "Term Loans" means Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans and Tranche B-1 Term Loans. "Territories" means the states of Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. "Third Party Interests" means, with respect to any Securitization, notes, bonds or other debt instruments, beneficial interests in a trust, undivided ownership interests in receivables or other securities issued for cash consideration by the relevant Securitization Vehicle to banks, financing conduits, investors or other financing sources (other than Holdings and the Subsidiaries) the proceeds of which are used to finance, in whole or in part, the purchase by such Securitization Vehicle of Securitization Assets in a Securitization. The amount of any Third Party Interests shall be deemed to equal the aggregate principal, stated or invested amount of such Third Party Interests which are outstanding at such time. "Total Indebtedness" means, as of any date, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, in the amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, provided that, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be without regard to the effects of 30 purchase method of accounting requiring that the amount of such Indebtedness be valued at its fair market value instead of its outstanding principal amount. "Tranche A Lender" means a Lender with an outstanding Tranche A Term Loan. "Tranche A Maturity Date" means September 9, 2009, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day. "Tranche A Term Loan" means a "Tranche A Term Loan" outstanding hereunder prior to the Restatement Effective Date and continued as such pursuant to clause (i) of Section 2.01(a). "Tranche B Lender" means a Lender with an outstanding Tranche B Term Loan. "Tranche B Maturity Date" means March 9, 2010, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day. "Tranche B Term Loan" means a "Tranche B Term Loan" outstanding hereunder prior to the Restatement Effective Date and continued as such pursuant to clause (i) of Section 2.01(a). "Tranche B-1 Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender, if any, to make Tranche B-1 Term Loans pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 2.01(a) during the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Availability Period. The amount of each Lender's Tranche B-1 Commitment is set forth on Schedule I to the Agreement to Amend and Restate. "Tranche B-1 Lender" means a Lender with a Tranche B-1 Commitment or an outstanding Tranche B-1 Term Loan. "Tranche B-1 Maturity Date" means March 9, 2010, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day. "Tranche B-1 Term Loan" means a Tranche B-1 Term Loan made during the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Availability Period pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 2.01(a). "Tranche B-1 Term Loan Availability Period": the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the date that is 45 days following the Restatement Effective Date. "Transactions" means the Parent Acquisition and the Financing Transactions. "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 any subsidiary of Holdings that has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by Holdings pursuant to and in compliance with Section 6.23. No Unrestricted Subsidiary may own any Equity Interests of the Borrower, a Subsidiary or East Holdings or any of its subsidiaries (other than an "unrestricted subsidiary" of East Holdings pursuant to the credit agreement relating to the East Credit Facilities). "West Acquisition" means the acquisition by the Borrower pursuant to the West Acquisition Agreement of all the Equity Interests of GPP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and 31 the other transactions contemplated by the West Acquisition Agreement and the documents related thereto. Immediately after such acquisition of GPP LLC, the Borrower was merged with and into GPP LLC, which changed its name to "Dex Media West LLC". "West Acquisition Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated as of August 19, 2002, among Dex, Qwest Services, Qwest and Dex Holdings LLC, as amended by an amendment dated as of September 9, 2003. "West Acquisition Agreement Recovery" means the receipt by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Parent of any payment made by Qwest Corp., Qwest or any Affiliate thereof (x)(i) constituting damages paid pursuant to, or as a result of the breach or asserted breach of obligations under, the West Acquisition Agreement or (ii) representing amounts paid in settlement or compromise of claims that Qwest Corp., Qwest or any Affiliate thereof has breached its obligations under the West Acquisition Agreement, except, in each case, any such receipt of a payment that constitutes a Damages Event, or (y) constituting a post-closing purchase price adjustment under the West Acquisition Agreement. "West Allocable Share" means, with respect to any amount, 58% of such amount. "West Entities" means Holdings, the Borrower and their 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"). 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 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 32 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 Required 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. Any reference made in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any consolidated financial statement or statements of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries means such financial statement or statements prepared on a combined basis for Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to GAAP and accounting for any Unrestricted Subsidiary on an unconsolidated basis as investments, not utilizing the equity method. ARTICLE II THE CREDITS Section 2.01 Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) on the Restatement Effective Date, each Lender agrees to continue any outstanding Term Loans, if any, made by it under the Original Credit Agreement, each continued Term Loan to constitute a Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche B Term Loan to the extent so constituted under the Original Credit Agreement and to remain subject to the same Interest Period applicable to them immediately prior to the Restatement Effective Date and/or (ii) on and after the Restatement Effective Date, each Tranche B-1 Lender agrees to make Tranche B-1 Term Loans to the Borrower during the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Availability Period in not more than two draws in an aggregate amount not to exceed for both such draws the respective amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to the Agreement to Amend and Restate under the heading "Tranche B-1 Commitment". (b)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make (or, with respect to Revolving Loans outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date, continue) Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not (after giving effect to any concurrent use of the proceeds thereof to repay Swingline Loans or LC Disbursements) result in such Lender's Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lender's Revolving Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. (c) Amounts repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed. Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. 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 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. (c)At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be 33 in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e) . Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000. 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 25 Eurodollar 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 Revolving Maturity Date, Tranche A Maturity Date, Tranche B Maturity Date or Tranche B-1 Maturity Date, as applicable. Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. (a) To request funding of a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City 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 in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02: (i) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing, Tranche A Term Borrowing, Tranche B Term Borrowing or Tranche B-1 Term Borrowing; (ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing; (iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; (iv) subject to the proviso to the fourth sentence of Section 2.02(c), whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; (v) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and (vi) 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, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving 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 to the Borrower from time to time during 35 the Revolving 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 $5,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Exposures exceeding the total Revolving 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 set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans. (b)To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City 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 by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in 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 Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City 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 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any Business Day require the Revolving 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 Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender's Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving 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 Revolving 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 reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever; provided that no Lender shall be required to acquire a participation in any Swingline Loan to the extent that doing so would cause the Revolving Exposure of such Lender to exceed such Lender's Revolving Commitment. Each Revolving 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 Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving 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 Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to 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. 35 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 for its own account or the account of any Subsidiary, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank on the Original Closing Date and, at any time and from time to time thereafter during the Revolving 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 Bank relating 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 Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably 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 Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank's standard form 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 $15,000,000 and (ii) the total Revolving Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving 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 Revolving Maturity Date. (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 Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, 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 Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender's Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank 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 Revolving 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 reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever; provided that no Lender shall be required to acquire a participation in any Letter of Credit to the extent that doing so would cause the Revolving Exposure of such Lender to exceed such Lender's Revolving Commitment. 36 (e)Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, 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, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City 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, New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) 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 (whether or not the conditions in Section 4.01 are satisfied or a Default exists) each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have the absolute and unconditional right to require that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or 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 Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender's Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving 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 Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving 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 Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans 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. (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 any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly 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. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or 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 Bank; provided that the provisions of this Section 2.05(f) shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential 37 damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank's failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, 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 Bank 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 Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank 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 Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement. (h)Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank 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 (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment. (i)Replacement of the Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term "Issuing Bank" shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank 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 under clauses (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII shall occur and be continuing or if the Loans have been accelerated pursuant to Article VII as a result of any other Event of Default, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC 38 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 unpaid 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 Article VII. The Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b). Each such deposit under this Section or Section 2.11(b) shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, and the Borrower hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all funds and investments from time to time in such account, and in the proceeds thereof, to secure the Obligations. 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 sole discretion of the Administrative Agent 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 Bank 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, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving 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 under this Section 2.05(j) as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default specified above, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after the applicable Events of Default have been cured or waived. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower as and to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Borrower would remain in compliance with Section 2.11(b) and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Section 2.06 Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that 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 an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans and 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 Bank. (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 Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the 39 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 ABR Loans. 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 Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar 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, 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 among 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. (b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving 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 of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and 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 or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar 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 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. 40 (e)If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing 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. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto. Section 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) To the extent not previously terminated, the Tranche B-1 Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 30, 2006, and the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date. (b)The Borrower may at any time, without premium or penalty, terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Exposures would exceed the total Revolving 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; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class. Section 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) 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 of such Lender on the Revolving Maturity Date, (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.10 and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least two Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans that were outstanding on the date such Borrowing was requested. (b)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. (c)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 41 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. (d)The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) 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. (e)Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class 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 the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such promissory note shall state that it is subject to the provisions of this Agreement. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns). Section 2.10 Amortization of Term Loans. (a) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.10, the Borrower shall repay Tranche A Term Borrowings on each date set forth below in an amount equal to the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Loans continued on the Restatement Effective Date set forth opposite such date (each such date being called an "Installment Date"):
Percentage of Principal Amount Date to be Repaid ---- ---------------- March 31, 2006 4.49097% June 30, 2006 4.49097% September 30, 2006 4.49097% December 31, 2006 5.98804% March 31, 2007 5.98804% June 30, 2007 5.98804% September 30, 2007 5.98804% December 31, 2007 6.28741% March 31, 2008 6.28741% June 30, 2008 6.28741% September 30, 2008 6.28741% December 31, 2008 9.35632% March 31, 2009 9.35632% June 30, 2009 9.35632% Tranche A Maturity Date 9.35632%
(b)Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.10, the Borrower shall repay Tranche B Borrowings on each date set forth below in an amount equal to the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche B Term Loans continued on the Restatement Effective Date set forth opposite such date: 42
Percentage of Principal Amount Date to be Repaid ---- ----------------- March 31, 2006 1.06209% June 30, 2006 1.06209% September 30, 2006 1.06209% December 31, 2006 1.06209% March 31, 2007 1.06209% June 30, 2007 1.06209% September 30, 2007 1.06209% December 31, 2007 1.06209% March 31, 2008 1.06209% June 30, 2008 1.06209% September 30, 2008 1.06209% December 31, 2008 1.06209% March 31, 2009 1.06209% June 30, 2009 20.22059% September 30, 2009 20.22059% December 31, 2009 22.87582% Tranche B Maturity Date 22.87582%
(c)Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.10, the Borrower shall repay Tranche B-1 Borrowings on each date set forth below in an amount equal to the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans made during the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Availability Period set forth opposite such date:
Percentage of Principal Amount Date to be Repaid ---- ----------------- March 31, 2006 1.06209% June 30, 2006 1.06209% September 30, 2006 1.06209% December 31, 2006 1.06209% March 31, 2007 1.06209% June 30, 2007 1.06209% September 30, 2007 1.06209% December 31, 2007 1.06209% March 31, 2008 1.06209% June 30, 2008 1.06209% September 30, 2008 1.06209% December 31, 2008 1.06209% March 31, 2009 1.06209% June 30, 2009 20.22059% September 30, 2009 20.22059% December 31, 2009 22.87582% Tranche B-1 Maturity Date 22.87582%
(d)To the extent not previously paid, (i) all Tranche A Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Tranche A Maturity Date, (ii) all Tranche B Term Loans shall be due and payable on 43 the Tranche B Maturity Date and (iii) all Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Tranche B-1 Maturity Date. (e)(i) Any mandatory or optional prepayment of a Tranche A Term Borrowing shall be applied first to reduce the first scheduled payment to become due under Section 2.10(a) and, thereafter, to reduce subsequent scheduled repayments of Tranche A Term Borrowings to be made pursuant to Section 2.10(a) ratably, (ii) any mandatory or optional prepayment of a Tranche B Term Borrowing shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled payments of the Tranche B Term Borrowings to be made pursuant to Section 2.10(b) ratably and (iii) any mandatory or optional prepayment of a Tranche B-1 Term Borrowing shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled payments of the Tranche B-1 Term Borrowings to be made pursuant to Section 2.10(c) ratably. (f)Prior to any repayment of any Term Borrowings of either Class hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings of the applicable Class to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing. Repayments of Term Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid. Section 2.11 Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.16), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (or $500,000 or more, in the case of Swingline Loans) or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to the requirements of this Section. (b)In the event and on such occasion that the sum of the Revolving Exposures exceeds the total Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall prepay Revolving Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. (c)In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds (other than any Net Proceeds from (i) the issuance of the New Parent Notes and (ii) any Put Financing) are received by or on behalf of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, not later than the Business Day next after the date on which such Net Proceeds are received, prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the Required Percentage of such Net Proceeds or, in the case of an Equity Issuance by the Parent or a Damages Event, the Required Percentage of the Allocable Net Proceeds of such Prepayment Event; provided that, in the case of any Asset Disposition, if the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect that the Borrower or a Subsidiary intends to apply the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate), within 365 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds, to acquire real property, equipment or other assets to be used in the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries or to fund a Permitted Acquisition in accordance with the terms of Section 6.04, and certifying that no Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds in respect of such event (or the portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if applicable) except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so applied by the end of such 365-day period, at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied. For purposes hereof, "Required Percentage" shall mean: (i) in the case of an Asset Disposition or a Damages Event, 100%; (ii) in the case of a Debt Issuance, (A) if on the date of the relevant issuance, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.0 to 1.0, 100% or (B) if on the date of the relevant 44 issuance, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0, 0% (it being understood that a portion of such Net Proceeds from a Debt Issuance may be applied so as to reduce such Pro Forma Leverage Ratio to less than 4.0 to 1.0, and that the Required Percentage for the remainder of such Net Proceeds shall be 0%); and (iii) in the case of an Equity Issuance, (A) if on the date of the relevant prepayment, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.0 to 1.0, 50% or (B) on the date of the relevant prepayment, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0, 0% (it being understood that a portion of such Net Proceeds from an Equity Issuance may be applied so as to reduce such Pro Forma Leverage Ratio to less than 4.0 to 1.0, and that the Required Percentage for the remainder of such Net Proceeds shall be 0%). (d)Following the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004, the Borrower will prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to (i) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year less (ii) any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) during such fiscal year; provided that, with respect to each such fiscal year ending on or after December 31, 2005, no such prepayment of Term Borrowings shall be required if the Leverage Ratio as of the end of such fiscal year is less than 5.0 to 1.0. Each prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made on or before the date on which financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 with respect to the fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow is being calculated (and in any event within 100 days after the end of such fiscal year). (e)In the event and on each occasion that any Optional Repurchase is made pursuant to Section 6.08(b)(vii)(y), the Borrower shall on the last day of each fiscal quarter prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amounts expended on such Optional Repurchases during such fiscal quarter; provided, however, that if the amount expended on any such Optional Repurchase when taken together with the aggregate amounts expended on all other such Optional Repurchases in respect of which a prepayment of Term Borrowings has not yet been made under this paragraph (e) (the "Cumulative Amount") is greater than $20,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the Cumulative Amount not later than the date on which such Optional Repurchase is made. (f)Prior to any optional or, subject to Sections 2.11(c), (d) and (e), mandatory prepayment of Borrowings hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section. In the event of any optional or mandatory prepayment of Term Borrowings made at a time when Term Borrowings of more than one Class remain outstanding, the Borrower shall select Term Borrowings to be prepaid so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated between the Tranche A Term Borrowings, Tranche B Term Borrowings and Tranche B-1 Term Borrowings pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Borrowings of each such Class; provided that, so long as and to the extent that any Tranche A Term Borrowings remain outstanding, any Tranche B Lender or Tranche B-1 Lender, as the case may be, may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) at least one Business Day prior to the prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any prepayment of its respective Tranche B Term Loans or Tranche B-1 Term Loans pursuant to this Section (other than an optional prepayment pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, which may not be declined), in which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to prepay Tranche B Term Loans or Tranche B-1 Term Loans, as the case may be, but was so declined shall be applied to prepay Tranche A Term Borrowings. (g)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 2:00 45 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that, if a notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08. Promptly following receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swingline Loans), 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, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment or to prepay such Borrowing in full. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest and other amounts to the extent required by Sections 2.13 and 2.16. Section 2.12 Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily unused amount of each Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Original Closing Date to but excluding the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the dates on which the Revolving 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 be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes of computing commitment fees with respect to Revolving Commitments, a Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender (and the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose). (b)The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender with a Tranche B-1 Commitment a commitment fee, which shall accrue at 0.375% per annum on the daily unused amount of the Tranche B-1 Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the termination of the Tranche B-1 Commitments. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the termination of the Tranche B-1 Commitments. All commitment 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 agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate from time to time in effect for purposes of determining the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Revolving Loans on the daily amount of such Lender's LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Original Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender's Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Original Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which 46 there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank'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 shall be payable in arrears on the third Business Day following such last day; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank 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). (d)The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. (e)All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances. Section 2.13 Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. (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 Rate. (c)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, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section. (d)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 Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) 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 Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Revolving 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. (e)All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that 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 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 or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error. 47 Section 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing: (b) 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 for such Interest Period; or (c) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate 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 shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided, however, that, in the case of a notice received pursuant to clause (b) above, if the Administrative Agent is able prior to the commencement of such Interest Period to ascertain, after using reasonable efforts to poll the Lenders giving such notice, that a rate other than the Alternate Base Rate would adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of such alternate rate and the Borrower may agree by written notice to the Agent prior to the commencement of such Interest Period to increase the Applicable Rate for the Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period to result in an interest rate equal to such alternate rate, in which case such increased Applicable Rate shall apply to all the Eurodollar Loans included in the relevant Borrowing. Section 2.15 Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law (except with respect to Taxes, which shall be governed by Section 2.17) 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 Bank; or (ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar 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 of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. (b)If any Lender or the Issuing Bank 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 Bank's capital or on the capital of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit 48 held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's policies and the policies of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time after submission by such Lender to the Borrower of a written request therefor, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company for any such reduction suffered. (c)A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the matters giving rise to a claim under this Section 2.15 and the calculation of such claim by such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. (d)Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's intention to claim compensation therefor; 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. Section 2.16 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar 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 other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(g) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar 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 2.19 or Section 9.02(c), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall consist of 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, 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 amount 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 10 days after receipt thereof. Section 2.17 Taxes (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without 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 48 increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. (b)In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. (c)The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability prepared in good faith and delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be presumed correct, provided that upon reasonable request of the Borrower, a Lender shall provide all relevant information reasonably accessible to it justifying such amount. (d)As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. (e)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, provided that such Foreign Lender has received written notice from the Borrower advising it of the availability of such exemption or reduction and supplying all applicable documentation. (f)If the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank determines, in its reasonable judgment, 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 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower within a reasonable period of time (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank 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, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank to make available its tax returns (or 50 any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. Section 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff 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 such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document 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. All payments under each Loan Document shall be made in dollars. (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 setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans, Term 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 Revolving Loans, Term 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 Revolving Loans, Term 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 relative aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest on their Revolving Loans, Term 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 foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise 51 against the Borrower rights of setoff 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. (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 Bank 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 Bank, 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 Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank 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), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender's obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. Section 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, 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 2.17, 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 2.15 or 2.17, 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 hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. (b)If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, 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 2.17, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), 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 Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld and (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and funded participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, 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 such Lender shall be released from all obligations hereunder. 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. 52 ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Each of Holdings and the Borrower and, solely for purposes of Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.08, 3.09 and 3.12, the Parent represents and warrants to the Lenders that: Section 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions entered into and to be entered into by the Parent and each Loan Party are within the Parent's or such Loan Party's (as the case may be) corporate or limited liability company powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company and, if required, stockholder or member action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Parent, Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which the Parent or any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by the Parent or such Loan Party (as the case may be), will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or such Loan Party (as the case may be), enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except as set forth on Schedule 3.03 or have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, limited liability company agreement, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except Liens permitted under Section 6.02. Section 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The audited consolidated balance sheets of Holdings as of December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by KPMG LLP, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of Holdings as of such dates, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Holdings as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments. (b)Holdings has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its projected pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2005 prepared giving effect to the Transactions as if 53 such Transactions had occurred on such date. Such projected pro forma consolidated balance sheet has been prepared in good faith based on the same assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial statements included in the Information Memorandum (which assumptions are believed by Holdings and the Borrower to be reasonable at the time prepared). (c)Except as disclosed in the financial statements referred to above or the notes thereto or in the Information Memorandum and except for the Disclosed Matters, after giving effect to the Transactions, none of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries has, as of the Restatement Effective Date, any contingent liabilities, unusual long-term commitments or unrealized losses that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be excepted to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (d)Since December 31, 2004, there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations, prospects, assets, liabilities or financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Section 3.05 Properties. (a) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business (including its Mortgaged Properties), except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes. (b)Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except, in each case, for any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (c)Schedule 3.05 sets forth the address of each real property that is owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Restatement Effective Date after giving effect to the Transactions. Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened against or affecting Holdings, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective executive officers or directors (i) which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions. (b)Except for either the Disclosed Matters or any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to form the basis for any Environmental Liability. Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon 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. No Default has occurred and is continuing. 54 Section 3.08 Investment and Holding Company Status. None of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a "holding company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Section 3.09 Taxes. Each of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all material Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all material Taxes required to have been paid by it, except any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves. Section 3.10 ERISA; Margin Regulations. (a) During the five year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed to be made with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability has occurred during such five year period or for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (b)None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, in any manner that would entail a violation of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, U or X. Section 3.11 Disclosure. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other written reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information, taken as a whole, furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as of the date thereof and 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, Holdings and the Borrower represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable (i) at the time such projected financial information was prepared, (ii) on the date of the Information Memorandum and (iii) as of the date hereof. Section 3.12 Subsidiaries. As of the Restatement Effective Date, the Parent does not have any subsidiaries other than (a) East Holdings, the East Borrower and the East Borrower's subsidiaries and (b) Holdings, the Borrower and the Borrower's Subsidiaries, and Holdings does not have any subsidiaries other than the Borrower and the Borrower's Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.12 sets forth (i) the name of, and the ownership interest of the Parent in, each subsidiary of the Parent and identifies each subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as of the Restatement Effective Date, (ii) the name of, and the ownership interest of Holdings in, each subsidiary of Holdings and identifies each subsidiary 55 that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as of the Restatement Effective Date, and (iii) the name of, and the ownership interest of the Borrower in, each Subsidiary of the Borrower and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as of the Restatement Effective Date. Section 3.13 Insurance. Schedule 3.13 sets forth a description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Restatement Effective Date. As of the Restatement Effective Date, all premiums due and payable in respect of such insurance have been paid. Holdings and the Borrower believe that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is adequate. Section 3.14 Labor Matters. As of the Restatement Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened. Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (a) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters; (b) all payments due from Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, 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 Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary; and (c) the consummation of the Transactions 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is bound. Section 3.15 Solvency. Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Restatement Effective Date and immediately following the making of each Loan made on the Restatement Effective Date and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans and to the rights of reimbursement, contribution and subrogation created by the Collateral Agreement, (a) the fair value of the assets of each Loan Party, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of each Loan Party will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) each Loan Party will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) each Loan Party will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Restatement Effective Date. Section 3.16 Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations constitute "Senior Indebtedness" under and as defined in the Senior Subordinated Debt Documents. Section 3.17 Parent Acquisition. As of the Restatement Effective Date, the Merger Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. A true, correct and complete copy (including any amendments and waivers) of the Merger Agreement has been furnished to the Administrative Agent. Section 3.18 Security Documents. (a) The Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Stock (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) described in the Collateral Agreement, when stock certificates 56 representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property, as defined in the Collateral Agreement), when financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 5 of the Perfection Certificate in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 6 of the Perfection Certificate (as updated by the Borrower from time to time in accordance with Section 5.03), the Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section 6.02(a)). (b)When the Collateral Agreement or a summary thereof is properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Collateral Agreement and such financing statements shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the grantors after the date hereof). (c)The Mortgages, if any, entered into after the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.13 shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the Loan Parties' right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed in the proper real estate filing offices, such Mortgages shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of Loan Parties in such Mortgages Property and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights of Person pursuant to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02(a). Section 3.19 Liens. There are no Liens of any nature whatsoever on any properties of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than Permitted Encumbrances and Liens permitted by Section 6.02(a). Section 3.20 No Burdensome Restrictions. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Contractual Obligation, or subject to any Requirement of Law, which has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect. ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS Section 4.01 Each Credit Event. (a) The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on any date (other than any Tranche B-1 Term Loan), and of the Issuing Bank to issue, increase, renew or extend any Letter of Credit on any date, is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following conditions: (i)The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date such Loan is made or the date of issuance, increase, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as 57 applicable, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date); provided, however, that for purposes of making the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.04(d), solely in connection with a request for a Revolving Loan or issuance for the increase, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, the term "prospects" contained therein shall be disregarded. (ii) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, increase, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. (b)The obligation of each Lender to make a Tranche B-1 Term Loan after the Restatement Effective Date is subject to each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in Sections 3.02, 3.03(b), 3.18 and 3.19 of the Restated Credit Agreement being true and correct in all material respects. (c)Each funding of Loans (other than any Borrowing of Tranche B-1 Term Loans) and each issuance, increase, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by Holdings and the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraph (a) of this Section. Each funding of Tranche B-1 Term Loans made after the Restatement Effective Date shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by Holdings and the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraph (b) of this Section. 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, each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: Section 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. Holdings and the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender: (a) no later than the earlier of (i) 10 days after the date that Holdings is required to file a report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether or not Holdings is so subject to such reporting requirements), and (ii) 100 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, Holdings audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by KPMG LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit or other material qualification or exception) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; (b) no later than the earlier of (i) 10 days after the date that Holdings is required to file a report on Form 10-Q with the 58 Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether or not Holdings is so subject to such reporting requirements), and (ii) 55 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Holdings, Holdings unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, 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 a Financial Officer as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments 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 (i) 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, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with the Financial Covenants, (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate, (iv) identifying any Subsidiary formed or acquired since the end of the previous fiscal quarter, (v) identifying any parcels of real property or improvements thereto with a value exceeding $10,000,000 that have been acquired by any Loan Party since the end of the previous fiscal quarter, (vi) identifying any changes of the type described in Section 5.03(a) that have not been previously reported by the Borrower, (vii) identifying any Permitted Acquisition or other acquisitions of going concerns and any Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries that have been consummated since the end of the previous fiscal quarter, including the date on which each such acquisition or Investment was consummated and the consideration therefor, (viii) identifying any material Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) with respect to which a notice is required to be delivered under the Collateral Agreement and has not been previously delivered, (ix) identifying any Prepayment Events that have occurred since the end of the previous fiscal quarter and setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of the Net Proceeds (and, if applicable, Allocable Net Proceeds) received from any such Prepayment Events, (x) identifying any Designated Equity Proceeds received during the previous fiscal quarter and any application of Designated Equity Proceeds during the previous fiscal quarter to Designated Equity Proceeds Uses and (xi) identifying any change in the locations at which equipment and inventory, in each case with a value in excess of $10,000,000, are located, if not owned by a Loan Party; (d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules, guidelines or practice); (e) within 30 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for such fiscal year (broken down by month and including a projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flow as of the end of and for such fiscal year and setting forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget) and, promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budget; 59 (f) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Parent to its shareholders generally; and (g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent (including on behalf of any Lender) may reasonably request. Section 5.02 Notices of Material Events. Holdings and the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender written notice of the following promptly after any Financial Officer or executive officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary obtains knowledge thereof: (a) the occurrence of any Default; (b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that involves a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (c) 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 a Material Adverse Effect; and (d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect. Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive 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 Information Regarding Collateral. (a) The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Party's legal name, as reflected in its organization documents, (ii) in any Loan Party's jurisdiction of organization or corporate structure and (iii) in any Loan Party's identity, Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organization number, if any, assigned by the jurisdiction of its organization. The Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) of the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Borrower also agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any damage to or destruction of Collateral that is uninsured and has a fair market value exceeding $10,000,000 occurs. (b)Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to clause (a) of Section 5.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer and the chief legal officer of the Borrower (i) setting forth the information required pursuant to Section 2 of the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection Certificate most recently delivered or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section and (ii) 60 certifying that all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (i) above to the extent necessary to protect and perfect the security interests under the Collateral Agreement for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period). Section 5.04 Existence; Conduct of Business. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries 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, contracts, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03 or any sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05. Section 5.05 Payment of Obligations. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its material Indebtedness and other material obligations, including Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (b) Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP. Section 5.06 Maintenance of Properties. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Section 5.07 Insurance. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (a) insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and (b) all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Documents. The Borrower will furnish to the Lenders, upon request of the Administrative Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained. Section 5.08 Casualty and Condemnation. The Borrower (a) will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage to any Collateral fairly valued at more than $10,000,000 or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any Collateral or any material part thereof or material interest therein under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding and (b) will ensure that the Net Proceeds of any such event (whether in the form of insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or otherwise) are collected and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Security Documents and this Agreement. Section 5.09 Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, 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. 61 Section 5.10 Compliance with Laws. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, including Environmental Laws, and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it, its operations 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 5.11 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans will be used only to finance a portion of the Parent Acquisition on the Restatement Effective Date and to redeem the Existing Notes pursuant to the Change in Control Offers on or after the Restatement Effective Date and, in each case, to pay fees and expenses in connection therewith. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans will be used only for general corporate purposes of the Borrower. 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 U and X. Letters of Credit will be issued only to support obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred for general corporate purposes. Section 5.12 Additional Subsidiaries. If any additional Subsidiary is formed or acquired after the Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower will, within three Business Days after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within 10 Business Days after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary (if it is a Subsidiary Loan Party) and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party. Section 5.13 Further Assurances. (a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary Loan Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties; provided, that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement need not be satisfied with respect to (i) real properties owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with an individual fair market value (including fixtures and improvements) that is less than $10,000,000 and (ii) any real property held by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary as a lessee under a lease. Holdings and the Borrower also agree to provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents. (b)If any material asset (including any real property or improvements thereto or any interest therein) that has an individual fair market value of more than $10,000,000 is acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party after the Restatement Effective Date or owned by an entity at the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other than assets constituting Collateral under the Collateral Agreement that become subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agreement upon acquisition thereof), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, the Borrower will cause such asset to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties; provided, that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement need not be satisfied with respect to (i) real properties owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with an individual fair market value (including fixtures and improvements) that is less than $10,000,000, (ii) any real property 62 held by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary as a lessee under a lease and (iii) other assets with respect to which the Agent determines that the cost or impracticability of including such assets as Collateral would be excessive in relation to the benefits to the Secured Parties. Section 5.14 Interest Rate Protection. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within 90 days after the Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower will enter into, and thereafter for a period of not less than three years will maintain in effect, one or more interest rate protection agreements on such terms and with such parties as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the extent necessary to fix or limit the interest cost to the Borrower with respect to at least 33% of the Long-Term Indebtedness of Holdings and the Borrower (after taking into account all fixed-rate Long-Term Indebtedness, with the West Allocable Share of all Long-Term Indebtedness of Parent being deemed to be Long-Term Indebtedness of Holdings and the Borrower solely for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 5.14). Section 5.15 Transition of Qwest Billing. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain procedures and systems permitting the receivables billing and collection services performed for the Borrower by Qwest Corp. under the Billing and Collection Agreement to be assumed and conducted by the Borrower or a Subsidiary (or the Parent or a subsidiary of the Parent on behalf of the Borrower as one of the Shared Services) substantially equivalent to (and permitting such a transition within a timeframe no longer than that achievable under) the procedures and systems currently in effect that were implemented pursuant to Section 5.15 of the East Credit Agreement. 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 have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: Section 6.01 Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities. (a) Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness or any Attributable Debt, except: (i)Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents and any Permitted Holdings Debt, Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness or other unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in each case to the extent the Net Proceeds thereof are used to refinance Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents; (ii) the Senior Subordinated Debt and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; (iii) the Senior Unsecured Debt and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; (iv) Indebtedness existing on the Original Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; (v)Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04; 63 (vi) Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any other Subsidiary; provided that Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04; (vii) (A) Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount not greater than fees and expenses, including premium and defeasance costs, associated therewith) or result in a decreased average weighted life thereof; provided that (1) such Indebtedness or Attributable Debt is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (2) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness and Attributable Debt permitted by this clause (vii)(A) shall not exceed $45,000,000 at any time outstanding, and (B) Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt in respect of the Headquarters Sale-Leaseback not in excess of $12,500,000 at any time outstanding; (viii) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Original Closing Date; provided that (A) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary (except to the extent such Indebtedness refinanced other Indebtedness to facilitate such entity becoming a Subsidiary) and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (viii) shall not exceed $30,000,000 at any time outstanding; (ix) other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $75,000,000 at any time outstanding; (x)Third Party Interests issued by Securitization Vehicles in Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05, and Indebtedness represented by such Third Party Interests and Indebtedness consisting of Standard Securitization Undertakings, provided that the aggregate amount of such Third Party Interests shall not exceed $232,000,000 at any time outstanding; (xi) Permitted Holdings Debt, Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (and any related Permitted Subordinated Guarantee) and any other unsecured Indebtedness, in each case without any limitation as to amount so long as Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, with the Financial Covenants, and the Net Proceeds of such Indebtedness are applied to prepay Loans to the extent required by Section 2.11(c); (xii) Permitted Holdings Debt and Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (and any related Permitted Subordinated Guarantee) incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (1) such Indebtedness is incurred at the time of or within 90 days after consummation of such Permitted Acquisition and (2) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (xii) shall not exceed $300,000,000 at any time outstanding; and (xiii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Put Financing. 64 (b)Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, issue any preferred stock or other preferred Equity Interests, other than (i) Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock of Holdings and (ii) Third Party Interests issued by Securitization Vehicles. Section 6.02 Liens. (a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, 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: (i) Liens created under the Loan Documents; (ii) Permitted Encumbrances; (iii) any Lien existing on the Original Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02 on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds) and (B) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average life thereof; (iv) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Original Closing Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (B) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds) and (C) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount not in excess of fees and expenses, including premium and defeasance costs, associated therewith) or result in a decreased average weighted life thereof; (v)Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (vii) of Section 6.01(a), (B) 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, (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (D) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds); (vi) Liens in favor of any Securitization Vehicle or any collateral agent on Securitization Assets transferred or purported to be transferred to such Securitization Vehicle in connection with Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05; and (vii) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.02 securing obligations other than Indebtedness and involuntary Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.02 securing Indebtedness, which obligations and Indebtedness are in an aggregate amount not in excess of $30,000,000 at any time outstanding. 65 (b)Holdings will not 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 thereof, except Liens created under the Collateral Agreement and Permitted Encumbrances. Section 6.03 Fundamental Changes. (a) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, 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 shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Subsidiary may merge into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a wholly-owned Subsidiary and, if any party to such merger is a Subsidiary Loan Party, a Subsidiary Loan Party, (iii) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person in order to effect a Permitted Acquisition and (iv) any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) 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 is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04. (b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than a Permitted Business. (c)Holdings will not engage in any business or activity other than the ownership of all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Borrower and activities incidental thereto. Holdings will not own or acquire any assets (other than shares of capital stock of the Borrower, cash and Permitted Investments) or incur any liabilities (other than liabilities under the Loan Documents, obligations of Holdings in respect of Permitted Holdings Debt, obligations under any employment agreement, stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, liabilities imposed by law, including tax liabilities, and other liabilities incidental to its existence and permitted business and activities). Section 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Investment, except: (a) the West Acquisition; (b) Permitted Investments; (c) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.04; (d) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in Equity Interests in (i) Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Loan Parties immediately prior to the time of such Investments and (ii) Foreign Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of investments by Loan Parties in, loans and advances by Loan Parties to, and Guarantees by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of, Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (including all such investments, loans, advances and Guarantees existing on the Original Closing Date but excluding any such Investments made after the Original Closing Date with Designated Equity Proceeds) shall not exceed $30,000,000 at any time outstanding; 66 (e) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (A) any such loans and advances made to a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the Affiliate Subordination Agreement and shall be evidenced by a promissory note pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and (B) the amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties shall be subject to the limitation set forth in clause (d) above; (f) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; provided that (i) a Subsidiary shall not Guarantee either the Senior Subordinated Debt or the Senior Unsecured Debt unless (A) such Subsidiary also has Guaranteed the Obligations pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, (B) such Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Debt is subordinated to such Guarantee of the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination provisions of the Senior Subordinated Debt and (C) such Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Debt and Senior Unsecured Debt provides for the release and termination thereof, without action by any party, upon any release and termination of such Guarantee of the Obligations, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party shall be subject to the limitation set forth in clause (d) above; (g) Permitted Acquisitions, provided that such Permitted Acquisitions shall be made (i) for consideration consisting of common stock of the Parent or Holdings or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock or with Designated Equity Proceeds or (ii) to the extent not made for such stock consideration or with Designated Equity Proceeds, for other consideration provided that the aggregate cumulative amount of such other consideration paid after the Original Closing Date for all such Permitted Acquisitions (including any Indebtedness of any acquired entity existing immediately after consummation of such acquisition or repaid or assumed by Holdings or a Subsidiary in connection therewith) shall not exceed $300,000,000 or, if at the time of and after giving pro forma effect to any such Permitted Acquisition, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio would be less than 5.00 to 1.00, $450,000,000; (h) investments (including debt obligations and equity securities) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business; (i) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business; (j) Investments consisting of non-cash consideration received in respect of sales, transfers or other dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Section 6.05; (k) Swap Agreements entered into in compliance with Section 6.07; (l) loans and advances by the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries to their employees or to Associated Employees in the ordinary course of business and for bona fide business purposes in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $15,000,000; (m) Investments consisting of Sellers' Retained Interests in Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05; and (n) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and any other Person (other than Foreign Subsidiaries) made with Designated Equity Proceeds or, to the extent not made with 67 Designated Equity Proceeds, in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $75,000,000. Section 6.05 Asset Sales. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it and any sale of Securitization Assets in connection with a Securitization, nor will the Borrower permit any of it Subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, except: (a) sales of (x) inventory and (y) used, surplus, obsolete or worn-out equipment and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business; (b) sales, transfers and dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance with Section 6.09; (c) sales of receivables on substantially the same terms that receivables are purchased by Qwest Corp. pursuant to the Billing and Collection Agreement as in effect on the Original Closing Date prior to November 1, 2004, and thereafter as in effect on November 1, 2004, including sales of receivables pursuant to and in accordance with the Billing and Collection Agreement; (d) sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 6.06; (e) Permitted Asset Swaps; (f) sales, transfers and dispositions of any Equity Interests in any Unrestricted Subsidiary to Persons other than the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (g) sales of Securitization Assets to one or more Securitization Vehicles in Securitizations; provided that (i) each such Securitization is effected on market terms as reasonably determined by the management of the Borrower, (ii) the aggregate amount of Third Party Interests in respect of all such Securitizations does not exceed $232,000,000 at any time outstanding, (iii) the proceeds to each such Securitization Vehicle from the issuance of Third Party Interests are applied substantially simultaneously with receipt thereof to the purchase from the Borrower or Subsidiaries of Securitization Assets and an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds from each such Securitization is applied to the mandatory repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.11(c) and (iv) the Equity Interests and Sellers' Retained Interests in respect of each such Securitization Vehicle shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent under the Collateral Agreement; (h) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in a Subsidiary) that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section; provided that the aggregate cumulative fair market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of after the Original Closing Date in reliance upon this clause (h) shall not exceed $300,000,000; and (i) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets utilized in connection with Shared Services Assets and Operations to RHD Corp. or a subsidiary thereof in connection with the provision by RHD Corp. or such subsidiary of Shared Services; provided that (x) all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby (other than pursuant to clauses (a)(y), (b) and (e) above) shall be made for at least 75% cash consideration or, in the case of 68 Permitted Investments, sales of receivables or sale and leaseback transactions, 100% cash consideration, and (y) all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by clauses (a) and (h) above shall be made for fair value. Section 6.06 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except (a) for the Headquarters Sale-Leaseback and any other such sale of any fixed or capital assets that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the cost of such fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after the Borrower or such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset and (b) in each case, to the extent all Capital Lease Obligations, Attributable Debt and Liens associated with such sale and leaseback transaction are permitted by Section 6.01(a)(vii) and Section 6.02(a)(v) (treating the property subject thereto as being subject to a Lien securing the related Attributable Debt, in the case of a sale and leaseback not accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation). Section 6.07 Swap Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements required by Section 5.14, (b) Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities, (c) Swap Agreements required by any Securitization and (d) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary. Section 6.08 Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except (i) Holdings may declare and pay dividends with respect to its capital stock payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, (ii) Subsidiaries of the Borrower may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their capital stock, (iii) Holdings and the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management, employees or Associated Employees (including former employees and former Associated Employees) of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that the amount thereof, taken together with any payments or transfers of cash, assets or debt securities pursuant to clause (f) of Section 6.09, do not exceed $15,000,000 in any fiscal year, (iv) provided no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings (x) within the 30-day period prior to any payment date for interest on Permitted Holdings Debt and any Put Financing Indebtedness of Holdings (contingent or otherwise) in the amount of such interest payment and (y) at any time in such amounts as may be necessary to permit Holdings to pay its expenses and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course (other than payments in respect of Indebtedness or Restricted Payments), (v) provided no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings, and Holdings may, in turn, make such Restricted Payments to the Parent, (A) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,500,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower and (B) so long as the Pro Forma RP Coverage Ratio is not less than 1.05 to 1.00 and, if on the date of such Restricted Payment the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is less than 5.00 to 1.00, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Borrower less the amount of any other Designated Excess Cash Expenditures made with such Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow, (vi) Restricted Payments in amounts as shall be necessary to make Tax Payments to 69 the extent not disallowed by Section 6.14; provided that all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (vi) are used by the Parent or Holdings for the purpose specified in clause (vi) within 30 days of receipt thereof, (vii) provided that no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings, and Holdings may, in turn, pay such dividends to the Parent to enable RHD Corp. to (A) repurchase its common stock and (B) pay cash dividends on its common stock, in an aggregate amount for the preceding clauses (A) and (B) during any fiscal year not to exceed, if the Leverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Restricted Payment is (w) greater than 4.00 to 1.0, 10% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year, (x) greater than 3.50 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.0, 20% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year, (y) greater than 3.00 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0, 30% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year and (z) less than 3.00 to 1.0, 50% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year, (viii) provided that no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may from time to time pay cash dividends to Holdings and Holdings may, in turn, use the proceeds thereof to pay cash dividends to the Parent, in each case in an amount not in excess of the West Allocable Share of regularly scheduled cash interest payable during the next period of 30 days on any Put Financing Indebtedness of Parent and any Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, provided, however, that (A) any such dividends relating to any such cash interest payment must be paid not earlier than 30 days prior to the date when such cash interest is required to be paid by the Parent and the proceeds must (except to the extent prohibited by applicable subordination provisions) be applied by the Parent to the payment of such interest when due and (B) in the case of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, no payment of dividends may be made pursuant to this clause (viii) in respect of the West Allocable Share of cash interest on such Indebtedness other than Base QPI unless the Interest Coverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such dividend payment) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such dividend payment is not less than 1.75 to 1.00, (ix) the Borrower may from time to time pay cash dividends to Holdings and Holdings may, in turn, use the proceeds thereof to pay cash dividends to the Parent, in each case in an amount not in excess of the amount necessary to repurchase the Existing Parent Notes pursuant to the Change in Control Offers, (x) provided that no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may from time to time pay cash dividends to Holdings and Holdings may, in turn, use the proceeds thereof to pay cash dividends to the Parent, in each case in an amount not in excess of the RHD Allocable Share of regularly scheduled cash interest payable during the next period of 30 days on the outstanding Indebtedness of RHD Corp., provided, however, that (A) any such dividends relating to any such cash interest payment must be paid not earlier than 30 days prior to the date when such cash interest is required to be paid by RHD Corp. and the proceeds must (except to the extent prohibited by applicable subordination provisions, if any) be applied by RHD Corp. to the payment of such interest when due, (B) no payment of dividends may be made pursuant to this clause (x) in respect of the RHD Allocable Share of cash interest on such Indebtedness other than Base RHD Indebtedness unless the Interest Coverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such dividend payment) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such dividend payment is not less than 1.75 to 1.00 and (C) at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness (other than Base RHD Indebtedness outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date), and after giving effect thereto, the RHD Leverage Ratio shall not have exceeded 7.25 to 1.00, and (xi) the Borrower may from time to time pay cash dividends to Holdings and Holdings may, in turn, use the proceeds thereof to pay cash dividends to the Parent, in each case in an amount not in excess of the proceeds of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans made on or after the Restatement Effective Date, provided, however, that such proceeds must be applied to consummate the Parent Acquisition in accordance with the Merger Agreement and/or to redeem Existing Notes pursuant to any Change in Control Offers. (b)The Parent, Holdings and the Borrower will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution 70 (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness, except: (i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents; (ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness (including any Put Financing Indebtedness), other than payments in respect of the Senior Subordinated Debt, Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness, Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt or other subordinated Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof; (iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.01; (iv) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; (v) prepayment of Capital Lease Obligations in an aggregate cumulative amount from and after the Original Closing Date not exceeding $7,500,000; (vi) Optional Repurchases of other Indebtedness involving cumulative expenditures in any fiscal year not in excess of an amount equal to the Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding fiscal year less the amount of other Designated Excess Cash Expenditures made with such Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow, provided, however, that on the date of each such Optional Repurchase the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is less than 5.00 to 1.00; (vii) Optional Repurchases of other Indebtedness involving expenditures in an amount not in excess of (x) that portion of the Net Proceeds (or Allocable Net Proceeds, as the case may be) from any Equity Issuance (or portion thereof) in respect of which the Required Percentage is 50% which is not required to be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(c) and (y) 50% of the Net Proceeds (or Allocable Net Proceeds, as the case may be) from any Equity Issuance (or portion thereof) in respect of which the Required Percentage is 0%; provided, however, that (I) such Optional Repurchases are effected within 180 days of the receipt of the Net Proceeds (or Allocable Net Proceeds) from the relevant Equity Issuance and (II) in the case of Optional Repurchases made pursuant to clause (y), the Borrower makes the related mandatory prepayment of Term Borrowings required by Section 2.11(e); and (viii) repurchases of the Existing Notes pursuant to the Change in Control Offers. (c)The Parent, Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, furnish any funds to, make any Investment in, or provide other consideration to any other Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) for purposes of enabling such Person to, or otherwise permit any such Person to, make any Restricted Payment or other payment or distribution restricted by this Section that could not be made directly by Holdings or the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or 71 purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) transactions that do not involve Holdings or any of its subsidiaries that are not Subsidiaries and are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm's-length basis from unrelated third parties; provided that such transactions, if not in the ordinary course of business, are set forth in writing and have been approved by a majority of the members of the Governing Board of the Borrower having no personal stake in such transactions, and, if such transaction involves an amount in excess of $20,000,000, has been determined by a nationally recognized appraisal or investment banking firm to be fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties not involving any other Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08, (d) the sale of receivables on substantially the same terms that the Borrower Receivables are purchased by Qwest Corp. pursuant to the Billing and Collection Agreement as in effect on the Original Closing Date or on or before November 1, 2004, and thereafter as in effect on November 1, 2004, (e) the payment of reasonable fees to directors of Holdings or the Borrower who are not employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (f) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans for employees or Associated Employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which, in each case, have been approved by the Governing Board of the Borrower, provided that any payments of cash or transfers of debt securities or assets pursuant to this clause (f), taken together with Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(iii), shall not exceed $15,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower, (g) the existence of, or performance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any tax sharing agreement permitted under Section 6.14 to which it is a party as of the Original Closing Date, (h) Shared Services Payments made to the Parent and/or RHD Corp. not less frequently than quarterly pursuant to procedures (including procedures for allocating reimbursable costs) approved as being fair and reasonable by a majority of the members of the Governing Board of the Borrower, (i) transfers of assets utilized in connection with Shared Services Assets and Operations to RHD Corp. (or a subsidiary of RHD Corp.) in connection with the provision of Shared Services by RHD Corp. or such subsidiary to RHD Inc. and/or Parent and their respective subsidiaries, (j) transactions between RHD Inc. and/or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, for which the reimbursement or consideration or represents an allocation on a fair and reasonable basis to such person, provided that, such allocation represents an amount no less than cost, (k) transactions under the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement, including payments thereunder to the East Borrower or to the Employee Company in respect of Associated Employees, (l) sales of Securitization Assets to Securitization Vehicles and other transactions effected as part of Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05 and (m) arrangements pursuant to which payments by Qwest for advertising in directories that were committed to be made in connection with the West Acquisition and the acquisition by the East Borrower of Qwest's directories services business in the East Territories are allocated approximately 58% to the Borrower and approximately 42% to the East Borrower (without regard to the directories in which such advertising is actually placed). Section 6.10 Restrictive Agreements. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets to the Secured Parties securing the Obligations, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document, Senior Subordinated Debt Document or Senior Unsecured Debt Document (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 72 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 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) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to any Put Financing, any Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, any Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, any Permitted Holdings Debt or any indebtedness of RHD Corp., (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and the proceeds thereof, (vi) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment thereof, (vii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement related to any Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired by Holdings (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (viii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement related to the refinancing of Indebtedness, provided that the terms of any such restrictions or conditions are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the restrictions or conditions contained in the predecessor agreements, (ix) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions contained in any documents relating to any Securitizations, provided that such restrictions only apply to the applicable Securitization Vehicle and its assets and (x) the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in joint venture agreements. Section 6.11 Change in Business. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than a Permitted Business. Without limiting the foregoing, Holdings shall not engage in any business or conduct any activity other than holding the capital stock of the Borrower, and activities reasonably related thereto. Section 6.12 Fiscal Year. Each of Holdings and the Borrower shall not change its fiscal year for accounting and financial reporting purposes to end on any date other than December 31. Section 6.13 Amendment of Material Documents. (a) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under (i) any Senior Subordinated Debt Document, (ii) any Senior Unsecured Debt Document, (iii) the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement, (iv) the written agreement relating to licenses and sublicenses of intellectual property by Parent to Borrower and the East Borrower or (v) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents if, taken as a whole, such amendment, modification or waiver is adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders. (b)Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit the Parent or any Subsidiary to, amend, modify, waive or terminate any of its rights under (i) the West Acquisition Agreement or any of the Core Qwest Agreements, (ii) the tax sharing agreement described in Section 6.14 or (iii) the Parent Acquisition Agreement, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above to the extent that, taken as a whole, such amendment, modification, waiver or termination is adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders and in the case of clause (iii) above, in a manner that is material and adverse to the Lenders without the consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Section 6.14 Tax Payments. Except pursuant to a tax sharing agreement having customary terms and conditions which has been approved by the Arrangers (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (i) make payments in respect of Applicable Taxes (whether owed by them or any other Person) in amounts (in the aggregate for Holdings and the Subsidiaries) in excess of those that would be 73 payable by (or at times other than when such taxes would be payable by) Holdings and the Subsidiaries as a separate consolidated group for tax purposes or (ii) provide funds to the Parent or any Affiliates of the Parent (other than Holdings and the Subsidiaries) for the payment of Applicable Taxes of members of any consolidated tax group including the Parent or Holdings and the Subsidiaries in amounts in excess of, or at times other than, those permitted by clause (i) above. Section 6.15 Interest Coverage Ratio. Holdings and the Borrower will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of a fiscal quarter set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite such date:
Fiscal Quarter Ended Ratio - -------------------- ----- March 31, 2006 1.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2006 1.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2006 1.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2006 1.50 to 1.00 March 31, 2007 1.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2007 1.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2007 1.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2007 1.50 to 1.00 March 31, 2008 1.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2008 1.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2008 1.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2008 1.50 to 1.00 March 31, 2009 1.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2009 1.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2009 1.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2009 1.50 to 1.00
Section 6.16 [Reserved]. Section 6.17 Leverage Ratio. Holdings and the Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of a fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such date:
Fiscal Quarter Ended Ratio - -------------------- ----- March 31, 2006 6.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2006 6.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2006 6.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2006 6.00 to 1.00 March 31, 2007 6.00 to 1.00 June 30, 2007 6.00 to 1.00 September 30, 2007 6.00 to 1.00 December 31, 2007 5.50 to 1.00 March 31, 2008 5.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2008 5.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2008 5.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2008 5.00 to 1.00 March 31, 2009 5.00 to 1.00
74 June 30, 2009 5.00 to 1.00 September 30, 2009 5.00 to 1.00 December 31, 2009 4.75 to 1.00
Section 6.18 Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. Holdings and the Borrower will not permit the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of a fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such date:
Fiscal Quarter Ended Ratio - -------------------- ----- March 31, 2006 4.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2006 4.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2006 4.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2006 4.50 to 1.00 March 31, 2007 4.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2007 4.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2007 4.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2007 4.00 to 1.00 March 31, 2008 4.00 to 1.00 June 30, 2008 4.00 to 1.00 September 30, 2008 4.00 to 1.00 December 31, 2008 3.75 to 1.00 March 31, 2009 3.75 to 1.00 June 30, 2009 3.75 to 1.00 September 30, 2009 3.75 to 1.00 December 31, 2009 3.50 to 1.00
Section 6.19 [Reserved]. Section 6.20 Collections, Funds and Permitted Investments. Holdings and the Borrower (a) will at all times cause all payments in respect of accounts receivable of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (including but not limited to purchase price payments under the Billing and Collection Agreement) and all other cash payments to or for the benefit of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (collectively, "Receipts") to be deposited directly into bank accounts (including lockbox accounts) in respect of which no Affiliate of the Borrower (other than a Subsidiary Loan Party or, in the case of funds of Foreign Subsidiaries, Foreign Subsidiaries) has any interest or claim (collectively, "Borrower Bank Accounts") and (b) will not cause or permit Receipts to be commingled at any time with funds owned (beneficially or otherwise) by, or subject to claims of, any Affiliate of the Borrower other than a Subsidiary Loan Party or, in the case of Receipts of Foreign Subsidiaries, Foreign Subsidiaries (including without limitation, the Parent or any subsidiary of the Parent other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries). Holdings and the Borrower will at all times cause all cash and Permitted Investments owned or held by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to be held only in Borrower Bank Accounts and in securities accounts over which no Affiliate of the Borrower (other than a Subsidiary Loan Party or, in the case of cash and Permitted Investments of Foreign Subsidiaries, Foreign Subsidiaries) has any interest or claim. 75 Section 6.21 Employee Outsourcing Arrangements. In the event of any bankruptcy or insolvency of the East Borrower while the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement is in effect, the Borrower will, unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent, use its commercially reasonable efforts (including by exercising such rights as are legally available to it under such agreement) to directly employ all Associated Employees as soon as practicable. Section 6.22 Parent Covenants. (a) The Parent will not engage in any business or activity other than the ownership of outstanding shares of capital stock of Holdings and East Holdings, the issuance and sale of its common stock, Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock, Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, any Put Financing Indebtedness and, to the extent permitted hereby, Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, the ownership of Shared Services Assets and Operations, the provision of Shared Services and, in each case, activities incidental thereto. The Parent will not own or acquire any assets (other than shares of capital stock of Holdings and East Holdings, assets constituting Shared Services Assets and Operations, cash and Permitted Investments) or incur any liabilities (other than Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, any Put Financing Indebtedness and, to the extent permitted hereby, Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, ordinary course trade payables, employee compensation liabilities (including, without limitation, loans and advances to employees in the ordinary course of business) and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course in connection with the provision of Shared Services by the Parent or any subsidiary of the Parent, liabilities under the Loan Documents, liabilities under the East Credit Facilities substantially equivalent to those under Section 6.22(b), liabilities imposed by law, including tax liabilities, and other liabilities incidental to the maintenance of its existence and permitted activities). The Parent will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it, other than Permitted Encumbrances. The Parent shall not in any event incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness for borrowed money other than (i) Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, (ii) any Put Financing Indebtedness and (iii) Qualifying Parent Indebtedness; provided, however, that in the case of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, other than Initial Base QPI, the QPI Issuance Conditions are satisfied at the time of any such issuance of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness; provided, further, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is expressly understood and agreed that the Parent shall not be personally liable under the Parent Pledge Agreement and the Agent on behalf of itself and each Secured Party agrees to look solely to the Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement) for satisfaction of the Parent's obligations under the Parent Pledge Agreement. (b)In the event and on each occasion that the Parent receives any West Acquisition Agreement Recovery, it will, not later than five Business Days after receipt thereof, contribute the full amount of such West Acquisition Agreement Recovery to the common capital of Holdings (unless such amount shall have previously been contributed to the common capital of East Holdings pursuant to Section 6.21(b) of the East Credit Agreement), or utilize the full amount of such West Acquisition Agreement Recovery to purchase Equity Interests of Holdings (or the Equity Interests of East Holdings pursuant to Section 6.21(b) of the East Credit Agreement). Promptly after receiving the proceeds of any capital contribution from, or from the purchase of its Equity Interests by, the Parent pursuant to this paragraph, Holdings will contribute the full amount thereof to the common capital of the Borrower. Promptly after receiving payment from any East Entity with respect to the provision by Holdings or any of its subsidiaries of Shared Services to any East Entity, Parent will contribute the full amount of such payment to the common capital of Holdings and, if such Shared Services were performed by a subsidiary of Holdings, Holdings will contribute such amount to the Borrower. (c)The Parent will ensure that any Shared Services Payments made by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to the Parent represent only reimbursement for cash expenses actually incurred by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) (including accrued costs payable in cash by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than 76 Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) within the 30-day period after its receipt of a Shared Services Payment) that are directly attributable to the provision of Shared Services to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or, if not directly attributable to such Shared Services, are not directly attributable to Shared Services provided to any other Persons and represent a fair and equitable allocation of such out-of-pocket expenses that are not so directly attributable among the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and all other Persons, on the other hand, to which the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) provides Shared Services (including the East Borrower and its subsidiaries (including "unrestricted subsidiaries" permitted by the East Credit Facilities) and any Unrestricted Subsidiaries). Shared Services Payments will not in any event include payments in respect of trade payables incurred in connection with the conduct of the Permitted Businesses of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (including, for example, payables relating to printing costs, distribution costs, and costs of inventory, paper and other raw materials), which shall be incurred and paid directly by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (it being understood, however, that trade payables of the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) incurred in the ordinary course relating to assets included in the Shared Services Assets and Operations or the provision of Shared Services may be incurred by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) and reimbursed as Shared Services Payments in accordance herewith). The Parent will invoice the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for Shared Services Payments on a periodic basis, not less frequently than quarterly. The Parent will from time to time provide the Administrative Agent with such analyses and other information regarding Shared Services Payments, including with respect to attributions and allocations of costs and expenses to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Section 6.23 Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. (a) Holdings may not designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and Holdings may after the Original Closing Date designate any other newly formed or acquired subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Agreement (a "Designation") only if: (i) such subsidiary does not own any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary; (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such Designation; (iii) after giving effect to such Designation and any related Investment to be made in such designated subsidiary by Holdings or any Subsidiary (which shall in any event include any existing Investment in such Person at the time it is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary), (A) any such existing Investment and related Investment would comply with Section 6.04 and (B) Holdings and the Subsidiaries would be in compliance with each of the Financial Covenants, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such Designation and Investment had occurred immediately prior to the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended; and (iv) Holdings has delivered to the Administrative Agent (A) written notice of such Designation and (B) a certificate, dated the effective date of such Designation, of a Financial Officer stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants in accordance with paragraph (iii) above. (b)Neither Holdings nor any Subsidiary shall at any time (i) provide a Guarantee of any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (ii) be directly or indirectly liable for any 77 Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or (iii) be directly or indirectly liable for any other Indebtedness which provides that the holder thereof may (upon notice, lapse of time or both) declare a default thereon (or cause such Indebtedness or the payment thereof to be accelerated, payable or subject to repurchase prior to its final scheduled maturity) upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any other Indebtedness that is Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, except in the case of clause (i) or (ii) to the extent permitted under Section 6.01 and 6.04 hereof. Each Designation shall be irrevocable, and no Unrestricted Subsidiary may become a Subsidiary, be merged with or into Holdings or any Subsidiary or liquidate into or transfer substantially all its assets to Holdings or any Subsidiary. Section 6.24 Commingling of Accounts. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will not, nor will it cause or permit any Subsidiary to, commingle amounts relating to Securitization Assets sold pursuant to a Securitization with cash or any other amounts of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries other than the temporary commingling of collections on and proceeds of any accounts receivable or related assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case as may be necessary to identify and sort such collections and proceeds. ARTICLE VII 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 any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days; (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any certificate furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; (d) the Parent, Holdings or the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.04 (with respect to the existence of Holdings or the Borrower), 5.11 or in Article VI; (e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will promptly be given at the request of any Lender); (f) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material 78 Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace period specified in the agreement or instrument governing such Indebtedness); (g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) (i) shall not apply to (A) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (B) repurchases of the Existing Notes pursuant to the Change in Control Offers and (ii) shall give effect to any notice required or grace period provided in the agreement or instrument governing such relevant Material Indebtedness, but shall not give effect to any waiver granted by the holders of such relevant Material Indebtedness after the giving of such notice or during such applicable grace period; (h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; (i) Holdings, the Borrower or any Material 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 any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding that would entitle the other party or parties to an order for relief, (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) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $20,000,000 (net of amounts covered by insurance) shall be rendered against Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment; (k) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (l) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral having, in the aggregate, a value in excess of $15,000,000, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document, except (i) as a result of the sale or other disposition of the 79 applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents or (ii) as a result of the Agent's failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Collateral Agreement; (m) a Change in Control shall occur; (n) any Guarantee under the Collateral Agreement for any reason shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms), or any Guarantor shall assert in writing that the Collateral Agreement or any Guarantee thereunder has ceased to be or is not enforceable; or (o) the material breach of, or loss of rights under, any Core Qwest Agreement that has resulted in a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of the Required Lenders, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole, 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 with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, 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 or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower. ARTICLE VIII THE AGENT Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as its agent and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Agent hereunder. The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the 80 Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity (other than as Agent). The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The 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 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. The 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 Agent. The 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 each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to the Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and such consent not to be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, 81 its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the 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 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 other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto authorizes the Agent to enter into customary intercreditor agreements in connection with Securitizations permitted under this Agreement. ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS Section 9.01 Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, 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 Holdings or the Borrower, to it at Dex Media West, Inc., 198 Inverness Drive West, Englewood, Colorado, 80112 Attention of Chief Executive Officer (Telecopy No. (303) 784-1964); (ii) if to the Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 1111 Fannin, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Maryann Bui (Telecopy No. (713) 750-2358), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention of James Stone (Telecopy No. (212) 270-0213); (iii) if to the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 1111 Fannin, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Maryann Bui (Telecopy No. (713) 750-2358), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention of James Stone (Telecopy No. (212) 270-0213); and (iv) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire. (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 82 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 9.02 Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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 Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party 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 Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. (b)Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required 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 held by any Lender or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of such Lender, (iii) postpone the maturity of any Lender's Loan, or any scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Lender's Term Loan under Section 2.10, or the required date of reimbursement of any LC Disbursement held by any Lender, or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable to any Lender 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 such Lender, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or Section 2.18(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or change the last sentence of Section 2.08(c) in a manner which would alter the pro rata reduction of Commitments thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as the case may be), (vi) release Holdings or any Subsidiary Loan Party from its Guarantee under the Collateral Agreement (except as expressly provided in the Collateral Agreement), or limit its liability in respect of such Guarantee, without the written consent of each Lender, (vii) release all or any substantial part of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender, (viii) change any provisions of any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments due to Lenders holding Loans of any Class differently than those holding Loans of any other Class, without the written consent of Lenders holding a majority in interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each affected Class or (ix) limit the rights of the Tranche B Lenders or Tranche B-1 Lenders to decline mandatory prepayments as provided in Section 2.11, without the written consent of Tranche B Lenders or Tranche B-1 Lenders, as the case may be, holding a majority of the outstanding Tranche B Loans or Tranche B-1 Loans, as the case may be; provided, further that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Issuing Bank 83 or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of the Revolving Lenders (but not the Tranche A Lenders, Tranche B Lenders and Tranche B-1 Lenders), the Tranche A Lenders (but not the Revolving Lenders, Tranche B Lenders and Tranche B-1 Lenders), the Tranche B Lenders (but not the Revolving Lenders, Tranche A Lenders and Tranche B-1 Lenders) or the Tranche B-1 Lenders (but not the Revolving Lenders, the Tranche A Lenders and the Tranche B Lenders) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Agent (and, if their rights or obligations are affected thereby, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender) if (i) by the terms of such agreement the Commitment of each Lender not consenting to the amendment provided for therein shall terminate upon the effectiveness of such amendment and (ii) at the time such amendment becomes effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement. (b)If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of or to any of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by clauses (i) through (ix), inclusive, of the first proviso to Section 9.02(b), the consent of Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 66-2/3% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the Borrower shall have the right, so long as all non-consenting Lenders whose individual consent is required are treated as described in either clause (i) or (ii) below, to either (i) replace each such non-consenting Lender or Lenders (or, at the option of the Borrower if any such Lender's consent is required with respect to less than all Classes of Loans (or related Commitments), to replace only the Commitments and/or Loans of any such non-consenting Lender that gave rise to the need to obtain such Lender's individual consent) with one or more assignees pursuant to, and with the effect of an assignment under, Section 2.19 so long as at the time of such replacement, each such assignee consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination or (ii) terminate such non-consenting Lender's Commitment (if such Lender's consent is required as a result of its Commitment) and/or repay each Class of outstanding Loans of such Lender that gave rise to the need to obtain such Lender's consent and/or cash collateralize its LC Exposure, in accordance with Section 2.05(j); provided (A) that, unless the Commitments that are terminated and Loans that are repaid pursuant to the preceding clause (ii) are immediately replaced in full at such time through the addition of new Lenders or the increase of the Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of existing Lenders (who in each case must specifically consent thereto), then in the case of any action pursuant to the preceding clause (ii), Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 66-2/3% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time (determined after giving effect to the proposed action) shall specifically consent thereto and (B) any such replacement or termination transaction described above shall be effective on the date notice is given of the relevant transaction and shall have a settlement date no earlier than five Business Days and no later than 90 days after the relevant transaction; provided further that the Borrower shall not have the right to replace a Lender, terminate its Commitment or repay its Loans solely as a result of the exercise of such Lender's rights (and the withholding of any required consent by such Lender) pursuant to the second proviso to Section 9.02(b). Section 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates, including 84 the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of (a) a single transaction and documentation counsel for the Agent and the Arrangers and (b) such other local counsel and special counsel as may be required in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Arrangers, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of the Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, (including the fees, charges and disbursements of (a) a single transaction and documentation counsel for the Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Bank and any Lender and (b) such other local counsel and special counsel as may be required in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Arrangers) in connection with documentary taxes or the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit. (b)The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Bank 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 (a) a single transaction and documentation counsel for any Indemnitee and (b) such other local counsel and special counsel as may be required in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Arrangers, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions 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 Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any Mortgaged Property or any other property currently or formerly 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 or prospective 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; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee. (c)To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 asserted against the Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at the time. 85 (d)To the extent permitted by applicable law, neither Holdings nor the Borrower shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement 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 not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. Section 9.04 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 Bank 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. 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 Bank 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 Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. (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 (x) for an assignment by a Revolving Lender to an existing Revolving Lender or an assignment of Term Loans to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, (y) if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and (B) the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an assignment of all or a portion of any Lender's obligations in respect of its LC Exposure, the Issuing Bank), provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall be required for an assignment of Term Loans to an assignee that is a Lender immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund. (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following conditions: (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment, the amount of the Commitment 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 $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing; 86 (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, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans; (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 (it being understood that only a single processing and recordation fee of $3,500 will be payable with respect to any multiple assignments to or by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund pursuant to clause (ii)(A) above, each of which is individually less than $1,000,000, that are simultaneously consummated); and (D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire. For purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term "Approved Fund" has the following meaning: "Approved Fund" means any Person (other than an natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) any entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender. (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 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 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, which register shall indicate that each lender is entitled to interest paid with respect to such Loans and LC Disbursements (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. (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 87 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, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(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 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 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 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. (ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower's prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender. (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 9.05 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents 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 Bank 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 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the 88 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 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (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, the other Loan Documents 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. This Agreement shall become effective when the conditions set forth in Section 5 of the Agreement to Amend and Restate shall have been satisfied, 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 9.07 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. Section 9.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, 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 against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower 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 such Lender may have. Section 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. (b)Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, 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 New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against Holdings, the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. (c)Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, 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 89 Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. (d)Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. Section 9.10 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, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT 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 9.11 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. Section 9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) 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 any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any pledgee referred to in Section 9.04(d) or (iii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Holdings or the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, "Information" means all information received from Holdings or the Borrower relating to Holdings or the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings or the Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from Holdings or the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. Notwithstanding anything herein to the 90 contrary or in any other written or oral understanding or agreement to which the parties hereto are parties or by which they are bound, the parties to this Agreement agree that (i) any obligations of confidentiality contained herein and therein do not apply and have not applied from the commencement of discussions between the parties to the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and (ii) each party (and any employee, representative or other agent of such party) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax structure; provided that tax treatment and tax structure shall not include the identity of any existing or future party (or any affiliate of such party) to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and provided further that each party recognizes that the privilege each has to maintain, in its sole discretion, the confidentiality of a communication relating to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, including a confidential communication with its attorney or a confidential communication with a federally authorized tax practitioner under Section 7525 of the Code, is not intended to be affected by the foregoing. Section 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the "Charges"), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan 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 or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender. Section 9.14 Termination or Release. (a) At such time as the Loans, the Borrower's obligations to reimburse the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(e) for LC Disbursements, all accrued interest and fees under this Agreement, and all other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than (i) obligations under Sections 2.15, 2.17 and 9.03 that are not then due and payable and (ii) obligations in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit) shall have been paid in full in cash, the Commitments have been terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have been discharged or cash collateralized to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent and Issuing Bank (each of which shall have confirmed such satisfaction by written notice to the Borrower), the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive termination) of the Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person. (b)A Subsidiary Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Collateral Agreement and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower. (c)Upon any sale or other transfer by any Loan Party of any Collateral that is permitted under this Agreement to any Person that is not a Loan Party, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted by the Collateral Agreement in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02 of this Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released. 91 (d)In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 9.14, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Loan Party at such Loan Party's expense all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 9.14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent or any Lender. Section 9.15 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Parent, Holdings and 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 "USA Patriot Act"), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Parent, Holdings and the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Parent, Holdings and the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Parent, Holdings and the Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. 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. DEX MEDIA WEST, INC., By: _____________________ Name: Title: DEX MEDIA WEST LLC, By: _____________________ Name: Title: DEX MEDIA, INC., By: _____________________ Name: Title:
EX-10.4 5 l17526aexv10w4.txt EX-10.4 AGREEMENT TO AMEND AND RESTATE 11/8/02 EXHIBIT 10.4 AGREEMENT TO AMEND AND RESTATE AGREEMENT TO AMEND AND RESTATE, dated as of December 13, 2005 (this "Agreement"), among those lenders party to the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below immediately prior to the Restatement Effective Date referred to below (the "Lenders") and R.H. Donnelley Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("RHD Corp."). Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings provided such terms in the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below. W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Dex Media East, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), Dex Media East LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Borrower") and certain lenders are parties to a Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2002, as amended (as in effect immediately prior to the Restatement Effective Date (as defined below), the "Existing Credit Agreement"); WHEREAS, Parent has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 3, 2005 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among RHD Corp., Parent and Forward Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of RHD Corp. ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which RHD Corp. will acquire (the "Parent Acquisition") the Parent; WHEREAS, the Parent Acquisition will be effected by merging (the "Merger") Parent with and into Merger Sub with Merger Sub being the survivor of the Merger; WHEREAS, RHD Corp. intends to finance the Parent Acquisition, related transactions and the related fees and expenses with (a) the issuance of approximately 36.3 million new shares of common stock of RHD Corp., (b) up to $503,000,000 from new term loans to be made available to Dex Media West LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, (c) up to $2,292,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance by RHD Corp. (or a finance vehicle subsidiary as the initial issuer thereof) of senior notes, and (d) up to $250,000,000 in cash proceeds from the issuance by Parent (or a finance vehicle subsidiary as the initial issuer thereof) of senior notes (the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), the "Financing Transactions"); WHEREAS, Parent, Holdings and the Borrower have requested that the Lenders amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement as provided in this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein. NOW THEREFORE, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. The parties hereto hereby agree that on the Restatement Effective Date the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in the form attached hereto as Annex I (as so amended and restated, the "Restated Credit Agreement"). It is understood and agreed that the Restated Credit Agreement will be dated as of the Restatement Effective Date. 2. The Lenders hereby direct and authorize JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (together with any other Lender as required) to effect amendments reasonably satisfactory to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to the Loan Documents other than the Existing Credit Agreement to give effect to the Restated Credit Agreement, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledge that the Parent Agreement has terminated in accordance with its terms. 3. This Agreement shall become effective (the "AAR Effective Date") on the date on which the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart to this Agreement, executed and delivered by RHD Corp. and the Required Lenders under, and as defined in, the Existing Credit Agreement. 4. The Restated Credit Agreement shall become effective on the date on which all of the conditions specified below shall have been satisfied (the "Restatement Effective Date"): (a) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an executed counterpart to the Restated Credit Agreement by Parent, Holdings and the Borrower and (ii) a counterpart to any amendments or acknowledgments to the Security Documents as the Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to continue to provide the benefits thereof to the Loans and the obligations of the Loan Parties in connection therewith on the same basis as such benefits are provided prior to the Restatement Effective Date. (b) Parent Acquisition. The Parent Acquisition shall have been, or shall substantially contemporaneously be, consummated in accordance with the Merger Agreement, and no material provision of the Merger Agreement shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner that is material and adverse to the Lenders without the consent of the Administrative Agent. (c) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent Lien search in each of the jurisdictions where assets of Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are located (within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code), and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, except for liens permitted by Section 6.02 of the Restated Credit Agreement or discharged on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. (d) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Restatement Effective Date with appropriate insertions and attachments including the certificate of incorporation of each Loan Party that is a corporation certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party, and a long form good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization. (e) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the legal opinion of Jones Day, counsel to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, covering such matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. (f) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. To the extent not previously delivered, the Collateral Agent (or its agent) shall have received (i) the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof. -2- (g) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create or maintain in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02 of the Restated Credit Agreement), shall have been executed and delivered (if applicable) and be in proper form for filing, registering or recording. (h) Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower certifying as to the solvency of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, on the Restatement Effective Date. (i) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in Sections 3.02, 3.03(b), 3.18 and 3.19 of the Restated Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Restated Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, no other representations and warranties shall be made on the Restatement Effective Date). (j) Schedules to the Restated Credit Agreement. The Lenders shall have received schedules to the Restated Credit Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it. 5. The Lenders hereby confirm and agree that notwithstanding anything contained in the Existing Credit Agreement to the contrary, (i) Parent may enter into and perform its obligations under the Merger Agreement, (ii) Parent may form and hold a subsidiary (the "Financing Subsidiary") for the purpose of being the initial issuer of debt securities that will constitute New Parent Notes (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement) upon the merger of the Financing Subsidiary with and into Parent in connection with the financing of the Parent Acquisition and (iii) Parent or the Financing Subsidiary, as applicable, is permitted to incur any Indebtedness created by such New Parent Notes notwithstanding the PHD Issuance Conditions to the contrary and in connection therewith may grant liens on the proceeds of such notes in favor of the purchasers thereof and/or escrow agent to the extent such notes are closed in escrow. 6. This Agreement is limited as specified and shall not constitute a modification, acceptance or waiver of any other provision of the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. 7. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A complete set of counterparts shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. 8. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 9. RHD Corp. shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement. -3- [signature page follows] -4- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first above written. R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION for the purposes of Section 9, By: /s/ Robert J. Bush --------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Bush Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Signature Page to the Dex East Amendment Agreement JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent By: /s/ Peter B. Thauer ------------------------- Name: Peter B. Thauer Title: Vice President Signature Page to the Dex East Amendment Agreement ANNEX A ================================================================================ CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 8, 2002, as amended and restated as of ___________, 2006 among DEX MEDIA, INC., DEX MEDIA EAST, INC., DEX MEDIA EAST LLC, as Borrower, The Lenders Party Hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent --------------------------- WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent --------------------------- BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P. and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents --------------------------- J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners ================================================================================ TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Section 1.01 Defined Terms.................................................... 1 Section 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings........................... 30 Section 1.03 Terms Generally.................................................. 31 Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP........................................... 31 ARTICLE II THE CREDITS Section 2.01 Commitments...................................................... 31 Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings............................................. 32 Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings.......................................... 32 Section 2.04 Swingline Loans.................................................. 33 Section 2.05 Letters of Credit................................................ 34 Section 2.06 Funding of Borrowings............................................ 34 Section 2.07 Interest Elections............................................... 34 Section 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments......................... 34 Section 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt............................. 34 Section 2.10 Amortization of Term Loans....................................... 34 Section 2.11 Prepayment of Loans.............................................. 34 Section 2.12 Fees............................................................. 34 Section 2.13 Interest......................................................... 34 Section 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest....................................... 34 Section 2.15 Increased Costs.................................................. 34 Section 2.16 Break Funding Payments........................................... 34 Section 2.17 Taxes............................................................ 34 Section 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs....... 34 Section 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders................... 34 ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Section 3.01 Organization; Powers............................................. 34 Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability.................................... 34 Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts............................. 34 Section 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.................. 34 Section 3.05 Properties....................................................... 34 Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters............................. 34 Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements.............................. 34 Section 3.08 Investment and Holding Company Status............................ 34 Section 3.09 Taxes............................................................ 34 Section 3.10 ERISA; Margin Regulations........................................ 34 Section 3.11 Disclosure....................................................... 34
Contents, p. 2 Section 3.12 Subsidiaries..................................................... 34 Section 3.13 Insurance........................................................ 34 Section 3.14 Labor Matters.................................................... 34 Section 3.15 Solvency......................................................... 34 Section 3.16 Senior Indebtedness.............................................. 34 Section 3.17 Parent Acquisition............................................... 34 Section 3.18 Security Documents............................................... 34 Section 3.19 Liens............................................................ 34 Section 3.20 No Burdensome Restrictions....................................... 34 ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS Section 4.01 Each Credit Event................................................ 34 ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS Section 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information....................... 34 Section 5.02 Notices of Material Events....................................... 34 Section 5.03 Information Regarding Collateral................................. 34 Section 5.04 Existence; Conduct of Business................................... 34 Section 5.05 Payment of Obligations........................................... 34 Section 5.06 Maintenance of Properties........................................ 34 Section 5.07 Insurance........................................................ 34 Section 5.08 Casualty and Condemnation........................................ 34 Section 5.09 Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights................... 34 Section 5.10 Compliance with Laws............................................. 34 Section 5.11 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit............................ 34 Section 5.12 Additional Subsidiaries.......................................... 34 Section 5.13 Further Assurances............................................... 34 Section 5.14 Interest Rate Protection......................................... 34 Section 5.15 Transition of Qwest Billing...................................... 34 ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS Section 6.01 Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities.......................... 34 Section 6.02 Liens............................................................ 34 Section 6.03 Fundamental Changes.............................................. 34 Section 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions........ 34 Section 6.05 Asset Sales...................................................... 34 Section 6.06 Sale and Leaseback Transactions.................................. 34 Section 6.07 Swap Agreements.................................................. 34 Section 6.08 Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness............ 34 Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates..................................... 34 Section 6.10 Restrictive Agreements........................................... 34
Contents, p. 3 Section 6.11 Change in Business............................................... 34 Section 6.12 Fiscal Year...................................................... 34 Section 6.13 Amendment of Material Documents.................................. 34 Section 6.14 Tax Payments..................................................... 34 Section 6.15 Interest Coverage Ratio.......................................... 34 Section 6.16 [Reserved]....................................................... 34 Section 6.17 Leverage Ratio................................................... 34 Section 6.18 Senior Secured Leverage Ratio.................................... 34 Section 6.19 [Reserved]....................................................... 34 Section 6.20 Collections, Funds and Permitted Investments..................... 34 Section 6.21 Parent Covenants................................................. 34 Section 6.22 Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries......................... 34 Section 6.23 Employee Outsourcing Arrangements................................ 34 Section 6.24 Commingling of Accounts.......................................... 34 ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT ARTICLE VIII THE AGENT ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS Section 9.01 Notices.......................................................... 34 Section 9.02 Waivers; Amendments.............................................. 34 Section 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver............................... 34 Section 9.04 Successors and Assigns........................................... 34 Section 9.05 Survival......................................................... 34 Section 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness......................... 34 Section 9.07 Severability..................................................... 34 Section 9.08 Right of Setoff.................................................. 34 Section 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process....... 34 Section 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL............................................. 34 Section 9.11 Headings......................................................... 34 Section 9.12 Confidentiality.................................................. 34 Section 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation......................................... 34 Section 9.14 Termination or Release........................................... 34 Section 9.15 USA Patriot Act.................................................. 34
SCHEDULES: - ---------- Schedule 2.01 -- Commitments Schedule 3.03 -- Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts Schedule 3.05 -- Properties
Contents, p. 4 Schedule 3.06 -- Disclosed Matters Schedule 3.12 -- Subsidiaries Schedule 3.13 -- Insurance Schedule 6.01 -- Existing Indebtedness Schedule 6.02 -- Existing Liens Schedule 6.04 -- Existing Investments Schedule 6.10 -- Existing Restrictions
EXHIBITS: - --------- Exhibit A -- Form of Assignment and Assumption Exhibit B -- Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement Exhibit C -- Form of Affiliate Subordination Agreement Exhibit D -- Form of Parent Pledge Agreement
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 8, 2002, as amended and restated as of ____________, 2006 (this "Agreement"), among DEX MEDIA, INC., a Delaware corporation, DEX MEDIA EAST, INC., a Delaware corporation, DEX MEDIA EAST LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent for such lenders. The parties hereto 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. "Adjusted LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar 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. "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. "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. "Affiliate Subordination Agreement" means an Affiliate Subordination Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C pursuant to which intercompany obligations and advances owed by any Loan Party are subordinated to the Obligations. "Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacities as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, and each of its Affiliates and successors acting in any such capacity. The Administrative Agent may act on behalf of or in place of any Person included in the "Agent". "Agreement to Amend and Restate" means the Agreement to Amend and Restate, dated as of December 13, 2005, among RHD Corp. (for purposes of Section 9 thereof), the Administrative Agent and the lenders party thereto. "Allocable Net Proceeds" means, with respect to (i) any Equity Issuance of the Parent, 42% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance and (ii) any Damages Event, the Net Proceeds of that portion of any liquidated damage payment pursuant to the Non-Competition Agreement or the Publishing Agreement, or any payments in settlement of claims relating thereto, that is calculated with reference to, or otherwise allocable to, the purchase price paid for the East Acquisition. For purposes of determining 2 Allocable Net Proceeds, any costs and expenses deducted from gross proceeds shall be allocated ratably to that portion of Net Proceeds representing Allocable Net Proceeds and that portion not representing Allocable Net Proceeds. "Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus -1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as the case may be. "Applicable Percentage" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender's Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the relative amounts of the Revolving Exposures of the Revolving Lenders. "Applicable Rate" means, for any day (a) with respect to any Tranche B Term Loan, 0.75% per annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, and 1.75% per annum, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, and (b) with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan that is a Revolving Loan or a Tranche A Term Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption "ABR Spread", "Eurodollar Spread" or "Commitment Fee Rate", as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date:
ABR Eurodollar Commitment Fee Leverage Ratio: Spread Spread Rate --------------- ------ ---------- -------------- Category 1 0.25% 1.25% 0.375% greater than or equal to 3.75 to 1.00 Category 2 0.0% 1.00% 0.375% greater than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 but less than 3.75 to 1.00 Category 3 0.0% 0.875% 0.375% less than 2.75 to 1.00
For purposes of the foregoing, (i) the Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower's fiscal year based upon the consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be greater than 3.75 to 1.00 (A) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (B) if the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial statements are delivered. "Approved Fund" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04. "Arrangers" means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC. 3 "Asset Disposition" means (a) any sale, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction but excluding any sale of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization) of any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any dividend or distribution from any Unrestricted Subsidiary representing proceeds from the disposition by such Unrestricted Subsidiary of assets outside the ordinary course of business or from the sale of any Equity Interests in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, other than (i) dispositions described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 6.05 and (ii) other dispositions and dividends or distributions resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding $10,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower, (b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, but only to the extent that the Net Proceeds therefrom have not been applied to repair, restore or replace such property or asset within 365 days after such event and (c) any transfer of Securitization Assets in a Securitization (and any subsequent transfer of Securitization Assets that results in any increase in the aggregate funded amount of any Securitization over the greatest aggregate funded amount previously outstanding thereunder), provided that a Prepayment Event shall only exist with respect to a Securitization to the extent the aggregate funded amount of all such Securitizations outstanding at the time of determination exceeds the aggregate amount of prepayments of Term Loans previously made hereunder in respect of Securitizations. "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 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. "Associated Employees" means employees of the Borrower or of the Employee Company that provide substantial services to or for the benefit of the West Borrower and its Subsidiaries and in respect of which the West Borrower makes payments to the Borrower or the Employee Company pursuant to the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement. "Attributable Debt" means, on any date, in respect of any lease of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary entered into as part of a sale and leaseback transaction subject to Section 6.06, (a) if such lease is a Capital Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP and (b) if such lease is not a Capital Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under such lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation. "Bankruptcy Code" means the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. ss.101 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute. "Base QPI" means up to $750,000,000 of aggregate principal amount of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness at any time outstanding. "Base RHD Indebtedness" means up to $2,650,000,000 of aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of RHD Corp. at any time outstanding. "Billing and Collection Agreement" means (a) prior to November 1, 2004, the Agreement for the Provision of Billing and Collection Services for Directory Publishing Services dated as of November 8, 2002, between Qwest Corp. and the Borrower and (b) after November 1, 2004, the Agreement for the Provision of Billing and Collection Services for Directory Publishing Services dated as of November 1, 2004, between Qwest Corp. and Parent. 4 "Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America. "Borrower" means Dex Media East LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, all of the Equity Interests of which are owned by Holdings. "Borrower Receivables" means the receivables of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries subject to purchase by Qwest Corp. pursuant to the Billing and Collection Agreement. "Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow" means, with respect to Excess Cash Flow in respect of any fiscal year (a) if the Leverage Ratio as of the end of such fiscal year is less than 5.00 to 1.00, 100% of the amount of such Excess Cash Flow and (b) otherwise, 50% of the amount of such Excess Cash Flow. "Borrowing" means (a) Loans of the same Class and 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. "Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market. "Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, without duplication, the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP. "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. "Change in Control" means: (a) the acquisition of ownership, beneficially or of record, by any Person other than Holdings of any Equity Interest in the Borrower; (b) the acquisition of ownership, beneficially or of record, by any Person other than the Parent of any Equity Interest in Holdings; (c) the acquisition of ownership, beneficially or of record, by any Person other than RHD Corp. of any Equity Interest in the Parent; (d) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Governing Board of the Parent or Holdings by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the Governing Board of the Parent or Holdings or (ii) appointed by Persons so nominated; 5 (e) the occurrence of a "Change of Control", as defined in the Senior Subordinated Debt Documents (but excluding any such Change of Control thereunder in connection with the consummation of the Parent Acquisition); or (f) the occurrence of a "Change of Control", as defined in the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents (but excluding any such Change of Control thereunder in connection with the consummation of the Parent Acquisition). "Change in Control Offers" means, in connection with or as a result of the Parent Acquisition, the respective requirements of (a) Parent to offer to repurchase the Existing Parent Notes and (b) the Borrower to offer to repurchase the Senior Unsecured Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes, in each case at a premium to the outstanding principal amount thereof. "Change in Law" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender's or the Issuing Bank'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 date of this Agreement. "Class", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans or Swingline Loans. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. "Collateral" means any and all "Collateral", as defined in any Security Document, including any and all "Pledged Collateral" as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement. "Collateral Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties. "Collateral Agreement" means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit B. "Collateral and Guarantee Requirement" means the requirement that: (a) the Agent shall have received from each Loan Party either (i) a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Loan Party or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the Restatement Effective Date, a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Loan Party; (b) all outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and each Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (except that the Loan Parties shall not be required to pledge more than 65% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and the Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; 6 (c) all Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary that is owing to any Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and the Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank, and all such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the Affiliate Subordination Agreement; (d) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Collateral Agreement (including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Collateral Agreement, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Agent for filing, registration or recording; (e) the Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of any Mortgage required to be entered into after the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.13 with respect to each Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 6.02, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, and (iii) such surveys, abstracts, appraisals, legal opinions and other documents as the Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property; and (f) each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder. "Consolidated Cash Interest Expense" means, for any period, the excess of (a) the sum of (i) the interest expense (including imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (ii) any cash payments made during such period in respect of obligations referred to in clause (b)(iii) below that were amortized or accrued in a previous period, plus (iii) the amount of dividends paid by Holdings during such period pursuant to Sections 6.08(a)(viii) and 6.08(a)(x), plus (iv) to the extent not otherwise included in the interest expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, commissions, discounts, yield, loss on sales and other fees and charges during such period in connection with any Securitizations payable to any person other than Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, minus (b) the sum of (i) interest income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (ii) to the extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such period, amounts attributable to amortization of financing costs, plus (iii) to the extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such period, non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of debt discounts or accrued interest payable in kind for such period, plus (iv) to the extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such period, amounts attributable to premiums paid, prepayment fees or penalties related to the repayment of Indebtedness, plus (v) to the extent included in the interest expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, any one time financing fees upon entering into any Securitization. For purposes of the foregoing, interest expense of any Person shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by such Person with respect to interest rate Swap Agreements (other than early termination payments). 7 "Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) consolidated interest expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (iv) any extraordinary charges or non-cash charges for such period (provided, however, that any cash payment or expenditure made with respect to any such non-cash charge shall be subtracted in computing Consolidated EBITDA during the period in which such cash payment or expenditure is made), (v) restructuring and synergy charges incurred during the fiscal periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2007 in connection with the Parent Acquisition in an aggregate amount not exceeding $40,000,000 and (vi) non-recurring charges consisting of (A) severance costs associated with a restructuring, (B) payments of customary investment and commercial banking fees and expenses, (C) cash premiums or penalties payable in connection with the early extinguishment of Indebtedness and (D) costs associated with the termination of projects to develop information technology and software, and minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary gains and non-cash gains for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of any date, if the Borrower or any consolidated Subsidiary has made any Permitted Acquisition or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition outside of the ordinary course of business of a Subsidiary or of assets constituting a business unit, in each case as permitted by Section 6.05, during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (a "Reference Period") most recently ended on or prior to such date, Consolidated EBITDA for the such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto, as if such Permitted Acquisition or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition (and any related incurrence, repayment or assumption of Indebtedness with any new Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms) had occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income or loss, before the effect of the payment of any dividends in respect of preferred stock, of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (adjusted to reflect any charge, tax or expense incurred or accrued by the Parent during such period as though such charge, tax or expense had been incurred by the Borrower, to the extent that Holdings or the Borrower has made or would be entitled under the Loan Documents to make and intends to make any payment or dividend to or for the account of the Parent in respect thereof (but without duplication of any such charge, tax or expense in respect of which West Holdings or the West Borrower has made or intends to make a payment or dividend to or for the account of the Parent)); provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income of any Person (other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party) in which any other Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party or any director holding qualifying shares in compliance with applicable law) owns an Equity Interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Loan Parties during such period, and (b) the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the date that such Person's assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary. "Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person under any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, document or agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound. "Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. "Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto. 8 "Core Qwest Agreements" means the Publishing Agreement and the Non-Competition Agreement. "Damages Event" means the receipt by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Parent of any payment made by Qwest Corp., Qwest or any Affiliate thereof (i) constituting liquidated damages or other damages paid pursuant to, or as a result of the breach or asserted breach of obligations under, any Core Qwest Agreement or (ii) representing amounts paid in settlement or compromise of claims that Qwest Corp., Qwest or any Affiliate thereof has breached its obligations under any Core Qwest Agreement. "Debt Issuance" means the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a) (other than by clause (x) thereof). "Default" means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default. "Designated Equity Proceeds" means (a) Equity Proceeds received by the Parent or Holdings and (b) Equity Proceeds received by Holdings representing Net Proceeds from the issuance of Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, which in each case (i) not later than the date of receipt thereof by the Parent or Holdings are designated as such by the Parent or Holdings, as applicable, pursuant to a notice given to the Administrative Agent specifying the amount thereof and the Designated Equity Proceeds Uses to which such Equity Proceeds will be applied (and the respective amounts to be applied if multiple uses are specified), which specification shall comply with the limitations set forth in the definition of Designated Equity Proceeds Use, and, in the case of Equity Proceeds in respect of Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock or representing proceeds from the issuance of Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, attaching the certificate of designation, indenture, or other operative document containing the terms and conditions of such Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock or Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, as the case may be, and any purchase or subscription agreement relating to the issuance and sale thereof, and (ii) except for Designated Equity Proceeds specified to be applied to general working capital needs, are, within 90 days of the date of receipt thereof (or in the case of proceeds from Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, from the date of receipt thereof by the Parent) applied to the Designated Equity Proceeds Uses specified in such notice in the amounts so specified. Any Equity Proceeds that do not satisfy the foregoing requirements will be deemed Equity Proceeds (or Allocable Net Proceeds, as applicable) in respect of which Section 2.11(c) will apply, and in the case of any failure to satisfy the requirement in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, will be deemed to have been received at the time the 90-day period referred to therein expires. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Designated Equity Proceeds (x) may include amounts dividended by Holdings to the Parent pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(vii) which are thereafter reinvested by the Parent in Equity Interests of Holdings and (y) shall not in any event include Equity Proceeds received by the Parent which constitute "Designated Equity Proceeds" as defined in, and for purposes of, the West Credit Facilities. "Designated Equity Proceeds Use" means the application of Designated Equity Proceeds (a) to consummate a Permitted Acquisition pursuant to Section 6.04(g), (b) to make an Investment pursuant to Section 6.04(d) or Section 6.04(n), (c) to provide additional working capital to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (d) to make Capital Expenditures for additions to property, plant and equipment of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. "Designated Excess Cash Expenditures" means the use of the Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow in respect of any fiscal year (i) to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(v)(B) or (ii) to effect Optional Repurchases of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.08(b)(vi). 9 "Dex" means Qwest Dex, Inc., a Colorado corporation. "Disclosed Matters" means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06. "Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia. "dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States of America. "East Acquisition" means the acquisition by the Borrower pursuant to the East Acquisition Agreement of all of the Equity Interests of SGN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the other transactions contemplated by the East Acquisition Agreement and the documents related thereto. Immediately after such acquisition of SGN LLC, the Borrower was merged with and into SGN LLC, which changed its name to "Dex Media East LLC". "East Acquisition Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated as of August 19, 2002, among Dex, Qwest Services, Qwest and Dex Holdings LLC. "East Acquisition Agreement Recovery" means the receipt by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Parent of any payment made by Qwest Corp., Qwest or any Affiliate thereof (x) (i) constituting damages paid pursuant to, or as a result of the breach or asserted breach of obligations under, the East Acquisition Agreement or (ii) representing amounts paid in settlement or compromise of claims that Qwest Corp., Qwest or any Affiliate thereof has breached its obligations under the East Acquisition Agreement, except, in each case, any such receipt of a payment that constitutes a Damages Event or (y) constituting purchase price adjustments under the East Acquisition Agreement. "East Allocable Share" means, with respect to any amount, 42% of such amount. "Employee Company" means a limited purpose, bankruptcy remote limited liability company to be established, if required by the provisions of Section 6.23 , with at least 49% of the Equity Interests of which owned by Holdings or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof and at least 49% of the Equity Interests of which owned by West Holdings or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof, with the remaining Equity Interests owned by Holdings or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof, West Holdings or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof or the Parent, the sole business of which will be (x) to employ substantially all management and other employees conducting and providing services to (i) businesses conducted by the Borrower or its subsidiaries or (ii) the West Borrower or its subsidiaries and (y) to be compensated by the Borrower and the West Borrower, on a current cost-recovery basis, for the out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including salaries, bonus and benefit costs) of providing such employees for the benefit of the Borrower and the West Borrower, as the case may be, pursuant to the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement. "Employee Cost Sharing Agreement" means that certain Employee Cost Sharing Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2003, by and among Dex Media Services LLC, Parent, the Borrower and the West Borrower. "Environmental Laws" means all applicable federal, state, and local laws (including common law), regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives, orders (including consent orders), and binding agreements with any Governmental Authority in each case, relating to protection of the environment, natural resources, human health and safety or the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, 10 storage, transport, recycling or handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous Materials. "Environmental Liability" means any liability, claim, action, suit, judgment or order under or relating to any Environmental Law for any damages, injunctive relief, losses, fines, penalties, fees, expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and consultants) or costs, whether contingent or otherwise, including those arising from or relating to: (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing. "Equipment Sale-Leaseback" means the transaction in which Qwest Corp. will transfer ownership of certain information technology assets to a third party and the Borrower will lease an undivided 50% interest in such hardware from such third party. "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 of whatever nature, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing. "Equity Issuance" means the issuance by Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Equity Interests, or the receipt by Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any capital contribution, other than (i) any such issuance of Equity Interests to, or receipt of any such capital contribution from, the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary, (ii) any such issuance of Equity Interests or any such receipt of capital contributions to the extent the Net Proceeds therefrom constitute Designated Equity Proceeds and (iii) any issuance of Equity Interests to, or receipt of any capital contributions from, members of management of the Parent or its subsidiaries, in each case, either directly or indirectly through the Parent. "Equity Proceeds" means the Net Proceeds received by the Parent or Holdings from contributions to its common equity or from the issuance and sale of its common Equity Interests or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock. "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 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 11 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, 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. "Event of Default" has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII. "Excess Cash Flow" means, for any fiscal year, the sum (without duplication) of: (a) Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year, adjusted to exclude any gains or losses attributable to Prepayment Events; plus (b) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or losses deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year; plus (c) the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital decreased during such fiscal year plus (ii) the net amount, if any, by which the deferred income taxes of Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries increased during such fiscal year; minus (d) the sum of (i) any non-cash gains included in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year plus (ii) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital increased during such fiscal year plus (iii) the net amount, if any, by which the deferred income taxes of Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries decreased during such fiscal year; minus (e) the sum of (i) Capital Expenditures for such fiscal year (except to the extent attributable to the incurrence of Capital Lease Obligations or otherwise financed by incurring Long-Term Indebtedness and except to the extent made with Net Proceeds in respect of Prepayment Events or Designated Equity Proceeds) plus (ii) cash consideration paid during such fiscal year to make acquisitions or other capital investments (other than Permitted Investments and except to the extent financed by incurring Long-Term Indebtedness); minus (f) the aggregate principal amount of Long-Term Indebtedness repaid or prepaid by Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, excluding (i) Indebtedness in respect of Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit, (ii) Term Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11(a), (c), (d) or (e), and (iii) repayments or prepayments of Long-Term Indebtedness financed by incurring other Long-Term Indebtedness; minus (g) the aggregate amount of cash dividends paid by Holdings to the Parent during such fiscal year pursuant to Sections 6.08(a)(vii), 6.08(a)(viii) and 6.08(a)(x); minus (h) the aggregate amount of cash restructuring and synergy charges incurred during the fiscal periods ending on or prior to December 31, 2007 in connection with the Parent Acquisition in an aggregate amount not exceeding $40,000,000. 12 "Excluded Capital Expenditures" means (a) Capital Expenditures of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in a cumulative aggregate amount not exceeding $40,000,000 required to be made under the East Acquisition Agreement and any other agreements directly relating to the East Acquisition and (b) Capital Expenditures of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in a cumulative aggregate amount not exceeding $30,000,000 in respect of the IT Upgrade Project. "Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that (i) is in effect and would apply to amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to any withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a), or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure to comply with Section 2.17(e). "Existing Notes" means the Existing Parent Notes, the Senior Unsecured Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes. "Existing Parent Discount Notes" means 9.0% Senior Discount Notes of Parent due 2013. "Existing Parent Notes" means the Existing Parent Discount Notes and the Existing Parent Senior Notes. "Existing Parent Senior Notes" means 8.0% Senior Notes of Parent due 2013. "Existing Parent Senior Notes Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of November 10, 2003, under which the Existing Parent Senior Notes were issued. "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. "Financial Covenants" means the covenants set forth in Sections 6.15, 6.17, and 6.18. "Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower. "Financing Transactions" means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Parent and each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and (b) the execution, 13 delivery and performance by the Parent of the New Parent Note Documents to which it is to be a party, the issuance of the New Parent Notes and the use of the proceeds thereof. "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 not a Domestic Subsidiary. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. "Governing Board" means (a) the managing member or members or any controlling committee of members of any Person, if such Person is a limited liability company, (b) the board of directors of any Person, if such Person is a corporation or (c) any similar governing body of any Person. "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 or other obligation 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 other obligation 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, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation 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 other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. "Guarantors" means Holdings and the Subsidiary Loan Parties. "Hazardous Materials" means (i) any petroleum products or byproducts and all other hydrocarbons, coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances; or (ii) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law. "Headquarters Sale-Leaseback" means the sale and leaseback of the Borrower's headquarters facility located at 198 Inverness Drive West, Englewood, Colorado. "Holdings" means Dex Media East, Inc., a Delaware corporation, all of the Equity Interests of which are on the Restatement Effective Date, owned by the Parent. "Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such 14 Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) 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, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i) 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. "Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes. "Information Memorandum" means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated November 2005, as modified or supplemented prior to the Restatement Effective Date, relating to the Borrower and the Parent Acquisition. "Initial Base QPI" means the Qualifying Parent Indebtedness existing on the Restatement Effective Date and the New Parent Notes. "Installment Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a). "Interest Coverage Ratio" means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on such date. "Interest Election Request" means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07. "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. "Interest Period" means, with respect to any Eurodollar 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 nine or twelve months thereafter if, at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all Lenders participating therein agree to make an interest period of such duration available), as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day 15 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 purchasing, holding or acquiring (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Equity Interest, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, or making or permitting to exist any loans or advances (other than commercially reasonable extensions of trade credit) to, guaranteeing any obligations of, or making or permitting to exist any investment in, any other Person, or purchasing or otherwise acquiring (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any Person constituting a business unit. The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary in connection with any Investment and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with any acquisition of assets), plus the cost of all additions, as of such date, thereto and minus the amount, as of such date, of any portion of such Investment repaid to the investor in cash or property as a repayment of principal or a return of capital (including pursuant to any sale or disposition of such Investment), as the case may be, but without any other adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment. In determining the amount of any Investment or repayment involving a transfer of any property other than cash, such property shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer. "IP License Agreement" means the Intercompany License Agreement dated as of September 9, 2003, between the Parent, the Borrower and the West Borrower. "Issuing Bank" 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 Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term "Issuing Bank" shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. "IT Upgrade Project" means the migration of the information technology systems, software and platforms utilized by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the operation of their businesses to a new platform. "LC Disbursement" means a payment made by the Issuing Bank 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 at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time. "Lenders" means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than 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. 16 "Leverage Ratio" means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on such date. "LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or 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 dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits 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 dollar deposits 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 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, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (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 Document Obligations" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement. "Loan Documents" means this Agreement and the Security Documents. "Loan Parties" means Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties. "Loans" means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. "Long-Term Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness that, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes (or, when incurred, constituted) a long-term liability. For purposes of determining the Long-Term Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary owed to Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall be excluded. "Margin Stock" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U of the Board. "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, prospects, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) any material rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents. "Material Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000. For purposes of 17 determining Material Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time. "Material Subsidiary" means (i) any Securitization Vehicle and (ii) any other Subsidiary, including its subsidiaries, which meets any of the following conditions: (a) Holdings', the Borrower's and the other Subsidiaries' investments in and advances to such Subsidiary exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of Holdings and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, (b) the consolidated assets of such Subsidiary exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of Holdings and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year or (c) the consolidated pre-tax income from continuing operations of such Subsidiary for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters exceeds 5% of the consolidated pre-tax income from continuing operations of Holdings and the Subsidiaries for such period. "Merger" has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Parent". "Merger Agreement" means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 3, 2005, among Parent, RHD Corp. and Merger Sub. "Merger Sub" has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of "Parent". "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Mortgage" means any mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, leasehold mortgage or other security document granting a Lien on any real property and improvements thereto to secure the Obligations delivered after the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.13. Each Mortgage shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent. "Mortgaged Property" means each parcel of real property and improvements thereto owned by a Loan Party with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.13. "Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA. "Net Proceeds" means, with respect to any event (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any debt instrument or equity security received as non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses (including underwriting discounts and commissions and collection expenses) paid or payable by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to third parties (including Affiliates, if permitted by Section 6.09) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (provided that such amounts withheld or estimated for the payment of taxes shall, to the extent not utilized for the payment of taxes, be deemed to be Net Proceeds received when such nonutilization is determined), and the amount of any reserves established by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to fund contingent 18 liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case that are directly attributable to such event (provided that any reversal of any such reserves will be deemed to be Net Proceeds received at the time and in the amount of such reversal), in each case as determined reasonably and in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Borrower. "Net Working Capital" means, at any date, (a) the consolidated current assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding cash, Permitted Investments and current deferred income taxes) minus (b) the consolidated current liabilities of Holdings, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding current liabilities in respect of Indebtedness and current deferred income taxes). Net Working Capital at any date may be a positive or negative number. Net Working Capital increases when it becomes more positive or less negative and decreases when it becomes less positive or more negative. "New Parent Note Documents" means the indenture under which the New Parent Notes are issued and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the New Parent Notes. "New Parent Notes" means senior notes of Parent to be issued in connection with the Parent Acquisition. "Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock" means preferred stock or other preferred securities or membership interests of Holdings or the Parent which (i) are not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or part, by (A) Holdings or the Parent (unless such redemption is required only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement) or (B) the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and which do not require any payment of cash dividends or distributions, in each case, prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) are not secured by any assets of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) are not guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv) are not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt) or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity of the Parent or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock). "Non-Competition Agreement" means the Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date, among the Borrower, the West Borrower, Dex Holdings LLC, Qwest Corp., Qwest and Dex. "Obligations" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement. "Optional Repurchase" means, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, any optional or voluntary repurchase, redemption or prepayment made in cash of such Indebtedness, the related payment in cash of accrued interest to the date of such repurchase, redemption or prepayment on the principal amount of such Indebtedness repurchased, redeemed or prepaid, the payment in cash of associated premiums (whether voluntary or mandatory) on such principal amount and the cash payment of other fees and expenses incurred in connection with such repurchase, redemption or prepayment. "Original Closing Date" means November 8, 2002. "Original Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement, dated as November 8, 2002, as amended, among Parent, Holdings, the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (f/k/a JPMorgan Chase Bank) as administrative agent, and others. 19 "Other Taxes" means any and all present or future recording, stamp, documentary, excise, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document. "Parent" means Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Immediately upon consummation of the Parent Acquisition, Parent will be merged (the "Merger") with and into Forward Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned Subsidiary of RHD Corp. ("Merger Sub"), and the term "Parent" will thereafter mean the surviving entity in the Merger, which will change its name to Dex Media, Inc. Upon consummation of the Merger, Parent will be a wholly owned direct Subsidiary of RHD Corp. "Parent Acquisition" means the acquisition of Parent by RHD Corp. pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the documents related thereto. "Parent Acquisition Effective Date" means the date upon which the Parent Acquisition shall have been consummated pursuant to the Merger Agreement; provided that, no material provision of the Merger Agreement shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner adverse to the Lenders without the consent of the Administrative Agent. "Parent Leverage Ratio" means the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as such term is defined in the Existing Parent Senior Notes Indenture as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date without giving effect to any amendment or modification thereto); provided however, that such leverage ratio shall be computed without giving effect to the purchase method of accounting for the purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding its computation for the purposes of the Existing Parent Senior Notes Indenture. "Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt" means Indebtedness of the Parent which (i) does not mature or amortize, and is not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or in part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or in part, by the Parent (unless such redemption is required only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), and which does not require any payment of cash interest, in each case prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not Guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity of the Parent or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock). "Parent Pledge Agreement" means the Parent Pledge Agreement between the Parent and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit D. "Participant" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04. "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions. "Perfection Certificate" means a certificate in the form of Exhibit II to the Collateral Agreement or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent. "Permitted Acquisitions" means any acquisition (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party of all or substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person, if (a) immediately after giving effect 20 thereto, no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) such acquired Person is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and substantially all the business of such acquired Person or business consists of one or more Permitted Businesses and not less than 80% of the consolidated gross operating revenues of such acquired Person or business for the most recently ended period of twelve months is derived from domestic operations in the United States of America, (c) each Subsidiary resulting from such acquisition (and which survives such acquisition) other than any Foreign Subsidiary, shall be a Subsidiary Loan Party and at least 80% of the Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary shall be owned directly by the Borrower and/or Subsidiary Loan Parties and shall have been (or within 10 Business Days (or such longer period as may be acceptable to the Agent) after such acquisition shall be) pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (subject to the limitations of the pledge of Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries set forth in the definition of "Collateral and Guarantee Requirement"), (d) the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been (or within 10 Business Days (or such longer period as may be acceptable to the Agent) after such acquisition shall be) satisfied with respect to each such Subsidiary, (e) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition, with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are available, as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance and (f) the Borrower has delivered to the Agent an officer's certificate to the effect set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, together with all relevant financial information for the Person or assets acquired and reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating satisfaction of the requirement set forth in clause (e) above. "Permitted Asset Swap" means any transfer of properties or assets by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of properties or assets (other than cash) that will be used in a Permitted Business; provided that (a) the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Governing Board of the Borrower) of the property or assets being transferred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary is not greater than the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Governing Board of the Borrower) of the property or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in such exchange and (b) the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Governing Board of the Borrower) of all property or assets transferred by the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries in any such transfer, together with the cumulative aggregate fair market value of property or assets transferred in all prior Permitted Asset Swaps, does not exceed 15% of the Borrower's consolidated net revenues for the prior fiscal year. "Permitted Business" means the telephone and internet directory services businesses and businesses reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto and in the case of any Securitization Vehicle, Securitizations. "Permitted Encumbrances" means: (a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05; (b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, landlord's, repairmen's and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05; (c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations; 21 (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) judgment liens in respect of judgments or attachments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (j) of Article VII; and (f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that are not substantial in amount 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 Subsidiary; provided that the term "Permitted Encumbrances" shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness. "Permitted Holdings Debt" means Indebtedness of Holdings which (i) does not mature, and is not subject to mandatory repurchase, redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to customary asset sale or change in control provisions requiring redemption or repurchase only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), in each case, prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings (except other Permitted Holdings Debt), the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock of the Parent or Holdings, provided that any such exchange or conversion, if effected, would not result in a Change in Control) and (v) if subordinated, is subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a written instrument delivered, and reasonably satisfactory, to the Administrative Agent or on terms substantially identical to (and no less favorable in any significant respect to the Lenders than) the subordination terms applicable to the Senior Subordinated Debt. "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 or allowing for liquidation at the original par value at the option of the holder within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (b) investments in commercial paper (other than commercial paper issued by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Affiliates) maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody's; (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker's acceptances, time deposits or overnight bank deposits maturing within 180 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 commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and 22 (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 and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000. "Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Borrower which (i) does not mature, and is not subject to mandatory repurchase, redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to customary asset sale or change in control provisions requiring redemption or repurchase only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), in each case, prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock of the Parent or Holdings, provided that any such exchange or conversion, if effected, would not result in a Change in Control) and (iv) is, together with any Guarantee thereof by any Subsidiary (a "Permitted Subordinated Guarantee"), subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a written instrument delivered, and reasonably satisfactory, to the Administrative Agent or on terms substantially identical to (and no less favorable in any significant respect to the Lenders than) the subordination terms applicable to the Senior Subordinated Debt. "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. "Prepayment Event" means any (a) Asset Disposition, (b) Equity Issuance, (c) Debt Issuance or (d) Damages Event. "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 principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective. "Pro Forma Compliance" means, with respect to any event, that Holdings and the Borrower are in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants recomputed as if the event with respect to which Pro Forma Compliance is being tested had occurred on the first day of each relevant period with respect to which current compliance with such Financial Covenants would be determined (for example, in the case of Financial Covenants based on Consolidated EBITDA, as if such event had occurred on the first day of the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter in respect of which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)). "Pro Forma Leverage Ratio" means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness as of such date (giving effect to any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness on such date, including as a result of any acquisition to be consummated on such date) to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date (calculated by giving pro forma effect to any material acquisitions or dispositions consummated after the commencement of such period or to be consummated on the calculation date as if such acquisitions or dispositions had been consummated on the first day of such period). 23 "Pro Forma RP Coverage Ratio" means, on the date of any Restricted Payment proposed to be made pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(v)(B), the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date minus the amount of such proposed Restricted Payment and any other Restricted Payments made during such period pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(v) to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such period. "Publishing Agreement" means the Publishing Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date among Dex Holdings LLC, the Borrower, the West Borrower and Qwest Corp. "Put Financing" means the financing required to fund any purchases of Existing Notes required to be made by the Parent or the Borrower, as the case may be, pursuant to the Change in Control Offers. "Put Financing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Put Financing. "Qualifying Parent Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Parent, other than Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt and any Put Financing, which (i) does not mature or amortize, and is not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or part (unless such redemption is required only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), in each case prior to the date that is six months after the Tranche B Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not Guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity of the Parent or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock) and (v) is issued solely for cash consideration and bears interest (which may be payable in cash) at a fixed rate which represents a market rate of interest for such Qualifying Parent Indebtedness at the time of its issuance. "QPI Issuance Conditions" means, with respect to any issuance of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, other than Initial Base QPI, the following conditions: (a) at the time of such issuance, and after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) Holdings and the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and (iii) Parent Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 6.50 to 1.0; and (b) at the time of such issuance, the Agent shall have received (i) copies of all indentures and other instruments evidencing or governing such Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, in each case certified by an executive officer of the Parent as being true, complete and correct, and (ii) a certificate of an executive officer of the Parent, dated the date of such issuance, confirming satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in clause (a) above and setting forth calculations, in reasonable detail, of Pro Forma Compliance and of the Parent Leverage Ratio referred to above. "Qwest" means Qwest Communications International Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Qwest Corp." means Qwest Corporation, a Colorado corporation. "Qwest Services" means Qwest Services Corporation, a Colorado corporation. "Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness issued or incurred (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) to extend, renew or refinance existing Indebtedness 24 ("Refinanced Debt"); provided that (i) such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of, and unpaid interest on, the Refinanced Debt plus the amount of any premiums paid thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith, (ii) such Indebtedness has a later maturity and a longer weighted average life than the Refinanced Debt, (iii) such Indebtedness bears a market interest rate (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower) as of the time of its issuance or incurrence, (iv) if the Refinanced Debt or any Guarantees thereof are subordinated to the Obligations, such Indebtedness and Guarantees thereof are subordinated to the Obligations on terms no less favorable in any significant respect to the holders of the Obligations than the subordination terms of such Refinanced Debt or Guarantees thereof (and no Loan Party that has not guaranteed such Refinanced Debt Guarantees such Indebtedness), (v) such Indebtedness contains covenants and events of default and is benefited by Guarantees (if any) which, taken as a whole, are determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower not to be materially less favorable to the Lenders than the covenants and events of default of or Guarantees (if any) in respect of such Refinanced Debt, (vi) if such Refinanced Debt or any Guarantees thereof are secured, such Indebtedness and any Guarantees thereof are either unsecured or secured only by such assets as secured the Refinanced Debt and Guarantees thereof, (vii) if such Refinanced Debt and any Guarantees thereof are unsecured, such Indebtedness and Guarantees thereof are also unsecured, (viii) such Indebtedness is issued only by the issuer of such Refinanced Indebtedness and (ix) the proceeds of such Indebtedness are applied promptly (and in any event within 45 days) after receipt thereof to the repayment of such Refinanced Debt. "Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04. "Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person's Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, Controlling Persons and advisors of such Person and of each of such Person's Affiliates. "Release" means any actual or threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture. "Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time. "Required Percentage" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(c). "Requirement of Law" means, with respect to any Person, the charter and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, rule or regulation (including Environmental Laws and ERISA) or order, decree or other determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject. "Restatement Effective Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Agreement to Amend and Restate. "Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any 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, cancelation, termination or amendment of any Equity Interests in the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or of any 25 option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary. "Revolving Availability Period" means the period from but excluding the Original Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments. "Revolving Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, 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 Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender's Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders' Revolving Commitments on June 16, 2005 was $100,000,000. "Revolving 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 Lender" means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure. "Revolving Loan" means a Loan made or continued pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.01. "Revolving Maturity Date" means November 8, 2008, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day. "RHD Allocable Share" means, with respect to any amount, 35% of such amount. "RHD Corp." means R.H. Donnelley Corporation, a Delaware corporation. "RHD Inc." means R.H. Donnelley Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of RHD Corp. "RHD Leverage Ratio" means the Leverage Ratio (as such term is defined in the Indenture, dated as of January 14, 2005, under which the 6-7/8% Senior Notes of RHD Corp. due 2013 were issued, as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date without giving effect to any amendment or modification thereto). "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, Inc. "Secured Parties" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement. "Securitization" means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to a Securitization Vehicle Securitization Assets of the Borrower or such Subsidiary (or grants a security interest in such Securitization Assets transferred or purported to be transferred to such Securitization Vehicle), and which Securitization Vehicle finances the acquisition of 26 such Securitization Assets (i) with proceeds from the issuance of Third Party Interests, (ii) with Sellers' Retained Interests or (iii) with proceeds from the sale or collection of Securitization Assets previously purchased by such Securitization Vehicle. "Securitization Assets" means any accounts receivable owed to or owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) arising in the ordinary course of business from the sale of goods or services, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, all proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights) which are of the type customarily transferred in connection with securitizations of accounts receivable and which are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to a Securitization Vehicle in connection with a Securitization permitted by Section 6.05. "Securitization Vehicle" means a Person that is a direct wholly owned Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or of a Subsidiary of the Borrower formed for the purpose of effecting one or more Securitizations to which the Borrower or its Subsidiaries transfer Securitization Assets and which, in connection therewith, issues Third Party Interests or Sellers' Retained Interests; provided that such Securitization Vehicle shall engage in no business other than the purchase of Securitization Assets pursuant to Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05, the issuance of Third Party Interests or other funding of such Securitizations and any activities reasonably related thereto, and provided further that (x) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Securitization Vehicle (i) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; (y) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with such Securitization Vehicle other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; and (z) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Securitization Vehicle's financial condition or cause such Securitization Vehicle to achieve certain levels of operating results. "Security Documents" means the Collateral Agreement, the Parent Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.12 or 5.13 or pursuant to the Collateral Agreement to secure any of the Obligations. "Security Interests" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement. "Sellers' Retained Interests" means the debt or equity interests held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a Securitization Vehicle to which Securitization Assets have been transferred in a Securitization permitted by Section 6.05, including any such debt or equity received in consideration for the Securitization Assets transferred. 27 "Senior Indebtedness" means at any time, Total Indebtedness at such time, except (to the extent counted as Total Indebtedness) the Senior Subordinated Debt, Permitted Subordinated Debt, Permitted Holdings Debt and any other Indebtedness of Holdings not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary. "Senior Secured Indebtedness" means at any time, the principal amount of all the Obligations and all other Senior Indebtedness, other than unsecured Senior Indebtedness, in each case included in Total Indebtedness at such time. "Senior Secured Leverage Ratio" means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Senior Secured Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date. "Senior Subordinated Debt" means the Indebtedness represented by the Senior Subordinated Notes (including the Note Guarantees, Exchange Notes (each as defined in the Senior Subordinated Debt Documents), guarantees of Exchange Notes and any replacement Exchange Notes). "Senior Subordinated Debt Documents" means the indenture under which the Senior Subordinated Debt was issued and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the Senior Subordinated Debt or providing for any Guarantee or other right in respect thereof. "Senior Subordinated Notes" means the Borrower's 12-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $525,000,000. "Senior Unsecured Debt" means the Indebtedness represented by the Senior Unsecured Notes (including the Note Guarantees, Exchange Notes (each as defined in the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents), guarantees of Exchange Notes and any replacement Exchange Notes). "Senior Unsecured Debt Documents" means the indenture under which the Senior Unsecured Debt was issued and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the Senior Unsecured Debt or providing for any Guarantee or other right in respect thereof. "Senior Unsecured Notes" means the Borrower's 9-7/8% Senior Notes due 2009 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000. "Shared Services" means the centralized services utilizing the Shared Services Assets and Operations which are provided by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries to Permitted Businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the West Borrower and its subsidiaries (including any "unrestricted subsidiaries" permitted by the West Credit Facilities) and/or Unrestricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.21(c). "Shared Services Assets and Operations" means (a) the information technology assets and related operations and (b) the general administrative and corporate level services and related assets, in each case that are owned and operated by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries and used to provide centralized services with respect to Permitted Businesses conducted by (i) RHD Corp. and its subsidiaries, (ii) the Borrower and its subsidiaries, (iii) the West Borrower and its subsidiaries (including any unrestricted subsidiaries permitted by the West Credit Facilities) and (iv) any Unrestricted Subsidiaries permitted hereunder. "Shared Services Payments" means payments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash to the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, in respect of the provision by the Parent or RHD 28 Corp. or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) to the Borrower and its subsidiaries of Shared Services; provided, however, that all such payments shall be made solely to reimburse the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, for those actual cash costs (including accrued costs payable by the Parent, RHD Corp. or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) in cash within the 30-day period after receipt of a Shared Services Payment) associated with the Shared Services Assets and Operations that are directly attributable or otherwise allocable to the provision of such services to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (it being understood that to the extent that any of the costs of such services cannot be clearly allocated as between the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the West Borrower and its subsidiaries, RHD Inc. and its subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries, on the other hand, such costs shall be allocated on a fair and reasonable basis). "Standard Securitization Undertakings" means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Securitization, including those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Securitization Vehicle. "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 percentages (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 eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages 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 requirements 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. "subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (the "parent") at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other 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 by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. "Subsidiary" means (a) any subsidiary of Holdings on the Restatement Effective Date, including the Borrower, and (b) each subsidiary of Holdings organized or acquired after the Restatement Effective Date that has not been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.22. "Subsidiary Loan Party" means any Subsidiary other than the Borrower that is not (x) a Foreign Subsidiary or (y) a Securitization Vehicle. "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 29 only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement. "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. "Tax Payments" means payments in cash in respect of Federal, state and local (i) income, franchise and other similar taxes and assessments imposed on (or measured by) net income which are paid or payable by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or which are directly attributable to (or arising as a result of) the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) taxes which are not determined by reference to income, but which are imposed on a direct or indirect owner of the Borrower as a result of such owner's ownership of the equity of the Borrower (such taxes in clauses (i) and (ii), "Applicable Taxes"). "Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority. "Term Loans" means Tranche A Term Loans and Tranche B Term Loans. "Territories" means the states of Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota and the metropolitan statistical area of El Paso, Texas. "Third Party Interests" means, with respect to any Securitization, notes, bonds or other debt instruments, beneficial interests in a trust, undivided ownership interests in receivables or other securities issued for cash consideration by the relevant Securitization Vehicle to banks, financing conduits, investors or other financing sources (other than Holdings and the Subsidiaries) the proceeds of which are used to finance, in whole or in part, the purchase by such Securitization Vehicle of Securitization Assets in a Securitization. The amount of any Third Party Interests shall be deemed to equal the aggregate principal, stated or invested amount of such Third Party Interests which are outstanding at such time. "Total Indebtedness" means, as of any date, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, in the amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be without regard to the effects of purchase method of accounting requiring that the amount of such Indebtedness be valued at its fair market value instead of its outstanding principal amount. "Tranche A Lender" means a Lender with an outstanding Tranche A Term Loan. "Tranche A Maturity Date" means November 8, 2008, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day. "Tranche A Term Loan" means a "Tranche A Term Loan" outstanding hereunder prior to the Restatement Effective Date and continued as such pursuant Section 2.01(a). 30 "Tranche B Lender" means a Lender with an outstanding Tranche B Term Loan. "Tranche B Maturity Date" means May 8, 2009, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day. "Tranche B Term Loan" means a "Tranche B Term Loan" outstanding hereunder prior to the Restatement Effective Date and continued as such pursuant to Section 2.01(a). "Transactions" means the Parent Acquisition and the Financing Transactions. "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 any subsidiary of Holdings that has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by Holdings pursuant to and in compliance with Section 6.22. No Unrestricted Subsidiary may own any Equity Interests of the Borrower, a Subsidiary or West Holdings or any of its subsidiaries (other than an "unrestricted subsidiary" of West Holdings pursuant to the West Credit Agreement). "West Allocable Share" means, with respect to any amount, 58% of such amount. "West Borrower" means Dex Media West LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is a subsidiary of West Holdings. "West Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2003, as amended and restated as of the date hereof, among the Parent, West Holdings, the West Borrower, various lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. "West Credit Facilities" means the West Credit Agreement and the guarantee, security and other agreements entered into in connection with and defined as "Loan Documents" in the West Credit Agreement. "West Entities" means West Holdings, the West Borrower and their subsidiaries. "West Holdings" means Dex Media West, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of the Parent. "West Territories" means Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. "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"). 31 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 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 Required 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. Any reference made in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any consolidated financial statement or statements of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries means such financial statement or statements prepared on a combined basis for Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to GAAP and accounting for any Unrestricted Subsidiary on an unconsolidated basis as investments, not utilizing the equity method. ARTICLE II THE CREDITS Section 2.01 Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on the Restatement Effective Date, each Lender agrees to continue any outstanding Term Loans, if any, made by it under the Original Credit Agreement, each continued Term Loan to constitute a Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche B Term Loan to the extent so constituted under the Original Credit Agreement and to remain subject to the same Interest Period applicable to them immediately prior to the Restatement Effective Date. (b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make (or, with respect to Revolving Loans outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date, continue) Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not (after giving effect to any concurrent use of the proceeds thereof to repay Swingline Loans or LC Disbursements) result in such Lender's Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lender's Revolving Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. 32 (c) Amounts repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed. Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. 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 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. (c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. 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 and not less than $5,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000. 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 15 Eurodollar 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 Revolving Maturity Date, Tranche A Maturity Date or Tranche B Maturity Date, as applicable. Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request funding of a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City 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 in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02: (i) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing, Tranche A Term Borrowing or Tranche B Term Borrowing; (ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing; (iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; (iv) subject to the proviso to the fourth sentence of Section 2.02(c), whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; 33 (v) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and (vi) 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, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving 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 to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving 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 $5,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Exposures exceeding the total Revolving 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 set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans. (b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City 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 by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in 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 Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City 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 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any Business Day require the Revolving 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 Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender's Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving 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 Revolving 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 reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever; provided that no Lender shall be required to acquire a participation in any Swingline Loan to the extent that doing so would cause the Revolving Exposure of such Lender to exceed such Lender's Revolving Commitment. Each Revolving 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 Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline 34 Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving 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 Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to 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. 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 for its own account or the account of any Subsidiary, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank on the Original Closing Date and, at any time and from time to time thereafter during the Revolving 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 Bank relating 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 Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably 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 Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank's standard form 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 $15,000,000 and (ii) the total Revolving Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving 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 Revolving Maturity Date. (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 Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, 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 35 and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender's Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank 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 Revolving 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 reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever; provided that no Lender shall be required to acquire a participation in any Letter of Credit to the extent that doing so would cause the Revolving Exposure of such Lender to exceed such Lender's Revolving Commitment. (e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, 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, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City 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, New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) 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 (whether or not the conditions in Section 4.01 are satisfied or a Default exists) each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have the absolute and unconditional right to require that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or 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 Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender's Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving 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 Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving 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 Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans 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. (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 any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) 36 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. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or 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 Bank; provided that the provisions of this Section 2.05(f) shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank 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 that are caused by the Issuing Bank's failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, 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 Bank 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 Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank 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 Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement. (h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank 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 (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment. (i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term "Issuing Bank" shall be deemed to refer to such successor 37 or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank 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 under clauses (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII shall occur and be continuing or if the Loans have been accelerated pursuant to Article VII as a result of any other Event of Default, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving 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 unpaid 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 Article VII. The Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b). Each such deposit under this Section or Section 2.11(b) shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, and the Borrower hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all funds and investments from time to time in such account, and in the proceeds thereof, to secure the Obligations. 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 sole discretion of the Administrative Agent 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 Bank 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, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving 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 under this Section 2.05(j) as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default specified above, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after the applicable Events of Default have been cured or waived. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower as and to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Borrower would remain in compliance with Section 2.11(b) and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Section 2.06 Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that 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 an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans and 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 Bank. 38 (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 Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the 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 ABR Loans. 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 Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar 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, 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 among 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. (b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving 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 of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and 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 or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar 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". 39 If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar 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 Borrowing 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. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto. Section 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) The Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date. (b) The Borrower may at any time, without premium or penalty, terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments. (c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving 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; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments. Section 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) 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 of such Lender on the Revolving Maturity Date, (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.10 and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least two Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans that were outstanding on the date such Borrowing was requested. (b) 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 40 such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. (c) 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. (d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) 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. (e) Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class 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 the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such promissory note shall state that it is subject to the provisions of this Agreement. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns). Section 2.10 Amortization of Term Loans. (a) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 2.10, the Borrower shall repay Tranche A Term Borrowings on each date set forth below in an amount equal to the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Loans continued on the Restatement Effective Date set forth opposite such date (each such date being called an "Installment Date"):
Percentage of Principal Amount Date to be Repaid - ----------------------- ---------------- March 31, 2006 6.92258% June 30, 2006 6.92258% September 30, 2006 6.92258% December 31, 2006 6.92258% March 31, 2007 7.26938% June 30, 2007 7.26938% September 30, 2007 7.26938% December 31, 2007 7.26938% March 31, 2008 10.80804% June 30, 2008 10.80804% September 30, 2008 10.80804% Tranche A Maturity Date 10.80804%
(b) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 2.10, the Borrower shall repay Tranche B Borrowings on each date set forth below in an amount equal to the percentage of 41 the aggregate principal amount of Tranche B Term Loans continued on the Restatement Effective Date set forth opposite such date:
Percentage of Principal Amount Date to be Repaid - ----------------------- ----------------- March 31, 2006 1.04167% June 30, 2006 1.04167% September 30, 2006 1.04167% December 31, 2006 1.04167% March 31, 2007 1.04167% June 30, 2007 1.04167% September 30, 2007 1.04167% December 31, 2007 1.04167% March 31, 2008 1.04167% June 30, 2008 1.04167% September 30, 2008 20.83333% December 31, 2008 20.83333% March 31, 2009 23.43750% Tranche B Maturity Date 24.47917%
(c) To the extent not previously paid, (i) all Tranche A Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Tranche A Maturity Date and (ii) all Tranche B Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Tranche B Maturity Date. (d) Any mandatory or optional prepayment of a Term Borrowing of either Class shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section ratably. (e) Prior to any repayment of any Term Borrowings of either Class hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings of the applicable Class to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing. Repayments of Term Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid. Section 2.11 Prepayment of Loans. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.16), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (or $500,000 or more, in the case of Swingline Loans) or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to the requirements of this Section. (b) In the event and on such occasion that the sum of the Revolving Exposures exceeds the total Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall prepay Revolving Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. (c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds (other than any Net Proceeds from (i) the issuance of the New Parent Notes and (ii) any Put Financing) are received by or on behalf of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower 42 shall, not later than the Business Day next after the date on which such Net Proceeds are received, prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the Required Percentage of such Net Proceeds or, in the case of an Equity Issuance by the Parent or a Damages Event, the Required Percentage of the Allocable Net Proceeds of such Prepayment Event; provided that, in the case of any Asset Disposition, if the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect that the Borrower or a Subsidiary intends to apply the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate), within 365 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds, to acquire real property, equipment or other assets to be used in the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries or to fund a Permitted Acquisition in accordance with the terms of Section 6.04, and certifying that no Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds in respect of such event (or the portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if applicable) except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so applied by the end of such 365-day period, at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied. For purposes hereof, "Required Percentage" shall mean: (i) in the case of an Asset Disposition or a Damages Event, 100%; (ii) in the case of a Debt Issuance, (A) if on the date of the relevant issuance, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.0 to 1.0, 100% or (B) if on the date of the relevant issuance, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0, 0% (it being understood that a portion of such Net Proceeds from a Debt Issuance may be applied so as to reduce such Pro Forma Leverage Ratio to less than 4.0 to 1.0, and that the Required Percentage for the remainder of such Net Proceeds shall be 0%); and (iii) in the case of an Equity Issuance, (A) if on the date of the relevant prepayment, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.0 to 1.0, 50% or (B) on the date of the relevant prepayment, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0, 0% (it being understood that a portion of such Net Proceeds from an Equity Issuance may be applied so as to reduce such Pro Forma Leverage Ratio to less than 4.0 to 1.0, and that the Required Percentage for the remainder of such Net Proceeds shall be 0%). (d) Following the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004, the Borrower will prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to (i) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year less (ii) any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) during such fiscal year; provided that, with respect to each such fiscal year ending on or after December 31, 2005, no such prepayment of Term Borrowings shall be required if the Leverage Ratio as of the end of such fiscal year is less than 5.0 to 1.0. Each prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made on or before the date on which financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 with respect to the fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow is being calculated (and in any event within 100 days after the end of such fiscal year). (e) In the event and on each occasion that any Optional Repurchase is made pursuant to Section 6.08(b)(vii)(y), the Borrower shall on the last day of each fiscal quarter prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amounts expended on such Optional Repurchases during such fiscal quarter; provided, however, that if the amount expended on any such Optional Repurchase when taken together with the aggregate amounts expended on all other such Optional Repurchases in respect of which a prepayment of Term Borrowings has not yet been made under this paragraph (e) (the "Cumulative Amount") is greater than $20,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the Cumulative Amount not later than the date on which such Optional Repurchase is made. (f) Prior to any optional or, subject to Sections 2.11(c), (d) and (e), mandatory prepayment of Borrowings hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section. In the event of any optional or mandatory prepayment of Term Borrowings made at a time when Term Borrowings of more than one Class remain outstanding, the Borrower shall select Term Borrowings 43 to be prepaid so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated between the Tranche A Term Borrowings and Tranche B Term Borrowings pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Borrowings of each such Class; provided that, so long as and to the extent that any Tranche A Term Borrowings remain outstanding, any Tranche B Lender may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) at least one Business Day prior to the prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any prepayment of its Tranche B Term Loans pursuant to this Section (other than an optional prepayment pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, which may not be declined), in which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to prepay Tranche B Term Loans but was so declined shall be applied to prepay Tranche A Term Borrowings. (g) 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 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that, if a notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08. Promptly following receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swingline Loans), 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, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment or to prepay such Borrowing in full. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest and other amounts to the extent required by Sections 2.13 and 2.16. Section 2.12 Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily unused amount of each Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Original Closing Date to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the dates on which such Revolving 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 be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes of computing commitment fees with respect to Revolving Commitments, a Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender (and the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose). (b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate from time to time in effect for purposes of determining the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Revolving Loans on the daily amount of such Lender's LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Original Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender's Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the 44 average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Original Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank'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 shall be payable in arrears on the third Business Day following such last day; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank 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 agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times 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 Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances. Section 2.13 Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. (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 Rate. (c) 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, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section. (d) 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 Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) 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 Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Revolving 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. (e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that 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 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 or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error. 45 Section 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing: (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 for such Interest Period; or (b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate 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 shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided, however, that, in the case of a notice received pursuant to clause (b) above, if the Administrative Agent is able prior to the commencement of such Interest Period to ascertain, after using reasonable efforts to poll the Lenders giving such notice, that a rate other than the Alternate Base Rate would adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of such alternate rate and the Borrower may agree by written notice to the Agent prior to the commencement of such Interest Period to increase the Applicable Rate for the Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period to result in an interest rate equal to such alternate rate, in which case such increased Applicable Rate shall apply to all the Eurodollar Loans included in the relevant Borrowing. Section 2.15 Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law (except with respect to Taxes, which shall be governed by Section 2.17) 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 Bank; or (ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar 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 of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. (b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank 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 Bank's capital or on the capital of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, 46 such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's policies and the policies of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time after submission by such Lender to the Borrower of a written request therefor, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company for any such reduction suffered. (c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the matters giving rise to a claim under this Section 2.15 and the calculation of such claim by such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. (d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's intention to claim compensation therefor; 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. Section 2.16 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar 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 other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(g) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar 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 2.19 or Section 9.02(c), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall consist of 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, 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 amount 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 10 days after receipt thereof. Section 2.17 Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without 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 47 increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. (b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. (c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability prepared in good faith and delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be presumed correct, provided that upon reasonable request of the Borrower, a Lender shall provide all relevant information reasonably accessible to it justifying such amount. (d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. (e) 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, provided that such Foreign Lender has received written notice from the Borrower advising it of the availability of such exemption or reduction and supplying all applicable documentation. (f) If the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank determines, in its reasonable judgment, 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 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower within a reasonable period of time (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank 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, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank 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. 48 Section 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff 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 such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document 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. All payments under each Loan Document shall be made in dollars. (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 setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans, Term 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 Revolving Loans, Term 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 Revolving Loans, Term 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 relative aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest on their Revolving Loans, Term 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 foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff 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. 49 (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 Bank 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 Bank, 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 Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank 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), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender's obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. Section 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, 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 2.17, 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 2.15 or 2.17, 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 hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. (b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, 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 2.17, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), 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 Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld and (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and funded participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, 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 such Lender shall be released from all obligations hereunder. 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. 50 ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Each of Holdings and the Borrower and, solely for purposes of Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.08, 3.09 and 3.12, the Parent represents and warrants to the Lenders that: Section 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions entered into and to be entered into by the Parent and each Loan Party are within the Parent's or such Loan Party's (as the case may be) corporate or limited liability company powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company and, if required, stockholder or member action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Parent, Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which the Parent or any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by the Parent or such Loan Party (as the case may be), will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or such Loan Party (as the case may be), enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except as set forth on Schedule 3.03 or have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, limited liability company agreement, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except Liens permitted under Section 6.02. Section 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. The audited consolidated balance sheets of Holdings as of December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by KPMG LLP, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of Holdings as of such dates, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Holdings as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments. (b) Holdings has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its projected pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2005 prepared giving effect to the Transactions as if such Transactions 51 had occurred on such date. Such projected pro forma consolidated balance sheet has been prepared in good faith based on the same assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial statements included in the Information Memorandum (which assumptions are believed by Holdings and the Borrower to be reasonable at the time prepared). (c) Except as disclosed in the financial statements referred to above or the notes thereto or in the Information Memorandum and except for the Disclosed Matters, after giving effect to the Transactions, none of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries has, as of the Restatement Effective Date, any contingent liabilities, unusual long-term commitments or unrealized losses that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be excepted to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (d) Since December 31, 2004, there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations, prospects, assets, liabilities or financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Section 3.05 Properties. (a) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business (including its Mortgaged Properties), except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes. (b) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except, in each case, for any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (c) Schedule 3.05 sets forth the address of each real property that is owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Restatement Effective Date after giving effect to the Transactions. Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened against or affecting Holdings, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective executive officers or directors (i) which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions. (b) Except for either the Disclosed Matters or any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to form the basis for any Environmental Liability. Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon 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. No Default has occurred and is continuing. 52 Section 3.08 Investment and Holding Company Status. None of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a "holding company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Section 3.09 Taxes. Each of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all material Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all material Taxes required to have been paid by it, except any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves. Section 3.10 ERISA; Margin Regulations. (a) During the five year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed to be made with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability has occurred during such five year period or for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (b) None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, in any manner that would entail a violation of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, U or X. Section 3.11 Disclosure. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other written reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information, taken as a whole, furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as of the date thereof and 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, Holdings and the Borrower represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable (i) at the time such projected financial information was prepared, (ii) on the date of the Information Memorandum and (iii) as of the date hereof. Section 3.12 Subsidiaries. As of the Restatement Effective Date, the Parent does not have any subsidiaries other than (a) West Holdings, the West Borrower and the West Borrower's subsidiaries and (b) Holdings, the Borrower and the Borrower's Subsidiaries, and Holdings does not have any subsidiaries other than the Borrower and the Borrower's Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.12 sets forth (i) the name of, and the ownership interest of the Parent in, each subsidiary of the Parent and identifies each subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as of the Restatement Effective Date, (ii) the name of, and the ownership interest of Holdings in, each subsidiary of Holdings and identifies each subsidiary 53 that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as of the Restatement Effective Date, and (iii) the name of, and the ownership interest of the Borrower in, each Subsidiary of the Borrower and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as of the Restatement Effective Date. Section 3.13 Insurance. Schedule 3.13 sets forth a description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Restatement Effective Date. As of the Restatement Effective Date, all premiums due and payable in respect of such insurance have been paid. Holdings and the Borrower believe that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is adequate. Section 3.14 Labor Matters. As of the Restatement Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened. Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (a) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters; (b) all payments due from Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, 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 Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary; and (c) the consummation of the Transactions 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is bound. Section 3.15 Solvency. Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Restatement Effective Date and immediately following the making of each Loan made on the Restatement Effective Date and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans and to the rights of reimbursement, contribution and subrogation created by the Collateral Agreement, (a) the fair value of the assets of each Loan Party, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of each Loan Party will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) each Loan Party will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) each Loan Party will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Restatement Effective Date. Section 3.16 Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations constitute "Senior Indebtedness" under and as defined in the Senior Subordinated Debt Documents. Section 3.17 Parent Acquisition. As of the Restatement Effective Date, the Merger Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. A true, correct and complete copy (including any amendments and waivers) of the Merger Agreement has been furnished to the Administrative Agent. Section 3.18 Security Documents. (a) The Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Stock (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) described in the Collateral Agreement, when stock certificates 54 representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property, as defined in the Collateral Agreement), when financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 5 of the Perfection Certificate in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 6 of the Perfection Certificate (as updated by the Borrower from time to time in accordance with Section 5.03), the Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section 6.02(a)). (b) When the Collateral Agreement or a summary thereof is properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Collateral Agreement and such financing statements shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the grantors after the date hereof). (c) The Mortgages, if any, entered into after the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.13 shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the Loan Parties' right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed in the proper real estate filing offices, such Mortgages shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of Loan Parties in such Mortgages Property and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights of Person pursuant to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02(a). Section 3.19 Liens. There are no Liens of any nature whatsoever on any properties of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than Permitted Encumbrances and Liens permitted by Section 6.02(a). Section 3.20 No Burdensome Restrictions. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Contractual Obligation, or subject to any Requirement of Law, which has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect. ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS Section 4.01 Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on any date, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, increase, renew or extend any Letter of Credit on any date, is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date such Loan is 55 made or the date of issuance, increase, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date); provided, however, that for purposes of making the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.04(d), solely in connection with a request for a Revolving Loan or issuance for the increase, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, the term "prospects" contained therein shall be disregarded. (b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, increase, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Each funding of Loans and each issuance, increase, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by Holdings and the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section. 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, each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: Section 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. Holdings and the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender: (a) no later than the earlier of (i) 10 days after the date that Holdings is required to file a report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether or not Holdings is so subject to such reporting requirements), and (ii) 100 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, Holdings audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by KPMG LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit or other material qualification or exception) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; (b) no later than the earlier of (i) 10 days after the date that Holdings is required to file a report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether or not Holdings is so subject to such reporting requirements), and (ii) 55 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Holdings, Holdings unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period 56 or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments 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 (i) 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, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with the Financial Covenants, (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate, (iv) identifying any Subsidiary formed or acquired since the end of the previous fiscal quarter, (v) identifying any parcels of real property or improvements thereto with a value exceeding $10,000,000 that have been acquired by any Loan Party since the end of the previous fiscal quarter, (vi) identifying any changes of the type described in Section 5.03(a) that have not been previously reported by the Borrower, (vii) identifying any Permitted Acquisition or other acquisitions of going concerns and any Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries that have been consummated since the end of the previous fiscal quarter, including the date on which each such acquisition or Investment was consummated and the consideration therefor, (viii) identifying any material Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) with respect to which a notice is required to be delivered under the Collateral Agreement and has not been previously delivered, (ix) identifying any Prepayment Events that have occurred since the end of the previous fiscal quarter and setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of the Net Proceeds (and, if applicable, Allocable Net Proceeds) received from any such Prepayment Events, (x) identifying any Designated Equity Proceeds received during the previous fiscal quarter and any application of Designated Equity Proceeds during the previous fiscal quarter to Designated Equity Proceeds Uses and (xi) identifying any change in the locations at which equipment and inventory, in each case with a value in excess of $10,000,000, are located, if not owned by a Loan Party; (d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules, guidelines or practice); (e) within 30 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for such fiscal year (broken down by month and including a projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flow as of the end of and for such fiscal year and setting forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget) and, promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budget; (f) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Parent to its shareholders generally; and 57 (g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent (including on behalf of any Lender) may reasonably request. Section 5.02 Notices of Material Events. Holdings and the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender written notice of the following promptly after any Financial Officer or executive officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary obtains knowledge thereof: (a) the occurrence of any Default; (b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that involves a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (c) 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 a Material Adverse Effect; and (d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect. Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive 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 Information Regarding Collateral. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Party's legal name, as reflected in its organization documents, (ii) in any Loan Party's jurisdiction of organization or corporate structure and (iii) in any Loan Party's identity, Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organization number, if any, assigned by the jurisdiction of its organization. The Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) of the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Borrower also agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any damage to or destruction of Collateral that is uninsured and has a fair market value exceeding $10,000,000 occurs. (b) Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to clause (a) of Section 5.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer and the chief legal officer of the Borrower (i) setting forth the information required pursuant to Section 2 of the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection Certificate most recently delivered or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section and (ii) certifying that all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (i) above to the extent necessary to protect and perfect the security interests under the Collateral Agreement for a period of not less than 18 58 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period). Section 5.04 Existence; Conduct of Business. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries 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, contracts, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03 or any sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05. Section 5.05 Payment of Obligations. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its material Indebtedness and other material obligations, including Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (b) Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP. Section 5.06 Maintenance of Properties. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Section 5.07 Insurance. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (a) insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and (b) all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Documents. The Borrower will furnish to the Lenders, upon request of the Administrative Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained. Section 5.08 Casualty and Condemnation. The Borrower (a) will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage to any Collateral fairly valued at more than $10,000,000 or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any Collateral or any material part thereof or material interest therein under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding and (b) will ensure that the Net Proceeds of any such event (whether in the form of insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or otherwise) are collected and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Security Documents and this Agreement. Section 5.09 Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, 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. Section 5.10 Compliance with Laws. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, including Environmental Laws, and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it, its operations or its property, except where the 59 failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Section 5.11 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans will be used only for general corporate purposes of the Borrower. 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 U and X. Letters of Credit will be issued only to support obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred for general corporate purposes. Section 5.12 Additional Subsidiaries. If any additional Subsidiary is formed or acquired after the Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower will, within three Business Days after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within 10 Business Days after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary (if it is a Subsidiary Loan Party) and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party. Section 5.13 Further Assurances. (a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary Loan Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties; provided, that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement need not be satisfied with respect to (i) real properties owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with an individual fair market value (including fixtures and improvements) that is less than $10,000,000 and (ii) any real property held by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary as a lessee under a lease. Holdings and the Borrower also agree to provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents. (b) If any material asset (including any real property or improvements thereto or any interest therein) that has an individual fair market value of more than $10,000,000 is acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party after the Restatement Effective Date or owned by an entity at the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other than assets constituting Collateral under the Collateral Agreement that become subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agreement upon acquisition thereof), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, the Borrower will cause such asset to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties; provided, that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement need not be satisfied with respect to (i) real properties owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with an individual fair market value (including fixtures and improvements) that is less than $10,000,000, (ii) any real property held by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary as a lessee under a lease and (iii) other assets with respect to which the Agent determines that the cost or impracticability of including such assets as Collateral would be excessive in relation to the benefits to the Secured Parties. Section 5.14 Interest Rate Protection. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within 90 days after the Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower will enter into, and thereafter for a period of not less than three years will maintain in effect, one or more interest rate protection agreements 60 on such terms and with such parties as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the extent necessary to fix or limit the interest cost to the Borrower with respect to at least 33% of the Long-Term Indebtedness of Holdings and the Borrower (after taking into account all fixed-rate Long-Term Indebtedness, with the East Allocable Share of all Long-Term Indebtedness of Parent being deemed to be Long-Term Indebtedness of Holdings and the Borrower solely for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 5.14). Section 5.15 Transition of Qwest Billing. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain procedures and systems permitting the receivables billing and collection services performed for the Borrower by Qwest Corp. under the Billing and Collection Agreement to be assumed and conducted by the Borrower or a Subsidiary (or the Parent or a subsidiary of the Parent on behalf of the Borrower as one of the Shared Services) substantially equivalent to (and permitting such a transition within a timeframe no longer than that achievable under) the procedures and systems currently in effect that were implemented pursuant to Section 5.15 of the West Credit Agreement. 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 have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: Section 6.01 Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities. Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness or any Attributable Debt, except: (i) Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents and any Permitted Holdings Debt, Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness or other unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in each case to the extent the Net Proceeds thereof are used to refinance Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents; (ii) the Senior Subordinated Debt and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; (iii) the Senior Unsecured Debt and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; (iv) Indebtedness existing on the Original Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; (v) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04; (vi) Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any other Subsidiary; provided that Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04; 61 (vii) (A) Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount not greater than fees and expenses, including premium and defeasance costs, associated therewith) or result in a decreased average weighted life thereof; provided that (1) such Indebtedness or Attributable Debt is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (2) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness and Attributable Debt permitted by this clause (vii)(A) shall not exceed $30,000,000 at any time outstanding, (B) Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt in respect of the Equipment Sale-Leaseback not in excess of $15,000,000 at any time outstanding and (C) Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt in respect of the Headquarters Sale-Leaseback not in excess of $12,500,000 at any time outstanding; (viii) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Original Closing Date; provided that (A) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary (except to the extent such Indebtedness refinanced other Indebtedness to facilitate such entity becoming a Subsidiary) and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (viii) shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding; (ix) other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $50,000,000 at any time outstanding; (x) Third Party Interests issued by Securitization Vehicles in Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05, and Indebtedness represented by such Third Party Interests and Indebtedness consisting of Standard Securitization Undertakings, provided that the aggregate amount of such Third Party Interests shall not exceed $168,000,000 at any time outstanding; (xi) Permitted Holdings Debt, Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (and any related Permitted Subordinated Guarantee) and any other unsecured Indebtedness, in each case without any limitation as to amount so long as Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, with the Financial Covenants, and the Net Proceeds of such Indebtedness are applied to prepay Loans to the extent required by Section 2.11(c); (xii) Permitted Holdings Debt and Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (and any related Permitted Subordinated Guarantee) incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (1) such Indebtedness is incurred at the time of or within 90 days after consummation of such Permitted Acquisition and (2) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (xii) shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any time outstanding; and (xiii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Put Financing. (b) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, issue any preferred stock or other preferred Equity Interests, other thian (i) Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock of Holdings and (ii) Third Party Interests issued by Securitization Vehicles. 62 Section 6.02 Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, 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: (i) Liens created under the Loan Documents; (ii) Permitted Encumbrances; (iii) any Lien existing on the Original Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02 on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds) and (B) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average life thereof; (iv) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Original Closing Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (B) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds) and (C) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount not in excess of fees and expenses, including premium and defeasance costs, associated therewith) or result in a decreased average weighted life thereof; (v) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (vii) of Section 6.01(a), (B) 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, (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (D) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds); (vi) Liens in favor of any Securitization Vehicle or any collateral agent on Securitization Assets transferred or purported to be transferred to such Securitization Vehicle in connection with Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05; and (vii) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.02 securing obligations other than Indebtedness and involuntary Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.02 securing Indebtedness, which obligations and Indebtedness are in an aggregate amount not in excess of $20,000,000 at any time outstanding. (b) Holdings will not 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 thereof, except Liens created under the Collateral Agreement and Permitted Encumbrances. 63 Section 6.03 Fundamental Changes. (a) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, 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 shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Subsidiary may merge into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a wholly-owned Subsidiary and, if any party to such merger is a Subsidiary Loan Party, a Subsidiary Loan Party, (iii) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person in order to effect a Permitted Acquisition and (iv) any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) 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 is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04. (b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than a Permitted Business. (c) Holdings will not engage in any business or activity other than the ownership of all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Borrower and activities incidental thereto. Holdings will not own or acquire any assets (other than shares of capital stock of the Borrower, cash and Permitted Investments) or incur any liabilities (other than liabilities under the Loan Documents, obligations of Holdings in respect of Permitted Holdings Debt, obligations under any employment agreement, stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, liabilities imposed by law, including tax liabilities, and other liabilities incidental to its existence and permitted business and activities). Section 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Investment, except: (a) the East Acquisition; (b) Permitted Investments; (c) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.04; (d) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in Equity Interests in (i) Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Loan Parties immediately prior to the time of such Investments and (ii) Foreign Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of investments by Loan Parties in, loans and advances by Loan Parties to, and Guarantees by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of, Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (including all such investments, loans, advances and Guarantees existing on the Original Closing Date but excluding any such Investments made after the Original Closing Date with Designated Equity Proceeds) shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding; (e) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (A) any such loans and advances made to a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the Affiliate Subordination Agreement and shall be evidenced by a promissory note pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and (B) the amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to 64 Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties shall be subject to the limitation set forth in clause (d) above; (f) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; provided that (i) a Subsidiary shall not Guarantee either the Senior Subordinated Debt or the Senior Unsecured Debt unless (A) such Subsidiary also has Guaranteed the Obligations pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, (B) such Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Debt is subordinated to such Guarantee of the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination provisions of the Senior Subordinated Debt and (C) such Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Debt and Senior Unsecured Debt provides for the release and termination thereof, without action by any party, upon any release and termination of such Guarantee of the Obligations, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party shall be subject to the limitation set forth in clause (d) above; (g) Permitted Acquisitions, provided that such Permitted Acquisitions shall be made (i) for consideration consisting of common stock of the Parent or Holdings or Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock or with Designated Equity Proceeds or, (ii) to the extent not made for such stock consideration or with Designated Equity Proceeds, for other consideration provided that the aggregate cumulative amount of such other consideration paid after the Original Closing Date for all such Permitted Acquisitions (including any Indebtedness of any acquired entity existing immediately after consummation of such acquisition or repaid or assumed by Holdings or a Subsidiary in connection therewith) shall not exceed $200,000,000 or, if at the time of and after giving pro forma effect to any such Permitted Acquisition, the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio would be less than 5.00 to 1.00, $300,000,000; (h) investments (including debt obligations and equity securities) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business; (i) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business; (j) Investments consisting of non-cash consideration received in respect of sales, transfers or other dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Section 6.05; (k) Swap Agreements entered into in compliance with Section 6.07; (l) loans and advances by the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries to their employees in the ordinary course of business and for bona fide business purposes in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $10,000,000; (m) Investments consisting of Sellers' Retained Interests in Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05; and (n) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and any other Person (other than Foreign Subsidiaries) made with Designated Equity Proceeds or, to the extent not made with Designated Equity Proceeds, in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $50,000,000. Section 6.05 Asset Sales. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it and any sale of Securitization Assets in connection with a Securitization, nor will the Borrower permit any of it Subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, except: 65 (a) sales of (x) inventory and (y) used, surplus, obsolete or worn-out equipment and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business; (b) sales, transfers and dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance with Section 6.09; (c) sales of receivables on substantially the same terms that the receivables are purchased by Qwest Corp. pursuant to the Billing and Collection Agreement as in effect on the Original Closing Date prior to November 1, 2004, and thereafter as in effect on November 1, 2004, including sales of receivables pursuant to and in accordance with the Billing and Collection Agreement; (d) sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 6.06; (e) Permitted Asset Swaps; (f) sales, transfers and dispositions of any Equity Interests in any Unrestricted Subsidiary to Persons other than the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (g) sales of Securitization Assets to one or more Securitization Vehicles in Securitizations; provided that (i) each such Securitization is effected on market terms as reasonably determined by the management of the Borrower, (ii) the aggregate amount of Third Party Interests in respect of all such Securitizations does not exceed $168,000,000 at any time outstanding, (iii) the proceeds to each such Securitization Vehicle from the issuance of Third Party Interests are applied substantially simultaneously with receipt thereof to the purchase from the Borrower or Subsidiaries of Securitization Assets and an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds from each such Securitization is applied to the mandatory repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.11(c) and (iv) the Equity Interests and Sellers' Retained Interests in respect of each such Securitization Vehicle shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent under the Collateral Agreement; (h) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in a Subsidiary) that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section; provided that the aggregate cumulative fair market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of after the Original Closing Date in reliance upon this clause (h) shall not exceed $200,000,000; and (i) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets utilized in connection with Shared Services Assets and Operations to RHD Corp. or a subsidiary thereof in connection with the provision by RHD Corp. or such subsidiary of Shared Services; provided that (x) all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby (other than pursuant to clauses (a)(y), (b) and (e) above) shall be made for at least 75% cash consideration or, in the case of Permitted Investments, sales of receivables or sale and leaseback transactions, 100% cash consideration, and (y) all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by clauses (a) and (h) above shall be made for fair value. Section 6.06 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially 66 the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except (a) for the Equipment Sale-Leaseback, the Headquarters Sale-Leaseback and any other such sale of any fixed or capital assets that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the cost of such fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after the Borrower or such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset and (b) in each case, to the extent all Capital Lease Obligations, Attributable Debt and Liens associated with such sale and leaseback transaction are permitted by Sections 6.01(a)(vii) and 6.02(a)(v) (treating the property subject thereto as being subject to a Lien securing the related Attributable Debt, in the case of a sale and leaseback not accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation). Section 6.07 Swap Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements required by Section 5.14, (b) Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities, (c) Swap Agreements required by any Securitization and (d) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary. Section 6.08 Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except (i) Holdings may declare and pay dividends with respect to its capital stock payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, (ii) Subsidiaries of the Borrower may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their capital stock, Holdings and the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management, employees or Associated Employees (including former employees and former Associated Employees) of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that the amount thereof, taken together with any payments or transfers of cash, assets or debt securities pursuant to clause (f) of Section 6.09, do not exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year, provided no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings (x) within the 30-day period prior to any payment date for interest on Permitted Holdings Debt and any Put Financing Indebtedness of Holdings (contingent or otherwise) in the amount of such interest payment and (y) at any time in such amounts as may be necessary to permit Holdings to pay its expenses and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course (other than payments in respect of Indebtedness or Restricted Payments), provided no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings, and Holdings may, in turn, make such Restricted Payments to the Parent, (A) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower and (B) so long as the Pro Forma RP Coverage Ratio is not less than 1.05 to 1.00 and, if on the date of such Restricted Payment the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is less than 5.00 to 1.00, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Borrower less the amount of any other Designated Excess Cash Expenditures made with such Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow, Restricted Payments in amounts as shall be necessary to make Tax Payments to the extent not disallowed by Section 6.14; provided that all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (vi) are used by the Parent or Holdings for the purpose specified in clause (vi) within 30 days of receipt thereof, provided that no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings, and Holdings may, in turn, pay such dividends to the Parent to enable RHD Corp. to (A) repurchase its common stock and (B) pay cash dividends on its common stock, in an aggregate amount for the preceding clauses (A) and (B) during any fiscal year not to exceed, if the Leverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment) for the period of four 67 consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Restricted Payment is (w) greater than 4.00 to 1.0, 10% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year, (x) greater than 3.50 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.0, 20% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year, (y) greater than 3.00 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0, 30% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year and (z) less than 3.00 to 1.0, 50% of Excess Cash Flow for the previous year, provided that no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may from time to time pay cash dividends to Holdings and Holdings may, in turn, use the proceeds thereof to pay cash dividends to the Parent, in each case in an amount not in excess of the East Allocable Share of regularly scheduled cash interest payable during the next period of 30 days on any Put Financing Indebtedness of Parent and any Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, provided, however, that (A) any such dividends relating to any such cash interest payment must be paid not earlier than 30 days prior to the date when such cash interest is required to be paid by the Parent and the proceeds must (except to the extent prohibited by applicable subordination provisions) be applied by the Parent to the payment of such interest when due and (B) in the case of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, no payment of dividends may be made pursuant to this clause (viii) in respect of the East Allocable Share of cash interest on such Indebtedness other than Base QPI unless the Interest Coverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such dividend payment) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such dividend payment is not less than 1.75 to 1.00, (ix) the Borrower may from time to time pay cash dividends to Holdings and Holdings may, in turn, use the proceeds thereof to pay cash dividends to the Parent, in each case in an amount not in excess of the amount necessary to repurchase the Existing Parent Notes pursuant to the Change in Control Offers, and (x) provided that no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may from time to time pay cash dividends to Holdings, and Holdings may, in turn, use the proceeds thereof to pay cash dividends to the Parent, in each case in an amount not in excess of the RHD Allocable Share of regularly scheduled cash interest payable during the next period of 30 days on the outstanding Indebtedness of RHD Corp., provided, however, that (A) any such dividends relating to any such cash interest payment must be paid not earlier than 30 days prior to the date when such cash interest is required to be paid by RHD Corp. and the proceeds must (except to the extent prohibited by applicable subordination provisions, if any) be applied by RHD Corp. to the payment of such interest when due, (B) no payment of dividends may be made pursuant to this clause (x) in respect of the RHD Allocable Share of cash interest on such Indebtedness other than Base RHD Indebtedness unless the Interest Coverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such dividend payment) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such dividend payment is not less than 1.75 to 1.00 and (C) at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness (other than Base RHD Indebtedness outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date), and after giving effect thereto, the RHD Leverage Ratio shall not have exceeded 7.25 to 1.00. (b) The Parent, Holdings and the Borrower will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness, except: (i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents; (ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness (including any Put Financing Indebtedness), other than payments in respect of the Senior Subordinated Debt, Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness, Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt or other subordinated Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof; 68 (iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.01; (iv) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; (v) prepayment of Capital Lease Obligations in an aggregate cumulative amount from and after the Original Closing Date not exceeding $5,000,000; (vi) Optional Repurchases of other Indebtedness involving cumulative expenditures in any fiscal year not in excess of an amount equal to the Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding fiscal year less the amount of other Designated Excess Cash Expenditures made with such Borrower's Portion of Excess Cash Flow, provided, however, that on the date of each such Optional Repurchase the Pro Forma Leverage Ratio is less than 5.00 to 1.00; (vii) Optional Repurchases of other Indebtedness involving expenditures in an amount not in excess of (x) that portion of the Net Proceeds (or Allocable Net Proceeds, as the case may be) from any Equity Issuance (or portion thereof) in respect of which the Required Percentage is 50% which is not required to be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(c) and (y) 50% of the Net Proceeds (or Allocable Net Proceeds, as the case may be) from any Equity Issuance (or portion thereof) in respect of which the Required Percentage is 0%; provided, however, that (I) such Optional Repurchases are effected within 180 days of the receipt of the Net Proceeds (or Allocable Net Proceeds) from the relevant Equity Issuance and (II) in the case of Optional Repurchases made pursuant to clause (y), the Borrower makes the related mandatory prepayment of Term Borrowings required by Section 2.11(e); and (viii) repurchases of the Existing Notes pursuant to the Change in Control Offers. (c) The Parent, Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, furnish any funds to, make any Investment in, or provide other consideration to any other Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) for purposes of enabling such Person to, or otherwise permit any such Person to, make any Restricted Payment or other payment or distribution restricted by this Section that could not be made directly by Holdings or the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, 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) transactions that do not involve Holdings or any of its subsidiaries that are not Subsidiaries and are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm's-length basis from unrelated third parties; provided that such transactions, if not in the ordinary course of business, are set forth in writing and have been approved by a majority of the members of the Governing Board of the Borrower having no personal stake in such transactions, and, if such transaction involves an amount in excess of $20,000,000, has been determined by a nationally recognized appraisal or investment banking firm to be fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties not involving any other Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08, (d) the sale of receivables on substantially the same terms that the Borrower Receivables are purchased by Qwest Corp. pursuant to the Billing and Collection Agreement as in effect on the Original Closing Date or on or before November 1, 2004, and thereafter as in effect on November 1, 2004, (e) the payment of reasonable fees to directors of Holdings or the Borrower who are not employees of the 69 Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (f) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans for employees or Associated Employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which, in each case, have been approved by the Governing Board of the Borrower, provided that any payments of cash or transfers of debt securities or assets pursuant to this clause (f), taken together with Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(iii), shall not exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower, (g) the existence of, or performance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any tax sharing agreement permitted under Section 6.14 to which it is a party as of the Original Closing Date, (h) Shared Services Payments made to the Parent and/or RHD Corp. not less frequently than quarterly pursuant to procedures (including procedures for allocating reimbursable costs) approved as being fair and reasonable by a majority of the members of the Governing Board of the Borrower, (i) transfers of assets utilized in connection with Shared Services Assets and Operations to RHD Corp. (or a subsidiary of RHD Corp.) in connection with the provision of Shared Services by RHD Corp. or such subsidiary to RHD Inc. and/or Parent and their respective subsidiaries, (j) transactions between RHD Inc. and/or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, for which the reimbursement or consideration represents an allocation on a fair and reasonable basis to such person provided that, such allocation represents an amount no less than cost, (k) transactions under the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement, including payments thereunder to the West Borrower or to the Employee Company in respect of Associated Employees, (l) sales of Securitization Assets to Securitization Vehicles and other transactions effected as part of Securitizations permitted by Section 6.05, and (m) arrangements pursuant to which payments by Qwest for advertising in directories that were committed to be made in connection with the East Acquisition and the acquisition by the West Borrower of Qwest's directories services business in the West Territories are allocated approximately 42% to the Borrower and approximately 58% to the West Borrower (without regard to the directories in which such advertising is actually placed). Section 6.10 Restrictive Agreements. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets to the Secured Parties securing the Obligations, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document, Senior Subordinated Debt Document or Senior Unsecured Debt Document, (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 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) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to any Put Financing, any Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, any Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, any Permitted Holdings Debt or any indebtedness of RHD Corp., (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and the proceeds thereof, (vi) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment thereof, (vii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement related to any Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired by Holdings (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (viii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any 70 agreement related to the refinancing of Indebtedness, provided that the terms of any such restrictions or conditions are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the restrictions or conditions contained in the predecessor agreements, (ix) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions contained in any documents relating to any Securitizations, provided that such restrictions only apply to the applicable Securitization Vehicle and its assets and (x) the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in joint venture agreements. Section 6.11 Change in Business. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than a Permitted Business. Without limiting the foregoing, Holdings shall not engage in any business or conduct any activity other than holding the capital stock of the Borrower, and activities reasonably related thereto. Section 6.12 Fiscal Year. Each of Holdings and the Borrower shall not change its fiscal year for accounting and financial reporting purposes to end on any date other than December 31. Section 6.13 Amendment of Material Documents. (a) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under (i) any Senior Subordinated Debt Document, (ii) any Senior Unsecured Debt Document, (iii) the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement, (iv) the IP License Agreement or (v) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents if, taken as a whole, such amendment, modification or waiver is adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders. (b) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit the Parent or any Subsidiary to, amend, modify, waive or terminate any of its rights under (i) the East Acquisition Agreement or any of the Core Qwest Agreements, (ii) the tax sharing agreement described in Section 6.14 (iii) the Parent Acquisition Agreement, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above to the extent that, taken as a whole, such amendment, modification, waiver or termination is adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders and in the case of clause (iii) above, in a manner that is material and adverse to the Lenders without the consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Section 6.14 Tax Payments. Except pursuant to a tax sharing agreement having customary terms and conditions which has been approved by the Arrangers (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (i) make payments in respect of Applicable Taxes (whether owed by them or any other Person) in amounts (in the aggregate for Holdings and the Subsidiaries) in excess of those that would be payable by (or at times other than when such taxes would be payable by) Holdings and the Subsidiaries as a separate consolidated group for tax purposes or (ii) provide funds to the Parent or any Affiliates of the Parent (other than Holdings and the Subsidiaries) for the payment of Applicable Taxes of members of any consolidated tax group including the Parent or Holdings and the Subsidiaries in amounts in excess of, or at times other than, those permitted by clause (i) above. Section 6.15 Interest Coverage Ratio. Holdings and the Borrower will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of a fiscal quarter set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite such date:
Fiscal Quarter Ended Ratio - -------------------- ------------ March 31, 2006 1.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2006 1.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2006 1.50 to 1.00
71 Fiscal Quarter Ended Ratio - -------------------- ------------ December 31, 2006 1.50 to 1.00 March 31, 2007 1.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2007 1.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2007 1.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2007 1.50 to 1.00 March 31, 2008 1.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2008 1.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2008 1.50 to 1.00 December 31, 2008 1.75 to 1.00 March 31, 2009 1.75 to 1.00
Section 6.16 [Reserved]. Section 6.17 Leverage Ratio. Holdings and the Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of a fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such date:
Fiscal Quarter Ended Ratio - -------------------- ------------ March 31, 2006 5.25 to 1.00 June 30, 2006 5.25 to 1.00 September 30, 2006 5.25 to 1.00 December 31, 2006 5.25 to 1.00 March 31, 2007 5.25 to 1.00 June 30, 2007 5.25 to 1.00 September 30, 2007 5.25 to 1.00 December 31, 2007 5.00 to 1.00 March 31, 2008 5.00 to 1.00 June 30, 2008 5.00 to 1.00 September 30, 2008 5.00 to 1.00 December 31, 2008 4.75 to 1.00 March 31, 2009 4.75 to 1.00
Section 6.18 Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. Holdings and the Borrower will not permit the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of a fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such date:
Fiscal Quarter Ended Ratio - -------------------- ------------ March 31, 2006 3.75 to 1.00 June 30, 2006 3.75 to 1.00 September 30, 2006 3.75 to 1.00 December 31, 2006 3.75 to 1.00 March 31, 2007 3.75 to 1.00 June 30, 2007 3.75 to 1.00 September 30, 2007 3.75 to 1.00 December 31, 2007 3.50 to 1.00 March 31, 2008 3.50 to 1.00 June 30, 2008 3.50 to 1.00 September 30, 2008 3.50 to 1.00
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Fiscal Quarter Ended Ratio - -------------------- ------------ December 31, 2008 3.50 to 1.00 March 31, 2009 3.50 to 1.00
Section 6.19 [Reserved]. Section 6.20 Collections, Funds and Permitted Investments. Holdings and the Borrower (a) will at all times cause all payments in respect of accounts receivable of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (including but not limited to purchase price payments under the Billing and Collection Agreement) and all other cash payments to or for the benefit of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (collectively, "Receipts") to be deposited directly into bank accounts (including lockbox accounts) in respect of which no Affiliate of the Borrower (other than a Subsidiary Loan Party or, in the case of funds of Foreign Subsidiaries, Foreign Subsidiaries) has any interest or claim (collectively, "Borrower Bank Accounts") and (b) will not cause or permit Receipts to be commingled at any time with funds owned (beneficially or otherwise) by, or subject to claims of, any Affiliate of the Borrower other than a Subsidiary Loan Party or, in the case of Receipts of Foreign Subsidiaries, Foreign Subsidiaries (including without limitation, the Parent or any subsidiary of the Parent other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries). Holdings and the Borrower will at all times cause all cash and Permitted Investments owned or held by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to be held only in Borrower Bank Accounts and in securities accounts over which no Affiliate of the Borrower (other than a Subsidiary Loan Party or, in the case of cash and Permitted Investments of Foreign Subsidiaries, Foreign Subsidiaries) has any interest or claim. Section 6.21 Parent Covenants. (a) The Parent will not engage in any business or activity other than the ownership of outstanding shares of capital stock of Holdings and West Holdings, the issuance and sale of its common stock, Non-Cash Pay Preferred Stock, Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, any Put Financing Indebtedness and, to the extent permitted hereby, Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, the ownership of Shared Services Assets and Operations, the provision of Shared Services and, in each case, activities incidental thereto. The Parent will not own or acquire any assets (other than shares of capital stock of Holdings and West Holdings, assets constituting Shared Services Assets and Operations, cash and Permitted Investments) or incur any liabilities (other than Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, any Put Financing Indebtedness and, to the extent permitted hereby, Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, ordinary course trade payables, employee compensation liabilities (including, without limitation, loans and advances to employees in the ordinary course of business) and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course in connection with the provision of Shared Services by the Parent or any subsidiary of the Parent, liabilities under the Loan Documents, liabilities under the West Credit Facilities substantially equivalent to those under Section 6.21(b), liabilities imposed by law, including tax liabilities, and other liabilities incidental to the maintenance of its existence and permitted activities). The Parent will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than Permitted Encumbrances. The Parent shall not in any event incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness for borrowed money other than (i) Parent Non-Cash Pay Debt, (ii) any Put Financing Indebtedness and (iii) Qualifying Parent Indebtedness; provided, however, that in the case of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness, other than Initial Base QPI, the QPI Issuance Conditions are satisfied at the time of any such issuance of Qualifying Parent Indebtedness; provided, further, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is expressly understood and agreed that the Parent shall not be personally liable under the Parent Pledge Agreement and the Agent on behalf of itself and each Secured Party agrees to look solely to the Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement) for satisfaction of the Parent's obligations under the Parent Pledge Agreement. 73 (b) In the event and on each occasion that the Parent receives any East Acquisition Agreement Recovery, it will, not later than five Business Days after receipt thereof, contribute the full amount of such East Acquisition Agreement Recovery to the common capital of Holdings (unless such amount shall have previously been contributed to the common capital of West Holdings pursuant to Section 6.22(b) of the West Credit Agreement), or utilize the full amount of such East Acquisition Agreement Recovery to purchase Equity Interests of Holdings (or the Equity Interests of West Holdings pursuant to Section 6.22(b) of the West Credit Agreement). Promptly after receiving the proceeds of any capital contribution from, or from the purchase of its Equity Interests by, the Parent pursuant to this paragraph, Holdings will contribute the full amount thereof to the common capital of the Borrower. Promptly after receiving payment from any West Entity with respect to the provision by Holdings or any of its subsidiaries of Shared Services to any West Entity, Parent will contribute the full amount of such payment to the common capital of Holdings and, if such Shared Services were performed by a subsidiary of Holdings, Holdings will contribute such amount to the Borrower. (c) The Parent will ensure that any Shared Services Payments made by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to the Parent represent only reimbursement for cash expenses actually incurred by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) (including accrued costs payable in cash by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) within the 30-day period after its receipt of a Shared Services Payment) that are directly attributable to the provision of Shared Services to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or, if not directly attributable to such Shared Services, are not directly attributable to Shared Services provided to any other Persons and represent a fair and equitable allocation of such out-of-pocket expenses that are not so directly attributable among the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and all other Persons, on the other hand, to which the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) provides Shared Services (including the West Borrower and its subsidiaries (including "unrestricted subsidiaries" permitted by the West Credit Facilities) and any Unrestricted Subsidiaries). Shared Services Payments will not in any event include payments in respect of trade payables incurred in connection with the conduct of the Permitted Businesses of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (including, for example, payables relating to printing costs, distribution costs, and costs of inventory, paper and other raw materials), which shall be incurred and paid directly by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (it being understood, however, that trade payables of the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) incurred in the ordinary course relating to assets included in the Shared Services Assets and Operations or the provision of Shared Services may be incurred by the Parent or RHD Corp., as the case may be, or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Holdings, RHD Inc. or any of their respective subsidiaries) and reimbursed as Shared Services Payments in accordance herewith). The Parent will invoice the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for Shared Services Payments on a periodic basis, not less frequently than quarterly. The Parent will from time to time provide the Administrative Agent with such analyses and other information regarding Shared Services Payments, including with respect to attributions and allocations of costs and expenses to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Section 6.22 Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. (a) Holdings may not designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and Holdings may after the Original Closing Date designate any other newly formed or acquired subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Agreement (a "Designation") only if: (i) such subsidiary does not own any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary; 74 (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such Designation; (iii) after giving effect to such Designation and any related Investment to be made in such designated subsidiary by Holdings or any Subsidiary (which shall in any event include any existing Investment in such Person at the time it is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary), (A) any such existing Investment and related Investment would comply with Section 6.04 and (B) Holdings and the Subsidiaries would be in compliance with each of the Financial Covenants, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such Designation and Investment had occurred immediately prior to the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended; and (iv) Holdings has delivered to the Administrative Agent (A) written notice of such Designation and (B) a certificate, dated the effective date of such Designation, of a Financial Officer stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants in accordance with paragraph (iii) above. (b) Neither Holdings nor any Subsidiary shall at any time (i) provide a Guarantee of any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (ii) be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or (iii) be directly or indirectly liable for any other Indebtedness which provides that the holder thereof may (upon notice, lapse of time or both) declare a default thereon (or cause such Indebtedness or the payment thereof to be accelerated, payable or subject to repurchase prior to its final scheduled maturity) upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any other Indebtedness that is Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, except in the case of clause (i) or (ii) to the extent permitted under Section 6.01 and 6.04 hereof. Each Designation shall be irrevocable, and no Unrestricted Subsidiary may become a Subsidiary, be merged with or into Holdings or any Subsidiary or liquidate into or transfer substantially all its assets to Holdings or any Subsidiary. Section 6.23 Employee Outsourcing Arrangements. In the event of any bankruptcy or insolvency of the West Borrower while the Employee Cost Sharing Agreement is in effect, the Borrower will, unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent, use its commercially reasonable efforts (including by exercising such rights as are legally available to it under such agreement) to directly employ all Associated Employees as soon as practicable. Section 6.24 Commingling of Accounts. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will not, nor will it cause or permit any Subsidiary to, commingle amounts relating to Securitization Assets sold pursuant to a Securitization with cash or any other amounts of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries other than the temporary commingling of collections on and proceeds of any accounts receivable or related assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case as may be necessary to identify and sort such collections and proceeds. ARTICLE VII 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; 75 (b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days; (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any certificate furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; (d) the Parent, Holdings or the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.04 (with respect to the existence of Holdings or the Borrower), 5.11 or in Article VI; (e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will promptly be given at the request of any Lender); (f) Holdings, the Borrower or any 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 (after giving effect to any applicable grace period specified in the agreement or instrument governing such Indebtedness); (g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) (i) shall not apply to (A) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (B) repurchases of the Existing Notes pursuant to the Change in Control Offers and (ii) shall give effect to any notice required or grace period provided in the agreement or instrument governing such relevant Material Indebtedness, but shall not give effect to any waiver granted by the holders of such relevant Material Indebtedness after the giving of such notice or during such applicable grace period; (h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; (i) Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any 76 Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding that would entitle the other party or parties to an order for relief, (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) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $20,000,000 (net of amounts covered by insurance) shall be rendered against Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment; (k) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (l) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral having, in the aggregate, a value in excess of $10,000,000, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document, except (i) as a result of the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents or (ii) as a result of the Agent's failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Collateral Agreement; (m) a Change in Control shall occur; (n) any Guarantee under the Collateral Agreement for any reason shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms), or any Guarantor shall assert in writing that the Collateral Agreement or any Guarantee thereunder has ceased to be or is not enforceable; or (o) the material breach of, or loss of rights under, any Core Qwest Agreement that has resulted in a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of the Required Lenders, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole, 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 with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, 77 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 or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower. ARTICLE VIII THE AGENT Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as its agent and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Agent hereunder. The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity (other than as Agent). The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The 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 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 78 liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The 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 Agent. The 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 each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to the Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and such consent not to be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the 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 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 other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto authorizes the Agent to enter into customary intercreditor agreements in connection with Securitizations permitted under this Agreement. ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS Section 9.01 Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, 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: 79 (i) if to Holdings or the Borrower, to it at Dex Media East, Inc., 198 Inverness Drive West, Englewood, Colorado 80112 Attention of Chief Executive Officer (Telecopy No. (303) 784-1964); (ii) if to the Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 1111 Fannin, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Maryann Bui (Telecopy No. (713) 750-2358), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention of James Stone (Telecopy No. (212) 270-0213); (iii) if to the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 1111 Fannin, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Maryann Bui (Telecopy No. (713) 750-2358), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention of James Stone (Telecopy No. (212) 270-0213); and (iv) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire. (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 9.02 Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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 Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party 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 Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. (b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender 80 without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement held by any Lender or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of such Lender, (iii) postpone the maturity of any Lender's Loan, or any scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Lender's Term Loan under Section 2.10, or the required date of reimbursement of any LC Disbursement held by any Lender, or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable to any Lender 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 such Lender, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or change the last sentence of Section 2.08(c) in a manner which would alter the pro rata reduction of Commitments thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as the case may be), (vi) release Holdings or any Subsidiary Loan Party from its Guarantee under the Collateral Agreement (except as expressly provided in the Collateral Agreement), or limit its liability in respect of such Guarantee, without the written consent of each Lender, (vii) release all or any substantial part of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender, (viii) change any provisions of any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments due to Lenders holding Loans of any Class differently than those holding Loans of any other Class, without the written consent of Lenders holding a majority in interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each affected Class or (ix) limit the rights of the Tranche B Lenders to decline mandatory prepayments as provided in Section 2.11, without the written consent of Tranche B Lenders holding a majority of the outstanding Tranche B Loans; provided, further that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of the Revolving Lenders (but not the Tranche A Lenders and Tranche B Lenders), the Tranche A Lenders (but not the Revolving Lenders and Tranche B Lenders) or the Tranche B Lenders (but not the Revolving Lenders and Tranche A Lenders) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Agent (and, if their rights or obligations are affected thereby, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender) if (i) by the terms of such agreement the Commitment of each Lender not consenting to the amendment provided for therein shall terminate upon the effectiveness of such amendment and (ii) at the time such amendment becomes effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement. (c) If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of or to any of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by clauses (i) through (ix), inclusive, of the first proviso to Section 9.02(b), the consent of Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 66-2/3% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the Borrower shall have the right, so long as all non-consenting Lenders whose individual consent is required are treated as described in either clause (i) or (ii) below, to either (i) replace each such non-consenting Lender or Lenders (or, at the option of the Borrower if any such Lender's consent is required with respect to less than all Classes of Loans (or related Commitments), to replace only the Commitments and/or Loans of any such non-consenting 81 Lender that gave rise to the need to obtain such Lender's individual consent) with one or more assignees pursuant to, and with the effect of an assignment under, Section 2.19 so long as at the time of such replacement, each such assignee consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination or (ii) terminate such non-consenting Lender's Commitment (if such Lender's consent is required as a result of its Commitment) and/or repay each Class of outstanding Loans of such Lender that gave rise to the need to obtain such Lender's consent and/or cash collateralize its LC Exposure, in accordance with Section 2.05(j); provided (A) that, unless the Commitments that are terminated and Loans that are repaid pursuant to the preceding clause (ii) are immediately replaced in full at such time through the addition of new Lenders or the increase of the Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of existing Lenders (who in each case must specifically consent thereto), then in the case of any action pursuant to the preceding clause (ii), Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 66-2/3% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time (determined after giving effect to the proposed action) shall specifically consent thereto and (B) any such replacement or termination transaction described above shall be effective on the date notice is given of the relevant transaction and shall have a settlement date no earlier than five Business Days and no later than 90 days after the relevant transaction; provided further that the Borrower shall not have the right to replace a Lender, terminate its Commitment or repay its Loans solely as a result of the exercise of such Lender's rights (and the withholding of any required consent by such Lender) pursuant to the second proviso to Section 9.02(b). Section 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of (a) a single transaction and documentation counsel for the Agent and the Arrangers and (b) such other local counsel and special counsel as may be required in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Arrangers, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of the Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, (including the fees, charges and disbursements of (a) a single transaction and documentation counsel for the Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Bank and any Lender and (b) such other local counsel and special counsel as may be required in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Arrangers) in connection with documentary taxes or the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit. (b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Bank 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 (a) a single transaction and documentation counsel for any Indemnitee and (b) such other local counsel and special counsel as may be required in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Arrangers, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions 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 Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with 82 the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any Mortgaged Property or any other property currently or formerly 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 or prospective 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; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee. (c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 asserted against the Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at the time. (d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, neither Holdings nor the Borrower shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement 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 not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. Section 9.04 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 Bank 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. 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 Bank 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 Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. (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 (x) for an assignment by a Revolving Lender to an existing Revolving Lender or an assignment of Term Loans to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, (y) if an 83 Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and (B) the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an assignment of all or a portion of any Lender's obligations in respect of its LC Exposure, the Issuing Bank), provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall be required for an assignment of Term Loans to an assignee that is a Lender immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund. (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following conditions: (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment, the amount of the Commitment 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 $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII 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, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans; (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 (it being understood that only a single processing and recordation fee of $3,500 will be payable with respect to any multiple assignments to or by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund pursuant to clause (ii)(A) above, each of which is individually less than $1,000,000, that are simultaneously consummated); and (D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire. For purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term "Approved Fund" has the following meaning: "Approved Fund" means any Person (other than an natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) any entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender. (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 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any 84 assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 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, which register shall indicate that each lender is entitled to interest paid with respect to such Loans and LC Disbursements (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. (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, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(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 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 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 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. (ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower's prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender. 85 (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 9.05 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents 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 Bank 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 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 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 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (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, the other Loan Documents 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. This Agreement shall become effective when the conditions set forth in Section 4 of the Agreement to Amend and Restate shall have been satisfied, 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 9.07 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. Section 9.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, 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 against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower 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 such Lender may have. 86 Section 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. (b) Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, 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 New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against Holdings, the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. (c) Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, 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 or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. (d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. Section 9.10 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, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT 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 9.11 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. Section 9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by 87 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 any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any pledgee referred to in Section 9.04(d) or (iii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Holdings or the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, "Information" means all information received from Holdings or the Borrower relating to Holdings or the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings or the Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from Holdings or the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary or in any other written or oral understanding or agreement to which the parties hereto are parties or by which they are bound, the parties to this Agreement agree that (i) any obligations of confidentiality contained herein and therein do not apply and have not applied from the commencement of discussions between the parties to the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and (ii) each party (and any employee, representative or other agent of such party) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax structure; provided that tax treatment and tax structure shall not include the identity of any existing or future party (or any affiliate of such party) to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and provided further that each party recognizes that the privilege each has to maintain, in its sole discretion, the confidentiality of a communication relating to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, including a confidential communication with its attorney or a confidential communication with a federally authorized tax practitioner under Section 7525 of the Code, is not intended to be affected by the foregoing. Section 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the "Charges"), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan 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 or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender. Section 9.14 Termination or Release. (a) At such time as the Loans, the Borrower's obligations to reimburse the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(e) for LC Disbursements, all accrued interest and fees under this Agreement, and all other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than (i) obligations under Sections 2.15, 2.17 and 9.03 that are not then due and payable and (ii) obligations in 88 respect of outstanding Letters of Credit) shall have been paid in full in cash, the Commitments have been terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have been discharged or cash collateralized to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent and Issuing Bank (each of which shall have confirmed such satisfaction by written notice to the Borrower), the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive termination) of the Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person. (b) A Subsidiary Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Collateral Agreement and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower. (c) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Loan Party of any Collateral that is permitted under this Agreement to any Person that is not a Loan Party, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted by the Collateral Agreement in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02 of this Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released. (d) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 9.14, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Loan Party at such Loan Party's expense all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 9.14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent or any Lender. Section 9.15 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Parent, Holdings and 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 "USA Patriot Act"), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Parent, Holdings and the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Parent, Holdings and the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Parent, Holdings and the Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. 89 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. DEX MEDIA EAST, INC., by ____________________________________ Name: Title: DEX MEDIA EAST LLC, by ____________________________________ Name: Title: DEX MEDIA, INC., by ____________________________________ Name: Title: 90 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent, by ____________________________________ Name: Title:
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