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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark one)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2008

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 0-14625

 

 

TECH DATA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Florida   No. 59-1578329

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

5350 Tech Data Drive, Clearwater, Florida   33760
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (727) 539-7429

 

 

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 such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated Filer  ¨     Non-accelerated Filer  ¨

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

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class

 

Outstanding at August 15, 2008

Common stock, par value $.0015 per share   50,493,358

 

 

 


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TECH DATA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Form 10-Q for the Three and Six Months Ended July 31, 2008

INDEX

 

          PAGE

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

   Financial Statements   
   Consolidated Balance Sheet    3
   Consolidated Statement of Operations    4
   Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows    5
   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements    6

Item 2.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    15

Item 3.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    24

Item 4.

   Controls and Procedures    25

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

   Legal Proceedings    25

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors    25

Item 2.

   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    25

Item 3.

   Defaults Upon Senior Securities    26

Item 4.

   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    26

Item 5.

   Other Information    26

Item 6.

   Exhibits    26

SIGNATURES

      27

EXHIBITS

     

CERTIFICATIONS

     

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

TECH DATA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)

 

     July 31,
2008
    January 31,
2008
 
     (Unaudited)        
ASSETS     

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 468,321     $ 447,340  

Accounts receivable, net

     2,757,981       2,659,446  

Inventories

     1,814,242       1,642,317  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     186,383       173,879  
                

Total current assets

     5,226,927       4,922,982  

Property and equipment, net

     127,527       129,139  

Goodwill

     18,367       2,966  

Other assets, net

     171,685       165,848  
                

Total assets

   $ 5,544,506     $ 5,220,935  
                
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY     

Current liabilities:

    

Revolving credit loans

   $ 56,919     $ 18,315  

Accounts payable

     2,533,411       2,288,740  

Current portion of long-term debt

     1,153       1,243  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     566,951       570,266  
                

Total current liabilities

     3,158,434       2,878,564  

Long-term debt

     363,724       363,639  

Other long-term liabilities

     65,485       58,011  
                

Total liabilities

     3,587,643       3,300,214  
                

Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)

    

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Common stock, par value $.0015; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 59,239,085 shares issued at July 31, 2008 and January 31, 2008

     89       89  

Additional paid-in capital

     739,558       737,759  

Treasury stock, at cost (8,752,610 shares at July 31, 2008 and 6,446,603 shares at January 31, 2008)

     (315,925 )     (236,960 )

Retained earnings

     995,242       948,596  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     537,899       471,237  
                

Total shareholders’ equity

     1,956,863       1,920,721  
                

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 5,544,506     $ 5,220,935  
                

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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TECH DATA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended July 31,     Six months ended July 31,  
     2008     2007     2008     2007  

Net sales

   $ 6,166,021     $ 5,613,308     $ 12,231,835     $ 11,015,385  

Cost of products sold

     5,866,905       5,338,997       11,638,052       10,485,826  
                                

Gross profit

     299,116       274,311       593,783       529,559  
                                

Operating expenses:

        

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     256,964       226,720       509,265       443,872  

Loss on disposal of subsidiaries

     —         4,284       —         13,121  

Restructuring charges

     —         16,602       —         16,149  
                                
     256,964       247,606       509,265       473,142  
                                

Operating income

     42,152       26,705       84,518       56,417  
                                

Other expense (income):

        

Interest expense

     7,144       6,131       14,263       14,181  

Discount on sale of accounts receivable

     590       784       1,140       3,423  

Interest income

     (2,621 )     (2,952 )     (5,224 )     (5,698 )

Net foreign currency exchange loss (gain)

     1,227       (121 )     1,970       (1,778 )
                                
     6,340       3,842       12,149       10,128  
                                

Income before income taxes and minority interest

     35,812       22,863       72,369       46,289  

Provision for income taxes

     12,914       16,652       27,793       30,176  
                                

Income before minority interest

     22,898       6,211       44,576       16,113  

Minority interest in net loss of joint venture

     782       1,031       2,070       1,031  
                                

Net income

   $ 23,680     $ 7,242     $ 46,646     $ 17,144  
                                

Income per common share:

        

Basic

   $ 0.45     $ 0.13     $ 0.89     $ 0.31  
                                

Diluted

   $ 0.45     $ 0.13     $ 0.88     $ 0.31  
                                

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

        

Basic

     52,109       55,080       52,473       55,021  
                                

Diluted

     52,427       55,487       52,766       55,410  
                                

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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TECH DATA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Six months ended July 31,  
     2008     2007  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Cash received from customers

   $ 12,219,809     $ 11,257,450  

Cash paid to suppliers and employees

     (12,041,914 )     (10,799,880 )

Interest paid, net

     (9,344 )     (9,603 )

Income taxes paid

     (28,595 )     (18,448 )
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     139,956       429,519  
                

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Acquisition of a business

     (68,212 )     —    

Expenditures for property and equipment

     (9,459 )     (9,796 )

Software and software development costs

     (8,562 )     (8,042 )
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (86,233 )     (17,838 )
                

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Proceeds from the reissuance of treasury stock

     1,137       6,469  

Cash paid for purchase of treasury stock

     (83,150 )     —    

Capital contribution from joint venture partner

     1,000       610  

Net borrowings (repayments) on revolving credit loans

     37,339       (61,549 )

Principal payments on long-term debt

     (1,002 )     (1,871 )

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

     —         101  
                

Net cash used in financing activities

     (44,676 )     (56,240 )
                

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     11,934       (3,409 )
                

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     20,981       352,032  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

     447,340       265,006  
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 468,321     $ 617,038  
                

Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 46,646     $ 17,144  
                

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Loss on disposal of subsidiaries

     —         13,121  

Depreciation and amortization

     27,766       25,911  

Provision for losses on accounts receivable

     7,853       5,460  

Stock-based compensation expense

     5,694       5,166  

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

     —         (101 )

Minority interest in net loss of joint venture

     (2,070 )     (1,031 )

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     (10,298 )     245,812  

Inventories

     (63,609 )     125,611  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (15,979 )     (26,906 )

Accounts payable

     172,469       41,363  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     (28,516 )     (22,031 )
                

Total adjustments

     93,310       412,375  
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 139,956     $ 429,519  
                

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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TECH DATA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1—BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Description of Business

Tech Data Corporation (“Tech Data” or the “Company”) is a leading provider of information technology (“IT”) products, logistics management and other value-added services. The Company distributes microcomputer hardware and software products to value-added resellers, direct marketers, retailers and corporate resellers. The Company is managed in two geographic segments: the Americas (including North America and Latin America) and Europe.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Tech Data and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Minority interest is recognized for the portion of a consolidated joint venture not owned by the Company. The Company operates on a fiscal year that ends on January 31.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Company prepares its financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. These principles require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, except as disclosed herein) necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of July 31, 2008 and its results of operations and cash flows for the six months ended July 31, 2008 and 2007.

Seasonality

The Company’s quarterly operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past and will likely continue to do so in the future as a result of currency fluctuations and seasonal variations in the demand for the products and services offered. Narrow operating margins may magnify the impact of these factors on our operating results. Recent historical seasonal variations have included an increase in European demand during our fiscal fourth quarter and decreased demand in other fiscal quarters, particularly quarters which include summer months. Given that approximately one half of the Company’s revenues are derived from Europe, the worldwide results closely follow the seasonality trends in Europe. Additionally, the life cycles of major products, as well as the impact of future acquisitions and dispositions, may also materially impact the Company’s business, financial condition, or results of operations. Therefore, the results of operations for the three and six months ended July 31, 2008 and 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for the entire fiscal year ending January 31, 2009.

Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income is defined as the change in equity (net assets) of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, and is comprised of “net income” and “other comprehensive income.” The Company’s other comprehensive income is comprised exclusively of changes in the Company’s currency translation adjustment account (“CTA account”), including income taxes attributable to those changes.

Comprehensive income, net of taxes, for the three and six months ended July 31, 2008 and 2007 is as follows:

 

     Three months ended July 31,    Six months ended July 31,
     2008    2007    2008    2007
     (In thousands)

Comprehensive income:

           

Net income

   $ 23,680    $ 7,242    $ 46,646    $ 17,144

Change in CTA(1)

     4,628      9,246      66,662      79,747
                           

Total

   $ 28,308    $ 16,488    $ 113,308    $ 96,891
                           

 

(1)

There were no income tax effects for the three and six months ended July 31, 2008 or 2007.

 

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Statement of Cash Flows

Short-term investments which have an original maturity of ninety days or less are considered cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) APB 14-1, “Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments that May be Settled in Cash Upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement)” (“FSP 14-1”). FSP 14-1 changes the accounting treatment for convertible debt instruments that require or permit partial cash settlement upon conversion. The accounting changes require issuers to separate convertible debt instruments into two components: a non-convertible bond and a conversion option. The separation of the conversion option creates an original issue discount in the bond component which is to be amortized as interest expense over the term of the instrument using the interest method, resulting in an increase to interest expense and a decrease in net income and earnings per share. The provisions of this FSP are effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning February 1, 2009 and require retrospective restatement of all periods presented. The Company has evaluated this standard and concluded that that it will be applicable to the Company’s $350.0 million convertible senior debentures issued in December 2006. The Company has estimated that the impact of the adoption of FSP 14-1 will be an increase in non-cash interest expense of approximately $10.0 million partially offset by the related tax benefit of approximately $4.0 million, resulting in a decrease in net income of approximately $6.0 million on an annualized basis during the period the debentures are outstanding through the Company’s assumed redemption date of December 20, 2011. The adoption of this FSP will have no impact on the Company’s consolidated cash flows.

In May 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” (“SFAS No. 162”). SFAS No. 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the accounting principles used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. This statement will be effective 60 days following the SEC’s approval of the Public Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411 “The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity with GAAP”. The impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements will not be material.

In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“SFAS No. 161”). SFAS No. 161 requires entities to provide greater transparency about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under FASB Statement No. 133 and its related interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The provisions of this statement are effective for periods beginning after November 15, 2008, and both early application and comparative disclosures are encouraged. The Company will implement the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 161 for all derivative activities beginning with the Company’s January 31, 2009 Form 10-K.

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141(R), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS

No. 141R”). SFAS No. 141R supercedes Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations,” and establishes principles and requirements as to how an acquirer in a business combination recognizes and measures in its financial statements: the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any controlling interest; goodwill acquired in the business combination; or a gain from a bargain purchase. SFAS No. 141R requires the acquirer to record contingent consideration at the estimated fair value at the time of purchase and establishes principles for treating subsequent changes in such estimates which could affect earnings in those periods. SFAS No. 141R also requires additional disclosure designed to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination and disallows the capitalization of acquisition costs. SFAS No. 141R is to be applied prospectively by the Company to business combinations beginning February 1, 2009 and early adoption is prohibited. The Company will implement the provisions of SFAS No. 141R for any acquisitions made by the Company subsequent to February 1, 2009.

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51” (“SFAS No. 160”). SFAS No. 160 establishes new accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and the accounting for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. SFAS No. 160 also clarifies that changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in deconsolidation are equity transactions if the parent retains its controlling financial interest and requires that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. The gain or loss will be measured using the fair value of the noncontrolling equity investment on the deconsolidation date. SFAS No. 160 also includes expanded disclosure requirements regarding the interests of the parent and its noncontrolling interest. SFAS No. 160 is effective for the Company beginning

 

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February 1, 2009. Early adoption is prohibited, but upon adoption SFAS No. 160 requires retrospective presentation and disclosure related to existing minority interests. The Company does not expect the impact of the adoption of SFAS No. 160 to be material.

In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Liabilities” (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits companies to make an election to carry certain eligible financial assets and liabilities at fair value, even if fair value measurement has not historically been required for such assets and liabilities under U.S. GAAP. The provisions of SFAS No. 159 became effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning February 1, 2008. The adoption of the provisions of SFAS No. 159 did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows as the Company elected not to record eligible instruments in the financial statements at their respective fair value.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The provisions of SFAS No. 157 became effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning February 1, 2008 and are applied prospectively. In February 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Staff Position Nos. 157-1 and 157-2 which partially deferred the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for one year for certain nonfinancial assets and liabilities and removed certain leasing transactions from the scope of SFAS No. 157. The adoption of the provisions of SFAS No. 157 did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows, but requires expanded disclosures regarding the Company’s fair value measurements. The additional disclosures required by SFAS No. 157 are included in Note 11 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments.

NOTE 2—EARNINGS PER SHARE (“EPS”)

The Company reports a dual presentation of basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the reported period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution related to equity-based incentives (as further discussed in Note 7 – Stock-Based Compensation) using the if-converted and treasury stock methods, where applicable. The composition of basic and diluted EPS is as follows:

 

     2008    2007

Three months ended July 31,

   Net
income
   Weighted
average
shares
   Per
share
amount
   Net
income
   Weighted
average
shares
   Per
share
amount
     (In thousands, except per share data)

Net income per common share-basic

   $ 23,680    52,109    $ 0.45    $ 7,242    55,080    $ 0.13
                         

Effect of dilutive securities:

                 

Equity-based awards

     —      318         —      407   
                             

Net income per common share-diluted

   $ 23,680    52,427    $ 0.45    $ 7,242    55,487    $ 0.13
                                     
     2008    2007

Six months ended July 31,

   Net
income
   Weighted
average
shares
   Per
share
amount
   Net
income
   Weighted
average
shares
   Per
share
amount
     (In thousands, except per share data)

Net income per common share-basic

   $ 46,646    52,473    $ 0.89    $ 17,144    55,021    $ 0.31
                         

Effect of dilutive securities:

                 

Equity-based awards

     —      293         —      389   
                             

Net income per common share-diluted

   $ 46,646    52,766    $ 0.88    $ 17,144    55,410    $ 0.31
                                     

In December 2006, the Company issued $350.0 million of convertible senior debentures due 2026. The dilutive impact of the $350.0 million convertible senior debentures does not impact earnings per share at either July 31, 2008 or 2007 as the conditions for the contingent conversion feature have not been met (see further discussion in Note 6—Revolving Credit Loans and Long-Term Debt).

 

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NOTE 3—ACQUISITION

In May 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of certain assets of Scribona, AB, a publicly-traded IT distribution company in the Nordic region of Europe, with operations in Sweden, Finland and Norway (“Scribona”). The acquisition expands the Company’s presence and leverages the Company’s infrastructure in the Nordic region of Europe. In conjunction with the acquisition, Tech Data will pay approximately $82.1 million in cash for the net value of the acquired assets including inventory and certain other assets and the assumption of certain liabilities. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations”, the entire purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the acquisition date, including $9.4 million of customer lists with estimated useful lives of seven years and $15.4 million of goodwill. The total purchase price is being paid in several installments, of which $68.2 million has been paid through July 31, 2008 and the final installment is to be paid in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. In addition, the asset purchase agreement also provides for an additional earn-out payment of up to $2.3 million, if certain performance objectives are met. Such payment, if any, will be recorded as an adjustment to the initial purchase price with a corresponding increase in goodwill.

Through July 31, 2008, the Company recognized $7.0 million of integration costs, primarily associated with customer transition, relocation initiatives, consulting and other integration activities related to the acquisition, which are included in “selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Company expects total integration costs to be approximately $9.5 million, all of which are anticipated to be incurred during fiscal 2009.

The operating results from the acquisition of certain assets of Scribona, AB, have been included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations subsequent to the date of acquisition.

NOTE 4—ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

Accounts receivable, net is comprised of the following:

 

     July 31,
2008
    January 31,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Accounts receivable

   $ 2,824,554     $ 2,723,592  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (66,573 )     (64,146 )
                

Total

   $ 2,757,981     $ 2,659,446  
                

Trade Receivables Purchase Facility Agreements

The Company has revolving trade receivables purchase facility agreements (the “Receivables Facilities”) with third-party financial institutions to sell accounts receivable on a non-recourse, uncommitted basis. The Company uses the Receivables Facilities as a source of working capital funding. The Receivables Facilities limit the amount of purchased accounts receivable the financial institutions may hold to $343.5 million at July 31, 2008, based on currency exchange rates at that date. Under the Receivables Facilities, the Company may sell certain accounts receivable (the “Receivables”) in exchange for cash less a discount based on LIBOR plus a margin. Such transactions have been accounted for as a true sale in accordance with SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities”. The Receivables Facilities, which have various expiration dates, require that the Company continue to service, administer and collect the sold accounts receivable.

During the three and six months ended July 31, 2008, the Company received gross proceeds of $208.0 million and $416.9 million, respectively, from the sale of the Receivables and recognized related discounts totaling $0.6 million and $1.1 million for the respective periods. During the three and six months ended July 31, 2007, the Company received gross proceeds of $249.0 million and $562.0 million, respectively, from the sale of the Receivables and recognized related discounts totaling $0.8 million and $3.4 million for the respective periods. The proceeds, net of the discount incurred, are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in operating activities within cash received from customers and the change in accounts receivable.

NOTE 5—LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF SUBSIDIARIES

During the three months ended July 31, 2007, the Company executed an agreement for the sale of the Israel operations at an amount approximating local currency net book value. The sale of the entity was completed in the third quarter of fiscal 2008. During the three and six months ended July 31, 2007, the Company recorded a loss on disposal of this subsidiary of $3.7 million, which includes a $2.7 million impairment on the Company’s investment in Israel due to a foreign currency exchange loss (previously recorded in shareholders’ equity as accumulated other comprehensive income) and $1.0 million for costs related to the sale. These costs are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as “loss on disposal of subsidiaries”, which is a component of operating income. In addition, Israel had operating income of approximately $0.2 million during the six months ended July 31, 2007.

 

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In March 2007, the Company made the decision to close its operations in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”). The closure of the UAE was substantially completed by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2008. During the six months ended July 31, 2007, the Company recorded a loss on disposal of this subsidiary of $9.4 million ($8.8 million recorded during the first quarter of fiscal 2008), which includes an $8.4 million impairment on the Company’s investment in the UAE due to a foreign currency exchange loss (previously recorded in shareholders’ equity as accumulated other comprehensive income) and $1.0 million for severance costs and fixed asset write-offs. These costs are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as “loss on disposal of subsidiary”, which is a component of operating income. In addition, the UAE incurred operating losses of approximately $2.5 million during the six months ended July 31, 2007, comprised primarily of inventory write-downs and occupancy-related expenses.

NOTE 6—REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Revolving Credit Loans

 

     July 31,
2008
   January 31,
2008
     (In thousands)

Receivables Securitization Program, interest rate of 3.03% at July 31, 2008, expiring December 2008

   $ —      $ —  

Multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility, interest rate of 3.09% at July 31, 2008, expiring March 2012

     —        —  

Other uncommitted revolving credit facilities, average interest rate of 5.52% at July 31, 2008, expiring on various dates throughout fiscal 2009

     56,919      18,315
             

Total

   $ 56,919    $ 18,315
             

The Company has an agreement (the “Receivables Securitization Program”), amended in December 2007, with a syndicate of banks that allows the Company to transfer an undivided interest in a designated pool of U.S. accounts receivable, on an ongoing basis, to provide security or collateral for borrowings up to a maximum of $305.0 million. Under this program, which expires in December 2008, the Company legally isolates certain U.S. trade receivables into a wholly-owned bankruptcy remote special purpose entity. Such receivables, which are recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheet, totaled $588.2 million and $510.5 million at July 31, 2008 and January 31, 2008, respectively. As collections reduce accounts receivable balances included in the pool, the Company may transfer interests in new receivables to bring the amount available to be borrowed up to the maximum. The Company pays interest on advances under the Receivables Securitization Program at designated commercial paper rates plus an agreed-upon margin. The Company plans to renew this program prior to its expiration date.

Under the terms of the Company’s Multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility with a syndicate of banks, amended in March 2007, the Company is able to borrow funds in major foreign currencies up to a maximum of $250.0 million. Under this facility, which expires in March 2012, the Company has provided either a pledge of stock or a guarantee of certain of its significant subsidiaries. The Company pays interest on advances under this facility at the applicable LIBOR rate plus a margin based on the Company’s credit ratings. The Company can fix the interest rate for periods of seven to 180 days under various interest rate options.

In addition to the facilities described above, the Company has additional lines of credit and overdraft facilities to support its worldwide operations. These additional lines of credit and overdraft facilities total approximately $652.3 million, of which $56.9 million was outstanding at July 31, 2008. Most of these facilities are provided on an unsecured, short-term basis and are reviewed periodically for renewal.

The total capacity of the aforementioned credit facilities is approximately $1.2 billion. The Company’s credit agreements contain limitations on the amounts of annual dividends and repurchases of common stock. Additionally, the credit agreements require compliance with certain warranties and covenants. The financial ratio covenants contained within the credit agreements include a debt to capitalization ratio, an interest to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, deprecation and amortization) ratio and a tangible net worth requirement. At July 31, 2008, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants. The ability to draw funds under these credit facilities is dependent upon sufficient collateral (in the case of the Receivables Securitization Program) and meeting the aforementioned financial covenants, which may limit the Company’s ability to draw the full amount of these facilities. As of July 31, 2008, the maximum amount that could be borrowed under these facilities, in consideration of the availability of collateral and the financial covenants, was approximately $767.5 million.

 

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At July 31, 2008, the Company had issued standby letters of credit of $31.6 million. These letters of credit typically act as a guarantee of payment to certain third parties in accordance with specified terms and conditions. The issuance of these letters of credit reduces the Company’s available capacity under the above mentioned facilities by the same amount.

Long-Term Debt

 

     July 31,
2008
    January 31,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Convertible senior debentures, interest at 2.75% payable semi-annually, due December 2026

   $ 350,000     $ 350,000  

Capital leases

     14,877       14,882  
                
     364,877       364,882  

Less—current maturities

     (1,153 )     (1,243 )
                

Total

   $ 363,724     $ 363,639  
                

In December 2006, the Company issued $350.0 million of convertible senior debentures due 2026. The debentures bear interest at 2.75% per year. The Company will pay interest on the debentures on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2007. In addition, beginning with the period commencing on December 20, 2011, and ending on June 15, 2012, and for each six-month period thereafter, the Company will pay contingent interest on the interest payment date for the applicable interest period, if the market price of the debentures exceeds specified levels. The convertible senior debentures are convertible into the Company’s common stock and cash anytime after June 15, 2026, or i) if the market price of the common stock, as defined, exceeds 135% of the conversion price per share of common stock, or ii) if the Company calls the debentures for redemption, or iii) upon the occurrence of certain defined corporate transactions. Holders have the right to convert the debentures into cash and shares at a conversion rate equal to 18.4310 shares per $1,000 principal amount of debentures, equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $54.26 per share. Additionally, the debentures are senior, unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The debentures are effectively subordinated to all of the Company’s existing and future secured debt and are structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and other liabilities of its subsidiaries. The proceeds from the offering were used to pay off short-term debt and for other general corporate purposes.

NOTE 7—STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company accounts for equity-based compensation in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payments” (“SFAS No. 123R”). For the six month ended July 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company recorded $5.7 million and $5.2 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense, which is included in “selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

At July 31, 2008, the Company had awards outstanding from four equity-based compensation plans, only one of which is currently active and which authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 9.5 million shares, including approximately 3.3 million shares available for future grants. Under the plans, the Company is authorized to award officers, employees, and non-employee members of the Board of Directors restricted stock, options to purchase common stock, maximum value stock-settled stock appreciation rights (“MV Stock-settled SARs”), maximum value stock options (“MVOs”) and performance awards that are dependent upon achievement of specified performance goals. Equity-based compensation awards have a maximum term of 10 years, unless a shorter period is specified by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors or is required under local law. Awards under the plans are priced as determined by the Compensation Committee and, under the terms of the Company’s active equity-based compensation plan, the Compensation Committee is required to price the awards at, or above, the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Awards generally vest between one and four years from the date of grant.

A summary of the activity of the Company’s restricted stock activity for the six months ended July 31, 2008 is as follows:

 

Outstanding at January 31, 2008

   576,027  

Granted

   300,590  

Vested

   (90,641 )

Canceled

   (146,511 )
      

Outstanding at April 30, 2008

   639,465  

Granted

   36,210  

Vested

   (14,916 )

Canceled

   (21,486 )
      

Outstanding at July 31, 2008

   639,273  
      

 

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A summary of the activity of the Company’s MV Stock-settled SARs, MVOs and stock options for the six months ended July 31, 2008 is as follows:

 

Outstanding at January 31, 2008

   5,963,599  

Exercised

   (11,594 )

Canceled

   (476,556 )
      

Outstanding at April 30, 2008

   5,475,449  

Exercised

   (28,875 )

Canceled

   (97,135 )
      

Outstanding at July 31, 2008

   5,349,439  
      

The Company’s policy is to utilize shares of its treasury stock, to the extent available, for the exercise or vesting of equity awards.

NOTE 8—SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

In June 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $100.0 million of the Company’s common stock. During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company repurchased 2,420,145 shares at an average of $34.36 per share, for a total cost, including expenses, of $83.2 million.

The Company’s share repurchases were made on the open market through block trades or otherwise and the number of shares purchased and the timing of the purchases were based on working capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors, including alternative investment opportunities. Shares repurchased by the Company are held in treasury for general corporate purposes, including issuances under equity incentive and employee benefit plans.

NOTE 9—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Synthetic Lease Facility

The Company has a synthetic lease facility (the “Synthetic Lease”) with a group of financial institutions under which the Company leases certain logistics centers and office facilities from a third-party lessor. During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company renewed its existing Synthetic Lease with a new lease agreement that expires in June 2013. Properties leased under the Synthetic Lease are located in Clearwater and Miami, Florida; Fort Worth, Texas; Fontana, California; Suwanee, Georgia; Swedesboro, New Jersey; and South Bend, Indiana. The Synthetic Lease has been accounted for as an operating lease and rental payments are calculated at the applicable LIBOR rate plus a margin based on the Company’s credit ratings.

During the first four years of the lease term, the Company may, at its option, purchase any combination of the seven properties, at an amount equal to each of the property’s cost, as long as the lease balance does not decrease below a defined amount. During the last year of the lease term, until 180 days prior to the lease expiration, the Company may, at is option, i) purchase a minimum of two of the seven properties, at an amount equal to each of the property’s cost, ii) exercise the option to renew the lease for a minimum of two of the seven properties or iii) exercise the option to remarket a minimum of two of the seven properties and cause a sale of the properties. If the Company elects to remarket the properties, it has guaranteed the lessor a percentage of the cost of each property, in the aggregate amount of approximately $107.4 million (the “residual value”). The Company has also provided a residual value guarantee related to the Synthetic Lease, which has been recorded at the estimated fair value of the residual guarantee.

The sum of future minimum lease payments under the Synthetic Lease is approximately $26.7 million. The Synthetic Lease contains covenants that must be complied with, similar to the covenants described in certain of the credit facilities discussed in Note 6—Revolving Credit Loans and Long-Term Debt. As of July 31, 2008, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants.

Guarantees

As is customary in the IT industry, to encourage certain customers to purchase products from Tech Data, the Company has arrangements with certain finance companies that provide inventory financing facilities to the Company’s customers. In conjunction with certain of these arrangements, the Company would be required to purchase certain inventory in the event the inventory is repossessed from the customers by the finance companies. As the Company does not have access to information

 

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regarding the amount of inventory purchased from the Company still on hand with the customer at any point in time, the Company’s repurchase obligations relating to inventory cannot be reasonably estimated. Repurchases of inventory by the Company under these arrangements have been insignificant to date. The Company believes that, based on historical experience, the likelihood of a material loss pursuant to these inventory repurchase obligations is remote.

Contingencies

The Company is subject to various other legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company’s management does not expect that the outcome in any of these other legal proceedings, individually or collectively, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

NOTE 10—SEGMENT INFORMATION

Tech Data operates predominately in a single industry segment as a distributor of IT products, logistics management, and other value-added services. While the Company operates primarily in one industry, because of its global presence, the Company is managed by its geographic segments. The Company’s geographic segments include the Americas (including North America and Latin America) and Europe. The Company assesses performance of and makes decisions on how to allocate resources to its operating segments based on multiple factors including current and projected operating income and market opportunities. The Company does not consider stock-based compensation expense recognized under SFAS No. 123R in assessing the performance of its operating segments, and therefore the Company is reporting stock-based compensation expense as a separate amount. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 1—Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

Financial information by geographic segment is as follows:

 

     Three months ended
July 31,
    Six months ended
July 31,
 
     2008     2007     2008     2007  
     (In thousands)     (In thousands)  

Net sales to unaffiliated customers:

        

Americas

   $ 2,804,637     $ 2,900,670     $ 5,500,575     $ 5,396,800  

Europe

     3,361,384       2,712,638       6,731,260       5,618,585  
                                

Total

   $ 6,166,021     $ 5,613,308     $ 12,231,835     $ 11,015,385  
                                

Operating income (loss):(1) (2) 

        

Americas

   $ 39,476     $ 45,227     $ 80,199     $ 83,729  

Europe

     5,687       (16,009 )     10,013       (22,146 )

Stock-based compensation expense recognized under SFAS No. 123R

     (3,011 )     (2,513 )     (5,694 )     (5,166 )
                                

Total

   $ 42,152     $ 26,705     $ 84,518     $ 56,417  
                                

Depreciation and amortization:

        

Americas

   $ 4,661     $ 4,334     $ 9,530     $ 8,624  

Europe

     9,034       8,358       18,236       17,287  
                                

Total

   $ 13,695     $ 12,692     $ 27,766     $ 25,911  
                                

Capital expenditures:

        

Americas

   $ 4,347     $ 6,626     $ 8,337     $ 10,506  

Europe

     5,676       3,769       9,684       7,332  
                                

Total

   $ 10,023     $ 10,395     $ 18,021     $ 17,838  
                                

Identifiable assets:

        

Americas

   $ 1,925,391     $ 2,083,293     $ 1,925,391     $ 2,083,293  

Europe

     3,619,115       2,787,912       3,619,115       2,787,912  
                                

Total

   $ 5,544,506     $ 4,871,205     $ 5,544,506     $ 4,871,205  
                                

Goodwill (3)

        

Americas

   $ 2,966     $ 2,966     $ 2,966     $ 2,966  

Europe

     15,401       —         15,401       —    
                                

Total

   $ 18,367     $ 2,966     $ 18,367     $ 2,966  
                                

 

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(1) For the three and six months ended July 31, 2008, the amounts shown above include $3.0 million and $7.0 million, respectively, of consulting and integration costs related to the acquisition of certain assets of Scribona, AB (see Note 3 – Acquisition).

For the three and six months ended July 31, 2007, the amounts shown above include $0.6 million and $9.4 million, respectively, of costs related to the exit of the Company’s UAE operations included in Loss on Disposal of Subsidiary and $5.0 million of operating losses and $2.5 million of operating income, respectively, related to the UAE (see also Note 5 – Loss on Disposal of Subsidiaries).

For the three and six months ended July 31, 2007, the amounts shown above also include $3.7 million of costs related to the sale of the Company’s Israel operations included in Loss on Disposal of Subsidiary and $0.7 million of operating losses and $0.2 million of operating income for the three and six months ended July 31, 2007, respectively, related to Israel (see also Note 5 – Loss on Disposal of Subsidiaries).

 

(2) For the three and six months ended July 31, 2007, the amounts shown above include $16.6 million and $16.1 million, respectively, of restructuring charges. For the three and six months ended July 31, 2007, $16.9 million of these restructuring charges related to the closure of the Moers logistics center and $(0.3) million and $(.8) million, respectively, are the result of changes in estimates related to the European restructuring program completed in October 2006.

 

(3) Europe’s goodwill balance at July 31, 2008 represents $15.4 million associated with the purchase of certain assets of Scribona, AB in May 2008 (see Note 3 – Acquisition).

NOTE 11—FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Effective February 1, 2008, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157 which applies to financial assets and liabilities that are being measured and reported on a fair value basis and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The adoption of SFAS No. 157 for financial assets and liabilities had no effect on the Company’s existing fair-value measurement practices but requires disclosure of a fair-value hierarchy of inputs used to value an asset or a liability. The three levels of the fair-value hierarchy include: Level 1 – quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities; Level 2 – inputs other than quoted market prices included in level 1 above that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and, Level 3 – unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

The Company’s forward foreign exchange contracts are measured on a recurring basis based on foreign currency spot rates and forward rates quoted by banks or foreign currency dealers (level 2 criteria) and are marked-to-market each period with gains and losses on these contracts recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations within “net foreign currency exchange loss (gain)” in the period in which their value changes, with the offsetting amount for unsettled positions being included in either “other current assets” or “other current liabilities” in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The change in the fair value of the Company’s foreign exchange forward contracts for the three and six months ended July 31, 2008 was a loss of $1.6 million and a gain of $4.1 million, respectively, which is offset by the change in the fair value of the underlying hedged assets or liabilities.

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these items. The carrying amount of debt outstanding pursuant to revolving debt and similar bank credit agreements approximates fair value as interest rates on these instruments approximate current market rates (level 2 criteria).

The $350.0 million of convertible senior debentures are carried at cost. The estimated fair value of these convertible senior debentures was approximately $324.6 million at July 31, 2008, based upon quoted market information (level 1 criteria).

 

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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”), contains forward-looking statements, as described in the “safe harbor” provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those projected. These forward-looking statements regarding future events and the future results of Tech Data Corporation are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industries in which we operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth and trends in our businesses, and other characterizations of future events or circumstances, are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Readers are referred to the cautionary statements and important factors discussed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2008, for further information. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following:

 

   

competition

 

   

narrow profit margins

 

   

dependence on information systems

 

   

acquisitions and dispositions

 

   

exposure to natural disasters, war and terrorism

 

   

dependence on independent shipping companies

 

   

impact of increases in freight and handling fee charges to customers

 

   

labor strikes

 

   

risk of declines in inventory value

 

   

product availability

 

   

vendor terms and conditions

 

   

loss of significant customers

 

   

customer credit exposure

 

   

need for liquidity and capital resources; fluctuations in interest rates

 

   

foreign currency exchange rates; exposure to foreign markets

 

   

changes in income tax and other regulatory legislation

 

   

changes in accounting rules

 

   

volatility of common stock price

Overview

Tech Data is a leading distributor of information technology (“IT”) products, logistics management and other value-added services. We distribute microcomputer hardware and software products to value-added resellers, corporate resellers, direct marketers and retailers. Our offering of value-added customer services includes training and technical support, external financing options, configuration services, outbound telemarketing, marketing services and a suite of electronic commerce solutions. We manage our business in two geographic segments: the Americas (including North America and Latin America) and Europe.

Our strategy is to leverage our efficient cost structure combined with our multiple service offerings to generate demand and cost efficiencies for our suppliers and customers. The IT distribution industry in which we operate is characterized by narrow gross profit as a percentage of sales (“gross margin”) and narrow income from operations as a percentage of sales (“operating margin”). Historically, our gross and operating margins have been impacted by intense price competition, as well as changes in terms and conditions with our suppliers, including those terms related to rebates and other incentives and price protection. We expect these competitive pricing pressures to continue in the foreseeable future, and therefore, we will continue to evaluate our pricing

 

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policies and terms and conditions offered to our customers in response to changes in our vendors’ terms and conditions and the general market environment. We will continue to focus on not only disciplined pricing and purchasing practices, but also on realigning our customer and vendor portfolio to help drive long-term profitability throughout all of our operations. As we continue to evaluate our existing pricing policies and make future changes, if any, within our customer or vendor portfolio, we may experience moderated sales growth or sales declines. In addition, increased competition and changes in general economic conditions within the markets in which we conduct business may hinder our ability to maintain and/or improve gross margin from its current level.

From a balance sheet perspective, we require working capital primarily to finance accounts receivable and inventory. We have historically relied upon debt, trade credit from our vendors, and accounts receivable financing programs for our working capital needs. We believe our balance sheet at July 31, 2008 was one of the strongest in the industry, with a debt to capital ratio (calculated as total debt divided by the aggregate of total debt and total shareholders’ equity) of 18%.

Throughout the first half of fiscal 2009, we continued to make measurable progress towards improving our profitability in our European operations and exceeded our second quarter operating income targets. We were also pleased with achieving year-over-year sales growth in Europe (on a euro basis) when recent indicators have pointed to a relatively soft macro demand environment in the region. In the Americas, we saw heightened competitive pricing conditions and felt pressure from continued economic softness in the region. As a result, our second quarter revenue growth and operating margin in the region fell short of recent levels achieved in the region as well as our expectations for the quarter. We continued to make strategic investments in the Americas, such as increasing our investment in SAP surrounding warehouse management and financial systems in the region.

We believe our strategy focused on execution, diversification and innovation will provide further improvements to our financial results. However, there continues to be uncertainty surrounding the economic environment and its impact on future demand for IT products. This economic uncertainty coupled with a very competitive pricing environment, especially in the Americas, may hinder our ability to improve our operating margins. As a result, we are constantly monitoring the factors that we can control, including our management over costs and capital spending and we will continue to work to selectively grow our net sales, profitability and market share. We will also continue to make targeted strategic investments across our operations in IT enhancements, sales coverage programs and new business opportunities.

In May 2008, we completed the acquisition of certain assets of Scribona, AB, a publicly–traded IT distributor in the Nordic region of Europe, with operations in Sweden, Finland and Norway (“Scribona”). The acquisition expands the Company’s presence in the Nordics. In connection with the acquisition, we will pay approximately $82.1 million in cash for the net value of the acquired assets including inventory and certain other assets and the assumption of certain liabilities. The total purchase price is being paid in several installments, of which $68.2 million has been paid through July 31, 2008 and the final installment is to be paid in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. The asset purchase agreement also provides for an additional earn-out payment of up to $2.3 million if certain future performance objectives are met.

Through July 31, 2008, we have recognized approximately $7.0 million of integration costs, primarily associated with customer transition, relocation initiatives, consulting and other integration activities related to the acquisition, which are included in “selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. We expect total integration costs to be approximately $9.5 million, all of which are anticipated to be incurred during fiscal 2009. While this acquisition is not anticipated to have a material impact on our fiscal 2009 results of operations, we believe the acquisition is an important step in our strategy to drive growth and leverage our infrastructure in the European region.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The information included within MD&A is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures. On an on-going basis, we evaluate these estimates, including those related to bad debts, inventory, vendor incentives, goodwill and intangible assets, deferred taxes, and contingencies. Our estimates and judgments are based on currently available information, historical results, and other assumptions we believe are reasonable. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates. We believe the critical accounting policies discussed below affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Accounts Receivable

We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. In estimating the required allowance, we take into consideration the overall quality and aging of the receivable portfolio, the existence of credit insurance and specifically identified customer risks. Also influencing our estimates are the following: (1) the large number of customers and their dispersion across wide geographic areas; (2) the fact that no single

 

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customer accounts for more than 10% of our net sales; (3) the value and adequacy of collateral received from customers, if any and 4) our historical loss experience. If actual customer performance were to deteriorate to an extent not expected by us, additional allowances may be required which could have an adverse effect on our consolidated financial results. Conversely, if actual customer performance were to improve to an extent not expected by us, a reduction in allowances may be required which could have a favorable effect on our consolidated financial results.

Inventory

We value our inventory at the lower of its cost or market value, with cost being determined on the first-in, first-out method. We write down our inventory for estimated obsolescence equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon an aging analysis of the inventory on hand, specifically known inventory-related risks (such as technological obsolescence and the nature of vendor terms surrounding price protection and product returns), foreign currency fluctuations for foreign-sourced product, and assumptions about future demand. Market conditions or changes in terms and conditions by our vendors that are less favorable than those projected by management may require additional inventory write-downs, which could have an adverse effect on our consolidated financial results.

Vendor Incentives

We receive incentives from vendors related to cooperative advertising allowances, infrastructure funding, volume rebates and other incentive agreements. These incentives are generally under quarterly, semi-annual or annual agreements with the vendors; however, some of these incentives are negotiated on an ad-hoc basis to support specific programs mutually developed with the vendor. Unrestricted volume rebates and early payment discounts received from vendors are recorded when they are earned as a reduction of inventory and as a reduction of cost of products sold as the related inventory is sold. Vendor incentives earned for specifically identified cooperative advertising programs and infrastructure funding are recorded as adjustments to selling, general and administrative expenses, and any amounts earned in excess of the related cost is recorded in the same manner as unrestricted volume rebates, as discussed above.

We also provide reserves for receivables on vendor programs for estimated losses resulting from vendors’ inability to pay or rejections by vendors of claims. Should amounts recorded as outstanding receivables from vendors be deemed uncollectible, additional allowances may be required which could have an adverse effect on our consolidated financial results.

Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Other Long-Lived Assets

The carrying value of goodwill is reviewed at least annually for impairment and may also be reviewed more frequently if current events and circumstances indicate a possible impairment. An impairment loss is charged to expense in the period identified. We also examine the carrying value of our intangible assets with finite lives, which includes capitalized software and development costs, purchased intangibles, and other long-lived assets as current events and circumstances warrant determining whether there are any impairment losses. If indicators of impairment are present and future cash flows are not expected to be sufficient to recover the assets’ carrying amount, an impairment loss is charged to expense in the period identified. Factors that may cause a goodwill, intangible asset or other long-lived asset impairment include negative industry or economic trends and significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results. Our valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, estimating the net present value of the projected cash flows of our reporting units. If actual results are substantially lower than our projections underlying these assumptions, or if market discount rates substantially increase, our future valuations could be adversely affected, potentially resulting in future impairment charges.

Income Taxes

We record valuation allowances to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. In assessing the adequacy of a recorded valuation allowance, we consider all positive and negative evidence and a variety of factors including the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, historical and projected future taxable income, and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. If we determine we would be able to use a deferred tax asset in the future in excess of its net carrying value, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance would be made to reduce income tax expense, thereby increasing net income in the period such determination was made. Should we determine that we are unable to realize all or part of our net deferred tax assets in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance would be made to income tax expense, thereby reducing net income in the period such determination was made.

Contingencies

We accrue for contingent obligations, including estimated legal costs, when the obligation is probable and the amount is reasonably estimable. As facts concerning contingencies become known, we reassess our position and make appropriate adjustments to the financial statements. Estimates that are particularly sensitive to future changes include those related to tax, legal, and other regulatory matters such as imports and exports, the imposition of international governmental controls, changes in

 

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the interpretation and enforcement of international laws (in particular related to items such as duty and taxation), and the impact of local economic conditions and practices, which are all subject to change as events evolve and as additional information becomes available during the administrative and litigation process.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the discussion on recent accounting pronouncements.

Results of Operations

We do not consider stock-based compensation expense recognized under SFAS No. 123R (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payments” in assessing the performance of our operating segments, therefore the Company is reporting this as a separate amount. The following table summarizes our net sales, change in net sales and operating income by geographic region for the three and six months ended July 31, 2008 and 2007:

 

     Three months ended
July 31, 2008
  Three months ended
July 31, 2007
     $     % of net sales   $     % of net sales

Net sales by geographic region ($ in thousands):

        

Americas

   $ 2,804,637    

  45.5 %

  $ 2,900,670    

  51.7 %

Europe

     3,361,384    

  54.5 %

    2,712,638    

  48.3 %

                        

Worldwide

   $ 6,166,021    

100.0 %

  $ 5,613,308    

100.0 %

                        
     Six months ended
July 31, 2008
  Six months ended
July 31, 2007
     $     % of net sales   $     % of net sales

Net sales by geographic region ($ in thousands):

        

Americas

   $ 5,500,575    

  45.0 %

  $ 5,396,800    

  49.0 %

Europe

     6,731,260    

  55.0 %

    5,618,585    

  51.0 %

                        

Worldwide

   $ 12,231,835    

100.0 %

  $ 11,015,385    

100.0 %

                        
     Three months ended
July 31,
  Six months ended
July 31,
     2008     2007   2008     2007

Year-over-year increase (decrease) in net sales (%):

        

Americas

      (3.3)%    

16.7 %

      1.9%    

11.5 %

Europe (US$)

     23.9 %    

10.3 %

    19.8%    

11.3 %

Europe (euro)

       7.4 %    

  3.4 %

      3.7%    

  2.7 %

Worldwide

       9.8 %    

13.6 %

    11.0%    

11.4 %

     Three months ended
July 31, 2008
  Three months ended
July 31, 2007
     $     % of net sales   $     % of net sales

Operating income (loss) ($ in thousands):

        

Americas

   $ 39,476    

1.41 %

  $ 45,227    

 1.56 %

Europe

     5,687    

0.17 %

    (16,009 )   (0.59)%

Stock-based compensation expense recognized under SFAS No. 123R

     (3,011 )   (0.05)%     (2,513 )   (0.04)%
                    

Worldwide

   $ 45,152    

 0.68 %

  $ 26,705    

  0.48 %

                    

 

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     Six months ended
July 31, 2008
  Six months ended
July 31, 2007
     $     % of net sales   $     % of net sales

Operating income (loss) ($ in thousands):

        

Americas

   $ 80,199    

1.46 %

  $ 83,729    

 1.55 %

Europe

     10,013    

0.15 %

    (22,146 )   (0.39)%

Stock-based compensation expense recognized under SFAS No. 123R

     (5,694 )   (0.05)%     (5,166 )   (0.05)%
                    

Worldwide

   $ 84,518    

0.69 %

  $ 56,417    

 0.51 %

                    

We sell many products purchased from the world’s leading peripheral, system and networking manufacturers and software publishers. Products purchased from Hewlett Packard approximated 29% of our net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2009, 30% of our net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, 27% of our net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 and 29% of our net sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2008.

The following table sets forth our Consolidated Statement of Operations as a percentage of net sales for the three and six months ended July 31, 2008 and 2007, as follows:

 

     Three months ended
July 31,
    Six months ended
July 31,
 
     2008     2007     2008     2007  

Net sales

   100.00 %   100.00 %   100.00 %   100.00 %

Cost of products sold

   95.15     95.11     95.15     95.19  
                        

Gross profit

   4.85     4.89     4.85     4.81  
                        

Operating expenses:

        

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   4.17     4.03     4.16     4.03  

Loss on disposal of subsidiaries

   —       .08     —       .12  

Restructuring charges

   —       .30     —       .15  
                        
   4.17     4.41     4.16     4.30  
                        

Operating income

   .68     .48     .69     .51  
                        

Other expense (income):

        

Interest expense

   .12     .11     .12     .13  

Discount on sale of accounts receivable

   —       .01     —       .03  

Interest income

   (.04 )   (.05 )   (.04 )   (.05 )

Net foreign currency exchange loss (gain)

   .02     —       .02     (.02 )
                        
   .10     .07     .10     .09  
                        

Income before income taxes and minority interest

   .58     .41     .59     .42  

Provision for income taxes

   .21     .30     .23     .27  
                        

Income before minority interest

   .37     .11     .36     .15  

Minority interest in net loss of joint venture

   .01     .02     .02     .01  
                        

Net income

   .38 %   .13 %   .38 %   .16 %
                        

Three and six months ended July 31, 2008 and 2007

Net Sales

Our consolidated net sales were $6.2 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 9.8% when compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2008. On a regional basis, during the second quarter of fiscal 2009, net sales in the Americas decreased by 3.3%, when compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2008 and increased by 23.9% in Europe (an increase of 7.4% on a euro basis). On a year-to-date basis, net sales were $12.2 billion during the first semester of fiscal 2009, an increase of 11.0% compared to the first semester of fiscal 2008. Regionally, net sales in the Americas increased by 1.9% and Europe increased 19.8% (increase of 3.7% on a euro basis) during the first semester of 2009 as compared to the same period of the prior year.

 

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Our sales performance on a euro basis in Europe during both the second quarter and first semester of fiscal 2009 is primarily the result of the inclusion of slightly over two months of business from Scribona AB during the quarter, sales growth in our German operation, and solid growth in several of our other country operations, offset by softening in the economic environment within several countries. Our sales in the Americas during the second quarter and first semester of fiscal 2009 are primarily the result of softer demand throughout the region and heightened competitive pricing conditions, especially surrounding larger volume orders. We saw several instances throughout the quarter where we declined large sales opportunities as their pricing levels did not meet our profitability requirements.

Gross Profit

Gross profit as a percentage of net sales (“gross margin”) decreased slightly to 4.85% during the second quarter of fiscal 2009 from 4.89% in the second quarter of fiscal 2008. On a year-to-date basis, gross margin was 4.85%, an increase of .04% of net sales, or 4 basis points, compared to the first semester of fiscal 2008. Our disciplined pricing, inventory management and sales practices were the primary reasons for our relatively stable gross margin performance for the respective periods.

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

SG&A as a percentage of net sales increased to 4.17% in the second quarter of fiscal 2009, compared to 4.03% in the second quarter of fiscal 2008. On a year-to-date basis, SG&A as a percentage of net sales increased to 4.16% compared to 4.03% in the comparable semester of the prior year. The increase in SG&A as a percentage of sales for both the second quarter and first semester of fiscal 2009 is primarily the result of our investments to support our strategic sales growth and productivity initiatives, as well as our acquisition of certain assets from Nordic-based Scribona, AB and the related consulting and integration costs of $3.0 million and $7.0 million in the second quarter and first semester of fiscal 2009, respectively.

In absolute dollars, worldwide SG&A increased by $30.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2008 and increased by $65.4 million in the first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to the same period of the prior year. The year-over-year increase in SG&A is primarily attributable to the stronger euro versus the U.S. dollar and the factors discussed above.

Loss on Disposal of Subsidiary

We incurred losses on the disposal of subsidiaries of $4.3 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2008 for charges related to both the closure of our UAE operations and the sale of our Israel operations, the latter of which was completed in the third quarter of fiscal 2008. The $4.3 million loss includes $0.6 million of severance costs related to the closure of our UAE operations and a $3.7 million loss related to the pending sale of our Israel operations. The $3.7 million loss related to the sale of our Israel operations includes a $2.7 million impairment on our investment in Israel due to a foreign currency exchange loss (previously recorded in shareholders’ equity as a component of other comprehensive income) and $1.0 million in selling costs (see further discussion in Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).

We incurred losses on the disposal of subsidiaries of $13.1 million during the first semester of fiscal 2008 for charges related to both the closure of our UAE operations and the sale of our Israel operations. The $13.1 million loss includes $9.4 million of losses related to the closure of our UAE operations and a $3.7 million loss related to the sale of our Israel operations. The loss related to the closure of our UAE operations includes an $8.4 million impairment on our investment in the UAE due to a foreign currency exchange loss (previously recorded in shareholders’ equity as a component of other comprehensive income) and $1.0 million in severance costs and certain asset write-offs related to the exit. See discussion above regarding the $3.7 million loss related to the sale of our Israel operations.

Restructuring Charges

Restructuring charges during the first quarter and semester of fiscal 2008 consisted of the following:

 

   

During the quarter ended July 31, 2007, we exited our German logistics facility and recorded $16.9 million in restructuring charges related to the closure, comprised of $8.3 million of workforce reductions and $8.6 million for facility costs and other fixed asset write-offs.

 

   

In May 2005, we announced a formal restructuring program to better align the European operating cost structure with the business environment at the time. As of October 31, 2006, the initiatives related to the European restructuring program had been substantially completed. During the second quarter and first semester of fiscal 2008, we recorded a $0.3 million credit and a $0.8 million credit, respectively, related to changes in estimates of previously recorded restructuring accruals.

 

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Interest Expense, Discount on Sale of Accounts Receivable, Interest Income, Foreign Currency Exchange Gains/Losses

Interest expense increased 16.5% to $7.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to $6.1 million in the second quarter of the prior year. On a year-to-date basis, interest expense increased 0.6% to $14.3 million in the first semester of fiscal 2009 from $14.2 million in the prior year. The increase in interest expense during the second quarter of fiscal 2009 is attributable to an increase in interest rates on revolving credit loans in certain jurisdictions and an increase in the average outstanding debt balances. The relatively stable interest expense during the first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to 2008 can be attributed to the factors outlined above with respect to our second quarter, being partially offset by the impact of lower relative interest rates and outstanding debt balances during our first quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to 2008.

The discount related to the accounts receivable sold under our trade receivable purchase facility agreements was $0.6 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to $0.8 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2008. On a year-to-date basis, the discount on the sale of accounts receivable was $1.1 million in the first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to $3.4 million in the first semester of fiscal 2008. The decrease in the discount on sale of accounts receivables is primarily related to a decrease in the average balance of accounts receivables sold during both the second quarter and first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to the same periods of the prior fiscal year.

Interest income decreased 11.2% to $2.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 from $3.0 million in the second quarter of the prior year. On a year-to-date basis, interest income decreased 8.3% to $5.2 million in the first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to $5.7 million in the same period of the prior year. The decrease in interest income during the second quarter and first semester of fiscal 2009 is primarily attributable to a decrease in the average cash balances invested during both the second quarter and first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to the same periods of the prior year.

We realized a net foreign currency exchange loss of $1.2 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to a net foreign currency exchange gain of $0.1 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2008. On a year-to-date basis, we realized a net foreign currency exchange loss of $2.0 million compared to a $1.8 million foreign currency exchange gain in the prior year. We recognize net foreign currency exchange gains and losses primarily due to the fluctuation in the value of the U.S. dollar versus the euro, and to a lesser extent, versus other currencies. It continues to be our goal to minimize foreign currency exchange gains and losses through an effective hedging program. Our hedging policy prohibits speculative foreign currency exchange transactions.

Minority Interest in Net Loss of Joint Venture

Minority interest in net loss of joint venture for the three and six months ended July 31, 2008 was $0.8 million and $2.1 million, respectively, compared to $1.0 million for both the three and six months ended July 31, 2007. The minority interest represents Brightstar Corporation’s share of the joint venture losses as the joint venture is a consolidated subsidiary in our financial statements. The joint venture commenced sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2008, however, sales to date, while growing, have not been significant.

Provision for Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate was 36.1% in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 and 72.8% in the second quarter of fiscal 2008. Our effective tax rate was 38.4% in the first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to 65.2% for the same period in the prior fiscal year. The decrease in our effective tax rates for both the second quarter and first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to the same periods of the prior year is primarily the result of the relative mix of earnings and losses within the taxing jurisdictions in which we operate around the world.

On an absolute dollar basis, the provision for income taxes decreased 22.5% to $12.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to $16.7 million in the same period of fiscal 2008 and decreased 7.9% to $27.8 million for the first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to $30.2 million in the first semester of fiscal 2008. The decrease in both periods is primarily the result of lower taxable income in the Americas.

The effective tax rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% during these periods due to the relative mix of earnings or losses within the tax jurisdictions in which we operate around the world, such as: a) losses in tax jurisdictions where we are not able to record a tax benefit; b) earnings in tax jurisdictions where we have previously recorded a valuation allowance on deferred tax assets; and c) earnings in lower-tax jurisdictions throughout the world for which no U.S. taxes have been provided because such earnings are planned to be reinvested indefinitely outside the U.S.

 

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The overall effective tax rate will continue to be dependent upon the geographic distribution of our worldwide earnings or losses and changes in tax laws or interpretations of these laws in these operating jurisdictions. We monitor the various assumptions and tax laws utilized in estimating our annual effective tax rate and make adjustments, if required, throughout the year. If actual results differ from the assumptions utilized in estimating our annual income tax rates, future income tax expense could be materially affected.

Our future effective tax rates could be adversely affected by lower earnings than anticipated in countries with lower statutory rates, changes in the relative mix of taxable income and taxable loss jurisdictions, changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets or liabilities or changes in tax laws or interpretations thereof. In addition, our income tax returns are subject to continuous examination by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes. To the extent we prevail in matters for which accruals have been established or are required to pay amounts in excess of such accruals, our effective tax rate could be materially affected.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The following table summarizes our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended July 31, 2008 and 2007:

 

     Six months ended
July 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     (In thousands)  

Net cash flow provided by (used in):

    

Operating activities

   $ 139,956     $ 429,519  

Investing activities

     (86,233 )     (17,838 )

Financing activities

     (44,676 )     (56,240 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     11,934       (3,409 )
                

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

   $ 20,981     $ 352,032  
                

Net cash provided by operating activities was $140.0 million for the first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to $429.5 million for the same period of the prior year. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities during the first semester of fiscal 2009 compared to the same period of the prior year is primarily due to the timing of both cash receipts from our customers and payments to our vendors. The reduction in cash flow from operating activities can largely be attributed to improved growth (and corresponding working capital requirements) within our European operations during the second quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to fiscal 2008, working capital requirements associated with our Scribona AB acquisition and an increase in our “net cash days” on a year-over-year basis, as further discussed below.

We manage working capital by monitoring several key metrics, including our cash conversion cycle (also referred to as “net cash days”) and owned inventory levels. Our net cash days are defined as days of sales outstanding in accounts receivable (“DSO”) plus days of supply on hand in inventory (“DOS”), less days of purchases outstanding in accounts payable (“DPO”). Owned inventory is calculated as the difference between our inventory and accounts payable balances divided into the inventory balance. Our net cash days were 30 days at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to 27 days at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2008. Our owned inventory level (the percentage of inventory not financed by vendors) was a negative 40% at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2009, meaning our accounts payable balances exceeded our inventory balances by 40%. This compares to negative owned inventory of 43% at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2008. While we saw an increase in our net cash days at July 31, 2008 compared to July 31, 2007, as stated previously above, this increase was largely due to the timing of receipts from our customers and purchases of inventory from and related payments to our vendors, as the overall quality of our accounts receivable, inventory and accounts payable portfolios remained at acceptable levels.

The following table presents the components of our cash conversion cycle for the quarters ended July 31, 2008 and 2007:

 

     Three months ended
July 31,
     2008   2007

Days of sales outstanding

   41   38

Days of supply in inventory

   28   25

Days of purchases outstanding

   (39)   (36)
        

Cash conversion cycle (days)

   30   27
        

 

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Net cash used in investing activities of $86.2 million during the first semester of fiscal 2009 was the result of $68.2 million of cash payments made related to the acquisition of certain assets of Scribona, AB in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 and $18.0 million of expenditures for the continuing expansion and upgrading of our IT systems, office facilities and equipment for our logistics centers. We expect to make total capital expenditures of approximately $42.0 million during fiscal 2009 for equipment and machinery in our logistics centers, office facilities and IT systems.

Net cash used in financing activities of $44.7 million during the first semester of fiscal 2009 reflects $83.2 million of cash used in the repurchase of 2,420,145 shares of our common stock, offset by $36.3 million of net borrowings on our revolving credit lines and long-term debt, $1.1 million in proceeds received for the reissuance of treasury stock related to exercises of equity-based incentives and purchases made through our Employee Stock Purchase Plan and $1.0 million of capital contributions from our partner in the European joint venture discussed above.

As of July 31, 2008, we maintained a Receivables Securitization Program with a syndicate of banks, which expires in December 2008, which allows us to transfer an undivided interest in a designated pool of U.S. accounts receivable, on an ongoing basis, to provide security or collateral for borrowings up to $305.0 million. We pay interest (rate of 3.03% at July 31, 2008) on the Receivables Securitization Program at designated commercial paper rates plus an agreed-upon margin. Additionally, we maintained a $250.0 million Multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility with a syndicate of banks, amended in March 2007, which expires in March 2012. We pay interest (rate of 3.09% at July 31, 2008) under this facility at the applicable LIBOR rate plus a margin based on our credit ratings. In addition to these credit facilities, we maintained lines of credit and overdraft facilities totaling approximately $652.3 million at July 31, 2008 (average interest rate on the borrowing was 5.52% at July 31, 2008).

The total capacity of the aforementioned credit facilities was approximately $1.2 billion, of which $56.9 million was outstanding at July 31, 2008. Our credit agreements contain limitations on the amounts of annual dividends and repurchases of common stock. Additionally, the credit agreements require compliance with certain warranties and covenants. The financial ratio covenants contained within the credit agreements include a debt to capitalization ratio, an interest to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) ratio, and a tangible net worth requirement. At July 31, 2008, we were in compliance with all such covenants. The ability to draw funds under these credit facilities is dependent upon sufficient collateral (in the case of the Receivables Securitization Program) and meeting the aforementioned financial covenants, which may limit our ability to draw the full amount of these facilities. As of July 31, 2008, the maximum amount that could be borrowed under these facilities, in consideration of the availability of collateral and the financial covenants, was approximately $767.5 million.

At July 31, 2008, we had issued standby letters of credit of $31.6 million. These letters of credit typically act as a guarantee of payment to certain third parties in accordance with specified terms and conditions. The issuance of these letters of credit reduces our available capacity under the above mentioned facilities by the same amount.

In December 2006, we issued $350.0 million of convertible senior debentures due 2026. The debentures bear interest at 2.75% per year. We will pay interest on the debentures on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2007. The debentures are senior, unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The debentures are effectively subordinated to all of our existing and future secured debt and are structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and other liabilities of our subsidiaries. The proceeds from the offering were used to pay off short-term debt and for other general corporate purposes.

In June 2008, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $100.0 million of our common stock. During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, we repurchased 2,420,145 shares at an average of $34.36 per share, for a total cost, including expenses, of $83.2 million. For our share repurchase program, the number of shares purchased and the timing of the purchases was based on working capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors, including alternative investment opportunities. Shares we repurchase are held in treasury for general corporate purposes, including issuances under employee equity incentive plans.

Our debt to capital ratio was 18% at July 31, 2008. We believe that our existing sources of liquidity, including cash resources and cash provided by operating activities, supplemented as necessary with funds available under our credit arrangements, will provide sufficient resources to meet our present and future working capital and cash requirements for at least the next 12 months. The Company will continue to need additional financing, including debt financing. The Company’s credit facilities contain various financial and other covenants that may limit the Company’s ability to borrow or limit the Company’s flexibility in responding to business conditions.

See further discussion of our credit facilities, convertible senior debentures and standby letters of credit in Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Synthetic Lease Facility

We have a synthetic lease facility (the “Synthetic Lease”) with a group of financial institutions under which we lease certain logistics centers and office facilities from a third-party lessor. During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, we renewed our existing Synthetic Lease with a new lease agreement that expires in June 2013. Properties leased under the Synthetic Lease are located in Clearwater and Miami, Florida; Fort Worth, Texas; Fontana, California; Suwanee, Georgia; Swedesboro, New Jersey; and South Bend, Indiana. The Synthetic Lease has been accounted for as an operating lease and rental payments are calculated at the applicable LIBOR rate plus a margin based on our credit ratings.

During the first four years of the lease term, we may, at our option, purchase any combination of the seven properties, at an amount equal to each of the property’s cost, as long as the lease balance does not decrease below a defined amount. During the last year of the lease term, until 180 days prior to the lease expiration, we may, at our option, i) purchase a minimum of two of the seven properties, at an amount equal to each of the property’s cost, ii) exercise the option to renew the lease for a minimum of two of the seven properties or iii) exercise the option to remarket a minimum of two of the seven properties and cause a sale of the properties. If we elect to remarket the properties, we have guaranteed the lessor a percentage of the cost of each property, in the aggregate amount of approximately $107.4 million (the “residual value”). We have also provided a residual value guarantee related to the Synthetic Lease, which has been recorded at the estimated fair value of the residual guarantee.

The sum of future minimum lease payments under the Synthetic Lease is approximately $26.7 million. The Synthetic Lease contains covenants that must be complied with, similar to the covenants described in certain of the credit facilities. As of July 31, 2008, we were in compliance with all such covenants.

Trade Receivables Purchase Facility Agreements

We have revolving trade receivables purchase facility agreements (the “Receivables Facilities”) with third-party financial institutions to sell accounts receivable on a non-recourse, uncommitted, basis. We use the Receivables Facilities as a source of working capital funding. The Receivables Facilities limit the amount of purchased accounts receivable the financial institutions may hold to $343.5 million at July 31, 2008, based on currency exchange rates at that date. Under the Receivables Facilities, we may sell certain accounts receivable (the “Receivables”) in exchange for cash less a discount based on LIBOR plus a margin.

During the three and six months ended July 31, 2008, we received gross proceeds of $208.0 million and $416.9 million, respectively, from the sale of the Receivables and recognized related discounts totaling $0.6 million and $1.1 million for the respective periods. During the three and six months ended July 31, 2007, we received gross proceeds of $249.0 million and $562.0 million, respectively, from the sale of the Receivables and recognized related discounts totaling $0.8 million and $3.4 million for the respective periods. The proceeds, net of the discount incurred, are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in operating activities within cash received from customers and the change in accounts receivable.

Guarantees

As is customary in the IT industry, to encourage certain customers to purchase product from us, we have arrangements with certain finance companies that provide inventory-financing facilities for our customers. In conjunction with certain of these arrangements, we have agreements with the finance companies that would require us to repurchase certain inventory, which might be repossessed from the customers by the finance companies. Repurchases of inventory by the Company under these arrangements have been insignificant to date. In addition, we provide additional financial guarantees to finance companies on behalf of certain customers. The majority of these guarantees are for an indefinite period of time, where we would be required to perform if the customer is in default with the finance company. As of July 31, 2008 and January 31, 2008, the aggregate amount of guarantees under these arrangements totaled approximately $15.8 million and $19.4 million, respectively, of which approximately $11.6 million and $14.7 million, respectively, was outstanding. We believe that, based on historical experience, the likelihood of a material loss pursuant to both of the above guarantees is remote.

Additionally, in connection with the sale of the Azlan training business in March 2006, we remain as a guarantor on several of the related facility lease obligations with the lessors of such properties. The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that we could be required to make under the guarantees is approximately $6.2 million as of July 31, 2008. We believe that the likelihood of a material loss pursuant to these guarantees is remote.

We also provide residual value guarantees related to the Synthetic Lease which have been recorded at the estimated fair value of the residual guarantees.

 

ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

For a description of the Company’s market risks, see “Item 7a. Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. No material changes have occurred in our market risks since January 31, 2008.

 

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ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, with the participation the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of July 31, 2008. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of July 31, 2008. There were no material changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during the second quarter of fiscal 2009.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings

Prior to fiscal 2004, one of the Company’s European subsidiaries was audited in relation to various value-added tax (“VAT”) matters. As a result of those audits, the subsidiary has received notices of assessment that allege the subsidiary did not properly collect and remit VAT. It is management’s opinion, based upon the opinion of outside legal counsel, that the Company has valid defenses related to a substantial portion of these assessments. Although the Company is vigorously pursuing administrative and judicial action to challenge the assessments, no assurance can be given as to the ultimate outcome. The resolution of such assessments could be material to the Company’s operating results for any particular period, depending upon the level of income for such period.

The Company is subject to various other legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company’s management does not expect the outcome in any of these other legal proceedings, individually or collectively, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

ITEM 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2008, which could materially affect our business, financial position and results of operations.

As of July 31, 2008, the Company added the following risk factor to the risk factors referred to above in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2008:

Impact of Increases in Freight and Handling Fee Charges to Customers

The Company is in the process of implementing new policies concerning freight and handling fees to customers. These new policies are designed to help offset increasing transportation costs incurred by the Company. Given the competitive nature of the markets in which the Company operates, these policies may result in customers seeking alternative sources for their IT products, and therefore, could have an adverse effect on the Company’s sales.

 

ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use Of Proceeds

In June 2008, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $100.0 million of the Company’s common stock. The share repurchases to date were made on the open market, through block trades or otherwise. The number of shares purchased and the timing of the purchases was based on working capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors, including alternative investment opportunities. In conjunction with the $100.0 million share repurchase program, the Company executed a 10b5-1 plan that instructs the broker selected by the Company to repurchase shares on behalf of the Company. The amount of common stock repurchased in accordance with the 10b5-1 plan on any given trading day is determined by a formula in the plan, which is based on the market price of the Company’s common stock. Shares repurchased by the Company are held in treasury for general corporate purposes, including issuances under equity incentive and benefit plans.

 

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The following table presents information with respect to purchases of common stock by the Company under the share repurchase program during the quarter ended July 31, 2008:

 

     Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Period

   Total number of
shares purchased
   Average price paid
per share
   Total numbers of shares
purchased as part of publicly

announced plan or programs
   Maximum dollar
value of shares
that may yet

be purchased under
the plan or programs

May 1 – May 31, 2008

   —          —      —     

June 1 – June 30, 2008

   1,178,473    $34.87    1,178,473   

July 1 – July 31, 2008

   1,241,672      33.87    1,241,672   
                     

Total

   2,420,145    $34.36    2,420,145    $ 16,849,791
                     

 

ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. Submission Of Matters To A Vote Of Security Holders

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. Other Information

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits

 

10-BBa

  Third Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated June 27, 2008

10-BBb

  Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated June 27, 2008

10-BBc

  Third Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated June 27, 2008

31-A

  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), As Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31-B

  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), As Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32-A

  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32-B

  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

TECH DATA CORPORATION     
            (Registrant)     

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ ROBERT M. DUTKOWSKY

   Chief Executive Officer; Director   September 2, 2008
Robert M. Dutkowsky     

/s/ JEFFERY P. HOWELLS

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Director (principal financial officer)   September 2, 2008
Jeffery P. Howells     

/s/ JOSEPH B. TREPANI

   Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer)   September 2, 2008
Joseph B. Trepani     

 

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EX-10.BBA 2 dex10bba.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 27, 2008 Third Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated June 27, 2008

Exhibit 10-BBa

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 27, 2008

between

SUNTRUST BANK,

as Lessor

and

TECH DATA CORPORATION,

as Lessee

This Third Amended and Restated Lease Agreement is subject to a security interest in favor of SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, as Agent (the “Agent”) under a Third Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of June 27, 2008, among SunTrust Bank and the Agent, as further amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time. This Third Amended and Restated Lease Agreement has been executed in several counterparts. To the extent, if any, that this Third Amended and Restated Lease Agreement constitutes chattel paper (as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction), no security interest in this Third Amended and Restated Lease Agreement may be created through the transfer or possession of any counterpart other than the original counterpart containing the receipt therefor executed by the Agent on the signature page hereof.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I

      1

Section 1.1. Definitions

   1

ARTICLE II

      1

Section 2.1. Property

   1

Section 2.2. Lease Term

   1

Section 2.3. Title

   2

Section 2.4. Lease Supplements

   2

Section 2.5. Subsidiaries as Lessee

   2

ARTICLE III

      2

Section 3.1. Rent

   2

Section 3.2. Payment of Basic Rent

   3

Section 3.3. Supplemental Rent

   3

Section 3.4. Performance on a Non-Business Day

   3

Section 3.5. Rent Payment Provisions

   3

ARTICLE IV

      4

Section 4.1. Utility Charges; Taxes

   4

ARTICLE V

      4

Section 5.1. Quiet Enjoyment

   4

ARTICLE VI

      4

Section 6.1. Net Lease

   4

Section 6.2. No Termination or Abatement

   5

ARTICLE VII

      5

Section 7.1. Ownership of the Properties

   5

ARTICLE VIII

      6

Section 8.1. Condition of the Properties

   6

Section 8.2. Possession and Use of the Properties

   7

ARTICLE IX

      8

Section 9.1. Compliance with Legal Requirements and Insurance Requirements

   8

ARTICLE X

      8

Section 10.1. Maintenance and Repair; Return

   8

Section 10.2. Environmental Inspection

   9

ARTICLE XI

      10

Section 11.1. Modifications

   10

ARTICLE XII

      10

Section 12.1. Warranty of Title

   10

ARTICLE XIII

      11

Section 13.1. Permitted Contests Other Than in Respect of Indemnities

   11

ARTICLE XIV

      11

Section 14.1. Public Liability and Workers’ Compensation Insurance

   11

Section 14.2. Hazard and Other Insurance

   12

Section 14.3. Coverage

   12

Section 14.4. Additional Insurance Requirements

   13

ARTICLE XV

      13

Section 15.1. Casualty and Condemnation

   13

 

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Section 15.2. Environmental Matters

   15

Section 15.3. Notice of Environmental Matters

   15

ARTICLE XVI

      15

Section 16.1. Termination Upon Certain Events. If any of the following occur

   15

Section 16.2. Procedures

   16

ARTICLE XVII

      16

Section 17.1. Lease Events of Default

   16

Section 17.2. Surrender of Possession

   19

Section 17.3. Reletting

   19

Section 17.4. Damages

   20

Section 17.5. Final Liquidated Damages

   20

Section 17.6. Waiver of Certain Rights

   21

Section 17.7. Assignment of Rights Under Contracts

   21

Section 17.8. Environmental Costs

   21

Section 17.9. Remedies Cumulative

   22

Section 17.10. Notice of Default or Event of Default

   22

Section 17.11. Lessee’s Option to Cure by Purchase of All Properties

   22

Section 17.12. Liability Limited

   22

ARTICLE XVIII

      22

Section 18.1. Lessor’s Right to Cure Lessee’s Lease Defaults

   22

ARTICLE XIX

      22

Section 19.1. No Termination With Respect to Less than All of a Property

   23

ARTICLE XX

      23

Section 20.1. Purchase Prior to End of Term; Purchase, Renewal or Sale Option; Purchase of Excess Land

   23

ARTICLE XXI

      24

Section 21.1. Renewal

   24

ARTICLE XXII

      25

Section 22.1. Sale Procedure

   25

Section 22.2. Application of Proceeds of Sale

   27

Section 22.3. Indemnity for Excessive Wear

   27

Section 22.4. Appraisal Procedure

   28

Section 22.5. Certain Obligations Continue

   28

ARTICLE XXIII

      28

Section 23.1. Risk of Loss

   28

ARTICLE XXIV

      28

Section 24.1. Assignment

   28

Section 24.2. Subleases

   29

ARTICLE XXV

      30

Section 25.1. No Waiver

   30

ARTICLE XXVI

      30

Section 26.1. Acceptance of Surrender

   30

Section 26.2. No Merger of Title

   30

ARTICLE XXVII

      30

Section 27.1. Notices

   30

 

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ARTICLE XXVIII

      30

Section 28.1. Miscellaneous

   30

Section 28.2. Amendments and Modifications

   30

Section 28.3. Successors and Assigns

   30

Section 28.4. Headings and Table of Contents

   31

Section 28.5. Counterparts

   31

Section 28.6. GOVERNING LAW

   31

Section 28.7. Calculation of Rent

   31

Section 28.8. Memoranda of Lease and Lease Supplements

   31

Section 28.9. Allocations between the Financing Parties

   31

Section 28.10. Limitations on Recourse

   31

Section 28.11. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL

   31

Section 28.12. Original Leases

   32

Section 28.13. Mortgage Grant and Remedies

   32

Section 28.14. Exercise of Lessor Rights

   32

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT

THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT (as further amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, this “Lease”), dated as of June 27, 2008, is between SUNTRUST BANK, having its principal office at c/o SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, 303 Peachtree Street, 26th Floor, MC 3951, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, as lessor (the “Lessor”), and TECH DATA CORPORATION, a Florida corporation, having its principal place of business at 5350 Tech Data Drive, Clearwater, Florida, as lessee (the “Lessee”).

WITNESSETH:

A. WHEREAS, the SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, as lessor (the “Prior Lessor”), and Lessee entered into a Second Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Lease”), pursuant to which the Prior Lessor leased certain Properties to Lessee (or to certain Subsidiaries acting as alternative lessees); and

B. WHEREAS, the Lessor, contemporaneously herewith, shall acquire the Properties, subject to the Existing Lease; and

C. WHEREAS, the Lessee desires to renew the Existing Lease, and Lessee and Lessor desire to amend and restate the Existing Lease on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

D. WHEREAS, Lessor desires to continue to lease to Lessee (or to certain alternative Lessees permitted by Section 2.5), and Lessee desires to continue to lease (or cause such alternative Lessees to lease) from Lessor, each Property;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Existing Lease is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, and the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Section 1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Lease have the respective meanings specified in Appendix A to the Third Amended and Restated Participation Agreement of even date herewith (as such may be further amended, modified, supplemented, restated and/or replaced from time to time, the “Participation Agreement”) among the Lessee, the Lessor, the Lenders party thereto and the Agent.

ARTICLE II

Section 2.1. Property. Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth and contained in the respective Lease Supplement relating to each Property, Lessor hereby leases to Lessee and Lessee hereby leases from Lessor, each Property.

Section 2.2. Lease Term. The term of this Lease with respect to each Property (the “Term”) has previously commenced and shall end on June 27, 2013 (the “Basic Term Expiration Date”), unless the Term is earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Lease or unless this Lease shall be renewed in accordance with Section 21.1.


Section 2.3. Title. Each Property is leased to Lessee without any representation or warranty, express or implied, by Lessor and subject to the rights of parties in possession (if any), the existing state of title (including, without limitation, the Permitted Exceptions) and all applicable Legal Requirements. Lessee shall in no event have any recourse against Lessor for any defect in Lessor’s title to any Property other than for Lessor Liens.

Section 2.4. Lease Supplements. Lessee and Prior Lessor previously executed and delivered a Lease Supplement for each Property, which Lease Supplements are being assigned to Lessor effective as of the date hereof. Lessee hereby consents to such assignment, and Lessee and Lessor hereby acknowledge that such Lease Supplements, as so assigned to Lessor, remain in full force and effect. Lessee agrees to promptly execute and deliver such assignments, consents and acknowledgements as Lessor shall reasonably request to evidence and record such assignment by Prior Lessor to Lessor.

Section 2.5. Subsidiaries as Lessee. Subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the delivery of such agreements and documents as the Administrative Agent may require (including without limitation the Guaranty of Tech Data), documents perfecting the liens of the Lessor, Agent and Financing Parties under the Operative Agreements and written opinions of counsel for the Lessee and any applicable Subsidiary, a Subsidiary of Tech Data may become party to this Lease as a Lessee (each, an “alternative Lessee”) of a Property, and shall be liable (jointly and severally with Tech Data) for all obligations as Lessee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) Tech Data shall remain fully liable for all obligations as Lessee with respect to each Property, and (b) Tech Data, as and on behalf of the Lessee with respect to each Property, shall have the right to give any notice, consent or waiver, to exercise any option permitted under any Operative Agreement, and to agree to any amendment or modification with respect to any Operative Agreement or any Property (and each alternative Lessee hereby grants to Tech Data an irrevocable power-of-attorney to take any such actions) without the necessity of obtaining any consent of any alternative Lessee, and any other party to the Operative Agreements shall be fully protected in relying on any such actions taken by Tech Data or (with respect to the applicable Property) by an alternative Lessee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Operative Agreement may be amended or modified without obtaining the consent of any alternative Lessee.

ARTICLE III

Section 3.1. Rent.

(a) Lessee shall pay Basic Rent on each Payment Date, and on any date on which this Lease shall terminate with respect to any or all Properties during the Term.

(b) Basic Rent shall be due and payable in lawful money of the United States and shall be paid in immediately available funds on the due date therefor (or within the applicable grace period) to such account or accounts as Lessor shall from time to time direct.


(c) Lessee’s inability or failure to take possession of all or any portion of any Property when it was delivered by Lessor, whether or not attributable to any act or omission of the Lessor, Lessee or any other Person, or for any other reason whatsoever, shall not delay or otherwise affect Lessee’s obligation to pay Rent for such Property in accordance with the terms of this Lease.

Section 3.2. Payment of Basic Rent. Basic Rent shall be paid absolutely net to Lessor or its designee, so that this Lease shall yield to Lessor the full amount of Basic Rent, without setoff, deduction or reduction.

Section 3.3. Supplemental Rent. Lessee shall pay to Lessor or its designee or to the Person entitled thereto any and all Supplemental Rent promptly as the same shall become due and payable, without setoff, deduction or reduction, and if Lessee fails to pay any Supplemental Rent, Lessor shall have all rights, powers and remedies provided for herein or by law or equity or otherwise in the case of nonpayment of Basic Rent. Without limiting the generality of the definition of “Supplemental Rent,” Lessee shall pay to Lessor as Supplemental Rent, among other things, on demand, to the extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, (a) any and all unpaid fees, charges, prepayment penalties, Taxes, insurance costs, indemnities, expenses, payments and other obligations (except the obligations of Lessor to pay the principal amount of the Loans) due and owing by Lessor or the Lessee under the Credit Agreement or any other Operative Agreement and (b) interest and Yield at the applicable Overdue Rate on any installment of Basic Rent not paid when due (subject to the applicable grace period) for the period for which the same shall be overdue and on any payment of Supplemental Rent not paid when due or demanded by the appropriate Person for the period from the due date or the date of any such demand, as the case may be, until the same shall be paid. The expiration or other termination of Lessee’s obligations to pay Basic Rent hereunder shall not limit or modify the obligations of Lessee with respect to Supplemental Rent. Unless expressly provided otherwise in this Lease, in the event of any failure on the part of Lessee to pay and discharge any Supplemental Rent as and when due, Lessee shall also promptly pay and discharge any fine, penalty, interest or cost which may be assessed or added, pursuant to any Operative Agreement or otherwise, in each case for nonpayment or late payment of such Supplemental Rent, all of which shall also constitute Supplemental Rent.

Section 3.4. Performance on a Non-Business Day. If any Basic Rent is required hereunder on a day that is not a Business Day, then such Basic Rent shall be due on the corresponding Scheduled Interest Payment Date. If any Supplemental Rent is required hereunder on a day that is not a Business Day, then such Supplemental Rent shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day.

Section 3.5. Rent Payment Provisions. Lessee shall make payment of all Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent when due regardless of whether any of the Operative Agreements pursuant to which same is calculated and is owing shall have been rejected, avoided or disavowed in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding involving any of the parties to any of the Operative Agreements. Such provisions of such Operative Agreements and their related definitions are incorporated herein by reference and shall survive any termination, amendment or rejection of any such Operative Agreements.


ARTICLE IV

Section 4.1. Utility Charges; Taxes. Lessee shall pay or cause to be paid all charges for electricity, power, gas, oil, water, telephone, sanitary sewer service and all other rents and utilities used in or on a Property and related real property during the Term. Lessee shall be entitled to receive any credit or refund with respect to any utility charge paid by Lessee, provided that Lessee must collect any such credit or refund from Lessor or the respective utility company (as the case may be) and shall not be entitled to offset any such amount owed to Lessee against Rent payable by the Lessee hereunder. Unless a Lease Default or Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount of any credit or refund received by Lessor on account of any utility charges paid by Lessee, net of the costs and expenses incurred by Lessor in obtaining such credit or refund, shall be promptly paid over to Lessee. In addition, Lessee shall pay or cause to be paid all taxes or tax assessments against a Property. All charges for utilities and all taxes or tax assessments imposed with respect to a Property for a billing period (or in the cases of tax assessments, a tax period) during which this Lease expires or terminates shall be adjusted and prorated on a daily basis between Lessor and Lessee, and each party shall pay or reimburse the other for such party’s pro rata share thereof.

ARTICLE V

Section 5.1. Quiet Enjoyment. Subject to the rights of Lessor contained in Sections 17.2 and 17.3 and the other terms of this Lease and the other Operative Agreements and so long as no Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Lessee shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy each Property for the applicable Term, free of any claim or other action by Lessor or anyone rightfully claiming by, through or under Lessor (other than Lessee) with respect to any matters arising from and after the applicable Basic Term Commencement Date.

ARTICLE VI

Section 6.1. Net Lease. This Lease shall constitute a net lease. Lessee shall pay all operating expenses arising out of the use, operation or occupancy of each Property. Any present or future law to the contrary notwithstanding, this Lease shall not terminate, nor shall Lessee be entitled to any abatement, suspension, deferment, reduction, setoff, counterclaim, or defense with respect to the Rent, nor shall the obligations of Lessee hereunder be affected (except as expressly herein permitted and by performance of the obligations in connection therewith) by reason of: (a) any damage to or destruction of any Property or any part thereof; (b) any taking of any Property or any part thereof or interest therein by Condemnation or otherwise; (c) any prohibition, limitation, restriction or prevention of Lessee’s use, occupancy or enjoyment of any Property or any part thereof, or any interference with such use, occupancy or enjoyment by any Person or for any other reason; (d) any title defect, Lien or any matter affecting title to any Property; (e) any eviction by paramount title or otherwise; (f) any default by Lessor hereunder; (g) any action for bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or other proceeding relating to or affecting the Agent, any Financing Party, Lessor, Lessee or any Governmental Authority; (h) the impossibility or illegality of performance by Lessor, Lessee or both; (i) any action of any Governmental Authority or any other Person; (j) Lessee’s acquisition of ownership of all or part of any Property; (k) breach of any warranty or representation with


respect to any Property or any Operative Agreement; (l) any defect in the condition, quality or fitness for use of any Property or any part thereof; or (m) any other cause or circumstance whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing and whether or not Lessee shall have notice or knowledge of any of the foregoing. The foregoing clause (j) shall not prevent the termination of this Lease in accordance with the terms hereof if the Lessee purchases all of the Properties pursuant to Section 20.1, or the termination of the Lease with respect to an individual Property if the Lessee purchases such Property pursuant to Section 20.1. The parties intend that the obligations of Lessee hereunder shall be covenants, agreements and obligations that are separate and independent from any obligations of Lessor hereunder and shall continue unaffected unless such covenants, agreements and obligations shall have been modified or terminated in accordance with an express provision of this Lease. Lessor and Lessee acknowledge and agree that the provisions of this Section 6.1 have been specifically reviewed and subject to negotiation.

Section 6.2. No Termination or Abatement. Lessee shall remain obligated under this Lease in accordance with its terms and shall not take any action to terminate, rescind or avoid this Lease, notwithstanding any action for bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, or other proceeding affecting Lessor, any other Person or any Governmental Authority, or any action with respect to this Lease or any Operative Agreement which may be taken by any trustee, receiver or liquidator of Lessor, any other Person or any Governmental Authority or by any court with respect to Lessor, any other Person or any Governmental Authority. Lessee hereby waives all right (a) to terminate or surrender this Lease (except as permitted under the terms of the Operative Agreements) or (b) to avail itself of any abatement, suspension, deferment, reduction, setoff, counterclaim or defense with respect to any Rent. Lessee shall remain obligated under this Lease in accordance with its terms and Lessee hereby waives any and all rights now or hereafter conferred by statute or otherwise to modify or to avoid strict compliance with its obligations under this Lease. Notwithstanding any such statute or otherwise, Lessee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions contained in this Lease.

ARTICLE VII

Section 7.1. Ownership of the Properties.

(a) Lessor and Lessee intend that for federal and all state and local income tax purposes and other tax purposes, for bankruptcy purposes, creditor’s rights purposes, environmental law purposes, for purposes of exercising remedies against the Lessee or the Properties, and for all other legal purposes (A) this Lease will be treated as a loan and financing arrangement and not a true lease, (B) Lessee will be treated as the owner of the Properties and will be entitled to all tax benefits ordinarily available to owners of property similar to the Properties for such tax purposes, and (C) all payments of Basic Rent shall be deemed to be interest payments. Consistent with the foregoing, Lessee intends to claim depreciation and cost recovery deductions associated with the Property, and Lessor agrees not to take any inconsistent position on its income tax returns. Neither Lessor, the Agent nor any Financing Party makes any representation or warranty with respect to the foregoing matters described in this Section 7.1 and will assume no liability for the Lessee’s accounting or tax treatment of this transaction.


(b) Lessor and Lessee further intend and agree that, for the purpose of securing Lessee’s obligations hereunder, (i) this Lease shall be deemed to be a security agreement and financing statement within the meaning of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code respecting each of the Properties to the extent such is personal property and an irrevocable grant and conveyance of a lien and mortgage on each of the Properties to the extent such is real property; (ii) the acquisition of title (or to the extent applicable, a leasehold interest) in each Property referenced in Article II shall be deemed to be (A) a grant by Lessee to Lessor of a lien on and security interest in all of Lessee’s right, title and interest in and to each Property and all proceeds (including without limitation insurance proceeds) of any of the Property, whether in the form of cash, investments, securities or other property, and (B) an assignment by Lessee to Lessor of all rents, profits and income produced by any of the Property; and (iii) notifications to Persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from financial intermediaries, bankers or agents (as applicable) of Lessee shall be deemed to have been given for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. Lessor and Lessee shall promptly take such actions as may be necessary or advisable in either party’s opinion (including without limitation the filing of Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements or Uniform Commercial Code Fixture Filings) to ensure that the lien and security interest in each Property will be deemed to be a perfected lien and security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the Term.

ARTICLE VIII

Section 8.1. Condition of the Properties. LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT IS LEASING EACH PROPERTY “AS IS” WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) BY LESSOR AND IN EACH CASE SUBJECT TO (A) THE EXISTING STATE OF TITLE, (B) THE RIGHTS OF ANY PARTIES IN POSSESSION THEREOF (IF ANY), (C) ANY STATE OF FACTS WHICH AN ACCURATE SURVEY OR PHYSICAL INSPECTION MIGHT SHOW, (D) ALL APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND (E) VIOLATIONS OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH MAY EXIST ON THE DATE OF THE APPLICABLE LEASE SUPPLEMENT OR THE DATE HEREOF. NEITHER LESSOR NOR THE AGENT NOR ANY FINANCING PARTY HAS MADE OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER AS TO THE TITLE, VALUE, HABITABILITY, USE, CONDITION, DESIGN, OPERATION, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR USE OF ANY PROPERTY (OR ANY PART THEREOF), OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROPERTY (OR ANY PART THEREOF), AND NEITHER LESSOR NOR THE AGENT NOR ANY FINANCING PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LATENT, HIDDEN, OR PATENT DEFECT THEREON OR THE FAILURE OF ANY PROPERTY, OR ANY PART THEREOF, TO COMPLY WITH ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENT. THE LESSEE HAS OR WILL HAVE BEEN AFFORDED FULL OPPORTUNITY TO INSPECT EACH PROPERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON (IF ANY), IS OR WILL BE (INSOFAR AS THE LESSOR, THE AGENT, EACH FINANCING PARTY ARE CONCERNED) SATISFIED WITH THE


RESULTS OF ITS INSPECTIONS AND IS ENTERING INTO THIS LEASE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF THE RESULTS OF ITS OWN INSPECTIONS, AND ALL RISKS INCIDENT TO THE MATTERS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, AS BETWEEN THE LESSOR, THE AGENT, THE FINANCING PARTIES, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE LESSEE, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE TO BE BORNE BY LESSEE.

Section 8.2. Possession and Use of the Properties.

(a) At all times during the Term with respect to each Property, such Property shall be used by Lessee in the ordinary course of its business. Lessee shall pay, or cause to be paid, all charges and costs required in connection with the use of the Properties as contemplated by this Lease. Lessee shall not commit or permit any waste of the Properties or any part thereof.

(b) Lessee represents and warrants that its location (as defined in Section 9-307 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction) is Florida, and Lessee will provide Lessor with prior written notice of any change of such location. Regarding each Property, Lessee represents and warrants that each Lease Supplement correctly identifies the initial location of the related Equipment and Improvements and contains an accurate legal description for the related parcel of Land. Lessee has no other places of business where the Equipment or Improvements will be located other than those identified on the applicable Lease Supplement; provided that, so long as no Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, it is understood that the Lessee may relocate any Equipment (not constituting fixtures) with an aggregate Property Cost of $1,000,000 or less over the Term from any Property to another Property.

(c) Lessee will not attach or incorporate any item of Equipment to or in any other item of equipment or personal property or to or in any real property (except the Land identified in the Lease Supplement in which such Equipment is also described) in a manner that could give rise to the assertion of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on such item of Equipment by reason of such attachment or the assertion of a claim that such item of Equipment has become a fixture and is subject to a Lien in favor of a third party that is prior to the Liens thereon created by the Operative Agreements.

(d) Each Lease Supplement delivered under the terms of this Lease contained, in regard to the relevant Property, an Equipment Schedule that had a complete description of each item of Equipment, an Improvement Schedule that had a complete description of each Improvement and a legal description of the Land, to be leased hereunder as of the date of such Lease Supplement. Such Equipment, Improvements and Land have been accepted by Lessee for all purposes of this Lease and are subject to this Lease.

(e) At all times during the Term with respect to each Property, Lessee will comply with all obligations under, and (to the extent no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and provided that such exercise will not impair the value of such Property) shall be permitted to exercise all rights and remedies under, all operation and easement agreements and related or similar agreements applicable to such Property.


ARTICLE IX

Section 9.1. Compliance with Legal Requirements and Insurance Requirements. Subject to the terms of Article XIII relating to permitted contests, Lessee, at its sole cost and expense, shall (i) comply with all Legal Requirements (including without limitation all Environmental Laws), and all Insurance Requirements relating to the Properties, including the use, development, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, refurbishment and restoration thereof, whether or not compliance therewith shall require structural or extraordinary changes in the Improvements or interfere with the use and enjoyment of the Properties, and (ii) procure, maintain and comply with all licenses, permits, orders, approvals, consents and other authorizations required for the construction, use, maintenance and operation of the Properties and for the use, development, construction, operation, maintenance, repair and restoration of the Improvements.

ARTICLE X

Section 10.1. Maintenance and Repair; Return.

(a) Lessee, at its sole cost and expense, shall maintain each Property in good condition, repair and working order (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and make all necessary repairs thereto, of every kind and nature whatsoever, whether interior or exterior, ordinary or extraordinary, structural or nonstructural, or foreseen or unforeseen, in each case as required by all Legal Requirements, Insurance Requirements, and manufacturer’s specifications and standards and on a basis consistent with the operation and maintenance of properties or equipment comparable in type and function to the applicable Property and in compliance with standard industry practice, subject, however, to the provisions of Article XV with respect to Condemnation and Casualty.

(b) Lessee shall not move or relocate any component of any Property beyond the boundaries of the Land described in the applicable Lease Supplement without Lessor’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that it is understood that the Lessee may relocate Equipment (not constituting fixtures) with an aggregate Property Cost of $1,000,000 or less over the Term from any Property to another Property.

(c) If any material component of any Property becomes worn out, lost, destroyed, damaged beyond repair or otherwise permanently rendered unfit for use, Lessee, at its own expense, will within a reasonable time replace such component with a replacement component which is free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and has a value, utility and useful life at least equal to the component replaced. All components which are added to any Property (other than Severable Improvements not financed by Fundings) shall immediately become the property of, and title thereto shall vest in, Lessor, and shall be deemed incorporated in such Property and subject to the terms of this Lease as if originally leased hereunder. Lessee may remove, without the Lessor’s consent, any Severable Improvements that were not financed by Fundings so long as Lessee (at its own expense) repairs any damage to the Property as the result of such removal in accordance with the terms of this Section 10.1.


(d) Upon reasonable advance notice, Lessor and its agents shall have the right to inspect each Property and all maintenance records with respect thereto at any reasonable time during normal business hours but shall not materially disrupt the business of Lessee and shall follow all security requirements and visitor’s rules.

(e) Lessor or the Agent (at Lessee’s sole expense) may cause to be prepared (at Lessee’s sole expense) any additional Appraisals (or reappraisals) as Lessor or the Agent may deem appropriate (i) if a Lease Event of Default or a Guaranty Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or (ii) if any one of Lessor, the Agent or, any Financing Party is required pursuant to any applicable Legal Requirement to obtain such an Appraisal (or reappraisal).

(f) Lessor shall under no circumstances be required to build any improvements on any Property, make any repairs, replacements, alterations or renewals of any nature or description to any Property, make any expenditure whatsoever in connection with this Lease or maintain any Property in any way. Lessor shall not be required to maintain, repair or rebuild all or any part of any Property, and Lessee waives the right to (i) require Lessor to maintain, repair, or rebuild all or any part of any Property (unless such repairs are needed to cure damage to a Property caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Lessor), or (ii) make repairs at the expense of Lessor pursuant to any Legal Requirement, Insurance Requirement, contract, agreement, covenants, condition or restriction at any time in effect.

(g) Lessee shall, upon the expiration of the Term or earlier termination of this Lease with respect to a Property, if Lessee shall not have exercised its Purchase Option with respect to such Property, surrender such Property to Lessor, or the third party purchaser, as the case may be, subject to Lessee’s obligations under this Lease (including without limitation Sections 9.1, 10.1(a)-(f), 10.2, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 22.1 and 23.1).

Section 10.2. Environmental Inspection. If Lessee has given notice pursuant to Section 20.1(b) of its election to remarket the Properties pursuant to Section 22.1, not more than one hundred twenty (120) days nor less than sixty (60) days prior to the Expiration Date, Lessee shall, if requested by Lessor and the Agent, at Lessee’s sole cost and expense, provide to Lessor and the Agent a report by a reputable environmental consultant selected by Lessee, which report shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lessor and the Agent and shall include without limitation a “Phase I” environmental report (or update of a prior “Phase I” report that was previously delivered to the Lessor and the Agent) on each of the Properties. If the report delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence recommends that a “Phase II” report or other supplemental report be obtained, the Lessee shall, at its own cost and expense, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Expiration Date, provide to Lessor and the Agent such “Phase II” or other report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lessor and the Agent. If Lessee fails to provide such Phase I, Phase II or other supplemental reports with respect to any Property within the time periods required by this Section 10.2, or if such report or reports are not satisfactory in scope or content to the Agent or the Lessor (in their sole discretion), then notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease, Lessor may require Lessee to purchase all of the Properties on the Expiration Date for the Termination Value thereof, plus all Rent due and payable, and all other amounts due and owing under any Operative Agreement.


ARTICLE XI

Section 11.1. Modifications. Lessee at its sole cost and expense, at any time and from time to time without the consent of Lessor may make alterations, renovations, improvements and additions to any Property or any part thereof and substitutions and replacements therefor (collectively, “Modifications”) (and shall make any Modification required by applicable Legal Requirements or by any Governmental Authority); provided, that: (i) except for any Modification required to be made pursuant to a Legal Requirement, no Modification shall materially impair the value, utility or useful life of any Property from that which existed immediately prior to such Modification; (ii) the Modification shall be done expeditiously and in a good and workmanlike manner; (iii) Lessee shall comply with all Legal Requirements (including all Environmental Laws) and Insurance Requirements applicable to the Modification, including without limitation the obtaining of all permits and certificates of occupancy, and the structural integrity of any Property shall not be adversely affected; (iv) to the extent required by Section 14.2(a), Lessee shall maintain builders’ risk insurance at all times when a Modification is in progress; (v) subject to the terms of Article XIII relating to permitted contests, Lessee shall pay all costs and expenses and discharge any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) arising with respect to the Modification; (vi) such Modification shall comply with the requirements of this Lease (including without limitation Sections 8.2 and 10.1); and (vii) no Improvements shall be demolished unless (x) such Improvement is a Severable Improvement and (y) Lessee shall finance the proposed Modification outside of this lease facility. Modifications that are Severable Improvements shall become property of the Lessee, and title to such Modifications shall rest with the Lessee. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, title to each Modification shall immediately vest in Lessor, and each such Modification shall be subject to this Lease.

ARTICLE XII

Section 12.1. Warranty of Title.

(a) Lessee agrees that, except as otherwise provided herein and subject to the terms of Article XIII relating to permitted contests, Lessee shall not directly or indirectly create or allow to remain, and shall promptly discharge at its sole cost and expense, (i) any Lien, defect, attachment, levy, title retention agreement or claim upon any Property or any Modifications or (ii) any Lien, attachment, levy or claim with respect to the Rent or with respect to any amounts held by the Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in each case other than Permitted Liens and Lessor Liens. Lessee shall promptly notify Lessor in the event it receives actual knowledge that a Lien other than a Permitted Lien or Lessor Lien has occurred with respect to a Property, and Lessee represents and warrants to, and covenants with, Lessor that the Liens in favor of the Lessor created by the Operative Agreements are first priority perfected Liens subject only to Permitted Liens.

(b) Nothing contained in this Lease shall be construed as constituting the consent or request of Lessor, expressed or implied, to or for the performance by any contractor, mechanic, laborer, materialman, supplier or vendor of any labor or services or for the furnishing of any materials for any construction, alteration, addition, repair or demolition of or to any Property or any part thereof. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN


THAT LESSOR IS NOT AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LABOR, SERVICES OR MATERIALS FURNISHED OR TO BE FURNISHED TO LESSEE, OR TO ANYONE HOLDING A PROPERTY OR ANY PART THEREOF THROUGH OR UNDER LESSEE, AND THAT NO MECHANIC’S OR OTHER LIENS FOR ANY SUCH LABOR, SERVICES OR MATERIALS SHALL ATTACH TO OR AFFECT THE INTEREST OF LESSOR IN AND TO ANY PROPERTY.

ARTICLE XIII

Section 13.1. Permitted Contests Other Than in Respect of Indemnities. Except to the extent otherwise provided for in Section 10 of the Participation Agreement, Lessee, on its own or on Lessor’s behalf but at Lessee’s sole cost and expense, may contest, by appropriate administrative or judicial proceedings conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the amount, validity or application, in whole or in part, of any Legal Requirement, or utility charges payable pursuant to Section 4.1 or any Lien, attachment, levy, encumbrance or encroachment, and Lessor agrees not to pay, settle or otherwise compromise any such item, provided that (a) the commencement and continuation of such proceedings shall suspend the collection of any such contested amount from, and suspend the enforcement thereof against, the applicable Properties, Lessor, the Agent and each Financing Party; (b) there shall not be imposed a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any Property and no part of any Property nor any Rent shall be in any danger of being sold, forfeited, lost or deferred; (c) at no time during the permitted contest shall there be a risk of the imposition of criminal liability or material civil liability on Lessor, the Agent or any Financing Party for failure to comply therewith; and (d) in the event that, at any time, there shall be a material risk of extending the application of such item beyond the end of the Term, then Lessee shall deliver to Lessor an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to the matters set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 13.1. Lessor, at Lessee’s sole cost and expense, shall execute and deliver to Lessee such authorizations and other documents as may reasonably be required in connection with any such contest and, if reasonably requested by Lessee, shall join as a party therein at Lessee’s sole cost and expense.

ARTICLE XIV

Section 14.1. Public Liability and Workers’ Compensation Insurance. During the Term of each Property, Lessee shall procure and carry, at Lessee’s sole cost and expense, commercial general liability insurance for claims for injuries or death sustained by persons or damage to property while on the Properties or the premises where the Equipment is located and such other public liability coverages as are then customarily carried by similarly situated companies conducting business similar to that conducted by Lessee. Such insurance shall be on terms and in amounts (and with deductibles and limitations on coverage) that are (a) reasonably satisfactory to Lessor and the Agent and (b) no less favorable than insurance maintained by Lessee with respect to similar properties and equipment that it owns and are then carried by similarly situated companies conducting business similar to that conducted by Lessee. The policies shall be endorsed to name Lessor, the Agent and the Financing Parties as additional insureds. The policies shall also specifically provide that such policies shall be considered primary insurance which shall apply to any loss or claim before any contribution by any insurance which Lessor, the Agent or any Financing Party may have in force. Lessee shall, in the operation of the Properties, comply with the applicable workers’ compensation laws and protect Lessor, the Agent and each Financing Party against any liability under such laws.


Section 14.2. Hazard and Other Insurance.

(a) During the Term for each Property, Lessee shall keep, or cause to be kept, such Property insured against loss or damage by fire and all other risks, and shall maintain builders’ risk insurance during construction of any Improvements or Modifications, in each case in amounts not less than the replacement value from time to time of such Property and on terms that (i) are no less favorable than insurance covering other similar properties owned by Lessee and (ii) are then carried by similarly situated companies conducting business similar to that conducted by Lessee. The policies shall be endorsed to name Lessor and the Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Financing Parties), to the extent of their respective interests, as additional insureds and loss payees; provided, that so long as no Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any loss payable under the insurance policies required by this Section will be paid to Lessee.

(b) If during the Term with respect to a Property the area in which such Property is located is designated a “flood-prone” area pursuant to the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, or any amendments or supplements thereto, then Lessee shall comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. In addition, Lessee will fully comply with the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as each may be amended from time to time, and with any other Legal Requirement concerning flood insurance to the extent that it may apply to any such Property.

Section 14.3. Coverage.

(a) As of the date of this Lease and annually thereafter, Lessee shall furnish Lessor and the Agent with certificates prepared by the insurers or insurance broker of Lessee showing the insurance required under Sections 14.1 and 14.2 to be in effect, naming (except with respect to workers’ compensation insurance) Lessor, the Agent and each Financing Party as an additional insured on all insurance described in Section 14.1, and the Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Financing Parties) as additional insured and loss payee on all insurance described in Section 14.2, and in each case evidencing the other requirements of this Article XIV. All such insurance shall be at the cost and expense of Lessee and provided by nationally recognized, financially sound insurance companies with an A.M. Best rating of not less than A- (A minus). Such certificates shall include a provision for thirty (30) days’ advance written notice by the insurer to Lessor and the Agent in the event of cancellation or material alteration of such insurance. If a Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and Lessor so requests, Lessee shall deliver to Lessor copies of all insurance policies required by Sections 14.1 and 14.2.

(b) Lessee agrees that any insurance policy required by Sections 14.1, 14.2(a) and 14.2(b) shall include an appropriate provision that in respect of the interests of each additional insured, such policy will not be invalidated should Lessee waive any or all rights of recovery against any party for losses covered by such policy or due to any


breach of warranty, fraud, action, inaction or misrepresentation by Lessee or any Person acting on behalf of Lessee. Lessee hereby waives any and all such rights against the Lessor, the Agent and the Financing Parties to the extent of payments made to any such Person under any such policy.

(c) Neither Lessor nor Lessee shall carry separate insurance concurrent in kind or form or contributing in the event of loss with any insurance required under this Article XIV, except that Lessor may carry separate liability insurance at Lessor’s sole cost so long as (i) Lessee’s insurance is designated as primary and in no event excess or contributory to any insurance Lessor may have in force which would apply to a loss covered under Lessee’s policy and (ii) each such insurance policy will not cause Lessee’s insurance required under this Article XIV to be subject to a coinsurance exception of any kind.

(d) Lessee shall pay as they become due all premiums for the insurance required by Section 14.1 and Section 14.2, shall renew or replace each policy prior to the expiration date thereof, and shall otherwise maintain the coverage required by such Sections without any lapse in coverage.

Section 14.4. Additional Insurance Requirements. Without limiting the generality of Sections 14.1 through 14.3 above or any other provision of any Operative Agreement, Lessee shall obtain any and all additional insurance policies with regard to the Properties or otherwise with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements, as requested from time to time by Lessor.

ARTICLE XV

Section 15.1. Casualty and Condemnation.

(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article XV and Article XVI (in the event Lessee delivers, or is obligated to deliver, a Termination Notice), and prior to the occurrence and continuation of a Lease Default or Lease Event of Default, Lessee shall be entitled to receive (and Lessor hereby irrevocably assigns to Lessee all of Lessor’s right, title and interest in) any award, compensation or insurance proceeds under Sections 14.2(a) or (b) to which Lessee or Lessor may become entitled by reason of their respective interests in a Property (i) if all or a portion of such Property is damaged or destroyed in whole or in part by a Casualty or (ii) if the use, access, occupancy, easement rights or title to such Property or any part thereof is the subject of a Condemnation; provided, however, if a Lease Default or Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing such award, compensation or insurance proceeds shall be paid directly to Lessor or, if received by Lessee, shall be held in trust for Lessor, and shall be paid over by Lessee to Lessor and held in accordance with the terms of this paragraph (a). All amounts held by Lessor hereunder on account of any award, compensation or insurance proceeds either paid directly to Lessor or turned over to Lessor shall be held as security for the performance of Lessee’s obligations hereunder.


(b) Lessee may appear in any proceeding or action to negotiate, prosecute, adjust or appeal any claim for any award, compensation or insurance payment on account of any such Casualty or Condemnation and shall pay all expenses thereof. At Lessee’s reasonable request, and at Lessee’s sole cost and expense, Lessor and the Agent shall participate in any such proceeding, action, negotiation, prosecution or adjustment. Lessor and Lessee agree that this Lease shall control the rights of Lessor and Lessee in and to any such award, compensation or insurance payment.

(c) If Lessee shall receive notice of a Casualty or a possible Condemnation of a Property or any interest therein where damage to the affected Property is estimated to equal or exceed ten percent (10%) of the Property Cost of such Property, Lessee shall give notice thereof to the Lessor and to the Agent promptly after the receipt of such notice.

(d) In the event of a Casualty or a Condemnation (regardless of whether notice thereof must be given pursuant to paragraph (c)), this Lease shall terminate with respect to the applicable Property in accordance with Section 16.1 if Lessee, within thirty (30) days after such occurrence, delivers to Lessor and the Agent a Termination Notice to such effect.

(e) If, pursuant to this Section 15.1, this Lease shall continue in full force and effect following a Casualty or Condemnation with respect to the affected Property, Lessee shall, at its sole cost and expense and using, if available, the proceeds of any award, compensation or insurance with respect to such Casualty or Condemnation (including, without limitation, any such award, compensation or insurance which has been received by the Agent and which should be turned over to Lessee pursuant to the terms of the Operative Agreements, and if not available or sufficient, using its own funds), promptly and diligently repair any damage to the applicable Property caused by such Casualty or Condemnation in conformity with the requirements of Sections 10.1 and 11.1, using the as-built plans and specifications or manufacturer’s specifications for the applicable Improvements or Equipment (as modified to give effect to any subsequent Modifications, any Condemnation affecting the Property and all applicable Legal Requirements), so as to restore the applicable Property to substantially the same condition, operation, function and value as existed immediately prior to such Casualty or Condemnation. In such event, title to the applicable Property shall remain with Lessor.

(f) In no event shall a Casualty or Condemnation with respect to which this Lease remains in full force and effect under this Section 15.1 affect Lessee’s obligations to pay Rent pursuant to Section 3.1.

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 15.1(a) or Section 15.1(e), if during the Term with respect to a Property a Casualty occurs with respect to such Property or Lessee receives notice of a Condemnation with respect to such Property, and following such Casualty or Condemnation, (i) the applicable Property cannot reasonably be restored, repaired or replaced on or before the 180th day prior to the Expiration Date to substantially the same condition as existed immediately prior to such Casualty or Condemnation, or (ii) on or before such day such Property is not in fact so


restored, repaired or replaced, then Lessee shall be required to purchase such Property on the next Payment Date and pay Lessor the Termination Value for such Property, plus any and all Rent then due and owing, plus all other amounts then due and owing (including without limitation amounts described in clause FIRST of Section 22.2).

Section 15.2. Environmental Matters. Promptly upon Lessee’s actual knowledge of the presence of Hazardous Substances in any portion of any Property (or in any other property that is not subject to this Lease if Lessee has reason to believe that such Hazardous Substances may be caused by an emission from or on, or a condition on, any Property) in concentrations and conditions that constitute an Environmental Violation and as to which, in the reasonable opinion of Lessee, the cost to undertake any legally required response, clean up, remedial or other action might result in a cost to Lessee or loss in the value of such Property of more than $100,000, Lessee shall notify Lessor in writing of such condition. In the event of any Environmental Violation (regardless of whether notice thereof must be given to Lessor pursuant to the preceding sentence), Lessee shall, not later than sixty (60) days after Lessee has actual knowledge of such Environmental Violation, either deliver to Lessor a Termination Notice with respect to the applicable Property or Properties pursuant to Section 16.1, if applicable, or, at Lessee’s sole cost and expense, promptly and diligently undertake and complete any response, clean up, remedial or other action necessary to remove, cleanup or remediate the Environmental Violation in accordance with all Environmental Laws. If Lessee does not deliver a Termination Notice with respect to such Property pursuant to Section 16.1, Lessee shall, upon completion of remedial action by Lessee, cause to be prepared by a reputable environmental consultant acceptable to Lessor a report describing the Environmental Violation and the actions taken by Lessee (or its agents) in response to such Environmental Violation, and a statement by the consultant that the Environmental Violation has been remedied in full compliance with applicable Environmental Law.

Section 15.3. Notice of Environmental Matters. Promptly, but in any event within thirty (30) days from the date Lessee has actual knowledge thereof, Lessee shall provide to Lessor written notice of any pending or threatened Environmental Claim involving any Environmental Law or any Release on or in connection with any Property. All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, action or proceeding and Lessee’s proposed response thereto. In addition, Lessee shall provide to Lessor, within five (5) Business Days of receipt, copies of all material written communications with any Governmental Authority relating to any Environmental Law in connection with any Property. Lessee shall also promptly provide such detailed reports of any such material Environmental Claims as may reasonably be requested by Lessor.

ARTICLE XVI

Section 16.1. Termination Upon Certain Events. If any of the following occur: (i) If the requirements of Section 15.1(c) are satisfied, or (ii) if the requirements of Section 15.1(d) are satisfied and Lessee has determined pursuant to such section that following the applicable Casualty or Condemnation this Lease shall terminate with respect to the affected Property, or (iii) Lessee has determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 15.2 that, due to the occurrence of an Environmental Violation, this Lease shall terminate with respect to the affected Property, then Lessee shall be obligated to deliver, within sixty (60) days of its receipt of notice


of the applicable Condemnation or the occurrence of the applicable Casualty or Environmental Violation, a written notice to the Lessor in the form described in Section 16.2(a) (a “Termination Notice”) of the termination of this Lease with respect to the applicable Property.

Section 16.2. Procedures.

(a) A Termination Notice shall contain: (i) notice of termination of this Lease with respect to the affected Property on a Payment Date not more than sixty (60) days after Lessor’s receipt of such Termination Notice (the “Termination Date”); and (ii) a binding and irrevocable agreement of Lessee to pay the Termination Value for the applicable Property, any and all Rent then due and owing and all other amounts then due and owing from Lessee under any of the Operative Agreements (including without limitation amounts described in clause FIRST of Section 22.2) and purchase such Property on such Termination Date.

(b) On each Termination Date, Lessee shall pay to Lessor the Termination Value for the applicable Property, any and all Rent then due and owing and all other amounts then due and owing from Lessee under any of the Operative Agreements (including without limitation amounts described in clause FIRST of Section 22.2), and Lessor shall convey such Property, or the remaining portion thereof, if any, to Lessee (or Lessee’s designee), all in accordance with Section 19.1.

ARTICLE XVII

Section 17.1. Lease Events of Default. If any one or more of the following events (each a “Lease Event of Default”) shall occur:

(a) Lessee shall fail to make payment of (i) any Basic Rent on the date the same is due or (ii) any Termination Value or Maximum Residual Guaranty Amount, on the date any such payment is due, or any payment of Basic Rent or Supplemental Rent due on the due date of any such payment of Termination Value or Maximum Residual Guaranty Amount, or any amount due on the Expiration Date;

(b) Lessee shall fail to make payment of any Supplemental Rent (other than Supplemental Rent referred to in Section 17(a)(ii)) due and payable within three (3) days after receipt of notice that such payment is due;

(c) Lessee shall fail to maintain insurance of the types, in the respective amounts and coverages, with the respective loss payees, additional insureds and insurors required by Article XIV;

(d) Lessee or any Guarantor shall fail to observe or perform any term, covenant or provision (including without limitation the Incorporated Covenants) under this Lease or any other Operative Agreement to which Lessee or such Guarantor is a party other than those set forth in Sections 17.1(a), (b), (c) or (g), and such failure shall remain uncured for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of receipt of written notice from Lessor thereof or a Responsible Officer of Lessee becomes aware of such failure;


(e) The breach of any financial covenant or negative covenant set forth or incorporated by reference in Section 7.3A of the Participation Agreement (including without limitation any covenant set forth in Article VII or Article VIII of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, to the extent incorporated by reference in Section 7.3A of the Participation Agreement);

(f) Other Defaults. The Lessee or any Guarantor fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) through (e) above) contained in any Operative Agreement on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days;

(g) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Lessee or any Guarantor herein, in any other Operative Agreement, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made;

(h) Cross-Default. (i) The Lessee, any Guarantor 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 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; (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 the Lessee 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 the Lessee or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Lessee or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; (iii) there occurs a Termination Event (as defined in the Transfer and Administration Agreement identified in the definition of Existing Trade Receivables Facilities) under the Transfer and Administration Agreement which Termination Event is not cured or waived; (iv) there occurs a termination event or event of default under any Permitted Trade Receivables Facility which termination event or event of default is not cured or waived within any applicable grace period; (v) there occurs any event of default under the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement which is not cured or waived within any applicable grace period, or (vi) there occurs any event of default under any Senior Parity Debt which is not cured or waived within any applicable grace period;


(i) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. The Lessee, any Guarantor or any of their 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; provided, however, that if a Foreign Subsidiary is being liquidated in a transaction otherwise permitted by the Operative Agreements and not involving (i) the bankruptcy, insolvency, or any failure to pay obligations of such Subsidiary, the Lessee or any other Subsidiary, (ii) the application of any Debtor Relief Law, or (iii) any claim of any creditor, and if applicable foreign Law requires the appointment of a liquidator to accomplish such liquidation in the jurisdiction where such Foreign Subsidiary is organized, then the mere appointment and operation of a liquidator for such purpose in such circumstances shall not constitute an Event of Default under this clause (i);

(j) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) The Lessee 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;

(k) Judgments. There is entered against the Lessee, any Guarantor 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 insurance provided by a Person described in Section 7.07 of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement as to which the insurer (and any insurance or reinsurance company reinsuring any such exposure) 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 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect;

(l) 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 the Lessee 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) the Lessee 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;


(m) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Operative Agreement, 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 Lessee or any Guarantor contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Operative Agreement; or Lessee or any Guarantor denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Operative Agreement, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Operative Agreement;

(n) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control with respect to the Lessee;

(o) Any material Environmental Violation shall have occurred and be continuing; or

(p) Any material adverse change in (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise) assets, liabilities or operations of the Lessee or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) the ability of the Lessee or any of their Subsidiaries to perform its respective obligations under any Operative Agreement to which it is a party, or (iii) the validity, priority or enforceability of any Lien on any Property created by any of the Operative Agreements,

then, in any such event, Lessor may, in addition to the other rights and remedies provided for in this Article XVII and in Section 18.1, terminate this Lease by giving Lessee fifteen (15) days notice of such termination, and this Lease shall terminate, and all rights of Lessee under this Lease shall cease. Lessee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay as Supplemental Rent all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of Lessor, including without limitation reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, as a result of any Lease Event of Default hereunder.

Section 17.2. Surrender of Possession. If a Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not this Lease shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 17.1, Lessee shall, upon thirty (30) days written notice, surrender to Lessor possession of the Properties. Lessor may enter upon and repossess the Properties by such means as are available at law or in equity, and may remove Lessee and all other Persons and any and all personal property and Lessee’s equipment and personalty and Severable Improvements from the Properties. Lessor shall have no liability by reason of any such entry, repossession or removal performed in accordance with applicable law. Upon the written demand of Lessor, Lessee shall return the Properties promptly to Lessor, in the manner and condition required by, and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of, Section 22.1(c). During the five (5) days immediately following the repossession of any Property by the Lessor pursuant to Section 17.2, Lessee may, under the supervision of the Lessor and during business hours, remove Lessee’s equipment and personalty and Severable Improvements not funded with the proceeds of Fundings.

Section 17.3. Reletting. If a Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not this Lease shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 17.1,


Lessor may, but shall be under no obligation to, relet any or all of the Properties, for the account of Lessee or otherwise, for such term or terms (which may be greater or less than the period which would otherwise have constituted the balance of the Term) and on such conditions (which may include concessions or free rent) and for such purposes as Lessor may determine, and Lessor may collect, receive and retain the rents resulting from such reletting. Lessor shall not be liable to Lessee for any failure to relet any Property or for any failure to collect any rent due upon such reletting.

Section 17.4. Damages. Neither (a) the termination of this Lease as to all or any of the Properties pursuant to Section 17.1; (b) the repossession of all or any of the Properties; nor (c) the failure of Lessor to relet all or any of the Properties, the reletting of all or any portion thereof, nor the failure of Lessor to collect or receive any rentals due upon any such reletting, shall relieve Lessee of its liabilities and obligations hereunder, all of which shall survive any such termination, repossession or reletting. If any Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and notwithstanding any termination of this Lease pursuant to Section 17.1, Lessee shall forthwith pay to Lessor all Rent and other sums due and payable hereunder to and including the date of such termination. Thereafter, on the days on which the Basic Rent or Supplemental Rent, as applicable, are payable under this Lease or would have been payable under this Lease if the same had not been terminated pursuant to Section 17.1 and until the end of the Term hereof or what would have been the Term in the absence of such termination, Lessee shall pay Lessor, as current liquidated damages (it being agreed that it would be impossible accurately to determine actual damages) an amount equal to the Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent that are payable under this Lease or would have been payable by Lessee hereunder if this Lease had not been terminated pursuant to Section 17.1, provided that Lessee’s obligation to make payments of Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent under this Section 17.4 shall continue only so long as Lessor shall not have received the amounts specified in Section 17.5. The amount of Lessee’s liabilities and obligations under this Lease shall not be reduced or offset by any proceeds Lessor may receive from any reletting of any Property, except that the net proceeds, if any, which are actually received by Lessor from reletting of any Property shall be offset against the final liquidated damages amount specified in Section 17.5. In calculating the amount of such net proceeds from reletting, there shall be deducted all of Lessor’s, the Agent’s and any Financing Party’s reasonable expenses in connection therewith, including repossession costs, brokerage or sales commissions, fees and expenses of counsel and any necessary repair or alteration costs and expenses incurred in preparation for such reletting. To the extent Lessor receives any damages pursuant to this Section 17.4, such amounts shall be regarded as amounts paid on account of Rent. Lessee specifically acknowledges and agrees that its obligations under this Section 17.4 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and shall be paid or performed, as the case may be, without notice or demand and without any abatement, reduction, diminution, setoff, defense, counterclaim or recoupment whatsoever.

Section 17.5. Final Liquidated Damages. If a Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, whether or not this Lease shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 17.1 and whether or not Lessor shall have collected any current liquidated damages pursuant to Section 17.4, Lessor shall have the right to recover, by demand to Lessee and at Lessor’s election, and Lessee shall pay to Lessor, as and for final liquidated damages, but exclusive of the indemnities payable under Section 10 of the Participation Agreement, and in lieu of all current liquidated damages beyond the date of such demand (it being agreed that it would


be impossible accurately to determine actual damages) the sum of (a) the Termination Value for all Properties remaining under this Lease, plus (b) all other amounts owing in respect of Rent, Supplemental Rent and other amounts then due and payable by Lessee under this Lease or any other Operative Agreement. It is intended and agreed that the foregoing amount is and will be liquidated damages and not a penalty. Upon payment of the amount specified pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 17.5, Lessee shall be entitled to receive from Lessor, either at Lessee’s request or upon Lessor’s election, in either case at Lessee’s cost, an assignment of Lessor’s entire right, title and interest in and to the Properties, the Improvements, Fixtures, Modifications and Equipment, in each case in recordable form and otherwise in conformity with local custom and free and clear of the Lien of this Lease (including the release of any memoranda of Lease or the Lease Supplement recorded in connection therewith) and any Lessor Liens. The Properties shall be conveyed to Lessee “AS IS” “WHERE IS” and in their then present physical condition. If any statute or rule of law shall limit the amount of such final liquidated damages to less than the amount agreed upon, Lessor shall be entitled to the maximum amount allowable under such statute or rule of law; provided, however, Lessee shall not be entitled to receive an assignment of Lessor’s interest in the Properties, the Improvements, Fixtures, Modifications or Equipment or documents unless Lessee shall have paid in full the Termination Value and all other amounts due and owing by Lessee hereunder and under the other Operative Agreements. Lessee specifically acknowledges and agrees that its obligations under this Section 17.5 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and shall be paid or performed, as the case may be, without notice or demand (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) and without any abatement, reduction, diminution, setoff, defense, counterclaim or recoupment whatsoever.

Section 17.6. Waiver of Certain Rights. If this Lease shall be terminated pursuant to Section 17.1, Lessee waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (a) any notice of re-entry or the institution of legal proceedings to obtain re-entry or possession; (b) any right of redemption, re-entry or possession; (c) the benefit of any laws now or hereafter in force exempting property from liability for rent or for debt; and (d) any other rights which might otherwise limit or modify any of Lessor’s rights or remedies under this Article XVII.

Section 17.7. Assignment of Rights Under Contracts. If a Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not this Lease shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 17.1, Lessee shall upon Lessor’s demand immediately assign, transfer and set over to Lessor all of Lessee’s right, title and interest in and to each agreement executed by Lessee in connection with the purchase, construction, development, use or operation of the Properties (including, without limitation, all right, title and interest of Lessee with respect to all warranty, performance, service and indemnity provisions), as and to the extent that the same relate to the purchase, construction, use and operation of the Properties.

Section 17.8. Environmental Costs. If a Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not this Lease shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 17.1, Lessee shall pay directly to any third party (or at Lessor’s election, reimburse Lessor) for the cost of any environmental testing or remediation work undertaken respecting any Property as such testing or work is deemed appropriate in the reasonable judgment of Lessor. Lessee shall pay all amounts referenced in the immediately preceding sentence immediately upon the request by Lessor for such payment.


Section 17.9. Remedies Cumulative. The remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and in addition to (and not in limitation of) any other remedies available at law, equity or otherwise, including, without limitation, any mortgage foreclosure remedies.

Section 17.10. Notice of Default or Event of Default. Lessee shall promptly notify the Lessor and the Agent if any Responsible Officer of Lessee has received notice, or has actual knowledge, of any Default or Event of Default.

Section 17.11. Lessee’s Option to Cure by Purchase of All Properties. Notwithstanding anything in this Lease or in any of the other Operative Agreements to the contrary, the Lessee may cure a Lease Event of Default by purchasing all (but not less than all) of the Properties, such purchase to be consummated in accordance with Sections 19.1 and 20.1, except that such purchase must be consummated not more than 10 days after Lessee gives notice to the Agent and the Lessor of Lessee’s option to purchase the Properties. The purchase price for the Properties shall be as set forth in Section 20.1, and shall include without limitation the Termination Value for all of the Properties and all Rent then due and owing and all other amounts then due and owing by the Lessee under this Lease or under any other Operative Agreement (including without limitation (a) any compensation that may be required pursuant to Section 10.3(b) or 10.4 of Participation Agreement, and (b) amounts, if any, described in clause FIRST of Section 22.2).

Section 17.12. Liability Limited. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Lease or in the other Operative Agreements, the Lessee’s recourse liability to Lessor as a consequence of the occurrence of a Limited Event of Default shall be limited to the payment by the Lessee of the Maximum Residual Guaranty Amount; provided, however if Lessee or any Guarantor agrees or acknowledges in writing that an Event of Default has occurred, then the Lessor shall be entitled to exercise any of the remedies set forth in the Section 17.5.

ARTICLE XVIII

Section 18.1. Lessor’s Right to Cure Lessee’s Lease Defaults. Lessor, without waiving or releasing any obligation or Lease Event of Default, may (but shall be under no obligation to) remedy any Lease Event of Default for the account and at the sole cost and expense of Lessee, including the failure by Lessee to maintain the insurance required by Article XIV, and may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and notwithstanding any right of quiet enjoyment in favor of Lessee, enter upon any Property, or real property owned or leased by Lessee, take all such action thereon as may be necessary or appropriate therefor, and inspect or copy any records relating to any Property or the transactions contemplated hereby (and Lessee shall make available to Lessor, for inspection thereof, any such records). No such entry shall be deemed an eviction of any lessee. All reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses so incurred (including without limitation reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), together with interest thereon at the Overdue Rate from the date on which such sums or expenses are paid by Lessor, shall be paid by Lessee to Lessor on demand.

ARTICLE XIX

Section 19.1. Provisions Relating to Lessee’s Exercise of its Purchase Option. Subject to Section 19.2, in connection with any termination of this Lease with respect to any Property


pursuant to the terms of Section 16.1, or in connection with Lessee’s exercise of its Purchase Option or its option to purchase any Property pursuant to Section 20.1, upon the date on which this Lease is to terminate with respect to a Property or all of the Properties, and upon tender by Lessee of the amounts set forth in Sections 16.2(b) or 20.1, as applicable, Lessor shall execute and deliver to Lessee (or to Lessee’s designee) at Lessee’s cost and expense a special warranty deed and quit claim bill of sale with respect to the applicable Property, in each case in recordable form and otherwise in conformity with local custom and free and clear of the Lien of this Lease and any Lessor Liens attributable to Lessor but without any other warranties (of title or otherwise) from the Lessor. The Lessor’s interest in the applicable Property shall be conveyed to Lessee (or to Lessee’s designee) “AS IS” “WHERE IS” and in then present physical condition. In addition, Lessor shall, upon Lessee’s request and at Lessee’s expense, execute and deliver any documents (including any appropriate releases of or amendments to financing statements or recorded memoranda of this Lease) necessary to release the Lien of this Lease on the applicable Property.

Section 19.2. No Termination With Respect to Less than All of a Property. Lessee shall not be entitled to exercise its Purchase Option separately with respect to Property consisting of Land, Equipment and Improvements but shall be required to exercise its Purchase Option with respect to an entire Property.

ARTICLE XX

Section 20.1. Purchase Prior to End of Term; Purchase, Renewal or Sale Option; Purchase of Excess Land.

(a) Purchase Option Prior to End of Term. Provided that (subject to Section 17.11) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and provided that the Election Notice referred to in Section 20.1(b) has not been delivered, Lessee shall have the option, exercisable by giving the Agent and Lessor no less than thirty (30) days written notice of Lessee’s election to exercise such option, to purchase any Property, on the date identified in such written notice, at a price equal to the Termination Value for such Property and all Rent then due and owing and all other amounts then due and owing (by the Lessee) under this Lease or under any other Operative Agreement with respect to such Property and as a result of such Purchase (including without limitation amounts, if any, described in clause FIRST of Section 22.2) (which the parties do not intend to be a “bargain” purchase price); and, upon receipt of such amount, Lessor shall transfer to Lessee (or Lessee’s designee) all Lessor’s right, title and interest in and to such Property in accordance with Section 19.1 as of the Business Day on which such purchase occurs; provided that the Lessee may not purchase any Property pursuant to this Section 20.1(a) if, after giving effect to such purchase the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans and the Lessor Fundings would be less than $45,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt Lessee may purchase Properties pursuant to this Section 20.1(a) in one or more transactions and the purchase of Excess Land shall not constitute a purchase of a Property pursuant to this Section 20.1(a).

(b) Purchase, Renewal or Sale Option at End of Term. Not less than 180, nor more than 360, days prior to the Expiration Date, Lessee may give Lessor and Agent


irrevocable written notice that Lessee is electing to (i) exercise the option to renew the Lease with respect to not less than two (2) of the Properties on such Expiration Date pursuant to Section 21.1 (the “Renewal Option”), (ii) exercise the option to purchase not less than two (2) of the Properties on such Expiration Date (the “Purchase Option”) and/or (iii) exercise the option to remarket not less than two (2) of the Properties and cause a sale of all of the Properties pursuant to the terms of Section 22.1 (the “Sale Option”), such sale to occur on such Expiration Date. Such notice shall specify which Properties are subject to which option(s) exercised pursuant to the foregoing sentence. If Lessee does not give notice as set forth above with respect to any Property, then Lessee shall be deemed to have elected the Purchase Option for the Expiration Date with respect to such Property. Lessor shall have no obligation to sell any Property unless at least two (2) of the Properties are sold on the Expiration Date. If Lessee shall (i) elect (or be deemed to elect) to exercise the Purchase Option with respect to some or all of the Properties, or (ii) elect to remarket some or all of the Properties pursuant to Section 22.1 and fail to deliver the environmental report required by Section 10.2 at the time specified in such Section or fail to comply with its other obligations under Section 22.1, then in each case, Lessee shall pay to Lessor on the Expiration Date an amount (the “Purchase Option Price”) equal to the Termination Value for such Properties (which the parties do not intend to be a “bargain” purchase) plus all Rent and other amounts then due and payable (by Lessee) under this Lease or under any other Operative Agreement (including without limitation the amounts described in clause FIRST of Section 22.2), and, upon receipt of such amount, Lessor shall transfer to Lessee (or Lessee’s designee) all of Lessor’s right, title and interest in and to such Properties in accordance with Section 19.1 and the Term of this Lease shall terminate with respect to such Properties. Lessee may not elect the Sale Option, and Lessor shall have no obligation to sell any Property pursuant to Section 22.1, if a Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the Election Notice or the Sale Date.

(c) Purchase of Excess Land. Provided that (subject to Section 17.11) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and provided that Lessee has not delivered notice to Lessor that Lessee is electing the Purchase Option or the Sale Option, Lessee shall have the option, exercisable by giving the Agent and Lessor no less than thirty (30) days written notice of Lessee’s election to exercise such option, to purchase any Excess Land, on the date identified in such written notice, at a price equal to the Excess Land Purchase Price for such Excess Land (which the parties do not intend to be a “bargain” purchase price) plus any amounts due to any Financing Party pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Participation Agreement as a result of such Purchase; and, upon receipt of such amount, Lessor shall transfer to Lessee (or a third party designated by the Lessee) all Lessor’s right, title and interest in and to such Excess Land in accordance with Section 19.1 as of the Business Day on which such purchase occurs and upon such purchase such Excess Land shall no longer constitute part of the related Property.

ARTICLE XXI

Section 21.1. Renewal. Subject to the conditions set forth herein, Lessee may, by written notice to Lessor and the Agent given not later than 180, nor earlier than 360, days, prior to the Expiration Date, request to renew this Lease for not less than two (2) of the Properties for


one period of five (5) additional years (the “Renewal Term”), commencing on the date following such Expiration Date. No later than the date that is thirty (30) days after the date the request to renew has been delivered to each of Lessor and the Agent, the Agent will notify Lessee whether or not all of the Financing Parties consent to such renewal request (which consent may be granted or denied in each Financing Party’s sole discretion and may be conditioned on such conditions precedent as may be specified by such Financing Party), it being understood that there shall be no extension unless each Financing Party agrees thereto (unless the Loans or Lessor Fundings, as the case may be, of such non-consenting Financing Party are purchased by another Financing Party or by a third party acceptable to the Agent and Lessee). If the Agent fails to respond in such time frame, such failure shall be deemed to be a rejection of such request. If such request is rejected, then Lessee may exercise the Purchase Option or the Sale Option with respect to the related Properties by giving written notice thereof pursuant to Section 20.1(b).

ARTICLE XXII

Section 22.1. Sale Procedure.

(a) During the Marketing Period, Lessee, on behalf of the Lessor, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain bids for the cash purchase of all of the Properties for which Lessee has exercised the Sale Option in connection with a sale to one or more purchasers (other than Lessee or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of Lessee) to be consummated on the Expiration Date for the highest price available, shall notify Lessor promptly of the name and address of each prospective purchaser and the cash price which each prospective purchaser shall have offered to pay for any Property and shall provide Lessor with such additional information about the bids and the bid solicitation procedure as Lessor may reasonably request from time to time. Lessor may reject any and all bids and may assume sole responsibility for obtaining bids by giving Lessee written notice to that effect; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessor may not reject the highest bid for any Property submitted by the Lessee if (i) such bid is greater than or equal to the sum of the Limited Recourse Amount for such Property, plus all reasonable costs and expenses referred to in clause FIRST of Section 22.2, and represents a bona fide offer from one or more third party purchasers, and (ii) prior to Lessor’s acceptance of any such bid, Lessee has delivered to the Agent cash collateral in an amount not less than the anticipated Deficiency Balance (as defined in Section 22.1(b) below) as determined by the Agent. If the price which a prospective purchaser shall have offered to pay for any Property is less than the sum of the Limited Recourse Amount for such Property plus all reasonable costs and expenses referred to in clause FIRST of Section 22.2, Lessor may elect to retain such Property by giving Lessee prior written notice of Lessor’s election to retain such Property, and upon receipt of such notice, Lessee shall surrender such Property to Lessor pursuant to Section 10.1. Unless Lessor shall have elected to retain any Property pursuant to the preceding sentence, Lessee shall arrange for Lessor to sell the Properties free and clear of the Lien of this Lease and any Lessor Liens attributable to it, without recourse or warranty (of title or otherwise), for cash on the last day of the Marketing Period (such date being hereafter referred to as the “Sale Date”) to the purchaser or purchasers identified by Lessee or Lessor, as the case may be; provided, however, solely as to Lessor, any Lessor Lien shall not constitute a Lessor Lien so long as Lessor is diligently contesting such Lessor Lien by appropriate proceedings in good


faith; and provided, further that Lessor shall have no obligation to sell any Property if a Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the Election Notice or the Sale Date. Lessee shall surrender the Property so sold or subject to such documents to each purchaser in the condition specified in Section 10.1. Lessee shall not take or fail to take any action which would have the effect of unreasonably discouraging bona fide third party bids for any Property. Lessor shall have no obligation to sell any Property on the Sale Date unless Lessor has received full payment therefor in cash in the amount required pursuant to this Section 22.1 on the Sale Date.

(b) If any Property is sold on the Sale Date in accordance with the terms of Section 22.1(a) and the purchase price paid for such Property minus the sum of all costs and expenses referred to in clause FIRST of Section 22.2 is less than the Termination Value for such Property plus all Rent and other amounts then due and payable by the Lessee under this Lease and under any other Operative Agreements with respect to such Property (hereinafter such difference shall be referred to as the “Deficiency Balance”), then the Lessee hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Lessor on the Sale Date the lesser of (i) the Deficiency Balance, or (ii) the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for such Property. If any Property is retained by the Lessor pursuant to an affirmative election made by the Lessor pursuant to the third sentence of Section 22.1(a) or is not sold (subject to the Lessee’s having satisfied its obligations under this Section 22.1), then the Lessee hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Lessor on the Sale Date an amount equal to the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for such Property (or, in the case of a Segregated Property, the sum of the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for the Land related to such Segregated Property, plus the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for the Improvements related to such Segregated Property). Notwithstanding the procedures set forth in the first sentence of this subparagraph (b), the following procedure shall apply to the Properties located in Fontana, California and Miami, Florida (each, a “Segregated Property”) in place thereof. If the Lessee elects the Sale Option with respect to any Segregated Property, at the time of such election, the Lessee and the Lessor shall use the Appraisal Procedure to determine the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the fair market sales value of the Land related to such Segregated Property at the time of such election, divided by the Fair Market Sales Value of such Segregated Property at such time (such percentage, the “Land Percentage” for such Segregated Property; the “Improvements Percentage” for such Segregated Property shall be 100% minus the Land Percentage for such Segregated Property). If any Segregated Property is sold on the Sale Date in accordance with the terms of Section 22.1(a) and (A) the Land Percentage times the amount equal to the purchase price paid for such Property minus the sum of all costs and expenses referred to in clause FIRST of Section 22.2 is less than the Property Cost for such Property allocated to the Land, as set forth on Schedule 1 to the Participation Agreement (hereinafter such difference shall be referred to as the “Land Deficiency Balance”), then the Lessee hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Lessor on the Sale Date the lesser of (i) the Land Deficiency Balance, or (ii) the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for the Land related to such Property as set forth on Schedule 1 to the Participation Agreement and/or (B) the Improvements Percentage times the amount equal to the purchase price paid for such Property minus the sum of all costs and expenses referred to in clause FIRST of Section 22.2 is less than the Property Cost for such Property allocated to the Improvements, as set forth on Schedule 1 to the Participation


Agreement (hereinafter such difference shall be referred to as the “Improvements Deficiency Balance”), then the Lessee hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Lessor on the Sale Date the lesser of (i) the Improvements Deficiency Balance, or (ii) the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for the Improvements related to such Property as set forth on Schedule 1 to the Participation Agreement .

(c) In the event that the Properties are either sold to one or more third party purchasers on the Sale Date or retained by the Lessor, then in either case on the Sale Date (i) the Lessee shall provide Lessor or such third party purchasers with (A) all permits, certificates of occupancy, governmental licenses and authorizations necessary to use and operate such Property for its intended purposes, (B) such easements, licenses, rights-of-way and other rights and privileges in the nature of an easement as are reasonably necessary or desirable in connection with the use, repair, access to or maintenance of such Property for its intended purpose or otherwise as the Lessor shall reasonably request, and (C) a services agreement covering such services as Lessor or such third party purchaser may request in order to use and operate a Property for its intended purposes at such rates (not in excess of arm’s-length fair market rates) as shall be acceptable to Lessee and Lessor or such third party purchaser, and (ii) the Term of this Lease shall terminate with respect to each Property so sold. All assignments, licenses, easements, agreements and other deliveries required by clauses (i)(A) and (B) of this paragraph (c) shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Lessor or such third party purchaser, as applicable, and shall be fully assignable (including both primary assignments and assignments given in the nature of security) without payment of any fee, cost or other charge.

Section 22.2. Application of Proceeds of Sale. The Lessor shall apply the proceeds of sale of any Property in the following order of priority:

(a) FIRST, to pay or to reimburse Lessor for the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Lessor in connection with the sale;

(b) SECOND, so long as the Participation Agreement or the Credit Agreement is in effect and any Loan, Lessor Advance or any other amount is owing to the Financing Parties, the Lessor or any other Person under any Operative Agreement, to the Agent to be applied in accordance with the terms (including the inter-creditor provisions among the Financing Parties and the Lessor) contained in the Operative Agreements; and

(c) THIRD, to the Lessee.

Section 22.3. Indemnity for Excessive Wear. If the proceeds of the sale described in Section 22.1 with respect to any Property, less all expenses incurred by Lessor in connection with such sale, shall be less than the Limited Recourse Amount with respect to such Property, and at the time of such sale it shall have been reasonably determined (pursuant to the Appraisal Procedure) that the Fair Market Sales Value of the Property, shall have been impaired by greater than expected wear and tear during the term of the Lease, Lessee shall pay to Lessor within ten (10) days after receipt of Lessor’s written statement (i) the amount of such excess wear and tear determined by the Appraisal Procedure or (ii) the amount of the Net Sale Proceeds Shortfall, whichever amount is less.


Section 22.4. Appraisal Procedure. For determining the Fair Market Sales Value of any Property or any other amount which may, pursuant to any provision of any Operative Agreement, be determined by an appraisal procedure, Lessor and Lessee shall use the following procedure (the “Appraisal Procedure”). Lessor and Lessee shall endeavor to reach a mutual agreement as to such amount for a period of ten (10) days from commencement of the Appraisal Procedure under the applicable section of the Lease, and if they cannot agree within ten (10) days, then two qualified appraisers, one chosen by Lessee and one chosen by Lessor, shall mutually agree thereupon, but if either party shall fail to choose an appraiser within twenty (20) days after notice from the other party of the selection of its appraiser, then the appraisal by such appointed appraiser shall be binding on Lessee and Lessor. If the two appraisers cannot agree within twenty (20) days after both shall have been appointed, then a third appraiser shall be selected by the two appraisers or, failing agreement as to such third appraiser within (30) days after both shall have been appointed, by the American Arbitration Association. The decisions of the three appraisers shall be given within twenty (20) days of the appointment of the third appraiser and the decision of the appraiser most different from the average of the other two shall be discarded and such average shall be binding on Lessor and Lessee; provided that if the highest appraisal and the lowest appraisal are equidistant from the third appraisal, the third appraisal shall be binding on Lessor and Lessee. The fees and expenses of the appraisers appointed by Lessee and by Lessor shall be paid by Lessee.

Section 22.5. Certain Obligations Continue. During the Marketing Period, the obligation of Lessee to pay Rent with respect to the Properties (including the installment of Basic Rent due on the Expiration Date) shall continue undiminished until, and including, the Expiration Date. All Rent that has accrued on or prior to the Expiration Date that has not previously been paid shall be paid by Lessee on the Expiration Date. Lessor shall have the right, but shall be under no duty, to solicit bids, to inquire into the efforts of Lessee to obtain bids or otherwise to take action in connection with any such sale, other than as expressly provided in this Article XXII.

ARTICLE XXIII

Section 23.1. Risk of Loss. During the Term, unless Lessee shall not be in actual possession of the Property in question solely by reason of Lessor’s exercise of its remedies of dispossession under Article XVII, the risk of loss or decrease in the enjoyment and beneficial use of such Property as a result of the damage or destruction thereof by fire, the elements, casualties, thefts, riots, wars or otherwise is assumed by Lessee, and Lessor shall in no event be answerable or accountable therefor.

ARTICLE XXIV

Section 24.1. Assignment.

(a) (Other than permitting a Subsidiary of Lessee to be an alternative Lessee pursuant to Section 2.5) Lessee may not assign, mortgage, pledge or encumber this Lease


or any of its rights or obligations hereunder in whole or in part to any Person without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Lessor, and the Majority Financing Parties, with such consent to be given or withheld in the sole discretion of each such party.

(b) No such assignment or other relinquishment of possession to any Property shall in any way discharge or diminish any of the obligations of Lessee to Lessor hereunder and Lessee shall remain directly and primarily liable under this Lease.

Section 24.2. Subleases.

(a) Except as set forth in this Section 24.2, Lessee may not sublet any Property or portion thereof without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Lessor and the Agent, which consent may be given or withheld in the sole discretion of each such party.

(b) Lessee may, without the consent of Lessor or the Agent, sublet a Property only if:

(i) Lessee remains fully liable for all obligations (including without limitation all Rent and other obligations with respect to such subleased Properties and any other Properties) under this Lease, each Lease Supplement and the other Operative Agreements;

(ii) Such sublease is in writing, is expressly subject and subordinate to the rights of the Agent and the Financing Parties under this Lease, the Security Agreement, each Mortgage Instrument and all other Operative Agreements and has a term that expires upon the termination or expiration of this Lease, unless Lessee purchases the related Property, in which case, the term of such sublease may continue; and

(iii) Such sublease is on commercially reasonable terms and at market rates and such Property is at all times used for the purposes set forth in this paragraph and in the definition of “Property.”

(c) No sublease or other relinquishment of possession to any Property shall in any way discharge or diminish any of Lessee’s obligations to Lessor hereunder and Lessee shall remain directly and primarily liable under this Lease as to the Property so sublet.

(d) Each insurance policy carried by Lessee pursuant to Article XIV shall be endorsed to name each sublessee under any such sublease as an additional insured. Prior to the effectiveness of any such sublease, Lessee shall deliver a copy thereof to the Lessor and the Agent.

(e) Promptly but in any event within five (5) days following the execution and delivery of any sublease permitted by this Article XXIV, Lessee shall notify Lessor and the Agent of the execution of such sublease.


ARTICLE XXV

Section 25.1. No Waiver. No failure by Lessor or Lessee to insist upon the strict performance of any term hereof or to exercise any right, power or remedy upon a default hereunder, and no acceptance of full or partial payment of Rent during the continuance of any such default, shall constitute a waiver of any such default or of any such term. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no waiver of any default shall affect or alter this Lease, and this Lease shall continue in full force and effect with respect to any other then existing or subsequent default.

ARTICLE XXVI

Section 26.1. Acceptance of Surrender. No surrender to Lessor of this Lease or of all or any portion of any Property or of any part of any thereof or of any interest therein shall be valid or effective unless agreed to and accepted in writing by Lessor and the Agent, and no act by Lessor or the Agent or any representative or agent of Lessor or the Agent, other than a written acceptance, shall constitute an acceptance of any such surrender.

Section 26.2. No Merger of Title. There shall be no merger of this Lease or of the leasehold estate created hereby by reason of the fact that the same Person may acquire, own or hold, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, (a) this Lease or the leasehold estate created hereby or any interest in this Lease or such leasehold estate, (b) any right, title or interest in any Property, (c) any Notes, or (d) an equity interest in Lessor.

ARTICLE XXVII

Section 27.1. Notices. Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices, requests, demands, directions, agreements and documents delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be delivered as provided in Section 11.3 of the Participation Agreement.

ARTICLE XXVIII

Section 28.1. Miscellaneous. Anything contained in this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, all claims against and liabilities of Lessee or Lessor arising from events commencing prior to the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease shall survive such expiration or earlier termination. If any provision of this Lease shall be held to be unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such unenforceability shall not affect the enforceability of any other provision of this Lease and such jurisdiction or of such provision or of any other provision hereof in any other jurisdiction.

Section 28.2. Amendments and Modifications. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the terms of Section 11.5 of the Participation Agreement.

Section 28.3. Successors and Assigns. All the terms and provisions of this Lease shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.


Section 28.4. Headings and Table of Contents. The headings and table of contents in this Lease are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

Section 28.5. Counterparts. This Lease may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 28.6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS LEASE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH A PROPERTY IS LOCATED MAY GOVERN MATTERS RELATING TO THE PERFECTION, FORECLOSURE AND ENFORCEMENT OF LIENS ON SUCH PROPERTY.

Section 28.7. Calculation of Rent. All calculation of Rent payable hereunder shall be computed based on the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.

Section 28.8. Memoranda of Lease and Lease Supplements. This Lease shall not be recorded; provided Lessor and Lessee have recorded a Memorandum of this Lease and of the applicable Lease Supplement regarding each Property in the local filing office with respect thereto and Lessor and Lessee shall, at Lessee’s cost and expense, execute and file such other documents as may be required under applicable law to sufficiently evidence this Lease or any such Lease Supplement in the applicable real estate filing records.

Section 28.9. Allocations between the Financing Parties. Notwithstanding any other term or provision of this Lease to the contrary, the allocations of the proceeds of the Properties and any and all other Rent and other amounts received hereunder shall be subject to the inter-creditor provisions between the Financing Parties contained in the Operative Agreements (or as otherwise agreed among the Financing Parties from time to time).

Section 28.10. Limitations on Recourse. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Lease to the contrary, Lessee agrees to look solely to Lessor’s estate and interest in the Properties for the collection of any judgment requiring the payment of money by Lessor in the event of liability by Lessor, and no other property or assets of Lessor or any shareholder, member, owner, or partner (direct or indirect) in or of Lessor, or any manager, director, officer, employee, beneficiary, Affiliate of any of the foregoing shall be subject to levy, execution or other enforcement procedure for the satisfaction of the remedies of Lessee under or with respect to this Lease, the relationship of Lessor and Lessee hereunder or Lessee’s use of the Properties or any other liability of Lessor to Lessee, except to the extent expressly provided in Section 7.2 or 11.11 of the Participation Agreement. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted so as to limit the terms of Sections 6.1 or 6.2.

Section 28.11. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE LESSOR AND THE LESSEE IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS LEASE OR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.


Section 28.12. Original Leases. The single executed original of this Lease marked “THIS COUNTERPART IS THE ORIGINAL EXECUTED COUNTERPART” on the signature page thereof and containing the receipt of the Agent therefor on or following the signature page thereof shall be the original executed counterpart of this Lease (the “Original Executed Counterpart”). To the extent that this Lease constitutes chattel paper, as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction, no security interest in this Lease may be created through the transfer or possession of any counterpart other than the Original Executed Counterpart.

Section 28.13. Mortgage Grant and Remedies. Without limiting any other remedies set forth in this Lease, in the event that a court of competent jurisdiction rules that this Lease constitutes a mortgage, deed of trust, security deed or other secured financing, as is the intent of the parties, then the Lessor and the Lessee agree that the Lessee hereby grants, bargains, sells, conveys, mortgages, and grants a security interest in each Property to Lessor WITH POWER OF SALE to secure the payment of all sums due and owing by Lessee hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement, and that, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Lessor shall have the power and authority, to the extent provided by law or the Operative Agreements, after prior notice and lapse of such time as may be required by law, to foreclose its interest (or cause such interest to be foreclosed) in all or any part of any Property, to appoint or obtain the appointment of a receiver for all or any part of the Property, and to exercise any other right or remedy that may be available under applicable law to the holder of a mortgage, deed of trust, security deed or other secured financing.

Section 28.14. Exercise of Lessor Rights. The Lessee hereby acknowledges and agrees that the rights and powers of the Lessor under this Lease have been collaterally assigned to the Agent pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, and that the Lessor may have encumbered the Properties by various Mortgage Instruments made by the Lessor in favor of the Agent, all as security for certain indebtedness and obligations described therein of the Lessor to the Agent and the Financing Parties under the Operative Agreements. Lessee hereby consents to said assignment and said Mortgage Instruments in favor of the Agent and further acknowledges and agrees as follows:

(a) In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction rules that this Lease constitutes a mortgage, deed of trust, security deed or other secured financing as is the intent of the parties, then the Lessor and the Lessee agree that the Lessor’s collateral assignment of this Lease to the Agent shall be deemed to be a collateral assignment of such mortgage, deed of trust, security deed or other secured financing, and the Agent as such collateral assignee shall be entitled to exercise any and all rights and remedies of the Lessor set forth herein during the existence of any Event of Default, including without limitation the Lessor’s rights to obtain a receiver, to obtain possession of the Properties and the rents and revenues thereof, to foreclose this Lease, to sell the Lessee’s interest in the Properties, and to exercise any other rights or remedies that may then be available to the Lessor under applicable law on account of such Event of Default.

(b) Lessee’s interest in the Properties is junior and subordinate to the lien of any Mortgage Instruments made by the Lessor in favor of the Agent against the respective Properties from time to time in connection with the Operative Agreements;


provided, however, that for so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) the Agent shall not disturb Lessee’s possession of the Properties through any foreclosure or other remedial action against the Properties under any Mortgage Instrument, and (ii) if Lessor’s interest in any Property shall be transferred to any Person other than the Lessee as the result of the Agent’s foreclosure or other remedial action under any Mortgage Instrument, the Lessee shall (upon request of the Agent) attorn to such transferee and recognize the transferee as the Lessee’s landlord under this Lease.

(c) During the existence of an Event of Default, the Agent as holder of the Mortgage Instruments and as collateral assignee of this Lease may exercise any and all rights and remedies that may then be available under applicable law to the Agent in either or both capacities, whether exercised singly, successively or concurrently. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent as collateral assignee may enforce the Lessee’s payment obligations under this Lease (regardless of whether this Lease shall be deemed a mortgage, deed of trust, security deed or other secured financing) even if Lessee’s interest and estate in any Property under this Lease shall have been extinguished or forfeited under applicable law through the foreclosure or other enforcement of any Mortgage Instrument.

[Signatures on following page.]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Lease to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

WITNESSES:     TECH DATA CORPORATION, as Lessee
By:  

/s/ John Mezidor

    By:  

/s/ Charles V. Dannewitz

Name:   John Mezidor     Name:   Charles V. Dannewitz
      Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax and Treasurer
By:  

/s/ Isaac Taylor

     
Name:   Isaac Taylor      


WITNESSES:     SUNTRUST BANK, as Lessor
By:  

/s/ Lisa A. Howard

    By:  

/s/ Donald J. Campisano

Name:   Lisa A. Howard     Name:   Donald J. Campisano
      Title:   Managing Director
By:  

/s/ Sarah Grant

     
Name:   Sarah Grant      
Receipt of this original counterpart of the foregoing Lease is hereby acknowledged as of the date hereof      
SUNTRUST EQUITY FUNDING, LLC, as Agent      
By:  

 

     
Name:        


            Acknowledged and Agreed to:
WITNESSES:    

TECH DATA PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, INC.,

as an alternative Lessee

By:  

/s/ John Mezidor

    By:  

/s/ Charles V. Dannewitz

Name:   John Mezidor     Name:   Charles V. Dannewitz
      Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax and Treasurer
By:  

/s/ Isaac Taylor

     
Name:   Isaac Taylor      
WITNESSES:    

TD FACILITIES, LTD.,

as Alternative Lessee

By:  

/s/ John Mezidor

    By: Tech Data Corporation, its general partner
Name:   John Mezidor      
By:  

/s/ Isaac Taylor

    By:  

/s/ Charles V. Dannewitz

Name:   Isaac Taylor     Name:   Charles V. Dannewitz
      Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax and Treasurer
EX-10.BBB 3 dex10bbb.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 27, 2008 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated June 27, 2008

Exhibit 10-BBb

 

 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

SUNTRUST BANK

as Borrower,

THE SEVERAL LENDERS

FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO,

as Lenders,

and

SUNTRUST EQUITY FUNDING, LLC,

as Administrative Agent for the Lenders

Dated as of June 27, 2008

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page
Section 1.    DEFINITIONS    1
    1.1        Definitional Provisions    1
    1.2        Defined Terms    1
Section 2.    AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS    2
    2.1        Commitments    2
    2.2        Notes    2
    2.3        Procedure for Borrowing; Amounts of Borrowings    3
    2.4        Prepayments and Payments    3
    2.5        Interest Rates and Payment Dates    4
    2.6        Computation of Interest    5
    2.7        Pro Rata Treatment and Payments    5
Section 3.    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT    6
    3.1        Conditions to Effectiveness    6
    3.2        Conditions to the Loan    6
Section 4.    COVENANTS    7
    4.1        Further Assurances    7
Section 5.    EVENTS OF DEFAULT    7
Section 6.    THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT    10
    6.1        Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent    10
    6.2        Delegation of Duties    10
    6.3        Liability of Administrative Agent    10
    6.4        Reliance by Administrative Agent    11
    6.5        Notice of Default    11
    6.6        Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent    11
    6.7        Indemnification of Administrative Agent    12
    6.8        Administrative Agent in Individual Capacity    12
    6.9        Successor Administrative Agent    13
    6.10      Collateral Matters    13
Section 7.    MATTERS RELATING TO PAYMENT AND COLLATERAL    15
    7.1        Collection of Payments and Other Amounts    15
    7.2        Certain Remedial Matters    17
    7.3        Release of Properties, etc.    17
    7.4        Excepted Payments    17
Section 8.    MISCELLANEOUS    18
    8.1        Amendments and Waivers    18
    8.2        Notices    18
    8.3        No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies    18
    8.4        Survival of Representations and Warranties    18
    8.5        Payment of Expenses and Taxes    18
    8.6        Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments    18
    8.7        Participations    18
    8.8        Assignments; Additional Commitment    19

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

          Page
    8.9        The Register; Disclosure    21
    8.10      Adjustments    21
    8.11      Counterparts    22
    8.12      Severability    22
    8.13      Integration    22
    8.14      GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL    22
    8.15      Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers    22
    8.16      Acknowledgments    23
    8.17      Nonrecourse    23
    8.18      Usury Savings Clause    24

 

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Schedule 1.2  
Exhibit A   SERIES A NOTE
Exhibit B   SERIES B NOTE
Exhibit C   ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
 

SCHEDULE 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE RELATING

 

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 27, 2008, is among SUNTRUST BANK (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “Lenders”), and SUNTRUST EQUITY FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Administrative Agent.

WHEREAS, SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, as the prior lessor (in such capacity, the “Prior Lessor”), the several banks and other financial institutions party thereto and SunTrust Bank, as the prior administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Prior Agent”), entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2003 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Prior Lessor is transferring the Leased Properties to the Borrower subject to the Existing Operative Agreements,

WHEREAS, the Prior Agent is transferring all of its rights and duties to the Administrative Agent, who has assumed all of such rights and duties;

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety, as hereinafter set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, and the parties hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitional Provisions.

(a) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(b) All accounting terms used herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in accordance with GAAP, unless otherwise provided herein. All computations and determinations for purposes of determining compliance with the financial requirements of this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, unless otherwise provided herein.

(c) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms or such terms.

1.2 Defined Terms. Each capitalized term used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Appendix A to the Participation Agreement (defined below).


(a) “Agreement” shall mean this Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, and includes the Existing Credit Agreement for the period that it was in effect.

(b) “Participation Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Tech Data Corporation as Lessee, the Lessor, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, as the Administrative Agent, as such agreement may be further amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

2.1 Commitments.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make and/or to continue, as applicable, Series A Loans and Series B Loans to the Borrower on the Restatement Effective Date for the purpose of realigning the outstanding Loans and Lessor Fundings with the Commitments and Lessor Commitments, as amended and restated pursuant to this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, in an aggregate principal amount as to each Category of Loans outstanding not to exceed such Lender’s Commitment applicable to such Category of Loans; provided that (i) after giving effect to any Loan, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans of a specified Category shall not exceed the Total Commitment for such Category, and (ii) all borrowings under this Section 2.1(a) shall be allocated in accordance with the definitions of Series A Loans and Series B Loans.

(b) The Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans having an Interest Period of one, two, three, four or six months, as specified in the definition of “Interest Period,” subject only to the limitations specified in such definition and to the provisions of Sections 2.6(c) hereof and Sections 3.2(e) and 10.4 of the Participation Agreement. Any Loan other than a Eurodollar Loan shall constitute a Base Rate Loan.

2.2 Notes. The Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by (i) in the case of Series A Loans, a promissory note of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the “Series A Note”), and (ii) in the case of Series B Loans, a promissory note of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B (the “Series B Note” and together with the Series A Notes, the “Notes”), in each case with appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount, payable to the order of the Agent (for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders) and in a principal amount equal to the applicable aggregate Commitments of the Lenders. The Agent is hereby authorized to record the date, Type and amount of each Loan made by the Lenders, each continuation thereof, each conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type, and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal thereof on the schedule annexed to and constituting a part of any of the Notes, and any such recordation shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information so recorded, provided that the failure to make any such recordation or any error in such recordation shall not affect the Borrower’s obligations hereunder or under such Note. Each Note shall (i) be dated the Restatement Effective Date (ii) be stated to mature on the Maturity Date, and (iii) provide for the payment of interest in accordance with Section 2.5.

 

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2.3 Procedure for Borrowing; Amounts of Borrowings.

(a) The Borrower may borrow under the Commitments on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to the terms of Section 3.2 of the Participation Agreement, provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which must be received by the Administrative Agent (i) prior to 11:00 A.M., New York time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date if all or any part of the requested Loans are to be Eurodollar Loans, or (ii) prior to 11:00 A.M., New York time one (1) Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date with respect to any Loans that are to be Base Rate Loans) specifying (A) the amount to be borrowed (which on any date shall not be in excess of the then aggregate Commitments of the Lenders), (B) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be the Restatement Effective Date), (C) whether the borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Loans, Base Rate Loans or a combination thereof, (D) if the borrowing is to be a combination of Eurodollar Loans and Base Rate Loans, the respective amounts of each Type of Loan and (E) if the borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period applicable thereto. Pursuant to the terms of the Participation Agreement, the Borrower shall be deemed to have delivered such notice upon the delivery of a notice by the Lessee containing such required information. Upon receipt of such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including specifically without limitation Section 4.2), each Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of such borrowing of each Category available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 9.2 prior to 2:00 P.M., New York time, on the Restatement Effective Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting an account designated by the Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent. No amount of any Loan which is repaid or prepaid may be reborrowed hereunder. To the extent that the borrowing requested on the Restatement Effective Date includes Loans from any Lender that are to be continued, such Lender shall not be required to fund the principal of such continued Loans and such principal shall remain outstanding.

(b) The aggregate amount of any borrowing constituting a Eurodollar Loan and any conversion thereof shall be in an amount (which, when aggregated with the related Eurodollar Lessor Funding) is at least $5,000,000.

2.4 Prepayments and Payments.

(a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (subject to compliance with Sections 10.3(b) and 10.5 of the Participation Agreement), upon at least three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, specifying the date and amount of

 

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prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans, Base Rate Loans or a combination thereof, and, if a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each; provided that all prepayments of Loans shall be applied pro rata between Series A Loans (aggregated as a single amount) and Series B Loans (aggregated as a single amount). Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Amounts prepaid may not be reborrowed.

(b) If on any date the Administrative Agent or the Lessor shall receive any payment in respect of (i) any Casualty or Condemnation pursuant to Section 15.1(a) or 15.1(g) of the Lease (excluding any payments in respect thereof which are payable to Lessee in accordance with the Lease), or (ii) the Termination Value of any Property in connection with the delivery of a Termination Notice pursuant to Article XVI of the Lease, or (iii) the Termination Value of any Property in connection with the exercise of the option to purchase any Property under Section 17.11 of the Lease, (iv) the Termination Value of any Property in connection with the exercise of a Purchase Option under Section 20.1(a) or (b) of the Lease or the exercise of the option of the Lessee to transfer the Properties to a third party pursuant to Section 20.1 of the Lease, or (v) the Excess Land Purchase Price in connection with a purchase of Excess Land pursuant to Section 20.1(c) of the Lease, then in each case, the Borrower shall be required to prepay the principal balance of the Loans and Lessor Fundings on such date (such prepayment to be applied pro rata as between Series A Loans and A Allocated Amount (aggregated as a single amount) and Series B Loans and B Allocated Amount (aggregated as a single amount)) in an amount equal to such payment.

(c) Each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.4(b) shall be allocated to reduce the Loan Property Cost of the affected Property. Each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.4(a) shall be allocated to reduce the respective Loan Property Costs of all Properties pro rata according to the Loan Property Costs of such Properties immediately before giving effect to such prepayment. Each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.4(a) or 2.4(b) shall be accompanied by a simultaneous prepayment of accrued interest on such Loan and Yield on such Lessor Fundings and the simultaneous payment of any amounts payable under Section 10.5 of the Participation Agreement in connection with the prepayment of such Loan and Lessor Fundings.

(d) The outstanding principal amount of the Loans shall be due and payable in full to the Agent for the benefit of each Lender on the Maturity Date, or earlier as specified herein or in any other Operative Agreement.

2.5 Interest Rates and Payment Dates.

(a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such day for such Loan.

(b) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate.

 

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(c) If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan, (ii) any interest payable on any Loan or (iii) any other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (subject to applicable grace periods) (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is the lesser of (x) the interest rate applicable to such Loan (or in the case of clause (iii) above, the Base Rate) plus 2% and (y) the highest interest rate permitted by applicable law, in each case from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (whether after or before judgment). In addition, if any Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each outstanding Loan shall bear interest at the lesser of (A) the interest rate applicable to such Loan plus 2% or (B) the highest interest rate permitted by applicable law, in each case so long as such Lease Event of Default is continuing.

(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Scheduled Interest Payment Date, provided that (i) interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.5 shall be payable from time to time on demand and (ii) each prepayment of any Loan shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid.

2.6 Computation of Interest.

(a) Interest shall be calculated on the basis established in Section 11.16 of the Participation Agreement, with respect to the length of a “year” and the number of days for which interest is accrued. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Base Rate, or the Reserve Requirement, shall become effective as of the day on which such change in the Base Rate or Reserve Requirement becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.

(c) If the Eurodollar Rate cannot be determined by the Administrative Agent in the manner specified in the definition of the term “Eurodollar Rate” referenced in Appendix A to the Participation Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall give facsimile, e-mail or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. Until such time as the Eurodollar Rate can be determined by the Administrative Agent in the manner specified in such definition of such term, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made or continued as such at the end of the then current Interest Period and all Loans shall continue as Base Rate Loans.

2.7 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.

(a) The borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder shall be made pro rata according to the respective Commitment Percentages of such Category of the Lenders. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of

 

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principal of and interest on the Series A Loans or the Series B Loans, as the case may be, shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts on the Loans of each such Category then held by each Lender. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder and under the Notes, whether on account of principal, interest or otherwise, shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon, New York time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Administrative Agent’s office specified in Section 9.2, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, if such payment includes an amount of interest calculated with reference to the Eurodollar Rate and the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, then such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the daily average Federal Funds Rate for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.7(b) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate as set forth above on demand from the Borrower.

SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

3.1 Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of all conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 of the Participation Agreement required to be satisfied on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date and to the receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Notes, duly executed by the Borrower.

3.2 Conditions to the Loan. The agreement of each Lender to make the Loan requested to be made and/or continued by it on the Restatement Effective Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower in or pursuant to the Operative Agreements shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.

 

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(b) Participation Agreement. The conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.3 of the Participation Agreement shall have been satisfied.

SECTION 4. COVENANTS

So long as any Loan or Note remains outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement and so long as the Commitments have not been terminated:

4.1 Further Assurances. At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of the Borrower (or Lessee to the extent Lessee is obligated for such costs pursuant to the Operative Agreements), the Borrower will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further instruments and documents and take such further action as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Financing Parties may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements and of the rights and powers herein or therein granted.

SECTION 5. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an “Event of Default”):

(a) The Borrower shall, except as provided in paragraph (c), default, in the payment when due of any principal or interest on any Loan; or

(b) Except as provided in paragraphs (a) and (c), the Borrower shall fail to make the payment of any amount due and payable owing under any of the Operative Agreements within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice that such payment is due; or

(c) The Borrower shall default in the payment of any amount due on the Maturity Date owing under any Operative Agreements; or

(d) The Borrower shall default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in any Operative Agreement to which it is a party (other than those referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above), provided that in the case of any such default under Section 4.1, such default shall continue for a period of at least thirty (30) days after notice to the Borrower and the Lessee by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Financing Parties; or

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in the Participation Agreement, the Lease or in any statement or certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made; or

(f) There shall have occurred and be continuing:

(i) any Lease Event of Default or other “Event of Default” (as defined in the Participation Agreement); or

(ii) a default by the Borrower in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in the Participation Agreement to or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or a Lender, provided that in the case of this clause (ii), such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least thirty (30) days after notice to the Lessor and the Lessee by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Financing Parties; or

(g) The Borrower shall be unable to pay its debts generally as they become due; file a petition to take advantage of any insolvency statute; make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors; commence a proceeding for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or conservator of itself or of the whole or any substantial part of its property; file a petition or answer seeking liquidation, reorganization or arrangement or similar relief under the federal bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law or statute; or

(h) Any court of competent jurisdiction shall enter an order, judgment or decree appointing a custodian, receiver, trustee, liquidator or conservator of the Borrower or of the whole or any substantial part of its properties and such order, judgment or decree continues unstayed and in effect for a period of ninety (90) days, or approve a petition filed against the Borrower seeking liquidation, reorganization or arrangement or similar relief under the federal bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law or statute of the United States of America or any state, which petition is not dismissed within ninety (90) days; or if, under the provisions of any other law for the relief or aid of debtors, a court of competent jurisdiction shall assume custody or control of the Borrower or of the whole or any substantial part of its properties, which control is not relinquished within ninety (90) days; or if there is commenced against the Borrower any proceeding or petition seeking reorganization, arrangement or similar relief under the federal bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law or statute of the United States of America or any state which proceeding or petition remains undismissed for a period of ninety (90) days; or if the Borrower takes any action to indicate its consent to or approval of any such proceeding or petition; or

(i) Any Security Document shall cease to be in full force and effect, or shall cease to give the Administrative Agent the Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby, in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and the Lenders, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons and subject to no other Liens (except Permitted Liens); or

 

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(j) The Lease, the Guaranty or any other Operative Agreement shall cease to be enforceable against the Lessee or any Guarantor; or

(k) Any default by any party shall have occurred and be continuing under any lease or sublease (other than the Lease or any sublease by Lessee permitted under Section 24.2(b) of the Lease) of any portion of any Property;

then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in paragraph (g) or (h) above with respect to the Borrower, the Commitments shall automatically and immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement, the Notes and any other Operative Agreements, shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken: with the consent of the Majority Financing Parties, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Majority Financing Parties, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement, the Notes and any other Operative Agreements, to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable (any of the foregoing occurrences or actions referred to in clause (A) or (B) above, being referred to as an “Acceleration”). Except as expressly provided above in this Section 5, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.

Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter so long as any Event of Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent may, and upon the written instructions of the Majority Financing Parties shall, exercise any or all of the rights and powers and pursue any or all of the remedies available to it hereunder and under the other Operative Agreements and the Lease and shall have any and all rights and remedies available under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other provision of law (all such remedies being cumulative and in addition to any other remedies that may be available).

Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter so long as any Event of Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent may, and upon request of the Majority Financing Parties shall, proceed to protect and enforce this Agreement, the Notes, the Lease and the other Operative Agreements by one or more suits or proceedings in equity, at law or in bankruptcy, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained therein or in execution or aid of any power granted therein, or for foreclosure hereunder, or for the appointment of a receiver for any Property, or for the recovery of judgment for any indebtedness secured thereby, or for the enforcement of any other remedy available under applicable laws.

The Borrower shall be liable for any and all accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder before, during or after the exercise of any of the foregoing remedies, including without limitation all reasonable legal fees and other reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default or the exercise of remedies with respect thereto.

 

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SECTION 6. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

6.1 Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby appoints SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC to succeed SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby irrevocably (subject to Section 6.9) appoints, designates and authorizes Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Operative Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Operative Agreement, 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 Operative Agreement or otherwise exist against Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement 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.

6.2 Delegation of Duties. Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel 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.

6.3 Liability of Administrative Agent. No Administrative Agent-Related Person shall (i) 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 Operative Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any Financing Party or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Lessee/Borrower Party or any officer of any of the foregoing, contained in this Agreement or in any other Operative Agreement, 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 Operative Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, or for any failure of any Lessee/Borrower Party or any other party to any Operative Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Administrative Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Financing Party 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 Operative Agreement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of Lessee/Borrower Party or any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

 

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6.4 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, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Lessee/Borrower 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 Operative Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of Majority Financing Parties as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Financing Parties 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 Operative Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of Majority Financing Parties or all Financing Parties, if required hereunder, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all Financing Parties and participants. Where this Agreement expressly permits or prohibits an action unless Majority Financing Parties otherwise determine, and in all other instances, Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, initiate any solicitation for the consent or a vote of Financing Parties.

(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Sections 3 and 4 of the Participation Agreement, and Section 3 hereof, each Financing Party and participant shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter either sent by Administrative Agent to each Financing Party for consent, approval, acceptance or satisfaction, or required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Financing Party.

6.5 Notice of Default. Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of 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, Borrower or Lessee referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. Administrative Agent will notify the Financing Parties of its receipt of any such notice. Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be directed by the Majority Financing Parties in accordance with Section 8; 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 or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Financing Parties.

6.6 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent. Each Lender and participant acknowledges that no Administrative Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Administrative Agent hereinafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Lessee/Borrower Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Administrative Agent-Related Person to any Lender or

 

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participant as to any matter, including whether Administrative Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender, including any Lender by assignment, and each participant represents to Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Administrative 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 each Lessee/Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to any Lessee/Borrower Party hereunder. Each Lender and participant also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Administrative 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 Operative Agreements, 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 each Lessee/Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates. 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 or participant with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Lessee/Borrower Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Administrative Agent-Related Person.

6.7 Indemnification of Administrative Agent. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Administrative Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Lessee/Borrower Party and without limiting the obligation of any Lessee/Borrower Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Administrative Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Claims incurred by it; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Administrative Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Claims resulting from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, however, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of Majority Financing Parties 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) 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 Operative Agreement, 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 any Lessee/Borrower Party. The undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment of all obligations of any Person hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement and the resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent.

6.8 Administrative Agent in Individual Capacity. SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC 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,

 

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underwriting or other business with any Lessee/Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as though SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC were not Administrative Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of Lenders. Lenders and participants acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Lessee/Borrower Party or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any Lessee/Borrower Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Borrower is an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent; with respect to its rights as Lessor under the Operative Agreement, SunTrust Bank shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements as any other Financing Party (as the case may be) and may exercise the same as though its Affiliate were not Administrative Agent.

6.9 Successor Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Financing Parties. If Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Majority Financing Parties shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor administrative agent for the Lenders which successor administrative agent must be consented to by Lessee at all times other than during the existence of a Lease Event of Default (which consent of Lessee 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 the Financing Parties and Lessee, a successor administrative agent from among the Financing Parties. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder, such successor administrative agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor administrative agent and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 6 and Sections 6 and 10 of the Participation Agreement 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 (whether by failure to obtain Lessee consent or otherwise) by the date which is 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 Majority Financing Parties appoint a successor agent as provided for above.

6.10 Collateral Matters.

(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (subject to Section 6.9) appoints, designates and authorizes Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf and on behalf of any other Financing Party under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Operative Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Operative Agreement, Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or

 

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responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in any other Security Document to which it is a party, nor shall Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Financing Party or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement or otherwise exist against Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement 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. Without limiting the generality of Section 6.8, each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent is acting as a collateral agent for itself and the Financing Parties under the Security Documents (other than the Pledge Agreement); and each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to carry out all those obligations and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of the collateral agent described in the Security Documents to which it is a party. In addition, each Lender acknowledges that the Administrative Agent shall enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and may enter into amendments hereto from time to time; each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and amendments thereto on its behalf and agrees to be bound thereby. Administrative Agent shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to Administrative Agent in this Section 6 with respect to the Operative Agreements and the transactions contemplated therein, including without limitations any acts taken or omissions suffered by Administrative Agent in connection with or contemplated by such documents or transactions as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in this Section 6 included Administrative Agent with respect to such documents, transactions, acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided in this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements with respect to Administrative Agent.

(b) The Administrative Agent is authorized on behalf of all the Financing Parties, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the Financing Parties, from time to time take any action with respect to any Collateral or the Security Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the security interest in and Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Security Documents.

(c) The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) upon payment in full of all Loans and Lessor Fundings and all other obligations of any Lessee/Borrower Party known to the Administrative Agent and payable under this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement; (ii) constituting property sold or to be sold or disposed of as part of or in connection with any disposition permitted hereunder; (iii) constituting property (other than any Property) in which Lessee or any Subsidiary owned no interest at the time the Lien was granted or at any time thereafter; (iv) constituting property (other than any Property) leased by Tech Data or any Subsidiary in a transaction permitted under this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement; or (v) consisting of an instrument evidencing Indebtedness or other debt instrument (other than an Operative Agreement), if the indebtedness evidenced thereby

 

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has been paid in full. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 6.10(c), provided that the absence of any such confirmation for whatever reason shall not affect the Administrative Agent’s rights under this Section 6.10(c).

SECTION 7. MATTERS RELATING TO PAYMENT AND COLLATERAL

7.1 Collection of Payments and Other Amounts.

(a) The Lessee has agreed pursuant to the terms of the Participation Agreement to pay directly to the Administrative Agent any and all Rent and any other amounts of any kind or type owing by the Lessee to the Lessor under the Lease or any other Operative Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall, promptly after receipt, apply in accordance with the terms of this Section 7 any such amounts received from the Lessee and all other payments, receipts and other consideration received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement or otherwise received by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders in connection with the Collateral, the Security Documents or any of the other Operative Agreements.

(b) Payments and other amounts received by the Administrative Agent from time to time in accordance with the terms of subparagraph (a) shall be applied as follows:

(i) Any such payment identified as Basic Rent shall be applied by the Administrative Agent first, ratably to the Financing Parties for application to the payment of interest on the Loans and Yield on the Allocated Amount which is due and payable on such date; and second, if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any excess shall be paid to such Person or Persons as the Lessee may designate; provided that if a Default or Event of Default is in effect, such excess (if any) shall instead be held by the Administrative Agent until the earlier of (I) the first date thereafter on which no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing (in which case such payments shall then be made to such other Person or Persons designated by the Lessee) and (II) the Maturity Date (or, if earlier, the date of any Acceleration) in which case such amounts shall be applied in the manner contemplated by Section 7.1(b)(v).

(ii) Any such payment or amount described in Section 2.4(b) shall be applied in accordance with the terms of Section 2.4(b).

(iii) Any such payment identified as proceeds of the sale of any Property, pursuant to Article XXII of the Lease and any payment in respect of excess wear and tear pursuant to Section 22.3 of the Lease, shall be applied by the Administrative Agent first, ratably to the payment of the principal and interest of the Series B Loans and principal and Yield of the B Allocated Amount then outstanding with respect to such Property, second, ratably to the payment of the principal and interest of the Series A Loans and principal and Yield on the A Allocated Amount with respect to such Property, third, ratably to

 

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the payment of any and all other amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Financing Parties hereunder or under any of the other Operative Agreements with respect to such Property and thereafter as the Lessee shall determine.

(iv) Any such payment identified as proceeds of the sale of any Property pursuant to the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents or otherwise (except as set forth in Section 7.1(b)(iii), shall be applied by the Administrative Agent first, ratably to the payment of the principal and interest of the Loans and principal and Yield of the Allocated Amount then outstanding, second, ratably to any and all other amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Financing Parties hereunder or under any of the other Operative Agreements and thereafter as the Lessee shall determine.

(v) Any such payment identified as a payment pursuant to Section 22.1(b) of the Lease (or otherwise) of the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount (or any such lesser amount as may be required by Section 22.1(b) of the Lease) in respect of the Properties shall be applied by the Administrative Agent first, ratably to the payment of the principal and interest balance of the Series A Loans and principal and Yield on the A Allocated Amount then outstanding, second, ratably to the payment of the principal and interest balance of the Series B Loans and principal and Yield on the B Allocated Amount then outstanding, and third, to the payment of any other amounts owing to the Administrative Agent or the Financing Parties hereunder or under any of the other Operative Agreement, and thereafter as the Lessee shall determine.

(vi) Any such payment identified as Supplemental Rent shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of any amounts then owing to the Administrative Agent, the Financing Parties and the other parties to the Operative Agreements (or any of them) (other than any such amounts payable pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 7.1(b)) as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

(vii) The Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment shall identify the nature of each payment or amount received by the Administrative Agent and apply each such amount in the manner specified above.

(c) Upon the payment in full of the Loans and all other amounts owing by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Credit Document, any such moneys remaining with the Administrative Agent shall be paid to the Borrower for disbursement in accordance with the Operative Agreements and if not provided for thereunder to such other Person or Persons as the Borrower may designate. In the event of an Acceleration it is agreed that, prior to the application of amounts received by the Administrative Agent in the order described in Section 7.1(b) above, any such amounts shall first be applied to the payment of (i) any and all sums advanced by the Administrative Agent in order to preserve the Collateral or preserve its security interest therein, (ii) the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for sale or lease, selling or otherwise disposing or realizing on the Collateral, or of any exercise by the Administrative Agent of its rights

 

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under the Security Documents, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs and (iii) any other amounts owed to the Administrative Agent under or in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements (including without limitation any accrued and unpaid administration fees).

7.2 Certain Remedial Matters. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document:

(a) the Borrower shall at all times retain all rights to Excepted Payments payable to or for the account of the Lessor and to demand, collect or commence an action at law to obtain such payments and to enforce any judgment with respect thereto (but not to terminate the Lease as a result thereof); and

(b) the Borrower shall at all times retain the right, but not to the exclusion of the Administrative Agent, (A) to receive from the Lessee all notices, certificates and other documents and all information that the Lessee is permitted or required to give or furnish to the Borrower or the Lessor pursuant to the Lease, the Participation Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, (B) to retain all rights with respect to insurance that Article XIV of the Lease specifically confers upon the “Lessor”, (C) to provide such insurance as the Lessee shall have failed to maintain or as the Borrower may desire, and (D) to enforce compliance by the Lessee with the provisions of Articles VIII, IX, X, XI, XIV and XVII of the Lease.

7.3 Release of Properties, etc. If the Lessee (or its designee) shall at any time purchase any Property or any Excess Land pursuant to the terms of the Lease, or if any Property shall be sold in accordance with Article XXII of the Lease, then, upon satisfaction by the Borrower of its obligation to prepay the Loans and to pay accrued interest on the Loans so prepaid pursuant to Section 2.4, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to release such Property or Excess Land from the Liens created by the Security Documents. In addition, upon the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of the Loans and all other amounts owing by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to release all of the Properties from the Liens created by the Security Documents; provided that such payment shall be sufficient to pay in full the Loans and all other amounts owing by the Borrower or the Lessee hereunder or under the other Operative Agreements. Upon request of the Borrower or the Lessee following any such release, the Administrative Agent shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower or the Lessee, execute and deliver to the Borrower or the Lessee such documents as the Borrower or the Lessee shall reasonably request to evidence such release.

7.4 Excepted Payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Security Documents, any Excepted Payment received at any time by the Administrative Agent shall be distributed promptly to the Person entitled to receive such Excepted Payment.

 

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SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Amendments and Waivers. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the terms of Section 11.5 of the Participation Agreement.

8.2 Notices. Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices, requests, demands, directions, agreements and documents delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be delivered as provided in Section 11.3 of the Participation Agreement.

8.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Operative Agreements 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 future 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.

8.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Operative Agreements and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall, except as otherwise specifically limited therein, survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes and the making of the Loans hereunder.

8.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees to: (a) pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of (i) the Administrative Agent, whether or not the transactions herein contemplated are consummated, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of the Operative Agreements and the documents and instruments referred to therein and any amendment, waiver or consent relating thereto (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent) and (ii) the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders in connection with the enforcement of the Operative Agreements and the documents and instruments referred to therein (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and for each of the Lenders) and (b) pay and hold each of the Lenders harmless from and against any and all present and future stamp and other similar taxes with respect to the foregoing matters and save each of the Lenders harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or omission (other than to the extent attributable to such Lender) to pay such taxes.

8.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, all future holders of the Notes and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender.

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other entities (each, a “Participant”) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, the Notes held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Operative Agreements; provided that any such sale of a participating interest shall be in a principal amount of at least $5,000,000. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes under this Agreement and the Notes, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes. In no event shall any Participant have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, or any consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Person therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or consent would (a) reduce the principal of, or interest on, any Loan or Note, or postpone the date of the final maturity of any Loan or Note, in each case to the extent subject to such participation or (b) release all or substantially all of the Collateral.

8.8 Assignments; Additional Commitment.

(a) Any Lender may, in accordance with applicable law, at any time and from time to time assign to any Lender or any affiliate of any Lender or, with the consent (subject to Section 9.1 of the Participation Agreement) of the Borrower (unless an Event of Default hereunder shall have occurred and be continuing) and the Administrative Agent (which in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), to an additional bank, financial institution or other entity that (i) is either organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or is a foreign bank that operates a branch office in the United States and (ii) in either case, is not the Lessee or any affiliate of the Lessee, (each such permitted assignee being referred to as a “Purchasing Lender”), all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, executed by such Purchasing Lender, such assigning Lender (and, in the case of a Purchasing Lender that is not a Lender or an affiliate thereof, subject to Section 9.1 of the Participation Agreement, by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register; provided that no such assignment to a Purchasing Lender (other than any Lender or any affiliate thereof) of the Commitments hereunder shall be in an aggregate principal amount less than $5,000,000 (other than in the case of an assignment of all of a Lender’s interests under this Agreement and the Notes), and provided further that the assigning Lender shall simultaneously assign to the same Purchasing Lender the same percentage of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under each of the Operative Agreements (with respect to each of the Series A Loans and the Series B Loans). Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the Purchasing Lender thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with a Commitment as set forth therein, and (y) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an

 

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Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the consent of the Borrower shall not be required for any assignment which occurs at any time when any of the events described in Section 5(g) shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and a Purchasing Lender (and, in the case of a Purchasing Lender that is not a Lender or an affiliate thereof, by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $4,000, the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) promptly after the effective date determined pursuant thereto, record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Borrower on or prior to such effective date.

(c) Each Purchasing Lender (other than any Lender organized and existing under the laws of the U.S. or any state thereof, or any political subdivision of the U.S. or of any such state), by executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance,

(i) agrees to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, as promptly as practicable, four signed copies (two for the Administrative Agent and two for delivery by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower) of IRS Form 1001, Form 4224, Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI, or Form W-8 (or any successor form or comparable form) claiming complete exemption from withholding and deduction for or on account of U.S. Federal taxes on or in respect of payments of principal and interest under or in respect of this Agreement (it being understood that if the applicable form is not so delivered, payments under or in respect of this Agreement may be subject to withholding and deduction);

(ii) represents and warrants to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that the form so delivered is true and accurate and that, as of the effective date of the applicable Assignment and Acceptance, each of such Purchasing Lender’s Lending Offices is entitled to receive payments of principal and interest under or in respect of this Agreement without withholding or deduction for or on account of any taxes imposed by the U.S. Federal government;

(iii) agrees to deliver annually hereafter to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent not later than December 31 of the year preceding the year to which it will apply, two further properly completed signed copies of IRS Form 1001, Form 4224, Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8 (or any successor form or comparable form), as appropriate, unless an event has occurred which renders the relevant form inapplicable (it being understood that if the applicable form is not so delivered, payments under or in respect of this Agreement may be subject to withholding and deduction);

 

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(iv) agrees to promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing if it ceases to be entitled to receive payments of principal and interest under or in respect of this Agreement without withholding or deduction for or on account of any taxes imposed by the U.S. or any political subdivision in or of the U.S. (it being understood that payments under or in respect of this Agreement may be subject to withholding and deduction in such event);

(v) acknowledges that in the event it ceases to be exempt from withholding or deduction of such taxes, the Administrative Agent may withhold or deduct the applicable amount from any payments to which such assignee Lender would otherwise be entitled, without any liability to such assignee Lender therefor; and

(vi) agrees to indemnify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs or expenses that result from such assignee Lender’s breach of any such representation, warranty or agreement.

(d) Any Lender party to this Agreement may, from time to time and without the consent of the Borrower or any other Person, pledge or assign for security purposes any portion of its Loans or any other interests in this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements to any Federal Reserve Bank.

8.9 The Register; Disclosure. The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 8.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, the Commitments of the Lenders, and the principal amount of the Loans by Series owing to each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of clearly demonstrable error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loan recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable notice.

8.10 Adjustments. If any Lender (a “Benefitted Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 5(g), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Loans, or interest thereon, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loans, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders as to each Category of Loans; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefit is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from a Lender pursuant to this Section 8.10 may, to the

 

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fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all of its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Person were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

8.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telefacsimile), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

8.12 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

8.13 Integration. This Agreement and the other Operative Documents represent the agreement of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders with respect to the subject mater hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Operative Documents.

8.14 GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

(b) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

8.15 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Operative Agreement to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of Florida and the courts of the United States of America for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same,

 

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(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail) postage prepaid, to the Borrower at its address set forth in Section 8.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 8.15 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

8.16 Acknowledgments. Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

(a) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Operative Agreements, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

(b) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Operative Agreement or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrower and the Lenders.

8.17 Nonrecourse. Anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Operative Agreement notwithstanding, neither the Borrower nor any officer, director or shareholder thereof, nor any of the Borrower’s successors or assigns (all such Persons being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Exculpated Persons”), shall be liable in its individual capacity in any respect for any liability or obligation hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement including the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the Notes, or for monetary damages for the breach of performance of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Operative Agreements. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that, in the event any of them pursues any remedies available to them under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Operative Agreement, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Lenders shall have any recourse against the Borrower, nor any other Exculpated Person, for any deficiency, loss or claim for monetary damages or otherwise resulting therefrom and recourse shall be had solely and exclusively against the Property and Collateral and the Lessee; but nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse against or the enforcement of remedies against the Property and Collateral in respect of any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in this Agreement, the Notes or any other Operative Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, nothing in this Agreement, the Participation Agreement, the Notes, the Security Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments or any other Operative Agreement shall: (a) constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any indebtedness or obligation evidenced by the Notes or arising under this Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments or the Participation Agreement or secured by the Security Agreement, the Mortgage

 

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Instruments or any other Operative Agreement, but the same shall continue until paid or discharged; (b) relieve the Lessor or any Exculpated Person from liability and responsibility for (but only to the extent of the damages arising by reason of): (i) active waste knowingly committed by the Lessor or any Exculpated Person with respect to the Properties or (ii) any fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach on the part of the Lessor or any such Exculpated Person; (c) relieve the Lessor or any Exculpated Person from liability and responsibility for (but only to the extent of the moneys misappropriated, misapplied or not turned over) (i) misappropriation or misapplication by the Lessor (i.e., application in a manner contrary to any Operative Agreement) of any insurance proceeds or condemnation award paid or delivered to the Lessor by any Person other than the Agent, or (ii) any rents or other income received by the Lessor from the Lessee that are not turned over to the Agent; or (d) affect or in any way limit the Agent’s rights and remedies under any Operative Agreement with respect to the Rents and its rights and powers thereunder or to obtain a judgment against the Lessor’s interest in the Properties.

8.18 Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged under any of the Notes, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate (as such term is defined below). If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate (as defined below), the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder and under the other Operative Agreements (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder and thereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement and in such Operative Agreements had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Lenders and the Borrower to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lender’s option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to the Borrower. As used in this paragraph, the term “Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.

8.19 Savings Clause. This Credit Agreement is intended solely as an amendment of, and contemporaneous restatement of, the terms and conditions of the Existing Credit Agreement, and this Credit Agreement is not intended, and should not be construed as in any way as, extinguishing or terminating the Existing Credit Agreement. The Security Documents, each as amended as provided herein or in the amendments thereto as of the Restatement Effective Date

 

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(and after giving effect to any releases of any Mortgage Instruments permitted under the Participation Agreement), shall remain in full force and effect and continue to secure the obligations described therein.

[Signatures on following pages.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

BORROWER:
SUNTRUST BANK

By:

 

/s/ Donald J. Campisano

Name:

  Donald J. Campisano

Title:

  Managing Director
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
SUNTRUST EQUITY FUNDING, LLC, as
Administrative Agent

By:

 

/s/ R. Todd Shutley

Name:

  R. Todd Shutley

Title:

  Senior Vice President

 

Signature Page 1 of 7


LENDERS:
BNP PARIBAS LEASING CORPORATION, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Lloyd G. Cox

Name:

  Lloyd G. Cox

Title:

  Managing Director

 

Signature Page 2 of 7


SCOTIABANC INC., as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ J. F. Todd

Name:

  J. F. Todd

Title:

  Managing Director

 

Signature Page 3 of 7


FIFTH THIRD BANK, a Michigan Banking

Corporation, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ John A. Marian

Name:

  John A. Marian

Title:

  Vice President

 

Signature Page 4 of 7


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Kevin Combs

Name:

  Kevin Combs

Title:

  Senior Vice President

 

Signature Page 5 of 7


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Christine L. Wagner

Name:

  Christine L. Wagner

Title:

  Vice President

 

Signature Page 6 of 7


MERCANTIL COMMERCEBANK, NA, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Fernando Mesia

Name:

  Fernando Mesia

Title:

  Vice President

By:

 

/s/ Alan Hills

Name:

  Alan Hills

Title:

  Senior Vice President

 

Signature Page 7 of 7


Schedule 1.2

Omitted


Exhibit A

REPLACEMENT SERIES A NOTE

 

$                    

  June 27, 2008

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SUNTRUST BANK (the “Borrower”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, as agent (the “Agent”) for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders at the office of the Agent, located at 303 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, on the Maturity Date, the principal amount of (                                         DOLLARS ($                    ), which amount includes the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Existing Series A Loans made by the Lenders prior to the Restatement Effective Date. The Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in Section 2.6 of such Credit Agreement. The Borrower further agrees to pay all other amounts owing to the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Operative Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

The holder of this Series A Note is authorized to endorse on the schedules annexed hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or in the Agent’s records, the date, Type and amount of each Series A Loan made pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal thereof, each continuation thereof and each conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type. Each such endorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information endorsed. The failure to make any such endorsement or any error in such endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Loan.

This Replacement Series A Note (a) is the Series A Notes referred to in the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2008 (as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the banks and financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, as Lenders, and the Agent, (b) is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 8.18 thereof) and (c) is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment in whole or in part as provided in the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Operative Agreements for a description of the properties and assets in which a security interest has been granted, the nature and extent of the security and the guarantees, the terms and conditions upon which the security interests and each guarantee were granted and the rights of the holder of this Series A Note in respect thereof. This Series A Note is a non-recourse obligation of the Borrower as set forth in Section 8.17 of the Credit Agreement. This Series A Note is issued in replacement of the series A note issued pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Existing Series A Note”). This Series A Note is not intended to be, nor shall it be deemed to be, a repayment or novation of the loans evidenced by the Existing Series A Note; this Series A Note represents the same indebtedness evidenced by the Existing Series A Note.

 

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Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Series A Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided in the Credit Agreement.

All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker, principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

 

SUNTRUST BANK

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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Exhibit B

REPLACEMENT SERIES B NOTE

$                    

  June 27, 2008

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SUNTRUST BANK (the “Borrower”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, as agent (the “Agent”) for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders at the office of the Agent, located at 303 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, on the Maturity Date, the principal amount of (                                         DOLLARS ($                    ), which amount includes the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Existing Series B Loans made by the Lenders prior to the Restatement Effective Date. The Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in Section 2.6 of such Credit Agreement. The Borrower further agrees to pay all other amounts owing to the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Operative Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

The holder of this Series B Note is authorized to endorse on the schedules annexed hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or in the Agent’s records, the date, Type and amount of each Series B Loan made pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal thereof, each continuation thereof and each conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type. Each such endorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information endorsed. The failure to make any such endorsement or any error in such endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Loan.

This Replacement Series B Note (a) is the Series B Notes referred to in the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2008 (as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the banks and financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, as Lenders, and the Agent, (b) is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 8.18 thereof) and (c) is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment in whole or in part as provided in the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Operative Agreements for a description of the properties and assets in which a security interest has been granted, the nature and extent of the security and the guarantees, the terms and conditions upon which the security interests and each guarantee were granted and the rights of the holder of this Series B Note in respect thereof. This Series B Note is a non-recourse obligation of the Borrower as set forth in Section 8.17 of the Credit Agreement. This Series B Note is issued in replacement of the Series B note issued pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Existing Series B Note”). This Series B Note is not intended to be, nor shall it be deemed to be, a repayment or novation of the loans evidenced by the Existing Series B Note; this Series B Note represents the same indebtedness evidenced by the Existing Series B Note.

 

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Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Series B Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided in the Credit Agreement.

All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker, principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

SUNTRUST BANK

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

C-2


Exhibit C

ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

Reference is made to (a) the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2008 (as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among SunTrust Bank, the Lenders named therein, and SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, as Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

                     (the “Assignor”) and                      (the “Assignee”) agree as follows:

1. The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee without recourse to the Assignor, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the Assignor, as of the Effective Date (as defined below), an interest (the “Assigned Interest”) in and to the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Operative Agreements with respect to the credit facilities contained in the Credit Agreement as are set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (collectively, the “Assigned Facility”), in the respective principal amount for the Assigned Facility as set forth on Schedule 1.

2. The Assignor (a) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other Operative Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Operative Agreement, or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance, that it has not created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim; and (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or any other obligor or the performance or observance by the Borrower or any other obligor of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement, any other Operative Agreement, or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto.

3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (b) confirms that it has received copies of the Operative Agreements and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor, the Administrative Agent or any other Financing Party and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, other Operative Agreements, or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent (as defined in each of the Operative Agreements) to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such

 

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powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement, the other Operative Agreements, or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Participation Agreement, and the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Participation Agreement or the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender including, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the U.S., its obligations pursuant to Section 8.8 of the Credit Agreement.

4. The effective date of this Assignment and Acceptance shall be                     , 20     (the “Effective Date”). Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance and recording by it in the manner provided pursuant to Section 8.9 of the Credit Agreement effective as of the Effective Date.

5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees, and other amounts) to the Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Effective Date or accrue subsequent to the Effective Date. The Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments by the Administrative Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.

6. From and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the other Operative Agreements and shall be bound by the provisions thereof and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement, and the other Operative Agreements.

7. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective duly authorized officers on Schedule 1 hereto.

 

ASSIGNOR:

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 
ASSIGNEE:

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

Consented to:

TECH DATA CORPORATION

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

SUNTRUST EQUITY FUNDING, LLC,
as Administrative Agent

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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Schedule 1

Omitted

EX-10.BBC 4 dex10bbc.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 27, 2008 Third Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated June 27, 2008

Exhibit 10-BBc

 

 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 27, 2008

among

TECH DATA CORPORATION,

as Lessee,

SUNTRUST BANK,

as Lessor

THE VARIOUS BANKS AND OTHER

LENDING INSTITUTIONS WHICH

ARE PARTIES HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,

as the Lenders,

SUNTRUST EQUITY FUNDING, LLC,

as Arranger and as Administrative Agent for the Lenders

and

BNP PARIBAS,

as Syndication Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

SECTION 1.

   SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS    1

SECTION 2.

   THE CLOSING    2

SECTION 3.

   FUNDINGS; YIELD; INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT    3

SECTION 4.

   CONDITIONS OF THE RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVENESS    8

SECTION 5.

   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ON THE RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE    11

SECTION 6.

   PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES    19

SECTION 7.

   OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS    19

SECTION 8.

   CREDIT AGREEMENT    26

SECTION 9.

   TRANSFER OF INTEREST    27

SECTION 10.

   INDEMNIFICATION    28

SECTION 11.

   MISCELLANEOUS    40

SCHEDULE 1

   PROPERTY COST/PROPERTY ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS/MAXIMUM RESIDUAL GUARANTEE AMOUNTS   

SCHEDULE 5.1(M)

   SUBSIDIARIES    SCH-5.1(m)

SCHEDULE 5.1(S)

   OFF-BALANCE SHEET LIABILITIES    SCH-5.1(s)

SCHEDULE 5.1(V)

   ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS    SCH-5.1(v)

SCHEDULE 11.3

   FUNDING OFFICES, ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES    SCH-11.3

EXHIBIT A

   REQUISITION FORM    A-1

EXHIBIT B

   FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO LESSEE AND GUARANTORS    B-1

APPENDIX A

   RULES OF USAGE AND DEFINITIONS    APPENDIX A-1

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

THIS THIRD AND AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, dated as of June 27, 2008 (as further amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, and including the Existing Participation Agreement for the period that it was in effect, this “Agreement”), is by and among TECH DATA CORPORATION, as lessee (the “Lessee”); SUNTRUST BANK, as lessor (the “Lessor” or “SunTrust Bank”); and SUNTRUST EQUITY FUNDING, LLC, as agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”, and in its individual capacity, “STEF”) for the Lenders and the various other banks and lending institutions which are parties hereto from time to time as Lenders. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in Appendix A hereto.

WHEREAS, Tech Data Corporation, as Lessee, STEF, as lessor (in such capacity, the “Prior Lessor”), the Lenders party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as agent (in such capacity, the “Prior Agent”) and BNP Paribas, as syndication agent, have entered in to that certain Second Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated as of July 31, 2003 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Participation Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, STEF shall contemporaneously herewith distribute all of its right, title and interest, in and to the Properties, the Equipment and the Improvements , and all of its rights, interests and claims in and under the Operative Agreements in its capacity as Prior Lessor (collectively, the “Transferred Assets”) to SunTrust Banks, Inc. (“STI”), its sole member, and STI will immediately thereafter contribute such assets to its subsidiary, SunTrust Bank; and

WHEREAS, SunTrust Bank desires to assign all of its rights and duties as Prior Agent to STEF and STEF desires to accept and assume such rights and duties; and

WHEREAS, Lessee wishes to renew the Lease and to continue to lease from SunTrust Bank, as Lessor, the Properties, the Equipment and the Improvements; and

WHEREAS, STEF shall transfer the Transferred Assets subject to, and SunTrust Bank shall assume, the Loans as of the Restatement Effective Date; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Existing Participation Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Existing Participation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows, and the parties hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS.

1.1 Operative Agreements. As of the Restatement Effective Date, each of the respective parties hereto and thereto shall execute and deliver this Agreement, the Lease, the Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty and such other documents, instruments, certificates and opinions of counsel as agreed to by the parties hereto.


1.2 Transfer; Fundings. On the Restatement Effective Date contemporaneously herewith, STEF shall distribute to STI, STI shall contribute to SunTrust Bank and SunTrust Bank shall accept and assume, the Transferred Assets. All amounts previously funded by SunTrust Bank pursuant to the purchase by SunTrust Bank of a participation in the Fundings from STEF shall be deemed to constitute outstanding Lessor Fundings under the Existing Operative Agreements. To the extent necessary to re-align the outstanding Loans and Lessor Fundings with the Commitments and Lessor Commitment, as amended and restated by this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements and in order to fund the Property Additional Amounts, on the Restatement Effective Date, the Lenders and the Lessor shall make Fundings in amounts equal such portion of their respective Commitments or Lessor Commitment, as applicable, as is necessary to achieve such re-alignment (after taking into account the outstanding Fundings of the Lenders and the Lessor) and to fund the Property Additional Amounts, the proceeds of which Fundings will be used immediately to (a) pay to those Existing Lenders that will not continue to be Lenders under this Agreement (the “Exiting Lenders”) the outstanding principal amount of their Existing Loans, (b) pay to the those Financing Parties whose outstanding Fundings under the Existing Operative Agreements are in excess of their Commitments under this Agreement the amount of such excess, (c) fund to the Lessee the Property Additional Amounts and (d) provide funds to the Lessee to pay Transaction Expenses. Except to the extent repaid pursuant to the previous sentence, there shall be no prepayment, novation or refinancing of the Fundings outstanding under the Existing Operative Agreements; such Fundings shall continue to remain outstanding under the Operative Agreements.

1.3 Reduction of Commitments and Lessor Commitments. If the Lessee shall exercise its option to purchase a Property prior to the end of the Term pursuant to Section 20.1(a) of the Lease or its option to purchase Excess Land pursuant to Section 20.1(c) of the Lease, the Commitment of each Lender and the Lessor’s Commitment shall automatically be reduced by the principal amount of such Lender’s Loans or Lessor Fundings, as applicable, repaid to such Lender or the Lessor in connection with such purchase.

1.4 Not Revolving Commitments. The Commitments and Lessor Commitment hereunder are not revolving. No Fundings shall be made after the Restatement Effective Date.

1.5 Substitution of Agent. Effective as of the Restatement Effective Date, SunTrust Bank, in its capacity as the Prior Agent, hereby transfers to STEF all of the rights, claims, interests, powers and duties of the Prior Agent under the Existing Operative Agreements, and STEF hereby accepts and assumes all of such rights, claims, interests, powers and duties. From and after the Restatement Effective Date, each reference in any Operative Agreement to the Agent shall be deemed to refer to STEF.

SECTION 2. THE CLOSING.

2.1 Closing. All documents and instruments required to be delivered on the Restatement Effective Date shall be delivered at the offices of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 2500, Chicago, Illinois 60601 or at such other location as may be determined by the Lessor, the Agent and the Lessee.

 

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2.2 Restatement Effective Date. The Lessee shall deliver to the Lessor and the Agent a requisition (a “Requisition”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Lessor and the Agent (together with such additional schedules, affidavits, releases, waivers, statements, invoices, bills, and other documents, certificates and information required by the Agent), in connection with the Restatement Effective Date relating to the Fundings (including the continuation of the outstanding Fundings under the Existing Operative Agreements) on such date, and, to the extent determined by the Lessee (as set forth in the Requisition), to the funding of Transaction Expenses and other fees, expenses and disbursements payable by the Lessee pursuant to Section 6.1 with invoices (in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Lessor) for such Transaction Expenses and other fees, expenses and disbursements attached to such Requisition.

SECTION 3. FUNDINGS; YIELD; INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.

3.1 General. To the extent of the Lessor Fundings and those funds that have been made available to the Lessor as Loans by the Lenders, the Lessor will use such funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements (i) to fund the Property Additional Amounts to the Lessee, (ii) to fund the Transaction Expenses, fees, expenses and other disbursements payable by the Lessee under Sections 6.1 and (iii) to pay the outstanding principal amount of Existing Loans to the extent required pursuant to Section 1.2. Except to the extent paid pursuant to Section 1.2 to prepay the Exiting Lenders and to realign the outstanding Fundings to conform to the Financing Parties’ Commitments under this Agreement, the Fundings outstanding under the Existing Operative Agreements as of the Restatement Effective Date shall remain outstanding.

3.2 Procedures for Funding on the Restatement Effective Date.

(a) The Lessee shall designate the date for Fundings hereunder in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York time, not less than (i) one (1) Business Day prior to the date of any requested Base Rate Funding or (ii) three (3) Business Days prior to the date of any requested Eurodollar Funding, the Lessee shall deliver to the Lessor and the Agent, with respect to the Restatement Effective Date, a Requisition as described in Section 2.2. There will be only one Funding hereunder, which will occur on the Restatement Effective Date.

(b) The Requisition shall: (i) be irrevocable, (ii) request funds in an amount that is not in excess of the total aggregate of the Commitments plus the Lessor Commitment, and (iii) request that the Lessor make and/or continue Lessor Fundings and that the Lenders make and/or continue Loans to the Lessor for the purposes described in Section 3.1.

(c) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date,

(i) each Lender shall make Loans to the Lessor and/or shall continue its Existing Loans such that the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Loans shall be in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage

 

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times the Requested Funds specified in the Requisition, up to an aggregate principal amount of the aggregate Commitments (such Loans to be apportioned to Series A Loans and Series B Loans in accordance with definitions thereof);

(ii) the Lessor shall make a Lessor Funding and/or continue its outstanding Lessor Fundings in an amount equal to the Lessor’s Commitment Percentage times the Requested Funds specified in the Requisition, up to an aggregate principal amount of the Lessor Commitment; and

(iii) the total amount of such Loans and Lessor Fundings made on the Restatement Effective Date shall be used in accordance with Section 3.1.

(d) The Lessor Fundings outstanding from time to time shall accrue yield at the interest rate that is then applicable to the Loans (“Yield”). The Lessor Fundings shall be allocated to the same Type and same Interest Periods as the outstanding Loans. If all or a portion of the principal amount or Yield on the Lessor’s Fundings shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall, without limiting the rights of the Lessor under the Lease, to the maximum extent permitted by law, accrue Yield at the Overdue Rate, from the date of non payment until paid in full (both before and after judgment). The Loans outstanding from time to time shall accrue interest as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

(e) Subject to the restrictions set forth in Sections 2.3 and 2.9(c) of the Credit Agreement, the Lessee may:

(i) upon delivery of written notice to the Agent on or before 11:00 A.M., New York time, one (1) Business Day prior to the date of such conversion, convert all or a part of Eurodollar Rate Fundings to Base Rate Fundings on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Fundings; and

(ii) upon delivery of written notice to the Agent on or before 11:00 A.M., New York time, three (3) Business Days’ prior to the date of such election or conversion:

(A) elect a subsequent Interest Period for all or a portion of Eurodollar Rate Fundings to begin on the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Fundings; and

(B) convert Base Rate Fundings to Eurodollar Rate Fundings on any Business Day.

All or any part of outstanding Eurodollar Fundings or Base Rate Fundings may be converted as provided herein, and all or any part of outstanding Eurodollar Fundings may be continued as Eurodollar Fundings for a subsequent Interest Period as provided herein, provided in each case that (i) no Base Rate Funding may be converted into a Eurodollar Funding, and no Eurodollar Funding may be continued as a Eurodollar Funding for a subsequent Interest Period, when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) no Base Rate Funding may be converted into a Eurodollar Funding which matures after the Maturity Date, and (iii) such notice of

 

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conversion shall contain an election by the Lessee of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Funding to be created by such conversion and such Interest Period shall be in accordance with the terms of the definition of the term “Interest Period” as set forth in Appendix A to this Agreement and provided, further, that with respect to each conversion or continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Funding, if the Lessee shall fail to give any required notice or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding provision, such Funding shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Funding on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period.

3.3 Conditions to the Lessor’s and the Lenders’ Obligations to Advance Funds and Continue Fundings on the Restatement Effective Date. The obligations of the Lessor to make and/or continue Lessor Fundings and of each Lender to make and/or continue Loans to the Lessor on the Restatement Effective Date are subject to the prior or contemporaneous satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:

(a) the correctness in all material respects on the Restatement Effective Date of the representations and warranties of the Lessee and the Financing Parties (other than such Financing Party) contained herein and in each of the other Operative Agreements;

(b) the performance in all material respects by the Lessee of its agreements contained herein and in the other Operative Agreements which covenants are to be performed by the Lessee on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date;

(c) the satisfaction of all conditions to any such Lessor Funding or Loan set forth in any Operative Agreement;

(d) the Agent and the Lessor shall have received a fully executed copy of a counterpart of the Requisition, appropriately completed;

(e) the Agent shall have received (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Financing Parties) fully executed originals of those Operative Agreements that are being amended and restated or executed as of the Restatement Effective Date;

(f) the Agent shall have received (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) fully-executed originals of all documents (including without limitation modifications of deeds, existing mortgages, deeds of trust, financing statements, lease supplements, and memoranda of leases and assignments) deemed necessary by the Agent to continue the perfection and priority of any liens on the Properties or any other collateral securing any obligations under any Operative Agreement; provided that, with respect to Properties located in states that may require the payment of transfer or recording taxes, charges or fees in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder which taxes, charges or fees may be eliminated or reduced by the release of any existing Mortgage, such Mortgage may be terminated and released;

(g) the repayment to the Exiting Lenders of all accrued and unpaid interest on their Existing Loans (together with any applicable compensation for break funding costs);

 

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(h) no Default or Event of Default under any of the Operative Agreements shall have occurred after giving effect to the Funding requested by the Requisition and the other transactions contemplated hereunder;

(i) the Lessee shall have caused to be delivered to the Agent and the Lessor a legal opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, the Lessor and the Majority Financing Parties) from counsel to the Lessee addressed to Agent and each Financing Party; and

(j) each Financing Party shall have received a report of the Appraiser with respect to each Property (an “Appraisal”), paid for by the Lessee, which shall meet the requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, shall be satisfactory to such Financing Party and shall state in a manner satisfactory to such Financing Party the estimated “as vacant” value of the Property. Such Appraisal must show that the “as vacant” value of each Property is at least three (3) times the amount of the sum of the B Allocated Amount and B Loans related to such Property.

3.4 Inspection of Documents; Hold Harmless; Removal of Properties. Any document or item delivered to the Agent shall be available for inspection at any time during ordinary business hours upon reasonable notice by any Financing Party. Without limiting the generality of Section 7 of the Credit Agreement, neither the Agent nor the Prior Agent shall incur any liability to any Financing Party or any other Person (and each Financing Party and the Lessee hereby holds the Agent and the Prior Agent harmless from any such liability) as a result of any such document or item, any information contained therein or the failure to receive any such document, or the Agent’s or the Prior Agent’s approval of any Property.

3.5 Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Operative Agreements, in the event that the Lessee or any Subsidiary shall issue any Senior Parity Debt, Administrative Agent is authorized, without the consent of the Financing Parties, to enter into one or more intercreditor agreements or other similar arrangements with the Senior Parity Debt Holders and the lenders party to the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement (or the agents on behalf of such lenders or Senior Parity Debt Holders) in order to effectuate pari passu status between the obligations of the Lessee under the Operative Agreements, such Senior Parity Debt, and the obligations under the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement. At the election of the Lessee, Senior Parity Debt and the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement may either (i) benefit from a guaranty of payment by Domestic Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries, or (ii) have the benefit of a pledge of the Pledged Interests in each Direct Foreign Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary, or (iii) both of the foregoing. Administrative Agent shall take all such further actions as are necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Section 3.5, all at the sole expense of Lessee.

3.6 Guaranty; Pledge Agreement.

(a) As security for the full and timely payment and performance of all Obligations, Tech Data shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to cause each Domestic Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (other than Tech Data Finance SPV or a Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary) to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent

 

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for the benefit of the Lenders and the Lessor a Guaranty and shall further cause each Person who thereafter becomes a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary to do all those things required by Section 7.3A(f).

(b) As security for the full and timely payment and performance of (i) all Obligations now existing or hereafter arising and (ii) if applicable, all obligations of Guarantors under the Guaranty, Tech Data shall, and shall cause each Domestic Subsidiary to deliver to Collateral Agent the Pledge Agreements as required pursuant to Section 7.3A(f).

3.7 Further Assurances. At the request of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent from time to time, Tech Data will or will cause all other Lessee/Borrower Parties, as the case may be, to execute, by their respective Responsible Officers, alone or with the Collateral Agent, any certificate, instrument, financing statement, control agreement, statement or document, or to procure any such certificate, instrument, statement or document, or to take such other action (and pay all connected costs) which the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary from time to time to create, continue or preserve the Liens in Collateral (and the perfection and priority thereof) of the Collateral Agent contemplated hereby and by the other Operative Agreements and specifically including all Collateral acquired by Tech Data or any other Lessee/Borrower Party and all Collateral moved to or from time to time located at locations owned by third parties, including without limitation all leased locations, bailees, warehousemen and third party processors.

3.8 Information Regarding Collateral. Tech Data represents and warrants as of the Restatement Effective Date and covenants that: (i) each exact legal name, type of organization, jurisdiction of formation and chief executive office of Tech Data and each other Person providing Collateral pursuant to the Pledge Agreement (each, a “Grantor”) at the Restatement Effective Date, (ii) the exact U.S. taxpayer identification number and organizational identification number of each Grantor at the Restatement Effective Date, (iii) each exact legal name, type of organization, jurisdiction of formation, and chief executive office of each Direct Foreign Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary at the Restatement Effective Date, (iv) each exact legal name of each Person owning Subsidiary Securities of any such Direct Foreign Subsidiaries and the number and class of any such Subsidiary Securities owned by such Person, and (v) each exact legal name of each Subsidiary and an indication of whether such Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, Foreign Subsidiary, Direct Foreign Subsidiary or Significant Subsidiary, are specified on Schedule 5.1(m), as Schedule 5.1(m) shall be updated annually in accordance with Section 7.02(b) of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement.

Tech Data further covenants that it shall not change, and shall not permit any other Grantor or any Direct Foreign Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary to change, its name, jurisdiction of formation (whether by reincorporation, merger or otherwise), the location of its chief executive office, except upon giving written notice (prior to or immediately following such change) to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and (prior to such change or immediately following such change) taking or causing to be taken all such action at Tech Data’s or such other Grantor’s expense as may be required by applicable Law to maintain the perfection of the Lien of the Collateral Agent in all Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Tech Data covenants that it shall, and shall cause each Grantor to, (prior to such

 

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change or, if later, immediately upon request) take all such action at Tech Data’s or such other Grantor’s expense as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Lien of the Collateral Agent in Collateral pledged under the Pledge Agreement.

SECTION 4. CONDITIONS TO THE RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVENESS.

4.1 Conditions to the Lessor’s Obligations. The obligations of the Lessor to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the obligation to execute and deliver the applicable Operative Agreements to which it is a party on the Restatement Effective Date, are subject to (i) the accuracy and correctness on the Restatement Effective Date of the representations and warranties of the other parties hereto contained herein, (ii) the accuracy and correctness in all material respects on the Restatement Effective Date of the representations and warranties of the other parties hereto contained in any other Operative Agreement or certificate delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (iii) the performance by the other parties hereto in all material respects of their respective agreements contained herein and in the other Operative Agreements and to be performed by them on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date and (iv) the satisfaction, or waiver by the Lessor, of all of the following conditions on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date:

(a) Each of the Operative Agreements to be entered into as of the Restatement Effective Date shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, other than the Lessor, and shall be in full force and effect, and no Default or Event of Default shall exist thereunder (both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements), and the Lessor shall have received a fully executed copy of each of the Operative Agreements (other than the Notes of which it shall have received specimens). The Operative Agreements (or memoranda thereof), any supplements thereto and any financing statements and fixture filings in connection therewith required under the Uniform Commercial Code shall have been filed or shall be promptly filed, if necessary, in such manner as to enable the Lessee’s counsel to render its opinion referred to in Section 4.1(g) hereof;

(b) All taxes, fees and other charges in connection with the execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of the Operative Agreements shall have been paid or provision for such payment shall have been made to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lessor and the Agent;

(c) No action or proceeding shall have been instituted, nor shall any action or proceeding be threatened, before any Governmental Authority, nor shall any order, judgment or decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any Governmental Authority (i) to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the full performance of this Agreement, any other Operative Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) In the reasonable opinion of the Lessor and its counsel, the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements do not and will not violate any Legal Requirements and do not and will not subject the Lessor to any materially adverse regulatory prohibitions or constraints;

 

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(e) The Lessor and the Agent shall each have received (with a copy to each of the Financing Parties) an Officer’s Certificate of the Lessee, dated as of the Restatement Effective Date, in such form as is reasonably acceptable to such parties stating that (i) each and every representation and warranty of the Lessee contained in the Operative Agreements to which it is a party is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Restatement Effective Date; (ii) no Lease Default or Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under any Operative Agreement; (iii) each Operative Agreement to which Lessee is a party is in full force and effect with respect to it; and (iv) the Lessee has performed and complied with all covenants, agreements and conditions contained herein or in any Operative Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date;

(f) The Lessor and the Agent shall each have received (with a copy to each of the Financing Parties) (i) a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each of the Lessee and each Guarantor and each other Credit Party in such form as is reasonably acceptable to such parties attaching and certifying as to (A) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of Lessee or such Guarantor (as the case may be) duly authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by Lessee or such Guarantor (as the case may be) of each of the Operative Agreements to which it is or will be a party, (B) its certificate of incorporation and by-laws, in each case certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the State of its incorporation, and (C) the incumbency and signature of persons authorized to execute and deliver on its behalf the Operative Agreements to which it is a party and (ii) a good standing certificate from the appropriate officer of each state in which it is required to be qualified to do business as to its good standing in such state;

(g) Counsel for the Lessee reasonably acceptable to the other parties hereto shall have issued to the Lessor, the Agent and the Financing Parties an opinion addressing those matters described in Exhibit B and in such form as is reasonably acceptable to such parties; and

(h) As of the Restatement Effective Date, there shall not have occurred any material adverse change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, operations, business or financial condition of the Lessee from that set forth in the audited financial statements of the Lessee dated January 31, 2008.

4.2 Conditions to the Lessee’s Obligations. The obligation of the Lessee to execute and deliver the Operative Agreements to which it is a party as of the Restatement Effective Date, is subject to (i) the accuracy and correctness on the Restatement Effective Date of the representations and warranties of the other parties hereto contained herein, (ii) the accuracy and correctness on the Restatement Effective Date of the representations and warranties of the other parties hereto contained in any other Operative Agreement or certificate delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (iii) the performance by the other parties hereto of their respective agreements contained herein and in the other Operative Agreements, in each case to be performed by them on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, and (iv) the satisfaction or waiver by the Lessee of all of the following conditions on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date:

(a) Each of the Operative Agreements to be entered into as of the Restatement Effective Date shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, other than the Lessee, and shall be in full force and effect, and no Default, other than Defaults of the Lessee, shall exist thereunder, and the Lessee shall have received a fully executed copy of each of the Operative Agreements (other than Notes of which it shall have received a specimen);

 

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(b) In the reasonable opinion of the Lessee and its counsel, the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements do not violate any material Legal Requirements and will not subject Lessee to any materially adverse regulatory prohibitions or constraints; and

(c) No action or proceeding shall have been instituted nor shall any action or proceeding be threatened, before any Governmental Authority, nor shall any order, judgment or decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any Governmental Authority (i) to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the full performance of this Agreement, any other Operative Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;

4.3 Conditions to the Agent’s and Lenders’ Obligations. The obligations of the Agent and the Lenders to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the obligation to execute and deliver each of the Operative Agreements to which it is a party as of the Restatement Effective Date, are subject to (i) the accuracy and correctness on the Restatement Effective Date of the representations and warranties of the other parties hereto contained herein, (ii) the accuracy and correctness in all material respects on the Restatement Effective Date of the representations and warranties of the other parties hereto contained in any other Operative Agreement or certificate delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (iii) the performance by the other parties hereto in all material respects of their respective agreements contained herein and in the other Operative Agreements, in each case to be performed by them on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, and (iv) the satisfaction, or waiver by the Agent, of all of the following conditions on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date:

(a) Each of the Operative Agreements to be entered into as of the Restatement Effective Date shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, other than the Agent, and shall be in full force and effect, and no Default or Event of Default shall exist thereunder (both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements), and the Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of each of the Operative Agreements (including the Notes). The Operative Agreements (or memoranda thereof), any supplements thereto and any financing statements and fixture filings in connection therewith required under the Uniform Commercial Code shall have been filed or shall be promptly filed, if necessary, in such manner as to perfect the Agent’s interests in the Collateral;

 

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(b) The satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.1(b), (c), (e), (f) and (h); and

(c) In the reasonable opinion of the Agent, the Majority Financing Parties and their respective counsel, the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements do not and will not violate any Legal Requirements and do not and will not subject the Agent or any Financing Party to any adverse regulatory prohibitions or constraints.

The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no new or updated owner’s or lender’s title policies, title searches, UCC searches, surveys or environmental reports will be delivered in connection with the Restatement Effective Date.

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ON THE RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE.

5.1 Representations and Warranties of the Lessee and Guarantors. Effective as of the Restatement Effective Date, the Lessee and each Guarantor represent and warrant to each of the other parties hereto that:

(a) Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. The Lessee and each Guarantor (i) is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (x) own its assets and carry on its business and (y) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Operative Agreements to which it is a party, (iii) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, and (iv) is in compliance with all Laws; except in each case referred to in clause (ii)(x), (iii) or (iv), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Lessee and each Credit Party of each Operative Agreement to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, (x) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or (y) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (iii) violate any Law.

(c) Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. Except for consents which have already been obtained, no approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person which has not been obtained is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, the Lessee or any Guarantor of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement.

 

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(d) Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Operative Agreement, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Lessee and each Guarantor that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Operative Agreement when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Lessee or such Guarantor, enforceable against the Lessee and each Guarantor that is party thereto in accordance with its terms.

(e) Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(i) The Audited Financial Statements (x) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (y) fairly present the financial condition of the Lessee 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 (z) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Lessee and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.

(ii) The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Lessee and its Subsidiaries dated April 30, 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (x) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (y) fairly present the financial condition of the Lessee and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (x) and (y), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

(iii) 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.

(f) Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Lessee after due and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Lessee or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (i) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii) if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g) No Default. Neither the Lessee 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 Operative Agreement.

 

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(h) Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Lessee 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 the Lessee and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 8.01 of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, as incorporated by reference pursuant to Section 7.3A(a).

(i) Environmental Compliance. The Lessee and its Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Lessee has reasonably concluded that Environmental Laws and such claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Insurance. The properties of the Lessee and its Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Lessee or the applicable Subsidiary operates none of which insurance shall be provided by any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of the Lessee except to the extent that any such Affiliate has reinsured all exposure related thereto with one or more financially sound and reputable insurance or reinsurance companies none of which is an Affiliate of the Lessee.

(k) Taxes. The Lessee 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 the Lessee or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(l) ERISA Compliance.

(i) 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 the Lessee, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. The Lessee 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.

 

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(ii) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Lessee, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(iii) (A) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (B) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (C) neither the Lessee 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); (D) neither the Lessee 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 (E) neither the Lessee nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

(m) Subsidiaries. As of the Restatement Effective Date, the Lessee has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.1(m) and has no equity investments in any corporation or entity that is not a Subsidiary other than those specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.1(m).

(n) Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act.

(i) The Lessee 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. Following the application of the proceeds of the Funding, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Lessee and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 or Section 8.5 of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement (as such sections are incorporated by reference in accordance with Section 7.3A(a)) or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Lessee and any Financing Party or any Affiliate of any Financing Party relating to Indebtedness and within the scope of Section 17.1(h) of the Lease will be margin stock.

(ii) None of the Lessee, any Person Controlling the Lessee, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

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(o) Disclosure. The Lessee has disclosed to the Agent and the Financing Parties 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 the Lessee, any Guarantor to the Agent or any Financing Party 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 necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Lessee represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

(p) Compliance with Laws. Each of the Lessee 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 (i) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (ii) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) Intangible Assets. The Lessee and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intangible assets that are used in the conduct of their respective businesses as now operated, and none of such items, to the best knowledge of Lessee, conflicts with the valid trademark, trade name, copyright, patent, patent right or intangible asset of any other Person to the extent that such conflict has a Material Adverse Effect.

(r) Tax Shelter Regulations. The Lessee does not intend to treat the Fundings as being a “reportable transaction” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4). In the event the Lessee determines to take any action inconsistent with such intention, it will promptly notify the Agent thereof. If the Lessee so notifies the Agent, the Lessee acknowledges that one or more of the Financing Parties may treat its Fundings as part of a transaction that is subject to Treasury Regulation Section 301.6112-1, and such Financing Parties will maintain the lists and other records required by such Treasury Regulation. The Lessee acknowledges that neither the Agent nor any Lender has provided any tax advice to the Lessee or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(s) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities. Neither the Lessee nor any Subsidiary has any Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities other than this Transaction and those identified on Schedule 5.1(s).

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the Agent, the Lessor or any Financing Party for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is, and all information hereafter prepared and furnished by the Lessee or any of its Subsidiaries to the Agent, the Lessor or any Financing Party pursuant hereto or in connection herewith will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date as of which such information is dated or certified, and such information, taken as a whole, does not and will not omit to state any material fact necessary to make such information, taken as a whole, not misleading;

(u) Wetlands. There are no wetlands, tidelands or swamp or overflow lands on any Property that interfere with the intended or expected current or future use of such Property, or that interfere with the value of any such Property; and each of the Lessee and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Environmental Laws relating to any such wetland, tideland or swamp or overflow land on any Property;

(v) Environmental Conditions of Properties. Except as listed on Schedule 5.1(v), there is no condition arising from or affecting any Property or arising from or affecting any lands nearby or adjacent to any Property that is having or is reasonably likely to have a significant adverse effect upon human health or the environment at such Property or upon the use or value of such Property; and

(w) No Condemnation. The Lessee has done the proper due diligence to determine, and have determined, that there is no reasonable likelihood that any Property will be condemned, taken by eminent domain or otherwise taken by any Governmental Authority.

(x) Perfected Security Interest in Property. Upon filing of each of the UCC Financing Statements (with respect to each Property) in the filing offices designated by the Lessee, such UCC Financing Statements will be filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in order to perfect a security interest in each Property (to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing under the UCC);

(y) Perfected Security Interest in Equipment. Upon filing in the filing offices designated by the Lessee, the Lender Financing Statements, together with an assignment to the Agent of the filed Lessor Financing Statements, will perfect a valid first priority security interest in all Equipment included in any Existing Property and all other collateral described therein in which a security interest or mortgage can be perfected by filing under the UCC, subject only to Permitted Exceptions, and upon filing, the Lessor Financing Statements will protect Lessor’s interest under the Lease to the extent the Lease is a security agreement and mortgage;

(z) Flood Insurance. No portion of any Property is located in an area identified as a special flood hazard area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or other applicable agency, or if any such Property is located in an area identified as a special flood hazard area by any such agency, then flood insurance has been obtained for such Property in accordance with Section 14.2(b) of the Lease and in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended;

 

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(aa) Insurance. The Lessee has obtained insurance coverage for each Property which meets the requirements of Article XIV of the Lease and all of such coverage is in full force and effect;

(bb) Compliance with Laws. Each Property complies with all Legal Requirements (including, without limitation, all zoning and land use laws and Environmental Laws);

(cc) Consents. All consents, licenses, permits, authorizations, assignments and building permits required as of the Restatement Effective Date by all Legal Requirements or pursuant to the terms of any contract, indenture, instrument or agreement for construction, completion, occupancy, operation, leasing or subleasing of each Property have been obtained and are in full force and effect, except to the extent that the failure to so obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(dd) Improvements. The Improvements located on any Property will comply with all applicable Legal Requirements and Insurance Requirements (including, without limitation, all zoning and land use laws and Environmental Laws). The Plans and Specifications for each Property have been prepared in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements (including, without limitation, all applicable Environmental Laws and building, planning, zoning and fire codes), and such Improvements do not encroach in any manner onto any adjoining land (except as permitted by express written easements) and such Improvements and the use thereof by the Lessee and its agents, assignees, employees, invitees, lessees, licensees and tenants comply in all respects with all applicable Legal Requirements (including, without limitation, all applicable Environmental Laws and building, planning, zoning and fire codes). There are no material defects to such Improvements including, without limitation, the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems thereof. All water, sewer, electric, gas, telephone and drainage facilities and all other utilities required to adequately service such Improvements for their intended use are available pursuant to adequate permits at any Property (including any that may be required under applicable Environmental Laws). There is no action, suit or proceeding (including any proceeding in condemnation or eminent domain or under any Environmental Law) pending or, to the best knowledge of the Lessee, threatened which adversely affects the title to, or the use, operation or value of, any of the Properties. No fire or other casualty with respect to any of the Properties has occurred which (1) has had a Material Adverse Effect or (2) is not fully covered by insurance. All utilities serving the Properties are located in and vehicular access to such Improvements is provided by either public rights-of-way abutting the related Property or Appurtenant Rights. All licenses, approvals, authorizations, consents, permits (including, without limitation, building, demolition and environmental permits, licenses, approvals, authorizations and consents), easements and rights-of-way, including proof of dedication, required for (i) the use, treatment, storage, transport, disposal or disposition of any Hazardous Substance on, at, under or from the real property underlying any Improvements at any Property during the use and operation of such Improvements and (ii) the use and operation of such Improvements with the applicable Equipment which such Improvements support for the purposes for which they were intended have been obtained from the appropriate Governmental Authorities or from private parties, as the case may be;

 

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(ee) Improvements Within Building Restriction Lines. The Improvements on each Property are (and, in the case of the incomplete Improvements, when completed, the Improvements will be) wholly within any building restriction lines (unless consented to by applicable Government Authorities), however established; and

(ff) No Liens. There have been no Liens against the Improvements on any Property other than Permitted Liens.

(gg) OFAC. Neither the Lessee, the Guarantors nor any of their respective Affiliates is in violation of (i) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (ii) Executive Order No. 13,224, 66 Fed Reg 49,079 (2001), issued by the President of the United States (Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism) or (iii) the anti-money laundering provisions of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the “USA Patriot Act”) amending the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq and any other laws relating to terrorism or money laundering.

5.2 Representations of the Lessor. Effective as of the date hereof, the Lessor represents and warrants to the Agent, the Lenders, and the Lessee as follows:

(a) Securities Act. The interest being acquired or to be acquired by the Lessor in the Properties is being acquired for its own account, without any view to the distribution thereof or any interest therein, provided that the Lessor shall be entitled to assign, convey or transfer its interest in accordance with the Operative Agreements.

(b) Lessor Liens. No Lessor Liens (other than those expressly created by the Operative Agreements) exist on the Property, or any portion thereof, and the execution, delivery and performance by the Lessor of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement to which it is or will be a party will not subject the Property, or any portion thereof, to any Lessor Liens (other than those expressly created by the Operative Agreements).

(c) Employee Benefit Plans. The Lessor is not and will not be making its investment hereunder, and is not performing its obligations under the Operative Agreements, with the assets of an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA, or “plan” (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1)) of the Code.

(d) No Offering. The Lessor has not offered the Notes to any Person in any manner that would subject the issuance thereof to registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws.

 

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(e) OFAC. Neither the Lessor nor any of its Affiliates is in violation of (i) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (ii) Executive Order No. 13,224, 66 Fed Reg 49,079 (2001), issued by the President of the United States (Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism) or (iii) the anti-money laundering provisions of the USA Patriot Act and any other laws relating to terrorism or money laundering.

SECTION 6. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES.

6.1 Transaction Expenses. The Lessee agrees on the Restatement Effective Date, to pay, or cause to be paid, all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the various outside legal counsels for the Lessor and the Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements and incurred in connection with the Restatement Effective Date, including all Transaction Expenses (arising in connection with the Restatement Effective Date), and all other reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements in connection with the Restatement Effective Date, including, without limitation, all fees, taxes and expenses for the recording, registration and filing of documents, the costs of residual value insurance obtained by the Lessor, the costs of the Appraisals, all transfer taxes and the cost of all insurance required by the Operative Agreements. On the Restatement Effective Date, after delivery and receipt of the Requisition referenced in Section 2.2(a) and satisfaction of the other conditions precedent for such date, the Lenders shall make Loans to the Lessor and Lessor shall contribute its own Lessor Fundings to the Lessee to pay for the Transaction Expenses, fees, expenses and other disbursements referenced in this Section 6.1.

6.2 Certain Fees and Expenses. Lessee agrees to pay or cause to be paid (i) all reasonable expenses (including reasonable outside counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Lessor or the Agent in entering into any future amendments or supplements requested by the Lessee with respect to any of the Operative Agreements, whether or not such amendments or supplements are ultimately entered into, or giving or withholding of waivers of consents hereto or thereto which have been requested by the Lessee, or any purchase of any Property by the Lessee pursuant to Article XX of the Lease, and (ii) all costs and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Lessor, the Lessee, the Financing Parties or the Agent in connection with the enforcement of any Operative Agreement or any exercise of remedies under any Operative Agreement.

SECTION 7. OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS.

7.1 Cooperation with the Lessee. The Lessor and the Agent shall, to the extent reasonably requested by the Lessee (but without assuming additional liabilities on account thereof), at the Lessee’s expense, cooperate with the Lessee in connection with its covenants contained herein including, without limitation, at any time and from time to time, upon the request of the Lessee, promptly and duly executing and delivering any and all such further instruments, documents and financing statements (and continuation statements related thereto) as the Lessee may reasonably request in order to perform such covenants.

 

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7.2 Covenants of the Lessor. The Lessor hereby agrees that so long as this Agreement is in effect, unless the Agent, the Lessee and the other Financing Parties shall have otherwise consented in writing:

(a) the proceeds of the Loans received from the Lenders will be used by the Lessor solely to fund the Property Additional Amounts, to repay the Existing Loans of the Exiting Lenders, to repay a portion of the Existing Loans to the extent contemplated by Section 1.2 and to fund the Transaction Expenses. No portion of the proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Lessor (i) in connection with, whether directly or indirectly, any tender offer for, or other acquisition of, stock of any corporation with a view towards obtaining control of such other corporation, (ii) directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, or (iii) for any purpose in violation of any Applicable Law;

(b) it shall not consent to or suffer or permit any Lien against the Property, other than as expressly contemplated pursuant to the Operative Documents;

(c) it shall not consent to or suffer or permit the creation of any easement or other restriction against the Property other than as permitted pursuant to Section 7.5;

(d) it shall promptly discharge each Lessor Lien and shall indemnify the Lenders and the Lessee for any diminution in value of any Property resulting from such Lessor Liens;

(e) it shall give prompt notice to the Lessee and the Agent if the Lessor shall change its jurisdiction of organization;

(f) provided that no Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, it shall not, without the prior written consent of the Lessee, consent to or permit any amendment, supplement or other modification of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement or the Notes or (to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification would have an adverse effect on the rights or obligations of the Lessee under the Lease) any other Operative Agreement;

(g) it shall not consent to or permit any amendment, supplement or other modification of the terms and provisions of any Operative Agreement, in each case without the prior written consent of the Agent and in accordance with Section 11.5 of this Agreement, except as described in Section 7.5 of this Agreement; and

(h) it (i) shall take such actions and shall refrain from taking such actions with respect to the Operative Agreements or the Properties and shall grant such approvals and otherwise act or refrain from acting with respect to the Operative Agreements or the Properties in each case as directed in writing by the Agent or, to the extent required by Section 7.5, the Lessee; and (ii) shall not take any action, grant any approvals or otherwise act under or with respect to the Operative Agreements or any matters relating to the Properties without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Agent; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subparagraph (h) the Lessor and the Agent each acknowledge, covenant and agree that, with respect to all

 

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matters under the Operative Agreements that require the consent or concurrence of all of the Financing Parties pursuant to the terms of Section 11.5 (the “Unanimous Vote Matters”), neither the Lessor nor the Agent shall act or refrain from acting with respect to any Unanimous Vote Matter until such party has received the approval of each Financing Party with respect thereto;

7.3A Lessee Covenants.

(a) Incorporation of Covenants. Reference is made to Articles VII and VIII of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Incorporated Covenants”). The Lessee agrees with the Lessor, the Administrative Agent and the Financing Parties that the Incorporated Covenants (and all other relevant provisions of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement related thereto, including, but not limited to, the defined terms used in the Incorporated Covenants) are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement to the same extent and with the same effect as if set forth fully herein and therein and shall inure to the benefit of the Lessor, the Administrative Agent and each of the Financing Parties, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment, modification or replacement of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, any term or provision of the Incorporated Covenants or and defined term used in the Incorporated Covenants occurring subsequent to the date of this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the following provisions of this paragraph; provided, that the references to Facility Guaranty in Section 8.04 of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Guaranty for purposes of the Incorporated Covenants. In the event a waiver is granted under the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement or an amendment or modification is executed with respect to the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, and such waiver, amendment or modification affects the Incorporated Covenants or any defined term used in the Incorporated Covenants, then such waiver, amendment or modification shall be effective with respect to the Incorporated Covenants or the defined terms used therein as incorporated by reference into this Participation Agreement only if consented to in writing by the Majority Financing Parties and the Agent. In the event of any replacement of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement with a similar credit facility (the “New Facility”), the covenants and related defined terms contained in the New Facility which correspond to the covenants contained in Articles VII and VIII of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement and the related defined terms shall become the Incorporated Covenants hereunder only if consented to in writing by the Majority Financing Parties and the Agent, and, if such consent is not granted, then the covenants contained in Articles VII and VIII of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement (together with any modifications or amendments approved in accordance with this paragraph) shall continue to be the Incorporated Covenants hereunder. If the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement (or any such New Facility, as the case may be) is terminated and not replaced, then, notwithstanding such termination, the covenants contained in Articles VII and VIII of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement (together with any modifications or amendments thereto, or covenants of the New Facility, in each case approved in accordance with this paragraph) shall continue to be the Incorporated Covenants hereunder.

 

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(b) Financial Information, Reports, Notices, Etc. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from and after the date hereof , to the extent that the Incorporated Covenants require Tech Data or any of its Subsidiaries to deliver any financial statement, certificate, notice, report, or other document or information to the Amended Tech Data Credit Agent (or any other agent or any lender under the applicable credit facility), Tech Data shall, and shall cause any such Subsidiary to, simultaneously deliver a copy of such financial statement, certificate, notice, report, document or information to the Agent and each Financing Party. The foregoing notwithstanding, if the Agent or any Financing Party (each, a “Recipient”) has received a copy of any document from Tech Data or a Subsidiary because such Recipient is an agent or lender under the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement or any New Facility, then nothing contained in this Section 7.3A(b) shall require Tech Data or such Subsidiary to deliver a second copy of such document to such Recipient solely because the Recipient is also the Agent or a Financing Party under this Agreement.

(c) Other Information. The Lessee shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent and each Financing Party, such other information regarding any Property or the Lessee’s or any Subsidiary’s operations, business affairs or financial condition as the Agent or such Financing Party may reasonably request.

(d) Right of Inspection. The Lessee shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, permit any Person designated by the Agent or any Financing Party to visit and inspect any of the properties (including any Property), corporate books and financial reports of the Lessee or any Subsidiary and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its principal officers and independent certified public accountants, all (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) at reasonable intervals and with reasonable notice.

(e) Officer’s Knowledge of Default. Upon any officer of the Lessee obtaining knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, the Lessee shall cause such officer to notify the Agent and the Lessor promptly of the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof, and what action the Lessee or such Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.

(f) New Subsidiaries. Notify the Administrative Agent at the time that any Person becomes a Significant Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary or a Direct Foreign Subsidiary, and

(i) Within 30 days (in the case of clause (A)) and 60 days (in the case of clause (B)) of the formation or acquisition of any Significant Subsidiary or the time at which a Domestic Subsidiary or Direct Foreign Subsidiary becomes a Significant Subsidiary, including without limitation any time that any Subsidiary Securities of a Direct Foreign Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary are acquired by a Domestic Subsidiary that has not previously executed and delivered a Pledge Agreement, cause to be delivered to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Financing Parties:

(A) In the case of a Significant Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary, (I) a Guaranty in form and in substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or a Guaranty Joinder Agreement, in each case executed by such Significant Subsidiary, (II) an opinion of counsel to the Significant Subsidiary dated as of the date of delivery of the Guaranty or Guaranty Joinder Agreement provided for in this Section 7.3A(f) and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (III) the Organization Documents of such Significant Subsidiary and (IV) documents of the types referred to in Sections 4.1(f) and (g);

 

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(B) In the case of a Significant Subsidiary that is a Direct Foreign Subsidiary, (I) a Pledge Agreement in such form as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent or a Pledge Joinder Agreement, in each case executed by the Lessee or any Domestic Subsidiary directly owning the stock of such Significant Subsidiary which shall pledge the Pledged Interests in such Subsidiary to the Collateral Agent, (II) opinions of counsel to each pledgor and to the Significant Subsidiary that under the laws of the applicable foreign jurisdiction, all agreements, notices and other documents required to be executed, delivered, filed or recorded and all other action required to be taken, within or pursuant to the laws of such jurisdiction to perfect the Lien conferred in favor of Collateral Agent have been duly executed, delivered, filed, recorded or taken, as the case may be, and (III) take such further action and deliver or cause to be delivered such further documents as reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent to effect the transactions contemplated herein; provided, however, that such Guaranty and opinion shall not be required with respect to a Domestic Subsidiary that (1) is intended to be a Significant Subsidiary only temporarily as part of a restructuring plan or acquisition plan otherwise permitted by this Agreement through the Incorporated Covenants, and (2) in fact ceases to be a Significant Subsidiary in accordance with such plan prior to the end of the 30-day period described above; provided further that such Pledge Agreement, opinion and other perfection actions shall not be required with respect to a Direct Foreign Subsidiary that (1) is intended to be a Significant Subsidiary only temporarily as part of a restructuring plan or acquisition plan otherwise permitted by this Agreement through the Incorporated Covenants and (2) in fact ceases to be a Significant Subsidiary in accordance with such plan prior to the end of the 60-day period described above; and provided further that neither Tech Data Finance SPV nor any Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary shall be required to deliver a Guaranty.

(ii) If at any time the sum of the total assets (on a consolidated basis with their respective Subsidiaries) of Domestic Subsidiaries (other than Tech Data Finance SPV or any Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary) that have not executed and delivered to Administrative Agent a Guaranty (or whose Guaranty has been

 

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released) exceeds in the aggregate 10% of the total assets of the Lessee (on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries), the Lessee shall promptly cause there to be delivered to Administrative Agent one or more additional Guaranties of Domestic Subsidiaries that do not constitute Significant Subsidiaries in order that after giving effect to such additional Guaranties, the sum of the total assets (on a consolidated basis with their respective Subsidiaries) of Domestic Subsidiaries (other than Tech Data Finance SPV or any Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary) that are not Guarantors does not exceed in the aggregate 10% of the total assets of the Lessee (on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries).

(g) The Lessee shall cause amendments to the Pledge Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Agent to be executed and appropriate recordings to be made in the appropriate jurisdiction within 30 days of the Restatement Effective Date.

7.3B. Lessee Covenants with respect to the Properties, Consent and Acknowledgment.

(a) The Lessee acknowledges and agrees that the Lessor, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Security Agreement and the Mortgage Instruments, may create Liens respecting the various personal property, fixtures and real property described therein in favor of the Agent. The Lessee hereby irrevocably consents to the creation, perfection and maintenance of such Liens.

(b) The Lessor hereby instructs the Lessee, and the Lessee hereby acknowledges and agrees, that until such time as the Loans are paid in full and the Liens evidenced by the Security Agreement and the Mortgage Instruments have been released, (i) any and all Rent and any and all other amounts of any kind or type under any of the Operative Agreements due and owing or payable to the Lessor shall instead be paid directly to the Agent or as the Agent may direct from time to time and (ii) the Lessee shall cause all notices, certificates, financial statements, communications and other information which is delivered, or is required to be delivered, to the Lessor also to be delivered at the same time to the Agent.

(c) The Lessee shall not consent to or permit any amendment, supplement or other modification of the terms or provisions of any Operative Agreement without, in each case, obtaining the prior written consent of the Agent.

(d) Except as otherwise contemplated by the Operative Agreements, the Lessee shall not use the proceeds of any Lessor Funding or Loan for any purpose other than the payment of Transaction Expenses and the fees, expenses and other disbursements referenced in Section 6.1 and the repayment of certain Existing Loans as contemplated pursuant to Section 1.2.

(e) The Lessee shall not create or permit to exist at any time (and the Lessee shall, at its own expense, take such action as may be necessary to duly discharge, or cause to be discharged) any Lien against any Property other than Permitted Liens.

(f) The Lessee shall pay (or cause to be paid) to the Agent the Agency Fee (described in the Fee Letter) when and as due from time to time, and shall pay to the respective Persons entitled thereto all other fees required by the Fee Letter when and as due from time to time.

 

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(g) The Lessee shall take all reasonable and necessary steps to identify any wetlands, tidelands or swamp and overflow lands on any Property prior to development of, or construction of any Improvements on, such Property, and each Property will be developed in a manner consistent with all applicable wetlands regulations.

(h) The Lessee shall give immediate notice to the Agent and the Lessor in the event that any condition arising from or affecting any Property or arising from or affecting any lands nearby or adjacent to any Property has or threatens to have a significant adverse effect upon human health or the environment at such Property or upon the use or value of such Property.

7.4 Sharing of Certain Payments. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all payments due and owing by the Lessee to the Lessor under the Lease or any of the other Operative Agreements shall be made by the Lessee directly to the Agent on behalf of the Financing Parties as more particularly provided in Section 7.3B. The Lessor and the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, acknowledge the terms of Section 8 of the Credit Agreement regarding the allocation of payments and other amounts made or received from time to time under the Operative Agreements and agree all such payments and amounts are to be allocated as provided in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement.

7.5 Grant of Easements, Voting at Meetings, etc. The Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and until such time as the Agent gives instructions to the contrary to the Lessor, the Lessor shall, from time to time at the request of the Lessee, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Lease or the other Operative Agreements, (i) grant easements and other rights in the nature of easements with respect to any Property, (ii) release existing easements or other rights in the nature of easements which are for the benefit of any Property, (iii) execute and deliver to any Person any instrument appropriate to confirm or effect such grants or releases, and (iv) execute and deliver to any Person such other documents or materials in connection with the acquisition, development or operation of any Property, including, without limitation, reciprocal easement agreements, operating agreements, development agreements, plats, replats or subdivision documents; provided, that each of the agreements and documents referred to in this Section 7.5 shall be of the type normally executed by the Lessee in the ordinary course of the Lessee’s business and shall be on commercially reasonable terms so as not to diminish the value of any Property in any material respect.

7.6 Release of Liens on Certain Equipment. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent and the Lessor agree, upon the request of the Lessee, to release the Liens under the Operating Agreements with respect to specified equipment acquired after the Restatement Effective Date by the Lessee but only if (a) a third-party financier will finance the Lessee’s acquisition of such equipment, (b) such equipment has not been financed or acquired (in whole or in part) with any proceeds of any Loan or Lessor Funding, (c) such equipment may be readily removed from the Property without any damage to such equipment or any Property, (d) the third-party financier has no Lien on any portion of any

 

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Property other than such equipment, and (e) such equipment does not consist of a Fixture or other goods incorporated into a Property that is customarily considered to be part of a building or structure erected on real property (such as heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, electrical and mechanical equipment or systems, escalators, elevators, wall and floor coverings, plumbing, pumps, tanks, conduits, wiring, lighting, security systems, sprinklers and other fire prevention and extinguishing apparatus).

7.7 Obligations to Administrative Agent. The Lessee hereby agrees that it shall pay to the Administrative Agent all amounts which the Lessee is now or may at any time and from time to time hereafter be obligated to pay in respect of any of its obligations under the Operative Agreements, including without limitation amounts payable to the Lessor, each Financing Party and the Agent under this Agreement, the Lease and Guaranty (the “Covenant to Pay Obligations”), if and when such amounts become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or such other document.

The Lessee and the Administrative Agent agree and acknowledge that the Covenant to Pay Obligations consist of obligations and liabilities of the Lessee to the Agent separate and independent from and without prejudice to the liabilities and obligations which the Lessee has or may have at any time to the Lessor, any Financing Party, the Administrative Agent or other Person under this Agreement or other Operative Agreements, provided that the total liability of the Lessee under the Covenant to Pay Obligations shall be decreased from time to time to the extent that the Lessee shall have paid to the Lessor, any Financing Party, or the Administrative Agent or other appropriate payee any amount due under this Agreement or other applicable Operative Agreement, and the total liability of the Lessee vis-a-vis any Financing Party or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or other applicable Operative Agreement shall be decreased to the extent that the Lessee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent such amount due pursuant to the Covenant to Pay Obligations.

SECTION 8. CREDIT AGREEMENT.

8.1 Lessee’s Credit Agreement Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Credit Agreement, the Agent, the Lessee and the Lessor hereby agree that, prior to the occurrence and continuation of any Lease Default or Lease Event of Default, the Lessee (as designated below) shall have the following rights:

(a) the Lessee shall have the right to exercise the conversion and continuation options pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement;

(b) the Lessee shall have the right to approve any successor agent pursuant to and subject to the terms of Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement;

(c) the Lessee shall have the right to consent to any assignment by a Lender to which the Lessor has the right to consent pursuant to Section 8.8 of the Credit Agreement; and

(d) without limiting the foregoing clauses (a) through (c), and in addition thereto, the Lessee shall have the right to exercise any other right of the Lessor under the Credit Agreement upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice from the Lessee to the Lessor and the Agent.

 

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SECTION 9. TRANSFER OF INTEREST.

9.1 Restrictions on Transfer. The Lessor shall not assign, convey, encumber or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its right, title or interest in, to or under the Properties or any of the Operative Agreements, except (i) to the Lessee in accordance with the Operative Agreements, and (ii) as set forth in the next sentence. With the prior written consent of the Majority Financing Parties (other than the Lessor) and, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, of Lessee (such consent, in each case, not to be unreasonably withheld, it being understood that, in the case of the Lessee, it shall be reasonable for the Lessee to withhold its consent if such transfer would result in an adverse change in the Lessee’s accounting treatment of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements), Lessor may assign (reserving rights of Lessor to indemnification) all (but not less than all) of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Properties and the Operative Agreements to STI or to any wholly owned, direct or indirect, U.S. subsidiary of STI. Lessor may, without the consent of the Lenders, the Agent or the Lessee or any Guarantor, sell a participation in its rights in the Properties and under the Operative Agreements. Any proposed transferee of the Lessor shall make the representations and covenants set forth in Section 5.2 to the other parties hereto.

9.2 Effect of Transfer. From and after any transfer effected in accordance with this Section 9, the transferor shall be released, to the extent of such transfer, from its liability hereunder and under the other documents to which it is a party in respect of obligations to be performed on or after the date of such transfer. Upon any transfer by the Lessor as above provided, any such transferee shall assume the obligations of the Lessor and shall be deemed the “Lessor”, for all purposes of such documents and each reference herein to the transferor shall thereafter be deemed a reference to such transferee for all purposes, except as provided in the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding any transfer of all or a portion of the transferor’s interest as provided in this Section 9, the transferor shall be entitled to all benefits accrued and all rights vested prior to such transfer including, without limitation, rights to indemnification under any such document. The foregoing provisions shall apply with respect to the transfer from the Prior Lessor to the Lessor on the Restatement Effective Date.

9.3 Addition Agreements. At any time, the Lessor may add additional Lenders pursuant to an Addition Agreement, provided that (i) unless such Lender is an Affiliate of any Financing Party, or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Lessee has approved the identity of such Lender, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and (ii) the Commitment of such additional Lender is at least $1,000,000. On the date any such Lender is added, such Lender shall make Loans to the Lessor in an amount equal to such new Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Funding Amounts, which amount shall be applied to reduce the Lessor Fundings. No Lessee shall be responsible for any processing or recording fee or any costs or expenses incurred by the Lessor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with such addition.

 

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SECTION 10. INDEMNIFICATION.

10.1 General Indemnity. Subject to the provisions of Sections 10.4 and 10.5, and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Indemnity Provider hereby assumes liability for and agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person on an After Tax Basis from and against any Claims which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against an Indemnified Person by any other Person (including Claims resulting from an Indemnified Party’s ordinary negligence, but not including Claims to the extent such Claims arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person) in any way relating to or arising, or alleged (by any Person asserting such a Claim against an Indemnified Person) to arise, out of the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement, the Lease, any other Operative Agreement or on or with respect to any Property or any part thereof, including, without limitation, Claims in any way relating to or arising or alleged to arise out of (a) the financing, refinancing, purchase, acceptance, rejection, ownership, design, construction, refurbishment, development, delivery, acceptance, nondelivery, leasing, subleasing, possession, use, operation, maintenance, repair, modification, transportation, condition, sale, return, repossession (whether by summary proceedings or otherwise), or any other disposition of a Property, or any part thereof, including the acquisition, holding or disposition of any interest in any Property, lease or agreement comprising a portion of any thereof; (b) any latent or other defect in any property whether or not discoverable by an Indemnified Person or the Indemnity Provider; (c) any Environmental Claim, any violation of Environmental Laws, or any other loss of or damage to any property or the environment relating to any Property, the Lease or the Indemnity Provider; (d) the Operative Agreements, or any transaction contemplated thereby; (e) any breach by the Lessee of any of its representations or warranties under the Operative Agreements to which it is a party or failure by the Lessee to perform or observe any covenant or agreement to be performed by it under any of the Operative Agreements; (f) the transactions contemplated hereby or by any other Operative Agreement, in respect of the application of Parts 4 and 5 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA; (g) any personal injury, death or property damage, including without limitation Claims based on strict or absolute liability in tort; (h) any easement, right, agreement or document referred to in Section 7.5; or (i) any Lien on any Property (other than Liens created by the Operative Agreements).

If a written Claim is made against any Indemnified Person or if any proceeding shall be commenced against such Indemnified Person (including a written notice of such proceeding) for any Claim, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Indemnity Provider in writing and shall not take action with respect to such Claim without the consent of the Indemnity Provider for thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice by the Indemnity Provider; provided, however, that, in the case of any such Claim, if action shall be required by law or regulation to be taken prior to the end of such 30-day period, such Indemnified Person shall endeavor, in such notice to the Indemnity Provider, to inform the Indemnity Provider of such shorter period, and no action shall be taken with respect to such Claim without the consent of the Indemnity Provider before seven (7) days before the end of such shorter period; provided, further, that the failure of such Indemnified Person to give the notices referred to in this sentence shall not diminish the Indemnity Provider’s obligation hereunder except to the extent such failure materially precludes the Indemnity Provider from contesting such Claim.

 

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If, within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice from the Indemnified Person (or such shorter period as the Indemnified Person has notified the Indemnity Provider is required by law or regulation for the Indemnified Person to respond to such Claim), the Indemnity Provider shall request in writing that such Indemnified Person respond to such Claim, the Indemnified Person shall, at the expense of the Indemnity Provider, in good faith conduct and control such action (including, without limitation by pursuit of appeals) (provided, however, that (A) if such Claim can be pursued by the Indemnity Provider on behalf of or in the name of such Indemnified Person and so long as such Claim, in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnified Person, does not involve any possibility or criminal liability or any material risk of civil liability, the Indemnified Person, at the Indemnity Provider’s request, shall allow the Indemnity Provider to conduct and control the response to such Claim and (B) in the case of any Claim, the Indemnified Person may request the Indemnity Provider to conduct and control the response to such Claim (with counsel to be selected by the Indemnity Provider and consented to by such Indemnified Person, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that any Indemnified Person may retain separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnity Provider in the event of a conflict)) by, in the sole discretion of the Person conducting and controlling the response to such Claim, (1) resisting payment thereof, (2) not paying the same except under protest, if protest is necessary and proper, (3) if the payment be made, using reasonable efforts to obtain a refund thereof in appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings, or (4) taking such other action as is reasonably requested by the Indemnity Provider from time to time.

The party controlling the response to any Claim shall consult in good faith with the non-controlling party and shall keep the non-controlling party reasonably informed as to the conduct of the response to such Claim; provided, that all decisions ultimately shall be made in the discretion of the controlling party, except that the Indemnity Provider may not agree to any dismissal or settlement of, or other agreement in connection with, any claim without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Person, if such dismissal, settlement or agreement would require any admission or acknowledgment of any culpability or wrongdoing by such Indemnified Person or provides for any nonmonetary relief to be performed by such Indemnified Person. The parties agree that an Indemnified Person may at any time decline to take further action with respect to the response to such Claim and may settle such Claim if such Indemnified Person shall waive its rights to any indemnity from the Indemnity Provider that otherwise would be payable in respect of such Claim (and any future Claim, the pursuit of which is precluded by reason of such resolution of such Claim) and shall pay to the Indemnity Provider any amount previously paid or advanced by the Indemnity Provider pursuant to this Section 10.1 by way of indemnification or advance for the payment of any amount regarding such Claim other than expenses of the action relating to such Claim.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.1, an Indemnified Person shall not be required to take any action and no Indemnity Provider shall be permitted to respond to any Claim in its own name or that of the Indemnified Person unless (A) the Indemnity Provider shall have agreed to pay and shall pay to such Indemnified Person on demand and on an After Tax Basis all reasonable costs, losses and expenses that such Indemnified Person actually incurs in connection with such Claim, including, without limitation, all reasonable legal, accounting and investigatory fees and disbursements, (B) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably determined that the action to be taken will not result in any material danger of sale, forfeiture or loss of any Property, or any part thereof or interest therein, will not interfere with

 

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the payment of Rent, and will not result in risk of criminal liability, (C) if such Claim shall involve the payment of any amount prior to the resolution of such Claim, the Indemnity Provider shall provide to the Indemnified Person an interest-free advance in an amount equal to the amount that the Indemnified Person is required to pay (with no additional net after-tax cost to such Indemnified Person), (D) in the case of a Claim that must be pursued in the name of an Indemnified Person (or an Affiliate thereof), the Indemnity Provider shall have provided to such Indemnified Person an opinion of independent counsel selected by the Indemnified Person and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnity Provider stating that a reasonable basis exists to contest such Claim, (E) such claim is covered by insurance and (F) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. In addition, an Indemnified Person shall not be required to contest any Claim in its name (or that of an Affiliate) if the subject matter thereof shall be of a continuing nature and shall have previously been decided adversely by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the contest provisions of this Section 10.1, unless there shall have been a change in law (or interpretation thereof) and the Indemnified Person shall have received, at the Indemnity Provider’s expense, an opinion of independent counsel selected by the Indemnified Person and reasonably acceptable to the Indemnity Provider stating that as a result of such change in law (or interpretation thereof), it is more likely than not that the Indemnified Person will prevail in such contest.

10.2 General Tax Indemnity.

(a) Indemnity.

(i) Any and all payments by the Indemnity Provider to or for the account of any Indemnified Person hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Indemnified Person, taxes imposed on its income, capital gains, net worth, capital or equity and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Indemnified Person (or its Applicable Funding Office or any other office) is organized or any political subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Non-Excluded Taxes”). If the Indemnity Provider shall be required by law to deduct any Non-Excluded Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement to any Indemnified Person, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 10.2) such Indemnified Person receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Indemnity Provider shall make such deductions, (iii) the Indemnity Provider shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law, and (iv) the Indemnity Provider shall furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to on Schedule 11.3, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

 

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(ii) In addition, the Indemnity Provider agrees to pay or cause to be paid any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”), and the Indemnity Provider shall pay and assume liability for, and does hereby agree to indemnify, protect and defend each Property and all Indemnified Persons, and hold them harmless against, all Impositions.

(iii) If the Indemnity Provider shall be required to deduct or pay any Non-Excluded Taxes, Other Taxes or Impositions from or in respect of any sum payable under any Operative Agreement to any Indemnified Person, the Indemnity Provider shall also pay to such Indemnified Person such additional amount that such Indemnified Person specifies is necessary to preserve the after-tax yield (after factoring in all taxes, including taxes imposed on or measured by net income) that such Indemnified Person would have received if such Non-Excluded Taxes, Other Taxes or Impositions had not been imposed. In addition, if as a result of the payment or reimbursement by the Indemnity Provider of any Imposition, Non-Excluded Taxes, Other Taxes or other reasonable expenses of the Lessor or the payment of any Transaction Expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements, any Indemnified Person shall suffer a net increase in any federal, state or local income tax liability, the Indemnity Provider shall indemnify such Indemnified Persons (without duplication of any indemnification required by subsection (i) or (ii)) on an after tax basis for the amount of such increase. The calculation of any such net increase shall take into account any current or future tax savings (including tax deductions, net operating loss carry-forward or tax credits) realized or reasonably expected to be realized by such Indemnified Person in respect thereof, as well as any interest, penalties and additions to tax payable by such Indemnified Person, in respect thereof.

(iv) The Indemnity Provider agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for (A) the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes, Other Taxes and Impositions (including, without limitation, any Non-Excluded Taxes, Other Taxes or Impositions imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 10.2) paid by such Indemnified Person, (B) any amounts payable under Section 10.2(a)(iii), and, (C) any liability (including penalties, interest, and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case whether or not such Non-Excluded Taxes, Other Taxes or Impositions were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.

(b) Withholding Taxes.

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hereof and on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Financing Party in the case of each other Financing Party, and from time to time thereafter if requested in writing by the Lessee or the Agent (but only so long as such Financing Party remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide the Lessee and the Agent with (x) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI as appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Financing Party is entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party which reduces the rate of withholding tax on payments of interest or certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this Agreement is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States, and (y) any other form or certificate required by any taxing authority (including any certificate required by Sections 871(h) and 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code), certifying that such Lender is entitled to an exemption from or a reduced rate of tax on payments pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Operative Agreements.

(ii) For any period with respect to which a Financing Party has failed to provide the Lessee and the Agent with the appropriate form pursuant to Section 10.2(b)(i) (unless such failure is due to a change in treaty, law, or regulation occurring subsequent to the date on which a form originally was required to be provided), such Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 10.2 with respect to Non-Excluded Taxes to the extent that the provision of such form would have prevented the impositon of any such Non-Excluded Taxes; provided, however, that should a Financing Party, which is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax, become subject to Non-Excluded Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder, the Lessee shall take such steps as such Financing Party (at such Financing Party’s expense) shall reasonably request to assist such Financing Party to recover such Non-Excluded Taxes.

(iii) If the Lessee is required to pay additional amounts to or for the account of any Financing Party pursuant to this Section 10.2, then such Financing Party will agree to use reasonable efforts to change the jurisdiction of its Applicable Funding Office so as to eliminate or reduce any such additional payment which may thereafter accrue if such change, in the judgment of such Financing Party, is not otherwise disadvantageous to such Financing Party.

(iv) Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Non-Excluded Taxes, the Lessee shall furnish to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment.

(c) Payment.

(i) Subject to the terms of Section 10.2(d), the Indemnity Provider shall pay or cause to be paid all Impositions directly to the taxing authorities where feasible and otherwise to the Indemnified Person, as appropriate, and the Indemnity Provider shall at its own expense, upon such Indemnified Person’s

 

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reasonable request, furnish to such Indemnified Person copies of official receipts or other satisfactory proof evidencing such payment. In the case of Impositions for which no contest is conducted pursuant to Section 10.2(d) and which the Indemnity Provider pays directly to the taxing authorities, the Indemnity Provider shall pay such Impositions prior to the latest time permitted by the relevant taxing authority for timely payment. In the case of Impositions for which the Indemnity Provider reimburses an Indemnified Person, the Indemnity Provider shall do so within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Indemnity Provider of demand by such Indemnified Person describing in reasonable detail the nature of the Imposition and the basis for the demand (including the computation of the amount payable). In the case of Impositions for which a contest is conducted pursuant to Section 10.2(d), the Indemnity Provider shall pay such Impositions or reimburse such Indemnified Person for such Impositions, prior to the latest time permitted by the relevant taxing authority for timely payment after conclusion of all contests under Section 10.2(d).

(ii) Impositions imposed with respect to a Property for a billing period during which the Lease expires or terminates with respect to such Property (unless the Lessee has exercised the Purchase Option with respect to such Property or the Lessee has otherwise purchased such Property) shall be adjusted and prorated on a daily basis between the Indemnity Provider and the Indemnified Persons, whether or not such Imposition is imposed before or after such expiration or termination and each party shall pay its pro rata share thereof.

(iii) At the Indemnity Provider’s request, the amount of any indemnification payment by the Indemnity Provider shall be verified and certified by an independent public accounting firm mutually acceptable to the Indemnity Provider and the Indemnified Person. The fees and expenses of such independent public accounting firm shall be paid by the Indemnity Provider unless such verification shall result in an adjustment in the Indemnity Provider’s favor of 15% or more of the payment as computed by the Indemnified Person, in which case such fee shall be paid by the Indemnified Person.

(iv) The Indemnified Persons shall use good faith efforts to take lawful deductions in their respective tax returns so as to reduce the Impositions required to be reimbursed by the Indemnity Provider hereunder; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Person to take any deduction shall not impair in any way such Person’s right to indemnification from the Indemnity Provider for any Impositions.

(d) Filing. The Indemnity Provider shall be responsible for preparing and filing any real and personal property or ad valorem tax returns with respect to each Property. In case any other report or tax return shall be required to be made with respect to any obligations of the Indemnity Provider and of which the Indemnity Provider has knowledge or should have knowledge, the Indemnity Provider, at its sole cost and expense, shall notify the relevant Indemnified Person of such requirement and (except if such Indemnified Person notifies the Indemnity Provider that such Indemnified Person

 

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intends to file such report or return) (A) to the extent required or permitted by and consistent with Legal Requirements, make and file in Indemnity Provider’s name such return, statement or report; and (B) in the case of any other such return, statement or report required to be made in the name of such Indemnified Person, advise such Indemnified Person of such fact and prepare such return, statement or report for filing by such Indemnified Person or, where such return, statement or report shall be required to reflect items in addition to any obligations of the Indemnity Provider, provide such Indemnified Person at the Indemnity Provider’s expense with information sufficient to permit such return, statement or report to be properly made with respect to any obligations of the Indemnity Provider. Such Indemnified Person shall, upon the Indemnity Provider’s request and at the Indemnity Provider’s expense, provide any data maintained by such Indemnified Person (and not otherwise available to or within the control of the Indemnity Provider) with respect to any Property which the Indemnity Provider may reasonably require to prepare any required tax returns or reports.

(e) Contest.

(i) If a written Claim is made against any Indemnified Person, or if any proceeding shall be commenced against such Indemnified Person (including a written notice of such proceeding), for any Impositions, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Indemnity Provider in writing and shall not take action with respect to such Claim or proceeding without the consent of the Indemnity Provider for thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice by the Indemnity Provider; provided, however, that, in the case of any such Claim or proceeding, if action shall be required by law or regulation to be taken prior to the end of such 30-day period, such Indemnified Person shall, in such notice to the Indemnity Provider, inform the Indemnity Provider of such shorter period, and no action shall be taken with respect to such Claim or proceeding without the consent of the Indemnity Provider before seven (7) days before the end of such shorter period; provided, further, that the failure of such Indemnified Person to give the notices referred to this sentence shall not diminish the Indemnity Provider’s obligation hereunder except to the extent such failure precludes the Indemnity Provider from contesting such Claim.

(ii) If, within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice from the Indemnified Person (or such shorter period as the Indemnified Person has notified the Indemnity Provider is required by law or regulation for the Indemnified Person to commence such contest), the Indemnity Provider shall request in writing that such Indemnified Person contest such Imposition, the Indemnified Person shall, at the expense of the Indemnity Provider, in good faith conduct and control such contest (including, without limitation, by pursuit of appeals) relating to the validity, applicability or amount of such Imposition (provided, however, that (A) if such contest can be pursued independently from any other proceeding involving a tax liability of such Indemnified Person, the Indemnified Person, at the Indemnity Provider’s request, shall allow the Indemnity Provider to conduct and control such contest and (B) in the case of any contest, the Indemnified Person may request the Indemnity Provider to conduct and control such contest

 

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(with counsel to be selected by the Indemnity Provider and consented to by such Indemnified Person, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that any Indemnified Person may retain separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnity Provider in the event of a conflict)) by, in the sole discretion of the Person conducting and controlling such contest, (1) resisting payment thereof, (2) not paying the same except under protest, if protest is necessary and proper, (3) if the payment be made, using reasonable efforts to obtain a refund thereof in appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings, or (4) taking such other action as is reasonably requested by the Indemnity Provider from time to time.

(iii) The party controlling any contest shall consult in good faith with the non-controlling party and shall keep the non-controlling party reasonably informed as to the conduct of such contest; provided, that all decisions ultimately shall be made in the sole discretion of the controlling party, except that the Indemnity Provider may not agree to any dismissal or settlement of, or other agreement in connection with, any claim without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Person, if such dismissal, settlement or agreement would require any admission or acknowledgment of any culpability or wrongdoing by such Indemnified Person or provide for any nonmonetary relief to be performed by such Indemnified Person. The parties agree that an Indemnified Person may at any time decline to take further action with respect to the contest of any Imposition and may settle such contest if such Indemnified Person shall waive its rights to any indemnity from the Indemnity Provider that otherwise would be payable in respect of such Imposition (and any future Claim by any taxing authority, the contest of which is precluded by reason of such resolution of such contest) and shall pay to the Indemnity Provider any amount previously paid or advanced by the Indemnity Provider pursuant to this Section 10.2 by way of indemnification or advance for the payment of any amount regarding such Imposition other than expenses of such contest.

(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.2, an Indemnified Person shall not be required to take any action and no Indemnity Provider shall be permitted to contest any Imposition in its own name or that of the Indemnified Person unless (A) the Indemnity Provider shall have agreed to pay and shall pay to such Indemnified Person on demand and on an After Tax Basis all reasonable costs, losses and expenses that such Indemnified Person actually incurs in connection with contesting such Imposition, including, without limitation, all reasonable legal, accounting and investigatory fees and disbursements, (B) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably determined that the action to be taken will not result in any material danger of sale, forfeiture or loss of any Property, or any part thereof or interest therein, will not interfere with the payment of Rent, and will not result in risk of criminal liability, (C) if such contest shall involve the payment of the Imposition prior to or during the contest, the Indemnity Provider shall provide to the Indemnified Person an interest-free advance in an amount equal to the Imposition that the Indemnified Person is required to pay (with no additional net after-tax cost to such Indemnified Person),

 

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(D) in the case of a Claim that must be pursued in the name of an Indemnified Person (or an Affiliate thereof), the Indemnity Provider shall have provided to such Indemnified Person an opinion of independent tax counsel selected by the Indemnified Person and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnity Provider stating that a reasonable basis exists to contest such Claim, and (E) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. In addition, an Indemnified Person shall not be required to contest any claim in its name (or that of an Affiliate) if the subject matter thereof shall be of a continuing nature and shall have previously been decided adversely by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the contest provisions of this Section 10.2, unless there shall have been a change in law (or interpretation thereof) and the Indemnified Person shall have received, at the Indemnity Provider’s expense, an opinion of independent tax counsel selected by the Indemnified Person and reasonably acceptable to the Indemnity Provider stating that as a result of such change in law (or interpretation thereof), it is more likely than not that the Indemnified Person will prevail in such contest.

(f) Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Lessee hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Lessee contained in this Section 10.2 shall survive the termination of the Commitments and Lessor Commitment and the payment in full of the Notes and Fundings.

10.3 Environmental Indemnity; Funding/Contribution Indemnity.

(a) Environmental Indemnity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Indemnity Provider hereby assumes liability for and agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person on an After Tax Basis from and against any Claims which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against an Indemnified Person by any other Person (including Claims resulting from an Indemnified Person’s ordinary negligence, but not including Claims to the extent such Claims arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person) in any way relating to or arising, or alleged (by any Person asserting such a Claim against an Indemnified Person) to arise, out of any Environmental Claim, any violation of Environmental Laws, or any other loss of or damage to any Property or the environment (including without limitation the presence on any Property of wetlands, tidelands or swamp or overflow lands, or any condition arising from or affecting any Property or arising from or affecting any lands nearby or adjacent to any Property that has or threatens to have any adverse effect upon human health or the environment at such Property or upon the use or value of such Property), in each case relating to any Property, the Lease or the Indemnity Provider.

(b) Contribution Indemnity. Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.5, the Lessee agrees to indemnify each Financing Party and to hold each Financing Party harmless from any loss or expense which such Financing Party may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Lessee in payment when due of a principal amount or interest on any Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Lessor Funding, (b) default by the Lessee in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans or Eurodollar Lessor Fundings, (c) default by the Lessee in making any

 

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prepayment after the Lessee has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Operative Agreements or (d) the making by the Lessee of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans or Eurodollar Lessor Fundings on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, in each case, any such loss or expense arising form the reemployment of funds obtained by it or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. This covenant shall survive the termination of the Operative Agreements and the payment of the Notes, the Lessor Fundings and all other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement.

10.4 Change in Circumstances.

(a) Increased Cost. If, after the date hereof, the adoption of any applicable law, rule, or regulation, or any change in any applicable law, rule, or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank, or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Financing Party (or its Applicable Funding Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such governmental authority, central bank, or comparable agency:

(i) shall subject such Financing Party (or its Applicable Funding Office) to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to any Eurodollar Fundings, its Notes, or its obligation to make Eurodollar Fundings, or change the basis of taxation of any amounts payable to such Financing Party (or its Applicable Funding Office) under this Agreement or the Notes in respect of any Eurodollar Funding (other than taxes imposed on the overall net income of such Financing Party by the jurisdiction in which such Financing Party has its principal office or such Applicable Funding Office);

(ii) shall impose, modify, or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, assessment, or similar requirement (other than the Reserve Requirement utilized in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate) relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other liabilities or commitments of, such Financing Party (or its Applicable Funding Office), including the Commitment of such Financing Party hereunder; or

(iii) shall impose on such Financing Party (or its Applicable Funding Office) or on the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement, the Notes, any other Operative Agreement or any of such extensions of credit or liabilities and commitments;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Financing Party (or its Applicable Lending Office) of making, converting into, continuing, or maintaining any Eurodollar Funding or to reduce any sum received or receivable by such Financing Party (or its Applicable Funding Office) under this Agreement, the Lease or the Notes with respect to any Eurodollar Fundings, then the Lessee shall pay to such Financing Party on demand such amount or amounts as will compensate such Financing Party for such

 

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increased cost or reduction. If any Financing Party requests compensation by the Lessee under this Section 10.4(a), the Lessee may, by notice to such Financing Party (with a copy to the Agent), suspend the obligation of such Financing Party to make or continue loans of the Type with respect to which such compensation is requested, or to convert Fundings of any other Type into Fundings of such Type, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 10.4(f) shall be applicable); provided that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Financing Party to receive the compensation so requested.

(b) Reduced Return. If, after the date hereof, any Financing Party shall have determined that the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Financing Party or any corporation controlling such Financing Party as a consequence of such Financing Party’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Financing Party or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change, request, or directive (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time upon demand by such Financing Party the Lessee shall pay to such Financing Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Financing Party for such reduction.

(c) Notice; Designation of Applicable Funding Office. Each Financing Party shall promptly notify the Lessee and the Agent of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will entitle such Financing Party to compensation pursuant to this Section 10.4 and will designate a different Applicable Funding Office if such designation will avoid the need for, or materially reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the judgment of such Financing Party, be otherwise disadvantageous to it. Any Financing Party claiming compensation under this Section 10.4 shall furnish to the Lessee and the Agent a statement setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Financing Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

(d) Limitation on Types of Fundings. If on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Funding:

(i) the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period; or

(ii) the Majority Financing Parties determine (which determination shall be conclusive) and notify the Agent that the Eurodollar Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Financing Parties of funding Eurodollar Fundings for such Interest Period;

 

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then the Agent shall give the Lessee prompt notice thereof specifying the relevant Type of Fundings and the relevant amounts or periods, and so long as such condition remains in effect, the Financing Parties shall be under no obligation to make additional Fundings of such Type, continue Fundings of such Type, or to convert Fundings of any other Type into Fundings of such Type and the Lessee shall, on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for the outstanding Fundings of the affected Type, either prepay such Fundings, or convert such Fundings into another Type of Funding in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that it becomes unlawful for any Financing Party or its Applicable Funding Office to make, maintain, or fund Eurodollar Fundings hereunder, then such Financing Party shall promptly notify the Lessee thereof and such Financing Party’s obligation to make or continue Eurodollar Fundings and to convert other Types of Fundings into Eurodollar Fundings shall be suspended until such time as such Financing Party may again make, maintain, and fund Eurodollar Fundings (in which case the provisions of Section 10.4(f) shall be applicable).

(f) Treatment of Affected Fundings. If the obligation of any Financing Party to make a Eurodollar Funding or to continue, or to convert Funding of any other Type into, Funding of a particular Type shall be suspended pursuant to Section 10.4(a), (b), (d) or (e) (Fundings of such Type being herein called “Affected Fundings” and such Type being herein called the “Affected Type”), such Financing Party’s Affected Fundings shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Fundings on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for Affected Fundings (or, in the case of a conversion required by Section 10.4(e), on such earlier date as such Financing Party may specify to the Lessee with a copy to the Agent) and, unless and until such Financing Party gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 10.4(a), (b) (d) or (e) that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:

(i) to the extent that such Financing Party’s Affected Fundings have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Financing Party’s Affected Fundings shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Fundings; and

(ii) all Fundings that would otherwise be made or continued by such Financing Party as Fundings of the Affected Type shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Fundings, and all Fundings of such Financing Party that would otherwise be converted into Fundings of the Affected Type shall be converted instead into (or shall remain as) Base Rate Fundings.

If such Financing Party gives notice to the Lessee (with a copy to the Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 10.4(a), (b) or (e) that gave rise to the conversion of such Financing Party’s Affected Fundings pursuant to this Section 10.4(f) no longer exist

 

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(which such Financing Party agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Fundings of the Affected Type made by other Financing Parties are outstanding, such Financing Party’s Base Rate Fundings shall be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding Fundings of the Affected Type, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Fundings held by the Financing Parties holding Fundings of the Affected Type and by such Financing Party are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, Types, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.

10.5 Compensation. Upon the request of any Financing Party, the Lessee shall pay to such Financing Party such amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable opinion of such Financing Party) to compensate it for any loss, cost, or expense (including loss of anticipated profits) incurred by it as a result of:

(a) any payment, prepayment, or conversion of a Eurodollar Funding for any reason (including, without limitation, the acceleration of the Fundings pursuant to Section 6 of the Credit Agreement) on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Funding; or

(b) any failure by the Lessee for any reason (including, without limitation, the failure of any condition precedent specified in Section 4 to be satisfied) to borrow, convert, continue, or prepay a Eurodollar Funding on the date for such borrowing, conversion, continuation, or prepayment specified in the relevant notice of borrowing, prepayment, continuation, or conversion under this Agreement.

SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS.

11.1 Survival of Agreements. The representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements of the parties provided for in the Operative Agreements, and the parties’ obligations under any and all thereof, shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the transfer of any Property to the Lessor, the acquisition of any Equipment, the construction of any Improvements, any disposition of any interest of the Lessor in any Property, the payment of the Notes and any disposition thereof, and shall be and continue in effect notwithstanding any investigation made by any party and the fact that any party may waive compliance with any of the other terms, provisions or conditions of any of the Operative Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in other Operative Agreements, the indemnities of the parties provided for in the Operative Agreements shall survive the expiration or termination of any thereof. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing and notwithstanding the occurrence of the Restatement Effective Date or the completion of the Fundings under this Agreement pursuant to Section 3, each condition precedent in connection with the Restatement Effective Date or the Fundings which is not fully satisfied may be subsequently required by the Agent to be satisfied (unless such has been expressly waived in writing by the Agent).

11.2 No Broker, etc. Each of the parties hereto represents to the others that it has not retained or employed any broker, finder or financial adviser to act on its behalf in connection with this Agreement, nor has it authorized any broker, finder or financial adviser retained or employed by any other Person so to act. Any party who is in breach of this representation shall indemnify and hold the other parties harmless from and against any liability arising out of such breach of this representation.

 

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11.3 Transmission and Effectiveness of Communications and Signatures.

(a) Modes of Delivery. Except as otherwise provided in any Operative Agreement, notices, requests, demands, directions, agreements and documents delivered in connection with the Operative Agreements (collectively, “communications”) shall be transmitted by Requisite Notice to the number and address set forth on Schedule 11.3 may be delivered by the following modes of delivery, and shall be effective as follows:

 

Mode of Delivery

  

Effective on earlier of actual receipt and:

Courier    Scheduled delivery date
Facsimile    When transmission in legible form complete
Mail    Fourth Business Day after deposit in U.S. mail first class postage pre-paid
Personal delivery    When received
Telephone    When conversation completed
Electronic Mail    When received

provided, however, that communications delivered to Agent pursuant to Sections 3 of this Agreement, Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9 or 2.10 of the Credit Agreement must be in writing and shall not be effective until actually received by Agent.

(b) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Financing Parties. Administrative Agent, Lessor and Financing Parties shall be entitled to rely and act on any communications purportedly given by or on behalf of any Lessee/Borrower Party even if (i) such communications (A) were not made in a manner specified herein, (B) were incomplete or (C) were not preceded or followed by any other notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any subsequent related communications provided for herein. Lessee shall indemnify Administrative Agent, the Lessor and the Financing Parties from any loss, cost, expense or liability as a result of relying on any communications permitted herein so long as such Administrative Agent, Lessor and Financing Parties have acted in good faith.

(c) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Operative Agreements 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 hardcopies with manual signatures and shall be binding on all Lessee/Lessee Parties and Administrative Agent and the Financing Parties. Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed hardcopy thereof; provided, however, that the failure to request or deliver any such manually-signed hardcopy shall not affect the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.

(d) Effectiveness of Electronic Mail. Electronic mail and internet and intranet websites may be used to distribute routine communications, such as financial statements and other information and to distribute agreements and other documents to be signed by Financing Parties; provided, however, that no Requisition or executed or legally-binding notice, agreement, waiver, amendment or other communication may be sent by electronic mail.

 

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(e) New Addresses. From time to time any party may designate a new address, attention party, telephone number, telefacsimile number or e-mail address for purposes of notice hereunder by notice to the Agent, with copies to each of the other parties hereto.

11.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

11.5 Terminations, Amendments, Waivers, Etc.; Unanimous Vote Matters. Each Basic Document may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified only by an instrument in writing signed by the Majority Financing Parties and each Credit Party (to the extent such Credit Party is a party to such Basic Document); provided, to the extent no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Majority Financing Parties shall not amend, supplement, waive or modify any provision of any Basic Document in such a manner as to adversely affect the rights of the Lessee without the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Lessee; provided that it is understood and agreed that the Lessor and the Agent may terminate the Lease with respect to, and release, any Property or Excess Land purchased by the Lessee pursuant to Section 20.1(a) or (c) of the Lease without the consent of any other Financing Party. Each Operative Agreement which is not a Basic Document may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified only by an instrument in writing signed by the parties thereto and (without the consent of any other Financing Party) the Agent. In addition, the Unanimous Vote Matters shall require the consent of each Financing Party affected by such matter.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or modification shall, without the consent of the Agent and, to the extent affected thereby, each Financing Party (collectively, the “Unanimous Vote Matters”) (i) reduce the amount of any Note or Lessor Funding, extend the scheduled date of maturity of any Note, extend the scheduled Expiration Date, extend any payment date of any Note or Lessor Funding or extend the term of the Lease pursuant to Section 21.1 thereof (unless such Financing Party’s outstanding Loans or Lessor Fundings, as the case may be, will be purchased in full on or prior to the dated of such renewal), reduce the stated rate of interest payable on any Note or reduce the stated Yield payable on the Lessor Fundings (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates or Yield), increase the amount of any Person’s Commitment or Lessor Commitment, modify the priority of any Lien in favor of the Agent under any Security Document, or subordinate any obligation owed to such Financing Party, or (ii) terminate, amend, supplement, waive or modify any provision of this Section 11.5 or reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Financing Parties, or consent to the assignment or transfer by the Lessor of any of its rights and obligations under any Basic Document or release a material portion of the Collateral (except in accordance with Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement) or release the Lessor, the Lessee or any Alternative Lessee from its obligations under any Operative Agreement or otherwise alter any payment obligations of the Lessor, the Lessee or any Alternative Lessee to the Lessor or any Financing Party under the Operative Agreements, or

 

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(iii) terminate, amend, supplement, waive or modify any provision of Section 7 of the Credit Agreement, or change any provision of the Credit Agreement in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments as set forth in Section 2.7 thereof without the written consent of each Financing Party affected thereby. Any such termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or modification shall apply equally to each of the Financing Parties and shall be binding upon all the parties to this Agreement. In the case of any waiver, each party to this Agreement shall be restored to its former position and rights under the Operative Agreements, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

If at a time when the conditions precedent set forth in the Operative Agreements to any Loan are, in the opinion of the Majority Financing Parties, satisfied, and Lender shall fail to fulfill its obligations to make such Loan (any such Lender, a “Defaulting Lender”) then, for so long as such failure shall continue, the Defaulting Lender shall (unless the Lessee and the Majority Financing Parties, determined as if the Defaulting Lender were not a “Lender”, shall otherwise consent in writing) be deemed for all purposes relating to terminations, amendments, supplements, waivers or modifications under the Operative Agreements to have no Loans, shall not be treated as a “Lender” when performing the computation of Majority Financing Parties, and shall have no rights under Section 11.5, provided that any action taken pursuant to the second paragraph of this Section 11.5 shall not be effective against any Defaulting Lender unless such Defaulting Lender has consented thereto.

11.6 Headings, etc. The Table of Contents and headings of the various Articles and Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not modify, define, expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

11.7 Parties in Interest. Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Agreement are intended for the benefit of any Person except the parties hereto; provided, that the Lenders are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

11.8 GOVERNING LAW; WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

(b) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER OPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

11.9 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of Florida and the courts of the United States of America, for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

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(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same,

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail) postage prepaid, to the respective party at its address set forth in Section 11.3 or at such other address of which the Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 11.9 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

11.10 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render such provision unenforceable in any other jurisdiction.

11.11 Liability Limited. Anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Notes or in any other Operative Agreement notwithstanding, neither the Lessor nor any officer, director, shareholder, affiliate or partner thereof, nor any of the successors or assigns of the foregoing (all such Persons being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Exculpated Persons”), shall be personally liable in any respect for any liability or obligation hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement including the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the Notes, or for monetary damages for the breach of performance of any of the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement, the Notes, this Agreement, the Security Agreement or any of the other Operative Agreements. The Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Lenders) agrees that, in the event the Agent or any Lender pursues any remedies available to them under the Credit Agreement, the Notes, this Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments or under any other Operative Agreement, neither the Lenders nor the Agent shall have any recourse against any Exculpated Person, for any deficiency, loss or Claim for monetary damages or otherwise resulting therefrom, and recourse shall be had solely and exclusively against the Collateral and the Lessee (with respect to the Lessee’s obligations under

 

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the Lease and this Agreement); but nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse against or the enforcement of remedies against the Collateral in respect of any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained herein, in the Credit Agreement, in the Notes, in the Security Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments or in any other Operative Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, nothing in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Security Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments or any other Operative Agreement shall: (i) constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any indebtedness or obligation evidenced by the Notes or arising under this Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments or the Credit Agreement or secured by the Security Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments or any other Operative Agreement, but the same shall continue until paid or discharged; (ii) relieve the Lessor or any Exculpated Person from liability and responsibility for (but only to the extent of the damages arising by reason of): (a) active waste knowingly committed by such Lessor or such Exculpated Person with respect to the Properties or (b) any fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach on the part of such Lessor or such Exculpated Person; (iii) relieve such Lessor or such Exculpated Person from liability and responsibility for (but only to the extent of the moneys misappropriated, misapplied or not turned over) (a) misappropriation or misapplication by such Lessor (i.e., application in a manner contrary to any Operative Agreement) of any insurance proceeds or condemnation award paid or delivered to such Lessor by any Person other than the Agent, or (b) any rents or other income received by such Lessor from the Lessee that are not turned over to the Agent; or (iv) affect or in any way limit the Agent’s rights and remedies under any Operative Agreement with respect to the Rents and its rights thereunder or its right to obtain a judgment against the Lessor’s interest in the Properties.

11.12 Rights of Lessee. Notwithstanding any provision of the Operative Agreements, if at any time all obligations (i) of the Lessor under the Credit Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Operative Agreements and (ii) of the Lessee under the Operative Agreements have in each case been satisfied or discharged in full, then the Lessee shall be entitled to (a) terminate the Lease and (b) receive all amounts then held under the Operative Agreements and all proceeds with respect to any of the Properties. Upon the termination of the Lease pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), the Lessor shall transfer to the Lessee all of its right, title and interest free and clear of the Lien of the Lease and all Lessor Liens in and to any Properties then subject to the Lease and any amounts or proceeds referred to in the foregoing clause (b) shall be paid over to the Lessee.

11.13 Further Assurances. The parties hereto shall promptly cause to be taken, executed, acknowledged or delivered, at the sole expense of the Lessee, all such further acts, conveyances, documents and assurances as the other parties may from time to time reasonably request in order to carry out and effectuate the intent and purposes of this Agreement, the other Operative Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the preparation, execution and filing of any and all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and other filings or registrations which the parties hereto may from time to time request to be filed or effected). The Lessee, at its own expense and without need of any prior request from any other party, shall take such action as may be necessary (including any action specified in the preceding sentence), or (if Lessor shall so request) as so requested, in order to maintain and protect all security interests provided for hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement. The Lessor and the Lessee each agrees to deliver to the Agent (at the Lessee’s expense), promptly upon the request of the Agent, the Lessor or the Majority Financing

 

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Parties, any document that was required to be delivered with respect to any Property pursuant to the terms of the Existing Participation Agreement or any other “Operative Agreement” (as defined in the Existing Participation Agreement), including without limitation any document required by Section 5.6 of the Existing Participation Agreement.

11.14 Calculations under Operative Agreements. The parties hereto agree that all calculations and numerical determinations to be made under the Operative Agreements by the Lessor shall be made by the Agent and that such calculations and determinations shall be conclusive and binding on the parties hereto in the absence of manifest error.

11.15 Confidentiality. Each of the Lessor, the Agent and the Financing Parties severally agrees to use reasonable efforts to keep confidential all non-public information pertaining to the Lessee or its Subsidiaries which is provided to it by the Lessee or its Subsidiaries, and shall not intentionally disclose such information to any Person except:

(a) to the extent such information is public when received by such Person or becomes public thereafter due to the act or omission of any party other than such Person;

(b) to the extent such information is independently obtained from a source other than the Lessee or any of its Subsidiaries and such information from such source is not, to such Person’s knowledge, subject to an obligation of confidentiality or, if such information is subject to an obligation of confidentiality, that disclosure of such information is permitted;

(c) to any Affiliate of any such Person or to counsel, auditors or accountants retained by any such Person or any such Affiliate, provided they agree to keep such information confidential as if such Person or Affiliate were party to this Agreement and to financial institution regulators, including examiners of any Financing Party, the Agent or the Lessor or any Affiliate in the course of examinations of such Persons;

(d) in connection with any litigation or the enforcement or preservation of the rights of the Agent, the Lessor or any Financing Party under the Operative Agreements;

(e) to the extent required by any applicable statute, rule or regulation or court order (including, without limitation, by way of subpoena) or pursuant to the request of any regulatory or Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any such Person; provided, however, that such Person shall endeavor (if not otherwise prohibited by Law) to notify the Lessee prior to any disclosure made pursuant to this clause (e), except that no such Person shall be subject to any liability whatsoever for any failure to so notify the Lessee;

(f) to the Agent or any Financing Party; or

(g) to the extent disclosure to any other financial institution or other Person is appropriate in connection with any proposed or actual (i) assignment or grant of a participation by any of the Lenders of interests in the Credit Agreement or any Note to such other financial institution or (ii) assignment by the Lessor of interests in the Properties and the Operative Agreements to another Person.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party to the Transaction (and each Affiliate and person acting on behalf of any such party) agree that each party (and each employee, representative and other agent of such party) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to such party or such person relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, except to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state securities laws. This authorization is not intended to permit disclosure of any other information including (without limitation) (i) any portion of any materials to the extent not related to the tax treatment or tax structure of the transaction, (ii) the identities of participants or potential participants in the transaction, (iii) the existence or status of any negotiations, (iv) any pricing or financial information (except to the extent such pricing or financial information is related to the tax treatment or tax structure of the transaction) or (v) any other term or detail not relevant to the tax treatment or the tax structure of the Transaction.

11.16 Calculation of Rent, Interest, Yield and Fees. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Operative Agreements, all calculation of Rent, interest, Yield, Commitment Fees, Lessor Commitment Fees or Overdue Rate, payable hereunder shall be computed based on the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.

11.17 Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent. None of the Lenders identified on the facing page or any other page of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement as a “syndication agent” or “documentation agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement or any other Operative Document other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Financing Parties so identified as “syndication agent” or “documentation agent” shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Financing Party. Each Financing Party acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Financing Parties so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder or thereunder.

11.18 Consequential/Exemplary Damages. None of the Financing Parties or the Administrative Agent shall have any liability for indirect, consequential or exemplary damages relating to this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Restatement Effective Date).

11.19 USA Patriot Act. The Agent and each Financing Party hereby notifies each Lessee/Borrowing Party that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Lessee/Borrowing Party, which information includes the name and address of such Lessee/Borrowing Party and other information that will allow the Agent or such Financing Party to identify such Lessee/Borrowing Party in accordance with its requirements.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Participation Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

TECH DATA CORPORATION,
as Lessee
By:  

/s/ Charles V. Dannewitz

Name:   Charles V. Dannewitz
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax and Treasurer

 

   S-1    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


SUNTRUST BANK,
as Lessor
By:  

/s/ Donald J. Campisano

Name:   Donald J. Campisano
Title:   Managing Director

 

   S-2    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


SUNTRUST EQUITY FUNDING, LLC,
as Agent
By:  

/s/ R. Todd Shutley

Name:   R. Todd Shutley
Title:   Senior Vice President and Manager

 

   S-3    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO:

TECH DATA PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, INC.,

as Alternative Lessee

By:  

/s/ Charles V. Dannewitz

Name:   Charles V. Dannewitz
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax and Treasurer

TD FACILITIES, LTD.,

as Alternative Lessee

By: Tech Data Corporation, its general partner
By:  

/s/ Charles V. Dannewitz

Name:   Charles V. Dannewitz
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax and Treasurer

 

   S-4    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


BNP PARIBAS LEASING CORPORATION, as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Lloyd G. Cox

Name:   Lloyd G. Cox
Title:   Managing Director

 

   S-5    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


SCOTIABANC INC., as a Lender
By:  

/s/ J. F. Todd

Name:   J. F. Todd
Title:   Managing Director

 

   S-6    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


FIFTH THIRD BANK, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as a Lender

By:  

/s/ John A. Marian

Name:   John A. Marian
Title:   Vice President

 

   S-7    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Sharon Prince

Name:   Sharon Prince
Title:   Vice President

 

   S-8    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Christine L. Wagner

Name:   Christine L. Wagner
Title:   Vice President

 

   S-9    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


MERCANTIL COMMERCEBANK, NA, as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Fernando Mesia

Name:   Fernando Mesia
Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ Alan Hills

Name:   Alan Hills
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

   S-10    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


Schedule 1

Property Cost/Property Additional Amounts/Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount

Omitted

 

SCH-5.1(m)


Schedule 5.1(m)

Omitted

 

SCH-5.1(m)


Schedule 5.1(s)

Omitted

 

SCH-5.1(s)


Schedule 5.1(v)

Omitted

 

SCH-5.1(v)


Schedule 11.3

Omitted

 

SCH-11.3.1


EXHIBIT A

REQUISITION FORM

(Pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 3.2 of the Participation Agreement)

Tech Data Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies as true and correct and delivers the following Requisition to SunTrust Bank (“Lessor”) and SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, as Agent for the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement (the “Agent”):

Reference is made herein to that certain Third Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated as of June 27, 2008 (as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Participation Agreement”) among the Company, as Lessee, the Lessor, the Lenders party thereto, and the Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth therefor in the Participation Agreement.

Check one:

            RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE:

                                          (one Business Day prior notice required for Base Rate Funding or three Business Days prior notice required for Eurodollar Funding)

1. Transaction Expenses and other fees, expenses and disbursements under Section 6.1 of the Participation Agreement and any and all other amounts contemplated to be financed under the Participation Agreement (with supporting invoices or closing statement attached):

 

Party to Whom

Amount Owed

  

Amount is Owed

(in U.S. Dollars)

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

The Company acknowledges that Transaction Expenses and other fees, taxes, expenses and disbursements as described in Section 6.1 and of the Participation Agreement shall be funded by Loans and Lessor Advances (unless each Financing Party declines in writing to fund any such amount) regardless of whether any request pursuant to this Requisition or any other Requisition is made.

2. Total additional amount requested herein: $                    

3. [Total outstanding Fundings under Existing Participation Agreement: $                    ]

The Company hereby certifies (i) that the foregoing amounts requested do not exceed the total aggregate of the Available Commitments plus the Available Lessor Commitment, (ii) each

 

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of the provisions of the Participation Agreement applicable to the Loans and Lessor Fundings requested hereunder have been complied with as of the date of this Requisition, (iii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (iv) each of the representations and warranties of the Lessee contained in any Operative Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Requisition and the date of the requested Funding.

The Company has caused this Requisition to the executed by its duly authorized officer as of this _____ day of May, 2008.

 

TECH DATA CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

MATTERS TO COVER IN OPINION

OF COUNSEL TO LESSEE AND GUARANTORS

 

C-1


Appendix A

Rules of Usage and Definitions

I. Rules of Usage

The following rules of usage shall apply to this Participation Agreement and the Operative Agreements (and each appendix, schedule, exhibit and annex to the foregoing) unless otherwise required by the context or unless otherwise defined therein:

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, any definitions set forth herein or in any other document shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.

(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided, references in any document to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses, annexes, appendices, schedules or exhibits are references to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses, annexes, appendices, schedules or exhibits in or to such document.

(c) The headings, subheadings and table of contents used in any document are solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of any such document nor shall they affect the meaning, construction or effect of any provision thereof.

(d) References to any Person shall include such Person, its successors and permitted assigns and transferees.

(e) Except as otherwise expressly provided, reference to any agreement means such agreement as amended, modified, extended, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the applicable provisions thereof.

(f) Except as otherwise expressly provided, references to any law includes any amendment or modification to such law and any rules or regulations issued thereunder or any law enacted in substitution or replacement therefor.

(g) When used in any document, words such as “hereunder”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “herein” and other words of like import shall, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, refer to the whole of the applicable document and not to any particular article, section, subsection, paragraph or clause thereof.

(h) References to “including” means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term and for purposes hereof the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be applicable to limit a general statement, followed by or referable to an enumeration of specific matters, to matters similar to those specifically mentioned.

(i) Unless the context indicates otherwise, the disjunctive “or” shall include the conjunctive “and.”

 

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(j) Each of the parties to the Operative Agreements and their counsel have reviewed and revised, or requested revisions to, the Operative Agreements, and the usual rule of construction that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall be inapplicable in the construing and interpretation of the Operative Agreements and any amendments or exhibits thereto.

II. Definitions

A Allocated Amount” means, with respect to any Property, the principal portion of the related Allocated Amount equal to the Lessor’s Pro Rata Share of the amount set forth in clause (a) of the definition of Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for such Property.

A Loan” means, with respect to any Property and any Lender, the principal portion of the related Loans equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount set forth in clause (a) of the definition of Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for such Property.

Acceleration” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement.

Administrative Agent” or “Agent” shall mean collectively, (a) SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, together with its Affiliates, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements and any successor Administrative Agent who may be appointed pursuant to Section 7.9 of the Credit Agreement, (b) SunTrust Equity Funding, LLC, together with its affiliates, as agent for itself and the Lenders under the Security Documents (other than the Pledge Agreement).

Administrative Agent-Related Persons” shall mean Administrative Agent (including any successor agent), together with its Affiliates.

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. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

After Tax Basis” shall mean, with respect to any payment to be received, the amount of such payment increased so that, after deduction of the amount of all taxes required to be paid by the recipient calculated at the rate believed by such recipient to be the highest marginal rate then applicable to the recipient (less any tax savings realized as a result of the payment of the indemnified amount) with respect to the receipt by the recipient of such amounts, such increased payment (as so reduced) is equal to the payment otherwise required to be made.

Agent” see definition of “Administrative Agent”.

Allocated Amount” means the Lessor Amount.

 

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Alternative Lessee” shall mean any Subsidiary of Tech Data that is an alternative Lessee of any Property pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Lease.

Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2007, among Tech Data, Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the lenders party thereto, as such agreement may be further amended, modified or restated from time to time.

Amendment to Intercreditor Agreement” means Amendment No. 4 to Intercreditor Agreement dated as of March 20, 2007, among the Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the lenders under the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agent, and consented to by Tech Data and certain Subsidiaries.

Applicable Funding Office” means for each Financing Party and for each Type of Loan or Lessor Funding, the “Funding Office” of such Lender or Financing Party (or of an affiliate of such Financing Party) designated for such Type of Loan or Lessor Funding on the signature pages of the Participation Agreement or the respective Assignment and Acceptance, or such other office of such Financing Party (or an affiliate of such Financing Party) as such Financing Party may from time to time specify to the Agent and the Lessee by written notice in accordance with the terms of the Operative Agreements as the office by which its Loans or Lessor Fundings of such Type are to be made and maintained.

Applicable Margin” means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Debt Ratings of both S&P and Moody’s as set forth below:

 

Pricing
Level

  

Debt Ratings S&P/Moody’s

   Eurodollar
Rate
    Base Rate  
1    BBB+/Baa1 or higher    0.775 %   0.375 %
2    BBB/Baa2    0.875 %   0.475 %
3    BBB-/Baa3    1.000 %   0.600 %
4    BB+/Ba1    1.200 %   0.800 %
5    Lower than BB+/Ba1    1.500 %   1.100 %

Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by either S&P or Moody’s (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of Tech Data’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt; provided that if a Debt Rating is issued by each of the foregoing rating agencies, then the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply (with the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 1 being the highest and the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 5 being the lowest).

As of the Restatement Effective Date, the Applicable Margin shall be Pricing Level 3. Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a publicly announced change in the Debt Rating shall be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period commencing on the date of delivery by Tech Data to the Administrative Agent of notice

 

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thereof pursuant to Section 7.03(e) of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.

Appraisal” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.3 of the Participation Agreement.

Appraisal Procedure” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 22.4 of the Lease.

Appurtenant Rights” shall mean (i) all agreements, easements, rights of way or use, rights of ingress or egress, privileges, appurtenances, tenements, hereditaments and other rights and benefits at any time belonging or pertaining to the Land underlying any Improvements, or the Improvements, including, without limitation, the use of any streets, ways, alleys, vaults or strips of land adjoining, abutting, adjacent or contiguous to the Land and (ii) all permits, licenses and rights, whether or not of record, appurtenant to such Land.

Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean the Assignment and Acceptance in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Credit Agreement.

Attorney Costs” shall mean and include all fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and the allocated cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of internal counsel.

Attributable Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement unless the Consent Requirement has been satisfied.

Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Lessee and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Lessee and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

B Allocated Amount” means, with respect to any Property, the amount equal to the Allocated Amount minus the A Allocated Amount related to such Property.

B Loan” means, with respect to any Property and any Lender, the amount equal to the principal of such Lender’s Loans related to such Property minus such Lender’s A Loans.

Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the U.S. Code entitled “Bankruptcy” as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto;

Base Rate” shall mean a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Sun Trust Bank as its “prime rate” plus (ii) the Applicable Margin. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Sun Trust Bank based upon various factors

 

Appendix A-4


including Sun Trust Bank’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 the “prime rate” announced by SunTrust Bank shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

Base Rate Funding” shall mean a Funding that bears interest (with respect to the Loans included therein) and Yield (with respect to the Lessor Fundings included therein) based on the Base Rate.

Base Rate Lessor Funding” shall mean a Lessor Funding bearing a Yield based on the Base Rate.

Base Rate Loans” shall mean Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Base Rate.

Basic Documents” shall mean, collectively, the Participation Agreement, the Lease, the Credit Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement and the Notes.

Basic Rent” shall mean, the sum of (i) the Loan Basic Rent and (ii) the Lessor Basic Rent, calculated as of the applicable date on which Basic Rent is due.

Basic Term” shall mean the period beginning on the Basic Term Commencement Date and ending on the Basic Term Expiration Date.

Basic Term Commencement Date” or “Term Commencement Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of the Lease.

Basic Term Expiration Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of the Lease.

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

Borrower” shall have the meaning specified in the preamble of the Credit Agreement.

Borrowing Date” shall mean any Business Day specified in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement as a date on which the Lessee requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

Business Day” shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Florida or Atlanta, Georgia in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

Casualty” shall mean any damage or destruction of all or any portion of a Property as a result of a fire or other casualty.

 

Appendix A-5


Category” with respect to any Commitment or Loan shall mean a Commitment or Loan with respect to Series A Loans or Series B Loans, as the case may be.

CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986.

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 30% 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 12 consecutive months, a majority 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).

Claims” shall mean any and all obligations, liabilities, losses, actions, suits, penalties, claims, demands, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) of any nature whatsoever (including without limitation claims brought against the Lessor by an Indemnified Person pursuant to Section 10.5).

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto.

 

Appendix A-6


Collateral” shall mean all assets of the Lessor or the Lessee, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a lien is purported to be created by the Security Documents.

Collateral Agent” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent under the Pledge Agreement, or any successor collateral agent.

Commitment” shall mean (i) as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make and/or continue Series A Loans or Series B Loans, as the case may be, to the Lessor hereunder in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the respective amounts for such Category set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.2 of the Credit Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (including Section 11.5 of this Agreement), the Credit Agreement or the Lease and (ii) as to the Lessor, the Lessor’s Commitment.

Commitment Percentage” shall mean, as to any Financing Party at any time, (i) the percentage which such Financing Party’s Commitment with respect to Loans or Lessor Fundings, as applicable, then constitutes of the aggregate Commitments of all Financing Parties or (ii) the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Financing Party’s Loans or Lessor Advances, as applicable, then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of all of the Loans or Lessor Advances, as applicable, then outstanding.

Condemnation” shall mean any taking or sale of the use, access, occupancy, easement rights or title to any Property or any part thereof, wholly or partially (temporarily or permanently), by or on account of: (a) any actual or threatened eminent domain proceeding or other taking of action by any Person having the power of eminent domain, including any action by a Governmental Authority to change the grade of, or widen the streets adjacent to, any Property or alter the pedestrian or vehicular traffic flow to any Property so as to result in a change in access to such Property, or (b) an eviction by paramount title or any transfer made in lieu of any such proceeding or action.

Consent Requirement” means that no amendment, restatement, waiver or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement that affects any term defined herein by reference to the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement is effective for purposes of the Operative Agreements unless the Majority Financing Parties and the Administrative Agent shall have consented thereto in writing.

Contractual Obligation” shall mean, 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” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”

Covenant to Pay Obligations” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 7.7 of this Agreement.

Credit Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the Restatement Effective Date, among the Lessor, the Agent, and the Lenders, as specified therein, as such agreement may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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Credit Agreement Default” shall mean any event or condition which, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Credit Agreement Event of Default.

Credit Agreement Event of Default” shall mean any event or condition defined as an “Event of Default” in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement.

Credit Documents” shall mean the Credit Agreement, the Notes, and the Security Documents.

Credit Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Lessee, the Guarantors, and all Subsidiaries parties to the Pledge Agreement.

Debt Rating” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of the Applicable Margin.

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.

Deed” shall mean a warranty deed regarding Land or Improvements in form and substance satisfactory to the Lessor and the Agent.

Default” shall mean any event, act or condition which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

Deficiency Balance” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 22.1(b) of the Lease.

Direct Foreign Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement unless the Consent Requirement has been satisfied.

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.

Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of Tech Data organized under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

Appendix A-8


Election Notice” shall mean a notice from the Lessee exercising its Purchase Option pursuant to Section 20.1(b)(ii) of the Lease.

Environmental Claim” shall mean any investigation, notice, violation, demand, allegation, action, suit, injunction, judgment, order, consent decree, penalty, fine, lien, proceeding, or claim (whether administrative, judicial, or private in nature) arising (a) pursuant to, or in connection with, any actual or alleged violation of, any Environmental Law, (b) in connection with any Hazardous Substance, (c) from or with respect to any abatement, removal, remedial, corrective, or other response action in connection with a Hazardous Material, Environmental Law, or other similar order of a Governmental Authority or (d) from or with respect to any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat, or harm to health, safety, natural resources, or the environment.

Environmental Indemnity” means any indemnity pursuant to Section 10.3, or any indemnity with respect to an Environmental Claim.

Environmental Law” shall mean any Law, permit, consent, approval, license, award, or other authorization or requirement of any Governmental Authority relating to emissions, discharges, releases, threatened releases of any Hazardous Substance into ambient air, surface water, ground water, publicly owned treatment works, septic system, or land, or otherwise relating to the handling, storage, treatment, generation, use, emission or disposal of any Hazardous Substance or pollution or to the protection of health or the environment, including without limitation CERCLA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq., and state or local statutes analogous thereto.

Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Lessee, any other Credit 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.

Environmental Violation” shall mean any activity, occurrence or condition that violates or threatens to violate (if the threat requires correction or remediation under any Environmental Law and is not corrected or remediated during any grace period allowed under such Environmental Law) or results in or threatens (if the threat requires correction or remediation under any Environmental Law and is not corrected or remediated during any grace period allowed under such Environmental Law) to result in noncompliance with any Environmental Law.

Equipment” shall mean equipment, apparatus, furnishings, fittings and personal property of every kind and nature whatsoever that was purchased, leased or otherwise acquired using the proceeds of the Loans or the Lessor Fundings by the Lessee or the Lessor as specified or described in either a Requisition or a Lease Supplement, whether or not now or subsequently attached to, contained in or used or usable in any way in connection with any operation of any Improvements or other improvements to real property.

 

Appendix A-9


Equipment Schedule” shall mean (a) each Equipment Schedule attached to the applicable Requisition and (b) each Equipment Schedule attached to the applicable Lease Supplement as Schedule I-A.

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with Tech Data within the meaning of Sections 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 the Lessee 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 the Lessee 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 constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (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 the Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate.

Eurodollar Funding” shall mean a Funding that bears interest (with respect to the Loans included therein) and Yield (with respect to the Lessor Fundings included therein) based on the Eurodollar Rate.

Eurodollar Lessor Funding” shall mean a Lessor Funding bearing a Yield based on the Eurodollar Rate.

Eurodollar Loans” shall mean Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurodollar Reserve Rate.

Eurodollar Rate” or “Eurodollar Reserve Rate” shall mean for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Funding, a rate per annum determined by the Agent according to the following formula:

 

    Eurodollar   =   Interbank Offered Rate   +   Applicable    
    Rate     1 - Reserve Requirement     Margin    

Event of Default” shall mean a Lease Event of Default, a Guaranty Event of Default or a Credit Agreement Event of Default.

 

Appendix A-10


Excepted Payments” shall mean:

(a) all indemnity payments (including indemnity payments made pursuant to Section 10 of the Participation Agreement), whether made by adjustment to Basic Rent or otherwise, to which the Lessor or any of its Affiliates, agents, officers, directors or employees is entitled;

(b) any amounts (other than Basic Rent, Termination Value, or Purchase Option Price) payable under any Operative Agreement to reimburse the Lessor or any its Affiliates for performing or complying with any of the obligations of the Lessee under and as permitted by any Operative Agreement (including without limitation any reimbursement of the reasonable expenses of the Lessor incurred in connection with any such payment);

(c) any amount payable to the Lessor by any transferee of such interest of the Lessor as the purchase price of the Lessor’s interest in the Property (or portion thereof);

(d) any insurance proceeds (or payments with respect to risks self-insured or policy deductibles) under liability policies other than such proceeds or payments payable to the Agent or any Lender;

(e) any insurance proceeds under policies maintained by the Lessor other than such proceeds payable to the Agent or any Lender;

(f) Transaction Expenses or other amounts or expenses paid or payable to or for the benefit of the Lessor;

(g) all right, title and interest of the Lessor to any Property or any portion thereof or any other property to the extent any of the foregoing has been released from the Liens of the Security Documents and the Lease pursuant to the terms thereof;

(h) upon termination of the Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof, all remaining property covered by the Lease or Security Documents;

(i) all payments in respect of the Yield;

(j) any payments in respect of interest to the extent attributable to payments referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above; and

(k) any rights of either the Lessor to demand, collect, sue for or otherwise receive and enforce payment of any of the foregoing amounts, provided that such rights shall not include the right to terminate the Lease.

Excepted Rights” shall mean the rights retained by the Lessor pursuant to Section 8.2(a) of the Credit Agreement.

Excess Land” means, with respect to any Property, that portion of the related Land that is not necessary or useful for the Lessee’s intended use of such Property.

 

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Excess Land Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Excess Land of any Property, the cost of the Land related to such Property times the ratio of (i) the acreage of such Excess Land over (ii) the acreage of the Land relation to such Property.

Excess Proceeds” shall mean the excess, if any, of the aggregate of all awards, compensation or insurance proceeds payable in connection with a Casualty or Condemnation over the Termination Value paid by the Lessee pursuant to the Lease with respect to such Casualty or Condemnation.

Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.

Existing Lease” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the recitals to the Lease.

Existing Lender” shall mean any “Lender” as defined in the Existing Participation Agreement.

Existing Loan” shall mean any “Loan” as defined in the Existing Participation Agreement, which Loan was advanced prior to the Restatement Effective Date hereunder.

Existing Operative Agreements” shall mean the Existing Participation Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement and the Existing Lease.

Existing Participation Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the recitals to the Participation Agreement.

Existing Series A Loan” shall mean any “Series A Loan” as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement, which loan was advanced prior to the Restatement Effective Date hereunder.

Existing Series B Loan” shall mean any “Series B Loan” as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement, which loan was advanced prior to the Restatement Effective Date hereunder.

Existing Trade Receivables Facilities” has the meaning set forth in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement unless the Consent Requirement has been satisfied.

Exiting Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2 of the Participation Agreement.

Expiration Date” shall mean the Basic Term Expiration Date, or such later date as the Lease may be renewed pursuant to Section 21.1 of the Lease or such earlier date as the Lease may be terminated in accordance with the Lease.

Expiration Date Purchase Option” shall mean the Lessee’s option to purchase all (but not less than all) of the Properties on the Expiration Date.

Fair Market Sales Value” shall mean, with respect to any Property, the amount, which in any event, shall not be less than zero, that would be paid in cash in an arms-length transaction

 

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between an informed and willing purchaser and an informed and willing seller, neither of whom is under any compulsion to purchase or sell, respectively, such Property. Fair Market Sales Value of any Property shall be determined based on the assumption that, except for purposes of Section 17 of the Lease, such Property is in the condition and state of repair required under Section 10.1 of the Lease and the Lessee is in compliance with the other requirements of the Operative Agreements.

Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) 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 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 charged to SunTrust Bank on such day on such transactions as determined by the Agent.

Federal Reserve Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any successor thereto.

Fee Letter” shall mean the amended and restated agency fee letter, dated as of the Restatement Effective Date, between the Lessee and the Agent, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Financing Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Lessor and the Lenders.

Fiscal Quarter” shall mean any quarter of a Fiscal Year.

Fiscal Year” shall mean any period of twelve consecutive calendar months ending on January 31; references to a Fiscal Year with a number corresponding to any calendar year (e.g., the “2008 Fiscal Year”) refer to the Fiscal Year ending on January 31 of such calendar year.

Fixtures” shall mean all fixtures relating to the Improvements, including all components thereof, located in or on the Improvements, together with all replacements, modifications, alterations and additions thereto.

Foreign Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement unless the Consent Requirement has been satisfied.

Funding” shall mean any advance of funds (consisting of Loans by the Lenders to the Lessor and Lessor Fundings by the Lessor to, or on behalf of, the Lessee, and including the continuation of any existing Loans and Lessor Fundings on the Restatement Effective Date).

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.

 

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Governmental Action” shall mean all permits, authorizations, registrations, consents, approvals, waivers, exceptions, variances, orders, judgments, written interpretations, decrees, licenses, exemptions, publications, filings, notices to and declarations of or with, or required by, any Governmental Authority, or required by any Legal Requirement, and shall include, without limitation, all environmental and operating permits and licenses that are required for the full use, occupancy, zoning and operation of any Property.

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.

Grantor” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8.

Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (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.

Guarantors” shall mean collectively, Tech Data and all Significant Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries of Tech Data (excluding, however, Tech Data Finance SPV, Inc. or any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary) and each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Participation Agreement or otherwise, together with their successors and assigns.

Guaranty Agreement” or “Guaranty” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Second Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement (Lessee Obligations) dated as of the Restatement Effective Date by each Guarantor to the Lessor and the Agent, (for the benefit of itself, the Lessor and the

 

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Financing Parties), and (b) any other Guaranty Agreement by any Guarantor in favor of the Lessor, the Agent and the Financing Parties, as each such agreement may be amended, supplemented, restated or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Guaranty Event of Default” shall mean any an “Event of Default” as defined in the Guaranty Agreement.

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.

Hazardous Substance” shall mean any of the following: (i) any petroleum or petroleum product, explosives, radioactive material, asbestos, formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and radon gas; (ii) any substance, material, product, derivative, compound or mixture, mineral, chemical, waste, gas, medical waste, or pollutant, in each case whether naturally occurring, man-made or the by-product of any process, that is toxic, harmful or hazardous to the environment or human health or safety as determined in accordance with any Environmental Law; or (iii) any substance, material, product, derivative, compound or mixture, mineral, chemical, waste, gas, medical waste or pollutant that would support the assertion of any claim under any Environmental Law, whether or not defined as hazardous as such under any Environmental Law.

Impositions” shall mean, except to the extent described in the following sentence, any and all liabilities, losses, expenses, costs, charges and Liens of any kind whatsoever for fees, taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, assessments or withholdings (“Taxes”) including without limitation (i) any real and personal property taxes, including personal property taxes on any property covered by the Lease that is classified by Governmental Authorities as personal property, frontage taxes and real estate or ad valorem taxes in the nature of property taxes; (ii) any sales taxes, use taxes and other similar taxes (including rent taxes and intangibles taxes); (iii) any excise taxes; (iv) any real estate transfer taxes, conveyance taxes, mortgage taxes, stamp taxes and documentary recording taxes and fees; (v) any taxes that are or are in the nature of franchise, income, value added, privilege and doing business taxes, license and registration fees; (vi) any assessments on any Property, including all assessments for public Improvements or benefits, whether or not such improvements are commenced or completed within the Term; and (vii) any tax, Lien, assessment or charge asserted, imposed or assessed by the PBGC or any governmental authority succeeding to or performing functions similar to, the PBGC; and in each case all interest, additions to tax and penalties thereon, which at any time prior to, during or with respect to the Term or in respect of any period for which the Lessee shall be obligated to pay Supplemental Rent, may be levied, assessed or imposed by any Governmental Authority upon or with respect to (a) any Property or any part thereof or interest therein; (b) the leasing, financing, refinancing, demolition, construction, substitution, subleasing, assignment, control, condition, occupancy, servicing, maintenance, repair, ownership, possession, activity conducted on, delivery, insuring, use, operation, improvement, transfer of title, return or other disposition of any Property or any part thereof or interest therein; (c) the Notes or other indebtedness with respect to any Property or any part thereof or interest therein; (d) the rentals, receipts or earnings

 

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arising from any Property or any part thereof or interest therein; (e) the Operative Agreements, the performance thereof, or any payment made or accrued pursuant thereto; (f) the income or other proceeds received with respect to any Property or any part thereof or interest therein upon the sale or disposition thereof; (g) any contract relating to the construction, acquisition or delivery of the Improvements or any part thereof or interest therein; (h) the issuance of the Notes; or (i) otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements.

The term “Imposition” shall not mean or include:

(i) Taxes and impositions (other than Taxes that are, or are in the nature of, withholding, sales, use, rental, value added, transfer or property taxes) that are imposed on an Indemnified Person (other than Lessor) by the United States federal government or (in the case of a Person organized under the laws of a foreign country) by a Governmental Authority of such country, and that are in each case based on or measured by the net income (including taxes based on capital gains and minimum taxes or franchise taxes) of such Person; provided that this clause (i) shall not apply to (and shall not exclude) any Tax or imposition imposed with respect to a payment (including any Rent payment) except for (A) the portion of such payment constituting interest on a Loan or Yield or (B) any such Tax or imposition to the extent it arises because an Indemnified Person has previously written off as uncollectable (and reduced the tax basis for) an Obligation which it has subsequently collected, and provided, further that this clause (i) shall not be interpreted to prevent a payment from being made on an After Tax Basis if such payment is otherwise required to be so made;

(ii) Taxes and impositions (other than Taxes that are, or are in the nature of, sales, use, rental, value added, transfer or property taxes) that are imposed on any Indemnified Person (other than Lessor) by any state or local jurisdiction or taxing authority within any state or local jurisdiction and that are based upon or measured by the net income or net receipts; provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to (and shall not exclude) (A) any Tax or imposition imposed with respect to a payment (including any Rent payment) except for (I) the portion of such payment constituting interest on a Loan or Yield or (II) any such Tax or imposition to the extent it arises because an Indemnified Person has previously written off (and reduced the tax basis for) an Obligation which it has subsequently collected, or (B) any Tax or imposition imposed on an Indemnified Person by any state or local jurisdiction if such Tax or imposition would not arise as to such Person but for the location, possession or use of any Property in such jurisdiction; and provided, further, that this clause (ii) shall not be interpreted to prevent a payment from being made on an After Tax Basis if such payment is otherwise required to be so made;

(iii) any Tax or imposition to the extent, but only to such extent, it relates to any act, event or omission that occurs after the termination of the Lease and redelivery or sale of the property in accordance with the terms of the Lease (but not any Tax or imposition that relates to such termination, redelivery or sale or to any period prior to such termination, redelivery or sale); or

 

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(iv) any Taxes which are imposed on an Indemnified Person as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person itself (as opposed to any gross negligence or willful misconduct imputed to such Indemnified Person), but not Taxes imposed as a result of the ordinary negligence of such Person.

Any Tax or imposition excluded from the defined term “Imposition” by any one of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) shall not be construed as constituting an Imposition by any provision of any other of the aforementioned clauses.

Improvements” shall mean, with respect to the construction, renovation or Modification of a Property, all buildings, structures, Fixtures, and other improvements of every kind existing at any time and from time to time on or under the Land purchased, leased or otherwise acquired using the proceeds of the Loans or the Lessor Fundings, together with any and all appurtenances to such buildings, structures or improvements, including sidewalks, utility pipes, conduits and lines, parking areas and roadways, and including all Modifications and other additions to or changes in the Improvements at any time, including without limitation (a) any Improvements existing as of the Property Closing Date as such Improvements may be referenced on the applicable Requisition and (b) any Improvements made subsequent to such Property Closing Date.

Incorporated Covenants” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.3A(a) of the Participation Agreement.

Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement unless the Consent Requirement has been satisfied.

Indemnified Claims” shall mean, collectively, any and all Claims for which the Indemnity Provider is required to indemnify any Person pursuant to Section 10.1, 10.2 or 10.3 of the Participation Agreement.

Indemnified Person” shall mean each of the Financing Parties, the Agent, the Collateral Agent, and their respective successors, assigns, directors, shareholders, partners, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates.

Indemnity Provider” shall mean, collectively, the Lessee and each Alternative Lessee, whose obligations as Indemnity Provider under the Operative Agreements shall be joint and several.

Insurance Requirements” shall mean (a) all terms and conditions of any insurance policy either required by the Lease to be maintained by the Lessee, and (b) all requirements of the issuer of any such policy.

Interbank Offered Rate” shall mean, for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Funding:

(a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the page of the Telerate screen (as provided by

 

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Bridge Information Systems, Inc.) that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or

(b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding subsection (a) does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or

(c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding subsections (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent as the rate of interest (rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) at which deposits in the applicable currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Funding being made, continued or converted by Administrative Agent (or its Affiliate) in its capacity as a Financing Party and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by SunTrust Bank’s London Branch to major banks in the offshore Dollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

Intercreditor Agreement” means one or more Intercreditor Agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent among the Lessee, the Administrative Agent, the administrative agent for the lenders under the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, agents for Senior Parity Debt Holders, or Senior Parity Debt Holders, all as provided for in Section 7.3A(f) of the Participation Agreement.

Interest Period” shall mean, for each Eurodollar Loan and Eurodollar Lessor Fundings for a specified Property (i) initially, the period commencing on the conversion or continuation date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Lessor Funding and ending, in the case of any Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Lessor Funding, one, two, three, four or six months thereafter, as selected by the Lessee in its notice of borrowing, Funding, continuation or conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Lessor Funding and ending one, two, three, four or six months thereafter, as selected by the Lessee by irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided, however, that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following: (A) if any Interest Period would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (except that where the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, then on the next preceding Business Day), (B) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date, (C)

 

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where an Interest Period begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which the Interest Period is to end, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar month, and (D) on any day the sum of the Interest Periods in effect under the Operative Agreements for all Eurodollar Loans and Eurodollar Lessor Fundings shall not exceed six (6) in the aggregate.

Investment Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service, or any successor or analogous organization.

Land” shall mean (a) a parcel or parcels of real property that is described on Schedule I-C to each applicable Lease Supplement executed and delivered in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.4 of the Lease and, to the extent set forth in any such Requisition or Schedule, may include without limitation a leasehold interest in such Land and (b) all Appurtenant Rights with respect to any such Land.

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.

Lease” or “Lease Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated as of the Restatement Effective Date, between the Lessor and the Lessee, together with any Lease Supplements thereto, as such Lease Agreement may from time to time be supplemented, further amended, restated or modified in accordance with the terms thereof.

Lease Default” shall mean any event or condition which, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Lease Event of Default.

Lease Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 17.1 of the Lease.

Lease Supplement” shall mean each Lease Supplement or Amended and Restated Lease Supplement executed by the Lessee with respect to a Property, together with all attachments and schedules thereto, as such Lease Supplement or Amended and Restated Lease Supplement may be supplemented, amended, restated or modified from time to time.

Legal Requirements” shall mean all foreign, Federal, state, county, municipal and other governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions affecting the Lessor, the Agent, any Financing Party or any Improvements or the taxation, demolition, construction, use or alteration of such Improvements, whether now or hereafter enacted and in force, including without limitation any that require appraisals, repairs, modifications or alterations in or to any Property or in any way limit the use and enjoyment thereof (including all building, zoning and fire codes and the Americans with Disabilities Act of

 

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1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and any other similar Federal, state or local laws or ordinances and the regulations promulgated thereunder) and any that may relate to environmental requirements (including all Environmental Laws), and all permits, certificates of occupancy, licenses, authorizations and regulations relating thereto, and all covenants, agreements, restrictions and encumbrances contained in any instruments which are either of record or known to the Lessee affecting any Property or the Appurtenant Rights.

Lender Financing Statements” shall mean UCC financing statements and fixture filings appropriately completed and executed for filing in the applicable jurisdiction in order to evidence or perfect the Agent’s security interest (for itself and on behalf of the Lenders) in any Equipment or in any Improvements.

Lenders” shall mean the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party to the Credit Agreement.

Lessee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lease.

Lessee/Borrower Party” shall mean the Lessee, the Lessor, any Guarantor or any Person (except the Financing Parties, the Agent or any of their respective Affiliates, other than the Lessor) from time to time party to any Operative Agreement.

Lessor” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lease.

Lessor Amount” shall mean as of any date, the aggregate amount of Lessor Fundings made or deemed made by Lessor pursuant to Section 1 of the Participation Agreement (not including any proceeds of the Loans made to Lessor) less any payments of any Lessor Fundings received by the Lessor pursuant to the Operative Agreements.

Lessor Basic Rent” shall mean the scheduled Yield due on the Lessor Fundings on any Scheduled Interest Payment.

Lessor Commitment” shall mean, as to Lessor, the obligation of Lessor to make and/or continue Lessor Fundings in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $34,183,959.48.

Lessor Financing Statements” shall mean UCC financing statements and fixture filings appropriately completed and executed for filing in the applicable jurisdictions in order to evidence or perfect the Lessor’s interest under the Lease to the extent the Lease is a security agreement or a mortgage.

Lessor Funding” shall mean any Funding made, deemed made or continued by Lessor pursuant to the terms of the Participation Agreement.

Lessor Lien” shall mean any Lien, true lease or sublease or disposition of title arising as a result of (a) any claim against the Lessor not resulting from the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements, (b) any act or omission of the Lessor which is not required by the Operative Agreements or is in violation of any of the terms of the Operative Agreements, (c) any claim against the Lessor with respect to Taxes or Transaction Expenses which the Lessee is not

 

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responsible for payment pursuant to Section 6 of the Participation Agreement or against which the Lessee is not required to indemnify Lessor pursuant to Section 10 of the Participation Agreement or (d) any claim against the Lessor arising out of any transfer by the Lessor of all or any portion of the interest of the Lessor in the Properties or the Operative Agreements other than the transfer of title to or possession of any Properties by the Lessor pursuant to and in accordance with the Lease, the Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement or the Participation Agreement or pursuant to the exercise of the remedies set forth in Article XVII of the Lease.

Lessor Property Cost” shall mean with respect to a Property an amount equal to the outstanding Lessor Fundings with respect thereto (including Lessor Fundings made on the Restatement Effective Date with respect to such Property).

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 in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Limited Event of Default” means an Event of Default under (i) paragraph (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) or (p) of Section 17.1 of the Lease, solely if the breach of the related covenant, representation or warranty was based on a subjective interpretation of the term “diligently,” “reasonable,” “reasonably,” “practical,” “necessary,” “adequate,” “usually,” “desirable,” “reasonably likely,” “material,” “materially,” “Material Adverse Effect,” “materially adversely affect,” “material adverse change,” “materially and adversely affects,” “material adverse effect,” “adverse,” “adversely,” “substantial,” or “substantially”, or any Event of Default based solely on the subjective interpretation of any term that gives rise to a cross default under paragraph (h) of Section 17.1 of the Lease; provided, however, if the Event of Default, covenant or representation or warranty relates to the use of the Leased Property, then such Event of Default, covenant or representation or warranty will not be deemed a Limited Event of Default, or (ii) paragraph (n) of Section 17.1 of the Lease unless such Change of Control is consented to by Tech Data.

Limited Recourse Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Property on an aggregate basis as of a specified date, an amount equal to the Termination Value with respect to such Properties on such date, less the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount as of such date with respect to such Property.

Loan Basic Rent” shall mean the interest due on the Loans on any Scheduled Interest Payment Date pursuant to the Credit Agreement (but not including interest on any overdue amounts under Section 2.8(c) of the Credit Agreement or otherwise).

Loan Property Cost” shall mean, with respect to each Property at any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate principal amount of Loans (including without limitation Loans made on the Restatement Effective Date with respect to such Property) made on or prior to such date with respect to such Property minus (b) the aggregate amount of prepayments or repayments as the case may be of the Loans allocated to reduce the Loan Property Cost of such Property pursuant to Section 2.6(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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Loans” shall mean, collectively, the Series A Loans and the Series B Loans.

Majority Financing Parties” shall mean, at any time, Financing Parties who have Loans and Lessor Fundings with an aggregate outstanding principal amount representing at least 51% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans and Lessor Fundings.

Marketing Period” shall mean, if the Lessee has given an Election Notice in accordance with Section 20.1 of the Lease, the period commencing on the date such Sale Notice is given and ending on the Expiration Date.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Lessee and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Operative Agreement to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Operative Agreement to which it is a party, (d) a material adverse effect on the validity, priority or enforceability of any Lien on any Property created by any of the Operative Agreements, or (e) the value, utility or useful life of any Property or the use, or ability of the Lessee to use, any Property for the purpose for which it was intended.

Maturity Date” shall mean the Expiration Date.

Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount”, with respect to any Property, shall mean an amount equal to the sum of (a) the amount listed for such Property on Schedule 1 to the Participation Agreement (it being understood, that with respect to a Segregated Property, the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount shall mean the sum of the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for the Land related to such Property, plus the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for the Improvements related to such Property, unless otherwise expressly stated) plus (b) one hundred percent (100%) of all Rent and other amounts then due and owing by the Lessee under the Lease and the other Operative Agreements related to such Property.

Modifications” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.1(a) of the Lease.

Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgage Instrument” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust or any other instrument executed by the Lessor in favor of the Agent and evidencing a Lien on a Property, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any plan described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which contributions are or have been made or are required to be made by Tech Data or any of its ERISA Affiliates.

Net Proceeds” shall mean all amounts paid in connection with any Casualty or Condemnation, and all interest earned thereon, less the expense of claiming and collecting such amounts, including all costs and expenses in connection therewith for which the Agent or Lessor is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lease.

 

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Net Sale Proceeds Shortfall” shall mean the amount by which the proceeds of a sale described in Section 22.1 of the Lease (net of all expenses of sale) are less than the Limited Recourse Amount with respect to the related Property if it has been determined that the Fair Market Sales Value of such Property at the expiration of the term of the Lease has been impaired by greater than expected wear and tear during the Term of the Lease.

New Facility” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.3A(a) of the Participation Agreement.

Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 10.6 of the Participation Agreement.

Notes” shall mean, collectively, the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes.

Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Financing Party arising under any Operative Agreement, 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 Financing Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

Occupational Safety and Health Law” shall mean the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and any other federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating or relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, employee health or safety, as now or at any time hereafter in effect.

Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination thereof, without duplication and to the extent not included as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP: (a) with respect to any asset securitization transaction (including any accounts receivable purchase facility) (i) the unrecovered investment of purchasers or transferees of assets so transferred, and (ii) any other payment, recourse, repurchase, hold harmless, indemnity or similar obligation of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of assets transferred or payments made in respect thereof, other than limited recourse provisions that are customary for transactions of such type and that neither (x) have the effect of limiting the loss or credit risk of such purchasers or transferees with respect to payment or performance by the obligors of the assets so transferred nor (y) impair the characterization of the transaction as a true sale under applicable Laws (including Debtor Relief Laws); (b) the monetary obligations under any financing lease or so-called “synthetic,” tax retention or off-balance sheet lease transaction which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Law to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, would be characterized as indebtedness; (c) the monetary obligations under any sale and leaseback transaction which does not create a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries; or (d) any other “off-balance sheet arrangement” as defined in (i) Item 303, part (a)(4) of Regulation S-K of the SEC, or (ii) any successor regulation of the SEC defining “off-balance sheet arrangement.”

 

Appendix A-23


Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate signed by any individual holding the office of vice president or higher, which certificate shall certify as true and correct the subject matter being certified to in such certificate.

Operative Agreements” shall mean, collectively, the Participation Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Lease (and a memorandum thereof in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent), each Lease Supplement (and a memorandum thereof in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent), the Guaranty Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, each Mortgage Instrument and the Assignment and Acceptance Agreement.

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.

Overdue Interest” shall mean any interest payable pursuant to Section 2.8(c) of the Credit Agreement.

Overdue Rate” shall mean (i) with respect to Loan Basic Rent or Lessor Basic Rent, and any other amount owed under or with respect to any Operative Agreement, the rate specified in Section 2.8(c) of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) with respect to any other amount, the Base Rate plus 2%.

Participant” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 9.7 of the Credit Agreement.

Participation Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Lessee, the Lessor, the Lenders party thereto, and the Agent, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Payment Date” shall mean any Scheduled Interest Payment Date and any date on which interest or Yield in connection with a prepayment of principal on the Loans or of the Lessor Fundings is due under the Credit Agreement or the Participation Agreement.

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002(a) of ERISA or any successor thereto.

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 the Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the 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.

 

Appendix A-24


Permitted Exceptions” shall mean:

(i) Liens of the types described in clauses (i), (ii) and (v) of the definition of Permitted Liens;

(ii) Liens for Taxes not yet due; and

(iii) all encumbrances, exceptions, restrictions, easements, rights of way, servitudes, encroachments and irregularities in title, other than Liens which, in the reasonable assessment of the Agent, materially impair the use of any Property for its intended purpose.

Permitted Liens” shall mean:

(i) the respective rights and interests of the parties to the Operative Agreements as provided in the Operative Agreements;

(ii) the rights of any sublessee or assignee under a sublease or an assignment expressly permitted by the terms of the Lease;

(iii) Liens for Taxes that either are not yet due or are being contested in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Lease;

(iv) Liens arising by operation of law, materialmen’s, mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, employees’, carriers’, warehousemen’s and other like Liens relating to the construction of the Improvements or in connection with any Modifications or arising in the ordinary course of business, which Liens have been bonded for not less than the full amount in dispute (or as to which other security arrangements satisfactory to the Lessor and the Agent have been made), which bonding (or arrangements) shall comply with applicable Legal Requirements, and shall have effectively stayed any execution or enforcement of such Liens;

(v) Liens arising out of judgments or awards with respect to which appeals or other proceedings for review are being prosecuted in good faith and for the payment of which adequate reserves have been provided as required by GAAP or other appropriate provisions have been made, so long as such proceedings have the effect of staying the execution of such judgments or awards and satisfy the conditions for the continuation of proceedings to contest Taxes set forth in Section 13.1 of the Lease;

(vi) Liens in favor of municipalities to the extent agreed to by the Lessor and the Agent; and

(vii) Permitted Exceptions.

 

Appendix A-25


Permitted Trade Receivables Facility” has the meaning set forth in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement unless the Consent Requirement has been satisfied.

Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, governmental authority or any other entity.

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

Plans and Specifications” shall mean, with respect to any Property, the plans and specifications for the Improvements located on such Property.

Pledge Agreement” means, individually or collectively as the context may require: (a) the Securities Pledge Agreement and (b) any other pledge agreement executed and delivered by Tech Data, any Subsidiary or any other Person to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 7.3A(f), in each case as supplemented from time to time by the execution and delivery of Pledge Agreement Supplements or Pledge Joinder Agreements pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement.

Pledge Agreement Supplement” means the Pledge Agreement Supplement in the form affixed as an exhibit to the Pledge Agreement.

Pledge Joinder Agreement” means each Pledge Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form thereof attached to the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by Tech Data, a Subsidiary or any other Person to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.

Pledged Interests” means, with respect to each Direct Foreign Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary, (a) 65% of Subsidiary Securities having voting power (or, if less than 65% of such Subsidiary Securities is owned by the pledgor, 100% of the amount owned), and (b) 100% of the other Subsidiary Securities of such Direct Foreign Subsidiary.

Pledge Joinder Agreement” means each Pledge Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form thereof attached to the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by the Lessee, a Subsidiary or any other Person to the Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.

Prime Rate” shall mean the per annum rate of interest established from time to time by SunTrust Bank as its prime rate, which rate may not be the lowest rate of interest charged by SunTrust Bank to its customers.

Prior Agent” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to the Participation Agreement

Prior Lessor” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to the Participation Agreement.

Property” shall mean, with respect to each real property site that is or has been acquired, constructed or renovated pursuant to the terms of the Operative Agreements or Existing

 

Appendix A-26


Operative Agreements, the Land and each item of Equipment and the various Improvements, in each case located on such Land. Each Property shall be suitable for, and used by Lessee (or a permitted sublessee under Section 25.2 of the Lease) only for, Tech Data’s and its Subsidiaries’ (or such permitted sublessee’s) corporate office space or distribution facilities, with ancillary space used for other business purposes of Tech Data and such Subsidiaries.

Property Additional Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Property, the amount set forth as such amount on Schedule 1 to this Participation Agreement.

Property Closing Date” shall mean, with respect to any Property, the date on which such Property was acquired by the Prior Lessor (or TD 1996 Real Estate Trust, to which the Prior Lessor was the successor).

Property Cost” shall mean with respect to a Property the aggregate amount of the Loan Property Cost plus the Lessor Property Cost for such Property (as such amounts shall be increased equally among all Properties respecting the Lessor Fundings and the Loans extended from time to time to pay for the Transaction Expenses, fees, taxes, expenses and other disbursements referenced in Section 6.1 of the Participation Agreement and indemnity payments referenced in the Participation Agreement); it being understood that the Property Cost with respect to each Property as of the Restatement Effective Date is as set forth on Schedule 1 to the Participation Agreement.

Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender or the Lessor the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) such Financing Party’s Commitment or Lessor’s Commitment, as applicable, divided by (ii) the sum of all of the Lenders’ Commitments and the Lessor’s Commitment.

Purchase Option” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 20.1 of the Lease.

Purchase Option Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 20.1 of the Lease.

Purchasing Lender” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 9.8(a) of the Credit Agreement.

Qualifying Swap Contract” means one or more Swap Contracts between the Lessee and a Lender under the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement or any Affiliate of such a Lender and not prohibited by the terms of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement with respect to Indebtedness evidenced by the notes issued under the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement.

Real Estate Financing Facilities” has the meaning set forth in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement unless the Consent Requirement has been satisfied.

Register” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 8.9 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Appendix A-27


Release” shall mean any release, pumping, pouring, emptying, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, seepage, spill, leek, flow, discharge, disposal or emission of a Hazardous Substance.

Renewal Notice” shall mean the notice given by the Lessee exercising its option to renew the Lease pursuant to Section 20.1(b)(i) of the Lease.

Renewal Term” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 21.1 of the Lease.

Rent” shall mean, collectively, the Basic Rent and the Supplemental Rent, in each case payable under the Lease.

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

Requested Funds” shall mean any funds requested by the Lessee as applicable, in accordance with Section 3 of the Participation Agreement.

Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Requisite Notice” shall mean, unless otherwise provided herein, (a) irrevocable written notice to the intended recipient or (b) irrevocable telephonic notice to the intended recipient, promptly followed by a written notice to such recipient. Such notices shall be (i) delivered to such recipient at the address or telephone number specified on Schedule 11.3 or as otherwise designated by such recipient by written notice in accordance with Section 11.3(e), and (ii) if made by any Lessee/Borrower Party, given or made by a Responsible Officer of such Lessee/Borrower Party. Any written notice delivered in connection with any Operative Agreement shall be in the form, if any, prescribed herein or therein. Any notice sent by other than hardcopy shall be promptly confirmed by a telephone call to the recipient and, if requested by Administrative Agent, by a manually-signed hardcopy thereof.

Requisition” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of the Participation Agreement.

Reserve Requirement” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) 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 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 Loan or Eurodollar Funding shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Reserve Requirement.

 

Appendix A-28


The determination of the Reserve Requirement by Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

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

Restatement Effective Date” shall mean June 27, 2008.

Sale Date” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 22.1(a) of the Lease.

Sale Notice” shall mean a notice given to Lessor in connection with the election by Lessee of its Sale Option.

S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Sale Option” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 20.1 of the Lease.

Scheduled Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) as to any Eurodollar Loan (or Eurodollar Lessor Funding), the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan (or Lessor Funding), and if such Interest Period is for more than three months, at intervals of three months after the first day of such Interest Period, (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (or Base Rate Lessor Funding), the first Business Day following the last day of each fiscal quarter of Tech Data, and the date of conversion of such Loan to a Eurodollar Loan (or conversion of such Lessor Funding to a Eurodollar Lessor Funding), and (c) as to any Loan (or Lessor Funding), the Maturity Date.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Securities Pledge Agreement” means that certain Securities Pledge Agreement dated as of April 23, 2003, among Tech Data, Tech Data Finance Partner, Inc., and the Collateral Agent.

Security Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of the Restatement Effective Date between the Lessor and the Agent., as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Security Documents” shall mean the collective reference to the Lease, the Lease Supplements, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments, and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a lien on any asset or assets of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of the Lessee hereunder or under any of the other Operative Agreements or to secure any guarantee of any such obligations and liabilities.

 

Appendix A-29


Segregated Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 22(b) of the Lease.

Senior Parity Debt” means (a) Indebtedness described in subsection (a) of the definition of Indebtedness issued by the Lessee (including a guaranty of such Indebtedness by a Domestic Subsidiary which is a Significant Subsidiary) in connection with a private placement or public offering of debt securities or (b) Indebtedness arising under a Real Estate Financing Facility; provided that, in the case of clause (a) or (b) above, all of the following conditions shall be satisfied:

(i) the instruments and agreements evidencing such Indebtedness, and any agreement under which such Indebtedness is created, (A) shall provide that the right to payment of the holders or owners of Senior Parity Debt (including any trustee or agent acting on behalf of such holders or owners, collectively “Senior Parity Debt Holders”) shall rank pari passu in all respects with the rights of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent with respect to the Obligations on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (B) shall provide for no Lien in favor of the Senior Parity Debt Holder other than those granted in favor of the Financing Parties, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent (except that the Indebtedness under a Real Estate Financing Facility may also be secured by a Lien on the property financed by such facility), and (C) shall not contain covenants more restrictive than those contained in the Loan Documents, and (D) shall become a party to an Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Participation Agreement;

(ii) both immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to the issuance of such Indebtedness, there shall not have occurred and be continuing any Default;

(iii) the Lessee shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, not later than the earliest date of delivery thereof to any actual or prospective Senior Parity Debt Holder, copies of (A) all preliminary placement memoranda and final placement memoranda relating to such Indebtedness and (B) copies of (1) all term sheets relating to such Indebtedness and (2) all documents and agreements under which such Indebtedness is to be created or governed; and

(iv) not later than ten (10) days prior to the issuance of such Indebtedness, the Lessee shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate, executed by a Responsible Officer and containing calculations giving historical pro forma effect to the issuance of such Indebtedness as of and for the prior four fiscal quarters ending at the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Lessee preceding the date of such issuance (assuming for such purpose that the initial rate or rates of interest provided for therein (and giving effect to any increase in rates of interest therein provided) remained in effect for such four fiscal quarters), which Compliance Certificate shall demonstrate that the issuance of such Indebtedness does not cause, create or result in a Default on a historical pro forma basis.

Senior Parity Debt Holders” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Senior Parity Debt.

 

Appendix A-30


Series A Loans” shall mean with respect to any Property and any Lender, the principal portion of the related Loans equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount set forth in clause (i) of the definition of Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount for such Property.

Series A Notes” shall mean the promissory note issued to the Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Credit Agreement evidencing the Series A Loans.

Series B Loans” shall mean, with respect to any Property and any Lender, the amount equal to the principal of such Lender’s Loans related to such Property minus such Lender’s Series A Loans.

Series B Notes” shall mean the promissory notes issued to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Credit Agreement evidencing the Series B Loans.

Severable Improvements” shall mean any fixtures, alterations, improvements, modifications or additions (i) that are not required to be made to comply with Legal Requirements or Insurance Requirements, and (ii) that can be removed from the applicable Property without (x) causing damage to such Property that cannot be readily repaired by the Lessee or (y) materially impairing the value, utility or useful life of such Property from that set forth in the Appraisal thereof delivered on the Restatement Effective Date.

Shareholders’ Equity” means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Lessee and its Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP.

Significant Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement unless the Consent Requirement has been satisfied.

Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement, without giving effect to any waiver, amendment or modification of the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement unless the Consent Requirement has been satisfied.

STI” means SunTrust Banks, Inc.

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 the Borrower.

Subsidiary Securities” means the shares of capital stock or the other equity interests issued by or equity participations in any Subsidiary, whether or not constituting a “security” under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction.

 

Appendix A-31


Supplemental Rent” shall mean all amounts, liabilities and obligations (other than Basic Rent) which the Lessee assumes or agrees to pay to the Agent, the Financing Parties or any other Person under the Lease or under any of the other Operative Agreements including, without limitation, payments of the Purchase Option Price, the Termination Value, the Deficiency Balance and the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount and all indemnification amounts, liabilities and obligations.

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.

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).

Taxes” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of Impositions.

Tech Data” shall mean Tech Date Corporation, a Florida corporation.

Tech Data Credit Agreement Event of Default” shall mean an “Event of Default” as defined in the Amended Tech Data Credit Agreement or any New Facility.

Term” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of the Lease.

Termination Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.2(a) of the Lease.

Termination Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.1 of the Lease.

Termination Value” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) either (i) with respect to all Properties, an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding Property Cost for all the Properties, or (ii) with respect to a particular Property, an amount equal to the outstanding

 

Appendix A-32


Property Cost allocable to the particular Property in question, plus (b) respecting the amounts described in each of the foregoing subclause (i) or (ii), as applicable, any and all accrued interest on the Loans and any and all Yield on the Lessor Fundings related to the applicable Property Cost, plus (c) to the extent not otherwise paid on such date of determination, all other Rent and other amounts then due and payable for all Properties under the Lease or any other Operative Agreement (including without limitation all amounts due and payable under Sections 10.1 or 10.2 of the Participation Agreement and all costs and expenses referred to in clause FIRST of Section 22.2 of the Lease).

Threshold Amount” means $50,000,000.

Total Commitment” shall mean (a) with respect to the Series A Loans, $96,016,841.18, and (b) with respect to the Series B Loans, $18,233,158.82, in each case as such amount may be increased by the Commitment of any additional Lender that may become a party to the Operative Agreements pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Participation Agreement.

Transaction” shall mean the transaction contemplated by the Operative Agreements.

Transaction Expenses” shall mean all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the Operative Agreements and the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements including without limitation:

(a) the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of counsel in negotiating the terms of the Operative Agreements and the other transaction documents, preparing for the closings under, and rendering opinions in connection with, such transactions and in rendering other services customary for counsel representing parties to transactions of the types involved in the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements;

(b) any and all reasonable fees, charges or other amounts payable to the Financing Parties, Agent, or any broker which arise under any of the Operative Agreements;

(c) any other reasonable fee, out-of-pocket expenses, disbursement or cost of any party to the Operative Agreements or any of the other transaction documents; and

(d) any and all Taxes and fees incurred in recording or filing any Operative Agreement or any other transaction document, any deed, declaration, mortgage, security agreement, notice or financing statement with any public office, registry or governmental agency in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreement.

Transferred Assets” shall have the meaning given to such term in the second Whereas clause of this Participation Agreement.

Type” shall mean, (a) as to any Loan, whether it is a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan, and (b) as to any Lessor Funding, whether it is a Base Rate Lessor Funding or Eurodollar Lessor Funding.

 

Appendix A-33


UCC Financing Statements” shall mean collectively the Lender Financing Statements and the Lessor Financing Statements.

Unanimous Vote Matters” is defined in Section 11.5 of the Participation Agreement.

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.

Uniform Commercial Code” and “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

United States Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code.

U.S.” shall mean the United States of America, its territories, its possessions and all other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

Work” shall mean the furnishing of labor, materials, components, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, appliances, machinery, equipment, tools, power, water, fuel, lubricants, supplies, goods or services with respect to any Property.

Yield” is defined in Section 3.2(d) of the Participation Agreement.

 

Appendix A-34

EX-31.A 5 dex31a.htm SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION Section 302 CEO Certification

Exhibit 31-A

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to

Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Robert M. Dutkowsky, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Tech Data Corporation (the “registrant”);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Date: September 2, 2008

 

/S/ ROBERT M. DUTKOWSKY

Robert M. Dutkowsky
Chief Executive Officer

 

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EX-31.B 6 dex31b.htm SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION Section 302 CFO Certification

Exhibit 31-B

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to

Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Jeffery P. Howells, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Tech Data Corporation (the “registrant”);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Date: September 2, 2008

 

/S/ JEFFERY P. HOWELLS

Jeffery P. Howells

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer

 

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EX-32.A 7 dex32a.htm SECTION 906 CEO CERTIFICATION Section 906 CEO Certification

Exhibit 32-A

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Robert M. Dutkowsky, Chief Executive Officer of Tech Data Corporation, do hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that, to my knowledge:

 

  (i) The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Tech Data Corporation for the quarterly period ended July 31, 2008, (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (15 U.S.C. 78m); and

 

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

Dated: September 2, 2008

 

/S/ ROBERT M. DUTKOWSKY

Robert M. Dutkowsky
Chief Executive Officer

 

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EX-32.B 8 dex32b.htm SECTION 906 CFO CERTIFICATION Section 906 CFO Certification

Exhibit 32-B

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Jeffery P. Howells, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tech Data Corporation, do hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that, to my knowledge:

 

  (i) The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Tech Data Corporation for the quarterly period ended July 31, 2008, (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (15 U.S.C. 78m); and

 

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

Dated: September 2, 2008

 

/S/ JEFFERY P. HOWELLS

Jeffery P. Howells

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer

 

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