-----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, Woc3Rr9ToKpqEBOIsWXxTwSKkiRVYLGKCL97CZQ2NfalbP4UKDhkYWdjo9nj4sCb 9pnmjLuMg75HIfwmzrKLAA== 0001144204-10-047158.txt : 20100827 0001144204-10-047158.hdr.sgml : 20100827 20100827165417 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-10-047158 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 12 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100827 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100827 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MICROS SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000320345 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 521101488 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0826 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-09993 FILM NUMBER: 101044602 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7031 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE CITY: COLUMBIA STATE: MD ZIP: 21046-2289 BUSINESS PHONE: 4432856000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7031 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE CITY: COLUMBIA STATE: MD ZIP: 21046-2289 10-K 1 v195421_10k.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

x           ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2010

OR

¨           TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Transition Period From ____________to__________

Commission File Number 0-9993

MICROS SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
52-1101488
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
7031 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046-2289
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

443-285-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class
 
Name of Exchange
Common Stock, par value $0.025 per share
 
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
YES þ    NO o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
YES o    NO þ

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

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

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

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

 
Large accelerated filer þ
 
Accelerated filer o
 
Non-accelerated filer o
 
Smaller Reporting Company o

 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

YES  o    NO þ

The aggregate market value of the common equity (all of which is voting) held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold as of December 30, 2009 was $2,456,870,905.

At the close of business on July 31, 2010, there were issued and outstanding 80,107,423 shares of Registrant’s Common Stock at $0.025 par value.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The definitive proxy statement relating to the registrant’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be held November 19, 2010, is incorporated by reference in Part III to the extent described therein.

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
     
Page No.
         
PART I
       
         
Item 1.
 
Business
 
  3
Item 1A.
 
Risk Factors
 
16
Item 1B.
 
Unresolved Staff Comments
 
19
Item 2.
 
Properties
 
19
Item 3.
 
Legal Proceedings
 
20
         
PART II
       
         
Item 5.
 
Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
21
Item 6.
 
Selected Financial Data
 
22
Item 7.
 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
23
Item 7A.
 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
37
Item 8.
 
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
 
37
Item 9.
 
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
 
37
Item 9A.
 
Controls and Procedures
 
37
Item 9B.
 
Other Information
 
37
         
PART III
       
         
Item 10.
 
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
 
38
Item 11.
 
Executive Compensation
 
38
Item 12.
 
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
 
38
   
Stockholder Matters
   
Item 13.
 
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
 
38
Item 14.
 
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
 
38
         
PART IV
       
         
Item 15.
 
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedule
 
39
Signatures
 
73
Exhibit Index
 
74
 
 
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PART I

ITEM 1.
BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION

MICROS Systems, Inc. is a leading worldwide designer, manufacturer, marketer, and servicer of enterprise information solutions for the global hospitality and retail industries. MICROS Systems, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Maryland in 1977 as Picos Manufacturing, Inc. and, in 1978, changed its name to MICROS Systems, Inc.

References to “MICROS,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” herein include the operations of MICROS Systems, Inc. and also our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless the context indicates otherwise.  Our fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30.  Accordingly, references to a fiscal year mean the 12-month period ending June 30 of that year; i.e., fiscal year 2010 means the 12-month period ending June 30, 2010.

We operate in two reportable segments for financial reporting purposes: U.S. and International.  You can find financial information for each reportable segment, as well as certain financial information about geographic areas, in Note 17 “Segment Information” in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  In each of our two reportable segments, we have developed an infrastructure through which we license and sell all of our products and services.  While the products and services that are sold may be configured for each segment to address local issues, laws, tax requirements and customer preferences, the products and services are substantially similar worldwide.

During January 2010, we uncovered certain fraudulent activities in our subsidiary in Japan that occurred during the period from fiscal year 2006 to the second quarter of fiscal year 2010.  We determined that these fraudulent transactions resulted in a cumulative overstatement of revenue and net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. of approximately $6.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively, over this period and also concluded that the misstatements did not materially affect the previously issued financial statements for any of our prior periods.  Appropriate adjustments have been made to prior period information included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and described in Note 19 “Revisions to Prior Period Financial Statements” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report.

Almost all of our customers are in the hospitality industry and the retail industry.  The hospitality industry encompasses numerous defined markets, including lodging (including, for example, individual hotel sites, hotel chains and franchise groups), table service and quick service restaurants, restaurant chains and franchise groups, entertainment venues (including, for example, stadiums and arenas), business foodservice operations, casinos, transportation foodservice, government operations, and cruise ships.  The retail industry consists of retail operations selling directly to consumers, including retailers of clothing, shoes, food, hardware, jewelry, and other specialty items.

Our enterprise information solutions comprise three major areas: (1) hotel information systems; (2) restaurant information systems; and (3) retail information systems.  In addition to our software enterprise solutions and hardware products, we offer an extensive array of services and other products for our hotel, restaurant and retail information systems.  The hotel information systems consist mainly of software, encompassing property based management systems (“PMS”), related property-specific modules and applications, and central systems, including central reservation systems (“CRS”).  The restaurant information systems consist of hardware and software for point-of-sale (“POS”) and operational applications, a suite of back office applications, including inventory, labor and financial management, and certain centrally hosted enterprise applications.  The retail systems consist of software encompassing POS, loss prevention, web commerce applications, business analytics, customer gift cards, electronic payments and enterprise applications. We market our products and services globally.

We market our hotel systems directly to customers through our direct sales force and through international distributors. Our hotel PMS applications are installed worldwide in leading hotel chains, including the following:

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Accor (France)
  
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Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
  
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Omni
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Best Western
  
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Hilton Hotels
  
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Peninsula (Hong Kong)
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Camino Real (Mexico)
  
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InterContinental Hotels Group
  
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Rica Hotels (Sweden)
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Carlson Hotels
  
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ITC Welcome Group (India)
  
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Shangri-La (Hong Kong)
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Danubius (Bulgaria)
  
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Kempinski (Germany)
  
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Société du Louvre (France)
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Delta Hotels (Canada)
  
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Loews
  
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Solare (Japan)
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Dusit Thani (Thailand)
  
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Louvre Hotels
  
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Starwood International
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Fairmont
  
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MGM Mirage
  
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Steigenberger
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Federal (Malaysia)
  
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Marriott International
  
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Travelodge (U.K.)
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Four Seasons (Canada)
  
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Millennium
  
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Wyndham Worldwide
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Hard Rock Hotels
  
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Mövenpick (Switzerland)
  
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Wynn Resorts

Globally, there are approximately 26,000 MICROS PMS applications installed (most of which are accompanied by other
property-specific modules and applications).

 
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The MICROS CRS is installed in numerous hotel chains, including the following:

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Boscolo (Italy)
  
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Louvre Hotels
  
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Shell Hospitality
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Camino Real
  
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MacDonalds (U.K.)
  
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Sokos (Finland)
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Constellation (Australia)
  
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MGM Resorts International
  
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Starhotels (Italy)
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Delta Hotels (Canada)
  
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Oberoi (India)
  
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Sun International (South
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Equatorial (Malaysia)
  
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Omni
  
 
  
Africa)
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Fairmont
  
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Pan Pacific (Singapore)
  
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Travelodge (U.K.)
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Four Seasons
  
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Red Lion
  
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Westmark
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Great Wolf Resorts
  
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Rydges (Australia)
  
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Wyndham Worldwide
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Hard Rock Hotels
  
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Shangri-La
  
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Wynn Resorts
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Loews Hotels
  
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Société du Louvre
  
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Xanterra

Globally, over 70 hotel chains have installed MICROS’s CRS applications.

We market our restaurant systems directly, and indirectly through our domestic and international dealers.  Our restaurant POS systems are installed worldwide.  Major table service restaurant chain customers include the following:

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Bertucci’s
  
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Friendly’s
  
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Mimi’s Cafe
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Chevy’s
  
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Groupe Le Duff (France)
  
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Mitchells and Butlers (U.K.)
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Cara (Canada)
  
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Hard Rock Café
  
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Perkins
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Cracker Barrel
  
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HMS Host
  
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Rainforest Cafe
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Denny’s
  
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Hooters
  
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Ruby Tuesday’s
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Eat ‘n Park
  
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IHOP
  
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Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
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El Torito
  
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Johnny Carinos
  
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T.G.I. Friday’s
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ESPN Zone
  
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La Madeleine
  
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VIPS (Spain)
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Fazer Amica (Finland)
  
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Lone Star
  
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Wagamama (U.K.)
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Famous Dave’s
  
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Manchu Wok
  
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Whitbread (U.K.)

Major quick service chain restaurant customers, as well as numerous franchisees of the following, include:

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Atlanta Bread
  
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Krispy Kreme
  
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Tropical Smoothie Café
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Arby’s
  
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Nordsee (Germany)
  
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Wagamama’s (U.K)
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Auntie Anne’s
  
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Pollo Campero
  
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Wendy’s
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Baja Fresh
  
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Panera Bread
  
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Wingstop
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Ben & Jerry’s
  
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Popeye’s
  
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Yum! Brands (Pizza Hut,
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Burger King
  
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Retail Brand Group
  
 
  
KFC International, and
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Coffee Club (Australia)
  
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Saxby’s Coffee
  
 
  
Taco Bell)
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El Pollo Loco
  
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Starbucks
  
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Zaxby’s
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Five Guys
  
·
  
Subway
  
 
     

Our restaurant POS systems are also installed in hotel restaurants in various hotel chains, including Accor, Boyd Gaming, Camino Real, Danubius, Fairmont, Four Seasons, Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental Hotels, Kempinski, Mandarin Oriental, MGM Mirage, Marriott International, Millennium, Omni, Pan Pacific, Peninsula, Radisson, Starwood, and Wyndham International.  Additional significant markets for our POS systems include complex foodservice environments, such as casinos, cruise ships, sports arenas, airport concourses, theme parks, recreational centers, institutional food service organizations, and specialty retail shops. Users include Aramark, Centerplate, Compass, Delaware North, HMS Host, and various government entities.  We have installed large POS systems in Citi Field (New York City), the Foxwoods Hotel and Casino (Ledyard, CT), Grand Casino (Australia), Atlantis (Bahamas), Mandalay Resorts Group, Sun City (South Africa), Harrah’s Casinos,  Meadowlands Sports Complex, The Venetian Resort, Wembley Stadium (U.K.), and Wynn Resorts.  We supply and service POS systems for users in the complex foodservice environments identified above both directly and through distribution channels, including through specialty reseller relationships with Blackboard Inc. and The CBORD Group Inc.

We also market a Windows® based restaurant POS system through our Hospitality Solutions International (“HSI”) division.  Through our JTECH Communications, Inc. (“JTECH”) subsidiary, we market a range of on-premises paging and alert solutions for restaurants, retail, and medical environments.

Our retail solutions are provided through our subsidiaries Datavantage, CommercialWare, Advance Retail Systems (Mexico), MICROS Retail & Supply Chain aka RedSky (United Kingdom), eOne, and Fry.  In our marketing, we sometimes refer to this group of subsidiaries as the “MICROS Retail” group.  See the discussion of “MICROS Retail” under the “Retail Information Systems” heading below.  Our retail store customers include the following retailers:

 
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Adidas (Germany and
  
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Armani Exchange
  
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Bostonian
     
USA)
  
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Barney’s New York
  
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Burberry Limited
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Advance Auto Parts
  
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Books-A-Million
  
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Chelsea and Scott
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Ann Taylor
  
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Blain’s Farm and Fleet
  
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Christopher & Banks
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Garnet Hill
  
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Polo Ralph Lauren
  
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Stonewall Kitchen
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Hannaford Brothers
  
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PPG
  
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Sur La Table
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Hugo Boss (Germany)
  
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Reebok Retail
  
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Talbots
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Jo Ann Stores
  
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Roots Canada
  
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Tesco (U.K.)
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Jos. A. Banks Clothiers
  
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S & K Famous Brands
  
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Urban Brands
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Limited Brands
  
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Sainsbury’s (U.K.)
  
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The U.S. Mint
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Maytag
  
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7-11 (Mexico)
  
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Tommy Hilfiger
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Michaels Stores
  
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Smith & Hawken
  
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Wm Morrison (U.K.)
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Nike Mexico
  
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Starbucks
  
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Whirlpool
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Pendleton
  
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Steve Madden Retail
  
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Zales

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Summary of Product Solutions (Software and Hardware):

Hotel Products
 
Description
     
Software
   
     
Opera PMS
 
PMS software product for hotel reservations, targeted to full service hotels
     
Opera Xpress PMS
 
PMS software product for hotels, targeted to limited service hotels
     
Opera Lite PMS
 
PMS software for hotels, targeted to smaller hotels
     
Operetta PMS
 
PMS software and hardware bundle for hotels, targeted to smaller hotels
     
Fidelio Versions 7 and 8 PMS
 
PMS software products for hotel reservations
     
Opera Revenue Management System
 
Software that helps hotels develop and manage pricing strategies
     
Opera Central Reservation System
 
Software that manages hotel reservations for hotel chains or hotel groups
     
Opera Customer Information System
 
Software that manages customer information and loyalty programs
     
Opera Vacation Ownership System
 
Software that manages reservations for hotel condominiums and related condominium management
     
Opera Web Booking Suite System
 
Software that enables Opera PMS to receive Internet reservations
     
Opera Sales and Catering
 
Software that helps hotels manage meeting needs (food, hotel rooms, meeting space, and other customer needs)
     
Opera Sales Force Automation (SFA)
 
Software that manages leads, meeting agendas, and contracting, and provides other support to the national and regional sales teams for hotel chains
     
Opera Activity Scheduler
 
Software that manages the scheduling and billing for hotel resort recreational activities, such as golf, tennis, spas, etc.
   
 
Opera Kiosk
 
Enables guest check-in and check-out at stand-alone kiosk, and other interactive features
   
 
Opera Business Intelligence
 
Software that provides analytics for financial and operations analyses
     
myfidelio.net
 
An Internet based hotel reservation service and network
     
Fidelio Cruise  SPMS Systems
 
A suite of software products that manages reservations, POS and other activities for the cruise industry
     
Materials Management
 
Software that provides inventory control and costing for food production, mainly marketed to hotel restaurants

Restaurant Products
 
Description
     
Software
   
     
MICROS 9700 HMS
 
POS software for large foodservice, leisure and entertainment venues
     
Simphony
 
Centrally-hosted POS for large foodservice, leisure and entertainment venues
     
MICROS 3700 POS
 
POS software for table service and quick service restaurants
     
Restaurant Enterprise Series (RES)
 
Suite of software products for 3700 POS
   
 
Kitchen Display System
 
Component of RES, providing additional reporting capabilities and information
     
RES Kiosk
 
Component of RES, for self-ordering and customer information via kiosk or other hardware
   
 
HSI Profit Series POS
 
POS software for table service restaurants (only marketed through the HSI division)
     
mymicros.net
 
Suite of web based software products for use with restaurant POS products
     
myhsi.net
 
Suite of web based software products for HSI Profit Series
     
MICROS e7 POS
 
POS product for small restaurants (only marketed in North and South America)

 
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Hardware
   
     
MICROS Workstation 5A Terminal
 
Windows CE POS and Windows Embedded POS terminal for restaurants
     
MICROS Workstation 4-LX Terminal
 
Windows CE POS terminal for restaurants-enhanced version of Workstation 4
     
MICROS 2010 PC Workstation
 
PC based POS terminal for restaurants
     
MICROS Keyboard Workstation Terminal
 
Windows CE POS terminal used in large complex foodservice, leisure and entertainment venues
     
JTECH Paging Products
 
Suite of paging products
     
MICROS Kitchen Display System
 
Hardware for kitchen display systems

Retail Products
 
Description
     
Software
   
     
Store 21 Store Management System
 
POS retail software product targeted for specialty retailers
     
Tradewind Store Management System
 
POS retail software product targeted for stores with high volume transactions
     
Xstore Management System
 
Java based POS retail software product
     
MICROS Enterprise Merchandising
 
Java based, centrally hosted merchandising application that manages inventory throughout a chain and provides reporting and analytical functions
     
Home Office Business Intelligence Suite
 
Suite of software products that analyzes, manages and reports on business activities at the store level for corporate control (which includes XBR Loss Prevention)
     
Gift Cards Software
 
Software product that manages a retailer’s gift card program
     
CWDirect Cross Channel Order Management System
 
Software that manages orders across multiple methods of ordering (phone, kiosk, Internet, etc.)
     
CWLocate Merchandise Location System
 
Software that enables a retailer to locate inventory across multiple locations
     
CWCollaborate
 
Software that connects retailers with suppliers to efficiently manage inventory and reorder levels
     
Open Commerce Platform
 
Web site development, management, hosting and ecommerce applications
     
Creations
 
Integrated life cycle and supply chain software for retail operations that allows tracking of inventory from a supplier to POS

Hotel Information Systems

For the hotel and resort industry, we develop, distribute, and support a complete line of hotel software products and services.  The hotel information systems include PMS, sales and catering systems, CRS, customer information systems, revenue management systems, and an Internet/Global Distribution System based hotel reservation service called myfidelio.net.  We also provide installation and end-user training services, and support services (including help desk) for our various software products.  MICROS markets its hotel products under brand names such as Opera and Fidelio.

Globally, there are approximately 26,000 active MICROS PMS applications installed, which includes some sites using PMS products for which MICROS has ceased ongoing development (although in many instances we continue to provide limited support services to those sites).  Most of the hotels using a MICROS PMS have also installed other MICROS property-specific modules and applications; additionally, there are over 2,000 hotels running various MICROS property-specific modules and applications without a MICROS PMS.
 
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The PMS software provides for hotel room check-in and checkout, reservations, guest accounting, travel agent accounting, and engineering management.  The PMS software also interfaces to central reservation systems, to on-line travel services (also known as alternative distribution services, e.g., Expedia), and to global distribution systems (e.g., Sabre, Galileo, Amadeus and WorldSpan).  The sales and catering software enables hotel sales staff to evaluate, reserve and invoice meetings, banquets and related events for a property.  The CRS software enables hotels to coordinate, process, track, and analyze hotel room reservations at a central facility for electronic distribution to the appropriate lodging site.  The customer information system software enables hotels to efficiently capture and track relevant guest information.  The revenue management system software enables hotels to manage room rates, occupancy, and the mix of business between corporate and transient customers.  We also offer an Internet-based hotel reservation service via our myfidelio.net service.  This service enables corporations, tourist representation services, and consumers to reserve rooms and manage reservations directly with designated hotels.  This service also enables those hotel properties without internal reservation capabilities to outsource to us the maintenance of their connectivity to the global distribution systems and certain alternative distribution systems.

We market a comprehensive suite of hotel software products under the Opera brand name.  Opera includes modules for property management, central reservations, customer information systems, sales and catering, revenue management, sales support, data mining, financial statements, condominium reservations and accounting, golf reservations, spa management, and quality management.  We also offer a module that enables guest check in and check out, and other interactive features, via kiosk.
In addition to industry standard PCs, the Opera platform will also run on large PC servers.  Opera runs on two operating systems: Microsoft Windows® (Server and XP) and IBM AIX®, and uses an Oracle® database.

 
We believe that the Opera software suite is an important product line for our continued growth in the hotel information systems market, because we believe it reflects the future direction of PMS technology for us and the industry, and because it has been a material source of our revenue growth within the hotel industry.  Opera is written on current architecture, using an Oracle database; it is highly configurable, adapted for use in multiple countries, and fully integrated with modules, features and functions that we believe are desirable to the hospitality industry.  Over 140 hotel chains have implemented Opera, many of which are in the midst of multi-year rollouts.

We also offer limited versions of the Opera property management system called Opera Xpress, OperaLite, and Operetta.  These products enable smaller properties to deploy the Opera PMS, but at a lower price and with more limited product features.  As of June 30, 2010, approximately 16,000 hotel sites have installed either Opera, OperaXpress PMS, OperaLite, or Operetta.

Opera’s software architecture enables the product to be deployed either on-premises or hosted in an off-site location.  We offer hosting services for hotel customers in various data centers around the world (Ashburn and Manassas, Virginia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Frankfurt, Germany, and Singapore) with the application accessed via Internet or similar high speed connections.  Currently, there are over 3,000 hotels running various Opera applications for which we provide hosting services.

In addition, we market a suite of hotel software products (PMS and other modules) under the Fidelio Version 7.0 brand name.  Fidelio Version 7.0 uses the Microsoft Windows® graphical user interface and runs on an Oracle® database.  As of June 30, 2010, over 3,500 hotels were using Fidelio Version 7.0.

Furthermore, we market a PMS product under the brand name Fidelio Version 8 primarily in Europe.  This product, which was entirely developed in and currently supported from Europe, contains certain Internet-based features and uses the Windows® operating system with an Oracle® database.  The product is designed to meet the needs of independent hotel operators and smaller chains based in Europe. The product is installed in over 2,750 hotel sites as of June 30, 2010.

Through our subsidiary Fidelio Cruise, we market the Fidelio SPMS Cruise product, which is a PMS product for the cruise industry. Fidelio Cruise’s PMS enables cruise operators to manage passengers, visitors, groups and crew information at various stages from check-in to check-out, invoicing, credit card handling with online functionality, safety and security, and automated check-in with picture taking for passengers, crew, and visitors.  Through the Fidelio Cruise SPMS software, cruise lines can monitor all financial transactions on board and operate a central accounting and invoicing system for each passenger and crew member.  Furthermore, the software maintains the count of passengers and staff on-board, as required by international industry regulations.  Additional Fidelio Cruise modules support the operation of health spas, on-board MICROS point-of-sale systems, business centers, shore excursions, medical centers, and casinos onboard.

Fidelio Cruise introduced in fiscal 2010 a new product, the Fidelio Cruise Crew Management System.  This product supports the shore side and shipboard crew resource operations for a cruise ship.

Fidelio Cruise software is installed on board 218 cruise ships.  Customers include: Carnival Cruise Lines, Aida Cruises, Cunard Line, Fred Olsen Line, Holland America Line, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, P&O Cruises UK, Pullmantur, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Royal Caribbean International and Silversea Cruises.

On December 31, 2009 MICROS acquired TIG Global LLC (“TIG Global”) of Chevy Chase, Maryland. TIG Global provides Internet based on-line marketing related services to hotels.  TIG Global’s customer base is currently located largely in North America.

Restaurant Information Systems

Our restaurant systems include full-featured POS applications, kitchen product applications, marketing applications, and hardware.  Most of the products are designed to operate on industry standard PCs.  Our products for order entry operate on either industry standard PCs or proprietary terminals with additional functionality and design appropriate for foodservice environments, including three types of proprietary intelligent terminals that we developed and designed.
 
 
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Hardware

The workstations we have designed, and that we currently market and sell, are the Workstation 5A, Workstation 4-LX and Workstation 2010.  We also integrate other hardware devices (e.g., printers, cash drawers, handheld order entry and credit card remote payment terminals, digital menu boards, kitchen control systems and pole displays) into our complete product offerings.

Workstation 5A is a PC based POS terminal using Microsoft’s Embedded CE 6.0 and POSReady 2009 operating systems. The terminal is based upon the successful Workstation 4 and Workstation 5 POS terminals, which we previously marketed.  Workstation 5A incorporates a faster microprocessor and more advanced security capabilities than Workstation 5, as well as a 15” touch display.  Key design elements of MICROS’s PC workstations, which Workstation 5A builds upon, are the encased nature of the screen, special materials to withstand various levels of temperature and humidity, more efficient energy use, and sound capabilities.

Workstation 4-LX is a thin-client POS terminal, using Microsoft’s Windows® CE operating system.  The terminal has standalone resiliency, which means that even if the system server malfunctions, the POS terminal can continue to function and store data until the server is operational.  Workstation 4-LX is an updated version of our Workstation 4 that has a faster microprocessor and other improvements in memory management and data recovery as compared to the prior model.

The MICROS 2010 Workstation is a high-performance POS terminal designed to run our restaurant applications and other third party PC-based software applications.  The product uses an Intel® Pentium chip architecture.  It can be configured to accommodate various memory and storage requirements. The product supports several Microsoft operating systems and Linux.

We also market a product named the Keyboard Workstation 270.  This product enables orders to be entered into the MICROS Simphony and 9700 HMS (software products that are described below) via a lower cost, durable workstation with a keyboard interface in lieu of a touchscreen.  The Keyboard Workstation is used primarily in institutional foodservice environments, convention centers, and sports complexes.

The Workstation 5A, Workstation 4-LX, 2010 Workstation, and the Keyboard Workstation 270 are all manufactured for us by the Venture Group of Singapore (“Venture Group, formerly GES Singapore Pte. Ltd.), a third party contract manufacturing company.

Through our JTECH subsidiary, we offer pagers, wireless systems, alert software, and related products (all manufactured for us by third party contract manufacturers) for use in restaurants, retail, medical, and other environments. JTECH primarily resells MICROS branded hardware to its customers.

Additionally, we resell various other hardware products, including personal computers, servers, printers, network cards, and other related computer equipment.  We maintain a global, non-exclusive preferred provider agreement with Hewlett Packard Corporation (HP).  This relationship enables us to resell HP personal computers, printers, and networking equipment on a global basis.

Software

Our main restaurant POS software systems are the MICROS 9700 Hospitality Management System (“HMS”), Simphony, the MICROS 3700 POS system, Hospitality Solution’s Profit Series, and the MICROS e7 Series.  These systems provide transaction control for table service, quick service and large foodservice and entertainment venues.

Leisure and Entertainment Restaurants

The MICROS 9700 HMS is designed for larger leisure and entertainment venues, which include resorts, casinos, airport and other travel-related food service concessions, stadiums/arenas, theme parks, table service and quick service restaurants in hotels, and larger stand-alone restaurants.  The MICROS 9700 HMS product has an open systems architecture running on Microsoft’s Windows® 2003 operating system and either Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Oracle 10g databases.   The product can be deployed on site in a client-server configuration or on a multi-property configuration where a remote server can address multiple restaurant operations.

Table Service and Quick Service Restaurants

The MICROS 3700 POS is designed for table service and quick service restaurants.  It has an open systems architecture using Microsoft’s Windows® XP operating system and a Sybase® relational database, and can run on standard PCs or proprietary workstations.  It uses a color touch screen with a Microsoft Windows® based graphical user interface.
 
We have developed and we market a suite of back office and operation focused software solutions that extend beyond POS.  The suite is called the MICROS Restaurant Enterprise Series (“RES”).  RES is an important component of our strategy to fully integrate point-of-sale transaction processing with other restaurant operational and management functions.  The MICROS RES software solutions include point-of-sale transaction control, restaurant operations, data analysis, and communications.  The POS software comprises the front-end application for the RES system.  The restaurant operations modules include inventory, product forecasting, labor management, financial management, gift cards, and enterprise data management.  One of those modules is the Kitchen Display System, which displays food orders and offers additional reporting capabilities on restaurant service.  Another component is MICROS RES Kiosk, which enables customer information and self-ordering on third-party kiosks or other hardware.  All of these modules are designed to operate at a single restaurant site.

 
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For management of multiple restaurants, MICROS RES includes a suite of software products called Enterprise Management.  This suite enables data to be transmitted to a remote site (e.g., the headquarters of a restaurant chain) for data collection and analysis.  Additionally, pricing and menu changes can be made from a remote site and downloaded to specified restaurant locations.
 
We market a POS system called MICROS e7 mainly to smaller restaurants around the world. This product runs on the MICROS Workstation 5 and uses the Microsoft Windows® CE Operating system.
 
Through our HSI division, we market the HSI Profit Series POS primarily to table service restaurant customers in North America.  The product contains a wide array of POS features.

Enterprise Enabled Point of Service

Simphony is an enterprise-enabled POS product.  Simphony’s service-oriented architecture and centralized configuration allows for a flexible deployment model that can be molded to meet a hospitality industry customer’s requirements.  It is capable of operating at large, single site venues such as airport and other travel-related food service concessions, casinos, theme parks, and resorts as well multi-unit quick service and table service restaurant operations.

The enterprise Simphony database is supported either by Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle.  The Simphony client utilizes Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight technologies to provide a user interface with extensive features, and the ability to create highly tailored ordering and presentation processes.  The functionality within the client can be extended through the addition of custom ..NET assemblies.

In addition to the extensive feature set and extensibility capabilities, Simphony enables customers to reduce significantly the costs associated with a traditional multiple property POS solution when deployed as an enterprise solution,  The Simphony services can be run from the workstations which eliminates the need to manage a back office server.  Software deployment for new properties and upgrades is controlled and managed from the enterprise, thus eliminating the need to send staff to every store for these tasks.

Centrally Hosted Applications

Our design architecture enables existing users of many MICROS POS and Hospitality Solutions International’s products to access new technologies and third party software applications in conjunction with their existing MICROS POS systems.  In addition, many MICROS restaurant information system products interface with various back office accounting and property management systems, including our hotel PMS products.

We developed and market an Internet-based portal product called “mymicros.net.”  The mymicros.net posts restaurant transaction POS detail to a centralized data warehouse in near real time.  This product enables the customer to view reports and charts for a single site, a group of restaurants, or the entire enterprise from any location that has an Internet connection.  In addition, mymicros.net incorporates additional products for inventory management, labor scheduling and control, gift cards, loyalty cards and other marketing programs. The mymicros.net software product can either be purchased via a perpetual use license or by an annual or multi-year “software as a service” subscription contract.  The HSI division also markets a portal called “myhsi.net.”  The product’s functionality is similar to the mymicros.net portal, but is designed for use with the HSI POS product.

We host these applications in the same data centers where Opera is hosted.  As of June 30, 2010, we hosted applications supporting approximately 12,800 restaurants.

Retail Information Systems

Through our MICROS Retail group of subsidiaries (“MICROS Retail”), we market retail store software automation systems and business intelligence applications.  The retail store systems are called Store21 Store Management System (“Store21”), Tradewind Store Management System (“Tradewind”) and Xstore Store Management System (“Xstore”).  Store21 is a POS product designed for specialty retailers, while Tradewind is a POS product targeted at larger format stores and at high transaction volume stores.  The products operate on Microsoft’s Windows® NT and 2000 and 2003 operating systems and use a Sybase® database.  Both products can be integrated with the retailer’s back office systems, and we also offer certain additional back office, communications, and reporting modules for use with Tradewind and Store21.

Xstore is our next generation retail POS software system.  It runs on the Sun Microsystems® Java® operating system, and its architecture enables it to be integrated to both Windows and Linux-based back office systems.  Like Store21 and Tradewind, its predecessor products, Xstore is a front-end POS software system that may be integrated with the retailer’s back office systems.  Xstore is highly customizable by the customer, and is designed to respond to the trend among large retailers to move to Linux-based systems.  Xstore is designed to be able to be run in a Windows or a Linux environment, while Store21 and Tradewind, as currently designed, can operate only in a Windows® environment.

 
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We also offer the MICROS Retail Home Office Business Intelligence Suite for retail stores, which includes loss prevention (marketed under the trade name “XBR”), customer relationship management, gift cards (marketed under the trade name “Relate”), and audit control (marketed under the trade name “Balance”). We also offer XBR to our restaurant customers via MICROS provided centrally hosted or self-hosted environment.

All of these applications and systems run on both industry standard PCs and specially designed PC-based POS terminals manufactured by IBM, MICROS, Dell, and NCR.

MICROS Retail offers an eCommerce platform with extensive features, marketed under the trade name Open Commerce Platform, as well as creative and design services to help customers create custom websites.

MICROS Retail also offers software and services that enable a retailer to manage customer purchase transactions across multiple touch-points.  Specifically, these applications and services enable a merchant to efficiently handle customer transactions from a store, the Internet, catalog phone-in orders, call centers, kiosks, and wireless devices.  The solutions enable the merchant to provide the customer with full transparency through the purchasing process, e.g., research from one channel, purchasing from a second channel and implementing a return or exchange through a third channel.

MICROS Retail also has developed and distributes Creations, a fully integrated lifecycle management and supply chain traceability product.  Lifecycle management refers to the ability to track and manage inventory from the manufacturer through the point of distribution.  Creations customers, which are mostly located in the U.K. include accounts such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Wm Morrison, Bodyshop, and Booker.  The product has been introduced into North America with primary users being Sobeys and Fresh and Easy retail chains.

Services

We provide a wide range of services to our customers.  Our services include system installation, operator and manager training, on-site hardware maintenance, customized software development, application software support, credit card software support, systems configuration, network support and professional consulting.  We also offer software-hosting capabilities.
We provide field hardware and software maintenance via a combination of direct and indirect channels – authorized U.S. dealers and international distributors.  The field hardware maintenance is provided mainly to customers using MICROS POS hardware and software systems.  Depot field maintenance is also provided.  We sometimes contract with PC manufacturers to provide either first or second line support for PC servers for hotel, restaurant and retail customers.

We operate several help desks around the world.  There is a 24 hours per day, seven days a week (24/7) help desk in our Columbia, Maryland headquarters.  We also maintain other 24/7 regional and product specific help desks in the following locations:
 
 
·
Galway, Ireland – primarily for customers in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
 
·
Buenos Aires, Argentina – primarily for customers in Latin America
 
·
Singapore – primarily for customers in the Asia-Pacific region
 
·
Cleveland, Ohio – for MICROS Retail products and services.
 
·
Scottsdale, Arizona – for the Hospitality Solutions International products
 
·
Westborough, Massachusetts – for the CommercialWare and eOne products
 
·
Ann Arbor, Michigan – for MICROS’s Fry, Inc. subsidiary

We also operate other more limited help desk operations, including the myfidelio.net and Fidelio Cruise support desks in Hamburg, Germany, the Fidelio Cruise support desk in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the JTECH help desk in Boca Raton, Florida.

The help desks receive support calls from customers and either address them telephonically or on-line, or, where appropriate, dispatch a service call to the appropriate local service provider.  Internationally, in-country support is provided by the local sales entity, which may be a MICROS subsidiary or an authorized independent distributor.  Our corporate customer support center provides back-up support for our regional centers in Buenos Aires, Singapore, and Galway, and our research and development operation in Naples, Florida, provides higher-level support for the hotel software products.  The regional support centers also provide back-up support and guidance for local and in-country support providers.

We operate data centers in Ashburn and Manassas, Virginia, Chicago, Frankfurt, Buenos Aires, and Singapore in conjunction with third-party vendors to serve as hosting centers for customers deploying our various hosted and application service products.  We view hosting as an important strategic thrust of our business as demand shifts from applications being deployed on premise of customers to centrally hosted applications.

We offer web site development and portal management for retail customers through MICROS Retail’s Fry and eOne Group divisions.  Specifically, we can develop and manage a customer’s web site for ordering, sales promotion, and marketing.

 
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Our TIG Global subsidiary offers Internet based marketing services, mainly to hotels.

Services are a critical component of our business.  Service revenue, which is comprised of software database and configuration programming, installation, training, in-field support, help desk, custom software development and maintenance service contracts, constituted approximately 66.4% ($607.2 million) of our total revenue in fiscal year 2010 compared to approximately 62.2%  ($565.0 million) of our total revenue in fiscal year 2009 and approximately 55.5% ($529.4 million) in fiscal year 2008.

Maintenance service contracts, which include field service, application hosting, depot hardware maintenance, and software support, are a significant component of our service offerings.  Revenues for service maintenance contracts were approximately $354.7 million for fiscal year 2010, approximately $312.8 million for fiscal year 2009 and, approximately $293.9 million for fiscal year 2008.  Service maintenance contract revenue is included in our service revenue (described above).

SALES, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION

We consider our direct and indirect global distribution network to be a major strength and competitive advantage.  This network has been built over the past 33 years.  We (including our various subsidiaries), our U.S.-based dealers, and our international distributors work closely together in seeking to identify new customers, products, services and markets, as well as to serve our existing customer base with enhanced products and services.

Our restaurant products and services are sold primarily through three channels: (i) the Direct Sales Channel, comprised of our sales distribution network consisting of approximately 82 wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries and branch offices; (ii) the MICROS Major Accounts program directed to designated regional, national, and international customers; and (iii) the Indirect Sales Channel, an independent sales distribution network consisting of approximately 51 domestic dealers and 37 international distributors.

Our hotel products and services are sold through our direct sales force and through international distributors, many which also sell our restaurant products and services.

        Our retail products and services are sold primarily through our direct sales force in the United States and numerous company owned international subsidiaries.  MICROS Retail has several distributors which sell certain of its products.

Foreign sales, including export sales from the United States, accounted for approximately  51.9% (approximately $474.5 million) of our total revenue in fiscal year 2010, 52.1% (approximately $473.2 million) of our total revenue in fiscal year 2009 and 56.3% (approximately $537.5 million) in fiscal year 2008.

We also sell products used in the provision of maintenance services, including miscellaneous spare parts, printer ribbons, paper, printer cartridges, other consumable media supplies, network products, and printers.  We offer these supplies through our direct sales offices, our dealers and distributors, and, in North America, through a telephone and on-line service called POS Depot.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Our products are subject to technological change.  Accordingly, we must continually devote our efforts toward upgrading our existing products and developing innovative systems incorporating new technologies.  Our products, as well as those of our competitors, have offered an increasingly wider range of features and capabilities.

Locations

We conduct our core restaurant POS product software and hardware development, and also development of our Internet-based restaurant software products, at our Columbia, Maryland corporate headquarters.  To facilitate rapid responses for various regional application needs, we also conduct restaurant POS software development in regional offices located in Sydney, Australia; Neuss, Germany; and Singapore.  Our HSI division conducts restaurant POS product research and development in its facility in Scottsdale, Arizona. JTECH conducts its development at its Boca Raton, Florida location.  In addition, we monitor and evaluate software and hardware products and designs created by third parties, and we have acquired and may in the future acquire ownership, licensing, or distribution rights to some of those products and designs. We contract the manufacturing of our POS terminals to the Venture Group of Singapore.  Venture Group also provides certain hardware design services to us.  Our internal hardware design team participates in the design and development of these units.  This team also provides oversight of the manufacturing process as a means of insuring adherence to quality standards.  See also “Manufacturing and Supplies,” below.

Development of our hotel property management systems, sales and catering systems, central reservation systems, and myfidelio.net, is primarily conducted in Naples, Florida.  Additional development on the Fidelio Version 8.0 suite of hotel products is conducted in Neuss, Germany.  We maintain close relationships with major software operating and database companies like Oracle, IBM, Novell, Sybase, and Microsoft.  These relationships enable us to incorporate software changes from these companies into our products.  Our international offices may also conduct specific product enhancement activities to meet specific interface needs, local requirements, and specific customer requests.
 
 
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Product development for MICROS Retail’s POS products is conducted in Cleveland, Ohio; MICROS Retail’s other products and services are handled through offices in Westborough, Massachusetts, and Omaha, Nebraska.  MICROS’s Fry, Inc. subsidiary conducts its web site and ecommerce application development in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  MICROS’s Advance Retail Solutions subsidiary conducts product development in Monterrey, Mexico.  MICROS’s Red Sky Retail units conducts its development in Nottingham, England.

R&D facilities

The following table shows the location of our main research and development facilities and the products addressed at each facility.

Location
 
Products
Columbia, Maryland
 
Restaurant POS software and hardware, Internet-based restaurant applications
Sydney, Australia
 
Additional restaurant POS software development
Neuss, Germany
 
Additional restaurant POS software development; Fidelio Version 8.
Scottsdale, Arizona
 
Restaurant POS software (HSI only)
Boca Raton, Florida
 
Paging software and hardware development
Naples, Florida
 
Hotel PMS software and other modules, also Internet-based hotel applications
Cleveland, Ohio
 
Retail POS software development
Westborough, Massachusetts
 
Retail Loss Prevention software development, cross-channel software development
Omaha, Nebraska
Nottingham, England
 
Retail web site development and management services
Retail life cycle management and supply chain traceability products
Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
Retail web site and ecommerce development

Expenses

Research and development (“R&D”) expenses consist primarily of labor costs less capitalized software development costs.  A summary of R&D expenditures for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008 is set forth in the following table:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Total R&D incurred
  $ 44,672     $  43,100     $ 42,048  
Capitalized software development costs
    (2,443 )     (470 )     (1,919 )
 Total R&D expenses
  $ 42,229     $ 42,630     $ 40,129  

COMPETITION

The markets in which we operate are highly competitive.  We believe that there are at least 20 significant competitors worldwide that offer some form of sophisticated restaurant POS system, approximately nine that offer competitive POS hardware platforms, over 15 significant hotel systems competitors, and over ten significant retail systems competitors.  We compete on various bases, including product functionality, service capabilities, price, and geography.  We believe that our competitive strengths include our established global distribution and service network, our ability to offer a broad array of hardware, software and service products to the hospitality and retail industry, and our corporate focus on providing specialized information systems solutions.

Competitors in the restaurant POS marketplace include: (i) full service providers (hardware, software and services), such as NCR, Panasonic, Par Technology, Radiant Systems, Sharp and Torex Retail; (ii) suppliers that mainly provide software, such as Agilysys, Positouch and Xpient Solutions; and (iii) providers that mainly provide hardware, such as Casio, Dell, IBM, NCR and Wincor-Nixdorf.  There are also numerous other companies that license their POS-oriented software with PC-based systems in regional markets around the world.

JTECH’s competitors include Long Range Systems and certain distributors of Motorola paging products.

Many of our competitors in the hotel systems market are companies with software designed to run on industry standard PCs.  These companies may have several hotel related software products, or simply one product for a particular niche.  These competitors include Agilysys, Amadeus Hospitality, Multi-Systems, Newmarket (sales and catering product only), Northwind, Par Technology (Springer-Miller), Protel and Softbrands (infor).  Our products also compete with property management systems developed and marketed by major hotel chains for their corporate-owned operations and franchisees.  Internationally, we generally face smaller, regionally-oriented competitors.

 
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The central reservation system market is highly fragmented and competitive.  Many hotel chains and allied reservation groups use their own customized central reservation systems.  In addition to these internally developed products, our CRS products compete with those offered by some of our PMS competitors, e.g., Northwind and Par Technology, and with those offered by specialized central reservation providers, e.g., Amadeus, Pegasus, Trust International/TravelPort, and Vantis Corporation.

TIG Global competitors include Synxis (subsidiary of Sabre) and TravelClick. TIG Global currently competes mainly in North America.

Competitors in the retail market include Epicor (through its CRS Retail Systems and NSB divisions), Escalate Retail, JDA Software, Oracle (through its 360 Commerce division), and SAP (through its Triversity division) among many others.  Internationally, MICROS Retail generally competes with smaller, regionally-oriented competitors. Fry competes against several companies such as GSI Commerce and Art Technology Group.

MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLIES

Our manufacturing program seeks to maintain flexibility and reduce costs by outsourcing key products and subassemblies.  Our primary POS platforms, Workstation 5A, Workstation 5, Workstation 4 LX, and 2010 Workstation, are manufactured by the Venture Group.

Our contract with Venture Group is subject to automatic annual renewal unless either party elects to terminate the agreement at the end of the term then in effect by providing notice to the other party at least three months before the end of such term.  In addition to other termination rights specified in the contract, either party may terminate the contract for convenience (i.e., with or without cause) by providing 120 days’ prior notice of termination to the other party.  While historically we have enjoyed very good relations with Venture Group, if it were to exercise its non-renewal or termination rights under the Agreement or otherwise cease to manufacture our products, we believe we could readily replace Venture Group with other contract manufacturers or resell appropriate third party hardware products in lieu of those manufactured by Venture Group.

Venture Group performs certain warranty and post-warranty repairs on equipment that it manufactures for MICROS at its facilities in Singapore and in Lowell, Massachusetts.  In addition, we maintain a repair capability for certain products in our distribution facility in Hanover, Maryland.  We also perform repairs at certain of our direct and subsidiary offices worldwide, and, additionally, we contract with third parties to provide repair services.

JTECH’s paging and related products are largely manufactured by several contract manufacturers in China and Venture Group.  JTECH conducts final assembly of its paging and related products, including the installation of the applicable software, in its Boca Raton, Florida facility.

Material sourcing is based on availability, service, cost, delivery and quality of the purchased items from domestic and international suppliers.  Some items are custom manufactured to our design specifications.  We believe that the loss of our current sources for components would not have a material adverse effect on our business since other sources of supply are generally available.  We believe that we maintain good relationships with our suppliers.

EMPLOYEES

As of June 30, 2010, we employed 4,646 full-time employees.  The table below presents employees by geographical region, expressed both as a headcount and as a percentage of total employees:

 
By Geographical Region
 
North
America
   
Europe/Africa
Middle East
   
Asia/
Pacific
   
Latin
America
   
Total
 
Employees
    2,427       1,478       512       229       4,646  
As % of total
    52.2 %     31.8 %     11.0 %     5.0 %     100.0 %

About 850 employees (35%) of the North America-based employees work out of our three Maryland locations: our headquarters building in Columbia, Maryland, our Hanover, Maryland distribution center, and our TIG Global subsidiary in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

The table below presents information, as of June 30, 2010, regarding employees organized by functional skills:

 
By Functional Skills
 
Sales &
Marketing
   
Customer
Support
   
Product
Development
   
Admin./
Finance
   
Operations
   
Total
 
Employees
    2,438       1,195       590       324       99       4,646  
As % of total
    52.5 %     25.7 %     12.7 %     7.0 %     2.1 %     100.0 %

 
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We are not a party to any collective bargaining agreements.  None of our employees are represented by a labor union, except in those countries where representation is mandated by law, such as France, Germany and Spain.  We use certain suppliers whose employees may be represented by labor unions.  We believe that we maintain good relations with our employees.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

Name
 
Position
A. L. Giannopoulos
 
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Bernard Jammet
 
Executive Vice President, Latin American Region
Jennifer Kurdle
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
Kaweh Niroomand
 
Executive Vice President, Europe-Africa-Middle East region
Thomas L. Patz
 
Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, and General Counsel
Stefan Piringer
 
Executive Vice President, Asia-Pacific region
Peter J. Rogers, Jr
 
Executive Vice President, Investor Relations and Business Development
Cynthia A. Russo
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

A. L. Giannopoulos, 70, has been the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since May 1993, and the Company’s Chairman of the Board since April 2001.  He has been a Director of the Company since March 1992.  Before 1992, Mr. Giannopoulos served in a variety of positions for Westinghouse, most recently as General Manager of the Westinghouse Information and Security Systems Divisions.  Mr. Giannopoulos is a graduate of Lamar University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
 
Bernard Jammet, 52, has been the Company’s Executive Vice President, Latin American Region since January 2001.  Previously, Mr. Jammet served the Company in various capacities.  He first joined the Company in July 1984.  Before joining the Company, Mr. Jammet was employed with the former MICROS distributor for France.  Mr. Jammet is a graduate of the Hotel School of Lausanne, Switzerland, with a Masters degree in Hotel Administration.
 
Jennifer Kurdle, 43, has been the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer since July 2008.  From 2005 until 2008, Ms. Kurdle was the Company’s Executive Vice President, Leisure & Entertainment, and held the position Vice President, Leisure & Entertainment from 2000 to 2005.  Before 2000, Ms. Kurdle served the Company various capacities.  Ms. Kurdle first joined the Company in 1990.  Ms. Kurdle is a graduate of Fairmont State University.
 
Kaweh Niroomand, 57, has been the Companys Executive Vice President, Europe-Asia-Middle East region since 2009. From 2005 until 2009, Mr. Niroomand was the President of MICROS Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME).  In prior positions with MICROS, Mr. Niroomand was Executive Vice President, EAME and Managing Director of MICROS-Fidelio Software Deutschland GmbH.  Mr. Niroomand first started with Fidelio Software GmbH in 1993.  Mr. Niroomand is a graduate of the Technical University in Berlin with a degree in Civil Engineering.
 
Thomas L. Patz, 50, has been the Company’s Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, and General Counsel since January 2000.  Previously, Mr. Patz served the Company in various legal capacities.  Mr. Patz first joined the Company in August 1995.  Mr. Patz is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Virginia School of Law.  Mr. Patz is a member of the Maryland Bar.
 
Stefan Piringer, 45, has been the Company’s Executive Vice President, Asia-Pacific region, since 2009.  From 1998 until 2009, Mr. Piringer was President Asia-Pacific region for the Company.  Previously, Mr. Piringer served the Company in various sales & marketing capacities.  Mr. Piringer first joined the Company in 1994.  Mr. Piringer is a graduate of the Tourism & Hotel Management School of the Chamber of Commerce of Vienna, Austria, and holds the degree of Hotelkaufmann.
 
Peter J. Rogers, Jr., 55, has been the Company’s Executive Vice President of Investor Relations and Business Development since November 2007.  From 1996 through November 2007, Mr. Rogers was the Company’s Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Business Development. Previously, Mr. Rogers served the Company in various marketing and business management capacities.  Mr. Rogers joined the Company in 1987.  Mr. Rogers is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University Stern Graduate School of Business.
 
Cynthia A. Russo, 40, has been the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since April 1, 2010.  From November 2007 until April 2010, Ms. Russo was the Company’s Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller.  Ms. Russo previously served the Company in various capacities.  Ms. Russo first joined the Company in January 1996.  Ms. Russo is a graduate of James Madison University.  She is a Certified Public Accountant and a
Certified Internal Auditor.

FOREIGN SALES AND FOREIGN MARKET RISK

We recorded foreign sales, including exports from the United States, of approximately $474.5 million during fiscal year 2010 to customers located primarily in Europe, Asia and Latin America.  Comparable sales in fiscal years 2009 and 2008 were approximately $473.2 million and $537.5 million, respectively.  See Note 17 “Segment Information” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as well as Item 7 (Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations) in this report for additional geographic data.

 
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Our international business and presence expose us to certain risks, such as currency, interest rate and political risks.  With respect to currency risk, we transact business in different currencies primarily through our foreign subsidiaries.  The fluctuation of currencies impacts sales and profitability.  Frequently, sales and the costs associated with those sales are not denominated in the same currency.

We transacted business in 39 currencies in fiscal years 2010 and 2009 compared to 36 in fiscal year 2008.  The relative currency mix over the past three fiscal years was as follows:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
   
% of Reported Revenues
   
Exchange Rates
 
Revenues by currency (1):
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
    United States Dollar
    53 %     53 %     49 %     1.0000       1.0000       1.0000  
    European Euro
    21 %     21 %     22 %     1.2229       1.4029       1.5744  
    British Pound Sterling
    7 %     7 %     9 %     1.4939       1.6454       1.9919  
    Singapore Dollar
    2 %     1 %     1 %     0.7146       0.6904       0.7350  
    Australian Dollar
    2 %     2 %     2 %     0.8416       0.8058       0.9587  
    Swiss Franc
    1 %     2 %     2 %     0.9279       0.9203       0.9788  
    Canadian Dollar
    1 %     1 %     2 %     0.9393       0.8597       0.9806  
    Mexican Peso
    1 %     1 %     2 %     0.0773       0.0759       0.0970  
    Sweden Krona
    1 %     1 %     1 %     0.1282       0.1296       0.1660  
    All Other Currencies (2)
    11 %     11 %     10 %     0.1469       0.1433       0.1645  
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %                        

(1)
Calculated using weighted average exchange rates for the fiscal year.
(2)
The “% of Reported Revenue” for “All Other Currencies” is calculated based on the weighted average twelve month exchange rates for all other currencies. The “Exchange Rates to U.S. Dollar” for ‘All Other Currencies’ represents the weighted average June 30, 2010 exchange rates for all other currencies.  Weighting is based on the twelve month fiscal year revenue for each country or region whose currency is included in the “All Other Currencies” category.

A 10% increase or decrease in the value of the Euro and British pound sterling in relation to the U.S. dollar in fiscal year 2010 would have affected total revenues by approximately $25.1 million, or 2.7%.  The sensitivity analysis assumes a weighted average 10% change in the exchange rate during the year with all other variables being held constant.  This sensitivity analysis does not consider the effect of exchange rate changes on either cost of sales, operating expenses, or income taxes, and accordingly, is not an indicator of the effect of potential exchange rate changes on our attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders.

We are also subject to interest rate fluctuations in foreign countries to the extent that we elect to borrow in the local foreign currency.  In the past, this has not been an issue of concern as we have the capacity to elect to borrow in other jurisdictions with more favorable interest rates.  We will continue to evaluate the need to invest in financial instruments designed to protect against interest rate fluctuations.

Finally, we are subject to, among others, those environmental and geopolitical risks, and economic, pricing, financial, and other risks described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”

PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS

We hold six patents through our JTECH subsidiary.  In general, we believe that, historically, our competitive position has not been materially dependent upon patent protection.  The technology used in the design and manufacture of most of our hardware products is largely licensed or purchased from third parties.  With respect to our software products, we have historically relied on nondisclosure agreements and applicable U.S. and foreign copyright and trademark laws for protection.  In the U.S. and in most other countries, we believe that applicable law has provided and will continue to provide us with sufficient protection.

There are risks that third party entities, including competitors, could attempt to misappropriate our intellectual property.  Given these potential risks, we have implemented procedures to monitor misappropriation of its intellectual property.  If a misappropriation is detected, we pursue appropriate legal action when we determine that such action is appropriate.
“MICROS”, “Fidelio”, “Datavantage”, “CommercialWare”, “JTECH”, “Go2Team”, “InStorePlus”, “Ovation”, “OPERA”, “e7”, “Store21”, “Tradewind”, “Xstore”, “XBR”, “Premise Pager System”, “TableAlert”, “ServAlert”, “GuestAlert”, “HostAlert”,  “CommPass”, “CWDirect”, “CWCollaborate”, “CWStore”, “CWLocate”, “CWAnalytics”, “CWData”, “CWIntegrate”, “FRY”, and “Open Commerce Platform” are registered or unregistered trademarks or servicemarks of the Company or its subsidiaries.  We also own numerous other trademarks and servicemarks.  This Annual Report on Form 10-K also contains trademarks, trade names and servicemarks of other companies that are the property of their respective owners.

 
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FLUCTUATIONS AND CUSTOMERS

Our quarterly operating results have varied in the past and may vary in the future depending upon various factors, including the timing of new product introductions, changes in our pricing and promotion policies and those of our competitors, market acceptance of new products and enhanced versions of existing products and the capital expenditure budgets of our customers.  Political uncertainty and international events that often are unpredictable, e.g., terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and the volatile and unpredictable political climate in the Middle East, are expected to continue to adversely impact travel and tourism and therefore our quarterly operating results. In addition, over the last two fiscal years, world macroeconomic conditions and tightened credit markets have resulted in reduced demand from customers generally.  These conditions have made it harder for, and in some cases may have prevented, some customers from obtaining financing for intended purchases.  We believe that these economic conditions have resulted in reduced demand for our products and services.

Historically, our business has been affected by seasonal trends.  For example, the European summer holidays tend to lower our sales volume in the European countries during our first fiscal quarter, as compared to other quarters.  We also experience a stronger than average sales volume for the retail products and services in our second fiscal quarter due to the holiday season.  Additionally, with the relative slowdown in corporate buying at the beginning of the calendar year, which is our third fiscal quarter, seasonal weakness for the third quarter ending March 31 has been experienced.  Therefore, we believe that sequential quarter-to-quarter historic comparisons of our results are not necessarily meaningful or indicative of future performance.

No single customer accounts for 10% or more of our consolidated revenues.  During the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, we have been a party, directly and indirectly, to certain contracts with the U.S. Federal Government, which contracts contained standard termination for convenience clauses.  Our U.S. Government related revenue was approximately 0.5%, 0.2%, and 0.3% of our total consolidated revenue for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively.  We do not anticipate any material adverse financial impact if the U.S. Government elected to exercise its rights under a termination for convenience clause.

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

We believe that we are in compliance in all material respects with applicable environmental laws and do not anticipate that environmental compliance will have a material effect on our future capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position with respect to any of our operations.

BACKLOG

We generally have a backlog of approximately three months revenue, substantially all of which is cancelable at any time before shipment of hardware and software or rendering of services.  As of June 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008, the backlog totaled approximately $338.7 million, $224.0 million and $204.6 million, respectively.  Historically, only an immaterial portion of the backlog existing as of the first day of the fiscal year does not result in recognizable revenue in that fiscal year.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

We file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements, and other documents as required by applicable law and regulations.  The public may read and copy any materials that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N. E., Washington, DC 20549.  The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 (1-800-732-0330).  The SEC maintains an Internet site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.  We also maintain an Internet site (http://www.micros.com).  We make available free of charge on or through our Internet website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to these reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing those documents with or furnishing them to the SEC.  The information on our website is not incorporated into and is not a part of this report.

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

There are a number of risks to which we are subject.  These risks include the following:

1. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOPOLITICAL RISKS.  While we do not sell our products and services directly to consumers, changes in consumer habits in response to environmental or geopolitical risks affect demand for our products and services by the hospitality and tourism industries.
·     Our business is very sensitive to the threat of terrorism and political uncertainty.  As the hospitality and tourism industries we serve are highly sensitive to consumer sentiments caused by world events, we are very vulnerable to downturns in customer buying habits associated with the threat of terrorist attacks and uncertain political climates, such as those existing in the Middle East and parts of Asia.
·     Our business is very sensitive to environmental and health disasters. Actual or anticipated environmental disasters and epidemics, including for example, hurricanes, tsunamis, and disease will deter and delay purchases of our products by customers, as concerns about potential or anticipated instances of environmental or health disasters tend to suppress travel and tourism.  Environmental disasters may also adversely affect our operations in the distressed areas.

 
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·     Higher oil and gas prices worldwide could have a material adverse impact on the travel and tourism industries, and indirectly, on our business.  Material increases in oil and gas prices tend to reduce discretionary spending by consumers, such as on travel and dining, as well as on retail spending generally.  Reductions in discretionary spending by consumers adversely affect our customers and, indirectly, our business.  Moreover, increases in oil and gas prices also directly adversely affect our customer base in other ways.  For example, gas price increases can result in higher ingredient and food costs for our restaurant customers.
·     We maintain offices in certain parts of the world that are subject to economic instability, political unrest, and terrorism, such as the Middle East and Thailand.  The performance of our offices in these areas will be adversely affected if these regions become subject to economic declines, political strife or episodes of terrorism.
 
2. 
ECONOMIC, PRICING AND FINANCIAL RISKS.
·     We are subject to the variability of world economies.  Since a substantial portion of our business is conducted in foreign countries, a downturn in the economies of foreign countries could adversely affect our financial results.  While, under certain circumstances, reliance on foreign operations can have a moderating impact (as one region’s improving conditions may offset another region’s declining conditions), our foreign businesses nonetheless add a degree of uncertainty to our planning and forecasting processes.
·     We are subject to the global economic crisis.  Starting in the summer of 2008, world macro-economic conditions materially worsened, resulting in the failure of several key global financial services providers, and a virtual freezing of the credit markets.  These economic conditions resulted in reduced demand from customers and the inability of some customers to secure financing for intended purchases.  While many economists have noted signs of slow recovery, and credit markets are improving, the current economic weakness may continue to result in the reduced demand for our products and services.  These economic conditions may also increase our bad debts despite additional collection efforts.
·     Our quarterly financial results are dependent upon the timing and size of customer orders and the shipment of products for large orders.  Large software orders from customers may account for more than an insignificant portion of earnings in any quarter.  We expect the customers with whom we do the largest amount of business to vary from year to year as a result of the timing of the rollout of each customer’s system.  Further, if a customer delays or accelerates its delivery requirements, or if a product’s completion is delayed or accelerated, revenues that we may have expected in a given quarter could be deferred or accelerated into subsequent or earlier quarters, respectively.  These events could have a meaningful effect on our quarterly results.
·     Our ability to establish pricing is subject to rapidly changing market and competitive conditions. To be competitive and to avoid losing business on the basis of price, we must evaluate our pricing routinely.  There are instances where we may have to reduce our pricing to obtain business.  Market forces have and will continue to place pressure on our gross margins and overall profitability.
·     Our gross margins will vary from quarter to quarter based upon product mix.  Product mix can affect our operating results.  For example, as we enjoy a higher gross margin on software than on hardware, our overall gross margin will vary depending upon the percentage of software licensed and the percentage of hardware sold each quarter.  The difficulty in predicting product mix on a quarter-to-quarter basis results in uncertainty in projecting gross margin, and we have experienced a degree of variability in our gross margins on a quarter-to-quarter basis as a result of changes in product mix.
·     Our non-major account business is difficult to predict.  Our major account customers (generally those customers who operate 50 or more locations) have longer sales cycles and deployments; our non-major account sales have much shorter sales cycles and shorter deployments.  As a significant portion of our business involves non-major accounts, there is inherent difficulty in predicting buying patterns.  Accordingly, it is much harder to appropriately staff and prepare for fluctuations in buying demand for non-major-account customers.  This can result in inefficiencies that adversely affect our operating results.
·     Some of the advanced systems we sell are very complex and require a high level of technical sophistication, which may result in increased costs that adversely affect our operating results.  The costs of the implementation and operation of an effective service structure capable of addressing increasingly complex software systems in wildly diverse locations is high and may require us to engage contractors, who generally have a higher cost structure than that of our own employees.  We incur additional costs due to the complexity of open systems, which generally incorporate third party software products that may entail difficult and costly support and service, as well as the difficulty in implementing, operating, maintaining and supporting centrally hosted systems, such as central reservation systems, and centrally-hosted property management systems and reporting systems.
·     We are subject to certain material cost increases that may be out of our control.  While we attempt to control third party costs, we have little or no control over certain material expenses, such as health care costs (which are generally experience-based) and costs of compliance with new legislation.  Significant increases in any of these expenses could adversely affect our operating results.
·     We are subject to fluctuations in foreign currencies and exchange rates.  Because we conduct significant portions of our business in foreign currencies, we experience exchange rate fluctuations that can have a significant impact on our reported results.  For example, as much of our European business is transacted in Euros, our revenue on a consolidated basis will decline if the Euro weakens relative to the U.S. Dollar and increase if the Euro strengthens relative to the U.S. Dollar.

 
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·     As a publicly traded company, our stock price is subject to certain market trends that are out of our control and that may not reflect our actual operating performance.   We can experience short-term increases and declines in our stock price due to factors other than those specific to our business, such as economic news or other events generally affecting the trading markets.
·     We have encountered risks associated with maintaining large cash balances.  While we have attempted to invest our cash balances in investments generally considered to be relatively safe, we nevertheless confront credit and liquidity risks.  For example, the Company has invested some of its cash in auction rate securities, which proved to be illiquid when the financial resale markets contracted in February 2008.  Not only may those securities continue to be illiquid, but there have been some charges taken due to credit losses resulting from our investments in two of the auction rate securities, and there may be additional charges taken for losses in the future related to our investments in auction rate securities.  Also, bank failures could result in reduced liquidity or the actual loss of money held in deposit accounts in excess of federally insured amounts, if any.

3. 
TECHNOLOGY RISKS.
·    Our customers’ requirements are increasingly sophisticated.  To be able to continue to offer competitive products and to meet our customers’ requirements, we must continually develop and update our products.  Unexpected costs and delays in development and implementation, and addressing our commitments to various customers, could adversely affect our financial results.
·     The development of software is an inherently difficult process that may result in software bugs that adversely impact a customer’s business.  While we have a testing and beta program and protocol that we implement before the general release of any product, such processes cannot guarantee that the released software will not have any bugs.  Our business could be adversely affected if these problems are significant and not readily resolvable.
·     The manufacturing of our hardware platform is performed primarily by a Singapore based third party contract manufacturer, Venture Group of Singapore (fka GES Singapore) (“Venture Group”).  While we believe we have a very good relationship with Venture Group, and while we have not experienced any material manufacturing problems with Venture Group, we cannot be certain that the relationship will remain in force, nor can we be certain that Venture Group will not experience labor or manufacturing challenges in the future, which may include claims of patent infringement with respect to key product components.  Additionally, Venture Group procures many of its components from other third parties that could experience manufacturing or labor issues.  We believe that, if our relationship with Venture Group were to terminate, we could readily replace Venture Group with other contract manufacturers or resell appropriate third-party hardware products in lieu of those manufactured for us by Venture Group.  However, any disruption or interruption of the supply of hardware products from Venture Group could adversely affect our business in the short run.
·     Large customized deployments may be difficult and may result in cost overruns that are not recoverable.  We have certain contracts under which we are required to provide systems and services at a fixed price.  We may be contractually required to absorb costs that may not be recoverable if we underestimate the amount of work required or if we encounter unanticipated technical issues.  This risk can be pronounced given the complexity of some of the systems we install and the size and scope of some of the deployments.  Unanticipated costs that are not recoverable could adversely affect our operations.
·     Our investment in certain technologies may prove to be unsuccessful and may delay our focus on more promising technologies.  As we invest significantly in research and development, there is a risk that we will pursue technology that we ultimately determine is not marketable or does not achieve the desired solution.  In such an event, we may be required to write off our investment, which could have an adverse impact on our operating income.  Moreover, if we are delayed in deploying better technologies, our business also could be adversely affected.
·     Actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in our software products may result in reduced sales or liabilities.  Our software may be used in connection with processing sensitive data (e.g., credit card numbers), and is sometimes used to store such data.  It may be possible for the data to be compromised if our customer does not maintain appropriate security procedures.  In those instances, the customer may attempt to seek damages from us.  While we believe that all of our current software complies with applicable industry security requirements and that we use appropriate security measures to reduce the possibility of breach through our support and other systems, we cannot assure that our customers’ systems will not be breached, or that all unauthorized access can be prevented.  If a customer, or other person, seeks redress from us as a result of a security breach, our business could be adversely affected.
·     Hosting of software applications presents increased security and liability risks.  As we expand our software hosting capabilities and offer more of our software applications to our customers on a hosted basis, our responsibility for data and system security with respect to data held in the hosting centers increases. While we believe that our current software applications comply with applicable laws and industry security requirements, and while we believe that we use appropriate security measures to reduce the possibility of unauthorized access or misuse of data in the hosting center, we cannot provide absolute assurance that our hosted systems will not be breached, or that all unauthorized access can be prevented.  If a security breach were to occur, a customer, regulatory agency, or other person could seek redress from us, which could adversely affect our business.

4. 
RESOURCE AND PERSONNEL RISKS.
·     We could be adversely affected by vendor labor difficulties.  Some of our vendors may have employees who are protected by certain labor laws or who may be members of unions.  We could experience unanticipated manufacturing or supply shortages if any of our key vendors are subject to labor difficulties or work slow-downs or stoppages.
·     Our inability to hire qualified personnel, including particularly research & development personnel, could adversely affect our ability to satisfy customer requirements on an efficient basis.  Finding qualified technical personnel in all the localities where our research and development facilities are situated is an ongoing challenge.  If we cannot find appropriate personnel, we risk delays in satisfying customer demands, or may even lose the opportunity to provide software to the customer.  If we are required to retain a consultant because we do not have available personnel, development costs would increase.  In general, our inability to recruit and retain appropriate personnel would adversely affect our business.

 
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·     Our internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance that all frauds will be detected.  As we have previously disclosed, we discovered fraudulent activities that occurred in our subsidiary in Japan during the period from fiscal year 2006 to the second quarter of fiscal year 2010.  We determined that these activities resulted in a cumulative overstatement of revenues and net income of approximately $6.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively, over this period.  Although the operation of our internal control system ultimately led to discovery of the fraudulent activities in our Japanese subsidiary, the individual involved was able to engage in fraudulent activities for some time before detection.  While we believe our internal control over financial reporting is effective, a controls system cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected.

5. 
LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING RISKS.
·     Although we attempt to protect our proprietary technology, these protections do not preclude competitors from developing products with features similar to our products.  We cannot guarantee that we can effectively preserve the proprietary nature and competitive advantages of our products, despite our efforts to do so through a combination of trade secrets, copyright, trademark law, non-disclosure agreements, and technical measures.  Others could attempt to copy what we have developed, either through legal or illegal means.  Moreover, others have been able to develop competitive products and services that do not violate our proprietary rights.
·     We are subject to litigation, which may be costly.  As a company that does business with many customers, employees, and vendors throughout the world, we are subject to litigation, including claims made by or against us relating to intellectual property rights and intellectual property licenses.  While we generally take steps to reduce the likelihood that disputes will result in litigation and damages, litigation is very commonplace and could have an adverse effect on our business.  As part of the litigation risk, we could be subject to potentially material adverse jury verdicts.  We are currently subject to an adverse jury verdict in the amount of $7.5 million, which we have appealed.
·     We are subject to claims by others that we are infringing their intellectual property rights.  From time to time we receive letters from entities that assert that we are infringing a patent.  In those instances, we assess the validity of the claims and the purported patent, and determine whether a license is appropriate or necessary.  If we conclude that a license is not necessary, there is a risk that we will be sued; we may also face indirect liability as a result of infringement claims brought against our customers.  While we do not believe that our products and services infringe any patents or other intellectual property rights, we have from time to time and may continue to become involved in infringement litigation.  If that occurs, we may incur significant legal expenses and, if we are found liable, we could be obligated to pay significant damages or enter into license agreements.
·     Credit card issuers have promulgated credit card security guidelines as part of their ongoing effort to battle identity theft and credit card fraud, which may substantially increase our expenses; breaches of our customers’ credit card security may adversely affect us.  We continue to work with credit card issuers to assure that our products and services comply with the credit card associations’ security regulations and best practices applicable to our products and services.  We cannot assure, however, that our products and services are invulnerable to unauthorized access or hacking.  Additionally, we cannot assure that our customers will implement all of the credit card security features that we introduce, or all of the protections and procedures required by the credit card issuers.  Our customers may not establish and maintain appropriate levels of firewall protection and other security measures.  If there is unauthorized access to credit card data that results in financial loss, there is a potential that parties could seek damages from us.  Additionally, changes in the security guidelines and laws relating to consumer privacy could require significant and unanticipated development efforts.

ITEM 1B.  UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2.
PROPERTIES

Our worldwide corporate headquarters, including our executive offices, are located in Columbia, Maryland.  We also conduct sales, marketing, customer support, and product development activities at this location.  We lease the entire five-story structure, consisting of 247,624 square feet, from Columbia Gateway Office Corporation, under a lease that, as amended, terminates on February 29, 2016.  We sublease a portion of one of the five floors, consisting of 39,459 square feet, to Motorola, Inc.  The sublease expires March 10, 2015.

In addition to over 50 smaller offices, we lease the following larger facilities (defined, for purposes of this filing, as those locations in which we lease approximately 10,000 square feet.)

Location
 
Approximate
Size 
(Square Feet)
 
Use
 
Expiration Date
 
Additional Comments
                 
Columbia, Maryland
 
247,624
 
Headquarters and other functions (see above)
 
February 29, 2016
 
See above
                 
Hanover, Maryland
 
87,600
 
Warehouse, distribution, light assembly, configuration, manufacturing, repair
 
July 31, 2015
   
                 
Cleveland, Ohio
 
70,000
 
Sales, marketing, support, product development
 
February 28, 2014
 
Cleveland is the headquarters for the MICROS Retail group
                 
Neuss, Germany
 
42,000
 
Sales, marketing, product development, and customer support
 
December 31, 2015
 
Also serves as one of the hub offices for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
                 
Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
35,748
 
Sales, marketing, customer support, product development and product support
 
Ranges from November 20, 2010 to July 31, 2012
 
Ann Arbor is the headquarters for the Fry, Inc. subsidiary
                 
Westborough, Massachusetts
 
27,234
 
Sales, marketing, customer support, product development and product support
 
November 30, 2013
 
MICROS Retail maintains this office for its XBR loss prevention products, as well as for its CommercialWare products and services
                 
Chevy Chase, Maryland
 
26,744
 
Sales, Web development services
 
November 15, 2017
 
Headquarters of the TIG Global subsidiary
                 
Boca Raton, Florida
 
19,755
 
Sales, marketing, product  development, customer support and light assembly
 
February 29, 2012
 
Boca Raton is the headquarters for the JTECH subsidiary
                 
Naples, Florida
 
20,156
 
Software development
 
December 31, 2016
 
Naples is the main site for the development of the Company’s hotel products
                 
Galway, Ireland
 
18,025
 
Customer support, sales and marketing
 
May 31, 2022 (we have early termination rights in 2012 and 2017)
 
Also serves as the regional headquarters for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
                 
Nanterre, France
 
16,867
 
Sales, marketing, support
 
December 31, 2014 (we have an early termination right in 2010)
   
                 
Buffalo, NY
 
16,821
 
Sales, marketing, support
 
September 15, 2015
 
We have subleased a portion of this property to another company.
                 
Chicago, Illinois
 
16,706
 
Sales, marketing, product development, and hosting
 
December 31, 2014
 
Fry, Inc. maintains this office for its hosting services as well as for sales and services.
                 
Sydney, Australia
 
13,500
 
Sales, marketing, support, product development
 
December 14, 2012
   
                 
Scottsdale, Arizona
 
12,969
 
Sales, marketing, support, product development
 
January 31, 2016
 
Scottsdale is the headquarters for the HSI division
                 
Mexico City, Mexico, DF
 
11,946
 
Sales, marketing, customer support, operations
 
December 31, 2012
   
                 
Huntington Beach, California
 
10,970
 
Sales, marketing, support
 
January 31, 2013
   
                 
Slough, England (three sites)
 
25,000
 
Sales, marketing, support
 
Ranges from September 29, 2013 to December 31, 2016
   
                 
Singapore
 
9,367
 
Sales, marketing, support
 
September 30, 2014
   

 
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To satisfy other sales, service and support, and product development needs, we and our subsidiaries lease space in other U.S. cities, including Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Hartford, Houston, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle, and in numerous cities overseas, including Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hamburg, Germany; Helsinki, Finland; Madrid, Spain; Rome, Italy; São Paulo, Brazil; Stockholm, Sweden; Tokyo, Japan; Toronto, Canada; Vancouver, Canada; Vienna, Austria; and Zurich, Switzerland.  In general, we believe that additional space will be available as needed.

ITEM 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are and have been involved in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business.

There is a case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, styled Ware v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. et al.; although the Company was not a party to that case, the Company may have had some obligation to indemnify certain of the defendants who are the Company’s customers based on the terms of the Company’s contracts with those customers.  The plaintiff alleged that the defendants infringed a patent relating to the processing of credit card transactions.  The defendants included approximately 107 individual retailers, 13 of whom are the Company’s customers for retail point-of-sale software.  The Company initially agreed to provide indemnity coverage to five of the defendants who are the Company’s customers in accordance with applicable provisions of the contracts between the Company and those customers, however, one such customer subsequently filed for protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.  During the quarter ended June 30, 2010, the Company entered into settlement agreements with all of the defendants for whom it may have had indemnity obligations. Through June 30, 2010, our legal fees with respect to the third party action have not been material, and the settlement amounts were not material.

As disclosed in previous filings, on May 22, 2008, a jury returned verdicts totaling $7.5 million against the Company in the consolidated actions of Roth Cash Register v. MICROS Systems, Inc., et al. and Shenango Systems Solutions v. MICROS Systems, Inc., et al.   The cases initially were filed in 2000 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  The complaints both related to the non-renewal of dealership agreements in the year 2000 between the Company and the respective plaintiffs.  The agreements were non-renewed as part of a restructuring of the dealer channel.  There is no other outstanding litigation relating to the restructuring of the dealer channel in the year 2000.  The plaintiffs alleged that the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and employees entered into a plan to eliminate the plaintiffs as authorized dealers and improperly interfere with the plaintiffs' relationships with their respective existing and potential future clients and customers without compensation to the plaintiffs.  As a result, the plaintiffs claimed that the Company was liable for, among other things, breach of contract and tortious interference with existing and prospective contractual relationships.  The Company and the plaintiffs have appealed the verdicts on various grounds.  Oral argument on the appeal took place on February 24, 2010, before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.  The court has not yet issued a decision on the appeal.  The Company has established only an immaterial reserve for any potential liability relating to these matters, as the Company believes that it presented strong arguments to reverse the verdicts on appeal, and therefore believes that an unfavorable outcome in these cases is not probable.  Nevertheless, even if the verdicts were not reversed or reduced on appeal, payment of the resulting obligations would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or liquidity.

The Company is and has been involved in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business, and, subject to the matters referenced above, the Company is of the opinion, based upon presently available information and the advice of counsel concerning pertinent legal matters, that any resulting liability should not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

 
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PART II

ITEM 5.
MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

All share data has been retroactively adjusted for a two-for-one stock split effective February 5, 2008.

STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following line graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on the Company’s common stock during the past five fiscal years, based on the market price of MICROS Systems, Inc. common stock, with the cumulative total yearly return of the S&P 500 Index, and with the S&P Application Software composite index.  The graph assumes $100 invested on June 30, 2005 in MICROS Systems, Inc. common stock, and an identical amount in the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Application Software composite index, and assumes the reinvestment of dividends.


Shareholder Returns
 
Company/Index
 
June 2006
   
June 2007
   
June 2008
   
June 2009
   
June 2010
 
MICROS Systems, Inc.
  $ 97.61     $ 121.56     $ 136.27     $ 113.16     $ 142.44  
S&P 500 Index
  $ 108.63     $ 131.00     $ 113.81     $ 83.97     $ 96.09  
S&P 500 Application Software
  $ 108.89     $ 131.79     $ 117.24     $ 91.83     $ 114.09  

PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK

The Company’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol MCRS.  As of August 19, 2010, there were 18,383 record holders of the Company’s common stock, $0.025 par value.

The following table shows the range of sales prices for the periods indicated, as reported by NASDAQ.

   
1st Quarter
   
2nd Quarter
   
3rd Quarter
   
4th Quarter
 
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2010
                       
    High
  $ 31.11     $ 32.43     $ 33.50     $ 38.16  
    Low
  $ 22.79     $ 25.68     $ 26.17     $ 31.26  
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2009
                               
    High
  $ 34.41     $ 27.17     $ 20.17     $ 28.65  
    Low
  $ 22.98     $ 13.34     $ 13.47     $ 18.45  

 
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The Company has never paid a cash dividend and has no current intention to pay any cash dividends.  Its current policy is to retain earnings and to use those funds for the operation and expansion of its business as well as the repurchase of the Company’s stock.  The Company is a party to two credit agreements which, as renewed on July 30, 2010, restrict the payment of cash dividends.  See Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Note 7 “Line of Credit,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report.

PURCHASES OF COMPANY STOCK

In August 2009 the Board of Directors authorized the purchase of two million shares of the Company’s common stock over the next three years, to be purchased from time to time depending on market conditions and other corporate considerations as determined by management.

We have incurred an aggregate of approximately $0.3 million in fees in the aggregate related to all stock purchase plans.  As of July 31, 2010, approximately 1.6 million additional shares are available for purchase.  During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010, our stock purchases were as follows
 
Subsequent to year-end, on August 24, 2010, the Board of Directors authorized the purchases of an additional two million shares of the Companys common stock over the next three years, to be purchased from time to time depending on market conditions and other corporate considerations as determined by management.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
   
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
   
 
Average
Price
Paid per
Share
   
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plan or
Program
   
Maximum Number
of Shares that May
Yet be Purchased
Under the Plan or
Program
 
04/01/10 – 04/30/10
          N/A             1,986,130  
05/01/10 – 05/31/10
          N/A             1,986,130  
06/01/10 – 06/30/10
    350,000     $ 33.52       350,000       1,636,130  
      350,000     $ 33.52       350,000       1,636,130  

ITEM 6.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,(1)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
    2010(2),(4)
 
    2009(2),(3),(4)
 
 
2008 (2)
   
2007 (2)
   
2006
 
Statement of Operations Data:
                                 
Revenue
  $ 914,319     $ 907,725     $ 953,950     $ 784,973     $ 678,233  
Income from operations
  $ 167,973     $ 140,835     $ 138,890     $ 110,390     $ 90,978  
Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc.
  $ 114,353     $ 96,292     $ 100,737     $ 79,875     $ 62,963  
Net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common:
                                       
    Basic
  $ 1.44     $ 1.19     $ 1.23     $ 1.00     $ 0.81  
    Diluted
  $ 1.41     $ 1.17     $ 1.20     $ 0.97     $ 0.77  
                                         
Balance Sheet Data:
                                       
Working capital (5)
  $ 468,047     $ 416,593     $ 391,656     $ 343,937     $ 252,585  
Total assets
  $ 1,138,291     $ 1,021,379     $ 1,002,147     $ 846,093     $ 647,357  
Line of credit
  $ 1,442     $ 1,090     $ 989     $ 2,308     $ 2,134  
MICROS Systems, Inc. shareholders’ equity
  $ 783,380     $ 718,997     $ 671,723     $ 550,493     $ 416,552  
Book value per share (6), (7)
  $ 9.79     $ 8.95     $ 8.30     $ 6.79     $ 5.34  
                                         
Additional Data:
                                       
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
                                 
    Basic
    79,856       80,486       81,546       79,978       77,383  
    Diluted
    81,448       81,461       83,346       82,581       81,248  

(1)
Fiscal years 2006 - 2009 have been revised to reflect the corrections of the misstatements related to certain fraudulent activities uncovered in the Company’s Japanese subsidiary that occurred during the period from fiscal year 2006 to the six months ended December 31, 2009.  See Note 19 “Revisions to Prior Period Financial Statements” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
(2)
Fiscal years 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 include approximately $12.4 million ($8.1 million, net of tax or $0.10 per diluted share), $13.9 million ($9.8 million, net of tax or $0.12 per diluted share), $17.2 million ($13.1 million net of tax or $0.16 per diluted share) and $14.0 million ($11.1 million net of tax or $0.14 per diluted share) respectively, in non-cash share-based compensation expense.  See Note 3 “Share-based Compensation” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
(3)
Fiscal year 2009 includes approximately $3.1 million ($2.1 million, net of tax) in restructuring charges and approximately $0.7 million in an inventory write down reflecting adjustments to the Company’s cost structure to address lower sales volume in certain of the Company’s locations affecting both of its reportable segments.
(4)
The fiscal years 2010 and 2009 include an other-than-temporary impairment of approximately $4.8 million and $1.3 million, respectively, for long-term investments.  See Note 2 “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 
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(5)
Current assets less current liabilities.
(6)
Calculated as shareholders’ equity divided by common stock outstanding at June 30.
(7)
Share information for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2006 and 2007 is retroactively adjusted to reflect the February 2008 two-for-one stock split.

ITEM 7.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

We are a leading worldwide designer, manufacturer, marketer, and servicer of enterprise information solutions for the global hospitality and specialty retail industries.  Our enterprise solutions comprise three major areas: hotel information systems, restaurant information systems, and specialty retail information systems.  We also offer a wide range of related services.  We distribute our products and services directly and through a network of independent dealers and distributors.
 
We are organized and operate in four operating segments:  U.S., Europe, the Pacific Rim, and Latin America regions.  We have identified our U.S. operating segment as a separate reportable segment and we have aggregated our three international operating segments into one reportable segment, international, as the three international operating segments share many similar economic characteristics.  Our management views the U.S. and international segments separately in operating our business, although the products and services are similar for each segment.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.  On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those that impact revenue recognition, share-based compensation, capitalized software, goodwill and intangible assets, fair value of investments, allowance for doubtful accounts, allowance for obsolescence and income taxes.  We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.  Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The following comprise the critical accounting estimates that we used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Revenue recognition

Revenue is generated from the sale of software licenses, hardware, services and support and is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the arrangement fee is fixed or determinable and collectability of the related receivable is probable.  Our revenue recognition involves judgment, including estimates of fair value in arrangements that contain multiple elements, assessments of the likelihood of nonpayment and estimates of total costs and costs to complete a project.  In making these judgments we analyze various factors, including the nature and terms of the specific transaction, the nature and terms of comparable transactions, the creditworthiness of our customers, our historical experience, accuracy of prior estimates and overall market and economic conditions.  Changes in judgments related to these items, or a deterioration in market or economic conditions, could materially impact the timing and amount of revenue and costs recognized.

Allowance for doubtful accounts

We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses that may result from the inability of our customers to make required payments and for limited circumstances when the customer disputes the amounts due to us.  Our methodology for determining this allowance requires estimates and is based on the age of the receivable, customer payment practices and history, inquiries, credit reports from third parties and other financial information.  If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required which could affect our financial results in future periods.  As of June 30, 2010 and 2009, accounts receivable totaled approximately $153.1 million and $155.2 million, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of approximately $28.4 million and $31.9 million, respectively.  Additionally, bad debt expenses for the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 were approximately $3.9 million, $8.3 million, and $6.9 million, respectively.

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market.  Cost is determined principally by the first-in, first-out pricing method.  We wrote down inventory in the amount of approximately $12.3 million and $11.4 million as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  We regularly compare inventory quantities on hand against historical usage or forecasts related to specific items to evaluate obsolescence and excessive quantities.  Nevertheless, changes in business trends, competition and other factors not apparent when, or occurring after, we make our estimates of inventory obsolescence could result in the need to undertake additional inventory write-offs in future periods.

 
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Financial instruments and fair value measurements

All of our short-term investments are recorded at fair value, which approximates cost.  Our investments in auction rate securities (debt instruments with long-term scheduled maturities and periodic interest rate reset dates, classified as long-term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets) as discussed below, are carried at fair value.

We periodically review to identify and evaluate each investment that has an unrealized loss.  Unrealized losses that are determined to be temporary in nature are reported, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive income.   Other-than-temporary “credit loss” (loss due to security issuer’s credit risk), net of tax and valuation allowances, is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations, while other-than-temporary impairment loss related to factors other than credit loss, net of tax, is recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income.

We periodically assess whether we would likely recover the entire cost basis of each of our auction rate securities, and, therefore, whether the securities had incurred an other-than-temporary impairment.  The factors considered in classifying the impairment include (a) the credit quality of the underlying security, (b) the extent to which and time period during which the fair value of each investment has been below cost, (c) the expected holding or recovery period for each investment, (d) our intent to hold each investment until recovery, the likelihood that we will not be required to sell the security prior to recovery and our expectation of recovery of the entire amortized cost basis of the security, and (e) the existence of any evidence of default by the issuer.  Applying these factors entails significant judgment and considerable uncertainty.  We then estimated the extent to which other-than-temporary credit loss or non-credit loss was applicable to our investments in auction rate securities.  Because there is no liquid market or negotiated transaction history with regard to the auction rate securities, we engaged an independent valuation firm to perform a valuation of our investments in auction rate securities at June 30, 2010.  The valuation firm used a discounted cash flow model that considered various inputs including: (a) the coupon rate specified under the debt instruments, (b) the current credit ratings of the underlying issuers, (c) collateral characteristics, (d) discount rates, (e) severity of default and (f) probability that the securities will be sold at auction or through early redemption.  While we reviewed and agreed with this valuation, many of the assumptions utilized in connection with the valuation are subject to considerable uncertainty, and changes in assumptions or subsequent events could result in the recognition of additional credit loss.

A change in factors, including economic conditions, rates of default with respect to the obligations underlying the securities, our liquidity needs, and a variety of other factors may cause our future valuation results to differ, in which case our financial results in future periods could be affected significantly.

Capitalized software development costs

Costs incurred in the research and development of new software products to be licensed to others, primarily consisting of salaries, employee benefits and administrative costs, are expensed as incurred and included in research and development expenses until technological feasibility is established.  The capitalization of software development costs on a product-by-product basis starts when a product’s technological feasibility has been established and ends when the product is available for general release to customers, at which time amortization of the capitalized software development costs begins.  Technological feasibility is established when the product reaches the working model stage.  The cost of purchased software is also capitalized.

Annual amortization of capitalized software development costs is included in software cost of sales.  For each capitalized software product, the annual amortization is equal to the greater of: (i) the amount computed using the ratio that the software product’s current fiscal year gross revenue bears to the total current fiscal year and anticipated future gross revenues for that product or (ii) the amount computed based on straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic life of the product.  If we incorrectly estimate the remaining economic life of a product or the anticipated future gross revenues of a product, we may be required to take a significant write off of capitalized software development costs or to accelerate amortization, either of which could materially affect our future financial results.  Amortization expenses for the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 were approximately $9.7 million, $7.7 million and $9.4 million, respectively.
 
Valuation of long-lived assets and intangible assets

We evaluate long-lived assets, including finite-lived purchased intangible assets, for impairment whenever events and changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be fully recoverable.  When indicators of impairment are present, we compare the fair value of the asset groups, based on the undiscounted cash flows the asset groups are expected to generate (or market value, if available), to the net book value of the asset groups.  If the fair value is less than the net book value, the asset group is impaired and we recognize an impairment loss equal to the excess of the net book value over the fair value.
 
The process of evaluating the potential impairment of long-lived assets including finite-lived purchased intangible assets is highly subjective and requires significant judgment at many points during the analysis.  In estimating the fair value of the asset groups for the purposes of our analyses, we make estimates and judgments about the future cash flows of these asset groups.  The cash flow forecasts are based on assumptions that are consistent with the plans and estimates used to manage the Company.  A change in assumptions and estimates in future periods could cause us to determine that asset groups are impaired, resulting in a significant charge in future periods.
 
 
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Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets
 
We do not amortize goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets.  We assess annually, in the first quarter of the fiscal year, whether goodwill and certain of our trademarks, which are our only indefinite-lived purchased intangible assets, are impaired.  Goodwill is evaluated for impairment by comparing the fair value of each of our reporting units (our four operating segments consisting of U.S., Europe, the Pacific Rim and Latin America) to their book value.  The fair value of each reporting unit is determined based on a weighting of future income approach (i.e., discounted future income) and market approach (i.e., a comparison to the purchase and sale of similar assets in the relevant industry).  If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the book value of the net assets assigned to that unit, goodwill is not impaired.  If goodwill is impaired, we recognize an impairment loss based on the amount by which the book value of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value.  The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by deducting the fair value of a reporting unit’s identifiable assets and liabilities from the fair value of the reporting unit as a whole, as if that reporting unit had just been acquired and the fair value of the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed were being determined initially.
 
Trademarks are evaluated for impairment by comparing their fair value to book value.  We estimate the fair value of trademarks using an income approach, and recognize an impairment loss if the estimated fair value of a trademark is less than its book value.
 
Additional impairment assessments may be performed on an interim basis if we encounter events or changes in circumstances indicating that it is more likely than not that the book value of goodwill and/or trademarks has been impaired.  
 
The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill and/or trademarks is highly subjective and requires significant judgment at many points during the analysis.  In estimating the fair value of the reporting units for the purposes of our annual or interim analyses, we make estimates and judgments about the future cash flows of these businesses.  The cash flow forecasts are based on assumptions that are consistent with the plans and estimates used to manage the underlying reporting units and factor in assumptions on revenue and expense growth rates. These estimates are based upon our historical experience and projections of future activity, factoring in customer demand, changes in technology and the cost structure necessary to achieve the related revenues. Additionally, these cash flow analyses factor in expected amounts of working capital and weighted average cost of capital. Changes in judgments on any of these factors could materially impact the value of the reporting unit.  We also consider our market capitalization on the date the analysis is performed.   A determination that goodwill or intangible assets are impaired (which could result from a change in our assumptions) could have a significant impact on our operating results.  As of June 30, 2010 and 2009, goodwill totaled approximately $213.8 million and $190.7 million, respectively.
 
Share-based compensation

We account for our option awards granted under our stock option program by estimating fair value of option awards as of the date of grant.  Non-cash share-based compensation expenses, which are based on the estimated value of the option awards adjusted for expected pre-vesting forfeitures, are recognized ratably over the requisite service (i.e. vesting) period of options in the consolidated statement of operations.

We value stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that are fully transferable and have no vesting restrictions.  Therefore, we are required to input highly subjective assumptions about volatility rates, expected term of options, dividend yields and applicable interest rates in determining the estimated fair value.  Expected volatility is based on historical stock prices.  The expected term of options granted is based on historical option activities, adjusted for the remaining option life cycle by assuming ratable exercise of any unexercised vested options over the remaining term.  For this purpose, we separate groups of employees that have historically exhibited similar behavior with regard to option exercises and post-vesting cancellations.  The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.  Total expense recorded from period to period can be significantly different depending on several variables, including the number of options granted, any changes to assumptions such as pre-vesting cancellations and the estimated fair value of those vested awards.  But unlike every other accounting policy in this section, changes in estimates affect only newly granted options; they do not result in a change in previously recorded amounts.

Income taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences attributable to the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on the deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rate is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.  Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts more likely than not to be realized.  If we determine that we will not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period in which the determination is made.  Our deferred tax assets and liabilities could be materially affected if, based on subsequent events, we determine that we must derecognize or recognize a tax position.  Such a change also could materially affect our annual tax rate in the year in which the change occurs.

 
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      Although we are profitable on a consolidated basis, we have incurred losses in certain foreign jurisdictions.  We applied valuation allowances in some circumstances where the prospects of realizing the benefit of net operating loss carryforwards and other deferred taxes are subject to uncertainty.  The determination of the likelihood of realizing this tax benefit requires significant judgment in some instances, and actual results of our operating subsidiaries, particularly certain international subsidiaries, could result in material adjustments to our deferred tax assets or liabilities, and changes in our annual tax rate in the year in which the adjustments occur.

      We review our uncertain income tax positions and apply a “more likely than not” threshold to the recognition and derecognition of tax positions.  The net unrecognized income tax benefits as of June 30, 2010 and 2009 were approximately $21.3 million and $18.0 million, including interest and penalties of approximately $2.4 million and $2.0 million, respectively.  Significant judgment is required in determining our tax positions and evaluating uncertainties relating to these positions.  Changes in estimates regarding our tax positions, or government determinations resulting from tax audits, could have an effect on our deferred tax assets and liabilities, as well as our annual tax rate in the year in which the changes or determinations occur.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

As previously disclosed in our Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2009, during January 2010, we uncovered certain fraudulent activities in our Japanese subsidiary which occurred during the period extending from fiscal year 2006 to the six months ended December 31, 2009.  As a result of our investigation, we determined that fraudulent transactions resulted in a cumulative overstatement of revenue and net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. of approximately $6.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively, over this period. The transactions served principally to inflate revenue and cost of sales through the creation of fraudulent revenue documentation and to understate liabilities for loans executed where we were the guarantor over this period.  These off-balance sheet loans were indirectly used to pay down a portion of our fictitious accounts receivable balances.  We concluded, based on our investigation, that the fraud was solely perpetrated by one employee of our Japanese subsidiary who was not a member of senior management and that the individual involved expended significant effort over the period to create a variety of schemes which deliberately circumvented or manipulated the entity's local controls and procedures.  These schemes were primarily designed to inflate revenues and cost of sales and to obtain financing from third parties to pay off the accounts receivable balances in order to prolong the schemes.  We terminated the employee upon completion of our investigation.

Based on the materiality guidelines contained in SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, "Materiality" and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, "Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements", we concluded that the adjustments to correct for the fraudulent activities were not material to any of our current financial statements for periods beginning with the year ended June 30, 2006 and through the three months ended September 30, 2009.  However, we concluded that the adjustments would be material to the quarterly results and trend for the three months ended December 31, 2009.  Accordingly, we determined that we would revise our previous financial statements to record these adjustments; however because the effect of the adjustments were not material to any previously issued financial statements, we determined not to amend our previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or our Annual Reports on Form 10-K; rather, we would make corresponding adjustments to prior period financial statements as appropriate the next time those financial statements are filed.

The Consolidated Statement of Operations for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 included in this Form 10-K has been revised to reflect the corrections of the misstatements related to the fraudulent activities in our Japanese subsidiary described above.  The corrections decreased revenue for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 by approximately $4.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively and decreased net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. by approximately $3.0 million and $0.5 million, respectively.  See Note 19 “Revisions to Prior Period Financial Statements” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail.

During the three fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, we acquired several businesses and accordingly, our results include activities from the acquired businesses from their respective acquisition dates.  See Note 4 “Acquisitions” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail on acquisitions.

All references to share data have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the two-for-one stock split effective February 5, 2008.

 
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Comparison of Fiscal Year 2010 to Fiscal Year 2009

Revenue

The following table provides information regarding the sales mix by reportable segments in fiscal years 2010 and 2009 (amounts are net of intersegment eliminations, based on location of the selling entity, and include export sales):

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
   
U.S.
   
International
   
Total
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Hardware
  $ 96,560     $ 107,960     $ 91,773     $ 101,874     $ 188,333     $ 209,834  
Software
    45,964       48,523       72,824       84,389       118,788       132,912  
Service
    297,268       277,999       309,930       286,980       607,198       564,979  
Total Revenue
  $ 439,792     $ 434,482     $ 474,527     $ 473,243     $ 914,319     $ 907,725  

The following table provides information regarding the total sales mix as a percent of total revenue in fiscal years 2010 and 2009:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Hardware
    20.6 %     23.1 %
Software
    13.0 %     14.7 %
Service
    66.4 %     62.2 %
Total
    100.0 %     100.0 %

For fiscal year 2010, total revenue was approximately $914.3 million, an increase of approximately $6.6 million, or 0.7% compared to the fiscal year 2009 due to the following:

 
·
Favorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, for primarily all foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar, positively affected total revenue by approximately $11.0 million; and,
 
·
Additional services revenue generated by TIG Global LLC (“TIG Global”), a company that we acquired in December 2009, and an additional 4% increase in services sales volume compared to fiscal year 2009.
 
·
Above increases were partially offset by 11% and 12% decreases in hardware and software sales volume, respectively, compared to fiscal year 2009.  We believe these decreases were due to a slow-down in demand from our customers as a result of adverse global economic conditions.
 
The international segment revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 increased by approximately $1.3 million compared to the fiscal year 2009.  The favorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations positively affected total revenue by approximately $11.0 million.  The services sales volume increased 5% compared to fiscal year 2009.  The increase in services sales volume was due to the continued expansion of our customer base coupled with increased recurring support revenue from existing customers (primarily through purchase of additional services).  These increases were partially offset by 12% and 15% decreases in hardware and software sales volume, respectively, both compared to fiscal year 2009.  We believe the decreases in hardware and software sales volume were due to a slowdown in demand from our customers because of adverse global economic conditions

U.S. segment revenue increased approximately $5.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 compared to the fiscal year 2009.  The increase was the result of additional services revenue generated as a result of the acquisition of TIG Global in December 2009 and the continued expansion of our customer base coupled with increased recurring support revenue from existing customers (primarily through purchase of additional services).  These increases were partially offset by an 11% decrease in hardware revenues and a 5% decrease in software sales revenues, both as compared to fiscal year 2009.  We believe these decreases were due to a slowdown in demand from our customers because of adverse U.S. and global economic conditions.

Cost of Sales

The following table provides information regarding our cost of sales in fiscal years 2010 and 2009:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
(in thousands)
 
Cost 
of Sales
   
% of Related
Revenue
   
Cost 
of Sales
   
% of Related
Revenue
 
Hardware
  $ 119,489       63.4 %   $ 135,033       64.4 %
Software
    25,731       21.7 %     25,570       19.2 %
Service
    267,618       44.1 %     264,883       46.9 %
Total Cost of Sales
  $ 412,838       45.2 %   $ 425,486       46.9 %

 
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For fiscal year 2010, cost of sales as a percent of revenue decreased 1.7% to 45.2% compared to 46.9% in fiscal year 2009.  Hardware cost of sales as a percent of related revenue decreased primarily as a result of an overall margin improvement on substantially all hardware categories compared to fiscal year 2009.  Software cost of sales as a percent of related revenue increased primarily due to an increase in capitalized software amortization expense (included in software cost of sales) as a percent of software revenue as compared to fiscal year 2009 and a lower margin on sales of third party software.  Service cost of sales as a percent of related revenue decreased 2.8% to 44.1% primarily due to lower service labor costs resulting from our continued cost cutting efforts.  The foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations increased our cost of sales for the fiscal year 2010 by approximately $6.8 million.

Selling, General and Administrative (“SG&A”) Expenses

SG&A expenses decreased approximately $7.3 million compared to fiscal year 2009 to approximately $274.0 million.  This decrease was primarily due to the inclusion of the following in fiscal year 2009 SG&A expenses:

·
Higher bad debt expense, which was approximately $4.4 million higher than fiscal year 2010, due to adverse U.S. and global economic conditions; and,
·
Approximately $3.1 million in restructuring charges, primarily reflecting adjustments to our cost structure to reflect lower sales volume in certain of our locations.  The charge included approximately $1.5 million in employee related costs and approximately $1.6 million in occupancy related costs for certain of our facilities that we have vacated.

During fiscal year 2010, we were able to continue to reduce certain of our costs.  All of these factors were partially offset by an approximately $5.1 million increase in compensation related expenses in fiscal year 2010 compared to fiscal year 2009.

The foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations increased our SG&A expenses for the fiscal year 2010 by approximately $3.4 million compared to fiscal year 2009.

Research and Development (“R&D”)

R&D expenses consist primarily of labor costs less capitalized software development costs.  The following table provides information regarding our R&D expenses in fiscal years 2010 and 2009:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
R&D labor and other costs
  $ 44,672     $ 43,100  
Capitalized software development costs
    (2,443 )     (470 )
Total R&D expenses
  $ 42,229     $ 42,630  
% of Revenue
    4.6 %     4.7 %

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses

Depreciation and amortization expenses for fiscal year 2010 decreased approximately $0.2 million compared to fiscal year 2009 to approximately $17.3 million.

Share-Based Compensation Expenses

For fiscal years 2010 and 2009, we recognized non-cash share-based compensation expense of approximately $12.4 million and $13.9 million, respectively.  The SG&A expenses, R&D expenses and cost of sales discussed above include the following allocations of non-cash share-based compensation expense:
 
   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
SG&A
  $ 11,822     $ 13,108  
R&D
    511       792  
Cost of sales
    32        
Total non-cash share-based compensation expense
    12,365       13,900  
Income tax benefit
    (4,283 )     (4,100 )
Total non-cash share-based compensation expense, net of tax benefit
  $ 8,082     $ 9,800  
Impact on diluted net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders
  $ 0.10     $ 0.12  

The non-cash share-based compensation expense allocated to SG&A for the 2010 and 2009 fiscal years included approximately $1.7 million and $0.8 million related to the grant of options during the respective years to our Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, A.L. Giannopoulos.  In accordance with the terms of our option plan, as he is over the retirement age of 62, any options that he holds that have not yet vested at the time of his retirement will vest immediately upon his retirement.  Although Mr. Giannopoulos has not retired, we expensed 100% of the share-based compensation expense related to his option grant because he was over the age of 62 at the time he received the options.

 
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As of June 30, 2010, there was approximately $13.7 million in non-cash share-based compensation cost related to non-vested awards that were not yet recognized in our consolidated statements of operations.  This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.83 years.

Income from Operations

Income from operations for fiscal year 2010 increased approximately $27.1 million, or 19.3%, to approximately $168.0 million, compared to fiscal year 2009.  The increase reflects an overall improvement in margin coupled with our continued cost cutting efforts.  Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations increased our income from operations for the fiscal year 2010 by approximately $0.5 million.

Non-operating Income (Expense)

Net non-operating income for fiscal year 2010 was approximately $0.2 million compared to approximately $6.0 million for fiscal year 2009.  The decrease of approximately $5.9 million reflects:

 
·
A decrease in interest income of approximately $4.6 million due to overall lower interest earned on cash and cash equivalents and investments (short-term and long-term) balances; and,
 
·
The credit based other-than-temporary impairment losses of approximately $4.8 million and $1.3 million for fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, for investments in auction rate securities classified as long-term investments on our consolidated balance sheets.  This increase loss in fiscal year 2010 is related to the deterioration of one of our auction rate securities with an original cost of $10.0 million which is valued at approximately $4.3 million at June 30, 2010.
 
·
Above decreases in non-operating income was partially offset by approximately $1.3 million increase in the foreign currency exchange transaction gain.  For fiscal year 2010, the foreign currency exchange transaction gain was approximately $1.0 million compared to a loss of approximately $0.3 million in fiscal year 2009.
 
Income Tax Expense
The effective tax rates for fiscal years 2010 and 2009 were 31.4% and 33.5%, respectively.  The effective tax rates for the fiscal years 2010 and 2009 were less than the 35.0% U.S. statutory federal income tax rate, mainly due to the mix of earnings from jurisdictions that have a lower statutory tax rate than the U.S., our continued assertion to permanently reinvest the cumulative unremitted earnings of our significant non-US affiliates, and tax benefits realized upon the expiration of statutes of limitations or settlements with tax authorities,.  These benefits were partially offset by the recognition of uncertain tax positions, non-deductible compensation items including, non-cash share-based compensation, valuation allowances, creditable foreign withholding taxes and the inclusion of foreign income in our U.S. tax base.
 
The decrease in the effective tax rate for fiscal year 2010 as compared to fiscal year 2009 was primarily attributable to reductions in the recognition of uncertain tax positions, reductions in the inclusion of foreign income in our U.S. tax base, and reductions in valuation allowances, partially offset by increases in tax primarily attributable to a decrease in tax benefits realized upon the expiration of statutes of limitations or settlements with tax authorities, increases in non-deductible compensation items and the mix of earnings from jurisdictions that have a lower statutory tax rate than the U.S.
 
We recorded net unrecognized income tax benefits of approximately $21.3 million and $18.0 million, including accrued interest and penalties of approximately $2.4 million and $2.0 million at June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  We have recognized approximately $0.4 million and $0.7 million of interest expense for the fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The non-current portion of the net unrecognized income tax benefits represents benefits with respect to which we do not anticipate making a payment within 12 months of the balance sheet date.  If recognized, all of the net unrecognized income tax benefit would be recognized as a reduction of income tax expense, impacting the effective income tax rate.
 
We have recognized a decrease in certain unrecognized tax benefits for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 primarily due to the expiration of statutes of limitations, which reduced the effective tax rate and income tax expense by approximately $1.3 million.  We estimate that within the next 12 months, we will decrease the unrecognized income tax benefits by approximately $2.7 million to $3.7 million due to the expiration of statues of limitations and settlement of issues with tax authorities, which we believe would increase earnings as a result of a reduction in tax expense.  However, audit outcomes and the timing of audit settlements are subject to significant uncertainty.  Over the next 12 months, it is reasonably possible that our tax positions will continue to generate liabilities for uncertain tax positions.
 
Net Income Attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. and Diluted Net Income per Share Attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. Common Shareholders

Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. for fiscal year 2010 increased approximately $18.1 million, or 18.8%, to approximately $114.4 million, compared to fiscal year 2009.  The increase is mainly due to an overall improvement in margin, coupled with our continued cost cutting efforts.  Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations increased our net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. for fiscal year 2010 by approximately $1.1 million.

Diluted net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders for fiscal year 2010 and 2009 was $1.41 and $1.17 per diluted share.
 
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Comparison of Fiscal Year 2009 to Fiscal Year 2008
 
Revenue

The following table provides information regarding the sales mix by reportable segments in fiscal years 2009 and 2008 (amounts are net of intersegment eliminations, based on location of the selling entity, and include export sales):

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
   
U.S.
   
International
   
Total
 
(in thousands)
 
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
Hardware
  $ 107,960     $ 131,712     $ 101,874     $ 134,253     $ 209,834     $ 265,965  
Software
    48,523       60,012       84,389       98,527       132,912       158,539  
Service
    277,999       224,734       286,980       304,712       564,979       529,446  
Total Revenue
  $ 434,482     $ 416,458     $ 473,243     $ 537,492     $ 907,725     $ 953,950  

The following table provides information regarding the total sales mix as a percent of total revenue for fiscal years 2009 and 2008:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2009
   
2008
 
Hardware
    23.1 %     27.9 %
Software
    14.7 %     16.6 %
Service
    62.2 %     55.5 %
Total
    100.0 %     100.0 %

For fiscal year 2009, total revenue was approximately $907.7 million, a decrease of approximately $46.2 million, or 4.8% compared to the fiscal year 2008 due to the following:

 
·
The unfavorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, for substantially all foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar, negatively affected total revenue by approximately $54.5 million;
 
·
Hardware and software sales volume decreased by 17% and 10%, respectively, compared to fiscal year 2008.  We believe these decreases were due to a slow-down in demand from our customers as a result of adverse global economic conditions.
 
·
The decreases noted above were offset partially by additional services revenue generated by Fry, a company that we acquired in August 2008, and an additional 5% increase in services sales volume compared to fiscal year 2008.
 
The international segment revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 decreased by approximately $64.2 million compared to the fiscal year 2008.  The unfavorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations negatively affected total revenue by approximately $54.5 million.  The hardware and software sales volume decreased 17% and 4%, respectively, both compared to fiscal year 2008.  We believe the decreases in hardware and software sales volume were due to a slowdown in demand from our customers because of adverse global economic conditions.  The decreases discussed above were partially offset by a 6% increase in services sales volume compared to fiscal year 2008.  The increase in services sales volume was due to the continued expansion of our customer base coupled with increased recurring support revenue from existing customers (primarily through purchase of additional services).

U.S. segment revenue increased approximately $18.0 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 compared to the fiscal year 2008.  The increase was primarily the result of additional services revenue generated as a result of the acquisition of Fry in August 2008 and the continued expansion of our customer base coupled with increased recurring support revenue from existing customers (primarily through purchase of additional services).  This increase was partially offset by 18% decrease in hardware and 19% decrease in software revenues, both compared to fiscal year 2008.  We believe these decreases were due to a slowdown in demand from our customers because of adverse U.S. and global economic conditions.

Cost of Sales

The following table provides information regarding the cost of sales in fiscal years 2009 and 2008:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
(in thousands)
 
Cost 
of Sales
   
% of Related
Revenue
   
Cost 
of Sales
   
% of Related
Revenue
 
Hardware
  $ 135,033       64.4 %   $ 171,782       64.6 %
Software
    25,570       19.2 %     33,135       20.9 %
Service
    264,883       46.9 %     247,954       46.8 %
Total Cost of Sales
  $ 425,486       46.9 %   $ 452,871       47.5 %
 
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For fiscal year 2009, cost of sales as a percent of revenue decreased 0.6% to 46.9% compared to fiscal year 2008. Hardware cost of sales as a percent of related revenue decreased primarily as a result of a lower freight costs as compared to fiscal year 2008. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in the inventory reserve provision of approximately $1.3 million, including, approximately $0.7 million related to potentially obsolete products resulting from adjustments to our cost structure in one of our locations. Software cost of sales as a percent of related revenue decreased primarily due to a lower cost of sales with respect to third party software and a decrease in capitalized software amortization expense (included in software cost of sales) as a percent of software revenue as compared to fiscal year 2008. Service cost of sales as a percent of related revenue was constant compared to fiscal year 2008. The foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations decreased our cost of sales for the fiscal year 2009 by approximately $30.2 million.
 
The foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations decreased our SG&A expenses for the fiscal year 2009 by approximately $15.5 million compared to fiscal year 2008.

Selling, General and Administrative (“SG&A”) Expenses

SG&A expenses decreased approximately $25.7 million to approximately $281.2 million compared to approximately $306.9 million in fiscal year 2008.  As a percent of revenue, SG&A expenses decreased 1.2% to 31.0% compared to 32.2% in fiscal year 2008 primarily due to:

 
·
Our ability to manage our variable costs, mainly our compensation related expenses; and,
 
·
The decrease in non-cash share-based compensation expense, included in SG&A expenses, for fiscal year 2009 to approximately $13.1 million compared to non-cash share based compensation expense of approximately $16.2 million for fiscal year 2008.  See “Share-Based Compensation Expenses” below for further information.
 
·
Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which decreased our SG&A expenses for the fiscal year 2009 by approximately $15.5 million compared to fiscal year 2008.
 
The decreases in SG&A noted above were partially offset by:

 
·
Approximately $3.1 million in restructuring charges in fiscal year 2009, primarily reflecting adjustments to our cost structure to address lower sales volume in certain of our locations.  The charge included approximately $1.5 million in employee related costs and approximately $1.6 million in occupancy related costs for certain of our facilities that we vacated.
 
·
The higher percentage of revenue represented by our fixed costs due to lower revenue in fiscal year 2009 as compared to fiscal year 2008; and,
 
·
An increase in our bad debt expenses of approximately $1.4 million, due to adverse U.S. and global economic conditions.
 
Research and Development (“R&D”)

R&D expenses consist primarily of labor costs less capitalized software development costs.  The following table provides information regarding our R&D expenses in fiscal years 2009 and 2008:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2009
   
2008
 
R&D labor and other costs
  $ 43,100     $ 42,048  
Capitalized software development costs
    (470 )     (1,919 )
Total R&D expenses
  $ 42,630     $ 40,129  
% of Revenue
    4.7 %     4.2 %

Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations decreased our R&D expenses for fiscal year 2009 by approximately $1.0 million.

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses

Depreciation and amortization expenses for fiscal year 2009 increased approximately $2.4 million to approximately $17.5 million compared to approximately $15.1 million in fiscal year 2008.  The increase was primarily due to additional depreciation expenses on capital expenditures since June 30, 2008 and the acquisition of Fry.  These increases were partially offset by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations which decreased depreciation and amortization expenses for the fiscal year 2009 by approximately $0.9 million.

Share-Based Compensation Expenses

For fiscal years 2009 and 2008, we recognized non-cash share-based compensation expense of approximately $13.9 million and $17.2 million, respectively.  The SG&A expenses and R&D expenses discussed above included the following allocations of non-cash share-based compensation expense:

 
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Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2009
   
2008
 
SG&A
  $ 13,108     $ 16,213  
R&D
    792       1,016  
Total non-cash share-based compensation expense
    13,900       17,229  
Income tax benefit
    (4,100 )     (4,083 )
Total non-cash share-based compensation expense, net of tax benefit
  $ 9,800     $ 13,146  
Impact on diluted net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders
  $ 0.12     $ 0.16  

The non-cash share-based compensation expense allocated to SG&A for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included approximately $0.8 million and $3.2 million, respectively, related to the grant of options during those fiscal years to our Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, A.L. Giannopoulos.  In accordance with the terms of our option plan, as he was over the retirement age of 62, any options that he holds that have not yet vested at the time of his retirement will vest immediately upon his retirement.  Although Mr. Giannopoulos had not retired, we expensed 100% of the share-based compensation expense related to his option grant because he was over the age of 62 at the time he received the options.

Income from Operations

Income from operations for fiscal year 2009 increased approximately $1.9 million, or 1.4%, to approximately $140.8 million, compared to approximately $138.9 million in fiscal year 2008.  The increase principally reflects our ability to manage our variable costs, mainly our compensation related expenses.  Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations decreased our income from operations for the fiscal year 2009 by approximately $7.0 million.

Non-operating Income (Expense)

Net non-operating income for fiscal year 2009 was approximately $6.0 million compared to approximately $15.0 million for fiscal year 2008.  The decrease of approximately $9.0 million reflected:

 
·
A decrease in interest income of approximately $6.0 million due to overall lower interest earned on cash and cash equivalents and investment (short-term and long-term) balances;
 
·
The credit based other-than-temporary impairment losses of approximately $1.3 million for investments in auction rate securities classified as long-term investments on our consolidated balance sheets.
 
·
The inclusion in fiscal year 2008 of non-operating income of approximately $1.7 million for a grant received in fiscal year 2008 from the Irish Development Authority related to the number of jobs we created in Ireland.
 
·
A partially offsetting $1.1 million decrease in the foreign currency exchange transaction loss from approximately $1.4 million in fiscal year 2008 to approximately $0.3 million in fiscal year 2009.
 
Income Tax Expense

The effective tax rates for fiscal years 2009 and 2008 were 33.5% and 34.0%, respectively.  The effective tax rates for the fiscal years 2009 and 2008 were less than the 35.0% U.S. statutory federal income tax rate, mainly due to the mix of earnings from jurisdictions that have a lower statutory tax rate than the U.S., our continued assertion to permanently reinvest the cumulative unremitted earnings of our significant non-US affiliates, and tax benefits realized upon the expiration of statutes of limitations or settlements with tax authorities, These benefits were partially offset by the recognition of uncertain tax positions,  non-deductible compensation items including , non-cash share-based compensation , valuation allowances, creditable foreign withholding taxes and the inclusion of foreign income in our U.S. tax base.
 
The decrease in the effective tax rate for fiscal year 2009 as compared to fiscal year 2008 was primarily attributable to the mix of earnings from jurisdictions that have a lower statutory tax rate than the U.S., decreases in non-deductible compensation items including, non-cash share-based compensation and reductions in the recognition of uncertain tax positions due to the final settlement of certain tax audits, and the expiration of statutes of limitations, partially offset by increases in tax primarily attributable to increases in valuation allowances and foreign  withholding taxes.

Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. and Diluted Net Income per Share Attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. Common Shareholders

Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. for fiscal year 2009 decreased approximately $4.4 million, or 4.4%, to approximately $96.3 million, compared to approximately $100.7 million in fiscal year 2008.  The decrease is mainly due to an overall decrease in sales volume and overall lower interest earned on our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments.  These decreases were substantially offset by our ability to manage our variable costs, mainly our compensation related expenses, and a decrease in non-cash share-based compensation expense, all of which are explained above in more detail.  Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations decreased our net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. for fiscal year 2009 by approximately $6.4 million.

 
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Diluted net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders for fiscal year 2009 was $1.17 per share compared to $1.20 per share for fiscal year 2008.

RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
 
On July 1, 2009, we adopted authoritative guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) on business combinations.  The guidance addresses the manner in which the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquired business.  This guidance also provides standards for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired in a business combination and for disclosure of information to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination.  Our acquisition of TIG Global on December 31, 2009 was accounted for under this guidance.
 
On July 1, 2009, we adopted authoritative guidance issued by the FASB that changes the accounting and reporting for non-controlling interests.  This guidance requires, among other things, that: non-controlling interests be reported as a component of equity; changes in a parent’s ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling interest be accounted for as equity transactions; and any retained non-controlling equity investment upon the deconsolidation of a subsidiary initially be measured at fair value.  The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
On July 1, 2009, we adopted authoritative guidance issued by the FASB which revises the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset.  This guidance is intended to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under other U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
On July 1, 2009, we adopted authoritative guidance issued by the FASB on fair value measurement for nonfinancial assets and liabilities, other than non-financial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), which already were subject to FASB guidance.  The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
In January 2010, we adopted authoritative guidance and disclosure requirements issued by the FASB related to recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The guidance requires new disclosures on the transfers of assets and liabilities between Level 1 inputs (quoted prices in active market for identical assets or liabilities) and Level 2 inputs (significant other observable inputs) of the fair value measurement hierarchy, including the reasons and the timing of the transfers. Additionally, the guidance requires separate disclosure of activities on purchases, sales, issuance, and settlements of the assets and liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 fair value measurements). The adoption of this guidance, other than required additional disclosures on the activities for Level 3 fair value measurements which is effective for us beginning July 1, 2011, did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In October 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance on revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables that are outside the scope of software revenue recognition guidance.  Under the guidance, when vendor-specific objective evidence or third-party evidence of selling price is not available, a best estimate of the selling price is required to separate deliverables and allocate arrangement consideration based on the relative selling prices of the separate deliverables (the “relative selling price method”).  The relative selling price method allocates any discount in the arrangement proportionately to each deliverable on the basis of each deliverable’s selling price.  The guidance also significantly expands related disclosure requirements.  This standard is effective for us beginning July 1, 2010.  We are continuing to evaluate the impact that the adoption of this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

In October 2009, the FASB also issued authoritative guidance on revenue recognition for arrangements that include software elements.  Under the guidance, tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the tangible product’s essential functionality are excluded from the scope of software revenue recognition guidance and will be subject to other relevant revenue recognition guidance.  This guidance will become effective for us beginning July 1, 2010.  We do not believe the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Sources and Uses of Cash

The Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows summary for the 2010, 2009, and 2008 fiscal years is as follows:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Net cash provided by (used in):
                 
Operating activities
  $ 201,869     $ 165,912     $ 163,648  
Investing activities
    (66,340 )     (193,219 )     (15,845 )
Financing activities
    (20,539 )     (37,195 )     (37,463 )

Operating activities:

Net cash provided by operating activities for fiscal year 2010 increased approximately $36.0 million compared to fiscal year 2009 which was primarily due to an increase in net income of approximately $17.7 million before adjusted for an increased performance based compensation related accruals of approximately $16.6 million.

Net cash provided by operating activities for fiscal year 2009 increased approximately $2.3 million compared to fiscal year 2008 primarily due a decrease in net operating assets for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 compared to fiscal year 2008.

Investing activities:

Net cash used by investing activities for fiscal year 2010 was approximately $66.3 million reflecting approximately $30.7 million used primarily in connection with the acquisition of TIG Global in December 2009. Additionally, approximately $11.5 million was used to purchase property, plant and equipment and to internally develop software to be licensed to others. We used approximately $24.3 million to purchase investments, net of proceeds from sales of investments.

Net cash used by investing activities for fiscal year 2009 was approximately $193.2 million reflecting approximately $37.2 million used in connection with the acquisition of Fry in August 2008. Additionally, approximately $13.8 million was used to purchase property, plant and equipment and to internally develop software to be licensed to others. We used approximately $142.4 million to purchase investments, net of proceeds from sales of investments (including approximately $5.2 million received from the sales of auction rate securities.)

Net cash used by investing activities for fiscal year 2008 was approximately $15.8 million reflecting approximately $16.1 million used in connection with various acquisitions, primarily the acquisition of Check-in Data for which we used approximately $11.5 million.  Additionally, approximately $14.9 million was used to purchase property, plant and equipment and to internally develop software to be licensed to others.  We received approximately $14.9 million from the sale of our investments, net of cash used to purchase investments.  Included in the sales proceeds was approximately $17.5 million from the sales of auction rate securities.

Financing activities:

Net cash used in financing activities for fiscal year 2010 was approximately $20.5 million, reflecting approximately $47.6 million used to purchase our stock.  This amount was partially offset by proceeds from stock option exercises of approximately $23.3 million and realized tax benefits from stock option exercises of approximately $3.5 million.

Net cash used in financing activities for fiscal year 2009 was approximately $37.2 million, reflecting approximately $22.2 million used to purchase our stock, and principal payments of approximately $18.1 million on the line of credit and long-term debt that we assumed as a result of our acquisition of Fry in August 2008.  These amounts were partially offset by proceeds from stock option exercises of approximately $2.9 million and realized tax benefits from stock option exercises of approximately $1.0 million.

Net cash used in financing activities for fiscal year 2008 was approximately $37.5 million, reflecting approximately $74.3 million used to purchase our stock, partially offset by proceeds from stock option exercises of approximately $27.9 million and realized tax benefits from stock option exercises of approximately $11.0 million.

All cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments are being retained for operations, expansion of the business and the repurchase of our stock.

Capital Resources

At June 30, 2010, we had two credit agreements (the “Credit Agreements”) that in the aggregate provided a $65.0 million multi-currency committed line of credit.  Effective July 30, 2010, the Credit Agreements were renewed and extended through July 31, 2013, subject to some changes in terms, including a reduction in the overall limit on the line to $50.0 million (a change made at our request), the addition and deletion of certain subsidiaries as co-borrowers, and a reduction in certain fees payable to the lenders under certain circumstances.  See Note 7 “Line of Credit,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report.  As of June 30, 2010, we had approximately $1.4 million outstanding under the Credit Agreements and had applied approximately an additional $0.4 million to guarantees.
 
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We also have a credit relationship with a European bank in the amount of EUR 1.0 million (approximately $1.2 million at the June 30, 2010 exchange rate).  As of June 30, 2010, there were no balances outstanding on this credit facility, but approximately EUR 0.6 million (approximately $0.7 million at the June 30, 2010 exchange rate) of the credit facility had been used for guarantees.

As of June 30, 2010, we had approximately $63.6 million borrowing capacity under all of the credit facilities described above (as noted above, the overall limit on our line of credit decreased by $15.0 million on July 30, 2010).  The weighted-average interest rate on the outstanding balances under the Credit Agreements as of June 30, 2010 was 1.4%.

We do not currently invest in financial instruments designed to protect against interest rate fluctuations, although we will continue to evaluate the need to do so in the future.

We believe that our cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, cash generated from operations and our available lines of credit are sufficient to provide our working capital needs for the foreseeable future.  Based on our expected operating cash flows and sources of cash, we do not believe that any limitations on liquidity of our auction rate securities will have a material impact on our overall ability to meet our liquidity needs.  In light of current economic conditions generally and in light of the overall performance of the stock market in recent periods, we cannot assume that funds would be available from other sources if we were required to fund significant acquisitions or any unanticipated and substantial cash needs.  We currently anticipate that our property, plant and equipment expenditures for fiscal year 2011 will be approximately $12 million.

The following table provides certain financial indicators of our liquidity and capital resources as of June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009:

   
As of June 30,
 
(in thousands, except ratios)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments (1)
  $ 545,298     $ 438,936  
Available credit facilities
  $ 66,223     $ 66,403  
Outstanding credit facilities
    (1,442 )     (1,090 )
Outstanding guarantees
    (1,187 )     (778 )
Unused credit facilities
  $ 63,594     $ 64,535  
Working capital (2)
  $ 468,047     $ 416,593  
MICROS Systems, Inc. shareholders’ equity
  $ 783,380     $ 718,997  
Current ratio (3)
    2.50       2.58  

 
(1)
Does not include approximately $53.3 million and $57.8 million invested in auction rate securities, classified as long-term investments in our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
(2)
Current assets less current liabilities.
 
(3)
Current assets divided by current liabilities.  The Company does not have any long-term debt.

Inflation

We have not experienced any significant impact as a result of inflation.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our contractual arrangements at June 30, 2010:

   
Payments due by period
 
(in thousands)
 
Total
   
Less than
1 year
   
1-3 years
   
3-5 years
   
More than
5 years
 
Operating lease obligations
  $ 99,778     $ 26,944     $ 38,447     $ 25,817     $ 8,570  
SERP liability*
    4,654       96       181       650       3,727  
Purchase obligations
    576       576                    
Capital lease obligations
    415       189       186       40        
Total
  $ 105,423     $ 27,805     $ 38,814     $ 26,507     $ 12,297  

*
The term “SERP” refers to our Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.  See Note 16, “Employee Benefit Plans” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for further information.

Due to the uncertainty with respect to the timing of future cash flows associated with our unrecognized income tax benefits at June 30, 2010, we are unable to reasonably estimate settlements with taxing authorities.  The above contractual obligations table does not reflect unrecognized income tax benefits of approximately $21.3 million.  See Note 13 “Income Taxes” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report.

 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The preceding management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Certain statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that are not historical facts are forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

Examples of such forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include the following:
 
 
·
Item 1, “Business,” statements regarding the future direction of PMS technology and the growth of the OPERA suite of products, development and release of additional products such as the Fidelio Cruise Crew Management System, business strategy for and in connection with our new TIG Global subsidiary, our strategy for product growth in restaurant software, trends in retail software, demand shift toward hosted applications and away from traditional on-premise implementations, our global distribution network, our expectations regarding sourcing of materials and equipment, our expectations regarding labor relations and employment, our expectations regarding interest rate fluctuations and strategies to counter interest rate fluctuations, the appropriateness of reliance on statutory and common law protections for our intellectual property, the risks associated with third party misappropriation of our intellectual property, competition, labor relations, quarterly results, the anticipated effect of the U.S. Government exercising a termination for convenience under one or more contracts that we have with the U.S. Government, and our belief that compliance with environmental laws and regulations will not have a material effect on expenditures, earnings, or our competitive position;
 
·
Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” regarding the anticipated or potential impact on our business, financial results, or competitive position of the various risks described in that section;
 
·
Item 2, “Properties,” regarding the anticipated availability of additional space;
 
·
Item 3, “Legal Proceedings,” regarding the likely effect of litigation on our results of operations or financial position; and
 
·
Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.”
 
Additional forward-looking statements are contained elsewhere in this report, including in the preceding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.  Such statements include the following:

(i)
our statements about the growth and direction of the hospitality and retail industries generally, and our analysis of the growth and direction of various sectors within those industries;
 
(ii)
our expectation that product and service margins may decline in response to the competitive nature of our market;
 
(iii)
our statements regarding the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations (in particular, Euro and British pound sterling) on our financial performance;
 
(iv)
our expectations that the customers with whom we do the largest amount of business will fluctuate from year to year, and our statements about the effects of large customer orders on our quarterly earnings, revenues, and total revenues;
 
(v)
our statements regarding the impact on financial results in future periods if we determine that the financial condition of customers has deteriorated;
 
(vi)
our statements regarding the impact on financial results in future periods if we misjudge the remaining economic life of a product;
 
(vii)
our statements concerning the fluctuations in the market price of our common stock, whether as a result of variations in our quarterly operating results or other factors;
 
(viii)
our belief that any existing legal claims or proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position;
 
(ix)
our beliefs about our competitive strengths;
 
(x)
our expectations regarding effective tax rates in future periods;
 
(xi)
our expectations regarding the impact or lack of impact on our financial position and results of operations of the application of recent accounting standards;
 
(xii)
our expectations about the adequacy of our cash flows and our available lines of credit to meet our working capital needs, and our ability to raise additional funds if and when needed;
 
(xiii)
our expectations about our capital expenditures for future periods;
 
(xiv)
our expectations that our exposure to interest rate risk will not materially change in the future;
  
(xv)
our expectation that we will evaluate our need to invest in instruments to protect against interest rate fluctuations and our exposure to such interest rate risk;
 
(xvi)
our statements about the effects on our revenue recognition as a result of changes to a customers’ delivery requirements or a products’ completion;
 
(xvii)
our statements regarding our ability to increase sales of our higher margin products;
 
(xviii)
our expected costs associated with modifying our products to comply with applicable legal rules, regulations, and guidelines, including the credit card associations’ security and data protection rules, and
 
(xix)
our expectations regarding valuation and liquidity of auction rate securities in which we have invested.
 
There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements.  These may include: changes in applicable laws and regulations, other activities of governments, governmental agencies, or other regulatory bodies that affect our products, services, or business operations, changes in accounting and auditing rules (and changes in the interpretations of those rules), as well as those matters described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”

 
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ITEM 7A.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to interest rate risk and to foreign currency exchange rate risk.  See Foreign Sales and Foreign Market Risks in Part 1 “Business”, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” above for information regarding foreign currency exchange risks.  Our committed lines of credit bear interest at a floating rate, which exposes us to interest rate risks.  We manage our exposure to this risk by minimizing, to the extent feasible, overall borrowing and monitoring available financing alternatives.  At June 30, 2010, we had total borrowings of approximately $1.4 million, and had not entered into any instruments to hedge the resulting exposure to interest-rate risk.   Management believes that the fair value of the debt equals its carrying value at June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009.  Our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates will increase or decrease in the future with increases or decreases in the outstanding amount under the line of credit.  As our total borrowing as of June 30, 2010 was approximately $1.4 million, a 1% change in interest rate would have resulted in an immaterial impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Our cash equivalents and our portfolio of marketable securities, including auction rate securities, are subject to market risk due to changes in interest rates.  The market value of fixed interest rate securities may be adversely affected by a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall.  Should interest rates fluctuate by 1%, the change in value of our marketable securities would not have been material as of June 30, 2010, but the change in our interest income would be an increase of approximately $5.5 million based on the cash, cash equivalents and short term investment balances as of June 30, 2010 for the year then ended.

To minimize our exposure to credit risk associated with financial instruments, we place our temporary cash investments with high-credit-quality institutions, generally with bond rating of “A” and above.  See Note 2 “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion regarding auction rate securities.

ITEM 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

See the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 42 of this report.

ITEM 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

Not applicable.

ITEM 9A.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report.  Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report are functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

MANAGEMENT’S ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Our management’s report on internal control over financial reporting is set forth on page 43 of this annual report on Form 10-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

CHANGE IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B.
OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable.
 
 
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PART III
ITEM 10.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

See Part I, Item 1 for information regarding the Company’s Executive Officers.  Other information required by this Item 10 will be set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement under the captions “Information as to Nominees”, “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance”, “Corporate Governance,” and “Audit Committee” and other appropriate sections of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 11. 
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by Item 11 will be set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement under the caption “Executive Compensation,” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 12. 
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Except for the information set forth below, the information required by Item 12 will be set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement under the caption “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

   
As of June 30, 2010
 
Plan category
 
Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants
   
Weighted-Average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
   
Number of securities
remaining available for future
issuance under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
 
   
(a)
   
(b)
   
(c)
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
    6,573,716     $ 24.06       3,496,581  
                         
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
    N/A       N/A       N/A  
Total
    6,573,716     $ 24.06       3,496,581  

ITEM 13.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The information required by Item 13 will be set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement under the captions to “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Corporate Governance” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14. 
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by Item 14 will be set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 
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PART IV

ITEM 15.
EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE

(a)
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedule:

 
(1) 
Financial Statements – See the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 42
 
(2) 
Schedule II – See the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 42
 
(3) 
Exhibits:
 
3(i)
Articles of Incorporation of the Company are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1990.
 
3(i)(a)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 1997.
 
3(i)(b)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 1998.
 
3(i)(c)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Form 8-K filed on November 16, 2007.
 
3(ii)
By-laws of the Company, as amended, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2008.
 
10(a)*
MICROS Systems, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan as amended, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Proxy Statement of the Company for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
 
10(b)*
Employment Agreement dated June 1, 1995 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10e to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995.
 
10(b)(1)*
First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated February 6, 1997 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 1996.
 
10(b)(2)*
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated February 1, 1998 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 1997.
 
10(b)(3)*
Third Amendment to Employment Agreement dated September 8, 1999 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10g to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999.
 
10(b)(4)*
Fourth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 19, 2001 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2001.
 
10(b)(5)*
Fifth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 15, 2002 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2002.
 
10(b)(6)*
Sixth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated January 28, 2004 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2003.
 
10(b)(7)*
Seventh Amendment to Employment Agreement dated August 9, 2005 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2005.
 
10(b)(8)*
Eighth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated June 6, 2006, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 8, 2006.
 
10(b)(9)*
Ninth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 17, 2006, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2006.
10(b)(10)*
Tenth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated June 12, 2008, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 13, 2008.
10(b)(11)*
Eleventh Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 21, 2008, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 24, 2008.
 
10(b)(12)*  Twelfth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated August 24, 2010, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 26, 2010.
 
10(c)*
Employment Agreement dated May 28, 1997 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Thomas L. Patz is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997.
 
10(c)(1)*
First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated October 1, 1998 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Thomas L. Patz (filed herewith as Exhibit 10(c)(1)).
 
10(c)(2)*
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 17, 2006 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Thomas L. Patz is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2006 .

 
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10(d)*
Employment Agreement dated November 19, 2005, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Jennifer Kurdle is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.
 
10(e)*
Employment Agreement dated May 28, 1997 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Gary C. Kaufman is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal Year ended June 30, 1997.
10(e)(1)*
First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated October 1, 1998 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Gary C. Kaufman is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 1998.
10(e)(2)*
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 17, 2006 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Gary C. Kaufman is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2006.
 
10(f)
Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as approved by the Board of Directors on
 
April 27, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006.
 
10(g)
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, effective as of July 29, 2005, among MICROS Systems, Inc., DV Technology Holdings Corporation, Datavantage Corporation, MICROS Fidelio Nevada, LLC, MSI Delaware, LLC, MICROS-Fidelio Worldwide, Inc., and JTECH Communications, Inc. as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer, and Wachovia Bank, N.A., and US Bank, N.A., and Banc of America Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger and book manager, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.
10(g)(1)
First Amendment to Credit Agreements, dated December 11, 2008 among MICROS Systems, Inc. DV Technology Holdings Corporation, Datavantage Corporation, MICROS Fidelio Nevada, LLC, MSI Delaware, LLC, Micros Fidelio Worldwide, Inc., JTECH Communications, MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd. as Guarantor, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., Wachovia Bank, N.A., and U.S. Bank, N.A., as Lenders is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(b) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2008.
10(g)(2)
Second Amendment to Credit Agreements, dated July 30, 2010 among MICROS Systems, Inc. DV Technology Holdings Corporation, Datavantage Corporation, TIG Global LLC, Fry, Inc., JTECH Communications, and Micros-Fidelio Worldwide, Inc., MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd. as Guarantor, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo, N.A., and U.S. Bank, N.A., as Lenders (filed herewith as Exhibit 10(g)).
 
10(h)
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, effective as of July 29, 2005, among MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Systems (U.K.) Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio España S.L., MICROS Fidelio (Canada), Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Brazil, Ltda., MICROS-Fidelio France S.A.S., Hospitality Technologies, S.A., MICROS-Fidelio Mexico S.A. de C.V., MICROS Systems Holding GmbH, MICROS-Fidelio GmbH, MICROS-Fidelio Software Portugal Unipessoal Lda, MICROS-Fidelio (Thailand) Co., Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Singapore Pte Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Software (Philippines), Inc., MICROS-Fidelio Japan Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Australia Pty. Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Hong Kong, Ltd., Fidelio Nordic Norway A/S, Fidelio Nordic Oy, Fidelio Nordic Sverige, A.B., Hotelbk, A.B., as Borrower, Bank Of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, swing line lender, and L/C issuer, and Wachovia Bank N.A. and US Bank N.A., and Banc of America Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger and book manager is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.
10(h)(1)
Second Amendment to Credit Agreements, dated July 30, 2010 among MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Systems (U.K.) Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio España S.L., MICROS Fidelio (Canada), Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Brazil, Ltda., MICROS-Fidelio France S.A.S., Hospitality Technologies, S.A., MICROS-Fidelio Mexico S.A. de C.V., MICROS Systems Holding GmbH, MICROS-Fidelio GmbH, MICROS-Fidelio Software Portugal Unipessoal Lda, MICROS-Fidelio (Thailand) Co., Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Singapore Pte Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Software (Philippines), Inc., MICROS-Fidelio Japan Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Australia Pty. Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Hong Kong, Ltd., Micros Fidelio Norway A/S, Micros Fidelio Finland Oy, Micros Fidelio  Sverige, A.B., Hotelbk, A.B., as Borrower, Bank Of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, swing line lender, and L/C issuer, and Wells Fargo N.A. and US Bank N.A., and Banc of America Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger and book manager (filed herewith as Exhibit 10(h)).
 
10(i)
Lease Agreement by and between Orix Columbia, Inc. and MICROS Systems, Inc., dated August 17, 1998, with respect to the Company’s corporate headquarters located at 7031 Columbia Gateway Dr., Columbia MD 21046-2289, as amended by a First Amendment to Lease, dated October 27, 1999, a Second Amendment to Lease, dated December 26, 2001, and a Third Amendment to Lease, dated March 1, 2006 and by and between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Columbia Gateway Office Corporation as successor in interest to Orix Columbia, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 2009.
 
10(j)
Manufacturing Agreement, by and between MICROS Systems, Inc., and GES Singapore Pte Ltd. (now known as Venture Group of Singapore), with an effective date of November 6, 2002 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009)
 
14
Code of Ethics and Business Practices is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004.
 
21
Subsidiaries of the Company (filed herewith)
 
23(a)
Consent of Houlihan Smith & Co., Inc. (filed herewith)
 
23(b)
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (filed herewith)
 
31(a)
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith)

 
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31(b)
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith)
 
32(a)
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. 1350 (furnished herewith)
 
32(b)
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. 1350 (furnished herewith)

*      Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 
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MICROS Systems, Inc.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
Page
 
No.
   
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
43
   
Financial Statements:
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
44
Consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2010 and 2009
45
Consolidated statements of operations for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008
46
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008
47
Consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008
48
Consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008
49
Notes to consolidated financial statements
50 - 71
   
Financial Statement Schedule:
 
Schedule II – Valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves
72

All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, not required, or the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto

 
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MANAGEMENT’S ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Management of MICROS Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.  Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company, provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
 
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
Management evaluated the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2010.  In making this assessment, management used the framework established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).  As a result of this assessment and based on the criteria in the COSO framework, management has concluded that, as of June 30, 2010, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective.
 
The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, has audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  Their opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and on the Company’s financial statements is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
 
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of MICROS Systems, Inc.:
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of MICROS Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries at June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2010 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements.  Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2010, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company's management is responsible for these financial statements and financial statement schedule, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements, on the financial statement schedule, and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our integrated audits.  We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.  Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk.  Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, Maryland
August 27, 2010

 
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MICROS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
   
June 30,
 
(in thousands, except par value data)
 
2010
   
2009
 
         
(1)
 
ASSETS
             
Current Assets:
             
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 377,205     $ 292,257  
Short-term investments
    168,093       146,679  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $28,392 at June 30, 2010 and $31,892 at June 30, 2009
    153,066       155,212  
Inventory
    35,103       39,783  
Deferred income taxes
    19,624       19,870  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    27,004       27,238  
Total current assets
    780,095       681,039  
                 
Long-term investments
    59,884       57,823  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    27,349       30,520  
Deferred income taxes, non-current
    13,556       11,456  
Goodwill
    213,825       190,739  
Intangible assets, net
    19,590       17,709  
Purchased and internally developed software costs, net of accumulated
               
amortization of $71,985 at June 30, 2010 and $66,804 at June 30, 2009
    17,468       25,749  
Other assets
    6,524       6,344  
Total assets
  $ 1,138,291     $ 1,021,379  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Current Liabilities:
               
Bank lines of credit
  $ 1,442     $ 1,090  
Accounts payable
    44,783       38,445  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    135,469       104,821  
Income taxes payable
    5,856       7,944  
Deferred revenue
    124,498       112,146  
Total current liabilities
    312,048       264,446  
                 
Income taxes payable, non-current
    22,737       19,611  
Deferred income taxes, non-current
    2,590       1,752  
Other non-current liabilities
    11,304       10,539  
Total liabilities
    348,679       296,348  
                 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
               
Equity:
               
MICROS Systems, Inc. Shareholders’ Equity:
               
Common stock, $0.025 par value authorized 120,000 shares; issued and outstanding at 80,042 at June 30, 2010 and 80,310 at June 30, 2009
    2,001       2,008  
Capital in excess of par
    117,462       125,640  
Retained earnings
    689,750       575,095  
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
    (25,833 )     16,254  
Total MICROS Systems, Inc. shareholders' equity
    783,380       718,997  
Noncontrolling interest
    6,232       6,034  
Total equity
    789,612       725,031  
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 1,138,291     $ 1,021,379  

(1) See Note 19 “Revisions to Prior Period Financial Statements” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 
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MICROS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
         
(1)
   
(1)
 
Revenue:
                     
Hardware
  $ 188,333     $ 209,834     $ 265,965  
Software
    118,788       132,912       158,539  
Service
    607,198       564,979       529,446  
Total revenue
    914,319       907,725       953,950  
Cost of sales:
                       
Hardware
    119,489       135,033       171,782  
Software
    25,731       25,570       33,135  
Service
    267,618       264,883       247,954  
Total cost of sales
    412,838       425,486       452,871  
Gross margin
    501,481       482,239       501,079  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    273,968       281,230       306,917  
Research and development expenses
    42,229       42,630       40,129  
Depreciation and amortization
    17,311       17,544       15,143  
Total operating expenses
    333,508       341,404       362,189  
Income from operations
    167,973       140,835       138,890  
Non-operating income (expense):
                       
Interest income
    4,080       8,681       14,725  
Interest expense
    (263 )     (895 )     (286 )
Other (expense) income, net (2)
    (3,665 )     (1,759 )     597  
Total non-operating income, net
    152       6,027       15,036  
Income before taxes
    168,125       146,862       153,926  
Income tax provision
    52,745       49,173       52,301  
Net income
    115,380       97,689       101,625  
Less:  net income attributable to non-controlling interest
    (1,027 )     (1,397 )     (888 )
Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc.
  $ 114,353     $ 96,292     $ 100,737  
                         
Net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders:
                       
Basic
  $ 1.44     $ 1.19     $ 1.23  
Diluted
  $ 1.41     $ 1.17     $ 1.20  
                         
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding:
                       
Basic
    79,856       80,486       81,546  
Diluted
    81,448       81,461       83,346  

The details of total other-than-temporary impairment losses (“OTTI”) of long-term investments and a reconciliation to OTTI charge included in other non-operating income (expense) (2):

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses
  $ 4,103     $ 1,978     $  
Adjustment:  Non-credit based OTTI recognized in other comprehensive income
    680       (712 )      
Credit based OTTI charge recognized in non-operating income (expense)
  $ 4,783     $ 1,266     $  

(1) See Note 19 “Revisions to Prior Period Financial Statements” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
(2) See Note 2 “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 
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MICROS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
         
(1)
   
(1)
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
                 
Net income
  $ 115,380     $ 97,689     $ 101,625  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
Depreciation and amortization
    17,311       17,544       15,143  
Amortization of capitalized software
    9,682       7,726       9,385  
Amortization of prior service cost
                648  
Provision for losses on accounts receivable
    3,875       8,318       6,937  
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments
    4,783       1,266        
Provision for deferred income tax benefits
    (3,062 )     (3,554 )     (984 )
Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
    946       169       87  
Share-based compensation
    12,365       13,900       17,229  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of impact of acquisitions):
                       
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable
    (4,099 )     19,680       (4,199 )
Decrease (increase) in inventory
    3,905       19,764       (12,813 )
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets
    (940 )     2,121       423  
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
    5,218       (8,048 )     252  
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    19,620       (14,716 )     (1,632 )
Increase (decrease) in income taxes payable
    3,813       (1,093 )     11,812  
Increase in deferred revenue
    13,072       5,146       19,735  
Net cash flows provided by operating activities
    201,869       165,912       163,648  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                       
Purchases of short-term investments
    (308,966 )     (264,998 )     (615,686 )
Proceeds from sales and maturities of short-term investments
    284,677       122,611       630,612  
Net cash paid for acquisitions
    (30,684 )     (37,193 )     (16,135 )
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
    (9,044 )     (13,361 )     (12,944 )
Internally developed software costs
    (2,443 )     (470 )     (1,919 )
Disposal of property, plant and equipment
    120       192       227  
Net cash flows used in investing activities
    (66,340 )     (193,219 )     (15,845 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
                       
Repurchases of common stock
    (47,635 )     (22,242 )     (74,303 )
Proceeds from stock option exercises
    23,310       2,866       27,884  
Realized tax benefits from stock option exercises
    3,543       1,026       11,018  
Principal payments on line of credit
          (18,124 )     (1,640 )
Other
    243       (721 )     (422 )
Net cash flows used in financing activities
    (20,539 )     (37,195 )     (37,463 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    (30,042 )     (20,313 )     26,348  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    84,948       (84,815 )     136,688  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    292,257       377,072       240,384  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ 377,205     $ 292,257     $ 377,072  
                         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                       
Cash paid during the fiscal year for:
                       
Interest
  $ 111     $ 120     $ 137  
Income taxes
  $ 44,318     $ 51,278     $ 28,752  

(1) See Note 19 “Revisions to Prior Period Financial Statements” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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MICROS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

   
MICROS Systems, Inc. Shareholders (1)
             
   
Common Stock
                               
(in thousands)
 
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital in
Excess of
Par
   
Retained
Earnings
   
Accumulated
Compre-
hensive
Income
(Loss)
   
Non-
controlling
interest
   
Total
 
Balance, June 30, 2007, as previously reported
    81,096     $ 2,027     $ 147,569     $ 382,101     $ 18,793     $ 4,404     $ 554,894  
Cumulative impact of change in accounting principle relating to uncertain tax positions
    --       --       --       (2,647 )     --       --       (2,647 )
Balance, June 30, 2007, adjusted
    81,096       2,027       147,569       379,454       18,793       4,404       552,247  
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
    --       --       --       100,737       --       888       101,625  
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of $0
    --       --       --       --       38,083       820       38,903  
Unrealized loss on long-term investments, net of tax of $1,583
    --       --       --       --       (2,651 )     --       (2,651 )
Amortization of prior year pension costs, net of tax of $0
    --       --       --       --       648       --       648  
SERP amendment, net of tax of $3,650
    --       --       --       --       5,281       --       5,281  
Non-controlling interest put arrangement
    --       --       --       (645 )     --       --       (645 )
Dividends to non-controlling interest
    --       --       --       --       --       (220 )     (220 )
Share-based compensation
    --       --       17,229       --       --       --       17,229  
Stock issued upon exercise of options
    2,131       53       27,831       --       --       --       27,884  
Repurchases of stock
    (2,329 )     (58 )     (74,245 )     --       --       --       (74,303 )
Income tax benefit from options exercised
    --       --       11,617       --       --       --       11,617  
Balance, June 30, 2008
    80,898       2,022       130,001       479,546       60,154       5,892       677,615  
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
    --       --       --       96,292       --       1,397       97,689  
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of $0
    --       --       --       --       (43,340 )     (534 )     (43,874 )
Unrealized loss on long-term  investments, net of tax of $392
    --       --       --       --       (560 )     --       (560 )
Non-controlling interest put arrangement
    --       --       --       (743 )     --       --       (743 )
Dividends to non-controlling interest
    --       --       --       --       --       (721 )     (721 )
Share-based compensation
    --       --       13,900       --       --       --       13,900  
Stock issued upon exercise of options
    267       7       2,859       --       --       --       2,866  
Repurchases of stock
    (855 )     (21 )     (22,221 )     --       --       --       (22,242 )
Income tax benefit from options exercised
    --       --       1,101       --       --       --       1,101  
Balance, June 30, 2009
    80,310       2,008       125,640       575,095       16,254       6,034       725,031  
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
    --       --       --       114,353       --       1,027       115,380  
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of $0
    --       --       --       --       (42,222 )     (714 )     (42,936 )
Unrealized gain on long-term  investments, net of tax of $83
    --       --       --       --       135       --       135  
Non-controlling interest put arrangement
    --       --       --       302       --       --       302  
Dividends to non-controlling interest
    --       --       --       --       --       (115 )     (115 )
Share-based compensation
    --       --       12,365       --       --       --       12,365  
Stock issued upon exercise of options
    1,378       34       23,276       --       --       --       23,310  
Repurchases of stock
    (1,646 )     (41 )     (47,594 )     --       --       --       (47,635 )
Income tax benefit from options exercised
    --       --       3,775       --       --       --       3,775  
Balance, June 30, 2010
    80,042     $ 2,001     $ 117,462     $ 689,750     $ (25,833 )   $ 6,232     $ 789,612  
 
(1) See Note 19 “Revisions to Prior Period Financial Statements” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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MICROS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009 (1)
   
2008 (1)
 
Net income
  $ 115,380     $ 97,689     $ 101,625  
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:
                       
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    (42,936 )     (43,874 )     38,903  
Unrealized gain (loss) on long-term investments, net of taxes (benefit) of $83, ($392) and ($1,583)
    135       (560 )     (2,651 )
Amortization of prior year pension costs, net of taxes of $0
    --       --       648  
Total other comprehensive income, net of taxes
    (42,801 )     (44,434 )     36,900  
                         
Comprehensive income
    72,579       53,255       138,525  
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest
    (313 )     (863 )     (1,708 )
Comprehensive income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc.
  $ 72,266     $ 52,392     $ 136,817  

 
(1) See Note 19 “Revisions to Prior Period Financial Statements” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 
 
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MICROS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
MICROS Systems, Inc. is a leading worldwide designer, manufacturer, marketer and servicer of enterprise information solutions for the global hospitality and specialty retail industries.  The information solutions consist of application specific software and hardware systems, supplemented by a wide range of services.  The hospitality industry includes numerous defined markets such as lodging (including individual hotel sites, hotel central reservation systems and customer information systems), table service restaurants, quick service restaurants, entertainment venues such as stadiums and arenas, business foodservice operations, casinos, transportation foodservice, government operations, and cruise ships.  The specialty retail industry consists of retail operations selling to consumers both general and specific products, such as clothing, shoes, food, hardware, jewelry, and other specialty items.  (References to “MICROS” or the “Company” in these notes include the operations of MICROS Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.)

REVISIONS TO PRIOR PERIOD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
During January 2010, the Company uncovered certain fraudulent activities in its subsidiary in Japan that occurred during the period from fiscal year 2006 to the six months ended December 31, 2009.  The Company determined that these fraudulent transactions resulted in a cumulative overstatement of revenue and net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. of approximately $6.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively, over this period.  The Company concluded that the misstatements did not materially affect the previously issued financial statements for any of its prior periods.  Appropriate adjustments have been made to prior period information included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and described in these notes to the consolidated financial statements.  See Note 19 “Revisions to Prior Period Financial Statements” for further detail.

BASIS OF PREPARATION AND USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes.  Although these estimates are based on assumptions that management believes are reasonable and management’s knowledge of current matters pertaining to the Company and anticipated activities that the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may differ from these estimates.  Certain amounts reported in the prior years have been reclassified in the accompanying financial statements to conform to the current year’s presentation.

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries.  The net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. is recorded net of non-controlling interest.  Investments in 20% through 50% owned affiliated companies and any investments in other companies in which the Company exercises significant influence over operating and financial affairs, are accounted for under the equity method.  Otherwise, investments are recorded at cost.  All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
The financial statements of the Company’s non-U.S. operations are translated into U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes.  The assets and liabilities of non-U.S. operations whose functional currencies are not in U.S. dollars are translated at the fiscal year-end exchange rates, while revenues and expenses are translated at month-end exchange rates during the fiscal year which approximate weighted average exchange rates.  Specifically, the applicable exchange rates used in the financial statements are based on the exchange rates in effect on the last business day of each month.  The cumulative translation effects are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income, a separate component of shareholders’ equity.  Gains and losses on monetary transactions denominated in other than the functional currency of an operation are reflected in other income (expense).

REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Company’s revenue is generated from the sale of software licenses, hardware, professional services and maintenance support.

Software
The Company’s proprietary software consists of hotel, restaurant and retail software systems.  The Company also resells various third party software products.  All software products are offered on a stand alone basis, and can be used either with third party hardware products or the Company’s hardware products.

Revenue from software licenses is recognized when the following four basic criteria are met as follows:

·
Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists:  The Company requires a contract signed by both parties to the agreement or a purchase order received from the customer as persuasive evidence of an arrangement.
·
Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered:  Delivery occurs when risk of ownership has passed to the buyer or in the case of electronic delivery, when the customer is given access to the licensed programs.  The Company deems its OPERA software to be delivered when ready to “go live” (i.e., the software is ready to be used in the ordinary course of the customer’s business).

 
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Fixed or determinable fee:  The Company considers the license fee to be fixed or determinable if the fee is not subject to refund or adjustment and is payable within its normal payment terms, generally, 90 days of delivery, with generally no more than 20% of the contract price due at the end of the payment term.  If a software license arrangement contains significant customer acceptance criteria or a cancellation right, recognition of the software revenue is deferred until the earlier of customer acceptance or the expiration of the acceptance period or cancellation right.  If the arrangement fee is not fixed or determinable, the Company recognizes the revenue as amounts become due and payable.
·
Collection is probable:  The Company performs a credit review to determine the creditworthiness of the customer.  Collection is deemed probable if the Company expects that the customer will be able to pay amounts under the arrangement as they become due.  If the Company determines collection is not probable, revenue is recognized as collection occurs.

Hardware
The Company’s main proprietary hardware is point-of-sale terminals.  The Company also sells other hardware devices, such as printers, cash drawers, handheld order entry terminals and pole displays and also resells various hardware products, including personal computers, servers, printers, network cards and other related computer equipment.  Hardware revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is probable.  If at the time of shipment, the Company has not met these four criteria, recognition of the hardware revenue is deferred until all four criteria are determined to have been met.

The Company’s hardware includes certain system software embedded which is used solely in connection with the operation of the hardware and is incidental to the hardware product as a whole; once installed, the embedded system software is not updated for new versions that are subsequently developed.

Service
The Company also provides maintenance support and/or professional services, such as installation, customer specific development, software-hosting and e-commerce design and development.  Revenue from maintenance support and software-hosting services is initially recorded as deferred revenue and is recognized ratably over the contract term.  Revenue related to professional services is recognized as the service is rendered provided all the other criteria for revenue recognition have been met.

The Company’s software is ready for use by the customer upon receipt.  While many of the customers may choose to tailor the software to fit their specific needs or request the Company’s assistance activating the programs, the Company’s implementation services do not typically involve significant customization to, or development of, the underlying source code.
 
Revenue from fixed e-commerce design and development contracts, where the product is designed, developed or modified to the customer’s specifications is recognized on a percentage of completion basis based on the estimated costs incurred compared to total estimated costs.  This method is used because reasonably dependable estimates of the revenues and the project progress applicable to various states of an arrangement can be made, based on historical experience and milestones set in the contract.

Multiple Element Arrangements
When more than one element such as hardware, software and services are sold together in a single arrangement, revenue is recognized using the residual method.  Provided that each element meets the criteria for treatment as a separate unit of accounting, the Company defers revenue for the fair value of the undelivered elements based on vendor specific objective evidence of fair value (“VSOE”), and the remaining portion of the arrangement fee is allocated to the delivered elements and recognized as revenue when all the other criteria for revenue recognition are met.  An element is considered a separate unit of accounting if it has value to the customer on a standalone basis and there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered elements.  VSOE of fair value for the Company’s services are based upon standalone sales of those services.

Other
Costs related to shipping and handling and billable travel expenses are included in cost of sales.  The Company’s hardware and software products are sold under warranty for defects in material and workmanship for a period generally ranging from 12 to 36 months following delivery.  The Company establishes an accrual for estimated warranty costs at the time of sale.  Historically, the Company’s warranty expense has not been material.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The fair market values of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses and income taxes payable at both June 30, 2010 and 2009 approximate their carrying amounts.

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of generally three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.  These investments are recorded at cost which approximates fair value.  Investments with original maturities of greater than three months and remaining maturities of less than one year are classified as short-term investments.  These investments are classified as available-for-sale securities and are recorded at fair value which approximates cost.  Auction rate securities, recorded at fair value, are long-term debt instruments with variable interest rates that periodically reset to prevailing market rates every 7 to 35 days through the auction process (“auction rate securities.”) The Company periodically reviews each investment to identify any unrealized losses and evaluates whether the losses are temporary in nature.  Unrealized losses that are determined to be temporary in nature are reported, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive income.   Other-than-temporary “credit loss” (loss due to security issuer’s credit risk) is recognized, net of tax and valuation allowances, in the consolidated statements of operations, while other-than-temporary impairment loss related to factors other than credit loss is recognized, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive income.

 
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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS
The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses that may result from the inability of the Company’s customers to make required payments and for limited circumstances when the customer disputes the amounts due to the Company.  The Company’s methodology for determining this allowance requires estimates and is based on the age of the receivable, customer’s payment practices and history, inquiries, credit reports from third parties and other financial information.  If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.

INVENTORY
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market.  Cost is determined principally on a first-in, first-out basis.  Inventory quantities on hand, future purchase commitments with the Company’s suppliers and the estimated utility of the Company’s inventory is reviewed regularly.  If the review indicates a reduction in utility below carrying value, the inventory is adjusted with a charge to cost of sales.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, ranging from three to ten years.  Leasehold improvements are amortized over the life of the lease or estimated useful lives, whichever is shorter.  Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred, and the costs of additions and improvements are capitalized.  Any gain or loss from the retirement or sale of an asset is credited or charged to operations in the current period.

SOFTWARE FOR INTERNAL USE
Internally used computer software is capitalized and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated life of the software ranging up to ten years.

CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Costs incurred in the research and development of new software products to be licensed to others, primarily consisting of salaries, employee benefits and administrative costs, are expensed as incurred and included in research and development expenses until technological feasibility is established.  The capitalization of software development costs on a product-by-product basis starts when a product’s technological feasibility has been established and ends when the product is available for general release to customers, at which time amortization of the capitalized software development costs begins.  Technological feasibility is established when the product reaches the working model stage.  The cost of purchased software is also capitalized.

Annual amortization of capitalized software development costs is included in software cost of sales.  For each capitalized software product, the annual amortization is equal to the greater of: (i) the amount computed using the ratio that the software product’s current fiscal year gross revenue bears to the total current fiscal year and anticipated future gross revenues for that product or (ii) the amount computed based on straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic life of the product.  Amortization expenses for the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 were approximately $9.7 million, $7.7 million and $9.4 million, respectively.

During the fiscal years 2009 and 2008, the Company wrote off approximately $0.8 million and $0.7 million in capitalized software costs, respectively.  No capitalized software costs were written off in fiscal year 2010.

LONG-LIVED ASSETS INCLUDING FINITE-LIVED PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The Company evaluates long-lived assets, including finite-lived purchased intangible assets, for impairment whenever events and changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be fully recoverable.  The Company compares the fair value of the assets based on the undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected to generate (or market value, if available) to the net book value of the assets.  If the fair value is less than net book value, the asset is impaired and the Company recognizes an impairment loss equal to the excess of the net book value over the fair value.

During each of the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded approximately $1.5 million in accelerated amortization expenses related to finite-lived purchased intangible assets.  During the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, the Company did not recognize any impairment losses on long-lived assets, including finite-lived purchased intangible assets.

GOODWILL AND INDEFINITE-LIVED PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The Company assesses annually, in the first quarter of its fiscal year, whether goodwill and certain of its trademarks, which are the Company’s only indefinite-lived purchased intangible assets, are impaired.  Goodwill is evaluated for impairment by comparing the fair value of each of the Company’s reporting units (the Company’s four operating segments consisting of U.S., Europe, the Pacific Rim and Latin America) to their respective book values.  The fair value of each reporting unit is determined based on a weighting of the income approach (i.e., discounted future income associated with the item) and market approach (i.e., market value of similar assets purchased or sold in the same industry).  If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the book value of the net assets assigned to that unit, goodwill is not impaired.  If goodwill is impaired, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the amount by which the book value of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value.  The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by deducting the fair value of a reporting unit’s identifiable assets and liabilities from the fair value of the reporting unit as a whole, as if that reporting unit had just been acquired and the fair value of the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed initially were being determined.
 
 
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Trademarks are evaluated for impairment by comparing their fair value to book value.  The Company estimates the fair value of trademarks using an income approach to value, and recognizes an impairment loss if the estimated fair value of a trademark is less than its book value.
 
Additional impairment assessments may be performed on an interim basis if the Company encounters events or changes in circumstances indicating that it is more likely than not that the book value of goodwill and/or trademarks has been impaired.
 
The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill and/or trademarks is highly subjective and requires significant judgment at many points during the analysis.  In estimating the fair value of the reporting units with recognized goodwill for the purposes of its annual or interim analyses, the Company makes estimates and judgments about the future cash flows of these reporting units.  The cash flow forecasts are based on assumptions that are consistent with the plans and estimates used to manage the underlying reporting units. The Company also considers its market capitalization on the date the analysis is performed.

ADVERTISING COSTS
Advertising costs are charged to expense as incurred.  Advertising expenses for the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 were approximately $4.2 million, $5.2 million and $7.5 million, respectively.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Research and development costs, primarily consisting of salaries, employee benefits and administrative costs (other than capitalized software development costs) are charged to operations as incurred.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company estimates the fair value of its option awards granted under the stock option program as of the date of grant, and recognizes non-cash share-based compensation expense, adjusted for expected pre-vesting forfeitures, ratably over the requisite service (i.e. vesting) period of options in the consolidated statement of operations.  The Company values stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that are fully transferable and have no vesting restrictions.  Therefore, the Company is required to make highly subjective assumptions about volatility rates, expected term of options, dividend yields and applicable interest rates in determining the estimated fair value.  Expected volatility is based on historical stock prices.  The expected term of options granted is based on historical option activities, adjusted for the remaining option life cycle by assuming ratable exercise of any unexercised vested options over the remaining term.  The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.  See Note 3 “Share-Based Compensation” for further detail.

WARRANTIES
The Company’s products are sold under warranty for defects in material and workmanship for a period ranging generally from 12 to 36 months.  The Company establishes an accrual for estimated warranty costs at the time of sale.  Historically, the Company’s warranty expense has not been material.

INCOME TAXES
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences attributable to the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on the deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rate is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date.  Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts more likely than not to be realized.  If the Company determines that it will not be able to realize all or part of its net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset is charged to the deferred income tax provision in the period such determination is made.
 
Effective July 1, 2007, the Company adopted guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which provides a minimum recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements.  The guidance also provides standards on derecognition, measurement, and classification of the effects of a tax position, recognition of interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, and disclosure.  See Note 13 “Income Taxes” for further detail.
 
NET INCOME PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MICROS SYSTEMS, INC. COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
Basic net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders is computed by dividing net income available to MICROS Systems, Inc. by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding.  Diluted net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders includes the dilutive effect of stock options.  A reconciliation of the net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. and the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding assuming dilution is as follows:

 
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Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc.
  $ 114,353     $ 96,292     $ 100,737  
Effect of non-controlling interest put arrangement
    302       (743 )     (645 )
Net income available to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders
  $ 114,655     $ 95,549     $ 100,092  
                         
Average common shares outstanding
    79,856       80,486       81,546  
Dilutive effect of outstanding stock options
    1,592       975       1,800  
Average common shares outstanding assuming dilution
    81,448       81,461       83,346  
                         
Basic net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders
  $ 1.44     $ 1.19     $ 1.23  
Diluted net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders
  $ 1.41     $ 1.17     $ 1.20  
                         
Anti-dilutive weighted shares excluded from reconciliation
    1,882       4,105       1,239  

Fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 include approximately $12.4 million ($8.1 million, net of tax), $13.9 million ($9.8 million, net of tax) and $17.2 million ($13.1 million, net of tax), respectively, in non-cash share-based compensation expense.  These non-cash share-based compensation expenses reduced diluted net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders by $0.10, $0.12 and $0.16 for fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  See Note 3 “Share-based Compensation” for further detail.
 
The effect of non-controlling interest put arrangement above relates to one of the Company’s acquisitions where the non-controlling interest shareholders of the acquired company have the option to require the Company to purchase their remaining shares in the acquired company in accordance with a pre-defined formula based on specified financial results of the acquired company.

DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN
The Company’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “SERP”) provides designated officers and executives of the Company with benefits upon retirement or immediate vesting of benefits upon a participant’s death before retirement.  This plan is described more fully in Note 16 “Employee Benefit Plans.”

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In June 2009, the Company adopted the authoritative guidance on subsequent events which addresses the accounting for and disclosure of subsequent transactions and events not addressed in other applicable generally accepted accounting principles.
 
Subsequent to year-end, on August 24, 2010, the Compensation and Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors authorized the purchases of an additional two million shares of the Company’s common stock over the next three years, to be purchased from time to time depending on market conditions and other corporate considerations as determined by management.  The Board of Directors also on August 24, 2010, authorized and directed the Company to enter into the Twelfth Amendment to the Employment Agreement between the Company and Mr. Giannopoulos (the “Twelfth Amendment”). The Twelfth Amendment establishes that Mr. Giannopoulos will be eligible to earn a bonus for each fiscal year during the term of his employment agreement, provided that he satisfies the objectives as determined by the Board of Directors for that fiscal year.
 
There were no other subsequent events that the Company was required to recognize or disclose in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date these financial statements are issued.

RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
On July 1, 2009, the Company adopted authoritative guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) on business combinations.  The guidance addresses the manner in which the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquired business.  This guidance also provides standards for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired in a business combination and for disclosure of information to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination.  The Company’s acquisition of TIG Global LLC (“TIG Global”) on December 31, 2009 (See Note 4, “Acquisitions”) was accounted for under this guidance.
 
On July 1, 2009, the Company adopted authoritative guidance issued by the FASB that changes the accounting and reporting for non-controlling interests.  This guidance requires, among other things, that: non-controlling interests be reported as a component of equity; changes in a parent’s ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling interest be accounted for as equity transactions; and any retained non-controlling equity investment upon the deconsolidation of a subsidiary initially be measured at fair value.  The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
On July 1, 2009, the Company adopted authoritative guidance issued by the FASB which revises the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset.  This guidance is intended to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under other U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 
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On July 1, 2009, the Company adopted authoritative guidance issued by the FASB on fair value measurement for nonfinancial assets and liabilities, other than non-financial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), which already were subject to FASB guidance.  The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
In January 2010, the Company adopted authoritative guidance and disclosure requirements issued by the FASB related to recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The guidance requires new disclosures on the transfers of assets and liabilities between Level 1 inputs (quoted prices in active market for identical assets or liabilities) and Level 2 inputs (significant other observable inputs) of the fair value measurement hierarchy, including the reasons and the timing of the transfers. Additionally, the guidance requires separate disclosure of activities on purchases, sales, issuance, and settlements of the assets and liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 fair value measurements).  The adoption of this guidance, other than required additional disclosures on the activities for Level 3 fair value measurements which is effective the Company beginning July 1, 2011, did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Recent Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted
In October 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance on revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables that are outside the scope of the software revenue recognition guidance.  Under the guidance, when vendor-specific objective evidence or third-party evidence of selling price is not available, a best estimate of the selling price is required to separate deliverables and allocate arrangement consideration based on the relative selling prices of the separate deliverables (the “relative selling price method”).  The relative selling price method allocates any discount in the arrangement proportionately to each deliverable on the basis of each deliverable’s selling price.  The guidance also significantly expands related disclosure requirements.  This standard is effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2010.  The Company is continuing to evaluate the impact that the adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.
 
In October 2009, the FASB also issued authoritative guidance on revenue recognition for arrangements that include software elements.  Under the guidance, tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the tangible product’s essential functionality are excluded from the scope of software revenue recognition guidance and will be subject to other relevant revenue recognition guidance.  This guidance will become effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2010.  The Company does not believe the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

2.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Short-term and long-term investments consist of the following:

   
June 30, 2010
   
June 30, 2009
 
(in thousands)
 
Amortized
Cost Basis
   
Aggregate
Fair Value
   
Amortized
Cost Basis
   
Aggregate
Fair Value
 
Time deposit - international
  $ 56,270     $ 56,270     $ 115,762     $ 115,762  
Auction rate securities
    64,275       53,258       64,275       57,823  
U.S. government debt securities
    108,323       108,323       25,084       25,084  
Foreign corporate debt securities
    10,126       10,126       4,209       4,209  
Time deposit - U.S.
    -       -       970       970  
Other
    -       -       654       654  
Total investments
  $ 238,994     $ 227,977     $ 210,954     $ 204,502  

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price).  The following hierarchy prioritizes the inputs (generally, assumptions that market participants use in pricing an asset or liability) used to measure fair value based on the quality and reliability of the information provided by the inputs:

·  
Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.  The Company considers active markets as those in which transactions for the assets or liabilities occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
·  
Level 2 - Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data or other means.
·  
Level 3 - Measured based on prices or valuation models using unobservable inputs to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available (i.e., where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability).

The following table provides information regarding the financial assets accounted for at fair value and the type of inputs used to value the assets (excludes cash and cash equivalents of approximately $377.2 million and $292.3 million as of June 30, 2010 and 2009):

 
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(in thousands)
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Balance at June 30, 2010:
                       
Short-term and long-term investments:
                       
Time deposit - international
  $ -     $ 56,270     $ -     $ 56,270  
Auction rate securities
    -       -       53,258       53,258  
U.S. government debt securities
    108,323       -       -       108,323  
Foreign corporate debt securities
    10,126       -       -       10,126  
Total short-term and long-term investments
  $ 118,449     $ 56,270     $ 53,258     $ 227,977  
                                 
Balance at June 30, 2009:
                               
Short-term and long-term investments:
                               
Time deposit - international
  $ -     $ 115,762     $ -     $ 115,762  
Auction rate securities
    -       -       57,823       57,823  
U.S. government debt securities
    25,084       -       -       25,084  
Foreign corporate debt securities
    4,209       -       -       4,209  
Time deposit - U.S.
    -       970       -       970  
Other
    -       654       -       654  
Total short-term and long-term investments
  $ 29,293     $ 117,386     $ 57,823     $ 204,502  

At June 30, 2010 and 2009, other than the Company’s investments in auction rate securities, the Company’s investments were recognized at fair value determined based upon observable input information provided by the Company’s pricing service vendors for identical or similar assets.  For these investments, cost approximated fair value.  During the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, the Company did not recognize any gains or losses on its investments, other than related to the Company’s investments in auction rate securities.  See “Auction Rate Securities” below for further discussion on the valuation of the Company’s investments in auction rate securities.

The contractual maturities of investments held at June 30, 2010 are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
Amortized
Cost Basis
   
Aggregate
Fair Value
 
Due within one year
  $ 168,093     $ 168,093  
Due between 1 - 2 years
    6,626       6,626  
Due after 10 years - auction rate securities
    64,275       53,258  
Balance at June 30, 2010
  $ 238,994     $ 227,977  

AUCTION RATE SECURITIES
The Company’s investments in auction rate securities, carried at estimated fair values, were its only assets valued on the basis of Level 3 inputs.  Auction rate securities are long-term debt instruments with variable interest rates that are designed to reset to prevailing market interest rates every 7 to 35 days through the auction process.  The auction rate securities held by the Company are supported by student loans for which repayment is guaranteed either by the Federal Family Education Loan Program or insured by AMBAC Financial Group.  Before February 2008, due to the liquidity previously provided by the interest rate reset mechanism and the short-term nature of the Company’s investment, the auction rate securities previously were classified as short-term investments available-for-sale in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.  Beginning in February 2008, auctions for these securities failed to obtain sufficient bids to establish a clearing rate and the securities were not saleable in auction, thereby no longer providing short-term liquidity.  As a result, the auction rate securities have been classified as long-term investments available-for-sale as of June 30, 2010 and 2009 instead of being classified as short-term investments, as was the case prior to February 2008.

As of June 30, 2010, the Company updated its assessment as to whether it would likely recover the entire cost basis of each of the auction rate securities, and, therefore, whether the securities had incurred an other-than-temporary impairment. Determination of whether the impairment is temporary or other-than-temporary requires significant judgment.  The primary factors that are considered in assessing the nature of the impairment include (a) the credit quality of the underlying security, (b) the extent and time period to which the fair value of each investment has been below cost, (c) the expected holding or recovery period for each investment, (d) the Company’s intent to hold each investment until recovery and likelihood that the Company will not be required to sell the security prior to recovery, and (e) the existence of any evidence of default by the issuer. The Company engaged an independent valuation firm to perform a valuation of its auction rate securities in conjunction with the Company's assessment of any impairment as temporary rather than other-than-temporary. The valuation firm used a discounted cash flow model that considered various inputs including:  (a) the coupon rate specified under the debt instruments, (b) the current credit ratings of the underlying issuers, (c) collateral characteristics, (d) discount rates, (e) severity of default and (f) probability that the securities will be sold at auction or through early redemption.  The valuation firm used a mark to model approach to arrive at this valuation, which the Company reviewed and with which it agreed.

 
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Based on its fair value assessments, the Company determined that its investments in auction rate securities as of June 30, 2010 were impaired by approximately $11.0 million as compared to an impairment of approximately $6.5 million as of June 30, 2009.  Approximately $6.1 million and $2.0 million of this impairment at June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were deemed to be other-than-temporary.  The fair value assessment also included an evaluation of the amount of the other-than-temporary impairment attributable to credit loss.  The factors considered in making an evaluation of the amount attributable to credit loss included the following:  (a) default probability and the likelihood of restructuring of the security, (b) payment structure of the security to determine how the expected underlying collateral cash flows will be distributed to holders of the issuer’s securities and (c) performance indicators of the underlying assets in the trust (including default and delinquency rates).  These assumptions are subject to change as the underlying market conditions change.  Based on its evaluations, the Company determined that approximately $6.0 million and $1.3 million of the cumulative other-than-temporary impairment losses as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were credit based, as a result, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded approximately $4.8 million and $1.3 million, respectively, in its consolidated statements of operations.

The remaining cumulative impairment losses of approximately $5.0 million (approximately $3.1 million, net of tax) and approximately $5.2 million (approximately $3.2 million, net of tax) were recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

A reconciliation of changes in the fair value of auction rate securities, and the related unrealized losses were as follows:

(in thousands)
 
Cost
   
Temporary
Impairment
Loss (1)
   
OTTI -
Non-Credit
Loss (1)
   
OTTI - Credit
Loss (2)
   
Fair
Value
 
Balance at June 30, 2008
  $ 69,450     $ (4,234 )   $ -     $ -     $ 65,216  
Changes in losses related to investments
    -       (464 )     (712 )     (1,266 )     (2,442 )
Redemption
    (5,175 )     224       -       -       (4,951 )
Balance at June 30, 2009
    64,275       (4,474 )     (712 )     (1,266 )     57,823  
Changes in losses related to investments
    -       (462 )     680       (4,783 )     (4,565 )
Balance at June 30, 2010
  $ 64,275     $ (4,936 )   $ (32 )   $ (6,049 )   $ 53,258  

(1)  OTTI means "other-than-temporary impairment."  The amounts in this column are recorded, net of tax, in the accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) component of stockholders' equity.
(2)  The amounts in this column are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations.

During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2008, the Company had no sales or redemptions of its auction rate securities.  During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, the Company redeemed approximately $5.2 million of its auction rate securities at their par value.  The Company had no realized gains or losses related to the sale or redemption of its investments in auction rate securities during the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010.

The Company plans to continue to monitor its investments, including the liquidity of and creditworthiness of the issuers of its auction rate securities, on an ongoing basis for indications of further impairment and, if an impairment is identified, for proper classification of the impairment.  Based on the Company’s expected operating cash flows and sources of cash, the Company does not believe that any reduction in the liquidity of its auction rate securities will have a material impact on its overall ability to meet its liquidity needs.

3.
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION:

The Company has incentive and non-qualified stock options outstanding that were granted to directors, officers, and other employees pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors.  With respect to directors, the Company’s policy and practice during fiscal years 2010 and 2009 was that only those directors who are employees to the Company were eligible to receive options.  The exercise price per share of each option equals the market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant.  Substantially all of the options granted become exercisable in equal increments on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant.  All outstanding options expire ten years from the date of grant.  Since its inception in 1991, the Company has authorized approximately 36.4 million shares for issuance upon exercise of options, of which approximately 10.1 million shares were available for issuance; approximately 6.6 million shares of which have been granted and remain outstanding and approximately 3.5 million shares have not been granted as of June 30, 2010 and remain in the Company’s 1991 Stock Option Plan to be granted.

The non-cash share-based compensation expenses included in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Selling, general and administrative
  $ 11,822     $ 13,108     $ 16,213  
Research and development
    511       792       1,016  
Cost of sales
    32              
Total non-cash share-based compensation expense
    12,365       13,900       17,229  
Income tax benefit
    (4,283 )     (4,100 )     (4,083 )
Total non-cash share-based compensation expense, net of tax benefit
  $ 8,082     $ 9,800     $ 13,146  
Impact on diluted net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders
  $ 0.10     $ 0.12     $ 0.16  

The non-cash share-based compensation expense for the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 included approximately $1.7 million, $0.8 million and $3.2 million, respectively, related to grants of options to the Company’s Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, A.L. Giannopoulos during the respective fiscal years.  In accordance with the terms of the Company’s option plan, as he is over the retirement age of 62, any options that he holds that have not yet vested will vest immediately upon his retirement.  Although Mr. Giannopoulos had not retired, the Company expensed 100% of the share-based compensation expense related to his option grants because he was over the age of 62 at the time he received the options.

 
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No non-cash share-based compensation expense has been capitalized for fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008, as stock options were not granted to employees whose labor cost was capitalized as software development costs or inventory. Estimates of fair values of options granted during the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008 were made on the date of grant using the following assumptions:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Weighted-average expected volatility
    42 %     39 %     35 %
Expected volatility
    41% - 42 %     35% - 42 %     33% - 36 %
Expected term
 
5.0 – 5.2 years
   
4.9 – 5.3 years
   
4.8 – 5.3 years
 
Expected dividend yield
    0 %     0 %     0 %
Risk-free interest rate
    1.7% - 2.0 %     1.7% - 2.8 %     2.6% - 3.7 %

The following is a summary of option activity during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010:

(in thousands, except per share data and number of years)
 
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
   
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(in years)
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding at June 30, 2009
    7,132     $ 21.79              
Granted
    1,120     $ 29.81              
Exercised
    (1,378 )   $ 16.92              
Forfeited or expired
    (300 )   $ 24.27              
Outstanding at June 30, 2010
    6,574     $ 24.06       6.8     $ 51,353  
                                 
Exercisable at June 30, 2010
    4,668     $ 23.10       6.0     $ 40,934  

The weighted-average grant-date estimated fair value per share of options granted during the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 was $11.70, $5.93 and $12.87, respectively.  The total intrinsic value, which is the difference between the exercise price and the market price on the date of exercise, of options exercised during the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 was approximately $18.1 million, $3.8 million and $38.9 million, respectively.

As of June 30, 2010, there was approximately $13.7 million (net of estimated forfeitures) in non-cash share-based compensation costs related to non-vested awards, expected to be recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations over a weighted-average period of 1.83 years.

Cash received from options exercised during the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 was approximately $23.3 million, $2.9 million and $27.9 million, respectively.

4.
ACQUISITIONS:

FY 2010:

TIG GLOBAL, LLC.
On December 31, 2009, the Company acquired TIG Global, LLC (“TIG Global”), an online marketer specializing in hotel and destination internet marketing, headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, for a total cash purchase price of approximately $29.0 million, net of cash acquired.  Approximately $3.0 million of the total purchase price is held in escrow and, if specified claims against TIG Global arise, such amounts may be used to satisfy those claims.  The amounts held in escrow, net of any payments made to satisfy any such claims are to be paid in two installments, at 12 and 18 months after closing.  The former TIG Global members may receive an additional amount of up to $0.9 million based upon achievement of specified financial targets for calendar year 2010.  Approximately $0.6 million of the $0.9 million has been included in the recorded purchase price allocation based on fair value.  In connection with the acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of approximately $25.0 million and intangible assets of approximately $6.8 million, principally comprised of customer relationships which will be amortized over 10 years.

 
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FY 2009:

FRY, INC.
During August 2008, the Company acquired Fry, Inc. (“Fry”), an e-commerce design, development and managed services provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a total cash purchase price of approximately $32.7 million, net of cash acquired.  The Company also assumed debt of approximately $18.1 million, which was paid off immediately after the acquisition.  Approximately $6.0 million of the total purchase price was initially held in escrow to satisfy certain claims the Company may have had against Fry.  Any amounts then remaining after the satisfaction of any such claims are to be paid in two installments, at 12 and 18 months after closing.  The first installment of approximately $2.9 million was paid in August 2009 and a second installment of approximately $2.7 million was paid in February 2010.  Approximately $.1million has also been paid to Company to satisfy certain of its claims against the selling Fry shareholders.  As of June 2010, the balance of the escrow is approximately $.3 million, which shall be paid as the remaining pending claims are resolved.  The selling Fry shareholders were eligible to earn up to an additional $17 million in earn out payments over the approximately two year period following closing, which were payable based upon achievement of specified financial targets.  In April 2009, the Company paid approximately $4.5 million to the former Fry shareholders for meeting the initial set of specified financial targets and in June 2010, the Company paid approximately $1.6 million to the sellers for meeting another set of financial targets for calendar year 2009.   In connection with the acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of approximately $40.2 million, intangible assets of approximately $7.0 million, and capitalized software of approximately $4.7 million.

FY 2008:

CHECK-IN-DATA AG
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, the Company acquired Check-in Data AG (“Check in Data”) for an aggregate cash purchase price of approximately $13.5 million, net of cash acquired, in a step acquisition in which the Company acquired an 80% interest in July 2007 and the remaining 20% interest in September 2007.  Approximately $2.0 million of the total purchase price which was initially held back to satisfy certain claims the Company may have had against Check in Data was released and paid in fiscal year 2009.  Headquartered in Switzerland, Check in Data was a distributor of MICROS products and services and also provided complementary products and services.  Goodwill of approximately $11.9 million and intangible assets and capitalized software of approximately $3.3 million were recorded in connection with the acquisition.

OTHER:
During fiscal year 2008, the Company also acquired another distributor of MICROS products and services.  The aggregate cash purchase price for this acquisition was approximately $4.3 million, net of cash acquired, which excluded certain amounts that were held back to be released on either an agreed upon date or upon the resolution of contractual indemnity obligations of the sellers, if any.  The first installment, including working capital adjustment, of approximately $0.4 million was paid in July 2009, and a second installment of approximately $0.4 million was paid in October 2009.  The balance remaining after satisfaction of any claims, if any, will be paid at four years after the April 2008 closing.

The acquisitions described above have been included in the Company’s results since their respective acquisition dates and the pro forma effects of the acquisitions were not material to the consolidated financial statements for any periods presented in the financial statements.

5.
INVENTORY:

The following table provides information on the components of inventory at June 30, 2010 and 2009:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Raw materials
  $ 1,807     $ 1,904  
Finished goods
    33,296       37,879  
    $ 35,103     $ 39,783  

6.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:

The following table provides information on the components of property, plant and equipment at June 30, 2010 and 2009:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Useful Life
Leasehold improvements
  $ 11,779     $ 10,655  
Shorter of useful life or lease term
Machinery and equipment
    12,641       11,679  
5-10 years
Furniture and fixtures
    19,374       19,330  
7-10 years
Computer hardware and software
    76,094       74,087  
3-7 years
Total property, plant and equipment
    119,888       115,751    
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (92,539 )     (85,231 )  
 Net property, plant and equipment
  $ 27,349     $ 30,520    

Depreciation expense for the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008 was approximately $12.7 million, $13.2 million and $12.6 million, respectively.

 
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7.
LINE OF CREDIT:
 
The Company had two credit agreements (the “Credit Agreements”) that in the aggregate provided a $65.0 million multi-currency committed line of credit.  The lenders under the Credit Agreements were Bank of America, N.A., Wachovia Bank, N.A., and US Bank (“Lenders”).  The international facility was secured by 65% of the capital stock of the Company’s main operating Ireland subsidiary and 100% of the capital stock of all of the remaining major foreign subsidiaries.  The U.S. facility was secured by 100% of the capital stock of the Company’s major U.S. subsidiaries as well as inventory and receivables located in the U.S.

For borrowings in U.S. currency, the interest rate under the Credit Agreements was equal to the higher of the federal funds rate plus 50 basis points or the prime rate.  For borrowings in foreign currencies, the interest rate was determined by a LIBOR-based formula, plus an additional margin of 125 to 200 basis points, depending upon the Company’s consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the immediately preceding four calendar quarters.  Under the terms of the Credit Agreements, the Company was required to pay to the Lenders insignificant commitment fees on the unused portion of the line of credit.  The Credit Agreements also contained certain financial covenants and restrictions on the Company’s ability to assume additional debt, repurchase stock, sell subsidiaries or acquire companies.  In case of an event of default, as defined in the Credit Agreements including those not cured within the applicable cure period, if any, the Lenders’ remedies included their ability to declare all outstanding loans, plus interest and other related amounts owed, to be immediately due and payable in full, and to pursue all rights and remedies available to them under the Credit Agreements or under applicable law.
 
As of June 30, 2010, the Company had approximately $1.4 million outstanding under the Credit Agreements and has applied approximately an additional $0.4 million to guarantees.  A total of approximately $63.1 million was available for future borrowings as of June 30, 2010.  The total outstanding balance consisted of 127.5 million in JPY (Japanese Yen) (approximately $1.4 million at the June 30, 2010 exchange rate).
 
The Company also has a credit relationship with a European bank in the amount of EUR 1.0 million (approximately $1.2 million at the June 30, 2010 exchange rate).  Under the terms of this facility, the Company may borrow in the form of either a line of credit or term debt.  As of June 30, 2010, there were no balances outstanding on this credit facility, but approximately EUR 0.6 million (approximately $0.7 million at the June 30, 2010 exchange rate) of the credit facility has been used for guarantees.
 
As of June 30, 2010, the Company had approximately $63.6 million borrowing capacity under all of the credit facilities described above.  The weighted-average interest rate on the outstanding balances under the Credit Agreements as of June 30, 2010 was 1.4%.
 
Subsequent to the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, the Credit Agreements were amended to extend the maturity date until July 31, 2013, with some further modifications to the terms and conditions.  The changes to the Credit Agreements in connection with the renewal and extension include the addition and deletion of certain subsidiaries as co-borrowers, a reduction in the overall limit on the line to $50.0 million (a change made at the Company’s request), and reduction in certain fees payable to the lenders under certain circumstances.

8.
ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES:

The components of accrued expenses and other current liabilities at June 30 are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Compensation, benefits and related taxes
  $ 57,903     $ 40,659  
Deposits received from customers
    29,227       29,824  
Professional services
    11,606       7,808  
VAT and sales taxes
    10,381       9,197  
Payable for investment securities purchased
    9,985        
Product related
    6,119       3,276  
Customer related
    1,669       2,355  
Restructuring charges
    265       1,762  
Other
    8,314       9,940  
    $ 135,469     $ 104,821  

During fiscal year 2009, the Company recorded restructuring charges of approximately $3.1 million (approximately $2.1 million, net of tax), primarily to reflect adjustments to its cost structure in response to lower sales volume in certain of its locations.  The charge included approximately $1.5 million in employee related costs and approximately $1.6 million in occupancy related costs for certain facilities that the Company had vacated.  The occupancy related costs is expected to be paid through September 2013.  The charges affected both of the Company’s reportable segments.  This reduction did not have a significant impact on the Company’s fiscal year 2010 financial results and is not expected to have a significant impact on its future financial results.  As of June 30, 2010, the remaining accrual related to the charge was approximately $0.6 million, of which approximately $0.3 million is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and the remaining non-current balance of approximately $0.3 million is included in other non-current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 
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9.
GOODWILL:
 
Goodwill allocated to the Company’s reportable segments as of June 30, 2010 and 2009 and changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
United States
   
International
   
Total
 
Balance at June 30, 2008
  $ 95,888     $ 63,834     $ 159,722  
Goodwill adjustment for prior years’ acquisitions
    23       (187 )     (164 )
Goodwill acquired - Fry, Inc.
    38,600             38,600  
Foreign currency translation
          (7,419 )     (7,419 )
Balance at June 30, 2009
    134,511       56,228       190,739  
Goodwill adjustment for prior years’ acquisitions
    1,619       (92 )     1,527  
Goodwill acquired – TIG Global
    24,996             24,996  
Foreign currency translation
          (3,437 )     (3,437 )
Balance at June 30, 2010
  $ 161,126     $ 52,699     $ 213,825  

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, the Company adjusted its goodwill with an offsetting adjustment to its net deferred tax assets related to its prior year acquisitions, primarily due to adjustments to purchase accounting and operating loss carryforwards.
 
Based on the results of its annual impairment tests, the Company determined that no impairment of goodwill existed as of and for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008.

10.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS:

Purchased intangible assets are amortized over the estimated useful lives of the respective asset category unless such lives are deemed indefinite.  The following table provides information on the Company’s intangible assets at June 30, 2010 and 2009:

(in thousands except number of years)
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
   
Accumulated
Amortization
   
Net Carrying
Amount
   
Useful
Life
(in years)
 
At June 30, 2010:
                       
Customer lists
  $ 30,951     $ (13,632 )   $ 17,319      
4 - 10
 
Non-compete agreement
    309       (84 )     225      
2 - 4
 
Product lines
    326       (326 )              
Service revenue backlog
    833       (786 )     47      
5
 
Trademark
    1,200       (92 )     1,108      
25
 
Finite-lived purchased intangible assets
    33,619       (14,920 )     18,699          
Trademarks
    891             891          
Total
  $ 34,510     $ (14,920 )   $ 19,590          
                                 
At June 30, 2009:
                               
Customer lists
  $ 25,788     $ (10,554 )   $ 15,234      
4 - 10
 
Non-compete agreement
    10       (7 )     3      
4
 
Product lines
    326       (317 )     9      
5
 
Service revenue backlog
    906       (533 )     373      
3 - 5
 
Trademark
    1,200       (44 )     1,156      
25
 
Finite-lived purchased intangible assets
    28,230       (11,455 )     16,775          
Trademarks
    934             934          
Total
  $ 29,164     $ (11,455 )   $ 17,709          

Certain of the Company’s trademarks are deemed to have indefinite lives and therefore are not amortized.  Amortization expense related to finite-lived purchased intangible assets was approximately $4.6 million, $4.4 million and $2.5 million in the fiscal years 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  For each of the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded approximately $1.5 million in accelerated amortization expenses related to finite-lived purchased intangible assets.  During the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008 the Company did not recognize any impairment losses on long-lived assets, including finite-lived purchased intangible assets.
 
 
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Estimated amortization expense in future fiscal years ending June 30 is as follows (in thousands):
 
2011
  $ 2,928  
2012
    2,806  
2013
    2,612  
2014
    2,080  
2015
    2,000  
Later years
    6,273  
Total
  $ 18,699  

11.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

LEASES
The Company and its subsidiaries lease office space under operating leases expiring at various dates through 2022 and lease equipment under both operating and capital leases.  The capital leases are primarily international automobile leases used by sales and installation personnel.  Rent expense under the operating leases for the three fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008 was as follows:

(in thousands)
 
Rent
Expense
   
Sublease
Income
   
Net Rent
Expense
 
2010
  $ 29,338     $ (937 )   $ 28,401  
2009
    30,772       (952 )     29,820  
2008
    27,825       (931 )     26,894  

As of June 30, 2010, future minimum lease payments for those leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
Operating
Leases
   
Less
Sublease
Rentals
   
Net
Operating
Leases
   
Capital
Leases
 
Fiscal Year Ending June 30,
                       
2011
  $ 26,944     $ (965 )   $ 25,979     $ 189  
2012
    21,483       (957 )     20,526       105  
2013
    16,964       (905 )     16,059       81  
2014
    14,188       (923 )     13,265       40  
2015
    11,629       (654 )     10,975        
2016 and thereafter
    8,570             8,570        
    $ 99,778     $ (4,404 )   $ 95,374       415  
Less:  current portion
                            189  
Long-term obligations under capital lease
                          $ 226  

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
There is a case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, styled Ware v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. et al.; although the Company was not a party to that case, the Company may have had some obligation to indemnify certain of the defendants who are the Company’s customers based on the terms of the Company’s contracts with those customers.  The plaintiff alleged that the defendants infringed a patent relating to the processing of credit card transactions.  The defendants included approximately 107 individual retailers, 13 of whom are the Company’s customers for retail point-of-sale software.  The Company initially agreed to provide indemnity coverage to five of the defendants who are the Company’s customers in accordance with applicable provisions of the contracts between the Company and those customers, however, one such customer subsequently filed for protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.  During the quarter ended June 30, 2010, the Company entered into settlement agreements with all of the defendants for whom it may have had indemnity obligations. Through June 30, 2010, our legal fees with respect to the third party action have not been material, and the settlement amounts were not material.
 
On May 22, 2008, a jury returned verdicts totaling $7.5 million against the Company in the consolidated actions of Roth Cash Register v. MICROS Systems, Inc., et al. and Shenango Systems Solutions v. MICROS Systems, Inc., et al.   The cases initially were filed in 2000 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  The complaints both related to the non-renewal of dealership agreements in the year 2000 between the Company and the respective plaintiffs.  The agreements were non-renewed as part of a restructuring of the dealer channel.  There is no other outstanding litigation relating to the restructuring of the dealer channel in the year 2000.  The plaintiffs alleged that the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and employees entered into a plan to eliminate the plaintiffs as authorized dealers and improperly interfere with the plaintiffs' relationships with their respective existing and potential future clients and customers without compensation to the plaintiffs.  As a result, the plaintiffs claimed that the Company was liable for, among other things, breach of contract and tortious interference with existing and prospective contractual relationships.  The Company and the plaintiffs have appealed the verdicts on various grounds.  Oral argument on the appeal took place on February 24, 2010, before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.  The court has not yet issued a decision on the appeal.  The Company has established an immaterial reserve for any potential liability relating to these matters, as the Company believes that it presented strong arguments to reverse the verdicts on appeal, and therefore believes that an unfavorable outcome in these cases is not probable.  Nevertheless, even if the verdicts were not reversed or reduced on appeal, payment of the resulting obligations would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or liquidity.

 
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The Company is and has been involved in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business, and, subject to the matters referenced above, the Company is of the opinion, based upon presently available information and the advice of counsel concerning pertinent legal matters, that any resulting liability should not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

12.
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

During the period from fiscal year 2002 through fiscal year 2009, the Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to an aggregate of 12 million shares of the Company’s common stock.  The Company completed the purchases of 12 million shares through February 2010.  On August 25, 2009, the Board of Directors authorized the purchase of an additional two million shares of the Company’s common stock over the next three years, to be purchased from time to time depending on market conditions and other corporate considerations as determined by management.   The Company has incurred an aggregate of approximately $0.3 million in fees related to all stock purchases.  As of June 30, 2010, approximately 1.6 million additional shares are available for purchases under the most recent authorization.
 
The following table summarizes the cumulative number of shares purchased under the purchase authorizations, all of which have been retired:

   
Number of
Shares
   
Average 
Purchase Price
per Share
   
Total Purchase
Value
(in thousands)
 
Total shares purchased:
                 
As of June 30, 2007
    7,533,198     $ 14.77     $ 111,284  
Fiscal year 2008
    2,329,302     $ 31.90       74,303  
As of June 30, 2008
    9,862,500     $ 18.82       185,587  
Fiscal year 2009
    855,300     $ 26.00       22,242  
As of June 30, 2009
    10,717,800     $ 19.39       207,829  
Fiscal year 2010
    1,646,070     $ 28.94       47,635  
As of June 30, 2010
    12,363,870     $ 20.66     $ 255,464  

Subsequent to year-end, on August 24, 2010, the Board of Directors authorized the purchase of an additional two million shares of the Company’s common stock over the next three years, to be purchased from time to time depending on market conditions and other corporate considerations as determined by management.

13.
INCOME TAXES:

Income before taxes for the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008 was taxed as indicated in the following jurisdictions:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
United States
  $ 82,626     $ 72,039     $ 66,915  
International
    85,499       74,823       87,011  
    $ 168,125     $ 146,862     $ 153,926  

The components of income tax expense for the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Current:
                 
Federal
  $ 32,498       31,729     $ 29,720  
State
    4,554       4,443       2,996  
Foreign
    18,755       16,555       20,569  
      55,807       52,727       53,285  
Deferred:
                       
Federal
    (1,311 )     (2,600 )     (116 )
State
    (117 )     (233 )     (225 )
Foreign
    (1,634 )     (721 )     (643 )
      (3,062 )     (3,554 )     (984 )
    $ 52,745     $ 49,173     $ 52,301  

 
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The total tax provision is different from the amount that would have been recorded by applying the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to income before taxes.  The reconciliation of these differences for the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 is as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Statutory rate
    35.0 %     35.0 %     35.0 %
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
                       
State taxes, net of federal tax benefit
    1.4       1.5       1.3  
Effect of tax rates in foreign jurisdictions
    (11.6 )     (12.4 )     (9.7 )
Share-based and other compensation
    1.5       0.9       1.8  
Non-deferred foreign income
    0.3       1.3       1.5  
Domestic manufacturing deduction
    (0.7 )     (0.7 )     (0.7 )
Valuation allowances
    2.0       2.5       2.1  
Uncertain tax positions
    2.1       3.1       3.9  
Foreign withholding taxes
    1.0       0.8       0.7  
Other differences
    0.4       1.5       (1.9 )
Effective tax rate
    31.4 %     33.5 %     34.0 %

The Company has not provided U.S. deferred income taxes on the cumulative unremitted earnings of its significant non-U.S. affiliates as the Company plans to permanently reinvest cumulative unremitted foreign earnings outside the U.S.  These cumulative unremitted foreign earnings of approximately $507 million and $459 million for fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, relate primarily to ongoing operations in foreign jurisdictions and are required to fund foreign operations, capital expenditures and expansion requirements.  It is not practicable to determine the unrecognized deferred income taxes on these foreign subsidiaries.
 
The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at June 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Deferred tax assets:
           
Net operating loss carryforwards
  $ 12,464     $ 13,372  
Accruals
    11,468       10,255  
Share-based compensation
    13,421       12,337  
Bad debt reserves
    6,570       6,857  
Inventory
    2,040       2,271  
Benefit related accruals
    2,032       1,737  
Deferred revenues and customer deposits
    1,286       1,333  
Other unrealized gains and losses
    4,021       2,244  
Restructuring
    620       832  
Tax credit carryforward
    94        
Tax impact of technology transfer
          124  
Total deferred tax assets
    54,016       51,362  
                 
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
Intangibles amortization
    (7,682 )     (8,076 )
Capitalized software development costs
    (3,795 )     (4,301 )
Depreciation
    (705 )     (1,240 )
Other
    (14 )     (13 )
Total deferred tax liabilities
    (12,196 )     (13,630 )
                 
Valuation allowance:
               
Net operating losses
    (7,039 )     (6,244 )
Other
    (4,557 )     (2,276 )
Total valuation allowance
    (11,596 )     (8,520 )
Net deferred tax assets
  $ 30,224     $ 29,212  

 
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The tax effected net operating loss carryforwards and related valuation allowance at June 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Net operating loss carryforwards:
           
U.S.
  $ 3,947     $ 5,287  
International
    8,517       8,085  
      12,464     $ 13,372  
Net operating loss carryforward valuation allowance:
               
U.S.
           
International
    (7,039 )     (6,244 )
      (7,039 )     (6,244 )
Net operating loss carryforwards, net of valuation allowance
  $ 5,425     $ 7,128  

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.
 
The Company is profitable on a consolidated basis.  However, it has incurred losses in certain jurisdictions.  A valuation allowance has been provided at June 30, 2010 and 2009 to offset the related deferred tax assets in these jurisdictions due to uncertainty of realizing the benefit of the net operating loss carryforwards and other deferred tax assets.
 
The Company’s net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards (if not applied against taxable income) as of June 30, 2010 expire as follows:
 
   
Expires in Fiscal Year
 
(in thousand)
 
2011
   
2012
   
Thereafter
   
No
Expiration
   
Total
 
U.S.:
                             
Net operating loss carryforwards
  $     $     $ 3,947     $     $ 3,947  
Valuation allowances
                             
                  3,947             3,947  
International:
                                       
Net operating loss carryforwards
                4,960       3,557       8,517  
Valuation allowances
                (4,960 )     (2,079 )     (7,039 )
                        1,478       1,478  
Net operating loss carryforwards,
                                       
Net of valuation allowances
  $     $     $ 3,947     $ 1,478     $ 5,425  

Effective July 1, 2007, the Company adopted guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which provides a minimum recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements.  The guidance also provides standard on derecognition, measurement, and classification of the effects of a tax position, recognition of interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods and disclosure.  The cumulative effect of adopting the guidance of approximately $2.6 million, including interest and penalties of approximately $0.3 million, was recorded as a reduction to retained earnings and an increase in net income taxes payable.
 
The Company’s net unrecognized income tax benefits were approximately $21.3 million and $18.0 million, including interest and penalties of approximately $2.4 million and $2.0 million, at June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The Company has recognized approximately $0.4 million and $0.7 million of interest expense for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The interest and penalties related to unrecognized income tax benefits are classified as a component of income tax expense. The non-current components of the unrecognized income tax benefits were recorded as non-current to the extent that the Company does not anticipate making a payment within 12 months of the balance sheet date.  If recognized, all of the unrecognized income tax benefit would be recognized as a reduction of income tax expense, impacting the effective income tax rate. The Company has recognized a decrease in certain unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and penalties for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 primarily due to the expiration of statutes of limitations, which reduced the effective tax rate and income tax expense by approximately $1.3 million.
 
In the ordinary course of the Company’s business, transactions occur for which the ultimate tax outcome may be uncertain.  Tax authorities periodically audit the Company’s income tax returns. These audits include examination of the Company’s significant tax filing positions, including the timing and amounts of deductions and the allocation of income and expenses among tax jurisdictions.  The Company files income tax returns with tax authorities in  the U.S. as well as with various foreign tax jurisdictions. The Company currently considers its major taxing jurisdictions to include the U.S., the United Kingdom and Ireland. 
 
The Company’s income tax returns are no longer subject to examination by the U.S. tax authorities for tax years ending before June 2007, by the U.K. tax authorities for tax years ending before June 2005 and the Irish tax authorities for tax years ending before June 2005. Certain periods prior to these dates, however, could typically be subject to adjustment due to the impact of items such as competent authority or carryback or carryforward claims.

 
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The Company estimates that within the next 12 months, it will decrease unrecognized income tax benefits, including interest and penalties by approximately $2.7 million to $3.7 million due to the expiration of statutes of limitations and settlement of issues with tax authorities, which it believes would increase earnings as a result of a reduction in tax expense. However, audit outcomes and the timing of audit settlements are subject to significant uncertainty.  Over the next 12 months, it is reasonably possible that the Company will continue to generate liabilities for uncertain tax positions. Due to changes in the mix of earnings among jurisdictions and the impact of discreet items recognized on an intraperiod basis, there may be some degree of volatility to the quarterly tax rate. The statute of limitations associated with our significant tax jurisdictions, generally expires in our third quarter.
 
The significant components of the Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits at June 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

   
Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 17,834     $ 17,190  
Current year uncertain tax positions:
               
Gross increases
    4,552       7,086  
Prior year uncertain tax positions:
               
Gross increases
    714       50  
Gross decreases
    (1,375 )     (2,699 )
Expiration of statute of limitations
    (1,081 )     (1,166 )
Settlements with tax authorities
          (2,627 )
Balance, end of year
  $ 20,644     $ 17,834  

14.
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET:

The following table provides information regarding the components of other income (expense) for the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Credit based impairment losses on investments
  $ (4,783 )   $ (1,266 )   $    
Grant
                1,726  
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net
    974       (297 )     (1,384 )
Other, net
    144       (196 )     255  
Total other (expense) income, net
  $ (3,665 )   $ (1,759 )   $ 597  

For fiscal year 2008, the Company recognized approximately $1.7 million in income due to its receipt of a grant payment from the Irish Development Authority related to the number of jobs the Company created in Ireland.

15.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Effective June 30, 1995, the Company and Louis M. Brown, Jr., Vice-Chairman of the Board, entered into a Consulting Agreement that, as amended, expired in accordance with its terms on June 30, 2008.  Under the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Brown was to provide during each fiscal year an average of 20 hours per week of consulting services to the Company in exchange for an annual base consulting fee of approximately $0.3 million.  Additionally for fiscal year 2008, Mr. Brown’s total compensation also included annual target bonus of approximately $0.2 million that was accrued during the fiscal year 2008 and paid in the fiscal year 2009.  Notwithstanding the expiration of his Consulting Agreement, Mr. Brown continues to serve the Company as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.

16.
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS:

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS
The Company sponsors an employee savings plan (the “Plan”), which conforms to the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.  The Plan covers substantially all full-time and part-time employees in the U.S. and allows employees to voluntarily defer their eligible compensation through contributions to the Plan, up to the maximum amount per year permitted under the Internal Revenue Code. The Company matches 50% of the first 5% in eligible compensation deferred by each participating employee.

During each of the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008, the Company’s matching contributions to the Plan were approximately $2.1 million, $2.3 million and $1.9 million, respectively.  The Company does not have any material obligations to past or present employees related to post employment benefits under the Plan.

DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN
The Company’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) provides designated officers and executives of the Company or their designated beneficiaries with benefits upon retirement or death.  The Company funds the benefits under the SERP with corporate owned life insurance policies held by a segregated trust (known as a “Rabbi Trust”), whose assets are subject to the claims of creditors of the Company.  The Board of Directors of the Company, in its sole discretion, had selected the participants in the SERP.

 
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During fiscal year 2008, there were 13 participants in the SERP.  As of June 30, 2008, the Board of Directors approved the removal of all participants that were not vested, leaving three vested participants in the SERP.

Under the terms of the SERP, vested participants (or their designated beneficiaries upon death) will receive ten annual payments over nine years commencing six months after the earlier of death or retirement on or after age 62.  The value of benefits under the SERP is not based on years of service, but is determined based on the (1) participant’s age at retirement, at death or at a change of control of the Company, and (2) the base salary received by the participant during the 12 months immediately preceding his or her retirement, death or at a change of control of the Company.  Two of the three vested participants are currently receiving their SERP benefits.  The remaining vested participant is the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, A.L. Giannopoulos.  As he is over the age of 65, per the terms of the SERP, he is entitled to the maximum benefit rate of 30% of his base salary upon his retirement, death or at a change of control of the Company.

The change in pension benefit obligation, funded status, and accumulated benefit obligation of the SERP at June 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation (“PBO”):
           
PBO at the beginning of year
  $ 4,576     $ 4,393  
Interest cost
    179       284  
Benefit payments
    (101 )     (101 )
PBO at the end of year
  $ 4,654     $ 4,576  
                 
Fair value of plan assets
    N/A       N/A  
Unfunded status of PBO
  $ 4,654     $ 4,576  
Accumulated benefit obligation
  $ 4,654     $ 4,576  
Amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheet:
               
Accrued benefit liability (1)
  $ 4,654     $ 4,576  

(1)
Accrued benefit liability is included in Other Non-Current Liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, except for approximately $0.1 million as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, included in Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities.

Assumptions used to measure benefit obligations at June 30, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
Discount rate (1)
    4.40 %     4.40 %
Expected return on plan assets
           
Rate of compensation increase (2)
    N/A       N/A  

(1)
The discount rate assumption is based on the internal rate of return for a portfolio of high-quality bonds (Moody’s Aa Corporate bonds) with maturities that are consistent with projected future cash flows.
(2)
The rate of compensation increase is not applicable as the SERP benefits are defined and fixed as of June 30, 2008 for the remaining SERP participants.

The components of net periodic pension cost and the assumptions used to determine net cost for the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Service cost
  $     $     $ 646  
Interest cost
    179       264       870  
Curtailment gain (1)
                (1,717 )
Amortization of prior service cost
          20       648  
Net periodic pension cost
  $ 179     $ 284     $ 447  
                         
Discount rate
    4.40 %     5.00 %     6.10 %
Expected return on plan assets
                 
Rate of compensation increase  (2)
    N/A       N/A       9.00 %

(1)
Due to the removal of unvested SERP participants as of June 30, 2008.
(2)
The rate of compensation increase is not applicable for fiscal year 2010 and 2009 as the SERP benefits were defined and fixed as of June 30, 2008 for the remaining SERP participants.

The total periodic pension costs for fiscal year 2011 will consist of an interest cost of approximately $0.1 million.

 
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As of June 30, 2010, the projected benefit payments to be paid from the SERP are as follows for the following fiscal years (each ending June 30) (in thousands):

2011
  $ 96  
2012
    92  
2013
    88  
2014
    85  
2015
    565  
2016 – 2020
    2,324  

17.
SEGMENT INFORMATION:

The Company is organized and operates in four operating segments:  U.S., Europe, the Pacific Rim, and Latin America regions.  The Company has identified U.S. as a separate reportable segment and has aggregated its three international operating segments into one reportable segment, international, as the three international operating segments share many similar economical characteristics.  Management views the U.S. and international segments separately in operating its business, although the products and services are similar for each segment.  The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Historically, all of the Company’s new business acquisitions have been incorporated into the existing operating segments, based on their respective geographical locations, and are subsequently operated and managed as part of that operating segment.

A summary of certain financial information regarding the Company’s reportable segments is set forth below:

   
Fiscal Years Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Revenues (1):
                 
United States
  $ 491,632     $ 488,817     $ 484,026  
International
    461,310       453,857       514,389  
Intersegment eliminations (2)
    (38,623 )     (34,949 )     (44,465 )
Total revenues
  $ 914,319     $ 907,725     $ 953,950  
Income before taxes  (1):
                       
United States
  $ 85,701     $ 78,465     $ 80,291  
International
    110,455       91,932       103,864  
Intersegment eliminations (2)
    ( 28,031 )     (23,535 )     (30,229 )
Total income before taxes
  $ 168,125     $ 146,862     $ 153,926  
Capital expenditures (3):
                       
United States
  $ 3,895     $ 5,635     $ 7,419  
International
    5,149       7,726       5,525  
Total capital expenditures
  $ 9,044     $ 13,361     $ 12,944  
Depreciation and amortization (3):
                       
United States
  $ 10,611     $ 10,668     $ 7,582  
International
    6,700       6,876       7,561  
Total depreciation and amortization
  $ 17,311     $ 17,544     $ 15,143  

   
As of June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
Identifiable assets (3):
           
United States
  $ 569,629     $ 492,402  
International
    568,662       528,977  
Total identifiable assets
  $ 1,138,291     $ 1,021,379  
                 
Goodwill (3):
               
United States
  $ 161,126     $ 134,511  
International
    52,699       56,228  
Total goodwill
  $ 213,825     $ 190,739  

(1) Amounts based on the location of the selling entity.
(2) Amounts primarily represent elimination of U.S. and Ireland’s intercompany business.

 
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(3) Amounts based on the physical location of the asset.

The Company’s products are distributed in the U.S. and internationally, primarily in Europe, the Pacific Rim, and Latin America through its subsidiaries, independent dealers/distributors and Company-owned sales and service offices.  The Company’s principal customers are lodging, food service-related businesses, specialty retail, and entertainment venues.  No single customer accounts for 10% or more of the Company’s consolidated revenues.

Revenues from unaffiliated customers by geographic location for fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008 are set forth below:

   
Fiscal Years Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
United States
  $ 439,792     $ 434,482     $ 416,458  
International
    474,527       473,243       537,492  
    $ 914,319     $ 907,725     $ 953,950  

Long-lived assets (property, plant, and equipment) organized by geographic locations as of June 30 of each indicated fiscal year, are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
2010
   
2009
 
United States
  $ 15,800     $ 18,458  
International
    11,549       12,062  
    $ 27,349     $ 30,520  

Approximately $4.8 million and $3.3 million of the long-lived assets as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were located in Ireland.  There were no other individual foreign countries in which the Company has material long-lived assets.  The above chart does not include intangible assets.

There were no individual foreign countries in which the Company received material revenues from unaffiliated customers.

18.
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED):

Quarterly financial information for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

   
Fiscal Year 2010 (1), (3), (4)
 
   
1st Quarter
   
2nd Quarter
   
3rd Quarter
   
4th Quarter
 
Revenue
  $ 211,401     $ 225,647     $ 229,054     $ 248,217  
Gross margin
    115,826       124,979       124,310       136,366  
Income from operations
    35,847       39,598       40,869       51,659  
Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc.
    24,147       26,130       30,198       33,880  
Income from operations per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.45     $ 0.50     $ 0.51       0.64  
Diluted
    0.44       0.49       0.50       0.63  
Net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.30     $ 0.33     $ 0.38     $ 0.42  
Diluted
    0.30       0.32       0.37       0.42  
Stock Prices (range of sales prices):
                               
High
  $ 31.11     $ 32.43     $ 33.50     $ 38.16  
Low
    22.79       25.68       26.17       31.26  

   
Fiscal Year 2009 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
 
   
1st Quarter
   
2nd Quarter
   
3rd Quarter
   
4th Quarter
 
Revenue
  $ 243,632     $ 236,509     $ 204,743     $ 222,840  
Gross margin
    125,938       125,974       110,655       119,672  
Income from operations
    34,008       38,323       31,857       36,645  
Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc.
    24,298       26,178       22,952       22,864  
Income from operations per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.42     $ 0.48     $ 0.40     $ 0.46  
Diluted
    0.41       0.47       0.39       0.45  
Net income per share attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.30     $ 0.32     $ 0.28     $ 0.28  
Diluted
    0.29       0.32       0.28       0.28  
Stock Prices (range of sales prices):
                               
High
  $ 34.41     $ 27.17     $ 20.17     $ 28.65  
Low
    22.98       13.34       13.47       18.45  

 
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(1) 
Fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 include approximately $12.4 million ($8.1 million, net of tax, or $0.10 per diluted share) and approximately $13.9 million ($9.8 million, net of tax, or $0.12 per diluted share), respectively, in non-cash share-based compensation expenses.  See Note 3 “Share-based Compensation.”  The fiscal year 2010 and 2009 also includes other-than-temporary impairment losses of approximately $4.8 million and $1.3 million, respectively, for long-term investments.  See Note 2 “Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurement.”
(2) 
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 includes approximately $3.1 million ($2.1 million, net of tax) in restructuring charges and approximately $0.7 million in an inventory provision reflecting adjustments to the Company’s cost structure to reflect lower sales volume in certain of the Company’s locations affecting both of its reportable segments.
(3)
Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. for the fiscal years 2010 has been increased by approximately $0.3 million for the impact of non-controlling interest arrangement as compared to fiscal year 2009 which has been decreased by approximately $0.7 million.
(4) 
Sum of quarterly amounts does not equal the sum of as reported amounts for the respective fiscal years due to rounding differences.

19.
REVISIONS TO PRIOR PERIOD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As previously disclosed by the Company in its Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2009, during January 2010, the Company uncovered certain fraudulent activities in its Japanese subsidiary that occurred during the period from fiscal year 2006 to the six months ended December 31, 2009.  As a result of the Company’s investigation, the Company determined that fraudulent transactions resulted in a cumulative overstatement of revenue and net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc. of approximately $6.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively, over this period. The transactions served principally to inflate revenue and cost of sales through the creation of fraudulent revenue documentation and to understate liabilities for loans executed where the Company was the guarantor over this period.  These off-balance sheet loans were indirectly used to pay down a portion of the Company's fictitious accounts receivable balances.  The Company concluded, based on its investigation, that the fraud was solely perpetrated by one employee of the Company's Japanese subsidiary who was not a member of senior management and that the individual involved expended significant effort over the period to create a variety of schemes which deliberately circumvented or manipulated the entity's local controls and procedures.  These schemes were primarily designed to inflate revenues and cost of sales and to obtain financing from third parties to pay off the accounts receivable balances in order to prolong the schemes.  The Company terminated the employee upon completion of its investigation.

The following table shows the revised financial statement line items for the various fiscal periods affected by the adjustments described above:
 
   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Revenue:
                       
As previously reported
  $ 911,847     $ 954,184     $ 785,727     $ 678,953  
Adjustment
    (4,122 )     (234 )     (754 )     (720 )
As revised
  $ 907,725     $ 953,950     $ 784,973     $ 678,233  
                                 
Net income available to MICROS Systems, Inc.
                               
common shareholders:
                               
As previously reported
  $ 99,297     $ 101,284     $ 79,988     $ 63,528  
Adjustment
    (3,005 )     (547 )     (113 )     (565 )
As revised
  $ 96,292     $ 100,737     $ 79,875     $ 62,963  
                                 
Net income per share available to
                               
MICROS Systems, Inc. common shareholders:
                               
Basic:
                               
As previously reported
  $ 1.22     $ 1.23     $ 1.00     $ 0.82  
Adjustment
    (0.03 )     -       -       (0.01 )
As revised
  $ 1.19     $ 1.23     $ 1.00     $ 0.81  
                                 
Diluted:
                               
As previously reported
  $ 1.21     $ 1.21     $ 0.97     $ 0.78  
Adjustment
    (0.04 )     (0.01 )     -       (0.01 )
As revised
  $ 1.17     $ 1.20     $ 0.97     $ 0.77  

 
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Based on the materiality guidelines contained in SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, "Materiality" and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, "Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements", the Company concluded that the adjustments to correct for the fraudulent activities are not material to any of its current financial statements for periods beginning with the year ended June 30, 2006 and through the three months ended September 30, 2009.  However, the Company concluded that the adjustments would be material to the quarterly results and trend for the three months ended December 31, 2009.   Accordingly, the Company determined that it would revise its previous financial statements to record these adjustments; however, because the effect of the adjustments were not material to any previously issued financial statements, the Company determined not to amend its previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, rather the Company would make corresponding adjustments to prior period financial statements, as appropriate, the next time those financial statements are filed.

The Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 and the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2009 included in this Form 10-K has been revised as follows:

   
Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
(in thousands, except for EPS)
 
As Previously
Reported
   
Adjustment
   
As
Revised
   
As Previously
Reported
   
Adjustment
   
As
Revised
 
Revenue:
                                   
Hardware
  $ 210,676     $ (842 )   $ 209,834     $ 265,965     $ -     $ 265,965  
Software
    134,845       (1,933 )     132,912       158,699       (160 )     158,539  
Services
    566,326       (1,347 )     564,979       529,520       (74 )     529,446  
Total
    911,847       (4,122 )     907,725       954,184       (234 )     953,950  
                                                 
Cost of Sales:
                                               
Hardware
    135,775       (742 )     135,033       171,779       3       171,782  
Software
    27,244       (1,674 )     25,570       33,252       (117 )     33,135  
Services
    264,883       0       264,883       247,954       0       247,954  
Total
    427,902       (2,416 )     425,486       452,985       (114 )     452,871  
                                                 
Gross margin
    483,945       (1,706 )     482,239       501,199       (120 )     501,079  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    279,956       1,274       281,230       306,624       293       306,917  
Income before taxes
    149,842       (2,980 )     146,862       154,339       (413 )     153,926  
Income tax provision
    49,148       25       49,173       52,167       134       52,301  
Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc.
    99,297       (3,005 )     96,292       101,284       (547 )     100,737  
                                                 
Net income attributable to MICROS Systems, Inc.
                                               
common shareholders:
                                               
Basic
  $ 1.22     $ (0.03 )   $ 1.19     $ 1.23     $ -     $ 1.23  
Diluted
  $ 1.21     $ (0.04 )   $ 1.17     $ 1.21     $ (0.01 )   $ 1.20  

   
As of June 30, 2009
 
(in thousands)
 
As
Previously
Reported
   
Adjustment
   
As
Revised
 
Accounts receivable, net
  $ 157,479     $ (2,267 )   $ 155,212  
Deferred income taxes, current
    20,283       (413 )     19,870  
Deferred income taxes, non-current
    11,483       (27 )     11,456  
Total assets
    1,024,086     $ (2,707 )     1,021,379  
                         
Accounts payable
  $ 36,647     $ 1,798     $ 38,445  
Income taxes payable
    7,999       (55 )     7,944  
                         
Retained earnings
    579,331       (4,236 )     575,095  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    16,468       (214 )     16,254  
Total MICROS Systems, Inc. shareholders' equity
    723,447       (4,450 )     718,997  
Total liabilities and equity
    1,024,086     $ (2,707 )     1,021,379  

The adjustments noted above had no impact on the consolidated statements of cash flows for the relevant periods, other than to change certain reconciling items in arriving at cash provided by operations; however, the aggregate amount of cash provided by operations was unaffected for any of the relevant annual or interim periods.

 
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MICROS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES
(in thousands)

Description
 
Balance at
beginning
of period
   
Charged
To
expense
   
Deductions (1)
   
Other (2)
   
Balance
at end
of period
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
                             
                               
Year ended June 30, 2010
  $ 31,892     $ 3,979     $ (6,622 )   $ (857   $ 28,392  
Year ended June 30, 2009
    28,197       8,449       (2,888 )     (1,866 )     31,892  
Year ended June 30, 2008
    23,087       7,010       (4,066 )     2,166       28,197  

(1)  Charge offs, net of recoveries.
(2)  Primarily related to foreign currency translation.

 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

         
MICROS SYSTEMS, INC.
           
Date:
August 27, 2010
 
By:
 
/s/Cynthia A. Russo
         
Cynthia A. Russo
         
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant, and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name
 
Title
   
         
/s/A. L. Giannopoulos
 
Chairman, President and
 
August 27, 2010
A. L. Giannopoulos
 
Chief Executive Officer
   
         
/s/Cynthia A. Russo
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer 
 
August 27, 2010
Cynthia A. Russo
 
and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer 
   
         
/s/Louis M. Brown, Jr.
 
Director and
 
August 27, 2010
Louis M. Brown, Jr.
 
Vice Chairman of the Board 
   
         
/s/B. Gary Dando
     
August 27, 2010
B. Gary Dando
 
Director
   
         
/s/F. Suzanne Jenniches
       
F. Suzanne Jenniches
 
Director
 
August 27, 2010
         
/s/John G. Puente
     
August 27, 2010
John G. Puente
 
Director
   
         
/s/Dwight S. Taylor
     
August 27, 2010
Dwight S. Taylor
 
Director
   

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

 
3(i)
Articles of Incorporation of the Company are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1990.
 
3(i)(a)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 1997.
 
3(i)(b)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 1998.
 
3(i)(c)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Form 8-K filed on November 16, 2007.
 
3(ii)
By-laws of the Company, as amended, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2008.
 
10(a)
MICROS Systems, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan as amended, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Proxy Statement of the Company for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
 
10(b)*
Employment Agreement dated June 1, 1995 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10e to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995.
 
10(b)(1)*
First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated February 6, 1997 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 1996.
 
10(b)(2)*
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated February 1, 1998 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 1997.
 
10(b)(3)*
Third Amendment to Employment Agreement dated September 8, 1999 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10g to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999.
 
10(b)(4)*
Fourth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 19, 2001 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2001.
 
10(b)(5)*
Fifth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 15, 2002 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2002.
 
10(b)(6)*
Sixth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated January 28, 2004 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2003.
 
10(b)(7)*
Seventh Amendment to Employment Agreement dated August 9, 2005 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A. L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 11, 2005.
 
10(b)(8)*
Eighth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated June 6, 2006, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 8, 2006.
 
10(b)(9)*
Ninth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 17, 2006, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2006.
 
10(b)(10)*
Tenth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated June 12, 2008, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 13, 2008.
 
10(b)(11)*
Eleventh Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 21, 2008, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 24, 2008.
 
10(b)(12)*
Twelfth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated August 24, 2010, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and A.L. Giannopoulos is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 26, 2010.
 
10(c)*
Employment Agreement dated May 28, 1997 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Thomas L. Patz is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997.
 
10(c)(1)*
First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated October 1, 1998 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Thomas L. Patz (filed herewith as Exhibit 10(c)(1)).
 
10(c)(2)*
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 17, 2006 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Thomas L. Patz is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2006.
 
10(d)*
Employment Agreement dated November 19, 2005, between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Jennifer Kurdle is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.
 
10(e)
Employment Agreement dated May 28, 1997 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Gary C. Kaufman is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal Year ended June 30, 1997.
 
10(e)(1)*
First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated October 1, 1998 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Gary C. Kaufman is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 1998.

 
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10(e)(2)*
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 17, 2006 between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Gary C. Kaufman is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2006.
 
10(f)*
Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as approved by the Board of Directors on
April 27, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006.
 
10(g)
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, effective as of July 29, 2005, among MICROS Systems, Inc., DV Technology Holdings Corporation, Datavantage Corporation, MICROS Fidelio Nevada, LLC, MSI Delaware, LLC, MICROS-Fidelio Worldwide, Inc., and JTECH Communications, Inc. as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer, and Wachovia Bank, N.A., and US Bank, N.A., and Banc of America Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger and book manager, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.
 
10(g)(1)
First Amendment to Credit Agreements, dated December 11, 2008 among MICROS Systems, Inc. DV Technology Holdings Corporation, Datavantage Corporation, MICROS Fidelio Nevada, LLC, MSI Delaware, LLC, MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd. as Guarantor, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., Wachovia Bank, N.A., and U.S. Bank, N.A., as Lenders is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10(b) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2008.
 
10(g)(2)
Second Amendment to Credit Agreements, dated July 30, 2010 among MICROS Systems, Inc. DV Technology Holdings Corporation, Datavantage Corporation, TIG Global LLC, Fry, Inc., and Micros-Fidelio Worldwide, Inc., MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd. as Guarantor, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo, N.A., and U.S. Bank, N.A., as Lenders (filed herewith as Exhibit 10A).
 
10(h)
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, effective as of July 29, 2005, among MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Systems (U.K.) Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio España S.L., MICROS Fidelio (Canada), Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Brazil, Ltda., MICROS-Fidelio France S.A.S., Hospitality Technologies, S.A., MICROS-Fidelio Mexico S.A. de C.V., MICROS Systems Holding GmbH, MICROS-Fidelio GmbH, MICROS-Fidelio Software Portugal Unipessoal Lda, MICROS-Fidelio (Thailand) Co., Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Singapore Pte Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Software (Philippines), Inc., MICROS-Fidelio Japan Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Australia Pty. Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Hong Kong, Ltd., Fidelio Nordic Norway A/S, Fidelio Nordic Oy, Fidelio Nordic Sverige, A.B., Hotelbk, A.B., as Borrower, Bank Of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, swing line lender, and L/C issuer, and Wachovia Bank N.A. and US Bank N.A., and Banc of America Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger and book manager is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.
 
10(h)(1)
Second Amendment to Credit Agreements, dated July 30, 2010 among MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Systems (U.K.) Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio España S.L., MICROS Fidelio (Canada), Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Brazil, Ltda., MICROS-Fidelio France S.A.S., Hospitality Technologies, S.A., MICROS-Fidelio Mexico S.A. de C.V., MICROS Systems Holding GmbH, MICROS-Fidelio GmbH, MICROS-Fidelio Software Portugal Unipessoal Lda, MICROS-Fidelio (Thailand) Co., Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Singapore Pte Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Software (Philippines), Inc., MICROS-Fidelio Japan Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Australia Pty. Ltd., MICROS-Fidelio Hong Kong, Ltd., Micros Fidelio Norway A/S, Micros Fidelio Finland Oy, Micros Fidelio  Sverige, A.B., Hotelbk, A.B., as Borrower, Bank Of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, swing line lender, and L/C issuer, and Wells Fargo N.A. and US Bank N.A., and Banc of America Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger and book manager (filed herewith as Exhibit 10B).
 
10(i)
Lease Agreement by and between Orix Columbia, Inc. and MICROS Systems, Inc., dated August 17, 1998, with respect to the Company’s corporate headquarters located at 7031 Columbia Gateway Dr., Columbia MD 21046-2289, as amended by a First Amendment to Lease, dated October 27, 1999, a Second Amendment to Lease, dated December 26, 2001, and a Third Amendment to Lease, dated March 1, 2006 and by and between MICROS Systems, Inc. and Columbia Gateway Office Corporation as successor in interest to Orix Columbia, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 2009.
 
10(j)
Manufacturing Agreement, by and between MICROS Systems, Inc., and GES Singapore Pte Ltd. (now known as Venture Group of Singapore), with an effective date of November 6, 2002 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009)
 
14
Code of Ethics and Business Practices is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004.
 
21
Subsidiaries of the Company (filed herewith)
 
23(a)
Consent of Houlihan Smith & Co., Inc. (filed herewith)
 
23(b)
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (filed herewith)
 
31(a)
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith)
 
31(b)
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith)
 
32(a)
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. 1350 (filed herewith)
 
32(b)
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. 1350 (filed herewith)

 
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This First Amendment to the Employment Agreement is effective the first day of October, 1998 (the “First Amendment”), by and between MICROS SYSTEMS, INC., a Maryland corporation, with offices located at 12000 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705 (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and Thomas L. Patz, whose address is 7421 Bucks Haven Lane, Highland, Maryland 20777 (hereinafter referred to as the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company entered into an Employment Agreement dated May 28, 1997 (the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto would like to amend the Agreement pursuant to this First Amendment in an effort both: (i) to reflect the rapid growth experienced by the Company, and the current status of the Company and the Executive relative to other similarly positioned entities; and (ii) to solidify the long-term management structure of the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Executive, for good and valuable consideration, and pursuant to the terms, conditions, and covenants contained herein, hereby agree as follows:

1.  Section 3 of the Agreement, captioned “Term”, shall be deleted in its entirety and the following new language inserted in lieu thereof:

“Term.  The term of this Agreement shall commence upon October 1, 1998, and shall be for a period of three years.  The term of this Agreement shall be automatically renewed on October 1 of each year for successive three-year renewal terms thereafter, unless written notice is given by either party to the other party, pursuant to which a party states that it elects not to renew automatically the Agreement for an additional three-year renewal term.  Such written notice of non-renewal must be provided to the other party not less than 120 days prior to the automatic renewal date.  In the event a notice of non-renewal is tendered in accordance with the terms hereof, the Agreement shall continue until the end of the then existing three-year term, unless otherwise terminated as provided hereinbelow.”

2.  All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment as of the dates indicated below, the effective date of this First Amendment being the first day of October, 1998.

   
COMPANY:
   
ATTEST:
 
MICROS SYSTEMS, INC.
   
         
    By:    
(SEAL)
     
A.L. Giannopoulos
   
     
President and Chief
Executive Officer
   
[Corporate Seal]
       
   
EXECUTIVE:
   
WITNESS:
 
THOMAS L. PATZ
   
         
 
 
 

 
EX-10.(G)(2) 4 v195421_ex10g2.htm
SECOND AMENDMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of July 30, 2010 is by and among the Borrowers identified on the signature pages hereto (the “Borrowers”), the Guarantor identified on the signature pages hereto (the “Guarantor”), the Lenders identified on the signature pages hereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, credit facilities have been extended to the Borrowers pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented, increased and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) dated as of July 29, 2005 among the Borrowers, the Lenders identified therein and the Administrative Agent;

WHEREAS, the Guarantor guaranteed the obligations of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of August 31, 2005 between the Guarantor and the Administrative Agent; and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested certain modifications to the Credit Agreement and all the Lenders have agreed to the requested modifications on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.           Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

2.           Amendments to Credit Agreement.  The Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

2.1         The Aggregate Commitments are permanently reduced to $25 million.  Such reduction shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share

2.2         The Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to read in the form of such Credit Agreement attached hereto as Schedule 1 to this Amendment.

3.           Amendments to Pledge Agreements.  Each Domestic Pledge Agreement outstanding on the date hereof is amended to include in the definition of “Stock Collateral” therein all other equity interests of, or other ownership or profit interests in, the Corporation or Limited Liability Company identified therein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as security for the prompt and full performance of the Obligations, the Pledgor identified in each Domestic Pledge Agreement grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a security interest in all equity interests of, or other ownership or profit interests in, the Corporation or Limited Liability Company identified therein.

4.           Termination of Negative Pledge.  The Covenant Not To Convey and Negative Pledge Agreement dated July 31, 2005 given by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent is terminated.

5.           Subsidiaries.  Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that set forth on Schedule 2 hereto is a complete and accurate list as of the date hereof of each Subsidiary of MICROS.

 
 

 

6.           Authorization to File Financing Statements.  Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to prepare and file such financing statements (including continuation statements) or amendments thereof or supplements thereto or other instruments as the Administrative Agent may from time to time deem necessary or appropriate in order to perfect and maintain the security interests granted hereunder in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code.

7.           Conditions Precedent.  This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof upon the satisfaction of the following conditions each in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(a)           execution of this Amendment by the Loan Parties and all the Lenders;

(b)           receipt by the Administrative Agent of each of the following with respect to each of Fry, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and TIG Global, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each a “New Borrower”): (i) an Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement executed by such New Borrower and (ii) a Domestic Pledge Agreement pursuant to which MICROS pledges the equity interests of such New Borrower to the Administrative Agent to secure the Obligations;

(c)           receipt by the Administrative Agent of each of the following with respect to MICROS: (i) a certificate of an officer of MICROS attaching and certifying (A) the Organization Documents of MICROS, (B) an incumbency certificate of the Responsible Officers of MICROS and (C) resolutions of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of MICROS approving this Amendment and each document, agreement and instrument required in connection with this Amendment; and (ii) a good standing certificate or its equivalent from the jurisdiction of formation of MICROS;

(d)           the execution of the Intercreditor Agreement by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and Bank of America in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Foreign Credit Facility;

(e)           receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate of an officer of the Guarantor certifying that the resolutions of the board of directors of the Guarantor delivered at the closing of the Credit Agreement have not been rescinded or modified and remain in full force; and

(f)           the receipt by the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender that executes this Amendment, an amendment fee equal to fifteen basis points (0.15%) on the amount of such Lender’s Commitment.

8.           Reaffirmation of Obligations.  Each Loan Party (a) acknowledges and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Amendment, (b) affirms all of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (c) agrees that this Amendment and all documents executed in connection herewith do not operate to reduce or discharge such Loan Party’s obligations under the Loan Documents.

9.           Reaffirmation of Security Interests.  Each Loan Party (a) affirms that each of the Liens granted in or pursuant to the Loan Documents are valid and subsisting and (b) agrees that this Amendment shall in no manner impair or otherwise adversely effect any of the Liens granted in or pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 
 

 

10.           No Other Changes.  Except as modified hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.

11.           Counterparts; Delivery.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as an original.

12.           Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Second Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

BORROWERS:
MICROS SYSTEMS, INC., a Maryland corporation
 
DV TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
 
DATAVANTAGE CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation
 
MICROS-FIDELIO WORLDWIDE, INC., a Nevada corporation
 
JTECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation
 
FRY, INC., a Michigan corporation
 
TIG GLOBAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
   
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
Title:
   
GUARANTOR:
MICROS-FIDELIO (IRELAND) LTD,
 
a corporation organized under the laws of Ireland
   
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
Title:
   
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
   
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
Title:
   
LENDERS:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
   
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
   
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
Title:
   
 
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
   
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
Title:

 
 

 

Schedule 1

AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT
 


 
SCHEDULE 1

CREDIT AGREEMENT AS AMENDED BY
THE FIRST AMENDMENT DATED DECEMBER 11, 2008 AND
THE SECOND AMENDMENT DATED JULY 30, 2010

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of July 29, 2005
Among

MICROS SYSTEMS, INC.
DV TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS CORPORATION
DATAVANTAGE CORPORATION
MICROS-FIDELIO WORLDWIDE, INC.
JTECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
FRY, INC.
and
TIG GLOBAL, LLC

as Borrower,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer

and

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Manager

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1
Section 1.1
 
Defined Terms
1
Section 1.2
 
Other Interpretive Provisions.
18
Section 1.3
 
Accounting Terms
18
Section 1.4
 
Rounding
19
Section 1.5
 
References to Agreements and Laws
19
Section 1.6
 
Times of Day
19
Section 1.7
 
Letter of Credit Amounts
19
       
ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
19
Section 2.1
 
Committed Loans
19
Section 2.2
 
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans
20
Section 2.3
 
Letters of Credit
21
Section 2.4
 
Swing Line Loans
28
Section 2.5
 
Prepayments
31
Section 2.6
 
Reduction or Termination of Commitments
31
Section 2.7
 
Repayment of Loans
32
Section 2.8
 
Interest
32
Section 2.9
 
Fees
32
Section 2.10
 
Computation of Interest and Fees
33
Section 2.11
 
Evidence of Debt
33
Section 2.12
 
Payments Generally
33
Section 2.13
 
Extension of Maturity Date
35
Section 2.14
 
Sharing of Payments
36
Section 2.15
 
Guaranty
36
Section 2.16
 
Cash Collateral
39
Section 2.17
 
Defaulting Lenders
40
       
ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
42
Section 3.1
 
Taxes
42
Section 3.2
 
Illegality
45
Section 3.3
 
Inability to Determine Rates
45
Section 3.4
 
Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans
46
Section 3.5
 
Funding Losses
46
Section 3.6
 
Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation
47
Section 3.7
 
Survival
47
       
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
47
Section 4.1
 
[Reserved]
47
Section 4.2
 
Conditions to all Credit Extensions and Conversions and Continuations
47
       
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
48
Section 5.1
 
Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws
48
Section 5.2
 
Authorization; No Contravention
48

 
 

 

Section 5.3
 
Governmental Authorization
48
Section 5.4
 
Binding Effect
48
Section 5.5
 
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
48
Section 5.6
 
Litigation
49
Section 5.7
 
No Default
49
Section 5.8
 
Ownership of Property; Liens
49
Section 5.9
 
Environmental Compliance
49
Section 5.10
 
Insurance
50
Section 5.11
 
Taxes
50
Section 5.12
 
ERISA Compliance
50
Section 5.13
 
Subsidiaries
50
Section 5.14
 
Disclosure
51
Section 5.15
 
Compliance with Laws
51
Section 5.16
 
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
51
Section 5.17
 
Collateral Matters
51
Section 5.18
 
Rights in Collateral; Priority of Liens
51
       
ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
51
Section 6.1
 
Financial Statements
52
Section 6.2
 
Certificates; Other Information
53
Section 6.3
 
Notices
54
Section 6.4
 
Payment of Obligations
55
Section 6.5
 
Preservation of Existence, Etc
55
Section 6.6
 
Maintenance of Properties
55
Section 6.7
 
Maintenance of Insurance
55
Section 6.8
 
Compliance with Laws
56
Section 6.9
 
Books and Records
56
Section 6.10
 
Inspection Rights
56
Section 6.11
 
Use of Proceeds
56
Section 6.12
 
Financial Covenants
56
Section 6.13
 
Additional Borrowers
57
Section 6.14
 
Collateral Records
57
Section 6.15
 
Security Interests
57
       
ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
58
Section 7.1
 
Liens
58
Section 7.2
 
Investments
59
Section 7.3
 
Indebtedness
60
Section 7.4
 
Fundamental Changes
60
Section 7.5
 
Dispositions
61
Section 7.6
 
Restricted Payments
61
Section 7.7
 
Change in Nature of Business
62
Section 7.8
 
Transactions with Affiliates
62
Section 7.9
 
Margin Regulations
62
Section 7.10
 
Change of Control
62
Section 7.11
 
CommerzBank Debt
63
Section 7.12
 
Change in Legal Name or State of Formation
63

 
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ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
63
Section 8.1
 
Events of Default
63
Section 8.2
 
Remedies Upon Event of Default
65
Section 8.3
 
Application of Funds
65
       
ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
66
Section 9.1
 
Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent
66
Section 9.2
 
Delegation of Duties
67
Section 9.3
 
Liability of Administrative Agent
67
Section 9.4
 
Reliance by Administrative Agent
67
Section 9.5
 
Notice of Default
68
Section 9.6
 
Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent
68
Section 9.7
 
Indemnification of Administrative Agent
69
Section 9.8
 
Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity
69
Section 9.9
 
Successor Administrative Agent
69
Section 9.10
 
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
70
Section 9.11
 
Guaranty Matters
70
Section 9.12
 
Collateral Matters
71
Section 9.13
 
No Fiduciary Responsibility
72
       
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
72
Section 10.1
 
Amendments, Etc
72
Section 10.2
 
Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies
74
Section 10.3
 
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
75
Section 10.4
 
Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes
76
Section 10.5
 
Indemnification by Borrower
76
Section 10.6
 
Payments Set Aside
77
Section 10.7
 
Successors and Assigns
77
Section 10.8
 
Confidentiality
80
Section 10.9
 
Set-off
81
Section 10.10
 
Interest Rate Limitation
81
Section 10.11
 
Counterparts
81
Section 10.12
 
Integration
81
Section 10.13
 
Survival of Representations and Warranties
82
Section 10.14
 
Severability
82
Section 10.15
 
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
82
Section 10.16
 
Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury
83
Section 10.17
 
USA Patriot Act Notice
83
Section 10.18
 
Time of the Essence
83
Section 10.19
 
Right To Terminate
83
Section 10.20
 
Intercreditor Agreement
83

 
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SIGNATURES  S-1

SCHEDULES
2.1
Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
5.6
Litigation
5.9
Environmental Matters
5.13
Subsidiaries
7.1
Existing Liens
7.3
Existing Indebtedness
10.2
Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS
Form of
A
Committed Loan Notice
B
Swing Line Loan Notice
C
Note
D
Compliance Certificate
E
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
F
Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement

 
 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of July 29, 2005, among MICROS SYSTEMS, INC., a Maryland corporation (“MICROS”), DV TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, DATAVANTAGE CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation, MICROS-FIDELIO WORLDWIDE, INC., a Nevada corporation, JTECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, FRY, INC., a Michigan corporation, and TIG GLOBAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each of the foregoing, together with MICROS and each Additional Borrower (as hereinafter defined), individually or collectively as the context implies, “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).

Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide credit facilities for the purposes set forth herein, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Section 1.1          Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Additional Borrower” means each Domestic Subsidiary that has executed and delivered an Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement that has been accepted and approved by Administrative Agent, including, but not limited to, each Material Domestic Entity.

Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement” means an Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement in substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT F or such other document requested by the Administrative Agent for such purpose.

Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

Administrative Agent’s Office” means Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.2, or such other address or account as Administrative Agent may from time to time notify Borrower and Lenders.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by or is under common Control with, the Person specified.

Agent-Related Persons” means Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of America in its capacity as Administrative Agent, the Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all Lenders.

 
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Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, modified, substituted, extended, and renewed from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.1.

Applicable Margin” means the following percentages per annum, based upon the Minimum EBITDA Covenant (the “Financial Covenant”) as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.2(b):

Applicable Margin

Pricing
Level
 
Minimum EBITDA for the four (4)
quarters ending on the date of 
calculation:
 
Commitment
Fee
(in bps)
 
Letter of Credit Fees/ Eurodollar
Rate Committed Loans
(in bps)
 
Base Rate
Loans
(in bps)
                 
1
 
$25,000,000
 
37.5
 
200
 
0
2
 
>$25,000,000 but $35,000,000
 
25
 
175
 
0
3
 
>$35,000,000 but $50,000,000
 
25
 
150
 
0
4
  
>$50,000,000
  
20
  
125
  
0

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Financial Covenant shall become effective as of the first Business Day of the month immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b); provided, however, that if no Compliance Certificate is delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day of the month immediately following the date such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered.

Applicable Rate” means a per annum rate equal to Applicable Margin.

Arranger” means Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole book manager.

Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E.

Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel.

Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of MICROS and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of MICROS and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.2.

 
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Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A.  and its successors.

Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus ½ of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.25%.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

Base Rate Committed Loan” means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.  “Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and each Additional Borrower.

Borrowing” means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) Administrative Agent and (b) L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (as applicable).  “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

Change of Control” means, with respect to any Person, an event or series of events by which:

(a)           any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the equity securities of such Person entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully diluted basis (and, taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or

 
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(b)           during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, fifty one percent (51%) of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person cease to be composed of individuals:  (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors).

Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.1 (or, in the case of Section 4.1(b), waived by the Person entitled to receive the applicable payment).

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Collateral” means, with respect to each Borrower, (a) all “Collateral” under, and as described in, the Security Agreement, (b) all equity interests in each Borrower (other than the equity interests in MICROS) and (c) upon the occurrence of a Trigger Event under, and as defined in, the Foreign Pledge Agreement, 65% of the equity interests in MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd.

Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreement, each of the Pledge Agreements and all other agreements, instruments and documents now or hereafter executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement pursuant to which Liens are granted or purported to be granted to Administrative Agent in Collateral securing all or part of the Obligations each in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

CommerzBank Debt” means all Indebtedness of any Foreign Borrowers in favor of CommerzBank, AG, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the equivalent of $10,000,000.

Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Committed Loans to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1, or in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, but does not include the Foreign Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments.

Committed Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1.

Committed Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

 
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Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans, pursuant to Section 2.2(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote fifty one percent (51%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or equivalent governing body of such Person.

Converted Borrowings” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c).

Credit Extension” means a Borrowing, or an L/C Credit Extension.

Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to two percent (2.0%) per annum in excess of the Applicable Rate, applying the highest Applicable Margin set forth in Pricing Level 1.

Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that, as determined by Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified Borrower or Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.

Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

 
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Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

Domestic Pledge Agreements” means, collectively, (a) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (DV Technologies Holdings - Domestic) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (b) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (Datavantage Corporation – Domestic - Micros) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (c) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (Datavantage Corporation – Domestic – DV Technology) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (d) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (Micros-Fidelio Worldwide - Domestic) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (e) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (JTech Communications, Inc. - Domestic) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (f) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (Fry, Inc. - Domestic) dated as of July 30, 2010 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (g) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (TIG Global, LLC - Domestic) dated as of July 30, 2010 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, and (h) each other pledge agreement hereafter executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement pursuant to which Liens are granted or purported to be granted to Administrative Agent in equity interests of Borrowers.

Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.

EBITDA” means net income, less income or plus loss from discontinued operations and extraordinary items, plus income taxes, plus interest expense, plus depreciation, depletion, and amortization.

Eligible Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7(h).

Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

 
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ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

Eurodollar Base Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Eurodollar Rate.

Eurodollar Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan, a rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

Eurodollar Rate   =
                   Eurodollar Base Rate                    
 
1.0 – Eurodollar Reserve Percentage Where,

Eurodollar Base Rate” means:

(a)           for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as selected by Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days before the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, or (ii) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and

(b)           for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) BBA LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent as the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination.

 
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Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”).  The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan and for each outstanding Base Rate Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.

Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of the Eurodollar Base Rate.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.

Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to Administrative Agent, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of Section 3.1(e)(ii), and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a change in Law) to comply with clause (B) of Section 3.1(e)(ii), 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 Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii) or (c).

Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.

Fee Letter” means the letter agreement dated July 25, 2005, among Borrower, Administrative Agent and Arranger.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) EBITDA minus income tax expense, to (b) the sum of interest expense, plus the current portion of long term liabilities, plus capital expenditures.

Foreign Borrowers” means MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd. and each other Foreign Subsidiary that is or becomes a “Borrower” under the Foreign Credit Facility and their respective successors and assigns.

 
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Foreign Credit Facility” means the credit facility extended to the Foreign Borrowers pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of even date herewith by and among Bank of America as Administrative Agent, the lenders party thereto and the Foreign Borrowers in the amount of the Foreign Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments, as amended, modified, substituted, extended, and renewed from time to time.

Foreign Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments” means the “Aggregate Commitments” under, and as defined in, the Foreign Credit Facility.  As of the Closing Date, the amount of the Foreign Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments is $25,000,000.

Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of L/C Issuer).  For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

Foreign Pledge Agreement” means the Charge of Shares dated as of July 17, 2003 between MICROS and the Administrative Agent relating to the equity interests of MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd.

Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person.  The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.  The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 
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Guarantor” means MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd., an Irish registered limited liability company.

Guaranty” means the Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of the Closing Date made by the Guarantor in favor of Administrative Agent on behalf of Lenders, as amended, modified, substituted, extended, and renewed from time to time.

Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Honor Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(c)(i).

Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a)           all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b)           all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

(c)           net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

(d)           all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);

(e)           indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(f)            capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations; and

(g)           all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.  The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.  The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

 
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Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 10.5.

Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.5.

Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.8.

Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date of the Second Amendment to this Agreement among (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) Bank of America, in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Foreign Credit Facility, and (c) the Borrowers.

Interest Payment Date” means (a) for each Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan, the last day of each Interest Period and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three (3) months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates, and (b) for each Swing Line Loan and each Base Rate Committed Loan, the first day of each calendar month.

Interest Period” means as to each Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or as otherwise agreed to by Administrative Agent and Lenders, as selected by Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:

(a)           any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(b)           any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(c)           no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit.  For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

ISP” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.3(h).

 
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Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.

L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Committed Borrowing.

L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.

L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, includes L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.

Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such on Schedule 10.2, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify Borrower and Administrative Agent.

Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder.  A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.  Unless otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent and Lenders, all Letters of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars.

Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by L/C Issuer.

Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is thirty (30) days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

Letter of Credit Sublimit” means Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000).  The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.

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

 
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Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Aggregate Commitments less the Total Outstandings plus (b) cash and cash equivalents of MICROS and its Subsidiaries plus (c) the Foreign Credit Facility Agreement Commitments less the “Total Outstandings” under, and as defined in, the Foreign Credit Facility.

Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to Borrower under ARTICLE II in the form of a Committed Loan or a Swing Line Loan.

Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, the Fee Letter, each Collateral Document, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Guaranty.

Loan Parties” means, collectively, Borrower and each Person (other than Administrative Agent or any Lender) executing a Loan Document including, without limitation, each Guarantor and each Person executing a Collateral Document.

Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual and contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Borrower or Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the Collateral; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

Material Domestic Entity” means any Domestic Subsidiary that has revenue in excess of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) in a fiscal year.

Maturity Date” means the later of (a) July 31, 2013 and (b) if maturity is extended pursuant to Section 2.13, such extended maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section 2.13.

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

Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C; “Notes” means collectively each Note, and any other promissory note which may from time to time evidence all or any portion of the Obligations.

Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.  The foregoing shall also include (a) all obligations under any Swap Contract between Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.3(d) and (b) all obligations under any Treasury Management Agreement between Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender.

 
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Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S.  jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

Other Taxes” means 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 under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.

Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7(d).

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

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

Permitted Acquisition” means an acquisition by a Borrower provided that (a) a Borrower is the surviving entity, (b) in the case of an acquisition of the equity interests of another Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of such other Person shall have duly approved such acquisition, (c) if the aggregate consideration for such acquisition exceeds $75 million, Borrower shall have furnished financial projections to the Administrative Agent in form and detail reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent demonstrating that, after giving effect to such acquisition (and the incurrence of any Total Funded Debt in connection therewith) on a Pro Forma Basis Borrower would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.12 for each of the next four fiscal quarters, and (d) after giving effect to such acquisition (and the incurrence of any Total Funded Debt in connection therewith) on a Pro Forma Basis (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist, (ii) the Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 1.75:1.0 as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) and (iii) Liquidity exceeds $25 million.

Person” means any individual, trustee, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, bank, business association, firm, joint venture or Governmental Authority.

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

Pledge Agreements” means the Domestic Pledge Agreements and the Foreign Pledge Agreement.

Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any transaction (including, without limitation, any Restricted Payment), that such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most recent four fiscal quarter period preceding the date of such transaction for which the Borrowers were required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b).

Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender, at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), carried out to the ninth decimal place, the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments at such time; provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.2, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to Section 10.7.  The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.1 or in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.  The Pro Rata Share of each Lender is subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17.

Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.7(c).

Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.

Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, if there are two or less Lenders, than all Lenders, at all other times, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.2, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, corporate controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

 
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Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other equity interest of 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, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other equity interest or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such capital stock or other equity interest.

Security Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of July 31, 2005 given by each Borrower in favor of the Administrative Agent.

Subordinated Liabilities” means liabilities subordinated to the Obligations in a manner acceptable to Required Lenders in their sole discretion.

Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of MICROS.

Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.  Any and all Swap Contracts, whether with Administrative Agent or any Lender, must be approved by Administrative Agent.  Administrative Agent agrees to notify Lenders of any and all Swap Contracts approved by Administrative Agent.

Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

Swing Line” means the uncommitted and discretionary revolving credit facility made available by Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.4.

Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.4.

 
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Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a).

Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.4(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

Swing Line Sublimit” means Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000).  Borrowers may from time to time decrease and thereafter from time to time increase and decrease the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit upon three Business Days prior written notice from MICROS to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent provided that the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit shall not at any time exceed ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate Commitments.  The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.

Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Threshold Amount” means Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000).

Total Funded Debt” means all outstanding liabilities for borrowed money, including, without limitation, all Subordinated Liabilities, capital leases, standby letters of credit, and other interest-bearing liabilities, including current and long-term debt and the CommerzBank Debt.

Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Funded Debt of MICROS and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date to (b) EBITDA of MICROS and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the twelve month period ending on such date.

Total Liabilities” means the sum of current liabilities plus long term liabilities.

Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.

Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overnight draft, credit cards, debit cards, p-cards (including purchasing cards and commercial cards), funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.

Type” means with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Committed Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan.

Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

 
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United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c)(i).

Section 1.2            Other Interpretive Provisions.

With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a)           The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b)           (i) The words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof; (ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears; (iii) the term “including” is by way of example and not limitation; and (iv) the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(c)           In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(d)           Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 1.3            Accounting Terms.

(a)           All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

(b)           If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent and Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

 
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Section 1.4            Rounding.

Any financial ratios required to be maintained by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

Section 1.5            References to Agreements and Laws.

Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

Section 1.6            Times of Day.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

Section 1.7            Letter of Credit Amounts.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Letter of Credit Application, whether or not such maximum face amount is in effect at such time.

ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS.

Section 2.1            Committed Loans.

(a)           Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans in Dollars (each such loan, a “Committed Loan”) to Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment.  Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.1, prepay under Section 2.5, and reborrow under this Section 2.1.  Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for the Commitment of any other Lender, nor will the failure of any Lender to perform its obligations under its Commitment in any way relieve any other Lender from performing its obligations under its Commitment.

 
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(b)           The Borrower may, at its option, not more than once per calendar quarter, elect to increase the Aggregate Commitments, provided that (i) the Borrower shall give ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of such election; (ii) the Borrower shall decrease the Foreign Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments on a dollar for dollar basis concurrent with the effective date of such increase; (iii) each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 shall be satisfied as of the effective date of such increase; (iv) the aggregate amount of the Aggregate Commitments and the Foreign Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments shall not exceed $50,000,000 (less (x) the amount of any prior reduction in the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6 and (y) the amount of any prior reduction in the Foreign Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6 of the credit agreement for the Foreign Credit Facility); (v) such increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; (vi) such requested increase shall only be effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of (A) additional Commitments in a corresponding amount of such increase from either existing Lenders and/or one or more other institutions that qualify as Eligible Assignees (it being understood and agreed that no existing Lender shall be required to provide an additional Commitment) and (B) documentation from each institution providing an additional Commitment evidencing its additional Commitment and its obligations under this Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent including, without limitation, Notes evidencing each Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Commitments as increase; and (vii) if any Loans are outstanding at the time of the increase in the Aggregate Commitments, the Borrower shall, if applicable and notwithstanding any provision in any Loan Document requiring the application of payments or prepayments on a pro rata basis, including, without limitation, Section 2.14, prepay one or more existing Loans (such prepayment to be subject to Section 3.5) in an amount necessary such that after giving effect to the increase in the Aggregate Commitments, each Lender will hold its pro rata share (based on its Pro Rata Share of the increased Aggregate Commitments) of outstanding Loans.

(c)           Borrower may elect to convert Committed Borrowings to term loans (“Converted Borrowings”) upon approval of Agent and Lenders provided that the Converted Borrowings shall occur in minimum original principal amounts of not less than $1,000,000 and increments of $500,000 and such other terms as are approved by Agent and Lenders.  The obligation of the Borrower to repay Converted Borrowings shall be evidenced by promissory notes payable to the Lenders substantially in the in the form of Exhibit C with necessary revisions to incorporate the repayment terms agreed upon by the Agent, Lenders and Borrower.  In no event will the maturity of any Converted Borrowings exceed the Maturity Date.  All outstanding Converted Borrowings shall reduce the amounts otherwise available to Borrower under the Committed Loan.  Borrower shall give Agent at least ten (10) Business Days’ notice of each proposed Converted Borrowing.

Section 2.2            Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans.

(a)           Each Committed Borrowing and each conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans shall be made upon Borrower’s irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans.  Each telephonic notice by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.  Except as provided in Section 2.3(c) and Section 2.4(c), each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.  Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing or conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of, Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, and (v) if requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender, the purpose of the requested Borrowing.  If Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans with an Interest Period of one (1) month.  Any such automatic continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans.  If Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.

 
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(b)           Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a continuation is provided by Borrower, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans described in the preceding subsection.  In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice, provided that such Lender has received notice from Administrative Agent of Borrower’s request for such Committed Borrowing.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.2 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.1), Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to Borrower in like funds as received by Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) Administrative Agent by Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date of the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by Borrower there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, to Borrower as provided above.

(c)           During the existence of a Default, the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans be converted immediately to accrue interest at the Base Rate and Borrower agrees to pay all amounts due under Section 3.5 in accordance with the terms thereof due to any such conversion.

(d)           Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

(e)           After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Loans.

Section 2.3            Letters of Credit.

(a)         The Letter of Credit Commitment.

(i)           Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and as part of the Aggregate Commitments, (A) L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.3:  (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Borrower, and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit; and (B) Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of Borrower; provided that L/C Issuer shall not be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in, any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, if (x) the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans would exceed such Lender’s Commitment, or (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

 
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(ii)         L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A)          any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B)           the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date;

(C)           the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Maturity Date, unless all Lenders have approved such expiry date;

(D)           the issuance of such requested Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of L/C Issuer;

(E)           such Letter of Credit is in an initial amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $250,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

(F)           any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with Borrower or such Lender to eliminate L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or

(G)           such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.

(iii)         L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

 
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(iv)          L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to Administrative Agent in ARTICLE IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in ARTICLE IX included L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to L/C Issuer.

(b)         Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit.

(i)            Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of Borrower delivered to L/C Issuer (with a copy to Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.  Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be.  In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to L/C Issuer:  (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as L/C Issuer may require.  In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as L/C Issuer may require.

(ii)           Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application L/C Issuer will confirm with Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from Borrower and, if not, L/C Issuer will provide Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Unless L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, Administrative Agent or Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices.  Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit and all related L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

 
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(iii)           If Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Maturity Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.3(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.2 is not then satisfied, and in each case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

(iv)           Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, L/C Issuer will also deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c)         Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

(i)            Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of drawing under such Letter of Credit, L/C Issuer shall notify Borrower and Administrative Agent thereof.  Not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the date of any payment by L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), Borrower shall reimburse L/C Issuer through Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.  If Borrower fails to so reimburse L/C Issuer by such time, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof.  In such event, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.2(a) of the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice).  Any notice given by L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.3(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(ii)           Each Lender (including the Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) make funds available (and Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer at Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the Business Day specified in such notice by Administrative Agent, if such Lender has received notice from Administrative Agent of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to Borrower in such amount.  Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to L/C Issuer.

 
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(iii)          With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.  In such event, each Lender’s payment to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.3.

(iv)          Until each Lender funds its Committed Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.3(c) to reimburse L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of L/C Issuer.

(v)           Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.3(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against L/C Issuer, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that all payments of such amounts by each Lender shall be without prejudice to the rights of each of the other Lenders with respect to L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Any claim any Lender may have against L/C Issuer as a result of L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct may be brought by such Lender in a separate action against L/C Issuer but may not be used as a defense to payment under the provisions of this Section.  No Lender shall have any obligation to pay to L/C Issuer such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any L/C Obligations or Unreimbursed Amount if Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse L/C Issuer for such unpaid L/C Obligations or Unreimbursed Amount because of L/C Issuer’s wrongful payment under a Letter of Credit.  No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to reimburse L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi)          If any Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3(c) by the time specified in Section 2.3(c)(ii), L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  A certificate of L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d)         Repayment of Participations.

(i)           At any time after L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.3(c), if Administrative Agent receives for the account of L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by Administrative Agent.

 
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(ii)           If any payment received by Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.6 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by L/C Issuer in its discretion, but excluding any payments that must be returned due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of L/C Issuer), each Lender shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.

(e)         Obligations Absolute.  The obligation of Borrower to reimburse L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit, and to repay each L/C Borrowing, shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(i)           any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(ii)           the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii)          any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

(iv)          any payment by L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

(v)           any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Borrower.

Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, Borrower will immediately notify L/C Issuer.  Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

 
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(f)          Role of L/C Issuer.  Each Lender and Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document, except to the extent required by applicable law.  None of L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application.  Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  None of L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.3(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower may have a claim against L/C Issuer, and L/C Issuer may be liable to Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by Borrower which Borrower proves were caused by L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

(g)         [Reserved].

(h)         Applicability of ISP98 and UCP.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by L/C Issuer and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance) (the “ISP”) shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”) at the time of issuance (including the ICC decision published by the Commission on Banking Technique and Practice on April 6, 1998 regarding the European single currency (euro)) shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

(i)          Letter of Credit Fees.  Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the ratable account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share (i) a Letter of Credit fee for each commercial Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate per annum times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit), and (ii) a Letter of Credit fee for each standby Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided, however, any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Shares allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to L/C Issuer for its own account.  Such Letter of Credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears.  Such Letter of Credit fees shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Maturity Date and thereafter on demand.  If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.

 
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(j)          Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer.  Borrower shall pay directly to L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter.  In addition, Borrower shall pay directly to L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.  Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

(k)          Conflict with Letter of Credit Application.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.

Section 2.4           Swing Line Loans.

(a)           The Swing Line.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Swing Line Lender agrees to consider in its sole and absolute discretion making loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment.  The Swing Line is a discretionary, uncommitted facility and Administrative Agent may terminate or suspend the Swing Line at any time in its sole discretion upon notice to Borrower which notice may be given by Administrative Agent before or after Borrower requests a Swing Line Loan hereunder; provided, further, that Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.4 above, prepay under Section 2.5 and reborrow under this Section 2.4.  Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.  Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.  Swing Line Loans shall be used only for the purposes permitted for Committed Loans under the terms of this Agreement.

 
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(b)         Borrowing Procedures.  Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon Borrower’s irrevocable notice to Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone, unless Swing Line Lender has notified, or after receiving notice of a Swing Line Borrowing notifies, Borrower that the Swing Line has been or is terminated or suspended as provided in Section 2.4(a). Each such notice must be received by Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $50,000 or multiple thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.  Promptly after receipt by Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, Swing Line Lender will confirm with Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, Swing Line Lender will notify Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.5(a) or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in ARTICLE IV is not then satisfied or the Swing Line has been or is terminated or suspended by Swing Line Lender as provided above, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m.  New York time, on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to Borrower at its office by crediting the account of Borrower on the books of Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds.  Lenders agree that Swing Line Lender may agree to modify the borrowing procedures used in connection with the Swing Line in its discretion and without affecting any of the obligations of Lenders hereunder.

(c)         Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.

(i)           Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion (including if Swing Line Lender has terminated or suspended the Swing Line as provided above) may request, on behalf of Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.1(b), without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.2(a) for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.2.  Swing Line Lender shall furnish Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to Administrative Agent.  Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral for this purpose) in immediately available funds for the account of Swing Line Lender at Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice if such Lender has received notice from Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to Section 2.4(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to Borrower in such amount.  Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to Swing Line Lender.

(ii)           If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Committed Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.4(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Committed Loans submitted by Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by Swing Line Lender that each of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender’s payment to Administrative Agent for the account of Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.4(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
 
 
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(iii)          If any Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent for the account of Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4(c) by the time specified in Section 2.4(c)(i), Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  A certificate of Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv)          Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against Swing Line Lender, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that all payments of such amounts by any Lender shall be without prejudice to the rights of each of the other Lenders with respect to Swing Line Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Any claim any Lender may have against Swing Line Lender as a result of Swing Line Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct may be brought by such Lender in a separate action against Swing Line Lender but may not be used as a defense to payment under the provisions of this Section 2.4(c).  Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.2.  No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d)         Repayment of Participations.

(i)           At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by Swing Line Lender.

(ii)           If any payment received by Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.6 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate.  Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of Swing Line Lender.

(e)         Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender.  Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans and interest shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.8.  Until each Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.4 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of Swing Line Lender.

(f)          Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender.  Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to Swing Line Lender.

 
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Section 2.5           Prepayments.

(a)           Borrower may, upon notice to Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans, and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding; and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Committed Loans to be prepaid.  Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by Borrower, Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.5.  Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Committed Loans of Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.

(b)           Borrower may, upon notice to Swing Line Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $50,000.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by Borrower, Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

(c)           If for any reason the Total Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect, Borrower shall immediately prepay Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.5(c) unless after the prepayment in full of the Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans the Total Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect.

Section 2.6           Reduction or Termination of Commitments.

Borrower may, upon notice to Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Commitments and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.  Administrative Agent will promptly notify Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments.  Once reduced in accordance with this Section, the Aggregate Commitments may not be increased except in accordance with Section 2.1(b).  Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share.  All Commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

 
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Section 2.7           Repayment of Loans.

(a)           Borrower shall repay to Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Committed Loans outstanding on such date.

(b)           Borrower shall repay to Administrative Agent each Swing Line Loan on the Maturity Date.

Section 2.8           Interest.

(a)           Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin; (ii) each Base Rate Committed Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

(b)           If any amount payable by Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.  Furthermore, while any Event of Default exists, upon the request of the Required Lenders, Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.  Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c)           Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein.  Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

Section 2.9           Fees.

In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i) and (j) of Section 2.3:

(a)           Commitment Fee.  Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the ratable account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17.  The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more conditions in ARTICLE IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date.  The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.  Borrower acknowledges that Swing Line Loans outstanding from time to time are not considered Committed Loans in calculating the commitment fee.

 
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(b)           Agency Fees.  Borrower shall pay an agency fee to Administrative Agent for Administrative Agent’s own account, in the amounts and at the times specified in the letter agreement, dated July 25, 2005 (the “Fee Letter”), between Borrower and Administrative Agent.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall be nonrefundable for any reason whatsoever.

(c)           [Reserved].

(d)           Other Fees.  Borrower shall pay to Arranger and Administrative Agent, for their own respective accounts, fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

Section 2.10         Computation of Interest and Fees.

All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual number of days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day.

Section 2.11         Evidence of Debt.

(a)           The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by Lenders to Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  Upon the request of any Lender made through Administrative Agent, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence, such Lender’s Loans, in addition to such accounts or records.  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of the applicable Loans and payments with respect thereto.

(b)           In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

Section 2.12         Payments Generally.

(a)           All payments to be made by Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrower hereunder shall be made to Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m., New York time, on the date specified herein.  Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m., New York time, shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

 
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(b)         If any payment to be made by Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(c)         Unless Borrower or any Lender has notified Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to Administrative Agent hereunder, that Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto.  If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, then:

(i)           if Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and

(ii)           if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by Administrative Agent to Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  If such Lender pays such amount to Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in the applicable Borrowing.  If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand, Administrative Agent may make a demand upon Borrower, and Borrower shall pay such amount to Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which Administrative Agent or Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

A notice of Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(d)         If any Lender makes available to Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this ARTICLE II, and such funds are not made available to Borrower by Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in ARTICLE IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
 
 
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(e)         The obligations of Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans and to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan or to fund any such participation on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan or purchase its participation.

(f)          Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

Section 2.13         Extension of Maturity Date.

(a)         Not earlier than sixty (60) days prior to, nor later than forty-five (45) days prior to, the Maturity Date then in effect, Borrower may, upon notice to Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), request a one-year extension of the Maturity Date then in effect.  Within thirty (30) days of delivery of such notice, each Lender shall notify Administrative Agent whether or not it consents to such extension (which consent may be given or withheld in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion).  Any Lender not responding within the above time period shall be deemed not to have consented to such extension.  Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders of the Lenders’ responses.

(b)           The Maturity Date shall be extended only if Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Commitments (after giving effect to any replacements of Lenders permitted herein) (the “Consenting Lenders”) have consented thereto.  If so extended, the Maturity Date, as to the Consenting Lenders, shall be extended to the same date in the following year, effective as of the Maturity Date then in effect (such existing Maturity Date being the “Extension Effective Date”).  Administrative Agent and Borrower shall promptly confirm to the Lenders such extension and the Extension Effective Date.  As a condition precedent to such extension, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Extension Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such extension and (ii) in the case of Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, (A) the representations and warranties contained in ARTICLE V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the Extension Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.13, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.5 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.1, and (B) no Default exists.  Borrower shall prepay any Committed Loans outstanding on the Extension Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.4) to the extent necessary to keep outstanding Committed Loans ratable with any revised and new Pro Rata Shares of all the Lenders effective as of the Extension Effective Date.

(c)         This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.14 or Section 10.1 to the contrary.

 
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Section 2.14         Sharing of Payments.

If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of Committed Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Committed Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Committed Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that (i) if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.6 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (A) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (B) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon and (ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender, (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.16 or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to Borrower or any Subsidiary (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).  Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject to Section 10.9) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of Borrower in the amount of such participation.  Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section and will in each case notify Lenders following any such purchases or repayments.  Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.

Section 2.15         Guaranty.

(a)         Each Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, jointly and severally guarantees to Administrative Agent, Lenders, and each other holder of the Obligations, as primary obligor and not as surety:

(i)            the due and punctual payment in full (and not merely the collectibility) by each Borrower of the Obligations, including unpaid and accrued interest thereon, in each case when due and payable, all according to the terms of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents;

(ii)           the due and punctual payment in full (and not merely the collectibility) by each of Borrower of all other sums and charges which may at any time be due and payable in accordance with this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents;

(iii)          the due and punctual performance by each Borrower of all of the other terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Loan Documents; and

(iv)          all the other Obligations of each Borrower.

 
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Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan Documents or the other documents relating to the Obligations, the obligations of each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor (and not in its capacity as a Borrower hereunder) under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under applicable Debtor Relief Laws.

(b)         The obligations and liabilities of each Borrower as a guarantor under this Section shall be absolute and unconditional and joint and several, irrespective of the genuineness, validity, priority, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the Loan Documents or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor.  Each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor (and not in its capacity as a Borrower hereunder) expressly agrees that Administrative Agent and Lenders may, in their sole and absolute discretion, without notice to or further assent of such Borrower and without in any way releasing, affecting or in any way impairing the joint and several obligations and liabilities of such Borrower as a guarantor hereunder:

(i)            waive compliance with, or any defaults under, or grant any other indulgences under or with respect to any of the Loan Documents;

(ii)           modify, amend, change or terminate any provisions of any of the Loan Documents;

(iii)          grant extensions or renewals of or with respect to the Commitments, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents;

(iv)          effect any release, subordination, compromise or settlement in connection with this Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents;

(v)          agree to the substitution, exchange, release or other disposition of the Collateral or any part thereof, or any other collateral for the Commitments or to the subordination of any lien or security interest therein;

(vi)          make advances for the purpose of performing any term, provision or covenant contained in this Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents with respect to which any Borrower shall then be in default;

(vii)         make future advances pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents;

(viii)        assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer the Commitments, the Obligations, the Notes, any of the other Loan Documents or any interest therein, all as and to the extent permitted by the provisions of this Agreement;

(ix)          deal in all respects with Borrower as if this Section were not in effect;

(x)           effect any release, compromise or settlement with any of Borrower, whether in their capacity as a Borrower or as a guarantor under this Section, or any other guarantor; and

(xi)          provide debtor-in-possession financing or allow use of cash collateral in proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code, it being expressly agreed by each Borrower that any such financing and/or use would be part of the Obligations.

 
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(c)         The obligations and liabilities of each Borrower, as guarantor under this Section, shall be primary, direct and immediate, shall not be subject to any counterclaim, recoupment, set off, reduction or defense based upon any claim that a Borrower may have against any one or more of the other Borrower, Administrative Agent, any one or more of Lenders and/or any other guarantor and shall not be conditional or contingent upon pursuit or enforcement by Administrative Agent or other Lenders of any remedies it may have against Borrower with respect to this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents, whether pursuant to the terms thereof or by operation of law.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall not be required to make any demand upon any of Borrower, or to sell the Collateral or otherwise pursue, enforce or exhaust its or their remedies against Borrower or the Collateral either before, concurrently with or after pursuing or enforcing its rights and remedies hereunder.  Any one or more successive or concurrent actions or proceedings may be brought against each Borrower under this Section, either in the same action, if any, brought against any one or more of Borrower or in separate actions or proceedings, as often as Administrative Agent may deem expedient or advisable.  Without limiting the foregoing, it is specifically understood that any modification, limitation or discharge of any of the liabilities or obligations of any one or more of Borrower, any other guarantor or any obligor under any of the Loan Documents, arising out of, or by virtue of, any bankruptcy, arrangement, reorganization or similar proceeding for relief of debtors under federal or state law initiated by or against any one or more of Borrower, in their respective capacities as borrowers and guarantors under this Section, or under any of the Loan Documents shall not modify, limit, lessen, reduce, impair, discharge, or otherwise affect the liability of each Borrower under this Section in any manner whatsoever, and this Section shall remain and continue in full force and effect.  It is the intent and purpose of this Section that each Borrower shall and does hereby waive all rights and benefits which might accrue to any other guarantor by reason of any such proceeding, and each Borrower agrees that it shall be liable for the full amount of the obligations and liabilities under this Section, regardless of, and irrespective to, any modification, limitation or discharge of the liability of any one or more of Borrower, any other guarantor or any obligor under any of the Loan Documents, that may result from any such proceedings.

(d)         Each Borrower, solely as guarantor under this Section (and not in its capacity as a Borrower hereunder), hereby unconditionally, jointly and severally, irrevocably and expressly waives:

(i)            presentment and demand for payment of the Obligations and protest of non-payment;

(ii)           notice of acceptance of this Section and of presentment, demand and protest thereof;

(iii)          notice of any default hereunder or under the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents and notice of all indulgences;

(iv)          notice of any increase in the amount of any portion of or all of the indebtedness guaranteed by this Section;

(v)           demand for observance, performance or enforcement of any of the terms or provisions of this Section, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents;

(vi)          all errors and omissions in connection with Administrative Agent’s administration of all indebtedness guaranteed by this Section, except errors and omissions resulting from acts of bad faith;

 
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(vii)         any right or claim of right to cause a marshalling of the assets of any one or more of the other Borrower;

(viii)        any act or omission of Administrative Agent or Lenders which changes the scope of the risk as guarantor hereunder; and

(ix)           all other notices and demands otherwise required by law which Borrower may lawfully waive.

Within ten (10) days following any request of Administrative Agent so to do, each Borrower will furnish Administrative Agent and Lenders and such other persons as Administrative Agent may direct with a written certificate, duly acknowledged stating in detail whether or not any credits, offsets or defenses exist with respect to this Section.

(e)         Additional Waivers.

(i)            Each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor agrees that such Borrower shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against Borrower or any Guarantor for amounts paid under this Section 2.15 until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated.

(ii)           Each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor agrees that such Borrower shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to this Section 2.15(e) and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 2.15(g).
 
(f)          Remedies.  Each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between Borrowers solely in their capacities as guarantors, on the one hand, and Administrative Agent and the other holders of the Obligations, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as specified in Section 8.2 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances specified in Section 8.2) for purposes of Section 2.15 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor for purposes of Section 2.15.

(g)         Rights of Contribution.  The Borrowers agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Borrower shall have contribution rights against the other Borrowers as permitted under applicable law.  Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of Borrowers under the Loan Documents and no Borrower shall exercise such rights of contribution until the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.

Section 2.16         Cash Collateral.

(a)         Certain Credit Support Events.  Upon the request of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer (i) if L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Maturity Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.  At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

 
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(b)         Grant of Security Interest.  All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.  Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders (including Swing Line Lender), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.16(c).  If at any time Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by Administrative Agent, pay or provide to Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

(c)         Application.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or any other provision of this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

(d)         Release.  Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.7(b)) or (ii) Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.16 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.3), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

Section 2.17         Defaulting Lenders.

(a)         Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(i)           Waivers and Amendments.  That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.1.
 
 
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(ii)           Reallocation of Payments.  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.9), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by Administrative Agent as follows:  first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by Administrative Agent or requested by L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by Administrative Agent and Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii)          Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (A) shall not be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (B) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.3(h).

(iv)          Reallocation of Pro Rata Shares to Reduce Fronting Exposure.  During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.3 and 2.4, the “Pro Rata Share” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (A) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default exists; and (B) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender.
 
 
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(b)         Defaulting Lender Cure.  If Borrower, Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

Section 3.1           Taxes.

(a)         Payments Free of Taxes – Obligation to Withhold: Payments on Account of Taxes.

(i)           Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require Borrower or Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.

(ii)           If Borrower or Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

(b)         Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower.  Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.

 
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(c)         Tax Indemnification.

(i)           Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, Borrower shall, and does hereby indemnify Administrative Agent, each Lender and L/C Issuer, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by Borrower or Administrative Agent or paid by Administrative Agent, such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection.  A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender or L/C Issuer (with a copy to Administrative Agent), or by Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(ii)           Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify Borrower and Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten days after demand therefor, against any and all  Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for Borrower or Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against Borrower or Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to Borrower or Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e).  Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).  The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

(d)         Evidence of Payments.  Upon request by Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or by Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority, as provided in this Section 3.1, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent or Administrative Agent shall deliver to Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Law to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

(e)          Status of Lenders: Tax Documentation.

(i)           Each Lender shall deliver to Borrower and to Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.

 
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(ii)         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Borrower is a resident for tax purposes in the United States

(A)           any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and

(B)           each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of Borrower or Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(I)           executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,

(II)          executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

(III)         executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,

(IV)         in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of  Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or

(V)          executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit Borrower or Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

(iii)         Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that Borrower or Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

 
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Section 3.2           Illegality.

If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions in the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to Borrower through Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans or to convert Base Rate Committed Loans to Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, (x) Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted and all amounts due under Section 3.5 in accordance with the terms thereof due to such prepayment or conversion.  Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

Section 3.3           Inability to Determine Rates.

If Administrative Agent determines in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof for any reason that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan or in connection with any existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders of funding such Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan, Administrative Agent will promptly so notify Borrower and all Lenders.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans shall be suspended and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until Administrative Agent revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

 
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Section 3.4           Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans.

(a)          If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Loans the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate or (as the case may be) issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this subsection (a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.1 shall govern), (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or any foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Lending Office, and (iii) reserve requirements utilized, as to Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans, in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Administrative Agent), Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction, provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 3.4(a) for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date such Lender notifies Borrower of such change in Law or interpretation of Law and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor.

(b)         If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Administrative Agent), Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.

Section 3.5           Funding Losses.

Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent) from time to time, Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a)         any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or

(b)         any failure by Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by Borrower;

including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.  Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
 
 
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For purposes of calculating amounts payable by Borrower to Lenders under this Section 3.5, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Base Rate or London Interbank Offered Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Committed Loan was in fact so funded.

Section 3.6           Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.

A certificate of Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this ARTICLE III and setting forth the calculation of the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  In determining such amount, Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

Section 3.7           Survival.

All of Borrower’s obligations under this ARTICLE III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Section 4.1           [Reserved].

Section 4.2           Conditions to all Credit Extensions and Conversions and Continuations.

The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a)          The representations and warranties of Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in ARTICLE V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, conversion or continuation, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.2, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.5 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.1.

(b)          No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension, conversion or continuation.

(c)          Administrative Agent and, if applicable, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

(d)          Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it, such other assurances, certificates, documents or consents related to the foregoing as Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.

(e)          Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent the items required by Section 6.16(a).

 
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Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Committed Loans) submitted by Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in (a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Borrower represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and Lenders that:

Section 5.1           Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws.

Each Loan Party (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or licenses, except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.2           Authorization; No Contravention.

The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law.

Section 5.3           Governmental Authorization.

No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 5.4           Binding Effect.

This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto.  This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms.

Section 5.5           Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(a)           The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.

 
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(b)           The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated March 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and ; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby , subject in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

(c)           Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.6           Litigation.

Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.6 hereto, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower after due and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.7           No Default.

Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 5.8           Ownership of Property; Liens.

Each of Borrower and each Subsidiary has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The property of Borrower and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 7.1.

Section 5.9           Environmental Compliance.

To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.9 hereto, there is no violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof Borrower has reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 
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Section 5.10         Insurance.

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

Section 5.11         Taxes.

Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.  There is no proposed tax assessment against Borrower or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.12         ERISA Compliance.

(a)          Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws.  Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.  Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.

(b)         There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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

Section 5.13         Subsidiaries.

As of the Closing Date, Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.13 and has no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed in Part (b) of Schedule 5.13.

 
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Section 5.14         Disclosure.

Borrower has disclosed to Administrative Agent and Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Section 5.15         Compliance with Laws.

Borrower and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.16         Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.

Section 5.17         Collateral Matters.

As of the date hereof, (a) the chief executive office of Borrower is 7031 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046 and (b) the exact legal name and state of organization of Borrower is as set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Section 5.18         Rights in Collateral; Priority of Liens.

Borrower and each other Loan Party own the property granted by it as Collateral under the Collateral Documents, free and clear of any and all Liens in favor of third parties other than Liens permitted by Section 7.1.  Upon the proper filing of UCC financing statements, and the taking of the other actions required by the Required Lenders, the Liens granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents will constitute valid and enforceable first, prior and perfected Liens on the Collateral in favor of Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders.

ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Section 6.1, Section 6.2, Section 6.3 and Section 6.11) cause each Borrower and each Subsidiary to:

 
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Section 6.1           Financial Statements.

Deliver to Administrative Agent the following, in form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a)         as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower:

(i)            a consolidated balance sheet of MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries only as at the end of such fiscal year, the related consolidated statement of income for such fiscal year and a calculation of EBITDA for MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries only on a consolidated basis for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(ii)           a consolidated balance sheet of the Foreign Subsidiaries only as at the end of such fiscal year, the related consolidated statement of income for such fiscal year and a calculation of EBITDA for the Foreign Subsidiaries only on a consolidated basis for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of the Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(iii)          a consolidated balance sheet of the MICROS and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of MICROS and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

(iv)          a consolidated balance sheet of MICROS and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit.

The financial statements described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above may be prepared by MICROS.

(b)         as soon as available, but in any event within forty five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Borrower:
 
 
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(i)           a consolidated balance sheet of MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries only as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related consolidated statement of income for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and a calculation of EBITDA for MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries only on a consolidated basis for the period of four fiscal quarters then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(ii)           a consolidated balance sheet of the Foreign Subsidiaries only as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related consolidated statement of income for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and a calculation of EBITDA for the Foreign Subsidiaries only on a consolidated basis for the period of four fiscal quarters then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of the Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

(iii)          a consolidated balance sheet of MICROS and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related consolidated statement of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of MICROS and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

The financial statements described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above may be prepared by MICROS.

Section 6.2           Certificates; Other Information.

Deliver to Administrative Agent a sufficient number of copies for delivery to each Lender of the following, in form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and the Required Lenders:

(a)         concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants certifying such financial statements and stating that in making the examination necessary no knowledge was obtained of any Default or, if any such Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;

(b)         concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a) and Section 6.1(b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower;

(c)         promptly after any request by Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of Borrower in the ordinary course and by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;
 
 
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(d)           as soon as available, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, annual projections for the following two (2) fiscal years from (i) Borrower on a consolidated basis and (ii) from Guarantor on a consolidated basis;

(e)           [Reserved];

(f)            promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which Borrower may file or be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;

(g)           [Reserved];

(h)           promptly upon request, such additional financial information as Agent may request from time to time or more frequent delivery of financial information which is delivered periodically pursuant to this Section 6.2 (such as, but not limited to, schedules of account receivable agings and inventory reports);

(i)            as soon as available, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, a schedule of account receivable agings.

Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) Administrative Agent will make available to Lenders and L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”).  Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.8); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor”.

Section 6.3        Notices.

Not later than two (2) days after obtaining knowledge, notify Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a)           of the occurrence of any Default;

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

 
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(c)           the occurrence of any ERISA Event; and

(d)           of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by Borrower or any Subsidiary.

Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.  Each notice pursuant to Section 6.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

Section 6.4        Payment of Obligations.

Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by Borrower or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.

Section 6.5        Preservation of Existence, Etc.

(a)           Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.4 or Section 7.5 except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.6        Maintenance of Properties.

(a)           Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its facilities.

Section 6.7        Maintenance of Insurance.

Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of Borrower, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons and providing for not less than 30 days’ prior notice to Administrative Agent of termination, lapse or cancellation of such insurance.

 
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Section 6.8        Compliance with Laws.

Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws, and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.9        Books and Records.

(a)           Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.  Borrower shall maintain at all times books and records pertaining to the Collateral in such detail, form and scope as Administrative Agent or any Lender shall reasonably require.

Section 6.10      Inspection Rights.

Permit representatives and independent contractors of Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to Borrower; provided, however, if no Default exists Administrative Agent or Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to Borrower, but at the expense of Administrative Agent or Lender if Borrower has paid for similar inspections one (1) time during the current fiscal year and provided further, however, that when a Default exists Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of Borrower at any time or from time to time during normal business hours and without advance notice.

Section 6.11      Use of Proceeds.

Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for Letters of Credit, acquisitions permitted under this Agreement, to refinance existing indebtedness and for working capital and capital expenditures, not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.

Section 6.12      Financial Covenants.

At all times maintain the following financial covenants:

(a)           Total Leverage Ratio.  Maintain on a consolidated basis a Total Leverage Ratio not exceeding 2.0 to 1.0.  This ratio will be calculated at the end of each reporting period for which this Agreement requires Borrower to deliver financial statements, using the results of the twelve-month period ending with that reporting period.

 
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(b)           Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  Maintain on a consolidated basis a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of MICROS and all Subsidiaries of at least 1.25 to 1.0. This ratio will be calculated at the end of each reporting period for which this Agreement requires Borrower to deliver financial statements, using the results of the twelve-month period ending with that reporting period.  The current portion of long-term liabilities will be measured as of the last day of the calculation period.

Section 6.13      Additional Borrowers.

Within thirty days (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) after any Person becomes a Material Domestic Entity, cause such Person to (a) become an Additional Borrower by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent an Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement or such other document as Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (b) deliver to Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 4.1(a) and, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, a favorable opinion of counsel to such Person, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (c) deliver to Administrative Agent such documents, agreements and instruments as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to cause such Person to grant to Administrative Agent and Lenders valid and perfected first priority security interests in the Collateral.

Section 6.14      Collateral Records.

Execute and deliver promptly, and to cause each other Loan Party to execute and deliver promptly, to Administrative Agent, from time to time, solely for Administrative Agent’s convenience in maintaining a record of the Collateral, such written statements and schedules as Administrative Agent may reasonably require designating, identifying or describing the Collateral.  The failure by Borrower or any other Loan Party, however, to promptly give Administrative Agent such statements or schedules shall not affect, diminish, modify or otherwise limit the Liens on the Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

Section 6.15      Security Interests.

Defend the Collateral against all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming the same or any interest therein.

Comply with the requirements of all state and federal laws in order to grant to Administrative Agent and Lenders valid and perfected first priority security interests in the Collateral, with perfection, in the case of any investment property, being effected by giving Administrative Agent control of such investment property in addition to perfection by the filing of a UCC financing statement with respect to such investment property.  Administrative Agent is hereby authorized by Borrower to file any UCC financing statements covering the Collateral whether or not Borrower’s signatures appear thereon.

Do whatever Administrative Agent may reasonably request, from time to time, to effect the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including filing notices of liens, UCC financing statements, and amendments, renewals and continuations thereof; cooperating with Administrative Agent’s representatives; keeping stock records; obtaining waivers from landlords and mortgagees and from warehousemen and their landlords and mortgages; and, paying claims which might, if unpaid, become a Lien on the Collateral.

Section 6.16      Post-Closing Covenant.

(a)           By August 15, 2010 deliver to the Administrative Agent:

 
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(i)           a certificate of an officer of each Borrower (other than MICROS) attaching and certifying (A) the Organization Documents of such Borrower, (B) an incumbency certificate of the Responsible Officers of such Borrower and (C) resolutions of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Borrower approving this Amendment and each document, agreement and instrument required in connection with this Amendment, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

(ii)          a certificate of an officer of MICROS attaching and certifying resolutions of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of MICROS approving this Amendment and each document, agreement and instrument required in connection with this Amendment in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(b)          By August 31, 2010 deliver to the Administrative Agent:

(i)           original stock certificates evidencing all equity interests issued by Fry, Inc. together with undated stock powers executed in blank in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(ii)          legal opinion from the General Counsel of MICROS in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent relating to the Second Amendment to this Agreement and the documents, agreements and instruments executed by Borrower in connection therewith;

(iii)         termination of each of the two UCC-1 financing statements identifying Heller Financial, Inc., as secured party, and  JTECH Communications, as debtor;

(iv)         restatement of the LLC Agreement for TIG Global LLC on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (which restatement shall, among other things, eliminate (A) the board of advisors and the special voting rights allocated to the board of advisors and (B) the restrictions on transfer of the equity interests;

(v)          amendment to the certificate of incorporation of DV Technology Holdings Corporation to delete Article XI; and

(vi)         amendment to the certificate of incorporation of Fry, Inc. to delete Article VI.

ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

Section 7.1        Liens.

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

(a)           Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

 
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(b)           Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(c)           carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(d)           pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

(e)           deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(f)           easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;

(g)           Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h) or securing appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments;

(h)           liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.3(e); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition; and

(i)           Liens securing the Foreign Credit Facility, provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the Collateral and (ii) such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 7.2        Investments.

Make any Investments, except:

(a)           Investments held by Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of cash equivalents or short-term marketable debt securities;

(b)           advances to officers, directors and employees of Borrower and Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) at any time outstanding, for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;

(c)           Investments of Borrower in any wholly-owned Subsidiary; and Investments of any wholly-owned Subsidiary in Borrower or in another wholly-owned Subsidiary;

(d)           Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

 
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(e)           Permitted Acquisitions;

(f)           other Investments not to exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any time; and

(g)           Guarantees permitted by Section 7.3.

Section 7.3        Indebtedness.

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a)           Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;

(b)           Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and approved by Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and listed on Schedule 7.3 hereto;

(c)           Indebtedness under the Foreign Credit Facility;

(d)           obligations (contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party; (iii) such Swap Contract has been approved by Administrative Agent; and (iv) the foreign exchange exposure under such Swap Contract does not exceed $20,000,000 as determined by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;

(e)           Indebtedness in respect of capital leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations for fixed assets within the limitations set forth in Section 7.1(h); provided, however, that:  the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness at any one time outstanding shall not exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000);

(f)           CommerzBank Debt; and

(g)           Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness shall not at any time exceed $10 million.

Section 7.4        Fundamental Changes.

Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into, another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:

(a)           any Subsidiary may merge with (i) a Borrower, provided that (A) if MICROS is a party thereto then MICROS shall be the continuing or surviving Person and (B) if MICROS is not a party thereto, then another Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries, provided that when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is merging with another Subsidiary, the wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and, provided further that if a Guarantor is merging with another Subsidiary, the Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person;

 
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(b)           any Subsidiary may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to a Borrower or to another Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, then the transferee must also be a wholly-owned Subsidiary, and, provided further that if the transferor of such assets is a Borrower or a Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be a Borrower or a Guarantor; and

(c)           a Borrower or a Subsidiary may acquire another Person, provided that such acquisition is a Permitted Acquisition.

Section 7.5        Dispositions.

Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:

(a)           Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;

(b)           Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(c)           Dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(d)           Dispositions of property to Borrower or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary, provided that if the transferor of such property is a Borrower or a Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be Borrower or a Guarantor;

(e)           Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4; and

(f)            Other Dispositions in an aggregate amount not to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) in any fiscal year.

provided, however, that any Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) through (e) shall be for fair market value.

Section 7.6        Restricted Payments.

Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:

(a)           each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to Borrower and to wholly-owned Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary, to Borrower and any Subsidiary and to each other owner of capital stock or other equity interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis based on their relative ownership interests);

(b)           Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common equity interests of such Person;

 
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(c)           Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely to Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate in any fiscal year; provided that there does not exist a Default or an Event of Default and the making of any such payment would not cause a Default or an Event of Default; and

(d)           Borrower and each Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire up to an aggregate of one million (1,000,000) shares of its common stock or other common equity interests or warrants or options to acquire any such shares with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock or other common equity interests during the period from the Closing Date through the Maturity Date; provided no Default or Event of Default exists hereunder or would result from such purchase, redemption or acquisition.

(e)           Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in cash provided that (i) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed $150 million in any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Borrower and (ii) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith) on a Pro Forma Basis (A) no Default or Event of Default shall exist, (B) the Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 1.5:1.0 as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) and (C) Liquidity exceeds $150 million.

Section 7.7        Change in Nature of Business.

Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof, or which are similar or complimentary to such lines of business.

Section 7.8        Transactions with Affiliates.

Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to Borrower or such Subsidiary as would be obtainable by Borrower or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) transactions between or among Borrower and (b) transactions expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

Section 7.9        Margin Regulations.

Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.

Section 7.10      Change of Control.

Except in connection with any merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation permitted by Section 7.4, permit or suffer to occur any Change of Control with respect to any Loan Party or any Foreign Borrower.

 
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Section 7.11      CommerzBank Debt.

Permit the CommerzBank Debt to be extended without the prior written approval of the terms of such extension by Administrative Agent and Lenders, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld if such extension is on terms substantially similar to the terms currently in effect.

Section 7.12      Change in Legal Name or State of Formation.

Without providing ten (10) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its name, state of formation or form of organization.

ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Section 8.1        Events of Default.

Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

(a)          Non-Payment.  Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when required to be paid herein, any amount of principal or any Loan, or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within three (3) days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any commitment or other fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five (5) days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

(b)          Specific Covenants.  Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.5, Section 6.10, Section 6.12 or ARTICLE VII; or

(c)          Other Defaults.

(i)           Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, and such failure continues for fifteen (15) days; or

(ii)          Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days or any default or event of default occurs under any other Loan Document; or

(d)          Representations and Warranties.  Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact that reasonably could have a Material Adverse Effect if incorrect or misleading is made or deemed made by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith and is incorrect or misleading when made or deemed made; or

(e)          Cross-Default.  (i) Borrower or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which Borrower or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which Borrower or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by Borrower or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or

 
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(f)            Insolvency Proceedings, Etc.  Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

(g)           Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment.  (i) Borrower or any Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or

(h)           Judgments.  There is entered against Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or

(i)            ERISA.  (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or

(j)            Invalidity of Loan Documents.  Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document, or any Lien with respect to any material portion of the Collateral intended to be secured thereby ceases to be, or, subject to Section 7.1, is not, valid, perfected and prior to all other Liens or is terminated, revoked or declared void; or

 
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(k)           Material Adverse Effect.  There occurs any event or circumstance that has a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 8.2        Remedies Upon Event of Default.

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:

(a)           declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

(b)           declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower;

(c)           require that Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and

(d)           exercise on behalf of itself and Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Section 8.3        Application of Funds.

After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.2 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.2), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to Sections 2.16 and 2.17, be applied by Administrative Agent in the following order:

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under ARTICLE III) payable to Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit fees) payable to Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under ARTICLE III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 
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Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting (a) accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit fees, (b) accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings and (c) fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by Section 7.3(d), ratably among Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

Fourth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting (a) unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, (b) payment of breakage, termination or other payments due in respect of a Swap Contract between Borrower or any Subsidiary and a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender Lender to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by Section 7.3(d), (c) payment of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement between Borrower or any Subsidiary and a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and (d) Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts and Treasury Management Agreements, Affiliates of Lenders) and L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

Subject to Section 2.3(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur.  If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.

ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 9.1        Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent.

(a)           Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, 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 Administrative Agent.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law.  Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.  All benefits and immunities provided to Administrative Agent in this ARTICLE IX shall apply to Administrative Agent as issuer of Letters of Credit and provider of Swing Line Loans with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by Administrative Agent in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit and any Swing Line Loans made by Administrative Agent, and as additionally provided herein with respect to Administrative Agent as issuer of letters of Credit and provider of Swing Line Loans.

 
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(b)           L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to Administrative Agent in this ARTICLE IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in this ARTICLE IX and in the definition of “Agent-Related Person” included L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to L/C Issuer.

Section 9.2        Delegation of Duties.

Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Section 9.3        Liability of Administrative Agent.

No Agent-Related Person shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant 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 or any Affiliate thereof.

Section 9.4        Reliance by Administrative Agent.

(a)           Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it in its reasonable discretion to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by Administrative Agent.  Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by all Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required by any instance), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all Lenders.

 
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(b)           For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.1, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

Section 9.5        Notice of Default.

Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to Administrative Agent for the account of Lenders, unless Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” Administrative Agent will notify Lenders of its receipt of any such notice.  Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with ARTICLE VIII; provided, however, that unless and until Administrative Agent has received any such direction, Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of Lenders.

Section 9.6        Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent.

Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession.  Each Lender represents to Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder.  Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person 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 investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrower and the other Loan Parties.  Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to Lenders by Administrative Agent herein, Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.

 
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Section 9.7        Indemnification of Administrative Agent.

Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused primarily by such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct; it being agreed by all Lenders that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section.  Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs and costs and expenses in connection with the use of IntraLinks, Inc.  or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement) incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrower.  The undertaking in this Section shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of Administrative Agent.

Section 9.8        Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity.

Bank of America and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates as though Bank of America were not Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer hereunder and without notice to or consent of Lenders.  Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Bank of America or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them.  With respect to its Loans, Bank of America shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include Bank of America in its individual capacity.

Section 9.9        Successor Administrative Agent.

Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to Lenders and Borrower; provided that any such resignation by Bank of America shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.  If Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among Lenders a successor administrative agent for Lenders, which successor administrative agent shall be consented to by Borrower at all times other than during the existence of a Default (which consent of Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  If no successor administrative agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with Lenders and Borrower, a successor administrative agent from among Lenders.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor administrative agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent (including those in its capacity as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender) and the respective terms “Administrative Agent”, “L/C Issuer” and “Swing Line Lender” shall mean such successor administrative agent, Letter of Credit issuer and swing line lender and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated and the retiring L/C Issuer’s and Swing Line Lender’s rights, powers and duties as such shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such retiring Administrative Agent L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender or any other Lender, other than the obligation of the successor L/C Issuer to issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or to make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.  After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this ARTICLE IX and Section 10.4 and Section 10.5 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.  If no successor administrative agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30) days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above.

 
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Section 9.10      Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a)           to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations arising under the Loan Documents that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of Lenders and Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Lenders and Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due Lenders and Administrative Agent under Section 2.3, Section 2.3(i), Section 2.3(j), Section 2.9 and Section 10.4) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b)           to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to Lenders, to pay to Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Section 2.9 and Section 10.4.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

Section 9.11      Guaranty Matters.

Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.  Upon request by Administrative Agent at any time, each Lender will confirm in writing Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.11.

 
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Section 9.12      Collateral Matters.

(a)          Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs Administrative Agent to enter into the Collateral Documents for the benefit of such Lender.  Each Lender hereby agrees, and each holder of any Note by the acceptance thereof will be deemed to agree, that, except as otherwise set forth in Section 10.1, any action taken by the Required Lenders, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the Required Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of Lenders.  Administrative Agent is hereby authorized on behalf of all of Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from any Lender from time to time prior to, an Event of Default, to take any action with respect to any Collateral or Collateral Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

(b)          Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,

(i)           to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) subject to Section 10.1, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, or (iv) in connection with any foreclosure sale or other disposition of Collateral after the occurrence of an Event of Default;

(ii)          to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and

(iii)         to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Intercreditor Agreement.

Upon request by Administrative Agent at any time, each Lender will confirm in writing Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 9.12.

(c)           Subject to (b) above, Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender, to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release or subordination of the Liens granted to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders herein or pursuant hereto upon the applicable Collateral; provided that (i) Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose Administrative Agent to or create any liability or entail any consequence other than the release or subordination of such Liens without recourse or warranty and (ii) such release or subordination shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of Borrower or any other Loan Party in respect of) all interests retained by Borrower or any other Loan Party, including the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.  In the event of any sale or transfer of Collateral, or any foreclosure with respect to any of the Collateral, Administrative Agent shall be authorized to deduct all expenses reasonably incurred by Administrative Agent from the proceeds of any such sale, transfer or foreclosure.

 
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(d)           Administrative Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lender or any other Person to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Borrower or any other Loan Party or is cared for, protected or insured or that the Liens granted to Administrative Agent herein or in any of the Collateral Documents or pursuant hereto or thereto have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise or to continue exercising at all or in any manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Administrative Agent in this Section 9.12 or in any of the Collateral Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, Administrative Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, given Administrative Agent’s own interest in the Collateral as one of Lenders and that Administrative Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to Lenders.

(e)           Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting Lenders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC can be perfected only by possession.  Should any Lender (other than Administrative Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Administrative Agent’s request shall deliver such Collateral to Administrative Agent or in accordance with Administrative Agent’s instructions.

Section 9.13      No Fiduciary Responsibility.

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by Administrative Agent and Arranger are arm’s-length commercial transactions between Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Administrative Agent and Arranger, on the other hand, (B) Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) Administrative Agent and Arranger each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for Borrower or its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither Administrative Agent nor Arranger has any obligation to Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) Administrative Agent and Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither Administrative Agent nor Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Borrower and its Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by Law, Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against Administrative Agent and Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1      Amendments, Etc.

No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

 
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(a)           waive any condition set forth in Section 4.1 without the written consent of each Lender; provided, however, in the sole discretion of Administrative Agent, only a waiver by Administrative Agent shall be required with respect to immaterial matters or items specified in Section 4.1(a), Section 4.1(a)(iii) or Section 4.1(a)(iv) with respect to which Borrower has given assurances satisfactory to Administrative Agent that such items shall be delivered promptly following the Closing Date;

(b)           extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.2) without the written consent of such Lender;

(c)           postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

(d)           reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ii) of the second proviso to this Section 10.1) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;

(e)           change Section 2.14 or Section 8.3 or in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;

(f)            release any Guarantor from the Guaranty or release the Liens on any material portion of the Collateral except in accordance with the terms of any Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender;

(g)           change the method of calculation utilized in connection with the computation of fees or interest; or

(h)           modify this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders”.

And, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by L/C Issuer in addition to Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (A) as Administrative Agent, (B) as provider of Swing Line Loans, or (C) as Letter of Credit issuer or under any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it (including, without limitation, any reduction in any fee, charge, expense, cost or other amount payable to Administrative Agent for its own account under this Agreement in any such capacity); (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents; (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto; (v) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (vi) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow Borrower to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (A) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

 
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Section 10.2      Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.

(a)           General.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission).  All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered, to the applicable address, facsimile number or (subject to subsection (c) below) electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, specified for such Person on Schedule 10.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties.  All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, upon delivery; (B) if delivered by mail, four (4) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and the sender has received electronic confirmation of error free receipt; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of subsection (c) below), when delivered; provided, however, that notices and other communications to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender pursuant to ARTICLE II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person.  In no event shall a voicemail message be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.

(b)           Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures.  Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile.  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, Administrative Agent and Lenders.  Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided, however, that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.

(c)           Electronic Communications.  Notices and other communications to the Lenders and L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  Administrative Agent or 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.  Unless Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 
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(d)           The Platform.  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT RELATED PERSONS DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT RELATED PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall any Agent Related Person have any liability to Borrower, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of Borrower’s or Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Related Person; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Related Person have any liability to Borrower, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(e)           Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders.  Administrative Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.  Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower.  All telephonic notices to and other communications with Administrative Agent may be recorded by Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

Section 10.3      No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

No failure by any Lender or Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 
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Section 10.4      Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes.

Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse Administrative Agent for all reasonable third party costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all reasonable Attorney Costs and third party costs and expenses in connection with the use of IntraLinks, Inc.  or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, and (b) to pay or reimburse Administrative Agent and each Lender for all reasonable third party costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement after the occurrence of an Event of Default, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such reasonable costs and expenses incurred during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs.  The foregoing third party costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by Administrative Agent or any Lender, but shall not include allocated costs of internal legal counsel or other employees for Administrative Agent or any Lender or fees and expenses of such internal legal counsel or other employees.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations.

Section 10.5      Indemnification by Borrower.

Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) the obligations of each Borrower expressed under any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby being or becoming void, voidable, unenforceable or ineffective as against any Borrower for any reason whatsoever, whether or not known to Administrative Agent or any Lender, the amount of such loss being the amount which Administrative Agent or the relevant Lender would otherwise have been entitled to recover from each Borrower, (c) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by Administrative Agent 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), (d) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (e) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demand, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee have any liability for any indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date).  The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.  All amounts due under this Section 10.5 shall be payable within ten (10) Business Days after demand.

 
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Section 10.6      Payments Set Aside.

To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Borrower is made to Administrative Agent or any Lender, or Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.

Section 10.7      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, except that Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection(d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 
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(b)           Any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption Agreement with respect to such assignment is delivered to Administrative Agent, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of outstanding Swing Line Loans, (iii) any assignment of a Commitment must be approved by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Lender (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee), and (iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500.  Upon request, Administrative Agent shall inform any Lender of an assignment to any Eligible Assignee.  Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, 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 Agreement, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement 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 Section 3.1, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 10.4, Section 10.5 and with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the date of such assignment).  Upon request, Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.  In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of Borrower and Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

(c)           Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower (such agency being solely for these purposes), shall maintain at Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts 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 Borrower, Administrative Agent and 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 Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 
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(d)           Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, Borrower or Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or a Defaulting Lender or a Person who would constitute a Defaulting Lender after giving effect to the assignment (each a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) Borrower, Administrative Agent 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, waiver or other modification described in the first provision to Section 10.1 that directly affects such Participant.  Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.1, Section 3.4 and Section 3.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.9 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender.

(e)           A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.1 or Section 3.4 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 Borrower’s prior written consent.

(f)            Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g)           If the consent of Borrower to an assignment to an Eligible Assignee is required hereunder (including a consent to an assignment which does not meet the minimum assignment threshold specified in clause (i) of the proviso to the first sentence of Section 10.7(b)), Borrower shall be deemed to have given its consent five (5) Business Days after the date notice thereof has been delivered to Borrower by the assigning Lender (through Administrative Agent) unless such consent is expressly refused by Borrower prior to such fifth Business Day.

(h)           As used herein, “Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; and (c) any other Person (other than a natural Person or a Defaulting Lender or a Person who would constitute a Defaulting Lender after giving effect to the assignment) approved by (i) Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower (such approval referred to in (i) and (ii) not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

 
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(i)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to Borrower and Lenders, resign in its capacity as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to Borrower, resign in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans (“Swing Line Lender”).  In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be.  If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of Administrative Agent as L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.3(c)).  If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of Administrative Agent as Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.4(c).  Borrower, Lenders and Bank of America agree that they shall amend this Agreement as necessary to reflect that Bank of America remains Administrative Agent for purposes of administering this Agreement, but has resigned in its capacity as L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender and another Lender(s) shall provides such service, including the obligation of the successor to Bank of America as L/C Issuer to issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or to make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.

Section 10.8      Confidentiality.

Each of Administrative Agent and 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 other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or under any other Loan Document; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations of a Loan Party; (g) with the consent of Borrower; (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 Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower; or (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization.  In addition, Administrative Agent and Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to Administrative Agent and Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party relating to any Loan Party or its business, other than any such information that is available to Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party; provided that, in the case of information received from any Loan Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified in writing 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.  Each of Administrative Agent, Lenders and L/C Issuer acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including Federal and state securities Laws.

 
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Section 10.9      Set-off.

In addition to any rights and remedies of Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party) 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 by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff..  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Borrower and Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

Section 10.10    Interest Rate Limitation.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”).  If Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to Borrower.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

Section 10.11    Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 10.12    Integration.

This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter.  In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of Administrative Agent or Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement.  Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

 
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Section 10.13    Survival of Representations and Warranties.

All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.  Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

Section 10.14    Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

Section 10.15    Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.

(a)           THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE; PROVIDED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

(b)           ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND SITTING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS.  BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.  BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.

 
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Section 10.16    Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.

EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

Section 10.17    USA Patriot Act Notice.  Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.  L.  107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower, which information includes the name and address of Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify Borrower in accordance with the Act.

Section 10.18     Time of the Essence.

Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.

Section 10.19     Right To Terminate.

Borrower shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time without penalty concurrent with or after the termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6, payment of all Obligations outstanding hereunder as of the date of termination and Cash Collateralization of all L/C Obligations outstanding hereunder as of the date of termination.  Upon such termination, Administrative Agent will provide a release of all Collateral to Borrower, which Borrower may record, as necessary, at its own expense.  For purposes of this Section, “penalty” does not include any fees or costs specifically provided for in this Agreement, including any amounts due under Section 3.5.

Section 10.20     Intercreditor Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that such Lender shall be bound by all of the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 
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Schedule 2

SUBSIDIARIES

Name of Subsidiary
 
Hospitality Technologies, S.A.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Australia Pty Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Austria GmbH
 
MICROS-Fidelio Brazil, Ltda.
 
MICROS-Fidelio (Canada) Ltd.
 
MICROS Fidelio Chile, S.A.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Information Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
 
CommercialWare, Inc.
 
JTECH Communications, Inc.
 
TIG Global LLC
 
MICROS Fidelio Denmark ApS
 
MICROS Fidelio Finland Oy
 
Fidelio Cruise, Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio France, S.A.S.
 
MICROS-Fidelio GmbH
 
Fidelio Cruise GmbH
 
MICROS-Fidelio Hong Kong, Ltd.
 
Fidelio India Private Ltd.
 
PT. MICROS-Fidelio Indonesia
 
MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland), Ltd.
 
MICROS Fidelio Group Holdings Ltd.
 
MICROS Fidelio Israel Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Italia S.r.l.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Japan Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Korea Company Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Mexico S.A. de C.V.
 
Fry, Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Worldwide, Inc.
 
MICROS Fidelio Norway A/S
 
Datavantage Corporation
 
MICROS-Fidelio Poland Sp.Z.o.o.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Software Portugal, ULDA
 
MICROS Fidelio Caribbean, Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Singapore Pte Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio España S.L.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Sweden A.B.
 
Check-In Data A.G.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Thailand Co. Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio U.K. Ltd.
 
Micros Retail & Manufacturing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Micros Canada LLC
 
MICROS-Fidelio Luxembourg
 
Datavantage Technology Holdings Corp
 
TIG Global (UK) Ltd.
 
E-One Group LLC
 
MICROS-Fidelio Holdings Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio International Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Luxembourg SARL
 
MICROS-Fidelio (Cyprus) Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Investment Holdings Ireland Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Nevada LLC
 
Micros Special Distribution LLC
 
Grand Cayman Ltd.
 
Foreign Sales Corporation
 
MICROS-Fidelio Micronesia, Inc.
 
Advanced Retail Systems, S.A. de CV
 
MICROS-Fidelio Servicios S.A. de CV
 
Redsky IT Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Peru, S.A.
 
Fidelio Software U.K. Ltd.
 
MICROS Afrique Limited
 
MICROS Afrique SARL
 
MICROS-Fidelio Middle East SAE
 
MICROS-Fidelio Tunisia
 
Micros Systems Holding GmbH
 
MICROS-Fidelio Croatia
 
MICROS-Fidelio Hungary KFT
 
Gastrosystems S.R.O.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Datensysteme GmbH
 
Global Solutions Holdings AG
 
RoomWeb AG
 
MICROS-Fidelio Services et Maintenance
 
MICROS-Fidelio Mauritius Ltee
 
Hospitality Management Services (Lebanon)
 
MICROS-Fidelio Macau Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Software (Philippines) Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio New Zealand Ltd.
 
HotelBK, A.B.
 
Redsky IT Hale Ltd.
 
MarkBarr UK Ltd.
 
Redsky IT Hounslow Ltd.
 
Innsite International UK Ltd.
 
Greenbarr UK Ltd.
 
Champs Innsite UK Ltd.
 
Cara Consulting UK Ltd.
 
CPBS UK Ltd.
 
Redsky Birmingham Ltd UK
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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SECOND AMENDMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of July 30, 2010 is by and among the Borrowers identified on the signature pages hereto (the “Borrowers”), the Guarantors identified on the signature pages hereto (the “Guarantors”), the Lenders identified on the signature pages hereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, credit facilities have been extended to the Borrowers pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented, increased and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) dated as of July 29, 2005 among the Borrowers, the Lenders identified therein and the Administrative Agent;

WHEREAS, the Guarantors guaranteed the obligations of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement pursuant to the Guaranty dated as of July 30, 2010 among the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent; and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested certain modifications to the Credit Agreement and all the Lenders have agreed to the requested modifications on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.           Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

2.           Amendments to Credit Agreement.  The Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

2.1         The Aggregate Commitments are permanently reduced to $25 million.  Such reduction shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share

2.2         The Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to read in the form of such Credit Agreement attached hereto as Schedule 1 to this Amendment.

3.           Amendments to Pledge Agreements.  Each Pledge Agreement outstanding on the date hereof is amended to include in the definition of “Stock Collateral” therein all other equity interests of, or other ownership or profit interests in, the Corporation or Limited Liability Company identified therein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as security for the prompt and full performance of the Obligations, the Pledgor identified in each Pledge Agreement grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a security interest in all equity interests of, or other ownership or profit interests in, the Corporation or Limited Liability Company identified therein.

4.           Termination of Negative Pledge.  The Covenant Not To Convey and Negative Pledge Agreement dated July 31, 2005 given by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent is terminated.

5.           Subsidiaries.  Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that set forth on Schedule 2 hereto is a complete and accurate list as of the date hereof of each Subsidiary of MICROS.

 
 

 

6.           Authorization to File Financing Statements.  Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to prepare and file such financing statements (including continuation statements) or amendments thereof or supplements thereto or other instruments as the Administrative Agent may from time to time deem necessary or appropriate in order to perfect and maintain the security interests granted hereunder in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code.

7.           Conditions Precedent.  This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof upon the satisfaction of the following conditions each in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(a)           execution of this Amendment by the Loan Parties and all the Lenders;

(b)           the execution of the Security Agreement and the Guaranty by each of the Guarantors;

(c)           the execution of the Intercreditor Agreement by the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and Bank of America in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Domestic Credit Facility;

(d)           receipt by the Administrative Agent of each of the following with respect to each of Fry, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and TIG Global, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each a “New Guarantor”): (i) a counterpart of the Guaranty or such other document as Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose executed by such New Guarantor and (ii) a Pledge Agreement pursuant to which MICROS pledges the equity interests of such New Guarantor to the Administrative Agent to secure the Obligations;

(e)           receipt by the Administrative Agent of each of the following with respect to MICROS: (i) a certificate of an officer of MICROS attaching and certifying (A) the Organization Documents of MICROS, (B) an incumbency certificate of the Responsible Officers of MICROS and (C) resolutions of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of MICROS approving this Amendment and each document, agreement and instrument required in connection with this Amendment; and (ii) a good standing certificate or its equivalent from the jurisdiction of formation of MICROS;

(f)           receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate of an officer of each Borrower certifying that the resolutions of the board of directors of such Loan Party delivered at the closing of the Credit Agreement have not been rescinded or modified and remain in full force; and

(g)           the receipt by the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender that executes this Amendment, an amendment fee equal to fifteen basis points (0.15%) on the amount of such Lender’s Commitment.

8.           Reaffirmation of Obligations.  Each Loan Party (a) acknowledges and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Amendment, (b) affirms all of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (c) agrees that this Amendment and all documents executed in connection herewith do not operate to reduce or discharge such Loan Party’s obligations under the Loan Documents.

9.           Reaffirmation of Security Interests.  Each Loan Party (a) affirms that each of the Liens granted in or pursuant to the Loan Documents are valid and subsisting and (b) agrees that this Amendment shall in no manner impair or otherwise adversely effect any of the Liens granted in or pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 
 

 

10.           No Other Changes.  Except as modified hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.

11.           Counterparts; Delivery.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as an original.

12.           Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Second Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

BORROWERS:
MICROS-FIDELIO (IRELAND) LTD,
 
a corporation organized under the laws of Ireland
 
MICROS FIDELIO SYSTEMS (UK) LTD.,
 
a company organized under the laws of England
 
MICROS FIDELIO ESPAÑA S.L.,
 
a company organized under the laws of Spain
 
MICROS FIDELIO (CANADA), LTD.,
 
a corporation under the laws of British Columbia, Canada
 
MICROS FIDELIO BRAZIL, LTDA., a corporation under the laws of Brazil
 
MICROS FIDELIO FRANCE S.A.S.,
 
a company organized under the laws of France
 
HOSPITALITY TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.,
 
a corporation under the laws of Argentina
 
MICROS¬FIDELIO MEXICO S.A. DE C.V.,
 
a company organized under the laws of Mexico
 
MICROS SYSTEMS HOLDING GMBH,
 
a limited liability company under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany
 
MICROS FIDELIO GMBH,
 
a limited liability company under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany
 
MICROS FIDELIO SOFTWARE PORTUGAL UNIPESSOAL LDA,
 
a company formed under the laws of Portugal
 
MICROS FIDELIO (THAILAND) CO., LTD.,
 
a company organized under the laws of Thailand
 
MICROS FIDELIO SINGAPORE PTE LTD.,
 
a company organized under the laws of Singapore
 
MICROS FIDELIO SOFTWARE (PHILIPPINES), INC.,
 
a corporation under the laws of the Philippines
 
MICROS FIDELIO JAPAN LTD., a company organized under the laws of Japan
 
MICROS FIDELIO AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.,
 
a company organized under the laws of Australia
 
MICROS FIDELIO HONG KONG, LTD.,
 
a company organized under the laws of Hong Kong
 
MICROS-FIDELIO FINLAND OY,
 
a company organized under the laws of Norway
 
MICROS-FIDELIO SWEDEN A.B., a corporation under the laws of Sweden
 
HOTELBK, A.B., a corporation under the laws of Sweden
   
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
Title:

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GUARANTOR:
MICROS SYSTEMS, INC., a Maryland corporation
 
DV TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
 
DATAVANTAGE CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation
 
MICROS-FIDELIO WORLDWIDE, INC., a Nevada corporation
 
JTECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation
 
FRY, INC., a Michigan corporation
 
TIG GLOBAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
       
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
Title:

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ADMINISTRATIVE
   
AGENT:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
     
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
     
LENDERS:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
     
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
     
 
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
     
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
     
 
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
     
 
By:
   
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 

 
 

 

Schedule 1

AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT
 



SCHEDULE 1

CREDIT AGREEMENT AS AMENDED BY
THE FIRST AMENDMENT DATED DECEMBER 11, 2008 AND
THE SECOND AMENDMENT DATED JULY 30, 2010

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of July 29, 2005
Among

MICROS-FIDELIO (IRELAND) LTD.
MICROS-FIDELIO SYSTEMS (UK) LTD.
MICROS-FIDELIO ESPAÑA S.L.
MICROS FIDELIO (CANADA), LTD.
MICROS-FIDELIO BRAZIL, LTDA.
MICROS-FIDELIO FRANCE S.A.S.
HOSPITALITY TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.
MICROS-FIDELIO MEXICO S.A. DE C.V.
MICROS SYSTEMS HOLDING GMBH
MICROS-FIDELIO GMBH
MICROS-FIDELIO SOFTWARE PORTUGAL UNIPESSOAL LDA
MICROS-FIDELIO (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
MICROS-FIDELIO SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
MICROS-FIDELIO SOFTWARE (PHILIPPINES), INC.
MICROS-FIDELIO JAPAN LTD.
MICROS-FIDELIO AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.
MICROS-FIDELIO HONG KONG, LTD.
MICROS-FIDELIO FINLAND OY
MICROS-FIDELIO SWEDEN A.B.
HOTELBK, A.B.,
as Borrower,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer

and

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Manager
 


 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1
Section 1.1
Defined Terms
20
Section 1.2
Other Interpretive Provisions
21
Section 1.3
Accounting Terms
21
Section 1.4
Rounding
21
Section 1.5
References to Agreements and Laws
21
Section 1.6
Letter of Credit Amounts
21
Section 1.7
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents
21
ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
22
Section 2.1
Committed Loans
22
Section 2.2
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans
23
Section 2.3
Letters of Credit
24
Section 2.4
Swing Line Loans
32
Section 2.5
Prepayments
34
Section 2.6
Reduction or Termination of Commitments
35
Section 2.7
Repayment of Loans
35
Section 2.8
Interest
35
Section 2.9
Fees
36
Section 2.10
Computation of Interest and Fees
36
Section 2.11
Evidence of Debt
37
Section 2.12
Payments Generally
37
Section 2.13
Extension of Maturity Date
39
Section 2.14
Sharing of Payments
40
Section 2.15
Guaranty
40
Section 2.16
Cash Collateral
43
Section 2.17
Defaulting Lenders
44
Section 2.18
Usage of funds deriving from any Commitments and/or Credit Extensions
46
ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
46
Section 3.1
Taxes
46
Section 3.2
Illegality
49
Section 3.3
Inability to Determine Rates
49
Section 3.4
Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans
50
Section 3.5
Funding Losses.
50
Section 3.6
Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.
51
Section 3.7
Survival.
51
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
51
Section 4.1
[Reserved].
51
Section 4.2
Conditions to all Credit Extensions and Conversions and Continuations.
51
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
52
Section 5.1
Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws
52
Section 5.2
Authorization; No Contravention
52
Section 5.3
Governmental Authorization
53
Section 5.4
Binding Effect
53
Section 5.5
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
53
Section 5.6
Litigation
53
Section 5.7
 No Default
53
Section 5.8
Ownership of Property; Liens
54
Section 5.9
Environmental Compliance
54

 
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Section 5.10
Insurance
54
Section 5.11
Taxes
54
Section 5.12
ERISA Compliance
54
Section 5.13
Subsidiaries
55
Section 5.14
Disclosure
55
Section 5.15
Compliance with Laws
55
Section 5.16
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
55
Section 5.17
Collateral Matters
55
Section 5.18
Rights in Collateral; Priority of Liens
56
ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
56
Section 6.1
Financial Statements
56
Section 6.2
Certificates; Other Information
58
Section 6.3
Notices
59
Section 6.4
Payment of Obligations
59
Section 6.5
Preservation of Existence, Etc
59
Section 6.6
Maintenance of Properties
60
Section 6.7
Maintenance of Insurance
60
Section 6.8
Compliance with Laws
60
Section 6.9
Books and Records
60
Section 6.10
Inspection Rights
60
Section 6.11
Use of Proceeds
61
Section 6.12
Financial Covenants
61
Section 6.13
Additional Borrowers and Guarantors
61
Section 6.14
Collateral Records
62
Section 6.15
Security Interests
62
ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
63
Section 7.1
Liens
63
Section 7.2
Investments
64
Section 7.3
Indebtedness
65
Section 7.4
Fundamental Changes
65
Section 7.5
Dispositions
66
Section 7.6
Restricted Payments
66
Section 7.7
Change in Nature of Business
67
Section 7.8
Transactions with Affiliates
67
Section 7.9
Margin Regulations
67
Section 7.10
Change of Control
67
Section 7.11
CommerzBank Debt
67
Section 7.12
Change in Legal Name or State of Formation
67
ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
68
Section 8.1
Events of Default
68
Section 8.2
Remedies Upon Event of Default
69
Section 8.3
Application of Funds
70
ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
71
Section 9.1
Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent; Administrative Agent as Trustee under the laws of Ireland.
71
Section 9.2
Delegation of Duties
72
Section 9.3
Liability of Administrative Agent
72
Section 9.4
Reliance by Administrative Agent
72
Section 9.5
Notice of Default
73
Section 9.6
Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent
73
Section 9.7
Indemnification of Administrative Agent
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Section 9.8
Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity
74
Section 9.9
Successor Administrative Agent
74
Section 9.10
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
75
Section 9.11
Guaranty Matters
75
Section 9.12
Collateral Matters
76
Section 9.13
No Fiduciary Responsibility
77
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
77
Section 10.1
Amendments, Etc
77
Section 10.2
Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies
79
Section 10.3
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
80
Section 10.4
Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes
81
Section 10.5
Indemnification by Borrower
81
Section 10.6
Payments Set Aside
82
Section 10.7
Successors and Assigns
82
Section 10.8
Confidentiality
85
Section 10.9
Set-off
86
Section 10.10
Interest Rate Limitation
86
Section 10.11
Counterparts
86
Section 10.12
Integration
86
Section 10.13
Survival of Representations and Warranties
87
Section 10.14
Severability
87
Section 10.15
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
87
Section 10.16
Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury
88
Section 10.17
USA Patriot Act Notice
88
Section 10.18
Time of the Essence
88
Section 10.19
Right To Terminate
88
Section 10.20
Intercreditor Agreement
88
Section 10.21
Limitation for German Companies
89
Section 10.22
Judgment Currency
89

 
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SIGNATURES     S-1

SCHEDULES

2.1     Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
5.6     Litigation
5.9     Environmental Matters
5.13   Subsidiaries
7.1     Existing Liens
7.3     Existing Indebtedness
10.2   Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS
Form of
A       Committed Loan Notice
B        Swing Line Loan Notice
C        Note
D       Compliance Certificate
E        Assignment and Assumption Agreement
F        Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement

 
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of July 29, 2005, among MICROS-FIDELIO (IRELAND) LTD., an Irish registered limited liability company (“Irish Company”), MICROS-FIDELIO SYSTEMS (UK) LTD., a company organized under the laws of England, MICROS-FIDELIO ESPAÑA S.L., a company organized under the laws of Spain, MICROS-FIDELIO (CANADA), LTD., (formerly known as Merchants Information Solutions, Ltd.), a corporation under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, MICROS-FIDELIO BRAZIL, LTDA., a corporation under the laws of Brazil, MICROS-FIDELIO FRANCE S.A.S., a company organized under the laws of France, HOSPITALITY TECHNOLOGIES, S.A., a corporation under the laws of Argentina, MICROSFIDELIO MEXICO S.A. DE C.V., a company organized under the laws of Mexico, MICROS SYSTEMS HOLDING GMBH, a limited liability company under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, MICROS-FIDELIO GMBH, a limited liability company under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (successor by merger to MICROS-FIDELIO Software Deutschland GmbH, INDATEC GmbH & Co. KG and MICROS-FIDELIO Software GmbH & Co. KG.), MICROS-FIDELIO SOFTWARE PORTUGAL UNIPESSOAL LDA, a company formed under the laws of Portugal, MICROS-FIDELIO (THAILAND) CO., LTD., a company organized under the laws of Thailand, MICROS-FIDELIO SINGAPORE PTE LTD., a company organized under the laws of Singapore, MICROS-FIDELIO SOFTWARE (PHILIPPINES), INC., a corporation under the laws of the Philippines, MICROS-FIDELIO JAPAN LTD., a company organized under the laws of Japan, MICROS-FIDELIO AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD., a company organized under the laws of Australia, MICROS-FIDELIO HONG KONG, LTD., a company organized under the laws of Hong Kong, MICROS-FIDELIO FINLAND OY, a company organized under the laws of Norway, MICROS-FIDELIO SWEDEN A.B., a corporation under the laws of Sweden, and HOTELBK, A.B., a corporation under the laws of Sweden (each of the foregoing, together with Irish Company and each Additional Borrower (as hereinafter defined), individually or collectively as the context implies, “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).

Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide credit facilities for the purposes set forth herein, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Section 1.1      Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Additional Borrower” means each Foreign Subsidiary that has executed and delivered an Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement that has been accepted and approved by Administrative Agent, including, but not limited to, each Material Foreign Entity.

Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement” means an Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement in substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT F or such other document requested by the Administrative Agent for such purpose.

Additional Guarantor” means each Domestic Subsidiary that has executed and delivered to Agent a counterpart of the Guaranty or such other document as Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose and has otherwise complied with the provisions of Section 6.13(b), including, but not limited to, a Material Domestic Entity.

 
 

 

Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.2 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as Administrative Agent may from time to time notify Borrower and Lenders.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by or is under common Control with, the Person specified.

Agent-Related Persons” means Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of America in its capacity as Administrative Agent, the Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all Lenders.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, modified, substituted, extended, and renewed from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.1.

Applicable Margin” means the following percentages per annum, based upon the Minimum EBITDA Covenant (the “Financial Covenant”) as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.2(b):
 
Applicable Margin

Pricing
Level
 
Minimum EBITDA for the four (4)
quarters ending on the date of
calculation:
 
Commitment
Fee
(in bps)
 
Letter of Credit Fees/
Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans/
Quoted Rate Swing Line Loans
(in bps)
 
Base Rate
Loans
(in bps)
                 
1
 
$25,000,000
 
37.5
 
200
 
0
2
 
>$25,000,000 but $35,000,000
 
25
 
175
 
0
3
 
>$35,000,000 but $50,000,000
 
25
 
150
 
0
4
  
>$50,000,000
  
20
  
125
  
0

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Financial Covenant shall become effective as of the first Business Day of the month immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b); provided, however, that if no Compliance Certificate is delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day of the month immediately following the date such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered.

Applicable Rate” means a per annum rate equal to Applicable Margin.
 
 
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Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Optional Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Optional Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.

Arranger” means Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole book manager.

Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E.

Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel.

Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of MICROS and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of MICROS and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.2.

Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus ½ of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and (c) the Eurocurrency Rate plus 1.25%.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

Base Rate Committed Loan” means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.

Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and each Additional Borrower.

Borrowing” means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

 
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Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:  (a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market; (b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day; (c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and (d) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.

Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) Administrative Agent and (b) L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (as applicable).  “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

Change of Control” means, with respect to any Person, an event or series of events by which:

(a)           any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the equity securities of such Person entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully diluted basis (and, taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or

(b)           during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, fifty one percent (51%) of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person cease to be composed of individuals: (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors).

 
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Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.1 (or, in the case of Section 4.1(b), waived by the Person entitled to receive the applicable payment).

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Collateral” means, with respect to each Guarantor, (a) all “Collateral” under, and as described in, the Security Agreement and (b) all equity interests in each Guarantor (other than MICROS).

Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreement, each of the Pledge Agreements and all other agreements, instruments and documents now or hereafter executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement pursuant to which Liens are granted or purported to be granted to Administrative Agent in Collateral securing all or part of the Obligations each in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

CommerzBank Debt” means all Indebtedness of any Foreign Borrowers in favor of CommerzBank, AG, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the equivalent of $10,000,000.

Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Committed Loans to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1, or in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, but does not include the Domestic Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments.

Committed Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Loans of the same Type, in the same currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1.

Committed Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans, pursuant to Section 2.2(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
 
 
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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.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote fifty one percent (51%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or equivalent governing body of such Person.

Converted Borrowings” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c).

Credit Extension” means a Borrowing, or an L/C Credit Extension.

Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to two percent (2.0%) per annum in excess of the Applicable Rate, applying the highest Applicable Margin set forth in Pricing Level 1.

Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that, as determined by Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified Borrower or Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.

Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Optional Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Optional Currency.

Domestic Borrowers” means MICROS and each Domestic Subsidiary that is or becomes a “Borrower” under the Domestic Credit Facility and their successors and assigns.

 
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Domestic Credit Facility” means the credit facility extended to the Domestic Borrowers pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of even date herewith by and among Bank of America as Administrative Agent, the lenders party thereto and Domestic Borrowers in the amount of the Domestic Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments, as amended, modified, substituted, extended, and renewed from time to time.

Domestic Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments” means the “Aggregate Commitments” under, and as defined in, the Domestic Credit Facility.  As of the Closing Date, the amount of the Domestic Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments is $25,000,000.

Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.

EBITDA” means net income, less income or plus loss from discontinued operations and extraordinary items, plus income taxes, plus interest expense, plus depreciation, depletion, and amortization.

Eligible Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7(h).

Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

 
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Eurocurrency Base Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Eurocurrency Rate.

Eurocurrency Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan, a rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

Eurocurrency Rate =
 
Eurocurrency Base Rate
   
1.0 – Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage

Where,

Eurocurrency Base Rate” means:

(a)           for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as selected by Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days before the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, or (ii) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or other branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and

(b)           for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) BBA LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent as the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination.

Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, for any day, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”).  The Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan and for each outstanding Base Rate Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.

 
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Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of the Eurocurrency Base Rate.  Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans may be denominated in Dollars or in an Optional Currency.  All Loans denominated in an Optional Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.

Examiner” means an examiner appointed under Section 2 of the Irish Companies (Amendment) Act 1990.

Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to Administrative Agent, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of Section 3.1(e)(ii), and (d) except as provided in the following sentence, in the case of a Foreign Lender, any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a change in Law) to comply with clause (B) of Section 3.1(e)(ii), 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 Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii) or (c).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, “Excluded Taxes” shall not include any withholding tax imposed at any time on payments made by or on behalf of a Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, provided that such Lender shall have complied with the last paragraph of Section 3.1(e).

Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.

Fee Letter” means the letter agreement dated July 25, 2005, among Borrower, Administrative Agent and Arranger.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) EBITDA minus income tax expense, to (b) the sum of interest expense, plus the current portion of long term liabilities, plus capital expenditures.

Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of L/C Issuer).  For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

 
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Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

German Companies” means MICROS Systems Holding GmbH, Micros-Fidelio GmbH, their successors and assigns and “German Company” shall mean any of them.

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person.  The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.  The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guarantor” means the Domestic Borrowers and each Additional Guarantor.

 
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Guaranty” means the Guaranty dated as of July 30, 2010 made by each Guarantor in favor of Administrative Agent on behalf of Lenders, as amended, modified, substituted, extended, and renewed from time to time.

Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Honor Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(c)(i).

Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a)          all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b)          all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

(c)           net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

(d)          all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);

(e)           indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(f)           capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations; and

(g)          all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.  The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.  The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 10.5.

Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.5.

Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.8.

 
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Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date of the Second Amendment to this Agreement among (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) Bank of America, in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Domestic Credit Facility, and (c) the Guarantors.

Interest Payment Date” means (a) for each Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan, the last day of each Interest Period and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three (3) months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates, and (b) for each Swing Line Loan and each Base Rate Committed Loan, the first day of each calendar month.

Interest Period” means as to each Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or as otherwise agreed to by Administrative Agent and Lenders, as selected by Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:

(a)           any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(b)           any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(c)           no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit.  For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

ISP” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.3(h).

Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.  All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.

 
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L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Committed Borrowing.  All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.

L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.

L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, includes L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.

Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such on Schedule 10.2, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify Borrower and Administrative Agent.

Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder.  A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.  Letters of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars or an Optional Currency.

Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by L/C Issuer.

Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is thirty (30) days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

Letter of Credit Sublimit” means Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000).  The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.

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

Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Aggregate Commitments less the Total Outstandings plus (b) cash and cash equivalents of MICROS and its Subsidiaries plus (c) the Domestic Credit Facility Agreement Commitments less the “Total Outstandings” under, and as defined in, the Domestic Credit Facility.

Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to Borrower under ARTICLE II in the form of a Committed Loan or a Swing Line Loan.

 
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Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, the Fee Letter, each Collateral Document, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Guaranty.

Loan Parties” means, collectively, Borrower and each Person (other than Administrative Agent or any Lender) executing a Loan Document including, without limitation, each Guarantor and each Person executing a Collateral Document.

Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual and contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Borrower or Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the Collateral; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

Material Domestic Entity” means any Domestic Subsidiary that has revenue in excess of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) in a fiscal year.

Material Foreign Entity” means any Foreign Subsidiary that has revenue in excess of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) in a fiscal year.

Maturity Date” means the later of (a) July 31, 2013 and (b) if maturity is extended pursuant to Section 2.13, such extended maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section 2.13.

MICROS” means MICROS Systems, Inc., a Maryland corporation, its successors and assigns.

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

Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C; “Notes” means collectively each Note, and any other promissory note which may from time to time evidence all or any portion of the Obligations.

Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.  The foregoing shall also include (a) all obligations under any Swap Contract between Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.3(d) and (b) all obligations under any Treasury Management Agreement between Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender.

Optional Currency” means, with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, Euros or any other currency approved by (a) in the case of a Committed Loan, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, (b) in the case of a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, and (c) in the case of a Swing Line Loan, the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line Lender.

 
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Optional Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Optional Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Optional Currency with Dollars

Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

Other Taxes” means 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 under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.

Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Optional Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Optional Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of Bank of America in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.

Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7(d).

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

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

 
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Permitted Acquisition” means an acquisition by a Borrower provided that (a) a Borrower is the surviving entity, (b) in the case of an acquisition of the equity interests of another Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of such other Person shall have duly approved such acquisition, (c) if the aggregate consideration for such acquisition exceeds $75 million, Borrower shall have furnished financial projections to the Administrative Agent in form and detail reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent demonstrating that, after giving effect to such acquisition (and the incurrence of any Total Funded Debt in connection therewith) on a Pro Forma Basis Borrower would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.12 for each of the next four fiscal quarters, and (d) after giving effect to such acquisition (and the incurrence of any Total Funded Debt in connection therewith) on a Pro Forma Basis (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist, (ii) the Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 1.75:1.0 as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) and (iii) Liquidity exceeds $25 million.

Person” means any individual, trustee, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, bank, business association, firm, joint venture or Governmental Authority.

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

Pledge Agreements” means, collectively, (a) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (DV Technologies Holdings - Foreign) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (b) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (Datavantage Corporation – Foreign - Micros) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (c) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (Datavantage Corporation – Foreign – DV Technology) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (d) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (Micros-Fidelio Worldwide - Foreign) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (e) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (JTech Communications, Inc. - Foreign) dated as of July 31, 2005 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (f) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (Fry, Inc. - Foreign) dat7ed as of July 30, 2010 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, (g) the Pledge, Assignment and Security Agreement (TIG Global, LLC - Foreign) dated as of July 30, 2010 given by MICROS to the Administrative Agent, and (h) each other pledge agreement hereafter executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement pursuant to which Liens are granted or purported to be granted to Administrative Agent in equity interests of Guarantors.

Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any transaction (including, without limitation, any Restricted Payment), that such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most recent four fiscal quarter period preceding the date of such transaction for which the Borrowers were required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b).

Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender, at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), carried out to the ninth decimal place, the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments at such time; provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.2, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to Section 10.7.  The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.1 or in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.  The Pro Rata Share of each Lender is subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17.

 
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Quoted Rate” means, with respect any Swing Line Loan denominated in an Optional Currency, an interest rate for such Swing Line Loan agreed to by Borrower and the Swing Line Lender.

Quoted Rate Swing Line Loan” means a Swing Line Loan bearing interest at a Quoted Rate.

Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.7(c).

Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.

Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, if there are two or less Lenders, than all Lenders, at all other times, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.2, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, corporate controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other equity interest of 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, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other equity interest or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such capital stock or other equity interest.

Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following:  (i) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan denominated in an Optional Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan denominated in an Optional Currency pursuant to Section 2.2 and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following:  (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.

 
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Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, Same Day Funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Optional Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Optional Currency.

Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of July 30, 2010 given by each Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent.

Special Notice Currency” means at any time an Optional Currency, other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.

Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that the L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency.

Subordinated Liabilities” means liabilities subordinated to the Obligations in a manner acceptable to Required Lenders in their sole discretion.

Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of MICROS.

Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.  Any and all Swap Contracts, whether with Administrative Agent or any Lender, must be approved by Administrative Agent.  Administrative Agent agrees to notify Lenders of any and all Swap Contracts approved by Administrative Agent.

 
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Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

Swing Line” means the uncommitted and discretionary revolving credit facility made available by Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.4.

Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.4.

Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a).

Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.4(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

Swing Line Sublimit” means Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000).  Borrowers may from time to time decrease and thereafter from time to time increase and decrease the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit upon three Business Days prior written notice from MICROS to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent provided that the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit shall not at any time exceed ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate Commitments.  The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.

Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

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

Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Threshold Amount” means Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000).

Total Funded Debt” means all outstanding liabilities for borrowed money, including, without limitation, all Subordinated Liabilities, capital leases, standby letters of credit, and other interest-bearing liabilities, including current and long-term debt and the CommerzBank Debt.

 
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Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Funded Debt of MICROS and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date to (b) EBITDA of MICROS and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the twelve-month period ending on such date.

Total Liabilities” means the sum of current liabilities plus long term liabilities.

Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.

Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overnight draft, credit cards, debit cards, p-cards (including purchasing cards and commercial cards), funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.

Type” means with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Committed Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan.

Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c)(i).

Section 1.2
Other Interpretive Provisions.

With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a)           The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b)           (i) The words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof; (ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears; (iii) the term “including” is by way of example and not limitation; and (iv) the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(c)           In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but  excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(d)           Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 
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Section 1.3           Accounting Terms.

(a)           All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

(b)           If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent and Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

Section 1.4             Rounding.

Any financial ratios required to be maintained by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

Section 1.5             References to Agreements and Laws.

Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

Section 1.6             Letter of Credit Amounts.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Letter of Credit Application, whether or not such maximum face amount is in effect at such time.

Section 1.7             Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.

(a)           The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Optional Currencies.  Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur.  Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Borrowers hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable.

 
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(b)           Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing, Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Optional Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Optional Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Optional Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be.

ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS.

Section 2.1             Committed Loans.

(a)           Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans in Dollars or in an Optional Currency (each such loan, a “Committed Loan”) to Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment.  Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.1, prepay under Section 2.5, and reborrow under this Section 2.1.  Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for the Commitment of any other Lender, nor will the failure of any Lender to perform its obligations under its Commitment in any way relieve any other Lender from performing its obligations under its Commitment.

(b)           The Borrower may, at its option, not more than once per calendar quarter, elect to increase the Aggregate Commitments, provided that (i) the Borrower shall give ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of such election; (ii) the Borrower shall decrease the Domestic Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments on a dollar for dollar basis concurrent with the effective date of such increase; (iii) each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 shall be satisfied as of the effective date of such increase; (iv) the aggregate amount of the Aggregate Commitments and the Domestic Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments shall not exceed $50,000,000 (less (x) the amount of any prior reduction in the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6 and (y) the amount of any prior reduction in the Domestic Credit Facility Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6 of the credit agreement for the Domestic Credit Facility); (v) such increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; (vi) such requested increase shall only be effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of (A) additional Commitments in a corresponding amount of such increase from either existing Lenders and/or one or more other institutions that qualify as Eligible Assignees (it being understood and agreed that no existing Lender shall be required to provide an additional Commitment) and (B) documentation from each institution providing an additional Commitment evidencing its additional Commitment and its obligations under this Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent including, without limitation, Notes evidencing each Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Commitments as increase; and (vii) if any Loans are outstanding at the time of the increase in the Aggregate Commitments, the Borrower shall, if applicable and notwithstanding any provision in any Loan Document requiring the application of payments or prepayments on a pro rata basis, including, without limitation, Section 2.14, prepay one or more existing Loans (such prepayment to be subject to Section 3.5) in an amount necessary such that after giving effect to the increase in the Aggregate Commitments, each Lender will hold its pro rata share (based on its Pro Rata Share of the increased Aggregate Commitments) of outstanding Loans.

 
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(c)           Borrower may elect to convert Committed Borrowings to term loans (“Converted Borrowings”) upon approval of Agent and Lenders provided that the Converted Borrowings shall occur in minimum original principal amounts of not less than $1,000,000 and increments of $500,000 and such other terms as are approved by Agent and Lenders.  The obligation of the Borrower to repay Converted Borrowings shall be evidenced by promissory notes payable to the Lenders substantially in the in the form of Exhibit C with necessary revisions to incorporate the repayment terms agreed upon by the Agent, Lenders and Borrower.  In no event will the maturity of any Converted Borrowings exceed the Maturity Date.  All outstanding Converted Borrowings shall reduce the amounts otherwise available to Borrower under the Committed Loan.  Borrower shall give Agent at least ten (10) Business Days’ notice of each proposed Converted Borrowing.

Section 2.2             Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans.
 
(a)           Each Committed Borrowing and each conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans shall be made upon Borrower’s irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of, Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars or of any conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars to Base Rate Loans, (ii) four (4) Business Days (or five (5) Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Optional Currencies, and (iii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans.  Each telephonic notice by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.  Except as provided in Section 2.3(c) and Section 2.4(c), each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.  Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing or conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the currency of the Committed Loans to be borrowed, (v) the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, and (vi) if requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender, the purpose of the requested Borrowing.  If Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period of one (1) month.  Any such automatic continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans.  If Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.  No Committed Loan may be converted into or continued as a Committed Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Committed Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.
 
 
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(b)           Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount (and currency) of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a continuation is provided by Borrower, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans described in the preceding subsection.  In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, in the case of any Committed Loans denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Committed Loan denominated in an Optional Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice, provided that such Lender has received notice from Administrative Agent of Borrower’s request for such Committed Borrowing.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.2 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.1), Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to Borrower in like funds as received by Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) Administrative Agent by Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date of the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by Borrower there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, to Borrower as provided above.

(c)           During the existence of a Default, the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans be redenominated into Dollars on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.

(d)           Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate by Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

(e)           After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Loans.  In addition, Borrower understands and agrees that Eurocurrency Rate Loans may not accrue interest at the Base Rate.

Section 2.3            Letters of Credit.

(a)          The Letter of Credit Commitment.

(i)           Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and as part of the Aggregate Commitments, (A) L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.3:  (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or an Optional Currency for the account of Borrower, and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of Borrower; provided that L/C Issuer shall not be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in, any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, if (x) the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans would exceed such Lender’s Commitment, or (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

 
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(ii)           L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A)           The beneficiary of the Letter of any Letter of Credit is a Person incorporated or resident in Ireland;

(B)           any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(C)           the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date;

(D)           the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Maturity Date, unless all Lenders have approved such expiry date;

(E)           the issuance of such requested Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of L/C Issuer;

(F)           except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $250,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

(G)           any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements,  including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with Borrower or such Lender to eliminate L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or

(H)           such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.

(iii)          L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

 
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(iv)         L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to Administrative Agent in ARTICLE IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in ARTICLE IX included L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to L/C Issuer.

(b)          Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit.

(i)           Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of Borrower delivered to L/C Issuer (with a copy to Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.  Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be.  In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as L/C Issuer may require.  In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as L/C Issuer may require.  Additionally, Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.

(ii)          Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application L/C Issuer will confirm with Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from Borrower and, if not, L/C Issuer will provide Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Unless L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, Administrative Agent or Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices.  Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit and all related L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

 
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(iii)         If Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Maturity Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.3(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.2 is not then satisfied, and in each case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

(iv)         Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, L/C Issuer will also deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c)          Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

(i)           Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, L/C Issuer shall notify Borrower and Administrative Agent thereof.  In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency, Borrower shall reimburse L/C Issuer in such Optional Currency, unless (A) L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, Borrower shall have notified L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that Borrower will reimburse L/C Issuer in Dollars.  In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency, L/C Issuer shall notify Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof.  Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any payment by L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Optional Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), Borrower shall reimburse L/C Issuer through Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency.  If Borrower fails to so reimburse L/C Issuer by such time, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof.  In such event, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.2(a) of the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice).  Any notice given by L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.3(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

 
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(ii)          Each Lender (including the Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) make funds available (and Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer in Dollars at Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar denominated payments in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the Business Day specified in such notice by Administrative Agent, if such Lender has received notice from Administrative Agent of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to Borrower in such amount.  Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to L/C Issuer in Dollars.

(iii)         With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.  In such event, each Lender’s payment to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.3.

(iv)        Until each Lender funds its Committed Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.3(c) to reimburse L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of L/C Issuer.

(v)         Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.3(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against L/C Issuer, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that all payments of such amounts by each Lender shall be without prejudice to the rights of each of the other Lenders with respect to L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Any claim any Lender may have against L/C Issuer as a result of L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct may be brought by such Lender in a separate action against L/C Issuer but may not be used as a defense to payment under the provisions of this Section.  No Lender shall have any obligation to pay to L/C Issuer such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any L/C Obligations or Unreimbursed Amount if Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse L/C Issuer for such unpaid L/C Obligations or Unreimbursed Amount because of L/C Issuer’s wrongful payment under a Letter of Credit.  No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to reimburse L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

 
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(vi)        If any Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3(c) by the time specified in Section 2.3(c)(ii), L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing.  If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender's Committed Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be.  A certificate of L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d)          Repayment of Participations.

(i)           At any time after L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.3(c), if Administrative Agent receives for the account of L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof in Dollars (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by Administrative Agent.

(ii)          If any payment received by Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.6 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by L/C Issuer in its discretion, but excluding any payments that must be returned due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of L/C Issuer), each Lender shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e)          Obligations Absolute.  The obligation of Borrower to reimburse L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit, and to repay each L/C Borrowing, shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(i)           any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(ii)          the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii)         any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

 
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(iv)        any payment by L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver, Examiner or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;

(v)         any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Optional Currency to Borrower or in the relevant currency markets generally; or

(vi)        any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Borrower.

Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, Borrower will immediately notify L/C Issuer.  Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f)           Role of L/C Issuer.  Each Lender and Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document, except to the extent required by applicable law.  None of L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application.  Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  None of L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.3(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower may have a claim against L/C Issuer, and L/C Issuer may be liable to Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by Borrower which Borrower proves were caused by L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

 
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(g)          [Reserved].

(h)          Applicability of ISP98 and UCP.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by L/C Issuer and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance) (the “ISP”) shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”) at the time of issuance (including the ICC decision published by the Commission on Banking Technique and Practice on April 6, 1998 regarding the European single currency (euro)) shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

(i)           Letter of Credit Fees.  Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the ratable account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share in Dollars (i) a Letter of Credit fee for each commercial Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate per annum times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit), and (ii) a Letter of Credit fee for each standby Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided, however, any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Shares allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to L/C Issuer for its own account.  Such Letter of Credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears.  Such Letter of Credit fees shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Maturity Date and thereafter on demand.  If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.

(j)           Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer.  Borrower shall pay directly to L/C Issuer for its own account in Dollars a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter.  In addition, Borrower shall pay directly to L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.  Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

(k)          Conflict with Letter of Credit Application.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.

 
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Section 2.4          Swing Line Loans.

(a)          The Swing Line.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Swing Line Lender agrees to consider in its sole and absolute discretion making loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to Borrower in Dollars or in an Optional Currency that is not then available for Committed Borrowings from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment.  The Swing Line is a discretionary, uncommitted facility and Administrative Agent may terminate or suspend the Swing Line at any time in its sole discretion upon notice to Borrower which notice may be given by Administrative Agent before or after Borrower requests a Swing Line Loan hereunder; provided, further, that Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.4 above, prepay under Section 2.5 and reborrow under this Section 2.4.  Each Swing Line Loan that is denominated in Dollars shall be a Base Rate Loan; each Swing Line Loan that is denominated in Optional Currency shall be a Quoted Rate Swing Line Loan.  Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.  Swing Line Loans shall be used only for the purposes permitted for Committed Loans under the terms of this Agreement.

(b)          Borrowing Procedures.  Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon Borrower’s irrevocable notice to Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone, unless Swing Line Lender has notified, or after receiving notice of a Swing Line Borrowing notifies, Borrower that the Swing Line has been or is terminated or suspended as provided in Section 2.4(a).  Each such notice must be received by Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $50,000 or multiple thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.  Promptly after receipt by Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, Swing Line Lender will confirm with Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, Swing Line Lender will notify Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.5(a) or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in ARTICLE IV is not then satisfied or the Swing Line has been or is terminated or suspended by Swing Line Lender as provided above, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. New York time, on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to Borrower at its office by crediting the account of Borrower on the books of Swing Line Lender in Same Day Funds.  Lenders agree that Swing Line Lender may agree to modify the borrowing procedures used in connection with the Swing Line in its discretion and without affecting any of the obligations of Lenders hereunder.

 
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(c)          Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.

(i)           Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion (including if Swing Line Lender has terminated or suspended the Swing Line as provided above) may request, on behalf of Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.1(b), without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.2(a) for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.2.  Swing Line Lender shall furnish Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to Administrative Agent.  Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral for this purpose) in Dollars in Same Day Funds for the account of Swing Line Lender at Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar denominated Obligations not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice if such Lender has received notice from Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to Section 2.4(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to Borrower in such amount.  Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to Swing Line Lender in Dollars.

(ii)          If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Committed Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.4(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Committed Loans submitted by Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by Swing Line Lender that each of the Lenders fund in Dollars its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender’s payment to Administrative Agent for the account of Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.4(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

(iii)         If any Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent for the account of Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4(c) by the time specified in Section 2.4(c)(i), Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.  A certificate of Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv)        Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against Swing Line Lender, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that all payments of such amounts by any Lender shall be without prejudice to the rights of each of the other Lenders with respect to Swing Line Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Any claim any Lender may have against Swing Line Lender as a result of Swing Line Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct may be brought by such Lender in a separate action against Swing Line Lender but may not be used as a defense to payment under the provisions of this Section 2.4(c).  Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.2.  No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

 
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(d)          Repayment of Participations.

(i)           At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by Swing Line Lender.

(ii)          If any payment received by Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.6 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate.  Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of Swing Line Lender.

(e)          Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender.  Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans and interest shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.8.  Until each Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.4 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of Swing Line Lender.

(f)           Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender.  Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to Swing Line Lender.

Section 2.5          Prepayments.

(a)          Borrower may, upon notice to Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans denominated in Dollars, (B) four (4) Business Days (or five (5) Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans denominated in Optional Currencies and (C) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding; (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding, and (iv) any prepayment shall be payable in the same currency in which the Committed Loans to be prepaid are denominated.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Committed Loans to be prepaid.  Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by Borrower, Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.5.  Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Committed Loans of Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.

 
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(b)          Borrower may, upon notice to Swing Line Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $50,000.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by Borrower, Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

(c)          If for any reason the Total Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect, Borrower shall immediately prepay Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.5(c) unless after the prepayment in full of the Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans the Total Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect.

Section 2.6          Reduction or Termination of Commitments.

Borrower may, upon notice to Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Commitments and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.  Administrative Agent will promptly notify Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments.  Once reduced in accordance with this Section, the Aggregate Commitments may not be increased except in accordance with Section 2.1(b).  Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share.  All Commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

Section 2.7          Repayment of Loans.

(a)          Borrower shall repay to Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Committed Loans outstanding on such date.

(b)          Borrower shall repay to Administrative Agent each Swing Line Loan on the Maturity Date.

Section 2.8          Interest.

(a)          Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin; (ii) each Base Rate Committed Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; (iii) each Swing Line Loan denominated in Dollars shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and (iv) each Swing Line Loan denominated in Optional Currency shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Quoted Rate applicable to such Swing Line Loan plus the Applicable Margin.

 
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(b)          If any amount payable by Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.  Furthermore, while any Event of Default exists, upon the request of the Required Lenders, Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.  Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c)          Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein.  Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

Section 2.9          Fees.

In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i) and (j) of Section 2.3:

(a)          Commitment Fee.  Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the ratable account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee in Dollars equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17.  The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more conditions in ARTICLE IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date.  The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.  Borrower acknowledges that Swing Line Loans outstanding from time to time are not considered Committed Loans in calculating the commitment fee.

(b)          Agency Fees.  Borrower shall pay an agency fee to Administrative Agent for Administrative Agent’s own account, in Dollars in the amounts and at the times specified in the letter agreement, dated July 25, 2005 (the “Fee Letter”), between Borrower and Administrative Agent.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall be nonrefundable for any reason whatsoever.

(c)          [Reserved].

(d)          Other Fees.  Borrower shall pay to Arranger and Administrative Agent, for their own respective accounts, fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

Section 2.10        Computation of Interest and Fees.

All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual number of days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year) or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Optional Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice.  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day.

 
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Section 2.11        Evidence of Debt.

(a)          The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by Lenders to Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  Upon the request of any Lender made through Administrative Agent, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence, such Lender’s Loans, in addition to such accounts or records.  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of the applicable Loans and payments with respect thereto.

(b)          In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

Section 2.12        Payments Generally.

(a)          All payments to be made by Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in an Optional Currency, all payments by Borrower hereunder shall be made to Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m., New York time, on the date specified herein.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrower hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Optional Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent's Office in such Optional Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States.  If, for any reason, Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Optional Currency, Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Optional Currency payment amount.  Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

 
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(b)          If any payment to be made by Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(c)          Unless Borrower or any Lender has notified Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to Administrative Agent hereunder, that Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto.  If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, then:

(i)           if Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, at the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect; and

(ii)          if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to Administrative Agent the amount thereof in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by Administrative Agent to Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.  If such Lender pays such amount to Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in the applicable Borrowing.  If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand, Administrative Agent may make a demand upon Borrower, and Borrower shall pay such amount to Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which Administrative Agent or Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

A notice of Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(d)          If any Lender makes available to Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this ARTICLE II, and such funds are not made available to Borrower by Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in ARTICLE IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

(e)          The obligations of Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans and to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan or to fund any such participation on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan or purchase its participation.

 
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(f)           Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

Section 2.13        Extension of Maturity Date.

(a)      Not earlier than sixty (60) days prior to, nor later than forty-five (45) days prior to, the Maturity Date then in effect, Borrower may, upon notice to Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), request a one-year extension of the Maturity Date then in effect.  Within thirty (30) days of delivery of such notice, each Lender shall notify Administrative Agent whether or not it consents to such extension (which consent may be given or withheld in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion).  Any Lender not responding within the above time period shall be deemed not to have consented to such extension.  Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders of the Lenders’ responses.

(b)      The Maturity Date shall be extended only if Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Commitments (after giving effect to any replacements of Lenders permitted herein) (the “Consenting Lenders”) have consented thereto.  If so extended, the Maturity Date, as to the Consenting Lenders, shall be extended to the same date in the following year, effective as of the Maturity Date then in effect (such existing Maturity Date being the “Extension Effective Date”).  Administrative Agent and Borrower shall promptly confirm to the Lenders such extension and the Extension Effective Date.  As a condition precedent to such extension, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Extension Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such extension and (ii) in the case of Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, (A) the representations and warranties contained in ARTICLE V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the Extension Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.13, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.5 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.1, and (B) no Default exists.  Borrower shall prepay any Committed Loans outstanding on the Extension Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.4) to the extent necessary to keep outstanding Committed Loans ratable with any revised and new Pro Rata Shares of all the Lenders effective as of the Extension Effective Date.

(c)      This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.14 or Section 10.1 to the contrary.

 
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Section 2.14        Sharing of Payments.

If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of Committed Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Committed Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Committed Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that (i) if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.6 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (A) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (B) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon and (ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender, (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.16 or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to Borrower or any Subsidiary (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).  Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject to Section 10.9) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of Borrower in the amount of such participation.  Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section and will in each case notify Lenders following any such purchases or repayments.  Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.

Section 2.15        Guaranty.

(a)          Each Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, jointly and severally guarantees to Administrative Agent, Lenders, and each other holder of the Obligations, as primary obligor and not as surety:

(i)           the due and punctual payment in full (and not merely the collectibility) by each Borrower of the Obligations, including unpaid and accrued interest thereon, in each case when due and payable, all according to the terms of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents;

(ii)          the due and punctual payment in full (and not merely the collectibility) by each of Borrower of all other sums and charges which may at any time be due and payable in accordance with this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents;

(iii)         the due and punctual performance by each Borrower of all of the other terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Loan Documents; and

(iv)        all the other Obligations of each Borrower.

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan Documents or the other documents relating to the Obligations, the obligations of each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor (and not in its capacity as a Borrower hereunder) under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under applicable Debtor Relief Laws.

 
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(b)          The obligations and liabilities of each Borrower as a guarantor under this Section shall be absolute and unconditional and joint and several, irrespective of the genuineness, validity, priority, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the Loan Documents or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor.  Each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor (and not in its capacity as a Borrower hereunder) expressly agrees that Administrative Agent and Lenders may, in their sole and absolute discretion, without notice to or further assent of such Borrower and without in any way releasing, affecting or in any way impairing the joint and several obligations and liabilities of such Borrower as a guarantor hereunder:

(i)          waive compliance with, or any defaults under, or grant any other indulgences under or with respect to any of the Loan Documents;

(ii)         modify, amend, change or terminate any provisions of any of the Loan Documents;

(iii)        grant extensions or renewals of or with respect to the Commitments, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents;

(iv)        effect any release, subordination, compromise or settlement in connection with this Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents;

(v)         agree to the substitution, exchange, release or other disposition of the Collateral or any part thereof, or any other collateral for the Commitments or to the subordination of any lien or security interest therein;

(vi)        make advances for the purpose of performing any term, provision or covenant contained in this Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents with respect to which any Borrower shall then be in default;

(vii)       make future advances pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents;

(viii)      assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer the Commitments, the Obligations, the Notes, any of the other Loan Documents or any interest therein, all as and to the extent permitted by the provisions of this Agreement;

(ix)         deal in all respects with Borrower as if this Section were not in effect;

(x)          effect any release, compromise or settlement with any of Borrower, whether in their capacity as a Borrower or as a guarantor under this Section, or any other guarantor; and

(xi)         provide debtor-in-possession financing or allow use of cash collateral in proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code, it being expressly agreed by each Borrower that any such financing and/or use would be part of the Obligations.

 
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(c)          The obligations and liabilities of each Borrower, as guarantor under this Section, shall be primary, direct and immediate, shall not be subject to any counterclaim, recoupment, set off, reduction or defense based upon any claim that a Borrower may have against any one or more of the other Borrower, Administrative Agent, any one or more of Lenders and/or any other guarantor and shall not be conditional or contingent upon pursuit or enforcement by Administrative Agent or other Lenders of any remedies it may have against Borrower with respect to this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents, whether pursuant to the terms thereof or by operation of law.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall not be required to make any demand upon any of Borrower, or to sell the Collateral or otherwise pursue, enforce or exhaust its or their remedies against Borrower or the Collateral either before, concurrently with or after pursuing or enforcing its rights and remedies hereunder.  Any one or more successive or concurrent actions or proceedings may be brought against each Borrower under this Section, either in the same action, if any, brought against any one or more of Borrower or in separate actions or proceedings, as often as Administrative Agent may deem expedient or advisable.  Without limiting the foregoing, it is specifically understood that any modification, limitation or discharge of any of the liabilities or obligations of any one or more of Borrower, any other guarantor or any obligor under any of the Loan Documents, arising out of, or by virtue of, any bankruptcy, arrangement, reorganization or similar proceeding for relief of debtors under federal or state law initiated by or against any one or more of Borrower, in their respective capacities as borrowers and guarantors under this Section, or under any of the Loan Documents shall not modify, limit, lessen, reduce, impair, discharge, or otherwise affect the liability of each Borrower under this Section in any manner whatsoever, and this Section shall remain and continue in full force and effect.  It is the intent and purpose of this Section that each Borrower shall and does hereby waive all rights and benefits which might accrue to any other guarantor by reason of any such proceeding, and each Borrower agrees that it shall be liable for the full amount of the obligations and liabilities under this Section, regardless of, and irrespective to, any modification, limitation or discharge of the liability of any one or more of Borrower, any other guarantor or any obligor under any of the Loan Documents, that may result from any such proceedings.

(d)          Each Borrower, solely as guarantor under this Section (and not in its capacity as a Borrower hereunder), hereby unconditionally, jointly and severally, irrevocably and expressly waives:

(i)           presentment and demand for payment of the Obligations and protest of non-payment;

(ii)          notice of acceptance of this Section and of presentment, demand and protest thereof;

(iii)         notice of any default hereunder or under the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents and notice of all indulgences;

(iv)        notice of any increase in the amount of any portion of or all of the indebtedness guaranteed by this Section;

(v)         demand for observance, performance or enforcement of any of the terms or provisions of this Section, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents;

(vi)        all errors and omissions in connection with Administrative Agent’s administration of all indebtedness guaranteed by this Section, except errors and omissions resulting from acts of bad faith;

(vii)       any right or claim of right to cause a marshalling of the assets of any one or more of the other Borrower;

(viii)      any act or omission of Administrative Agent or Lenders which changes the scope of the risk as guarantor hereunder; and

 
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(ix)         all other notices and demands otherwise required by law which Borrower may lawfully waive.

Within ten (10) days following any request of Administrative Agent so to do, each Borrower will furnish Administrative Agent and Lenders and such other persons as Administrative Agent may direct with a written certificate, duly acknowledged stating in detail whether or not any credits, offsets or defenses exist with respect to this Section.

(e)          Additional Waivers.

(i)           Each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor agrees that such Borrower shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against Borrower or any Guarantor for amounts paid under this Section 2.15 until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated.

(ii)          Each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor agrees that such Borrower shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to this Section 2.15(e) and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 2.15(g).

(f)           Remedies.  Each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between Borrowers solely in their capacities as guarantors, on the one hand, and Administrative Agent and the other holders of the Obligations, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as specified in Section 8.2 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances specified in Section 8.2) for purposes of Section 2.15 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the each Borrower solely in its capacity as a guarantor for purposes of Section 2.15.

(g)          Rights of Contribution.  The Borrowers agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Borrower shall have contribution rights against the other Borrowers as permitted under applicable law.  Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of Borrowers under the Loan Documents and no Borrower shall exercise such rights of contribution until the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.

Section 2.16        Cash Collateral.

(a)          Certain Credit Support Events.  Upon the request of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer (i) if L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Maturity Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.  At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

 
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(b)          Grant of Security Interest.  All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.  Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders (including Swing Line Lender), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.16(c).  If at any time Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by Administrative Agent, pay or provide to Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

(c)          Application.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or any other provision of this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

(d)          Release.  Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.7(b)) or (ii) Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.16 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.3), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

Section 2.17        Defaulting Lenders.

(a)          Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(i)           Waivers and Amendments.  That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.1.

 
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(ii)          Reallocation of Payments.  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.9), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by Administrative Agent as follows:  first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by Administrative Agent or requested by L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by Administrative Agent and Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii)         Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (A) shall not be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (B) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.3(h).

(iv)        Reallocation of Pro Rata Shares to Reduce Fronting Exposure.  During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.3 and 2.4, the “Pro Rata Share” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (A) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default exists; and (B) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender.

(b)          Defaulting Lender Cure.  If Borrower, Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 
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Section 2.18        Usage of funds deriving from any Commitments and/or Credit Extensions.

(a)          No funds deriving from any Commitments or Credit Extensions as provided for under this ARTICLE II shall in any way be used, whether directly or indirectly, for the purpose of a purchase or subscription made or to be made by any Person of or in any shares in Irish Company or the Shares in its “holding company”.

(b)          For the purpose of this Section 2.5 the term “holding company” shall have the meaning given to such term under Section 155 of the Irish Companies Act 1963.

ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

Section 3.1          Taxes.

(a)          Payments Free of Taxes – Obligation to Withhold: Payments on Account of Taxes.

(i)           Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require Borrower or Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.

(ii)          If Borrower or Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

(b)          Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower.  Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.

 
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(c)          Tax Indemnification.

(i)           Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, Borrower shall, and does hereby indemnify Administrative Agent, each Lender and L/C Issuer, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by Borrower or Administrative Agent or paid by Administrative Agent, such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection.  A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender or L/C Issuer (with a copy to Administrative Agent), or by Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(ii)          Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify Borrower and Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten days after demand therefor, against any and all  Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for Borrower or Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against Borrower or Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to Borrower or Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e).  Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).  The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

(d)          Evidence of Payments.  Upon request by Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or by Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority, as provided in this Section 3.1, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent or Administrative Agent shall deliver to Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Law to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

(e)          Status of Lenders: Tax Documentation.

(i)           Each Lender shall deliver to Borrower and to Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.

 
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(ii)          Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Borrower is a resident for tax purposes in the United States

(A)        any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and

(B)         each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of Borrower or Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(I)           executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,

(II)         executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

(III)        executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,

(IV)        in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of  Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or

(V)         executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit Borrower or Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

(iii)         Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that Borrower or Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

 
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Section 3.2          Illegality.

If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate or to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to a Quoted Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate or a Quoted Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions in the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or take deposits of, Dollars or Optional Currency in the applicable offshore interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to Borrower through Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans in the affected currency or to make or continue Quoted Rate Swing Line Loans in the affected currency or to convert Base Rate Committed Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans in the affected currency shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, (x) Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all applicable Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans of such Lender or all applicable Quoted Rate Swing Line Loans to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component thereof until Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted and all amounts due under Section 3.5 in accordance with the terms thereof due to such prepayment or conversion.  Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

Section 3.3          Inability to Determine Rates.

If Administrative Agent determines in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof for any reason that (a) deposits in Dollars or Optional Currency are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan or in connection with any existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders of funding such Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan, Administrative Agent will promptly so notify Borrower and all Lenders.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans in the affected currency shall be suspended and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurocurrency Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until Administrative Agent revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans in the affected currency or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

 
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Section 3.4          Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans.

(a)         If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Loans the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate or, in the case of any Quoted Rate Swing Line Loans, the Quoted Rate for such Swing Line Loans,  or (as the case may be) issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this subsection (a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.1 shall govern), (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or any foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Lending Office, and (iii) reserve requirements utilized, as to Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans, in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Administrative Agent), Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction, provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 3.4(a) for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date such Lender notifies Borrower of such change in Law or interpretation of Law and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor.

(b)         If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Administrative Agent), Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.

Section 3.5          Funding Losses.

Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent) from time to time, Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a)         any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

(b)         any failure by Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by Borrower; or

 
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(c)         any failure by Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Optional Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency;

including any loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract.  Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by Borrower to Lenders under this Section 3.5, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency Base Rate or London Interbank Offered Rate used in determining the Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loan was in fact so funded.

Section 3.6          Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.

A certificate of Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this ARTICLE III and setting forth the calculation of the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  In determining such amount, Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

Section 3.7          Survival.

All of Borrower’s obligations under this ARTICLE III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Section 4.1          [Reserved].

Section 4.2          Conditions to all Credit Extensions and Conversions and Continuations.

The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a)         The representations and warranties of Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in ARTICLE V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, conversion or continuation, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.2, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.5 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.1.

(b)         No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension, conversion or continuation.

 
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(c)         Administrative Agent and, if applicable, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

(d)         In the case of a Credit Extension to be denominated in an Optional Currency, there shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders (in the case of any Committed Loans to be denominated in an Optional Currency), the L/C Issuer (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Optional Currency) or the Swing Line Lender (in the case of any Swing Line Loans to be denominated in an Optional Currency) would make it impracticable for such Credit Extension to be denominated in the relevant Optional Currency.

(e)         Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent the items required by Section 6.16(a).

(f)          Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it, such other assurances, certificates, documents or consents related to the foregoing as Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.

Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Committed Loans) submitted by Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in (a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Borrower represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and Lenders that:

Section 5.1          Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws.

Each Loan Party (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or licenses, except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.2          Authorization; No Contravention.

The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law.

 
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Section 5.3          Governmental Authorization.

No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 5.4          Binding Effect.

This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto.  This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms.

Section 5.5          Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(a)         The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of MICROS and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of MICROS and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.

(b)         The unaudited consolidated financial statements of MICROS and its Subsidiaries dated March 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of MICROS and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

(c)         Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.6          Litigation.

Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.6 hereto, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower after due and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against MICROS or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.7          No Default.

Neither MICROS nor any Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 
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Section 5.8          Ownership of Property; Liens.

Each of MICROS and each Subsidiary has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The property of MICROS and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 7.1.

Section 5.9          Environmental Compliance.

To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.9  hereto, there is no violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof Borrower has reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.10        Insurance.

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

Section 5.11        Taxes.

MICROS and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.  There is no proposed tax assessment against MICROS or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.12        ERISA Compliance.

(a)         Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws.  Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.  MICROS and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.

(b)         There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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

Section 5.13        Subsidiaries.

As of the Closing Date, MICROS has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.13 and has no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed in Part(b) of Schedule 5.13.

Section 5.14        Disclosure.

Borrower has disclosed to Administrative Agent and Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Section 5.15        Compliance with Laws.

MICROS and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.16        Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.

Section 5.17        Collateral Matters.

As of the date hereof, (a) the chief executive office of each Guarantor is 7031 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046 and (b) the exact legal name and state of organization of each Guarantor is as set forth in the introductory paragraph of the Guaranty.

 
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Section 5.18         Rights in Collateral; Priority of Liens.

Each Guarantor owns the property granted by it as Collateral under the Collateral Documents, free and clear of any and all Liens in favor of third parties other than Liens permitted by Section 7.1.  Upon the proper filing of UCC financing statements, and the taking of the other actions required by the Required Lenders, the Liens granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents will constitute valid and enforceable first, prior and perfected Liens on the Collateral in favor of Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders.

ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Section 6.1, Section 6.2, Section 6.3 and Section 6.11) cause MICROS and each Subsidiary to:

Section 6.1           Financial Statements.

Deliver to Administrative Agent the following, in form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a)          as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower:

(i)           a consolidated balance sheet of MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries only as at the end of such fiscal year, the related consolidated statement of income for such fiscal year and a calculation of EBITDA for MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries only on a consolidated basis for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(ii)           a consolidated balance sheet of the Foreign Subsidiaries only as at the end of such fiscal year, the related consolidated statement of income for such fiscal year and a calculation of EBITDA for the Foreign Subsidiaries only on a consolidated basis for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of the Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(iii)          a consolidated balance sheet of the MICROS and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of MICROS and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

 
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(iv)         a consolidated balance sheet of MICROS and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit.

The financial statements described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above may be prepared by MICROS.

(b)          as soon as available, but in any event within forty five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Borrower:

(i)           a consolidated balance sheet of MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries only as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related consolidated statement of income for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and a calculation of EBITDA for MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries only on a consolidated basis for the period of four fiscal quarters then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of MICROS and its Domestic Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(ii)           a consolidated balance sheet of the Foreign Subsidiaries only as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related consolidated statement of income for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and a calculation of EBITDA for the Foreign Subsidiaries only on a consolidated basis for the period of four fiscal quarters then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of the Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

(iii)          a consolidated balance sheet of MICROS and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related consolidated statement of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of MICROS as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of MICROS and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

The financial statements described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above may be prepared by MICROS.

 
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Section 6.2           Certificates; Other Information.

Deliver to Administrative Agent a sufficient number of copies for delivery to each Lender of the following, in form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and the Required Lenders:

(a)           concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants certifying such financial statements and stating that in making the examination necessary no knowledge was obtained of any Default or, if any such Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;

(b)           concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a) and Section 6.1(b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of MICROS;

(c)           promptly after any request by Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of MICROS or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course and by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of MICROS or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;

(d)           as soon as available, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year of MICROS, annual projections for the following two (2) fiscal years from (i) Borrower on a consolidated basis and (ii) from Domestic Borrower on a consolidated basis;

(e)           [Reserved];

(f)           promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of MICROS, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which MICROS may file or be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;

(g)           [Reserved];

(h)           promptly upon request, such additional financial information as Agent may request from time to time or more frequent delivery of financial information which is delivered periodically pursuant to this Section 6.2 (such as, but not limited to, schedules of account receivable agings and inventory reports);

(i)           as soon as available, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of MICROS, a schedule of account receivable agings.

Each of the Loan Parties hereby acknowledges that (a) Administrative Agent will make available to Lenders and L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Loan Parties hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to MICROS or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”).  Each of the Loan Parties hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” each of the Loan Parties shall be deemed to have authorized Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to MICROS or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.8); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”

 
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Section 6.3           Notices.

Not later than two (2) days after obtaining knowledge, notify Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a)           of the occurrence of any Default;

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

(c)           the occurrence of any ERISA Event; and

(d)           of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by MICROS or any Subsidiary.

Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of MICROS setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.  Each notice pursuant to Section 6.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

Section 6.4           Payment of Obligations.

Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by MICROS or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.

Section 6.5           Preservation of Existence, Etc.

(a)           Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.4 or Section 7.5 except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 
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Section 6.6           Maintenance of Properties.

(a)           Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its facilities.

Section 6.7           Maintenance of Insurance.

Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of MICROS, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons and providing for not less than 30 days’ prior notice to Administrative Agent of termination, lapse or cancellation of such insurance.

Section 6.8           Compliance with Laws.

Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws, and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.9           Books and Records.

(a)           Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of MICROS or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over MICROS or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.  Domestic Borrower shall maintain at all times books and records pertaining to the Collateral in such detail, form and scope as Administrative Agent or any Lender shall reasonably require.

Section 6.10         Inspection Rights.

Permit representatives and independent contractors of Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to Borrower; provided, however, if no Default exists Administrative Agent or Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to Borrower, but at the expense of Administrative Agent or Lender if Borrower has paid for similar inspections one (1) time during the current fiscal year and provided further, however, that when a Default exists Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of Borrower at any time or from time to time during normal business hours and without advance notice.

 
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Section 6.11         Use of Proceeds.

Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for Letters of Credit, acquisitions permitted under this Agreement, to refinance existing indebtedness and for working capital and capital expenditures, not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.

Section 6.12         Financial Covenants.

At all times maintain the following financial covenants:

(a)           Total Leverage Ratio.  Maintain on a consolidated basis a Total Leverage Ratio not exceeding 2.0 to 1.0.  This ratio will be calculated at the end of each reporting period for which this Agreement requires Borrower to deliver financial statements, using the results of the twelve-month period ending with that reporting period.

(b)           Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  Maintain on a consolidated basis a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of MICROS and all Subsidiaries of at least 1.25 to 1.0.  This ratio will be calculated at the end of each reporting period for which this Agreement requires Borrower to deliver financial statements, using the results of the twelve-month period ending with that reporting period.  The current portion of long-term liabilities will be measured as of the last day of the calculation period.

Section 6.13         Additional Borrowers and Guarantors.

(a)           Within thirty days (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) after any Person becomes a Material Foreign Entity, cause such Person to (i) become an Additional Borrower by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent an Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement or such other document as Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose and (ii) deliver to Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 4.1(a) and, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, a favorable opinion of counsel to such Person.

(b)           Within thirty days (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) after any Person becomes a Material Domestic Entity, cause such Person to (i) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering Administrative Agent a counterpart of the Guaranty or such other document as Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (ii) deliver to Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 4.1(a) and, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, a favorable opinion of counsel to such Person, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (iii) deliver to Administrative Agent such documents, agreements and instruments as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to cause such Person to grant to Administrative Agent and Lenders valid and perfected first priority security interests in the Collateral.

 
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Section 6.14         Collateral Records.

Execute and deliver promptly, and to cause each other Loan Party to execute and deliver promptly, to Administrative Agent, from time to time, solely for Administrative Agent’s convenience in maintaining a record of the Collateral, such written statements and schedules as Administrative Agent may reasonably require designating, identifying or describing the Collateral.  The failure by Borrower or any other Loan Party, however, to promptly give Administrative Agent such statements or schedules shall not affect, diminish, modify or otherwise limit the Liens on the Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

Section 6.15         Security Interests.

Cause each Domestic Borrower to defend the Collateral against all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming the same or any interest therein.

Cause each Domestic Borrower to comply with the requirements of all state and federal laws in order to grant to Administrative Agent and Lenders valid and perfected first priority security interests in the Collateral, with perfection, in the case of any investment property, being effected by giving Administrative Agent control of such investment property in addition to perfection by the filing of a UCC financing statement with respect to such investment property.

Cause each Domestic Borrower to do whatever Administrative Agent may reasonably request, from time to time, to effect the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including filing notices of liens, UCC financing statements and amendments, renewals and continuations thereof; cooperating with Administrative Agent’s representatives; keeping stock records; obtaining waivers from landlords and mortgagees and from warehousemen and their landlords and mortgages; and, paying claims which might, if unpaid, become a Lien on the Collateral.

Section 6.16         Post-Closing Covenant.

(a)          By August 15, 2010 deliver to the Administrative Agent:

(i)           a certificate of an officer of each Borrower (other than MICROS) attaching and certifying (A) the Organization Documents of such Borrower, (B) an incumbency certificate of the Responsible Officers of such Borrower and (C) resolutions of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Borrower approving this Amendment and each document, agreement and instrument required in connection with this Amendment, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

(ii)           a certificate of an officer of MICROS attaching and certifying resolutions of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of MICROS approving this Amendment and each document, agreement and instrument required in connection with this Amendment in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(b)          By August 31, 2010 deliver to the Administrative Agent:

(i)           original stock certificates evidencing all equity interests issued by Fry, Inc. together with undated stock powers executed in blank in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(ii)           legal opinion from the General Counsel of MICROS in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent relating to the Second Amendment to this Agreement and the documents, agreements and instruments executed by the Guarantors in connection therewith;

 
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(iii)          termination of each of the two UCC-1 financing statements identifying Heller Financial, Inc., as secured party, and  JTECH Communications, as debtor;

(iv)          restatement of the LLC Agreement for TIG Global LLC on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (which restatement shall, among other things, eliminate (A) the board of advisors and the special voting rights allocated to the board of advisors and (B) the restrictions on transfer of the equity interests;

(v)          amendment to the certificate of incorporation of DV Technology Holdings Corporation to delete Article XI; and

(vi)         amendment to the certificate of incorporation of Fry, Inc. to delete Article VI.

(c)          By September 30, 2010, deliver to the Administrative Agent the following with respect to each Material Foreign Entity that is not a Borrower as of the date of the Second Amendment to this Agreement:

(i)           an Additional Borrower Joinder Supplement or such other document as Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate to cause such Person to become an Additional Borrower; and

(ii)           each of the following in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent: (i) a certificate of an officer of such Person attaching and certifying (A) the Organization Documents of such Person, (B) an incumbency certificate of the Responsible Officers of such Person and (C) resolutions of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person approving this Amendment and each document, agreement and instrument required in connection with this Amendment; and (ii) a good standing certificate or its equivalent from the jurisdiction of formation of such Person.

ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit MICROS or any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:


Section 7.1           Liens.

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

(a)           Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b)           Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(c)           carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

 
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(d)           pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

(e)           deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(f)           easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;

(g)           Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h) or securing appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments;

(h)           liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.3(e); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition; and

(i)           Liens securing the Domestic Credit Facility, provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the Collateral and 65% of the equity interests in MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland) Ltd. and (ii) such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 7.2           Investments.  Make any Investments, except:

(a)           Investments held by MICROS or such Subsidiary in the form of cash equivalents or short-term marketable debt securities;

(b)           advances to officers, directors and employees of MICROS and Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) at any time outstanding, for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;

(c)           Investments of MICROS in any wholly-owned Subsidiary; and Investments of any wholly-owned Subsidiary in MICROS or in another wholly-owned Subsidiary;

(d)           Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

(e)           Permitted Acquisitions;

(f)           other Investments not to exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any time; and

(g)           Guarantees permitted by Section 7.3.

 
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Section 7.3           Indebtedness.

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a)           Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;

(b)           Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and approved by Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and listed on Schedule 7.3 hereto;

(c)           Indebtedness under the Domestic Credit Facility;

(d)           obligations (contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party; (iii) such Swap Contract has been approved by Administrative Agent; and (iv) the foreign exchange exposure under such Swap Contract does not exceed $20,000,000 as determined by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;

(e)           Indebtedness in respect of capital leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations for fixed assets within the limitations set forth in Section 7.1(h); provided, however, that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness at any one time outstanding shall not exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000);

(f)           CommerzBank Debt; and

(g)           Indebtedness of MICROS and its Subsidiaries provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness shall not at any time exceed $10 million.

Section 7.4           Fundamental Changes.

Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into, another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:

(a)           any Subsidiary may merge with (i) MICROS, provided that if MICROS is a party thereto then MICROS shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (ii) a Borrower, provided that another Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries, provided that when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is merging with another Subsidiary, the wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and, provided further that if a Guarantor is merging with another Subsidiary, the Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person;

(b)           any Subsidiary may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to MICROS or to another Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, then the transferee must also be a wholly-owned Subsidiary, and, provided further that if the transferor of such assets is a Borrower or a Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be a Borrower or a Guarantor; and

 
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(c)           MICROS or a Subsidiary may acquire another Person, provided that such acquisition is a Permitted Acquisition.

Section 7.5           Dispositions.

Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:

(a)           Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;

(b)           Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(c)           Dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(d)           Dispositions of property to MICROS or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary, provided that if the transferor of such property is a Borrower or a Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be Borrower or a Guarantor;

(e)           Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4; and

(f)           Other Dispositions in an aggregate amount not to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) in any fiscal year.

provided, however, that any Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) through (e) shall be for fair market value.

Section 7.6           Restricted Payments.

Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:

(a)           each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to MICROS and to wholly-owned Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary, to MICROS and any Subsidiary and to each other owner of capital stock or other equity interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis based on their relative ownership interests);

(b))           MICROS and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common equity interests of such Person;

(c)           Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely to Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate in any fiscal year; provided that there does not exist a Default or an Event of Default and the making of any such payment would not cause a Default or an Event of Default; and

(d)           MICROS and each Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire up to an aggregate of one million (1,000,000) shares of its common stock or other common equity interests or warrants or options to acquire any such shares with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock or other common equity interests during the period from the Closing Date through the Maturity Date; provided no Default or Event of Default exists hereunder or would result from such purchase, redemption or acquisition.

 
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(e)           MICROS and its Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in cash provided that (i) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed $150 million in any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Borrower and (ii) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith) on a Pro Forma Basis (A) no Default or Event of Default shall exist, (B) the Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 1.5:1.0 as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) and (C) Liquidity exceeds $150 million.

Section 7.7           Change in Nature of Business.

Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by MICROS and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof or which are similar or complimentary to such lines of business.

Section 7.8           Transactions with Affiliates.

Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of MICROS, whether or not in the ordinary course of business other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to MICROS or such Subsidiary as would be obtainable by MICROS or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) transactions between or among Borrower and (b) transactions expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

Section 7.9           Margin Regulations.

Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.

Section 7.10         Change of Control.

Except in connection with any merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation permitted by Section 7.4, permit or suffer to occur any Change of Control with respect to any Loan Party.

Section 7.11         CommerzBank Debt.

Permit the CommerzBank Debt to be extended without the prior written approval of the terms of such extension by Administrative Agent and Lenders, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, if such extension is on terms substantially similar to the terms currently in effect.

Section 7.12         Change in Legal Name or State of Formation.

Without providing ten (10) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its name, state (or country) of formation or form of organization.

 
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ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Section 8.1           Events of Default.

Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

(a)          Non-Payment. Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when required to be paid herein, and in the currency required herein, any amount of principal or any Loan, or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within three (3) days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any commitment or other fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five (5) days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

(b)          Specific Covenants.  Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.5, Section 6.10, Section 6.12 or ARTICLE VII; or

(c)          Other Defaults.

(i)           Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, and such failure continues for fifteen (15) days; or

(ii)          Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days or any default or event of default occurs under any other Loan Document; or

(d)          Representations and Warranties.  Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact that reasonably could have a Material Adverse Effect if incorrect or misleading is made or deemed made by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith and is incorrect or misleading when made or deemed made; or

(e)          Cross-Default.  (i) MICROS or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which MICROS or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which MICROS or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by MICROS or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or

 
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(f)           Insolvency Proceedings, Etc.  Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, Examiner, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, Examiner, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

(g)           Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment.  (i) MICROS or any Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or

(h)           Judgments.  There is entered against MICROS or any Subsidiary (i) a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or

(i)           ERISA.  (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of MICROS under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) MICROS or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or

(j)           Invalidity of Loan Documents.  Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document, or any Lien with respect to any material portion of the Collateral intended to be secured thereby ceases to be, or, subject to Section 7.1, is not, valid, perfected and prior to all other Liens or is terminated, revoked or declared void; or

(k)           Material Adverse Effect.  There occurs any event or circumstance that has a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 8.2           Remedies Upon Event of Default.

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:

 
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(a)           declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

(b)           declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower;

(c)           require that Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and

(d)           exercise on behalf of itself and Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Section 8.3           Application of Funds.

After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.2 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.2), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to Sections 2.16 and 2.17, be applied by Administrative Agent in the following order:

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under ARTICLE III) payable to Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit fees) payable to Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under ARTICLE III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting (a) accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit fees, (b) accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings and (c) fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by Section 7.3(d), ratably among Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

 
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Fourth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting (a) unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, (b) payment of breakage, termination or other payments due in respect of a Swap Contract between Borrower or any Subsidiary and a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender Lender to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by Section 7.3(d), (c) payment of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement between Borrower or any Subsidiary and a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and (d) Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts and Treasury Management Agreements, Affiliates of Lenders) and L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

Subject to Section 2.3(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur.  If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.

ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 9.1           Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent; Administrative Agent as Trustee under the laws of Ireland.

(a)           Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, but subject to Section 9.1(c) below, Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, 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 Administrative Agent.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents, but subject to Section 9.1(c) below and with the exception of any Loan Documents that are subject to the laws of Ireland or to which Irish Company is a party regardless of the laws to which such Loan Documents may be subject, reference to Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law.  Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.  All benefits and immunities provided to Administrative Agent in this ARTICLE IX shall apply to Administrative Agent as issuer of Letters of Credit and provider of Swing Line Loans with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by Administrative Agent in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit and any Swing Line Loans made by Administrative Agent, and as additionally provided herein with respect to Administrative Agent as issuer of letters of Credit and provider of Swing Line Loans.

 
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(b)           L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to Administrative Agent in this ARTICLE IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in this ARTICLE IX  and in the definition of “Agent-Related Person” included L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to L/C Issuer.

(c)           Each Lender and Administrative Agent agrees that Administrative Agent shall act as trustee of the security, rights and benefits constituted by any Loan Documents which are subject to the laws of Ireland or to which Irish Company is a party regardless of the laws to which such Loan Documents may be subject and Administrative Agent hereby declares that it will hold such security and such rights and benefits in trust for the benefit of the Lenders subject to the terms of these presents.

Section 9.2           Delegation of Duties.

Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Section 9.3           Liability of Administrative Agent.

No Agent-Related Person shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant 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 or any Affiliate thereof.

Section 9.4           Reliance by Administrative Agent.

(a)           Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it in its reasonable discretion to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by Administrative Agent.  Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by all Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required by any instance), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all Lenders.

 
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(b)           For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.1, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

Section 9.5           Notice of Default.

Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to Administrative Agent for the account of Lenders, unless Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” Administrative Agent will notify Lenders of its receipt of any such notice.  Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with ARTICLE VIII; provided, however, that unless and until Administrative Agent has received any such direction, Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of Lenders.

Section 9.6           Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent.

Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession.  Each Lender represents to Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder.  Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person 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 investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrower and the other Loan Parties.  Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to Lenders by Administrative Agent herein, Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.

 
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Section 9.7           Indemnification of Administrative Agent.

Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused primarily by such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct; it being agreed by all Lenders that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section.  Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs and costs and expenses in connection with the use of IntraLinks, Inc.  or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement) incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrower.  The undertaking in this Section shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of Administrative Agent.

Section 9.8           Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity.

Bank of America and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates as though Bank of America were not Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer hereunder and without notice to or consent of Lenders.  Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Bank of America or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them.  With respect to its Loans, Bank of America shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include Bank of America in its individual capacity.

Section 9.9           Successor Administrative Agent.

Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to Lenders and Borrower; provided that any such resignation by Bank of America shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.  If Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among Lenders a successor administrative agent for Lenders, which successor administrative agent shall be consented to by Borrower at all times other than during the existence of a Default (which consent of Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  If no successor administrative agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with Lenders and Borrower, a successor administrative agent from among Lenders.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor administrative agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent (including those in its capacity as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender) and the respective terms “Administrative Agent”, “L/C Issuer” and “Swing Line Lender” shall mean such successor administrative agent, Letter of Credit issuer and swing line lender and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated and the retiring L/C Issuer’s and Swing Line Lender’s rights, powers and duties as such shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such retiring Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender or any other Lender, other than the obligation of the successor L/C Issuer to issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or to make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.  After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this ARTICLE IX and Section 10.4 and Section 10.5 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.  If no successor administrative agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30) days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above.

 
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Section 9.10         Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, appointment of an Examiner, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a)           to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations arising under the Loan Documents that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of Lenders and Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Lenders and Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due Lenders and Administrative Agent under Section 2.3, Section 2.3(i), Section 2.3(j), Section 2.9 and Section 10.4) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b)           to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, Examiner, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to Lenders, to pay to Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Section 2.9 and Section 10.4.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

Section 9.11         Guaranty Matters.

Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.  Upon request by Administrative Agent at any time, each Lender will confirm in writing Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.11.

 
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Section 9.12         Collateral Matters.

(a)          Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs Administrative Agent to enter into the Collateral Documents for the benefit of such Lender.  Each Lender hereby agrees, and each holder of any Note by the acceptance thereof will be deemed to agree, that, except as otherwise set forth in Section 10.1, any action taken by the Required Lenders, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the Required Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of Lenders.  Administrative Agent is hereby authorized on behalf of all of Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from any Lender from time to time prior to, an Event of Default, to take any action with respect to any Collateral or Collateral Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

(b)          Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,

(i)           to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) subject to Section 10.1, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, or (iv) in connection with any foreclosure sale or other disposition of Collateral after the occurrence of an Event of Default;

(ii)           to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and

(iii)          to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Intercreditor Agreement.

Upon request by Administrative Agent at any time, each Lender will confirm in writing Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 9.12.

(c)          Subject to (b) above, Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender, to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release or subordination of the Liens granted to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders herein or pursuant hereto upon the applicable Collateral; provided that (i) Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose Administrative Agent to or create any liability or entail any consequence other than the release or subordination of such Liens without recourse or warranty and (ii) such release or subordination shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of Borrower or any other Loan Party in respect of) all interests retained by Borrower or any other Loan Party, including the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.  In the event of any sale or transfer of Collateral, or any foreclosure with respect to any of the Collateral, Administrative Agent shall be authorized to deduct all expenses reasonably incurred by Administrative Agent from the proceeds of any such sale, transfer or foreclosure.

 
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(d)           Administrative Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lender or any other Person to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Borrower or any other Loan Party or is cared for, protected or insured or that the Liens granted to Administrative Agent herein or in any of the Collateral Documents or pursuant hereto or thereto have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise or to continue exercising at all or in any manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Administrative Agent in this Section 9.12 or in any of the Collateral Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, Administrative Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, given Administrative Agent’s own interest in the Collateral as one of Lenders and that Administrative Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to Lenders.

(e)           Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting Lenders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC can be perfected only by possession.  Should any Lender (other than Administrative Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Administrative Agent’s request shall deliver such Collateral to Administrative Agent or in accordance with Administrative Agent’s instructions.

Section 9.13         No Fiduciary Responsibility.

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by Administrative Agent and Arranger are arm’s-length commercial transactions between Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Administrative Agent and Arranger, on the other hand, (B) Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) Administrative Agent and Arranger each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for Borrower or its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither Administrative Agent nor Arranger has any obligation to Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) Administrative Agent and Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither Administrative Agent nor Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Borrower and its Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by Law, Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against Administrative Agent and Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1         Amendments, Etc.

No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

 
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(a)           waive any condition set forth in Section 4.1 without the written consent of each Lender; provided, however, in the sole discretion of Administrative Agent, only a waiver by Administrative Agent shall be required with respect to immaterial matters or items specified in Section 4.1(a), Section 4.1(a)(iii) or Section 4.1(a)(iv) with respect to which Borrower has given assurances satisfactory to Administrative Agent that such items shall be delivered promptly following the Closing Date;

(b)           extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.2) without the written consent of such Lender;

(c)           postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

(d)           reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ii) of the second proviso to this Section 10.1) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;

(e)           change Section 2.14 or Section 8.3 or in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;

(f)           release any Guarantor from the Guaranty or release the Liens on any material portion of the Collateral except in accordance with the terms of any Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender;

(g)           change the method of calculation utilized in connection with the computation of fees or interest; or

(h)           modify this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders”.

And, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by L/C Issuer in addition to Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (A) as Administrative Agent, (B) as provider of Swing Line Loans, or (C) as Letter of Credit issuer or under any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it (including, without limitation, any reduction in any fee, charge, expense, cost or other amount payable to Administrative Agent for its own account under this Agreement in any such capacity); (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents; (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto; (v) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (vi) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow Borrower to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (A) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

 
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Section 10.2         Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.

(a)           General.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission).  All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered, to the applicable address, facsimile number or (subject to subsection (c) below) electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, specified for such Person on Schedule 10.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties.  All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, upon delivery; (B) if delivered by mail, four (4) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and the sender has received electronic confirmation of error free receipt; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of subsection (c) below), when delivered; provided, however, that notices and other communications to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender pursuant to ARTICLE II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person.  In no event shall a voicemail message be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.

(b)           Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures.  Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile.  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, Administrative Agent and Lenders.  Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided, however, that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.

(c)           Electronic Communications.  Notices and other communications to the Lenders and L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  Administrative Agent or 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.  Unless Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 
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(d)           The Platform.  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT RELATED PERSONS DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT RELATED PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall any Agent Related Person have any liability to Borrower, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of Borrower’s or Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Related Person; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Related Person have any liability to Borrower, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(e)           Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders.  Administrative Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.  Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower.  All telephonic notices to and other communications with Administrative Agent may be recorded by Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

Section 10.3         No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

No failure by any Lender or Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 
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Section 10.4         Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes.

Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse Administrative Agent for all reasonable third party costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all reasonable Attorney Costs and third party costs and expenses in connection with the use of IntraLinks, Inc.  or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, and (b) to pay or reimburse Administrative Agent and each Lender for all reasonable third party costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement after the occurrence of an Event of Default, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such reasonable costs and expenses incurred during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs.  The foregoing third party costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by Administrative Agent or any Lender, but shall not include allocated costs of internal legal counsel or other employees for Administrative Agent or any Lender or fees and expenses of such internal legal counsel or other employees.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations.

Section 10.5         Indemnification by Borrower.

Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) the obligations of each Borrower expressed under any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby being or becoming void, voidable, unenforceable or ineffective as against any Borrower for any reason whatsoever, whether or not known to Administrative Agent or any Lender, the amount of such loss being the amount which Administrative Agent or the relevant Lender would otherwise have been entitled to recover from each Borrower, (c) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by Administrative Agent 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), (d) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (e) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demand, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee have any liability for any indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date).  The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.  All amounts due under this Section 10.5 shall be payable within ten (10) Business Days after demand.

 
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Section 10.6         Payments Set Aside.

To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Borrower is made to Administrative Agent or any Lender, or Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, the appointment of an Examiner or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment.

Section 10.7         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, except that Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 
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(b)           Any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption Agreement with respect to such assignment is delivered to Administrative Agent, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of outstanding Swing Line Loans, (iii) any assignment of a Commitment must be approved by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Lender (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee), and (iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500.  Upon request, Administrative Agent shall inform any Lender of an assignment to any Eligible Assignee.  Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, 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 Agreement, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement 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 Section 3.1, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 10.4, Section 10.5 and with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the date of such assignment).  Upon request, Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.  In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of Borrower and Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

(c)           Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower (such agency being solely for these purposes), shall maintain at Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts 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 Borrower, Administrative Agent and 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 Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 
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(d)           Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, Borrower or Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or a Defaulting Lender or a Person who would constitute a Defaulting Lender after giving effect to the assignment (each a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) Borrower, Administrative Agent 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, waiver or other modification described in the first provision to Section 10.1 that directly affects such Participant.  Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.1, Section 3.4 and Section 3.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.9 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender.

(e)           A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.1 or Section 3.4 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 Borrower’s prior written consent.

(f)           Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g)           If the consent of Borrower to an assignment to an Eligible Assignee is required hereunder (including a consent to an assignment which does not meet the minimum assignment threshold specified in clause (i) of the proviso to the first sentence of Section 10.7(b)), Borrower shall be deemed to have given its consent five (5) Business Days after the date notice thereof has been delivered to Borrower by the assigning Lender (through Administrative Agent) unless such consent is expressly refused by Borrower prior to such fifth Business Day.

(h)           As used herein, “Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; and (c) any other Person (other than a natural Person or a Defaulting Lender or a Person who would constitute a Defaulting Lender after giving effect to the assignment) approved by (i) Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower (such approval referred to in (i) and (ii) not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

 
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(i)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to Borrower and Lenders, resign in its capacity as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to Borrower, resign in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans (“Swing Line Lender”).  In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be.  If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of Administrative Agent as L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.3(c)).  If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of Administrative Agent as Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.4(c).  Borrower, Lenders and Bank of America agree that they shall amend this Agreement as necessary to reflect that Bank of America remains Administrative Agent for purposes of administering this Agreement, but has resigned in its capacity as L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender and another Lender(s) shall provides such service, including the obligation of the successor to Bank of America as L/C Issuer to issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or to make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.

Section 10.8         Confidentiality.

Each of Administrative Agent and 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 other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or under any other Loan Document; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations of a Loan Party; (g) with the consent of Borrower; (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 Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower; or (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization.  In addition, Administrative Agent and Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to Administrative Agent and Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party relating to any Loan Party or its business, other than any such information that is available to Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party; provided that, in the case of information received from any Loan Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified in writing 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.  Each of Administrative Agent, Lenders and L/C Issuer acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including Federal and state securities Laws.

 
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Section 10.9         Set-off.

In addition to any rights and remedies of Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party) 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 by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff..  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Borrower and Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

Section 10.10      Interest Rate Limitation.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”).  If Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to Borrower.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

Section 10.11      Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 10.12      Integration.

This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter.  In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of Administrative Agent or Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement.  Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

 
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Section 10.13      Survival of Representations and Warranties.

All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.  Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

Section 10.14      Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

Section 10.15      Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.

(a)           THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE;

PROVIDED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

(b)           ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND SITTING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS.  BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.  BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.

 
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Section 10.16      Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.

EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

Section 10.17      USA Patriot Act Notice.

Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower, which information includes the name and address of Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify Borrower in accordance with the Act.

Section 10.18      Time of the Essence.

Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.

Section 10.19      Right To Terminate.

Borrower shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time without penalty concurrent with or after the termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6, payment of all Obligations outstanding hereunder as of the date of termination and Cash Collateralization of all L/C Obligations outstanding hereunder as of the date of termination.  Upon such termination, Administrative Agent will provide a release of all Collateral to Borrower, which Borrower may record, as necessary, at its own expense.  For purposes of this Section, “penalty” does not include any fees or costs specifically provided for in this Agreement, including any amounts due under Section 3.5.

Section 10.20      Intercreditor Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that such Lender shall be bound by all of the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 
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Section 10.21      Limitation for German Companies.

Each Lender agrees to release the proceeds (i) from the enforcement of any guarantee or indemnity granted and (ii) from the enforcement of any joint and several liability in respect of Obligations of any other Borrower assumed, in each case, by a German Company under the Loan Documents where such German Company is constituted in the form of a German limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung - “GmbH”) and is not party to a domination agreement (Beherrschungsvertrag) as dominated entity (beherrschtes Unternehmen) with the relevant Affiliate whose Obligations are so guaranteed, indemnified or assumed or a limited partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft) with a GmbH as its sole general partner (Komplementär) (GmbH & Co. KG) (each a “Relevant German Company”) if and to the extent that (x) such guarantee or indemnity secures or such assumption of joint and several liability relates to the liabilities of an Affiliate other than the liabilities of any Subsidiary of a Relevant German Company and - for the avoidance of doubt – other than such Relevant German Company’s own Obligations and (y) the application of the enforcement proceeds towards the Obligations would otherwise cause the Relevant German Company’s or its general partner’s net assets to fall below its registered share capital (Stammkapital).  For the purposes of the calculation of any sums to be enforced, the following balance sheet items shall be adjusted as follows:

(i)           the amount of any increase of the Relevant German Company’s or its general partner’s registered share capital after the date of this Agreement that has been effected without prior written consent of Administrative Agent shall be deducted from the Relevant German Company’s or its general partner’s registered share capital;

(c)           loans provided to the Relevant German Company or its general partner by any group company shall be disregarded to the extent such loans are subordinated or are considered subordinated pursuant to section 32 of the German Limited Liabilities Act (Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung - GmbHG); and

(ii)           loans or other liabilities incurred in violation of the provisions of any Loan Document shall be disregarded.

In a situation where a Relevant German Company or its general partner does not have sufficient assets to maintain its registered share capital such Relevant German Company or its general partner shall dispose of all assets which are not necessary for its business (nicht betriebsnotwendig) on market terms where the relevant assets are shown in the balance sheet of such Relevant German Company or its general partner with a book value which is significantly lower that the market value of such assets.  The limitation pursuant to this clause Section 10.20 shall not apply if following the call of Guarantee obligations (Inanspruchnahme) by a Lender, the Relevant German Company or its general partner does not provide satisfactory evidence to the Lenders, in particular by submitting interim financial statements for the last completed month within 15 days following receipt of such call of Guarantee obligations, or following receipt of interim financial statements, by submitting audited financial statements up to the same month within 45 days following a further request by the Lenders.

Section 10.22      Judgment Currency.

If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.  The obligation of Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from Borrower in the Agreement Currency, Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).

 
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Schedule 2

SUBSIDIARIES

Name of Subsidiary
 
Hospitality Technologies, S.A.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Australia Pty Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Austria GmbH
 
MICROS-Fidelio Brazil, Ltda.
 
MICROS-Fidelio (Canada) Ltd.
 
MICROS Fidelio Chile, S.A.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Information Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
 
CommercialWare, Inc.
 
JTECH Communications, Inc.
 
TIG Global LLC
 
MICROS Fidelio Denmark ApS
 
MICROS Fidelio Finland Oy
 
Fidelio Cruise, Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio France, S.A.S.
 
MICROS-Fidelio GmbH
 
Fidelio Cruise GmbH
 
MICROS-Fidelio Hong Kong, Ltd.
 
Fidelio India Private Ltd.
 
PT. MICROS-Fidelio Indonesia
 
MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland), Ltd.
 
MICROS Fidelio Group Holdings Ltd.
 
MICROS Fidelio Israel Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Italia S.r.l.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Japan Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Korea Company Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Mexico S.A. de C.V.
 
Fry, Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Worldwide, Inc.
 
MICROS Fidelio Norway A/S
 
Datavantage Corporation
 
MICROS-Fidelio Poland Sp.Z.o.o.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Software Portugal, ULDA
 
MICROS Fidelio Caribbean, Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Singapore Pte Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio España S.L.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Sweden A.B.
 
Check-In Data A.G.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Thailand Co. Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio U.K. Ltd.
 
Micros Retail & Manufacturing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Micros Canada LLC
 
MICROS-Fidelio Luxembourg
 
Datavantage Technology Holdings Corp
 
TIG Global (UK) Ltd.
 
E-One Group LLC
 
MICROS-Fidelio Holdings Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio International Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Luxembourg SARL
 
MICROS-Fidelio (Cyprus) Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Investment Holdings Ireland Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Nevada LLC
 
Micros Special Distribution LLC
 
Grand Cayman Ltd.
 
Foreign Sales Corporation
 
MICROS-Fidelio Micronesia, Inc.
 
Advanced Retail Systems, S.A. de CV
 
MICROS-Fidelio Servicios S.A. de CV
 
Redsky IT Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Peru, S.A.
 
Fidelio Software U.K. Ltd.
 
MICROS Afrique Limited
 
MICROS Afrique SARL
 
MICROS-Fidelio Middle East SAE
 
MICROS-Fidelio Tunisia
 
Micros Systems Holding GmbH
 
MICROS-Fidelio Croatia
 
MICROS-Fidelio Hungary KFT
 
Gastrosystems S.R.O.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Datensysteme GmbH
 
Global Solutions Holdings AG
 
RoomWeb AG
 
MICROS-Fidelio Services et Maintenance
 
MICROS-Fidelio Mauritius Ltee
 
Hospitality Management Services (Lebanon)
 
MICROS-Fidelio Macau Ltd.
 
MICROS-Fidelio Software (Philippines) Inc.
 
MICROS-Fidelio New Zealand Ltd.
 
HotelBK, A.B.
 
Redsky IT Hale Ltd.
 
MarkBarr UK Ltd.
 
Redsky IT Hounslow Ltd.
 
Innsite International UK Ltd.
 
Greenbarr UK Ltd.
 
Champs Innsite UK Ltd.
 
Cara Consulting UK Ltd.
 
CPBS UK Ltd.
 
Redsky Birmingham Ltd UK
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
EX-21 6 v195421_ex21.htm
EXHIBIT 21

Name of Subsidiary
 
Jurisdiction of Incorporation
Hospitality Technologies, S.A.
 
Argentina
MICROS-Fidelio Australia Pty Ltd.
 
Australia
MICROS-Fidelio Austria GmbH
 
Austria
MICROS-Fidelio Brazil, Ltda.
 
Brazil
MICROS-Fidelio (Canada) Ltd.
 
Canada
MICROS Fidelio Chile, S.A.
 
Chile
MICROS-Fidelio Information Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
 
China
CommercialWare, Inc.
 
Delaware, USA
JTECH Communications, Inc.
 
Delaware, USA
TIG Global LLC
 
Delaware, USA
MICROS Fidelio Denmark ApS
 
Denmark
MICROS Fidelio Finland Oy
 
Finland
Fidelio Cruise, Inc.
 
Florida, USA
MICROS-Fidelio France, S.A.S.
 
France
MICROS-Fidelio GmbH
 
Germany
Fidelio Cruise GmbH
 
Germany
MICROS-Fidelio Hong Kong, Ltd.
 
Hong Kong
Fidelio India Private Ltd.
 
India
PT. MICROS-Fidelio Indonesia
 
Indonesia
MICROS-Fidelio (Ireland), Ltd.
 
Ireland
MICROS Fidelio Group Holdings Ltd.
 
Ireland
MICROS Fidelio Israel Ltd.
 
Israel
MICROS-Fidelio Italia S.r.l.
 
Italy
MICROS-Fidelio Japan Ltd.
 
Japan
MICROS-Fidelio Korea Company Ltd.
 
Korea
MICROS-Fidelio Mexico S.A. de C.V.
 
Mexico
Fry, Inc.
 
Michigan, USA
MICROS-Fidelio Worldwide, Inc.
 
Nevada, USA
MICROS Fidelio Norway A/S
 
Norway
Datavantage Corporation
 
Ohio, USA
MICROS-Fidelio Poland Sp.Z.o.o.
 
Poland
MICROS-Fidelio Software Portugal, ULDA
 
Portugal
MICROS Fidelio Caribbean, Inc.
 
Puerto Rico
MICROS-Fidelio Singapore Pte Ltd.
 
Singapore
MICROS-Fidelio España S.L.
 
Spain
MICROS-Fidelio Sweden A.B.
 
Sweden
Check-In Data A.G.
 
Switzerland
MICROS-Fidelio Thailand Co. Ltd.
 
Thailand
MICROS-Fidelio U.K. Ltd.
 
United Kingdom
Micros Retail & Manufacturing
 
United Kingdom

The Company has additional subsidiaries, which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary as of June 30, 2010.

 

 
EX-23.A 7 v195421_ex23a.htm
 EXHIBIT 23(a)

CONSENT OF VALUATION FIRM

We hereby consent to the inclusion in this Form 10-K of references to our valuation report relating to the estimation of fair value of certain auction rate securities held by the Company as of June 30, 2010 and 2009.

/s/Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc.
 
August 26, 2010
 

 

 
EX-23.B 8 v195421_ex23b.htm
EXHIBIT 23(b)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-157126, No. 333-149111, No. 333-140468, No. 333-131848, No. 333-123606, No. 333-112483, No. 333-83014 and No. 333-95615) of MICROS Systems, Inc. of our report dated August 27, 2010 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in this Form 10-K.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
Baltimore, Maryland
 
August 27, 2010
 

 

 
EX-31.A 9 v195421_ex31a.htm
EXHIBIT 31(a)

I, A.L. Giannopoulos, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of MICROS Systems, Inc.;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Date:  August 27, 2010
/s/ 
A.L. Giannopoulos
  A.L. Giannopoulos
  Chairman, President and
  Chief Executive Officer

 

 
EX-31.B 10 v195421_ex31b.htm
EXHIBIT 31(b)

I, Cynthia A. Russo, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of MICROS Systems, Inc.;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Date:  August 27, 2010
/s/ 
Cynthia A. Russo
  Cynthia A. Russo
  Executive Vice President, and
  Chief Financial Officer

 

 
EX-32.A 11 v195421_ex32a.htm
EXHIBIT 32(a)

Certification of Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of MICROS Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, A.L. Giannopoulos, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of MICROS Systems, Inc. (“Registrant”), certify that based on my knowledge:
 
(1)   The Form 10-K fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(2)   The information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 27, 2010
/s/ 
A.L. Giannopoulos
 
   
A.L. Giannopoulos
 

 

 
EX-32.B 12 v195421_ex32b.htm
EXHIBIT 32(b)

Certification of Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of MICROS Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Cynthia A. Russo, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer of MICROS Systems, Inc. (“Registrant”), certify that based on my knowledge:
 
(1)  The Form 10-K fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(2)  The information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 27, 2010
/s/ 
Cynthia A. Russo
 
   
Cynthia A. Russo
 
 
 

 
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