Exhibit 2.1
MASTER SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND
CCE SPINCO, INC.
Dated December 20, 2005
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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1.1 Certain Definitions
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1.2 Other Terms
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ARTICLE II THE CONTRIBUTION
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2.1 Transfer of Entertainment Assets; Assumption of Entertainment Liabilities
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2.2 Entertainment Assets
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2.3 Entertainment Liabilities
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2.4 Termination of Agreements
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2.5 Governmental Approvals and Consents; Delayed Transfer Assets and Liabilities
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2.6 Novation of Assumed Entertainment Liabilities
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2.7 Novation of Liabilities other than Entertainment Liabilities
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2.8 Transfers of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities
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2.9 Transfer of Excluded Assets by Entertainment; Assumption of Excluded Liabilities by CCU
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2.10 DISCLAIMER OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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ARTICLE III CERTAIN ACTIONS AT OR PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTION
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3.1 Time and Place of Distribution
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3.2 Pre-Distribution Transactions
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3.3 Related Transactions
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3.4 Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Rights Plan
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3.5 Election of Entertainment Board of Directors
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ARTICLE IV THE DISTRIBUTION
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4.1 Sole Discretion of CCU
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4.2 The Distribution
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4.3 Actions in Connection with the Distribution
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4.4 Conditions to Distribution
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4.5 Fractional Shares
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ARTICLE V FINANCIAL AND OTHER COVENANTS
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5.1 Auditors and Audits; Annual Statements and Accounting
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5.2 Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives
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5.3 Ownership of Information
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5.4 Compensation for Providing Information
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5.5 Record Retention
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5.6 Liability
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5.7 Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information
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5.8 Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation
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5.9 Privilege
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ARTICLE VI RELEASE; INDEMNIFICATION
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6.1 Release of Pre-Distribution Claims
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6.2 General Indemnification by Entertainment
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6.3 General Indemnification by CCU
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6.4 Contribution
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6.5 Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts on an After-Tax Basis
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6.6 Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims
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6.7 Additional Matters
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6.8 Remedies Cumulative; Limitations of Liability
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6.9 Survival of Indemnities
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ARTICLE VII OTHER AGREEMENTS
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7.1 Further Assurances
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7.2 Confidentiality
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7.3 Litigation
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7.4 Insurance Matters
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7.5 Allocation of Costs and Expenses
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7.6 Tax Matters
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7.7 Trademarks and Trade Names
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ARTICLE VIII DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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8.1 General Provisions
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8.2 Consideration by Senior Executives
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8.4 Arbitration
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS
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9.1 Corporate Power; Fiduciary Duty
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9.2 Governing Law
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9.5 Notices
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9.6 Severability
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9.7 Entire Agreement
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9.8 Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries
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9.9 Public Announcements
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9.10 Amendment
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9.13 Termination
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EXHIBITS
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A
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Form of Transition Services Agreement
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Form of Tax Matters Agreement
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Form of Employee Matters Agreement
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Form of Trademark and Copyright License Agreement
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Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
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Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws
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Form of Rights Agreement
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 2.3(a)(i)
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Entertainment Liabilities
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Schedule 2.3(b)(iii)
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Excluded Liabilities
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Schedule 2.4(b)(ii)
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Continuing Agreements
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Schedule 3.5
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Board Nominees
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Schedule 4.3(e)
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Remaining Shared Employees
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Schedule 6.2
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Statements in Prospectus Provided by CCU
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Schedule 7.3(a)
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Assumed Actions
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Schedule 7.3(b)
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Existing Actions
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Schedule 7.3(e)
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Special Terms for Conducting Actions
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MASTER SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This MASTER SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated December 20, 2005 (this
Agreement
), is made between Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation
(
CCU
), and CCE Spinco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and as of the date hereof, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of CCU (
Entertainment
). Certain capitalized terms used in this
Agreement are defined in
Section 1.1
and the definitions of the other capitalized terms
used in this Agreement are cross-referenced in
Section 1.2
.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the board of directors of CCU has determined that it is appropriate and desirable for
CCU to separate the Entertainment Group from CCU;
WHEREAS, in connection with the separation of the Entertainment Group from CCU, (a) CCU
desires to contribute, assign or otherwise transfer, and to cause certain of its Subsidiaries to
contribute, assign or otherwise transfer, to Entertainment and certain of Entertainments
Subsidiaries, certain Assets and Liabilities associated with the Entertainment Business, including
the stock or other equity interests of certain of CCUs Subsidiaries dedicated to the Entertainment
Business, and (b) Entertainment desires to contribute, assign or otherwise transfer, and to cause
certain of its Subsidiaries to contribute, assign or otherwise transfer, to CCU and certain of
CCUs Subsidiaries, certain Assets and Liabilities that are not associated with the Entertainment
Business (collectively, the
Contribution
);
WHEREAS, after the Contribution, CCU intends to divest all of its ownership interest in
Entertainment through a distribution of outstanding shares of Entertainment Common Stock to the
holders of common stock of CCU, without any consideration being paid by the CCU shareholders,
pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement (the
Distribution
);
WHEREAS, CCU has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form 10 pursuant to the
Exchange Act in connection with the Distribution (the
Form 10
);
WHEREAS, in connection with and prior to the Distribution, CCU will contribute to the capital
of the member of the Entertainment Group that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CCU on the date
hereof (the
Capital Contribution
) $639,623,875 of the approximately $860 million of
intercompany indebtedness owed by such member of the Entertainment Group to CCU (the
Intercompany Debt
);
WHEREAS, in connection with and prior to the Distribution and following the Capital
Contribution, a member of the Entertainment Group will issue (a) Series A voting redeemable
preferred stock to third-party investors for aggregate net cash proceeds of no less than $20
million (the
Series A Preferred Stock Issuance
), and (b) Series B non-voting redeemable
preferred stock to CCU in part consideration for CCUs contribution of common stock of a Subsidiary
to such member of the Entertainment Group (the
Series B Preferred Stock Issuance
) and
immediately thereafter, CCU will sell such Series B non-voting preferred stock to a third-party
investor for aggregate net cash proceeds of no less than $20 million (the
Series B Preferred
Stock Sale
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WHEREAS, in connection with and prior to or concurrently with the Distribution and following
the Capital Contribution, a member of the Entertainment Group will enter into a senior secured
revolving and term loan credit facility of up to $610 million in the aggregate (the
Credit
Facility
);
WHEREAS, in connection with and prior to or concurrently with the Distribution, with
borrowings under the Credit Facility and the net cash proceeds of the Series A Preferred Stock
Issuance, the Entertainment Group will pay to CCU the remaining balance of the Intercompany Debt;
WHEREAS, it is appropriate and desirable to set forth the principal corporate transactions
required to effect the Contribution, the Distribution and certain other agreements that will,
following the consummation of the Distribution, govern certain matters relating to the relationship
of CCU, Entertainment and their respective Groups; and
WHEREAS, the terms and conditions set forth herein have not resulted from arms length
negotiations between the parties because of the context of CCUs and Entertainments parent
Subsidiary relationship, and accordingly, such terms and conditions may be in some respects less
favorable to Entertainment than those it could obtain from unaffiliated third parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Certain Definitions
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For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this
Section 1.1
:
Action
means any demand, action, claim, dispute, suit, countersuit, arbitration,
inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any federal, state, local, foreign or
international Governmental Authority or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.
Affiliate
(and, with a correlative meaning,
affiliated
) means, with
respect to any Person, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of such Person, and any other Person that
directly, or through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with such first Person;
provided
,
however
, that from and after the
Distribution Date, no member of the Entertainment Group shall be deemed an Affiliate of any member
of the CCU Group for purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and no member of the
CCU Group shall be deemed an Affiliate of any member of the Entertainment Group for purposes of
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. As used in this definition,
control
(including with correlative meanings,
controlled by
and
under common control
with
) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of
management or policies, or the
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power to appoint and remove a majority of directors (whether through ownership of securities
or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise), of a Person.
Assets
means, with respect to any Person, the assets, properties and rights
(including goodwill) of such Person, wherever located (including in the possession of vendors or
other third parties or elsewhere), whether real, personal or mixed, tangible, intangible or
contingent, in each case whether or not recorded or reflected or required to be recorded or
reflected on the books and records or financial statements of such Person, including the following:
(a) all interests in any capital stock, equity interests or capital or profit interests of any
Subsidiary or any other Person, all bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued by any
Subsidiary or any other Person, all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital
contributions to any Subsidiary or any other Person and all other investments in securities of any
Person;
(b) all apparatus, computers and other electronic data processing equipment, fixtures,
machinery, equipment, furniture, office equipment, automobiles, trucks, vessels, motor vehicles and
other transportation equipment and other tangible personal property;
(c) all interests in real property of whatever nature, including easements, whether as owner,
mortgagee or holder of a Security Interest in real property, lessor, sublessor, lessee, sublessee
or otherwise;
(d) all accounting and other books, records and files whether in paper, microfilm, microfiche,
computer tape or disc, magnetic tape or any other form;
(e) all license agreements, leases of personal property, open purchase orders for supplies,
parts or services and other contracts, agreements or commitments;
(f) all deposits, letters of credit and performance and surety bonds;
(g) all written technical information, data, specifications, research and development
information, engineering drawings, operating and maintenance manuals, and materials and analyses
prepared by consultants and other third parties;
(h) all domestic and foreign intangible personal property, patents, copyrights, trade names,
trademarks, service marks and registrations and applications for any of the foregoing, mask works,
trade secrets, inventions, designs, ideas, improvements, works of authorship, recordings, other
proprietary and confidential information and licenses from third Persons granting the right to use
any of the foregoing;
(i) all computer applications, programs and other software, including operating software,
network software firmware, middleware, design software, design tools, systems documentation and
instructions;
(j) all cost information, sales and pricing data, customer prospect lists, supplier records,
customer and supplier lists, customer and vendor data, correspondence and lists, product
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literature, artwork, design, formulations and specifications, quality records and reports and
other books, records, studies, surveys, reports, plans and documents;
(k) all prepaid expenses, trade accounts and other accounts and notes receivables;
(l) all rights under contracts or agreements, all claims or rights against any Person arising
from the ownership of any Asset, all rights in connection with any bids or offers and all claims,
chooses in action or similar rights, whether accrued or contingent;
(m) all rights under insurance policies and all rights in the nature of insurance,
indemnification or contribution;
(n) all licenses, permits, approvals and authorizations which have been issued by any
Governmental Authority;
(o) cash or cash equivalents, bank accounts, lock boxes and other deposit arrangements; and
(p) interest rate, currency, commodity or other swap, collar, cap or other hedging or similar
agreements or arrangements.
CCU Common Stock
means the issued and outstanding common stock of CCU, $0.10 par
value per share.
CCU Group
means CCU and each Person (other than a member of the Entertainment Group)
that is an Affiliate of CCU immediately following the Distribution.
Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Consent
means any consent, waiver or approval from, or notification requirement to,
any third parties.
Delayed Transfer Assets
means any Entertainment Assets that are expressly provided
in this Agreement or any Transaction Document to be transferred after the Contribution.
Delayed Transfer Liabilities
means any Entertainment Liabilities that are expressly
provided in this Agreement or any Transaction Document to be assumed after the Contribution.
Effective Date
means December 21, 2005, or with respect to any specific
Entertainment Asset or Entertainment Liability, the effective date otherwise specified in the
applicable CCU Transfer Document.
Entertainment Balance Sheet
means Entertainments unaudited Pro Forma Combined
Statement of Financial Position as of September 30, 2005 included in the Form 10.
Entertainment Business
means the current businesses of the Entertainment Group,
including the business of promoting and producing, and operating venues for, live entertainment
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events, including music concerts, theatrical performances and specialized motor sports, as
well as sports representation, all as described in the Form 10.
Entertainment Common Stock
means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of
Entertainment, with the rights, terms and privileges set forth in the Charter.
Entertainment Contracts
means the following contracts and agreements to which CCU or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which CCU or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective Assets is bound, whether or not in writing, except for any such contract or agreement
that is contemplated to be retained by CCU or any member of the CCU Group pursuant to any provision
of this Agreement or any Transaction Document:
(a) any contract or agreement entered into in the name of, or expressly on behalf of, any
division, business unit or member of the Entertainment Group;
(b) any contract or agreement, including any joint venture agreement, that is used exclusively
or held for use exclusively in the Entertainment Business;
(c) any guarantee, indemnity, representation, warranty or other Liability of any member of the
Entertainment Group or the CCU Group in respect of (i) any other Entertainment Contract, (ii) any
Entertainment Asset or Entertainment Liability or (iii) the Entertainment Business; and
(d) any contract or agreement that is otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to this
Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents to be assigned to Entertainment or any member of the
Entertainment Group in connection with the Contribution.
Entertainment Group
means Entertainment and each Person (other than a member of the
CCU Group) that is an Affiliate of Entertainment immediately following the Distribution;
provided
that
any Delayed Transfer Asset that is transferred to Entertainment at
any time following the Distribution shall, to the extent applicable, and from and after the
Distribution, be considered part of the Entertainment Group for all purposes of this Agreement.
Exchange Act
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time that
reference is made thereto.
Force Majeure
means, with respect to a party, an event beyond the control of such
party (or any Person acting on its behalf), which by its nature could not have been foreseen by
such party (or such Person), or, if it could have been foreseen, was unavoidable, and includes,
without limitation, acts of God, storms, floods, riots, fires, sabotage, civil commotion or civil
unrest, interference by civil or military authorities, acts of war (declared or undeclared) or
armed hostilities or other national or international calamity or one or more acts of terrorism or
failure of energy sources or distribution facilities.
GAAP
means United States generally accepted accounting principles.
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Governmental Approvals
means any notice, report or other filing to be made with, or
any consent, registration, approval, permit or authorization to be obtained from, any Governmental
Authority.
Governmental Authority
means any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any
governmental authority, agency, department, board, commission or instrumentality, whether federal,
state, local or foreign (or any political subdivision thereof), and any tribunal, court or
arbitrator(s) of competent jurisdiction.
Group
means the CCU Group or the Entertainment Group, as the context requires.
Information
means information, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, in
written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible form, stored in any medium, including
studies, reports, records, books, contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts,
know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes,
samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other
software, marketing plans, customer names, communications by or to attorneys (including
attorney-client privileged communications), memoranda and other materials prepared by attorneys or
under their direction (including attorney work product), and other technical, financial, employee
or business information or data.
Insurance Proceeds
means those monies: (a) received by an insured from an insurance
carrier; (b) paid by an insurance carrier on behalf of the insured; or (c) received (including by
way of setoff) from any third party in the nature of insurance, contribution or indemnification in
respect of any Liability; in any such case net of any applicable premium adjustments (including
reserves and retrospectively rated premium adjustments) and net of any costs or expenses incurred
in the collection thereof.
IP Application
means any application for the registration, acquisition or perfection
of intellectual property rights, including patent applications, copyright applications and
trademark applications.
Law
means any federal, state, local or foreign law (including common law), statute,
code, ordinance, rule, regulation or other requirement enacted, promulgated, issued or entered by a
Governmental Authority.
Liabilities
means any debt, loss, damage, adverse claim, liability or obligation of
any Person (whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or
contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due, and whether
in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise), and including all costs and expenses relating
thereto.
NYSE
means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Person
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
Governmental Authority or other entity.
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Record Date
means the close of business on the date determined by CCUs board of
directors as the record date for determining the shareholders of CCU entitled to receive
Entertainment Common Stock pursuant to the Distribution.
SEC
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time that reference is
made thereto.
Security Interest
means any mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge,
claim, option, right to acquire, voting or other restriction, right-of-way, covenant, condition,
easement, encroachment, restriction on transfer (other than restrictions on transfer imposed by
federal and/or state securities laws), or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever.
Subsidiary
or
subsidiary
means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, limited liability company, joint venture or partnership of which such Person (a)
beneficially owns, either directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of (i) the total
combined voting power of all classes of voting securities of such entity, (ii) the total combined
equity interests, or (iii) the capital or profit interests, in the case of a partnership; or (b)
otherwise has the power to vote, either directly or indirectly, sufficient securities to elect a
majority of the board of directors or similar governing body.
Tax
means all federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, local or foreign
income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, environmental (including taxes under Code Section 59A),
customs, duties, net worth, sales, use, goods and services, withholding, value added,
ad valorem
,
employment, social security, disability, occupation, pension, real property, personal property
(tangible and intangible), stamp, transfer, conveyance, severance, production, excise, premium,
retaliatory and other taxes, withholdings, duties, levies, imposts, guarantee fund assessments and
other similar charges and assessments (including any and all fines, penalties and additions
attributable to or otherwise imposed on or with respect to any such taxes, charges, fees, levies or
other assessments, and interest thereon) imposed by or on behalf of any Taxing Authority, in each
case whether such Tax arises by Law, contract, agreement or otherwise.
Taxing Authority
means any Governmental Authority exercising any authority to
impose, regulate, levy, assess or administer the imposition of any Tax.
Transactions
means, collectively, (a) the Contribution, (b) the Distribution, (c)
the Credit Facility, (d) the Series A Preferred Stock Issuance, (e) the Series B Preferred Stock
Issuance, (f) the Series B Preferred Stock Sale, (g) the repayment by the Entertainment Group of a
portion of the Intercompany Debt, (h) the Capital Contribution, and (i) all other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
1.2
Other Terms
.
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings set forth in the sections indicated.
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After-Tax Basis
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6.5(c)
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Agreement
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Preamble
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Assumed Actions
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7.3(a)
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Bylaws
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3.4
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Capital Contribution
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Recitals
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CCU
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Preamble
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CCU Annual Statements
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5.1(b)
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CCU Auditors
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5.1(b)
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CCU Confidential Information
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7.2(b)
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CCU Indemnified Parties
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6.2
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CCU Policies
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7.4(b)
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CCU Transfer Documents
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2.8
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Charter
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3.4
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Contribution
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Recitals
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CPR
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8.3
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CPR Arbitration Rules
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8.4(a)
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Credit Facility
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Recitals
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Dispute
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8.1(a)
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Distribution
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Recitals
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Distribution Agent
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4.2
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Distribution Date
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3.1
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Employee Matters Agreement
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3.2(b)(iii)
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Entertainment
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Preamble
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Entertainment Annual Statement
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5.1(b)
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Entertainment Assets
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2.2(a)
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Entertainment Auditors
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5.1(a)
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Entertainment Confidential Information
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7.2(a)
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Entertainment Indemnified Parties
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6.3
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Entertainment Liabilities
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2.3(a)
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Entertainment Transfer Documents
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2.9(a)(iii)
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Excluded Assets
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2.2(b)
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Excluded Liabilities
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2.3(b)
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Existing Actions
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7.3(b)
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Form 10
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Recitals
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Indemnified Party
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6.5(a)
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Indemnifying Party
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6.5(a)
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Indemnity Payment
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6.5(a)
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Initial Notice
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8.2
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Insurance Charges
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7.4(e)(iii)
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Intellectual Property License Agreement
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3.2(b)(iv)
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Intercompany Debt
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Recitals
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Privilege
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5.9
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Representatives
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7.2(a)
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Response
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8.2
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Rights Agreement
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3.4
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Series A Preferred Stock Issuance
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Recitals
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Term
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Section
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Series B Preferred Stock Issuance
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Recitals
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Series B Preferred Stock Sale
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Recitals
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Shared Employee
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4.3(e)
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Tax Matters Agreement
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3.2(b)(ii)
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Third Party Claim
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6.6(a)
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Trademark License Agreement
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3.2(b)(iv)
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Transaction Documents
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3.2(b)
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Transfer Documents
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2.9(a)(iii)
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Transition Services Agreement
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3.2(b)(i)
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ARTICLE II
THE CONTRIBUTION
2.1
Transfer of Entertainment Assets; Assumption of Entertainment Liabilities
.
(a) The Contribution shall be effected in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the other Transfer Documents. On or before the Effective Date:
(i) CCU shall, and shall cause its applicable Subsidiaries to, contribute, assign, transfer,
convey and deliver to Entertainment or certain of its Subsidiaries designated by Entertainment, and
Entertainment or such applicable Subsidiaries shall accept from CCU and its applicable
Subsidiaries, all of CCUs and such Subsidiaries respective rights, titles and interests in and to
all Entertainment Assets, other than the Delayed Transfer Assets, with such contributions,
assignments, transfers and conveyances being subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and any applicable Transfer Documents; and
(ii) Entertainment shall, and shall cause its applicable domestic Subsidiaries to, accept,
assume and agree, on a several and not joint basis, to perform, discharge and fulfill all the
Entertainment Liabilities, other than the Delayed Transfer Liabilities, in accordance with their
respective terms;
provided
,
however
, that neither Entertainment nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall assume any Entertainment Liabilities in excess of the maximum amount of such
liabilities that can be hereby incurred without rendering such acceptance and assumption, as it
relates to Entertainment or such Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent
conveyance or fraudulent transfer. Entertainment and such Subsidiaries shall be responsible for
all Entertainment Liabilities assumed by it, regardless of when or where such Entertainment
Liabilities arose or arise, or whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to or
subsequent to the Effective Date, regardless of where or against whom such Entertainment
Liabilities are asserted or determined (including any Entertainment Liabilities arising out of
claims made by CCUs or Entertainments respective directors, officers, employees, agents,
Subsidiaries or Affiliates against any member of the CCU Group or the Entertainment Group) or
whether asserted or determined prior to the date hereof, and, except as set forth in
Section
2.3(b)(iv)
, regardless of whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence,
recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the CCU Group or the
Entertainment Group, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees,
agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Such assumption of Entertainment Liabilities
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shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any applicable Transfer
Documents.
(b) Each of the parties agrees that the Delayed Transfer Assets will be contributed, assigned,
transferred, conveyed and delivered, and the Delayed Transfer Liabilities will be accepted and
assumed, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Transaction Documents. Notwithstanding the
date on which any such Delayed Transfer Asset is actually contributed, assigned, conveyed and
delivered, or the date on which any such Delayed Transfer Liability is actually accepted and
assumed, such contribution, assignment, transfer, conveyance and delivery of any Delayed Transfer
Asset, or the acceptance and assumption of any Delayed Transfer Liability, shall be deemed to have
taken place on, and shall be effective as of, the Distribution, and the applicable Delayed Transfer
Asset or Delayed Transfer Liability shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents as an Entertainment Asset or an Entertainment Liability, as the case may be,
from and after the Distribution.
(c) If at any time or from time to time (whether prior to or after the Effective Date), any
party hereto (or any member of such partys respective Group) shall receive or otherwise possess
any Asset that is allocated to any other Person pursuant to this Agreement or any Transaction
Document, such party shall promptly transfer, or cause to be transferred, such Asset to the Person
so entitled thereto. Prior to any such transfer, the Person receiving or possessing such Asset
shall hold such Asset in trust for any such other Person.
(d) Entertainment hereby waives compliance by each member of the CCU Group with the
requirements and provisions of the bulk-sale or bulk-transfer Laws of any jurisdiction that may
otherwise be applicable with respect to the transfer or sale of any or all of the Entertainment
Assets to any member of the Entertainment Group.
2.2
Entertainment Assets
.
(a) Subject to
Section 2.2(b)
, for purposes of this Agreement,
Entertainment
Assets
shall mean (without duplication):
(i) all Assets that are expressly provided by this Agreement or any Transaction Document as
Assets to be transferred by CCU and other members of the CCU Group to Entertainment or another
designated member of the Entertainment Group;
(ii) all Entertainment Contracts;
(iii) all Assets reflected as Assets of Entertainment and its Subsidiaries in the
Entertainment Balance Sheet, other than any dispositions of such Assets subsequent to the date of
the Entertainment Balance Sheet; and
(iv) any and all Assets owned or held immediately prior to the Effective Date by CCU or any of
its Subsidiaries that are used exclusively in the Entertainment Business. The intention of this
clause (iv)
is only to rectify any inadvertent omission of transfer or conveyance of any
Asset that, had the parties given specific consideration to such Asset as of the date hereof, would
have otherwise been classified as an Entertainment Asset.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Entertainment Assets shall not in any event include the
Excluded Assets. For purposes of this Agreement,
Excluded Assets
shall mean Assets not
used exclusively in the Entertainment Business and any and all other Assets that are expressly
contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction Document as either Assets to be retained by CCU
or any other member of the CCU Group, or Assets that are to be transferred by Entertainment or any
other member of the Entertainment Group to CCU or a designated member of the CCU Group.
2.3
Entertainment Liabilities
.
(a) Subject to
Section 2.3(b)
, for purposes of this Agreement,
Entertainment
Liabilities
shall mean (without duplication):
(i) the Liabilities listed or described on
Schedule 2.3(a)(i)
and all other
Liabilities that are expressly provided by this Agreement or any Transaction Document as
Liabilities to be assumed by Entertainment or any other member of the Entertainment Group, and all
agreements, obligations and Liabilities of Entertainment or any other member of the Entertainment
Group under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents;
(ii) all Liabilities, including any employee-related Liabilities relating to, arising out of
or resulting from:
(A) the operation of the Entertainment Business, as conducted at any time before, on or after
the Effective Date (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act
or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (whether or not such
act or failure to act is or was within such Persons authority));
(B) the operation of any business conducted by any member of the Entertainment Group at any
time after the Effective Date (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting
from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (whether
or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Persons authority)); or
(C) any Entertainment Assets (including any Entertainment Contracts and any real property and
leasehold interests), in any such case whether arising before, on or after the Effective Date;
(iii) all Liabilities reflected as liabilities or obligations of Entertainment or its
Subsidiaries in the Entertainment Balance Sheet;
(iv) all Liabilities related to Assumed Actions and Existing Actions, as further provided in
Section 7.3
;
(v) all Liabilities related to any and all other Actions initiated on or after the
Distribution Date that arise out of or relate in any material respect to the operation of the
Entertainment Business or the ownership or use of the Entertainment Assets, in any such case
whether such Action arises before, on or after the Distribution Date, including any such Action
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in which CCU or any member of the CCU Group is named as a defendant or party subject to any
claim or investigation;
(vi) all Liabilities for any payments to be made by any member of the CCU Group or any member
of the Entertainment Group pursuant to the terms and conditions of purchase agreements relating to
the acquisition of Entertainment Assets, including, without limitation, purchase price installment
payments based on the financial performance of the acquired Entertainment Asset subsequent to the
acquisition; and
(vii) all Liabilities arising out of claims made by CCUs or Entertainments respective
directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates against any member of the CCU
Group or the Entertainment Group with respect to the Entertainment Business.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Entertainment Liabilities shall not in any event
include the Excluded Liabilities. For purposes of this Agreement,
Excluded Liabilities
shall mean (without duplication):
(i) any and all Liabilities that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any
Transaction Document as Liabilities to be retained or assumed by CCU or any other member of the CCU
Group (in each case other than Delayed Transfer Liabilities), and all agreements and obligations of
any member of the CCU Group under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents;
(ii) any and all Liabilities of a member of the CCU Group relating solely to, arising solely
out of or resulting solely from any Excluded Assets;
(iii) the Liabilities listed on
Schedule 2.3(b)(iii
); and
(iv) any and all liabilities arising from a knowing violation of Law, fraud or
misrepresentation by any member of the CCU Group or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or agents (other than any individual who at the time of such act was acting in his or her
capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of any member of the Entertainment Group).
2.4
Termination of Agreements
.
(a) Except as set forth in
Section 2.4(b)
, Entertainment and each other member of the
Entertainment Group, on the one hand, and CCU and each other member of the CCU Group, on the other
hand, hereby terminate any and all agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings, whether
or not in writing, between or among Entertainment or any other member of the Entertainment Group,
on the one hand, and CCU or any other member of the CCU Group, on the other hand, effective as of
the Effective Date. No such terminated agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding
(including any provision thereof which purports to survive termination) shall be of any further
force or effect after the Effective Date. Each party shall, at the reasonable request of any other
party, take, or cause to be taken, such other actions as may be necessary to effect the foregoing.
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(b) The provisions of
Section 2.4(a)
shall not apply to any of the following
agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings (or to any of the provisions thereof):
(i) this Agreement and the Transaction Documents (and each other agreement or instrument
expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction Document to be entered into or
continued by either of the parties or any of the members of their respective Groups);
(ii) except to the extent redundant with any provision of or service provided under this
Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents (including any exhibits or schedules thereto), the
agreements, arrangements, commitments and understandings listed or described on
Schedule
2.4(b)(ii)
;
(iii) any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings to which any Person other
than the parties and their respective Affiliates is a party (it being understood that to the extent
that the rights and obligations of the parties and the members of their respective Groups under any
such agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings constitute Entertainment Assets or
Entertainment Liabilities, they shall be assigned pursuant to
Section 2.1
);
(iv) any accounts or notes payable or accounts or notes receivable between a member of the CCU
Group, on the one hand, and a member of the Entertainment Group, on the other hand, accrued as of
the Effective Date and reflected in the books and records of the parties or otherwise documented in
accordance with past practices;
(v) any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings to which any non-wholly-owned
Subsidiary of CCU or Entertainment, as the case may be, is a party; and
(vi) any other agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings that this Agreement or
any Transaction Document expressly contemplates shall survive the Effective Date.
2.5
Governmental Approvals and Consents; Delayed Transfer Assets and Liabilities
.
(a) To the extent that the Contribution requires any Governmental Approvals or Consents, the
parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such Governmental Approvals and
Consents;
provided
,
however
, that neither CCU nor Entertainment shall be obligated
to contribute capital in any form to any entity in order to obtain such Governmental Approvals and
Consents.
(b) If and to the extent that the valid, complete and perfected contribution, transfer or
assignment to the Entertainment Group of any Entertainment Assets or the assumption by the
Entertainment Group of any Entertainment Liabilities would be a violation of applicable Law or
require any Consent or Governmental Approval in connection with the Contribution or the
Distribution, then, unless the parties mutually shall otherwise determine, the contribution,
transfer or assignment to the Entertainment Group of such Entertainment Assets or the assumption by
the Entertainment Group of such Entertainment Liabilities shall be automatically
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deemed deferred and any such purported contribution, transfer, assignment or assumption shall
be null and void until such time as all legal impediments are removed or such Consents or
Governmental Approvals have been obtained. If and when the Consents and Governmental Approvals are
obtained, the contribution, transfer or assignment of the applicable Entertainment Asset or
Entertainment Liability shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or the
applicable Transfer Document. Any such Liability shall be deemed a Delayed Transfer Liability.
Any such Asset shall be deemed a Delayed Transfer Asset and notwithstanding the foregoing, an
Entertainment Asset for purposes of determining whether any Liability is an Entertainment
Liability.
(c) If any contribution, transfer or assignment of any Entertainment Asset intended to be
contributed, transferred or assigned hereunder or any assumption of any Entertainment Liability
intended to be assumed by the Entertainment Group hereunder is not consummated on the Effective
Date for any reason, then, insofar as reasonably possible, (i) the member of the CCU Group
retaining such Entertainment Asset shall thereafter hold such Entertainment Asset for the use and
benefit of the member of the Entertainment Group entitled thereto (at the expense of the member of
the Entertainment Group entitled thereto) and (ii) Entertainment shall, or shall cause the
applicable member of the Entertainment Group to, pay or reimburse the member of the CCU Group
retaining such Entertainment Liability for all amounts paid or incurred in connection with such
Entertainment Liability. In addition, the member of the CCU Group retaining such Entertainment
Asset shall, insofar as reasonably possible and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, treat
such Entertainment Asset in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and
take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the Entertainment Group member to whom
such Entertainment Asset is to be transferred in order to place such Entertainment Group member in
the same position as if such Entertainment Asset had been transferred as contemplated hereby and so
that all the benefits and burdens relating to such Entertainment Asset, including possession, use,
risk of loss, potential for gain, and dominion, control and command over such Entertainment Asset,
is to inure from and after the Effective Date to the Entertainment Group.
(d) The Person retaining an Entertainment Asset or Entertainment Liability due to the deferral
of the transfer of such Entertainment Asset or the deferral of the assumption of such Entertainment
Liability shall not be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend any money unless the
necessary funds are advanced (or otherwise made available) by the Person entitled to the
Entertainment Asset or the Person intended to be subject to the Entertainment Liability, other than
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, attorneys fees and recording or similar fees, all of which
shall be promptly reimbursed by the Person entitled to such Entertainment Asset or the Person
intended to be subject to the Entertainment Liability.
2.6
Novation of Assumed Entertainment Liabilities
.
(a) Each of CCU and Entertainment, at the request of the other, shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any Consent, substitution or amendment
required to novate or assign all obligations under agreements, leases, licenses and other
obligations or Liabilities of any nature whatsoever that constitute Entertainment Liabilities, or
to obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements (other than any
member of the Entertainment Group), so that, in any such case, Entertainment and the other
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members of the Entertainment Group will be solely responsible for such Entertainment
Liabilities;
provided
,
however
, that neither the CCU Group nor the Entertainment
Group shall be obligated to pay any consideration or assume any additional obligation therefor to
any third party from whom any such Consent, substitution or amendment is requested.
(b) If CCU or Entertainment is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required
Consent, release, substitution or amendment, the applicable member of the CCU Group shall continue
to be bound by such agreement, lease, license or other obligation that constitutes an Entertainment
Liability and, unless not permitted by Law or the terms thereof, as agent or subcontractor for such
member of the CCU Group, Entertainment shall, or shall cause a member of the Entertainment Group
to, pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of members of the CCU
Group thereunder that constitute Entertainment Liabilities from and after the Effective Date.
Entertainment shall indemnify each CCU Indemnified Party, and hold each of them harmless against
any Liabilities arising in connection therewith;
provided
that
Entertainment shall
have no obligation to indemnify any CCU Indemnified Party with respect to any matter to the extent
that such CCU Indemnified Party has engaged in any knowing violation of Law, fraud or
misrepresentation in connection therewith. CCU shall, without further consideration, promptly pay
and remit, or cause to be promptly paid or remitted, to Entertainment, all money, rights and other
consideration received by it or any member of the CCU Group in respect of such performance (unless
any such consideration is an Excluded Asset). If and when any such Consent, release, substitution
or amendment shall be obtained or such agreement, lease, license or other rights or obligations
shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, CCU shall thereafter assign, or cause to
be assigned, all rights and obligations of any member of the CCU Group thereunder and any other
Entertainment Liabilities thereunder to Entertainment or a designated member of the Entertainment
Group, without payment of further consideration and Entertainment, or a designated member of the
Entertainment Group, shall, without the payment of any further consideration, assume such
Entertainment Liabilities and rights.
2.7
Novation of Liabilities other than Entertainment Liabilities
.
(a) Each of CCU and Entertainment, at the request of the other, shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any Consent, substitution or amendment
required to novate or assign all obligations under agreements, leases, licenses and other
obligations or Liabilities for which a member of the CCU Group and a member of the Entertainment
Group are jointly or severally liable and that do not constitute Entertainment Liabilities, or to
obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements (other than any
member of the CCU Group), so that, in any such case, the members of the CCU Group will be solely
responsible for such Liabilities;
provided
,
however
, that neither the CCU Group nor
the Entertainment Group shall be obligated to pay any consideration or assume any additional
obligation therefor to any third party from whom any such Consent, substitution or amendment is
requested.
(b) If CCU or Entertainment is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required
Consent, release, substitution or amendment, the applicable member of the Entertainment Group shall
continue to be bound by such agreement, lease, license or other obligation that does not constitute
an Entertainment Liability and, unless not permitted by Law
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or the terms thereof, as agent or subcontractor for such member of the Entertainment Group,
CCU shall, or shall cause a member of the CCU Group to, pay, perform and discharge fully all the
obligations or other Liabilities of such member of the Entertainment Group thereunder from and
after the Effective Date. CCU shall indemnify each Entertainment Indemnified Party and hold each
of them harmless against any Liabilities (other than Entertainment Liabilities) arising in
connection therewith;
provided
that
CCU shall have no obligation to indemnify any
Entertainment Indemnified Party with respect to any matter to the extent that such Entertainment
Indemnified Party has engaged in any knowing violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation in
connection therewith. Entertainment shall, without further consideration, promptly pay and remit,
or cause to be promptly paid or remitted, to CCU or to another member of the CCU Group specified by
CCU, all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any member of the Entertainment
Group in respect of such performance (unless any such consideration is an Entertainment Asset). If
and when any such Consent, release, substitution or amendment shall be obtained or such agreement,
lease, license or other rights or obligations shall otherwise become assignable or able to be
novated, Entertainment shall promptly assign, or cause to be assigned, all rights, obligations and
other Liabilities thereunder of any member of the Entertainment Group to CCU or to another member
of the CCU Group specified by CCU, without payment of any further consideration and CCU, or another
member of the CCU Group, without the payment of any further consideration, shall assume such rights
and Liabilities.
2.8
Transfers of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities
.
In furtherance of the contribution, assignment, transfer and conveyance of Entertainment
Assets and the assumption of Entertainment Liabilities, on or before the Effective Date, (a) CCU
shall execute and deliver, and shall cause the other members of the CCU Group to execute and
deliver, such stock powers, merger certificates, bills of sale, certificates of title, assignments
of contracts and other instruments of contribution, transfer, conveyance and assignment as and to
the extent necessary to evidence the contribution, merger, transfer, conveyance and assignment of
all of the CCU Groups right, title and interest in and to the Entertainment Assets to the
Entertainment Group, and (b) Entertainment shall execute and deliver, and shall cause the other
members of the Entertainment Group to execute and deliver, such assumptions of contracts and other
instruments of assumption as and to the extent necessary to evidence the valid and effective
assumption of the Entertainment Liabilities by the Entertainment Group. All of the foregoing
documents contemplated by this
Section 2.8
shall be referred to collectively herein as the
CCU Transfer Documents
.
2.9
Transfer of Excluded Assets by Entertainment; Assumption of Excluded Liabilities by
CCU
.
(a) To the extent any Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability is transferred to a member of the
Entertainment Group in the Contribution or remains owned or held by a member of the Entertainment
Group after the Contribution, from and after the Effective Date:
(i) Entertainment shall, and shall cause the other members of the Entertainment Group to,
promptly contribute, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to CCU, or designated CCU Group members,
and CCU or such CCU Group members shall accept from
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Entertainment and its applicable Group members, all of Entertainments and such Group members
respective rights, titles and interests in and to such Excluded Assets.
(ii) CCU and certain CCU Group members designated by CCU, shall promptly accept, assume and
agree to perform, discharge and fulfill all such Excluded Liabilities in accordance with their
respective terms.
(iii) In furtherance of the assignment, transfer and conveyance of Excluded Assets and the
assumption of Excluded Liabilities: (A) Entertainment shall execute and deliver, and shall cause
its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, such bills of sale, stock powers, certificates of title,
assignments of contracts and other instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment as and to the
extent necessary to evidence the transfer, conveyance and assignment of all of Entertainments and
its Subsidiaries right, title and interest in and to the Excluded Assets to CCU and its
Subsidiaries, and (B) CCU shall execute and deliver such assumptions of contracts and other
instruments of assumption as and to the extent necessary to evidence the valid and effective
assumption of the Excluded Liabilities by CCU. All of the foregoing documents contemplated by this
Section 2.9(a)(iii)
shall be referred to collectively herein as the
Entertainment
Transfer Documents
and, together with the CCU Transfer Documents, the
Transfer
Documents
.
(iv) To the extent that the transfer of such Excluded Assets and the assumption of such
Excluded Liabilities requires any Governmental Approvals or Consents, the parties shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such Governmental Approvals and Consents;
provided
,
however
, that neither CCU nor Entertainment shall be obligated to
contribute capital in any form to, or assume any additional obligation of, any entity in order to
obtain such Governmental Approvals and Consents.
(v) If and to the extent that the valid, complete and perfected transfer or assignment to the
CCU Group of any Excluded Assets or the assumption by the CCU Group of any Excluded Liabilities
would be a violation of applicable Law or require any Consent or Governmental Approval, then,
unless the parties mutually shall otherwise determine, the transfer or assignment to the CCU Group
of such Excluded Assets or the assumption by the CCU Group of such Excluded Liabilities shall be
automatically deemed deferred and any such purported transfer, assignment or assumption shall be
null and void until such time as all legal impediments are removed or such Consents or Governmental
Approvals have been obtained.
(b) If any transfer or assignment of any Excluded Asset intended to be transferred or assigned
hereunder or any assumption of any Excluded Liability intended to be assumed by CCU hereunder is
not consummated on the Effective Date, whether as a result of the failure to obtain any required
Governmental Approvals or Consents or any other reason, then, insofar as reasonably possible, (i)
the member of the Entertainment Group retaining such Excluded Asset shall thereafter hold such
Excluded Asset for the use and benefit of CCU (at CCUs expense) and (ii) CCU shall, or shall cause
its applicable Group member to, pay or reimburse the member of the Entertainment Group retaining
such Excluded Liability for all amounts paid or incurred in connection with such Excluded
Liability. In addition, the member of the Entertainment Group retaining such Excluded Asset shall,
insofar as reasonably possible and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, treat such Excluded
Asset in the ordinary course of business in accordance with
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past practice and take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by CCU in order to
place CCU in the same position as if such Excluded Asset had been transferred as contemplated
hereby and so that all the benefits and burdens relating to such Excluded Asset, including
possession, use, risk of loss, potential for gain, and dominion, control and command over such
Excluded Asset, is to inure from and after the Effective Date to the CCU Group.
(c) If and when the Consents and Governmental Approvals, the absence of which caused the
deferral of transfer of any Excluded Asset or the deferral of assumption of any Excluded Liability,
are obtained, the transfer or assignment of the applicable Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability
shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or the applicable Transfer
Document.
(d) Any member of the Entertainment Group retaining an Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability
due to the deferral of the transfer of such Excluded Asset or the deferral of the assumption of
such Excluded Liability shall not be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend any
money unless the necessary funds are advanced (or otherwise made available) by CCU or the member of
the CCU Group intended to be subject to the Excluded Liability, other than reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses, attorneys fees and recording or similar fees, all of which shall be promptly reimbursed
by CCU or the member of the CCU Group entitled to such Excluded Asset or intended to be subject to
such Excluded Liability.
(e) Pursuant to and in accordance with this
Section 2.9
, the Excluded Liabilities
relating to the businesses or the support of the businesses of the members of the CCU Group listed
on
Schedule 2.3(b)(iii)
are to be transferred to CCU or its designated Group member on the
Effective Date.
2.10
DISCLAIMER OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
.
EACH OF CCU (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE CCU GROUP) AND ENTERTAINMENT (ON
BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP) UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY
TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, ANY
TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR OTHERWISE, IS REPRESENTING OR WARRANTING IN ANY WAY AS TO THE ASSETS,
BUSINESSES OR LIABILITIES CONTRIBUTED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSUMED AS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, AS
TO ANY CONSENTS OR APPROVALS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, AS TO THE VALUE OR
FREEDOM FROM ANY SECURITY INTERESTS OF, OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING, ANY ASSETS OF SUCH PARTY,
OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY DEFENSES OR RIGHT OF SETOFF OR FREEDOM FROM COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT
TO ANY CLAIM OR OTHER ASSET, INCLUDING ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, OF ANY PARTY, OR AS TO THE LEGAL
SUFFICIENCY OF ANY CONTRIBUTION, ASSIGNMENT, DOCUMENT, CERTIFICATE OR INSTRUMENT DELIVERED
HEREUNDER TO CONVEY TITLE TO ANY ASSET OR THING OF VALUE UPON THE EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND FILING
HEREOF OR THEREOF. EXCEPT AS MAY EXPRESSLY BE SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT,
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ALL SUCH ASSETS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED ON AN AS IS, WHERE IS BASIS (AND, IN THE CASE OF ANY
REAL PROPERTY, BY MEANS OF A QUITCLAIM OR SIMILAR FORM DEED OR CONVEYANCE) AND THE RESPECTIVE
TRANSFEREES SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS THAT (I) ANY CONVEYANCE SHALL PROVE TO BE
INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN THE TRANSFEREE GOOD TITLE, FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST, AND
(II) ANY NECESSARY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS ARE NOT OBTAINED OR THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS OF
LAWS OR JUDGMENTS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH.
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN ACTIONS AT OR PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTION
3.1
Time and Place of Distribution
.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Distribution shall be consummated
at such place and at such time as CCU designates (the day on which the Distribution takes place
being the
Distribution Date
).
3.2
Pre-Distribution Transactions
.
(a) On or prior to the Distribution Date, the Contribution shall be effected in accordance
with this Agreement.
(b) On or prior to the Distribution Date, the appropriate parties shall enter into, and (as
necessary) shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to enter into, the agreements set forth below
(collectively with the Transfer Documents and the documents and agreements referenced therein, the
Transaction Documents
):
(i) the Transition Services Agreement in the form attached as
Exhibit A
(the
Transition Services Agreement
);
(ii) the Tax Matters Agreement in the form attached as
Exhibit B
(the
Tax Matters
Agreement
);
(iii) the Employee Matters Agreement in the form attached as
Exhibit C
(the
Employee Matters Agreement
); and
(iv) the Trademark and Copyright License Agreement in the form attached as
Exhibit D
(the
Trademark License Agreement
).
3.3
Related Transactions
.
Prior to the Distribution Date, CCU shall consummate the Capital Contribution. Following the
Capital Contribution and prior to the Distribution Date, Entertainment shall, and shall cause the
applicable members of the Entertainment Group to, consummate the Series A Preferred Stock Issuance
and the Series B Preferred Stock Issuance. Following the Capital Contribution and on or prior to
the Distribution Date, Entertainment shall, and shall cause the applicable members of the
Entertainment Group to, enter into the Credit Facility and related
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agreements, and Entertainment shall borrow $325 million under the Credit Facility. Upon the
Entertainment Groups receipt of the net cash proceeds of such borrowing and the Series A Preferred
Stock Issuance, and on or prior to the Distribution Date, Entertainment shall repay, or cause the
appropriate members of the Entertainment Group to repay, the remaining balance of the Intercompany
Debt outstanding following the Capital Contribution, which will be approximately $220 million.
3.4
Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Rights Plan
.
At or prior to the Distribution, CCU and Entertainment shall each take all necessary actions
that may be required to provide for the adoption by Entertainment of the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of Entertainment in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E
(the
Charter
), the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Entertainment in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F
(the
Bylaws
), and the rights agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit G
(the
Rights Agreement
).
3.5
Election of Entertainment Board of Directors
.
Prior to the Distribution, CCU agrees to vote all shares of Entertainment Common Stock held by
it in favor of the nominees to the Board of Directors of Entertainment, as set forth on
Schedule 3.5
.
ARTICLE IV
THE DISTRIBUTION
4.1
Sole Discretion of CCU.
CCU shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine the Distribution Date and all terms
of the Distribution, including, without limitation, the form, structure and terms of any
transactions and/or offerings to effect the Distribution and the timing of and conditions to the
consummation thereof. In addition, CCU may at any time and from time to time until the completion
of the Distribution decide to abandon the Distribution or modify or change the terms of the
Distribution, including, without limitation, by accelerating or delaying the timing of the
consummation of all or part of the Distribution.
4.2
The Distribution.
(a) Entertainment shall cooperate with CCU to accomplish the Distribution and shall, at CCUs
direction, promptly take any and all commercially reasonable actions to effect the Distribution.
CCU may select any investment bank or manager in connection with the Distribution, as well as any
financial printer, solicitation and/or exchange agent and financial, legal, accounting and other
advisors for CCU;
provided
that
nothing herein shall prohibit Entertainment from
engaging (at its own expense) its own financial, legal, accounting and other advisors in connection
with the Distribution. Entertainment and CCU, as the case may be, will provide to the distribution
or exchange agent to be appointed by CCU (the
Distribution Agent
), all share certificates
and any information required in order to complete the Distribution.
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(b) Subject to
Sections 4.1
,
4.4
and
4.5
, each holder of CCU Common
Stock on the Record Date (or such holders designated transferee or transferees) will be entitled
to receive in the Distribution one share of Entertainment Common Stock for every eight shares of
CCU Common Stock held by such stockholder. No action will be necessary for any shareholder of CCU
to receive Entertainment Common Stock in the Distribution. Entertainment will issue to CCU the
number of shares of Entertainment Common Stock required so that the total number of shares of
Entertainment Common Stock held by CCU immediately prior to the Distribution is equal to the total
number of shares of Entertainment Common Stock distributable in the Distribution. Subject to
Sections 4.1
,
4.4
, and
4.5
on or prior to the Distribution Date, CCU will
deliver to the Distribution Agent for the benefit of holders of CCU Common Stock on the Record
Date, stock certificates, endorsed by CCU in blank, representing all of the outstanding shares of
Entertainment Common Stock then owned by CCU. CCU will cause the transfer agent for the CCU Common
Stock to credit the appropriate number of such shares of Entertainment Common Stock to book entry
accounts for each such holder or designated transferee or transferees of such holder of CCU Common
Stock. For shareholders of CCU who own CCU Common Stock through a broker or other nominee, their
shares of Entertainment Common Stock will be credited to their respective accounts by such broker
or nominee. The Distribution shall be effective at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the
Distribution Date.
4.3
Actions in Connection with the Distribution
.
(a) Entertainment shall file such amendments and supplements to the Form 10 as CCU may
reasonably request, and such amendments as may be necessary in order to cause the same to become
and remain effective as required by Law, including filing such amendments and supplements to the
Form 10 as may be required by the SEC or federal, state or foreign securities Laws. Entertainment
shall mail to the holders of CCU Common Stock, at such time on or prior to the Distribution Date as
CCU shall determine, the information statement included in the Form 10, as well as any other
information concerning Entertainment, its business, operations and management, the Contribution,
the Distribution and such other matters as CCU shall reasonably determine are necessary and as may
be required by Law.
(b) CCU and Entertainment shall also cooperate in preparing, filing with the SEC and causing
to become effective registration statements or amendments thereof which are required to reflect the
establishment of, or amendments to, any employee benefit and other plans necessary or appropriate
in connection with the Distribution, the Contribution or other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents, including the Employee Matters Agreement. Promptly after
receiving a request from CCU, to the extent requested, Entertainment shall prepare and, in
accordance with applicable Law, file with the SEC any such documentation that CCU determines is
necessary or desirable to effectuate the Distribution, and CCU and Entertainment shall each use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary approvals from the SEC with respect thereto
as soon as practicable.
(c) Promptly after receiving a request from CCU, Entertainment shall take all such actions as
may be necessary or appropriate under the state securities or blue sky Laws of the United States
(and any comparable Laws under any foreign jurisdiction) in connection with the Distribution.
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(d) Promptly after receiving a request from CCU, Entertainment shall prepare and file, and
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have approved and made effective, an application for
the original listing of the Entertainment Common Stock to be distributed in the Distribution on the
NYSE, subject to official notice of distribution.
(e) Immediately prior to the consummation of the Distribution, except as otherwise set forth
on
Schedule 4.3(e)
, (i) each person who is both an officer, director or employee of any
member of the CCU Group and an officer, director or employee of any member of the Entertainment
Group immediately prior to the Distribution Date (each a
Shared Employee
) and who is to
continue as an officer, director or employee of any member of the CCU Group after the Distribution
Date shall resign from each of such persons positions with each member of the Entertainment Group,
and (ii) each such Shared Employee who is to continue as an officer, director or employee of any
member of the Entertainment Group after the Distribution Date shall resign from each of such
persons positions with each member of the CCU Group.
(f) Entertainment shall take all reasonable steps necessary and appropriate to cause the
conditions set forth in
Section 4.4
to be satisfied and to effect the Distribution, or any
portion thereof, on the Distribution Date.
4.4
Conditions to Distribution
.
Subject to
Section 4.1
, the following are conditions to the consummation of any part
of the Distribution. The conditions are for the sole benefit of CCU and shall not give rise to or
create any duty on the part of CCU or the CCU board of directors to waive or not waive any such
condition.
(a) The Form 10 shall have been declared effective by the SEC, with no stop order in effect
with respect thereto, and the information statement shall have been mailed to the holders of CCU
Common Stock.
(b) The actions and filings with regard to state securities and blue sky laws of the United
States (and any comparable Laws under any foreign jurisdictions) described in
Section
4.3(c)
shall have been taken and, where applicable, have become effective or been accepted.
(c) The Entertainment Common Stock to be delivered in the Distribution shall have been
approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of distribution.
(d) CCU shall have obtained a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, in form
and substance satisfactory to CCU (in its sole discretion), and such ruling shall remain in effect,
substantially to the effect that, among other things, the Distribution will be a reorganization
under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code.
(e) CCU shall have obtained an opinion from its tax counsel, in form and substance
satisfactory to CCU (in its sole discretion), substantially to the effect that, among other things,
the Distribution will be a reorganization under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code.
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(f) CCU shall have obtained a solvency opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to CCU (in
its sole discretion), regarding each of the Entertainment Group and the CCU Group after the
Distribution.
(g) Any material Governmental Approvals and other Consents necessary to consummate the
Distribution or any portion thereof shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect.
(h) No order, injunction or decree issued by any court or agency of competent jurisdiction or
other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of all or any portion of the
Distribution shall be in effect, and no other event outside the control of CCU shall have occurred
or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of all or any portion of the Distribution.
(i) The CCU board of directors shall have approved the Distribution and shall have not
determined that any events or developments shall have occurred that make it inadvisable to effect
the Distribution.
4.5
Fractional Shares
.
CCU shareholders of fewer than eight shares of CCU Common Stock or any multiple thereof, on
the Record Date, which would entitle such shareholders to receive less than one whole share of
Entertainment Common Stock in the Distribution, will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares.
Fractional shares of Entertainment Common Stock will not be distributed in the Distribution nor
credited to book-entry accounts. The Distribution Agent shall (a) determine the number of whole
shares and fractional shares of Entertainment Common Stock allocable to each holder of record or
beneficial owner of CCU Common Stock as of close of business on the Record Date, (b) aggregate all
such fractional shares into whole shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby in open market
transactions at then prevailing prices on behalf of holders who would otherwise be entitled to
fractional share interests, and (c) distribute to each such holder, or for the benefit of each such
beneficial owner, such holder or owners ratable share of the net proceeds of such sale, based upon
the average gross selling price per share of Entertainment Common Stock, after making appropriate
deductions for any amount required to be withheld for United States federal income tax purposes.
Entertainment shall bear the cost of brokerage fees incurred in connection with these sales of
fractional shares, which such sales shall occur as soon after the Distribution Date as practicable
and as determined by the Distribution Agent. None of CCU, Entertainment or the Distribution Agent
will guarantee any minimum sale price for the fractional shares of Entertainment Common Stock.
Neither Entertainment nor CCU will pay any interest on the proceeds from the sale of fractional
shares. The Distribution Agent will have the sole discretion to select the broker-dealers through
which to sell the aggregated fractional shares and to determine when, how and at what price to sell
such shares. Neither the Distribution Agent nor the selected broker-dealers will be affiliates of
CCU or Entertainment.
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ARTICLE V
FINANCIAL AND OTHER COVENANTS
5.1
Auditors and Audits; Annual Statements and Accounting
.
Entertainment agrees that for its 2005 fiscal year and for all fiscal years thereafter for so
long as CCU is required to consolidate the results of operations and financial position of
Entertainment and any members of the Entertainment Group with the results of operations and
financial position of CCU (in accordance with GAAP and consistent with SEC reporting requirements):
(a) Unless required by law or as directed by CCU in accordance with a change by CCU in its
accounting firm, Entertainment will not select a different accounting firm than Ernst & Young LLP
(or its affiliate accounting firms) to serve as the Entertainment Groups independent certified
public accountants (the
Entertainment Auditors
), without CCUs prior written consent
(which will not be unreasonably withheld);
provided
,
however
, that, to the extent
any members of the Entertainment Group are currently using a different accounting firm to serve as
their independent certified public accountants, such members of the Entertainment Group may
continue to use such accounting firm provided such accounting firm is reasonably satisfactory to
CCU.
(b) Entertainment will use commercially reasonable efforts to enable the Entertainment
Auditors to complete their audit such that they will be able to date their opinion on
Entertainments audited annual financial statements (the
Entertainment Annual Statements
)
on the same date that CCUs independent certified public accountants (the
CCU Auditors
)
date their opinion on CCUs audited annual financial statements (the
CCU Annual
Statements
), and to enable CCU to meet its schedule for the printing, filing and public
dissemination of the CCU Annual Statements, as required by applicable law.
(c) Entertainment will provide to CCU on a timely basis all information that CCU reasonably
requires to meet its schedule for the preparation, printing, filing and public dissemination of the
CCU Annual Statements and CCUs financial statements included in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
as required by applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Entertainment will
provide all required financial information with respect to the Entertainment Group to the
Entertainment Auditors in a sufficient and reasonable time and in sufficient detail to permit the
Entertainment Auditors to take all steps and perform all reviews necessary to provide sufficient
assistance to the CCU Auditors with respect to information to be included or contained in the CCU
Annual Statements.
(d) Entertainment will authorize the Entertainment Auditors to make available to the CCU
Auditors the personnel who performed, or are performing, the annual audit of Entertainment as well
as the work papers related to the annual audit of Entertainment, in all cases within a reasonable
time prior to the date of the Entertainment Auditors opinion on the Entertainment Annual Financial
Statements, so that the CCU Auditors are able to perform the procedures they consider necessary to
take responsibility for the work of the Entertainment Auditors as it relates to the CCU Auditors
report on the CCU Annual Statements, all within
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sufficient time to enable CCU to meet its schedule for the preparation, printing, filing and
public dissemination of the CCU Annual Statements.
(e) If CCU determines in good faith that there may be any inaccuracy in an Entertainment Group
members financial statements or deficiency in an Entertainment Group members internal accounting
controls or operations that could materially impact CCUs financial statements, at CCUs request,
Entertainment will provide CCUs internal auditors with access to the Entertainment Groups books
and records so that CCU may conduct reasonable audits relating to the financial statements provided
by Entertainment under this Agreement as well as to the internal accounting controls and operations
of the Entertainment Group.
(f) Entertainment will give CCU as much prior notice as reasonably practicable of any proposed
determination of, or any significant changes in, Entertainments accounting estimates or accounting
principles from those in effect on the Distribution Date. Entertainment will consult with CCU and,
if requested by CCU, Entertainment will consult with the CCU Auditors with respect thereto.
5.2
Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives
.
(a) Each of CCU and Entertainment, on behalf of its respective Group, agrees to provide, or
cause to be provided, to the other Group, at any time before or after the Distribution Date, as
soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information in the possession or
under the control of such respective Group which the requesting party reasonably needs (i) to
comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other requirements imposed on the requesting party
(including under applicable securities or tax Laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
over the requesting party, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory, administrative, tax or
other proceeding or in order to satisfy audit, accounting, claim, regulatory, litigation, tax or
other similar requirements, in each case other than claims or allegations that one party to this
Agreement has against the other, or (iii) subject to the foregoing
clause (ii)
, to comply
with its obligations under this Agreement or any Transaction Document;
provided
,
however
, that in the event that any party reasonably determines that any such provision of
Information could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law or agreement, or waive any
attorney-client privilege, the parties shall take all commercially reasonable measures to permit
the compliance with such obligations in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.
(b) After the Distribution Date, Entertainment shall have access during regular business hours
(as in effect from time to time) to the documents and objects of historic significance that relate
to the Entertainment Business that are located in archives retained or maintained by any member of
the CCU Group. Entertainment may obtain copies (but not originals unless it is an Entertainment
Asset) of documents for bona fide business purposes and may obtain objects for exhibition purposes
for commercially reasonable periods of time if required for bona fide business purposes;
provided
that
Entertainment shall cause any such objects to be returned promptly in
the same condition in which they were delivered to Entertainment, and Entertainment shall comply
with any rules, procedures or other requirements, and shall be subject to any restrictions
(including prohibitions on removal of specified objects), that are then applicable to CCU.
Entertainment shall pay the applicable fee or rate per hour for archive research services (subject
to increase from time to time to reflect rates then in effect for
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CCU generally). Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict the access of any member of the
CCU Group to any such documents or objects or to impose any liability on any member of the CCU
Group if any such documents or objects are not maintained or preserved by CCU.
(c) After the Distribution Date, CCU shall have access during regular business hours (as in
effect from time to time) to the documents and objects of historic significance that relate to the
businesses of any member of the CCU Group that are located in archives retained or maintained by
any member of the Entertainment Group. CCU may obtain copies (but not originals unless it is not
an Entertainment Asset) of documents for bona fide business purposes and may obtain objects for
exhibition purposes for commercially reasonable periods of time if required for bona fide business
purposes;
provided
that
CCU shall cause any such objects to be returned promptly in
the same condition in which they were delivered to CCU, and CCU shall comply with any rules,
procedures or other requirements, and shall be subject to any restrictions (including prohibitions
on removal of specified objects), that are then applicable to Entertainment. CCU shall pay the
applicable fee or rate per hour for archive research services (subject to increase from time to
time to reflect rates then in effect for Entertainment generally). Nothing herein shall be deemed
to restrict the access of any member of the Entertainment Group to any such documents or objects or
to impose any liability on any member of the Entertainment Group if any such documents or objects
are not maintained or preserved by Entertainment.
(d) After the Distribution Date, each of CCU and Entertainment, on behalf of their respective
Groups, will maintain in effect, at its own cost and expense, adequate systems and internal
controls for its business, to the extent necessary to enable members of the other Group to satisfy
their respective reporting, accounting, audit and other obligations.
5.3
Ownership of Information
.
Any Information owned by a member of a Group that is provided to a requesting party pursuant
to
Section 5.2
shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing party. Unless
specifically set forth herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting
or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such Information.
5.4
Compensation for Providing Information
.
The party requesting Information agrees to reimburse the party providing Information for the
reasonable out-of-pocket costs, if any, of creating, gathering and copying such Information, to the
extent that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the requesting party. Except as may be
otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or in any
other agreement between the parties, such costs shall be computed in accordance with the providing
partys standard methodology and procedures.
5.5
Record Retention
.
To facilitate the possible exchange of Information pursuant to this
Article V
and
other provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, after the Distribution Date, the
parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to retain all Information in their respective
possession or control in accordance with the policies of CCU as in effect on the Distribution Date
or such other policies as may be reasonably adopted by the appropriate party after the
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Distribution Date. No party will destroy, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to destroy, any
Information which the other party may have the right to obtain pursuant to this Agreement prior to
the seventh anniversary of the date hereof without first notifying the other party of the proposed
destruction and giving the other party the opportunity to take possession of such Information prior
to such destruction;
provided
,
however
, that in the case of any Information
relating to Taxes or employee benefits, such period shall be extended to the expiration of the
applicable statute of limitations (giving effect to any extensions thereof);
provided
,
further
,
however
, no party will destroy, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to
destroy, any Information required to be retained by applicable Law.
5.6
Liability
.
No party shall have any liability to any other party in the event that any Information
exchanged or provided pursuant to this Agreement which is an estimate or forecast, or which is
based on an estimate or forecast, is found to be inaccurate in the absence of willful misconduct by
the party providing such Information. No party shall have any liability to any other party if any
Information is destroyed after commercially reasonable efforts by such party to comply with the
provisions of
Section 5.5
.
5.7
Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information
.
(a) The rights and obligations granted under this
Article V
are subject to any
specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange, retention
or confidential treatment of Information set forth in any Transaction Document.
(b) When any Information provided by one Group to the other Group (other than Information
provided pursuant to
Section 5.5
) is no longer needed for the purposes contemplated by this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document or is no longer required to be retained by applicable
Law, the receiving party will promptly after request of the other party either return to the other
party all Information in a tangible form (including all copies thereof and all notes, extracts or
summaries based thereon) or certify to the other party that it has destroyed such Information (and
such copies thereof and such notes, extracts or summaries based thereon).
5.8
Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation
.
(a) After the Distribution Date, except in the case of an adversarial Action by one or more
members of one Group against one or more members of the other Group, each party hereto shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to make available to each other party, upon written request, the
former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the
members of its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its
control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such person
(giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel
and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with any
Action or IP Application in which the requesting party may from time to time be involved,
regardless of whether such Action or IP Application is a matter with respect to which
indemnification may be sought hereunder. The requesting party shall bear all costs and expenses in
connection therewith.
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(b) If an Indemnifying Party chooses to defend or to seek to compromise or settle any Third
Party Claim, the parties shall make available to such Indemnifying Party, upon written request, the
former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the
members of its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its
control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such person
(giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel
and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with such
defense, settlement or compromise, or the prosecution, evaluation or pursuit thereof, as the case
may be, and shall otherwise cooperate in such defense, settlement or compromise, or such
prosecution, evaluation or pursuit, as the case may be.
(c) Without limiting the foregoing, the parties shall cooperate and consult to the extent
reasonably necessary with respect to any Actions, except in the case of an adversarial Action by
one or more members of one Group against one or more members of the other Group.
(d) Without limiting any provision of this
Section 5.8
, each of the parties agrees to
cooperate, and to cause each member of its respective Group to cooperate, with each other in the
defense of any infringement or similar claim with respect to any intellectual property and shall
not claim to acknowledge, or permit any member of its respective Group to claim to acknowledge, the
validity or infringing use of any intellectual property of a third Person in a manner that would
hamper or undermine the defense of such infringement or similar claim, except as required by Law.
(e) The obligation of the parties to provide witnesses pursuant to this
Section 5.8
is
intended to be interpreted in a manner so as to facilitate cooperation and shall include the
obligation to provide as witnesses inventors and other officers without regard to whether the
witness or the employer of the witness could assert a possible business conflict (subject to the
exception set forth in the first sentence of
Section 5.8(a)
).
(f) In connection with any matter contemplated by this
Section 5.8
, the parties will
enter into a mutually acceptable joint defense agreement so as to maintain to the extent
practicable any applicable attorney-client privilege, work product immunity or other applicable
privileges or immunities of any member of any Group.
5.9
Privilege
.
The provision of any information pursuant to this
Article V
shall not be deemed a
waiver of any privilege, including privileges arising under or related to the attorney-client
privilege or any other applicable privileges (a
Privilege
). Following the Distribution
Date, neither Entertainment or its Subsidiaries nor CCU or its Subsidiaries will be required to
provide any information pursuant to this
Article V
if the provision of such information
would serve as a waiver of any Privilege afforded such information.
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ARTICLE VI
RELEASE; INDEMNIFICATION
6.1
Release of Pre-Distribution Claims
.
(a) Except (i) as provided in
Section 6.1(c)
, (ii) as may be provided in any
Transaction Document and (iii) for any matter for which an Entertainment Indemnified Party is
entitled to indemnification or contribution pursuant to
Sections 6.3
or
6.4
,
effective as of the Distribution Date, Entertainment, for itself and each other member of the
Entertainment Group, their respective Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to the
Distribution Date were directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the Entertainment
Group (in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs,
executors, administrators, successors and assigns, does hereby remise, release and forever
discharge CCU and the other members of the CCU Group, their respective Affiliates and all Persons
who at any time prior to the Distribution Date were shareholders, directors, officers, agents or
employees of any member of the CCU Group (in their respective capacities as such), in each case,
together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any
and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at Law or in equity (including any right of contribution),
whether arising under any contract or agreement, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or
arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to
have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the
Distribution Date, including in connection with the transactions and all other activities to
implement the Contribution, the Distribution and any of the other transactions contemplated
hereunder and under the Transaction Documents.
(b) Except (i) as provided in
Section 6.1(c)
, (ii) as may be provided in any
Transaction Document and (iii) for any matter for which a CCU Indemnified Party is entitled to
indemnification or contribution pursuant to
Sections 6.2
or
6.4
, effective as of
the Distribution Date, CCU, for itself and each other member of the CCU Group, their respective
Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution Date were shareholders,
directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the CCU Group (in their respective
capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, does hereby remise, release and forever discharge Entertainment and the
other members of the Entertainment Group, their respective Affiliates and all Persons who at any
time prior to the Distribution Date were stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of
any member of the Entertainment Group (in their respective capacities as such), in each case,
together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any
and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at Law or in equity (including any right of contribution),
whether arising under any contract or agreement, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or
arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to
have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the
Distribution Date, including in connection with the transactions and all other activities to
implement the Contribution, the Distribution and any of the other transactions contemplated
hereunder and under the Transaction Documents.
(c) Nothing contained in
Section 6.1(a)
or
Section 6.1(b)
shall impair any
right of any Person to enforce this Agreement, any Transaction Document or any agreements,
arrangements,
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commitments or understandings to continue in effect after the Distribution Date in accordance
with
Section 2.4(b)
, in each case in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained in
Section 6.1(a)
or
Section 6.1(b)
shall release any Person from:
(i) any Liability provided in or resulting from any agreement among any members of the CCU
Group or the Entertainment Group that is to continue in effect after the Distribution Date in
accordance with
Section 2.4(b)
, or any other Liability specified in such
Section
2.4(b)
not to terminate as of the Distribution Date;
(ii) any Liability, contingent or otherwise, assumed, transferred, assigned or allocated to
the Group of which such Person is a member in accordance with, or any other Liability of any member
of such Group under, this Agreement or any Transaction Document;
(iii) any Liability for the sale, lease, construction or receipt of goods, property or
services purchased, obtained or used in the ordinary course of business by a member of one Group
from a member of the other Group prior to the Distribution Date;
(iv) any Liability for unpaid amounts for products or services or refunds owing on products or
services due on a value-received basis for work done by a member of one Group at the request or on
behalf of a member of the other Group; or
(v) any Liability that the parties may have with respect to indemnification or contribution
pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise for claims brought against the parties by third Persons,
which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this
Article VI
and, if applicable,
the appropriate provisions of the Transaction Documents.
In addition, nothing contained in
Section 6.1(a)
shall release CCU from indemnifying
any director, officer or employee of Entertainment who was a director, officer or employee of CCU
or any of its Affiliates on or prior to the Distribution Date, to the extent such director, officer
or employee is or becomes a named defendant in any Action with respect to which he or she was
entitled to such indemnification pursuant to then existing obligations.
(d) Entertainment shall not make, and shall not permit any member of the Entertainment Group
to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any
claim of contribution or any indemnification, against CCU or any member of the CCU Group, or any
other Person released pursuant to
Section 6.1(a)
, with respect to any Liabilities released
pursuant to
Section 6.1(a)
. CCU shall not, and shall not permit any member of the CCU
Group, to make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including
any claim of contribution or any indemnification against Entertainment or any member of the
Entertainment Group, or any other Person released pursuant to
Section 6.1(b)
, with respect
to any Liabilities released pursuant to
Section 6.1(b)
.
(e) It is the intent of each of CCU and Entertainment, by virtue of the provisions of this
Section 6.1
, to provide for a full and complete release and discharge of all Liabilities
existing or arising from all acts and events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have
occurred or to have failed to occur and all conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or
before the Distribution Date, whether known or unknown, between or among Entertainment or any
member of the Entertainment Group, on the one hand, and CCU or any member of the CCU Group, on
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the other hand (including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to
exist between or among any such members on or before the Distribution Date), except as expressly
set forth in
Sections 6.1 (a), (b)
and
(c)
. At any time, at the request of any
other party, each party shall cause each member of its respective Group and each other Person on
whose behalf it released Liabilities pursuant to this
Section 6.1
to execute and deliver
releases reflecting the provisions hereof.
6.2
General Indemnification by Entertainment
.
Except as provided in
Section 6.5
, Entertainment shall, and shall cause the other
members of the Entertainment Group to, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless
on an After-Tax Basis each member of the CCU Group and each of their respective directors, officers
and employees, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing
(collectively, the
CCU Indemnified Parties
), from and against any and all Liabilities of
the CCU Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following
items (without duplication):
(a) the failure of Entertainment or any other member of the Entertainment Group or any other
Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Entertainment Liabilities or
Entertainment Contract in accordance with its respective terms, whether prior to or after the
Effective Date;
(b) any Entertainment Liability or any Entertainment Contract;
(c) except to the extent it relates to an Excluded Liability, any guarantee, indemnification
obligation, surety bond or other credit support agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding
by any member of the CCU Group for the benefit of any member of the Entertainment Group that
survives the Distribution;
(d) any breach by any member of the Entertainment Group of this Agreement or any of the
Transaction Documents or any action by Entertainment in contravention of the Charter or Bylaws;
(e) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
document filed with the SEC by any member of the CCU Group pursuant to the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
those Liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission based upon information that is either furnished to any member of the CCU Group by any
member of the Entertainment Group or incorporated by reference by any member of the CCU Group from
any filings made by any member of the Entertainment Group with the SEC pursuant to the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act, and then only if that statement or omission was made or occurred after the
Distribution Date; and
(f) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained or
incorporated by reference in the Form 10 filed by Entertainment or in any offering memorandum,
registration statement or information statement relating to the Credit Facility or in
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any other documents filed with the SEC in connection with the Distribution or the other
Transactions, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, in each case, except to the extent that those Liabilities are
caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon
information that is furnished to any member of the Entertainment Group by any member of the CCU
Group expressly for use in the Form 10 or in any such offering memorandum, registration statement
or information statement, all of which statements that have been furnished by the CCU Group being
set forth on
Schedule 6.2
.
6.3
General Indemnification by CCU
.
Except as provided in
Section 6.5
, CCU shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless on an
After-Tax Basis each member of the Entertainment Group and each of their respective directors,
officers and employees, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the
foregoing (collectively, the
Entertainment Indemnified Parties
), from and against any and
all Liabilities of the Entertainment Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting
from any of the following items (without duplication):
(a) the failure of any member of the CCU Group or any other Person to pay, perform or
otherwise promptly discharge any Liabilities of the CCU Group other than the Entertainment
Liabilities, whether prior to or after the Effective Date;
(b) any Excluded Liability or any Liability of a member of the CCU Group other than the
Entertainment Liabilities;
(c) any breach by any member of the CCU Group of this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents;
(d) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
document filed with the SEC by any member of the Entertainment Group pursuant to the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act, other than such statements, facts or information in, or incorporated by
reference in, the Form 10 filed by Entertainment or any offering memorandum, registration statement
or information statement related to the Credit Facility or in any other documents filed with the
SEC in connection with the Distribution or the other Transactions, or any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in
each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that those Liabilities are caused by any such
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information that is
either furnished to any member of the Entertainment Group by any member of the CCU Group or
incorporated by reference by any member of the Entertainment Group from any filings made by any
member of the CCU Group with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and then
only if that statement or omission was made or occurred after the Distribution Date; and
(e) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained or
incorporated by reference in the Form 10 filed by Entertainment or any offering memorandum,
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registration statement or information statement relating to the Credit Facility or in any
other documents filed with the SEC in connection with the Distribution or other Transactions
contemplated in this Agreement, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to
the extent, that those Liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission based upon information that is furnished to any member of the
Entertainment Group by any member of the CCU Group expressly for use in the Form 10 or in any such
offering memorandum, registration statement or information statement, all of which statements that
have been furnished by the CCU Group being set forth on
Schedule 6.2
.
6.4
Contribution
.
(a) If the indemnification provided for in this
Article VI
is unavailable to, or
insufficient to hold harmless on an After-Tax Basis, an Indemnified Party under
Sections
6.2(e)
or
(f)
or
Sections 6.3(d)
or
(e)
in respect of any Liabilities
referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Party as a result of such Liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party in connection with
the actions or omissions that resulted in Liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(b) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 6.4
were determined by a pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation
that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in
Section 6.4(a).
The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the Liabilities referred to in
Section 6.4(a)
shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any
legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with
investigating any claim or defending any Action. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
6.5
Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts on an
After-Tax Basis
.
(a) Any Liability subject to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this
Article
VI
will be net of Insurance Proceeds that actually reduce the amount of the Liability and will
be determined on an After-Tax Basis. Accordingly, the amount which any Person is required to pay
pursuant to this
Article VI
(an
Indemnifying Party
) to any Person entitled to
indemnification or contribution pursuant to this
Article VI
(an
Indemnified
Party
) will be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds theretofore actually recovered by or on
behalf of the Indemnified Party in respect of the related Liability. If an Indemnified Party
receives a payment required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any
Liability (an
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Indemnity Payment
) and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds, then the
Indemnified Party will pay to the Indemnifying Party an amount equal to the excess of the Indemnity
Payment received over the amount of the Indemnity Payment that would have been due if the Insurance
Proceeds had been received, realized or recovered before the Indemnity Payment was made.
(b) An insurer who would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim shall not be relieved of the
responsibility with respect thereto or, solely by virtue of the indemnification and contributions
provisions hereof, have any subrogation rights with respect thereto. The Indemnified Party shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to collect or recover any third-party Insurance
Proceeds (other than Insurance Proceeds under an arrangement where future premiums are adjusted to
reflect prior claims in excess of prior premiums) to which the Indemnified Party is entitled in
connection with any Liability for which the Indemnified Party seeks contribution or indemnification
pursuant to this
Article VI
;
provided
that
the Indemnified Partys
inability to collect or recover any such Insurance Proceeds shall not limit the Indemnifying
Partys obligations hereunder.
(c) The term
After-Tax Basis
as used in this
Article VI
means that, in
determining the amount of the payment necessary to indemnify any party against, or reimburse any
party for, Liabilities, the amount of such Liabilities will be determined net of any reduction in
Tax derived by the Indemnified Party as the result of sustaining or paying such Liabilities, and
the amount of such Indemnity Payment will be increased (
i.e
., grossed up) by the amount necessary
to satisfy any income or franchise Tax liabilities incurred by the Indemnified Party as a result of
its receipt of, or right to receive, such Indemnity Payment (as so increased), so that the
Indemnified Party is put in the same net after-Tax economic position as if it had not incurred such
Liabilities, in each case without taking into account any impact on the tax basis that an
Indemnified Party has in its assets.
6.6
Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims
.
(a) If an Indemnified Party shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the assertion by a
Person (including any Governmental Authority) who is not a member of the CCU Group or the
Entertainment Group of any claim or of the commencement by any such Person of any Action
(collectively, a
Third Party Claim
) with respect to which an Indemnifying Party may be
obligated to provide indemnification to such Indemnified Party pursuant to
Section 6.2
or
Section 6.3
, or any other Section of this Agreement or any Transaction Document, such
Indemnified Party shall give such Indemnifying Party written notice thereof within 20 days after
becoming aware of such Third Party Claim. Any such notice shall describe the Third Party Claim in
reasonable detail. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of any Indemnified Party or other
Person to give notice as provided in this
Section 6.6(a)
shall not relieve the Indemnifying
Party of its obligations under this
Article VI
, except to the extent that such Indemnifying
Party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice.
(b) An Indemnifying Party may elect to defend (and to seek to settle or compromise), at such
Indemnifying Partys own expense and by such Indemnifying Partys own counsel, any Third Party
Claim. Within 30 days after receipt of notice from an Indemnified Party in accordance with
Section 6.6(a)
(or sooner, if the nature of such Third Party Claim so requires), an
Indemnifying Party electing to defend a Third Party Claim shall notify the Indemnified Party
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of its election to assume responsibility for defending such Third Party Claim and shall agree
and acknowledge in writing that if such Third Party Claim is adversely determined, such
Indemnifying Party will have the obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Party in respect of all
liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Third Party Claim and that such
Indemnifying Party irrevocably waives in full all defenses it may have to contest such obligation.
After such notice and acknowledgment from an Indemnifying Party to an Indemnified Party of its
election to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, such Indemnified Party shall have the right
to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or
settlement thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be the expense of such
Indemnified Party.
(c) If an Indemnifying Party elects not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party
Claim, or fails to notify an Indemnified Party of its election as provided in
Section
6.6(b)
, such Indemnified Party may defend such Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the
Indemnifying Party.
(d) Unless the Indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense of the Third Party Claim in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, no Indemnified Party may settle or compromise any
Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnifying Party. No Indemnifying Party shall
consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement of any pending or threatened Third
Party Claim in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity
could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party without the consent of the Indemnified
Party if (i) the effect thereof is to permit any injunction, declaratory judgment, other order or
other nonmonetary relief to be entered, directly or indirectly against such Indemnified Party and
(ii) such settlement does not include a full, complete and unconditional release of such
Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Third Party
Claim.
6.7
Additional Matters
.
(a) Indemnification or contribution payments in respect of any Liabilities for which an
Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this
Article VI
shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party as such Liabilities are incurred
upon demand by the Indemnified Party, including reasonably satisfactory documentation setting forth
the basis for the amount of such indemnification or contribution payment, including documentation
with respect to calculations made on an After-Tax Basis and consideration of any Insurance Proceeds
that actually reduce the amount of such Liabilities. The indemnity and contribution agreements
contained in this
Article VI
shall remain operative and in full force and effect,
regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party; (ii) the
knowledge by the Indemnified Party of Liabilities for which it might be entitled to indemnification
or contribution hereunder; and (iii) any termination of this Agreement.
(b) Any claim on account of a Liability which does not result from a Third Party Claim shall
be asserted by written notice given by the Indemnified Party to the applicable Indemnifying Party.
Such Indemnifying Party shall have a period of 30 days after the receipt of such notice within
which to respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such 30-day period,
such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have refused to accept
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responsibility to make payment. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such
30-day period or rejects such claim in whole or in part, such Indemnified Party shall be free to
pursue such remedies as may be available to such party as contemplated by this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents without prejudice to its continuing rights to pursue indemnification or
contribution hereunder.
(c) If payment is made by or on behalf of any Indemnifying Party to any Indemnified Party in
connection with any Third Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to and shall
stand in the place of such Indemnified Party as to any events or circumstances in respect of which
such Indemnified Party may have any right, defense or claim relating to such Third Party Claim
against any claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third Party Claim or against any other Person.
Such Indemnified Party shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, and at
the cost and expense of such Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any subrogated right, defense or
claim.
(d) In an Action in which the Indemnifying Party is not a named defendant, if either the
Indemnified Party or Indemnifying Party shall so request, the parties shall endeavor to substitute
the Indemnifying Party for the named defendant if they conclude that substitution is desirable and
practical. If such substitution or addition cannot be achieved for any reason or is not requested,
the named defendant shall allow the Indemnifying Party to manage the Action as set forth in this
Article VI
, and the Indemnifying Party shall fully indemnify the named defendant against
all costs of defending the Action (including court costs, sanctions imposed by a court, attorneys
fees, experts fees and all other external expenses), the costs of any judgment or settlement, and
the costs of any interest or penalties relating to any judgment or settlement.
6.8
Remedies Cumulative; Limitations of Liability
.
The rights provided in this
Article VI
shall be cumulative and, subject to the
provisions of
Article VIII
, shall not preclude assertion by any Indemnified Party of any
other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any Indemnifying Party.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NO INDEMNIFYING PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY FOR
ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, STATUTORILY-ENHANCED OR
SIMILAR DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF COMPENSATORY DAMAGES (PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO
A THIRD PARTY CLAIM SHALL BE CONSIDERED DIRECT DAMAGES) ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE
TRANSACTIONS.
6.9
Survival of Indemnities
.
The rights and obligations of each of CCU and Entertainment and their respective Indemnified
Parties under this
Article VI
shall survive the sale or other transfer by any party of any
Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities.
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ARTICLE VII
OTHER AGREEMENTS
7.1
Further Assurances
.
(a) In addition to the actions specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, each of
the parties will cooperate with each other and use (and will cause their respective Subsidiaries
and Affiliates to use) commercially reasonable efforts, prior to, on and after the Distribution
Date, to take, or to cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or to cause to be done, all things
reasonably necessary on its part under applicable Law or contractual obligations to consummate and
make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, prior to, on and after the Distribution Date, each party
hereto shall cooperate with the other parties, and without any further consideration, but at the
expense of the requesting party from and after the Distribution Date, to execute and deliver, or
use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments,
including instruments of conveyance, assignment and transfer, and to make all filings with, and to
obtain all consents, approvals or authorizations of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person
under any permit, license, agreement, indenture or other instrument (including any Consents or
Governmental Approvals), and to take all such other actions as such party may reasonably be
requested to take by any other party hereto from time to time, consistent with the terms of this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents, in order to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the transfers of the Entertainment Assets and the
assignment and assumption of the Entertainment Liabilities and the other transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby. Without limiting the foregoing, each party will, at the reasonable request,
cost and expense of any other party, take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to vest
in such other party good and marketable title to the Assets allocated to such party under this
Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, free and clear of any Security Interest, if and to
the extent it is practicable to do so.
(c) On or prior to the Distribution Date, CCU and Entertainment in their respective capacities
as direct and indirect stockholders of their respective Subsidiaries, shall each ratify any actions
that are reasonably necessary or desirable to be taken by CCU, Entertainment or any other
Subsidiary of CCU or Entertainment, as the case may be, to effectuate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(d) On or prior to the Distribution Date, CCU and Entertainment shall take all actions as may
be necessary to approve the stock-based employee benefit plans of Entertainment in order to satisfy
the requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the NYSE.
7.2
Confidentiality
.
(a) From and after the Distribution, subject to
Section 7.2(c)
and except as
contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction Document, CCU shall not, and shall cause the
other members of the CCU Group and all of such parties respective officers, directors,
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employees, and other agents and representatives, including attorneys, agents, customers,
suppliers, contractors, consultants and other representatives of any Person providing financing
(collectively,
Representatives
), not to, directly or indirectly, disclose, reveal,
divulge or communicate to any Person (other than Representatives of such party or of its Affiliates
who reasonably need to know such information in providing services to any member of the CCU Group)
or use or otherwise exploit for its own benefit or for the benefit of any third party, any
Entertainment Confidential Information. If any disclosures are made by a member of the CCU Group
to its Representatives in connection with such Representatives providing services to any member of
the CCU Group under this Agreement or any Transaction Document, then the Entertainment Confidential
Information so disclosed shall be used only as required to perform the services. CCU shall, and
shall cause the other members of the CCU Group to, use the same degree of care to prevent and
restrain the unauthorized use or disclosure of the Entertainment Confidential Information by any of
their Representatives as they currently use for their own confidential information of a like
nature, but in no event less than a reasonable standard of care. Any information, material or
documents relating to the Entertainment Business currently or formerly conducted, or proposed to be
conducted, by any member of the Entertainment Group furnished to or in possession of any member of
the CCU Group, irrespective of the form of communication, and all notes, analyses, compilations,
forecasts, data, translations, studies, memoranda or other documents prepared by or on behalf of
any member of the CCU Group that contain or otherwise reflect such information, material or
documents is referred to herein as
Entertainment Confidential Information
.
Entertainment Confidential Information does not include, and there shall be no obligation
hereunder with respect to, information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public,
other than as a result of a disclosure by any member of the CCU Group or any of their
Representatives not otherwise permissible hereunder, (ii) such member of the CCU Group can
demonstrate was or became available to such member of the CCU Group from a source other than
Entertainment or its Affiliates or (iii) is developed independently by such member of the CCU Group
without reference to the Entertainment Confidential Information;
provided
,
however
,
that, in the case of
clause (ii)
, the source of such information was not known by such
member of the CCU Group to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual,
legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to, Entertainment or any member of the
Entertainment Group with respect to such information.
(b) From and after the Distribution, subject to
Section 7.2(c)
and except as
contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction Document, Entertainment shall not, and shall
cause the other members of the Entertainment Group and all of such parties respective
Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, disclose, reveal, divulge or communicate to any
Person (other than Representatives of such party or of its Affiliates who reasonably need to know
such information in providing services to Entertainment or any member of the Entertainment Group),
or use or otherwise exploit for its own benefit or for the benefit of any third party, any CCU
Confidential Information. If any disclosures are made by a member of the Entertainment Group to
its Representatives in connection with such Representatives providing services to any member of the
Entertainment Group under this Agreement or any Transaction Document, then the CCU Confidential
Information so disclosed shall be used only as required to perform the services. Entertainment
shall, and shall cause the other members of the Entertainment Group to, use the same degree of care
to prevent and restrain the unauthorized use or disclosure of the CCU Confidential Information by
any of their Representatives as they currently use for their own confidential information of a like
nature, but in no event less than a reasonable standard of care.
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Any information, material or documents relating to the businesses currently or formerly
conducted, or proposed to be conducted, by any member of the CCU Group furnished to or in
possession of any member of the Entertainment Group, irrespective of the form of communication, and
all notes, analyses, compilations, forecasts, data, translations, studies, memoranda or other
documents prepared by or on behalf of Entertainment or any member of the Entertainment Group that
contain or otherwise reflect such information, material or documents is referred to herein as
CCU Confidential Information
. CCU Confidential Information does not include, and there
shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that (i) is or becomes generally
available to the public, other than as a result of a disclosure by any member of the Entertainment
Group or any of their Representatives not otherwise permissible hereunder, (ii) such member of the
Entertainment Group can demonstrate was or became available to such Entertainment Group member from
a source other than CCU or its Affiliates or (iii) is developed independently by such member of the
Entertainment Group without reference to the CCU Confidential Information;
provided
,
however
, that, in the case of
clause (ii)
, the source of such information was not
known by such member of the Entertainment Group to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or
other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to, CCU or any other member of
the CCU Group with respect to such information.
(c) If any member of the CCU Group or their respective Representatives, on the one hand, or
any member of the Entertainment Group or their respective Representatives, on the other hand, are
requested or required (by oral question, interrogatories, requests for information or documents,
subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) by any Governmental Authority or pursuant
to applicable Law to disclose or provide any Entertainment Confidential Information or CCU
Confidential Information (other than with respect to any such information furnished pursuant to the
provisions of
Article V
of this Agreement), as applicable, the entity or person receiving
such request or demand shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to provide the other party
with written notice of such request or demand as promptly as practicable under the circumstances so
that such other party shall have an opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order. The party
receiving such request or demand agrees to take, and cause its representatives to take, at the
requesting partys expense, all other commercially reasonable steps necessary to obtain
confidential treatment by the recipient. Subject to the foregoing, the party that received such
request or demand may thereafter disclose or provide any Entertainment Confidential Information or
CCU Confidential Information, as the case may be, to the extent required by such Law (as so advised
by counsel) or by lawful process of such Governmental Authority.
7.3
Litigation
.
(a) As of the Distribution Date, Entertainment shall, and shall cause the other members of the
Entertainment Group to assume those Actions relating in any material respect to the Entertainment
Business in which one or more members of the CCU Group is a defendant or the party against whom any
claim or investigation is directed (collectively, the
Assumed Actions
), including the
Assumed Actions listed on
Schedule 7.3(a)
.
(b) From and after the Distribution, Entertainment shall, and shall cause the other members of
the Entertainment Group to, (i) diligently conduct, at its sole cost and expense, the
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defense of all Assumed Actions and all Existing Actions, (ii) except as may be provided in
Section 7.4
, pay all Liabilities that may result from the Assumed Actions and the Existing
Actions, and (iii) pay all fees and costs relating to the defense of the Assumed Actions and the
Existing Actions, including attorneys fees and costs incurred after the Distribution Date.
Existing Actions
means those Actions (other than Assumed Actions) in which Entertainment
or any other member of the Entertainment Group has been named as a defendant or is the party
against whom any claim or investigation is directed, including those listed on
Schedule
7.3(b)
.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this
Section 7.3
to the contrary, CCU shall have the
right to participate in the defense of any Assumed Action and
Existing Action and to be represented by attorneys of its
own choosing and at its sole cost and expense. In no event shall Entertainment (or any other
member of the Entertainment Group) settle or compromise any Assumed Action without the express
prior written consent of CCU.
(d) Each of CCU and Entertainment agrees that at all times from and after the Distribution
Date, if an Action is commenced by a third party naming both parties (or any member of its
respective Group) as defendants thereto and with respect to which one party (or any member of its
respective Group) is a nominal defendant, then the other party shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause such nominal defendant to be removed from such Action.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this
Section 7.3
to the contrary, the Actions set
forth on
Schedule 7.3(e)
shall be handled in accordance with the terms, conditions and
procedures set forth on such schedule.
7.4
Insurance Matters
.
(a) Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in this
Section 7.4
, Entertainment
does hereby, for itself and each other member of the Entertainment Group, agree that CCU and the
other members of the CCU Group shall not have any Liability whatsoever as a result of the insurance
policies and practices of CCU in effect at any time on or before the Distribution Date, including
as a result of the level or scope of any such insurance, the creditworthiness of any insurance
carrier, the terms and conditions of any policy and the adequacy or timeliness of any notice to any
insurance carrier with respect to any claim or potential claim or otherwise.
(b) The CCU Group shall continue to own all property damage and business interruption, and
liability insurance policies and programs, including, without limitation, primary and excess
general liability, executive liability, automobile, workers compensation, property damage and
business interruption, crime and surety insurance policies, in effect on or before the Distribution
Date (collectively, the
CCU Policies
). Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the
members of the CCU Group shall retain all of their respective rights, benefits and privileges, if
any, under the CCU Policies. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to be an attempted
assignment of or a change to any part of the ownership of the CCU Policies.
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With respect to any claim under the CCU Policies relating to the Entertainment Business or the
Entertainment Assets, CCU shall have sole responsibility for claims
administration of such policies (but financial responsibility for
such Actions shall be governed by
Schedule
7.3(e)
. Except as expressly set forth in
Sections
7.4(d)
and
7.4(e)
, no CCU Group member shall have any responsibility for, or obligation
to, any member of the Entertainment Group under the CCU Policies relating to property damage,
business interruption, liability or workers compensation matters for any period, whether prior to,
on or after the Distribution Date.
(c) As of the Distribution Date, Entertainment shall be responsible for establishing and
maintaining separate property damage and business interruption and liability insurance policies and
programs (including, primary and excess general liability, executive liability, automobile,
workers compensation, property damage and business interruption, crime, surety and other similar
insurance policies) for activities and claims involving any member of the Entertainment Group, in
each case with commercially reasonable limits and deductibles. Entertainment shall be responsible
for all administrative and financial matters relating to insurance policies established and
maintained by the Entertainment Group for claims involving any member of the Entertainment Group.
(d) For property damage and business interruption losses related to the Entertainment Assets
or the Entertainment Business which occur prior to the Distribution, CCU shall have the sole right,
responsibility and authority to submit and process claims, including claims that are payable to any
member of the CCU Group in whole or in part because of insurance or reinsurance in support of
property damage and business interruption insurance maintained by any CCU Group member prior to the
Distribution Date. Any amounts received by CCU (net of any costs, expenses, deductibles and other
similar payments made by any CCU Group member) with respect to any such unresolved claims in
existence on the Distribution Date that are settled subsequent to the Distribution Date shall be
paid promptly to Entertainment after receipt thereof by CCU.
(e) With respect to workers compensation insurance claims administration for occurrences
prior to the Distribution:
(i) The members of the CCU Group shall have the sole right, responsibility and authority for
liability and workers compensation claims administration and financial administration for
pre-Distribution occurrences that relate to or affect the CCU Policies or that are uninsured due to
the terms of the CCU Policies.
(ii) Upon notification by a member of the Entertainment Group of a claim relating to a member
of the Entertainment Group under one or more of the CCU Policies, CCU shall cooperate with
Entertainment in asserting and pursuing coverage and payment for such claim by the appropriate
insurance carriers. CCU shall have sole power and authority to make binding decisions,
determinations, commitments and stipulations on its own behalf and on behalf of the Entertainment
Group, which decisions, determinations, commitments and stipulations shall be final and conclusive
if reasonably made to maximize the overall economic benefit of the CCU Policies.
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(iii) The Entertainment Group shall assume responsibility for, and shall pay to the
appropriate insurance carriers or otherwise, any premiums, retrospectively rated premiums, defense
costs, indemnity payments, deductibles, retentions or uninsured costs arising from liability or
workers compensation losses which are uninsured because of coverage terms or conditions of the
policies covering such losses, or other charges (collectively,
Insurance Charges
)
whenever arising, which shall become due and payable under the terms and conditions of any
applicable CCU Policy in respect of any liabilities, losses, claims, actions or occurrences,
whenever arising or becoming known, arising out of the ownership, use or operation of any of the
assets, businesses, operations or liabilities of any member of the Entertainment Group, when the
same relate to the period prior to, on or after the Distribution Date. To the extent that the
terms of any applicable CCU Policy provide that any CCU Group member shall have an obligation to
pay or guarantee the payment of any Insurance Charges relating to any member of the Entertainment
Group, CCU shall be entitled to demand that Entertainment make such payment directly to the Person
or entity entitled thereto. In connection with any such demand, CCU shall submit to Entertainment
a copy of any invoice or listing of claims received by CCU pertaining to such Insurance Charges
together with appropriate supporting documentation. In the event that Entertainment fails to pay
any such Insurance Charges when due and payable, whether at the request of the Person entitled to
payment or upon demand by CCU, the members of the CCU Group may (but shall not be required to) pay
such insurance charges for and on behalf of the Entertainment Group and, thereafter, Entertainment
shall reimburse CCU for such payment within 30 days.
(f) An insurance carrier that would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim shall not be
relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto or, solely by virtue of the provisions of this
Section 7.4
, have any subrogation rights with respect thereto, it being expressly
understood and agreed that no insurance carrier or any third party shall be entitled to a benefit
(
i.e.
, a benefit they would not be entitled to receive had no Distribution occurred or in the
absence of the provisions of this
Section 7.4
) by virtue of the provisions hereof.
(g) Through the Distribution Date, CCU will maintain in full force and effect its existing
insurance to the extent that it applies to the Entertainment Assets or the Entertainment Business.
(h) The provisions of this
Section 7.4
relate solely to matters involving property,
damage and business interruption, and liability insurance policies and programs, including, without
limitation, primary and excess general liability, executive liability, automobile, workers
compensation, property damage and business interruption, crime and surety insurance policies, and
shall not be construed to affect any obligation of or impose any obligation on the parties with
respect to any life, health and accident, dental or medical or any other insurance policies
applicable to any of the officers, directors, employees or other representatives of the parties or
their respective Groups.
7.5
Allocation of Costs and Expenses
.
CCU shall pay (or, to the extent incurred by and paid for by any member of the Entertainment
Group, will promptly reimburse such party for any and all amounts so paid) for all out-of-pocket
fees, costs and expenses incurred by Entertainment or any member of the CCU
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Group prior to and simultaneously with the consummation of the Distribution in connection with
the Transactions, including (a) the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement, each Transaction
Document (unless otherwise expressly provided therein), and all other documentation related to the
Transactions and all related transactions, (b) the preparation and execution or filing of any and
all other documents, agreements, forms, applications, contracts or consents associated with the
Transactions and all related transactions, (c) the preparation and filing of Entertainments and
its Subsidiaries organizational documents, (d) the preparation, printing and filing of the Form
10, including all fees and expenses of complying with applicable federal, state or foreign
securities Laws and domestic or foreign securities exchange rules and regulations, together with
fees and expenses of counsel retained to effect such compliance, (e) the private letter ruling from
the Internal Revenue Service sought in connection with the Transactions, (f) the initial listing of
the Entertainment Common Stock on the NYSE, (g) the preparation (including, but not limited to, the
printing of documents) and implementation of Entertainments or its Subsidiaries employee benefit
plans, retirement plans and equity-based plans and (h) the Series B Preferred Stock Sale, but
excluding all out-of-pocket fees, commissions, discounts, costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the Credit Facility, the Series A Preferred Stock Issuance and the Series B Preferred Stock
Issuance, which shall be the responsibility of Entertainment.
7.6
Tax Matters.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, to
the extent that any representations, warranties, covenants and agreements between CCU and
Entertainment, and their respective Groups, with respect to Tax matters are set forth in the Tax
Matters Agreement, including indemnification agreements or tax sharing agreements or arrangements,
such Tax matters shall be governed exclusively by such Tax agreements and not by this Agreement.
7.7
Trademarks and Trade Names.
This Agreement does not assign any rights in any
trademarks, service marks or trade names containing Clear Channel or any variations thereof, or
any of their respective applications and registrations wherever used or registered, other than as
specifically set forth in the Trademark License Agreement. Entertainment shall, and shall cause
the other members of the Entertainment Group to, at its own expense, (a) within thirty (30) days
after the Distribution Date, change, if necessary, its corporate name to delete therefrom the words
Clear Channel or any other word that is confusingly similar to the words Clear Channel, and (b)
within one (1) year after the Distribution Date, remove any and all references to any trademarks,
service marks or trade names containing Clear Channel from any and all signs, displays or other
identification or advertising materials.
ARTICLE VIII
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
8.1
General Provisions
.
(a) Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
Transaction Documents, or the validity, interpretation, breach or termination thereof (a
Dispute
), shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Article VIII
, which shall be the sole and exclusive procedures for the resolution of any
such Dispute unless otherwise specified below.
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(b) Commencing with a request contemplated by
Section 8.2
, all communications between
the parties or their representatives in connection with the attempted resolution of any Dispute,
including any mediators evaluation referred to in
Section 8.3
, shall be deemed to have
been delivered in furtherance of a Dispute settlement and shall be exempt from discovery and
production, and shall not be admissible in evidence for any reason (whether as an admission or
otherwise), in any arbitral or other proceeding for the resolution of the Dispute.
(c) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISPUTE, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE AND FORGO ANY RIGHT TO (I)
SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, STATUTORILY ENHANCED OR SIMILAR
DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF COMPENSATORY DAMAGES (PROVIDED THAT LIABILITY FOR ANY SUCH DAMAGES WITH
RESPECT TO A THIRD PARTY CLAIM SHALL BE CONSIDERED DIRECT DAMAGES), AND (II) TRIAL BY JURY.
(d) The specific procedures set forth below, including but not limited to the time limits
referenced therein, may be modified by agreement of the parties in writing.
(e) All applicable statutes of limitations and defenses based upon the passage of time shall
be tolled while the procedures specified in this
Article VIII
are pending. The parties
will take such action, if any, required to effectuate such tolling.
(f) THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE COURT
LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS OVER ANY SUCH DISPUTE AND EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH DISPUTE OR ANY ACTION RELATED THERETO MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH COURTS. THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY
SUCH DISPUTE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURT OR ANY DEFENSE OF INCONVENIENT FORUM FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
DISPUTE. EACH OF THE PARTIES AGREES THAT A JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
8.2
Consideration by Senior Executives
.
If a Dispute is not resolved in the normal course of business at the operational level, the
parties first shall attempt in good faith to resolve such Dispute by negotiation between executives
who hold, at a minimum, the office of President and Chief Executive Officer of the respective
business entities involved in such Dispute prior to exercising remedies pursuant to
Section
8.3
or
Section 8.4
. Either party may initiate the executive negotiation process by
providing a written notice to the other (the
Initial Notice
). Within fifteen (15) days
after delivery of the Initial Notice, the receiving party shall submit to the other a written
response (the
Response
). The Initial Notice and the Response shall include (i) a
statement of the Dispute and of each partys position, and (ii) the name and title of the executive
who will represent that party and of any other person who will accompany the executive. Such
executives will meet in person or by
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telephone within thirty (30) days of the date of the Initial Notice to seek a resolution of
the Dispute.
8.3
Mediation
.
If a Dispute is not resolved by negotiation as provided in
Section 8.2
within
forty-five (45) days from the delivery of the Initial Notice, then either party may submit the
Dispute for resolution by mediation pursuant to the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (the
CPR
) Model Mediation Procedure as then in effect prior to exercising remedies pursuant to
Section 8.4
. The parties will select a mediator from the CPR Panels of Distinguished
Neutrals. Either party at commencement of the mediation may ask the mediator to provide an
evaluation of the Dispute and the parties relative positions.
8.4
Arbitration
.
(a) If a Dispute is not resolved by mediation as provided in
Section 8.3
within thirty
(30) days of the selection of a mediator (unless the mediator chooses to withdraw sooner), either
party may submit the Dispute to be finally resolved by arbitration pursuant to the CPR Rules for
Non-Administered Arbitration as then in effect (the
CPR Arbitration Rules
). The parties
hereby consent to a single, consolidated arbitration for all known Disputes existing at the time of
the arbitration and for which arbitration is permitted.
(b) The neutral organization for purposes of the CPR Arbitration Rules will be the CPR. The
arbitral tribunal shall be composed of three arbitrators, of whom each party shall appoint one in
accordance with the screened appointment procedure provided in Rule 5.4 of the CPR Arbitration
Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in San Antonio, Texas. Each party shall be permitted to
present its case, witnesses and evidence, if any, in the presence of the other party. A written
transcript of the proceedings shall be made and furnished to the parties. The arbitrators shall
determine the Dispute in accordance with the law of the State of Texas, without giving effect to
any conflict of law rules or other rules that might render such law inapplicable or unavailable,
and shall apply this Agreement and the Transaction Documents according to their respective terms;
provided
,
however
, that any Dispute in respect of a Transaction Document which by
its terms is governed by the law of a jurisdiction other than the State of Texas shall be
determined by the law of such other jurisdiction and;
provided
,
further
,
however
, that the provisions of this Agreement relating to arbitration shall in any event
be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq.
(c) The parties agree to be bound by any award or order resulting from any arbitration
conducted in accordance with this
Section 8.4
and further agree that judgment on any award
or order resulting from an arbitration conducted under this
Section 8.4
may be entered and
enforced in a court having jurisdiction thereof.
(d) Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no party will commence or voluntarily
participate in any court action or proceeding concerning a Dispute, except (i) for enforcement as
contemplated by
Section 8.4(c)
, (ii) to restrict or vacate an arbitral decision based on
the grounds specified under applicable law, or (iii) for interim relief as provided in
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. For purposes of the foregoing and as provided in
Section
8.1(f)
, the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Texas.
(e) In addition to the authority otherwise conferred on the arbitral tribunal, the tribunal
shall have the authority to make such orders for interim relief, including injunctive relief, as it
may deem just and equitable. Notwithstanding
Section 8.4(d)
above, each party acknowledges
that in the event of any actual or threatened breach of the provisions of (i)
Section 7.2
,
(ii) the Employee Matters Agreement, (iii) the Trademark License Agreement, (iv) the Tax Matters
Agreement or (v) the Transition Services Agreement, the remedy at law would not be adequate, and
therefore injunctive or other interim relief may be sought immediately to restrain such breach. If
the tribunal shall not have been appointed, either party may seek interim relief from a court
having jurisdiction if the award to which the applicant may be entitled may be rendered ineffectual
without such interim relief. Upon appointment of the tribunal following any grant of interim
relief by a court, the tribunal may affirm or disaffirm such relief, and the parties will seek
modification or rescission of the court action as necessary to accord with the tribunals decision.
(f) Each party will bear its own attorneys fees and costs incurred in connection with the
resolution of any Dispute in accordance with this
Article VIII
.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1
Corporate Power; Fiduciary Duty
.
(a) Each of CCU and Entertainment represents as follows:
(i) each such Person has the requisite corporate or other power and authority and has taken
all corporate or other action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and
each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby; and
(ii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each such Person and each
Transaction Document to which such Person is a party has been, or will be on or prior to the
Distribution Date, duly executed and delivered by it, and upon execution and delivery, this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents will constitute a valid and binding agreement of such
Person enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding of law or in equity).
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document, no member of
the Entertainment Group and no member of the CCU Group shall be required to take or omit to take
any act that would violate its fiduciary duties to any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary of CCU or
Entertainment, as the case may be (it being understood that directors qualifying shares or similar
interests will be disregarded for purposes of determining whether a Subsidiary is wholly-owned).
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9.2
Governing Law
.
This Agreement and, unless expressly provided therein, each other Transaction Document, shall
be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Texas,
without giving effect to any conflicts of law rule or principle that might require the application
of the laws of another jurisdiction.
9.3
Survival of Covenants
.
Except as expressly set forth in any Transaction Document, the covenants and other agreements
contained in this Agreement and each Transaction Document, and liability for the breach of any
obligations contained herein or therein, shall survive each of the Contribution and the
Distribution and shall remain in full force and effect.
9.4
Force Majeure
.
No party hereto (or any Person acting on its behalf) shall have any liability or
responsibility for failure to fulfill any obligation (other than a payment obligation) under this
Agreement or, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, any Transaction Document, so long as and
to the extent to which the fulfillment of such obligation is prevented, frustrated, hindered or
delayed as a consequence of circumstances of Force Majeure. A party claiming the benefit of this
provision shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence of any such event: (a)
notify the other parties of the nature and extent of any such Force Majeure condition and (b) use
due diligence to remove any such causes and resume performance under this Agreement as soon as
feasible.
9.5
Notices
.
All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement and, to
the extent applicable and unless otherwise provided therein, under each of the Transaction
Documents shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly
given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service, by facsimile with
receipt confirmed (followed by delivery of an original via overnight courier service) or by
registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties
at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice
given in accordance with this
Section 9.5
):
If to any member of the CCU Group, to:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 E. Basse Road
San Antonio, TX 78209
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: (210) 822-2299
If to any member of the Entertainment Group, to:
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CCE Spinco, Inc.
9348 Civic Center Drive, 4
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Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: (310) 867-7051
9.6
Severability
.
If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being
enforced under any Law or as a matter of public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this
Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. Upon such determination that any
term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties to this
Agreement shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original
intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the
greatest extent possible.
9.7
Entire Agreement
.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement (including the
Schedules and Exhibits hereto) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the
subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written
and oral, between or on behalf of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
9.8
Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries
.
This Agreement shall not be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of
the other party hereto. Except as provided in
Article VI
with respect to Indemnified
Parties, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties to this Agreement and members of
their respective Group and their permitted successors and assigns and nothing in this Agreement,
express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity any legal or
equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
9.9
Public Announcements
.
CCU and Entertainment shall consult with each other before issuing, and give each other the
opportunity to review and comment upon, any press release or other public statements with respect
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and shall not
issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation, except
as may be required by applicable Law, court process or by obligations pursuant to any listing
agreement with any national securities exchange or national securities quotation system.
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9.10
Amendment
.
No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified except by a written instrument
signed by both parties. No waiver by any party of any provision hereof shall be effective unless
explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the party so waiving. The waiver by either party
hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver
of any other subsequent breach.
9.11
Rules of Construction
.
Interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the following rules of construction:
(a) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words of one
gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires, (b) references to the
terms Article, Section, paragraph, and Schedule are references to the Articles, Sections,
paragraphs, and Schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (c) the word including
and words of similar import shall mean including, without limitation, (d) provisions shall apply,
when appropriate, to successive events and transactions, (e) the table of contents and headings
contained herein are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement, and (f) this Agreement shall be construed without regard to any
presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing
any instrument to be drafted.
9.12
Counterparts
.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by each party in separate
counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of any such Agreement.
9.13
Termination
.
This Agreement and any Transaction Document may be terminated at any time prior to the
Effective Date by and in the sole discretion of CCU without the approval of Entertainment in which
case neither party will have any liability of any kind to the other party. The obligations of the
parties under
Article IV
(including the obligation to pursue or effect the Distribution)
may be terminated by CCU if at any time after the Effective Date and prior to the Distribution CCU
determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that the Distribution would not be in the best
interests of CCU or its shareholders.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Master Separation and Distribution Agreement
to be executed to be effective on the date first written above by their respective duly authorized
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The undersigned subsidiaries of CCE Spinco, Inc. have caused this Master Separation and
Distribution Agreement to be executed to be effective on the date first written above by their
respective duly authorized officers for the purpose of agreeing to be bound to this Master
Separation and Distribution Agreement and to be liable, jointly and severally, with CCE Spinco,
Inc. to Clear Channel Communications, Inc. for all covenants, agreements, liabilities and
obligations provided herein or arising hereunder.
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Exhibit
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CCE SPINCO, INC.
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Rights Agreement
Dated as of December 21, 2005
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Definitions
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Section 2.
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Appointment of Rights Agent
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Section 3.
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Issue of Right Certificates
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Section 4.
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Form of Right Certificates
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Section 5.
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Countersignature and Registration
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Section 6.
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Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Lost,
Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Right Certificates
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Section 7.
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Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price
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Section 8.
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Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates
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Section 9.
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Reservation of Shares; Taxes
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Section 10.
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Shares Record Date
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Section 11.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights
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Section 12.
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Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares
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Section 13.
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Flip Over Events
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Section 14.
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Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares
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Section 15.
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Rights of Action
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Section 16.
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Agreement of Right Holders
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Section 17.
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Rights Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder
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Section 18.
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Concerning the Rights Agent
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Section 19.
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Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent
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Section 20.
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Duties of Rights Agent
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Section 21.
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Change of Rights Agent
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Section 22.
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Issuance of New Right Certificates
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Section 23.
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Redemption
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Section 24.
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Exchange
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Section 25.
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Notice of Certain Events
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Section 26.
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Notices
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Section 27.
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Supplements and Amendments
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Section 28.
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Successors
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Section 29.
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Benefits of this Agreement
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 30.
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Severability
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Section 31.
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Governing Law
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Section 32.
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Counterparts
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Section 33.
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Descriptive Headings; References
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Annex A
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Certificate of Designation
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A-1
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Annex B
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Form of Right Certificate
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RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Rights Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2005 (this Agreement), is by and between CCE
Spinco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and The Bank of New York, as rights agent
(the Rights Agent).
The Board of Directors of the Company has authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred
share purchase right (a Right) for each whole share of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of
the Company (the Common Stock) outstanding as of the Close of Business on December 21, 2005 (the
Record Date), each Right representing the right to purchase one one-hundredth of a Preferred
Share (as hereinafter defined), upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and
has further authorized and directed the issuance of one Right with respect to each share of Common
Stock that becomes outstanding between the Record Date and the earliest of the Distribution Time,
the Redemption Time and the Final Expiration Time (as such terms are hereinafter defined).
Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.
Definitions
. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings indicated:
(a) Acquiring Person means any Person who or that becomes the Beneficial Owner of 15% or
more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, but shall not include any Excluded Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall become an Acquiring Person as the result of
an acquisition of shares of Common Stock by the Company that, by reducing the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially
Owned by such Person to 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding;
provided,
however,
that, if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common
Stock then outstanding by reason of share purchases by the Company and shall, after such share
purchases by the Company, become the Beneficial Owner of any additional shares of Common Stock,
then such Person shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good
faith that a Person has become an Acquiring Person, as defined pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 1(a), inadvertently (including, without limitation, because (A) such
Person was unaware that it Beneficially Owned a percentage of Common Stock that would cause
such Person to be an Acquiring Person or (B) such Person was aware of the extent of its
Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock but had no actual knowledge of the consequences of such
Beneficial Ownership under this Agreement) and without any intention of changing control of the
Company, (ii) such Person (or its Affiliates and Associates) divests a sufficient number of shares
of Common Stock so that such Person would no longer be an Acquiring Person, as defined pursuant
to the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(a), and (iii) such determination is made and such
divestment is completed prior to the time when the first
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Right is distributed by the Rights Agent pursuant to Section 3(d), then such Person shall be
deemed to not be an Acquiring Person, and to never have become an Acquiring Person, for all
purposes of this Agreement (meaning, without limitation, that no Distribution Time shall occur and
no adjustment pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 13 shall be made in respect thereof);
provided, however,
that if such Person, after such determination and divestment, becomes the
Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding by reason of
becoming the Beneficial Owner of any additional shares of Common Stock, then such Person shall be
deemed to be an Acquiring Person unless a subsequent such determination and divestment is made.
(b) Affiliate shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
(c) Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
(d) Associate, when used to indicate a relationship with any Person, means each, any and all
of the following:
(i) any firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, bank,
trust or other entity of which such Person (A) is an officer or partner or (B) is, directly
or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of 10% or more of any class of equity securities;
provided, however,
that a firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, bank, trust or other entity shall not be an Associate of a Person if such Person
has reported Beneficial Ownership of the Common Stock of such firm, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, bank, trust or other entity on Schedule 13G
under the Exchange Act, but only if and for so long as: (1) such Person is the Beneficial
Owner of less than 20% of such shares of Common Stock then outstanding, (2) such Person
satisfies the criteria set forth in both Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(i) and Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii) of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act and (3) such Person has not reported
and is not required to report such ownership on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act;
(ii) any trust or other estate in which such Person has a substantial beneficial
interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity;
and
(iii) any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has
the same home as such Person.
(e) A Person shall be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, to Beneficially Own and have
Beneficial Ownership of, any securities:
(i) that such Person, or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, beneficially
owns, directly or indirectly;
(ii) that such Person, or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, has (A) the
right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time or the satisfaction of other conditions) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and
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selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or
upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than these Rights),
warrants or options, or otherwise;
provided, however,
that a Person shall not be deemed the
Beneficial Owner of, to Beneficially Own, or have Beneficial Ownership of, any securities
tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any
of such Persons Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for
purchase or exchange; or (B) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding;
provided, however,
that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of,
to Beneficially Own, or have Beneficial Ownership of, any security if the agreement,
arrangement or understanding to vote such security (1) arises solely from a revocable proxy
or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made
pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under
the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act
(or any comparable or successor report under or pursuant to the federal securities laws); or
(iii) that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with
which such Person, or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, has any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters
and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the
purpose of acquiring (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to Section
1(d)(ii)(A)), holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to Section
1(d)(ii)(B)) or disposing of any securities of the Company.
Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Owner to the contrary, the phrase
then outstanding, when used with reference to a Persons Beneficial Ownership of securities of
the Company, means the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the
number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding that such Person would be deemed
to own beneficially hereunder.
(f) Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
(g) Close of Business, on any given day, means 5:00 P.M., local time in New York, New York,
on such day;
provided, however,
that, if such day is not a Business Day, it shall mean 5:00 P.M.,
local time in New York, New York, on the next succeeding Business Day.
(h) Common Stock shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph hereof.
(i) Company shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
(j) Company Entity means, as the context may require, each, any and all of the following:
(i) the Company;
(ii) any Subsidiary of the Company;
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(iii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company; or
(iv) any entity holding shares of Common Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such
employee benefit plan.
(k) Distribution Time means the Close of Business on the earlier of the following dates
(including any such date that is after the Record Date and prior to the issuance of the Rights):
(i) the tenth day after the first date of public announcement (which, for purposes of
this definition, includes, without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 13(d)
under the Exchange Act) by the Company or an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate
of an Acquiring Person) (A) that a Person has become an Acquiring Person for purposes of
this Agreement or (B) of the facts relating to the Beneficial Ownership of any securities by
any Person that caused any Person to become an Acquiring Person for purposes of this
Agreement; and
(ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the
Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring
Person) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than a Company Entity) of a
tender or exchange offer, the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an
Acquiring Person.
(l) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(m) Exchange Ratio shall have the meaning set forth in Section 24(a).
(n) Excluded Person means, as the context may require, each, any and all of the following:
(i) each Company Entity; and
(ii) any Person who or that has reported Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock on
Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act, but only if and for so long as: (A) such Person is the
Beneficial Owner of less than 20% of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, (B) such
Person satisfies the criteria set forth in both Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(i) and Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)
of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act and (C) such Person has not
reported and is not required to report such ownership on Schedule 13D under the Exchange
Act.
(o) Final Expiration Time means the Close of Business on December 21, 2015.
(p) Flip Over Event means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events,
directly or indirectly, at any time after a Person has become an Acquiring Person: (i) the Company
consolidates with, or merges with and into, any other Person, (ii) any Person consolidates with the
Company, or merges with and into the Company and the Company is the continuing or surviving
corporation of such merger and, in connection with such merger, all or part of the shares of Common
Stock are changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities
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of any other Person (or the Company) or cash or any other property, or (iii) the Company (or
one or more of its Subsidiaries) sells or otherwise transfers, in one or more transactions, assets
or earning power aggregating 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Person, other than a sale or transfer to the Company, to one
or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or to the Company and one or more of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries.
(q) Flip Over Successor means, as applicable, (i) the Person (which may be the Company) that
is the issuer of the stock or other securities into which all or part of the shares of Common Stock
are changed, or for which all or part of the shares of Common Stock are exchanged, in a merger or
consolidation described in clause (i) of the definition of Flip Over Event or (ii) the Person to
whom the assets or earning power of the Company (or one or more of its Subsidiaries) are sold or
transferred in any one or more transactions described in clause (ii) of the definition of Flip
Over Event.
(r) NYSE means the New York Stock Exchange.
(s) NASDAQ means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation
System.
(t) Person means any individual, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, bank, trust or other entity, and includes any successor (by merger or otherwise) of
such entity.
(u) Preferred Shares means shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Company having the rights and preferences set forth in the Form of
Certificate of Designation attached to this Agreement as
Annex A
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(v) Purchase Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d).
(w) Reclassified Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(i).
(x) Record Date shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph hereof.
(y) Redemption Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 23(a).
(z) Redemption Time means the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section
23.
(aa) Reduced Threshold shall have the meaning set forth in Section 27.
(bb) Right shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph hereof.
(cc) Right Certificate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d).
(dd) Rights Agent shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
(ee) Security shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(d)(i).
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(ff) Subsidiary of any Person means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, bank, trust or other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting
equity securities or equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
(gg) Trading Day shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(d)(ii).
Section 2.
Appointment of Rights Agent
. The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent
to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights
Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such co-Rights
Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable.
Section 3.
Issue of Right Certificates
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(a) Until the Distribution Time, each Right shall be evidenced solely by the Common Stock
certificate that, from time to time, represents the share of Common Stock upon which the dividend
of such Right was declared and paid, and not by a separate Right Certificate, and such Right shall
be registered in the name of the record holder of such Common Stock certificate. Until the
Distribution Time, (i) each Right shall be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the
share of Common Stock upon which the dividend of such Right was declared and paid and (ii) the
surrender for transfer of the certificate evidencing such share of Common Stock, and evidencing
such Right, shall also constitute the surrender for transfer of such Right. Any reference
hereinafter to a Right that is associated with a share of Common Stock (or any similar reference)
refers to the Right that (A) was declared and paid as a dividend on such share of Common Stock and
(B) is evidenced by the Common Stock certificate that represents such share of Common Stock.
(b) All certificates for shares of Common Stock that are issued by the Company on or after the
Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Time, the Redemption Time or the Final
Expiration Time shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the
following legend:
This certificate also evidences and entitles the record holder hereof to certain
rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between CCE Spinco, Inc. and The Bank of
New York, dated as of December 21, 2005, as it may be amended from time to time (the
Agreement), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a
copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of CCE Spinco, Inc.
Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined
in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be
evidenced by this certificate. CCE Spinco, Inc. will mail to the record holder of
this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written
request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights Beneficially Owned by any
Person who becomes an Acquiring Person, or by any Affiliate or Associate of such
Acquiring Person, become immediately null and void (all such capitalized terms
having the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement).
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(c) In the event that the Company purchases, acquires or redeems any shares of Common Stock
after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Time, any Rights associated with such shares of
Common Stock shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that no Person shall be entitled to exercise
any Rights associated with shares of Common Stock that are no longer outstanding.
(d) As soon as practicable after the Distribution Time, a Right Certificate, in the form
described in Section 4 (a Right Certificate), shall be prepared, executed and countersigned in
accordance with Section 5 and delivered by the Rights Agent to each record holder of shares of
Common Stock as of the Distribution Time, each Right Certificate evidencing one Right for each
share of Common Stock held of record by such record holder as of such time. From and after the
Distribution Time, each Right shall be evidenced solely by a Right Certificate and shall not
thereafter be evidenced by the certificate representing the share of Common Stock that was
theretofore associated with such Right or by any other Common Stock certificate or otherwise.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6, from and after the Distribution Time, the Rights, and the
Right Certificates evidencing the Rights, shall be separately transferable without regard to the
transfer of the share of Common Stock that was theretofore associated with such Right or the Common
Stock certificate representing such share. Subject to the provisions of Section 7, each Right
Certificate shall entitle the registered holder thereof to exercise the Rights represented thereby
to purchase such number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as shall be set forth therein at
the price per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share set forth therein (the Purchase Price), but
the number and class of securities receivable upon exercise and the Purchase Price shall be subject
to adjustment as provided herein.
Section 4.
Form of Right Certificates
. The Right Certificates (and the forms of
election to purchase Preferred Shares and of assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall
be substantially the same as
Annex B
hereto, and may have such marks of identification or
designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem
appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be
required to comply with any applicable law or with any applicable rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any applicable rule or regulation of any stock exchange or the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc., or to conform to usage.
Section 5.
Countersignature and Registration
. Each Right Certificate to be issued, or
reissued, pursuant to this Agreement shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, any of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer,
either manually or by facsimile signature, shall have affixed thereto the Companys seal (if any)
or a facsimile thereof, and shall be attested by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the
Company, either manually or by facsimile signature. Each such Right Certificate shall be manually
countersigned by the Rights Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned.
In case any officer of the Company who signs any of the Right Certificates ceases to be such
officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent, such Right Certificates,
nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Rights Agent and issued and delivered by the Company with
the same force and effect as though the individual who signed such Right Certificates had not
ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Right Certificate may be signed on behalf of the
Company by any individual who, at the actual date of the execution of such Right Certificate, is a
proper officer of the Company to sign such
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Right Certificate, although any such individual was not such an officer at the date of the
execution of this Agreement.
Following the Distribution Time, the Rights Agent shall keep or cause to be kept, at its
office designated for such purposes, books or electronic records for registration of ownership and
transfer of the Right Certificates issued hereunder. Such books or electronic records shall show
the names and addresses of the respective registered holders of the Right Certificates, the number
of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Right Certificates and the date of each of the Right
Certificates.
Section 6.
Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Lost,
Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Right Certificates
.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 14(a), at any time and from time to time prior to the
earlier of the Redemption Time and the Final Expiration Time, any Right Certificate may be
transferred, split up, combined with or exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right
Certificates evidencing, in the aggregate, a like number of Rights as the Right Certificate or
Right Certificates surrendered;
provided
,
however
, that any such reissued Right Certificate or
Right Certificates shall not evidence any Rights that have become null and void pursuant to Section
11(a)(ii) or that have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24. Any registered holder of a Right
Certificate desiring to transfer, split up, combine or exchange such Right Certificate shall (i)
properly complete and duly execute the certificate contained in the form of assignment on the
reverse side of such Right Certificate, (ii) surrender such Right Certificate to the Rights Agent,
at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, together with a written request
specifying the transfer, split up, combination or exchange that such registered holder desires,
(iii) pay, by certified check, cashiers check or money order payable to the order of the Company,
an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax required to be paid by the registered holder of such
Right Certificate in accordance with Section 9(b) and (iv) provide the Company and the Rights Agent
with such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner)
of the Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate, or the Affiliates or Associates thereof, as the
Company or the Rights Agent may reasonably request. Thereupon, the new Right Certificate or Right
Certificates, as the case may be, to be issued upon such transfer, split up, combination or
exchange shall be prepared, executed and countersigned in accordance with Section 5 and delivered
by the Rights Agent to the Person or Persons entitled thereto, as so requested.
(b) Any time and from time to time prior to the earlier of the Redemption Time and the Final
Expiration Time, any Right Certificate that is lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated may be replaced
by another Right Certificate of like tenor;
provided
,
however
, that any such replacement Right
Certificate shall not evidence any Rights that have become null and void pursuant to Section
11(a)(ii) or that have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24. Any registered holder desiring to so
replace any such Right Certificate shall deliver to the Rights Agent, at the office of the Rights
Agent designated for such purpose, and the Company (i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to each of
them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Right Certificate, (ii) in case of loss,
theft or destruction, such indemnity or security as may be reasonably satisfactory to each of them,
(iii) in case of mutilation, the Right Certificate so mutilated (which shall thereupon be cancelled
by the Rights Agent), (iv) at the Companys request, reimbursement
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to the Company and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental to the issuance of
such replacement Right Certificate and (v) such additional evidence of the identity of the
Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) of the Rights evidenced by such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Right Certificate, or the Affiliates or Associates thereof, as the Company
or the Rights Agent may reasonably request. Thereupon, the replacement Right Certificate shall be
prepared, executed and countersigned in accordance with Section 5 and delivered by the Rights Agent
to the registered holder thereof.
Section 7.
Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price
.
(a) At any time after the distribution of Right Certificates pursuant to Section 3(d) and
prior to the earlier of the Redemption Time and the Final Expiration Time, any registered holder of
a Right Certificate may exercise all or any portion of the Rights represented thereby other than
Rights that have become null and void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) or that have been exchanged
pursuant to Section 24. Any registered holder desiring to exercise all or any portion of the valid
and exercisable Rights evidenced by any such Right Certificate shall (i) properly complete and duly
execute the form of election to purchase on the reverse side of such Right Certificate, (ii)
surrender such Right Certificate to the Rights Agent, at the office of the Rights Agent designated
for such purpose, (iii) pay, by certified check, cashiers check or money order payable to the
order of the Company, the Purchase Price for the securities as to which such Rights are being
exercised together with an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax required to be paid by the
registered holder of such Right Certificate in accordance with Section 9(b) and (iv) provide the
Company and the Rights Agent with such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner
(or former Beneficial Owner) of the Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate, or the Affiliates
or Associates thereof, as the Company or the Rights Agent may reasonably request.
(b) The Purchase Price for each one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share purchasable pursuant to
the exercise of a Right shall initially be $80.00, and shall be subject to adjustment from time to
time as provided in Section 11 and 13, and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of
America in accordance with Section 7(c).
(c) Upon the full satisfaction by a registered holder of a Right Certificate of the
requirements set forth in Section 7(a), the Rights Agent shall promptly (i) as appropriate, (A)
requisition from any transfer agent of the Preferred Shares certificates for the number of
Preferred Shares to be purchased, and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes any such transfer
agent to comply with all such requests, (B) requisition from the depositary agent depositary
receipts representing such number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as are to be purchased
(in which case certificates for the Preferred Shares represented by such receipts shall be
deposited by the transfer agent of the Preferred Shares with such depositary agent), and the
Company hereby directs such depositary agent to comply with all such requests; or (C) requisition
from any transfer agent of any other securities that may be issuable upon exercise of the Rights
(pursuant to Section 11 or Section 13) certificates for the number of such securities to be
purchased, and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes any such transfer agent to comply with all
such requests; (ii) when appropriate, requisition from the Company the amount of cash to be paid in
lieu of issuance of fractional shares in accordance with Section 14; (iii) promptly after receipt
of such certificates or depositary receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the order of
the registered holder of such Right Certificate, registered in the name of such Person
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or Persons as may be designated by such holder; and (iv) promptly after receipt of such cash
to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional shares, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the
order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate.
(d) If the registered holder of any Right Certificate exercises less than all the Rights
evidenced thereby, a new Right Certificate evidencing Rights equivalent to the Rights remaining
unexercised shall be prepared, executed and countersigned in accordance with Section 5 and
delivered by the Rights Agent to the registered holder thereof.
Section 8.
Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates
. All Right Certificates
surrendered to the Company or to any of its agents for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up,
combination, exchange or replacement shall be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation and
all such Right Certificates surrendered to the Rights Agent in cancelled form shall be cancelled by
it, and no Right Certificates shall be issued in substitution therefor except as expressly
permitted by Section 6 or Section 7(d). The Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for
cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire, any other Right
Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company. The Rights Agent shall deliver all cancelled
Right Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request of the Company, destroy such
cancelled Right Certificates, and, in such case, shall deliver a certificate of destruction thereof
to the Company.
Section 9.
Reservation of Shares; Taxes
.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept available out
of its authorized and unissued Preferred Shares (or other securities issuable upon exercise of
Rights), or Preferred Shares (or such other securities) held in its treasury, the number of
Preferred Shares (or such other securities) that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full
of all outstanding Rights in accordance with Section 7. The Company covenants and agrees that it
will take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all Preferred Shares or other
securities delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates
therefor (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly and validly authorized and issued and
fully paid and nonassessable shares.
(b) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay, when due and payable, any and
all federal and state transfer taxes and charges that may be payable in respect of the issuance or
delivery of the Right Certificates following the Distribution Time or the issuance and delivery of
the certificates or depositary receipts for Preferred Shares, or other securities or property,
issuable upon exercise of the Rights. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any
transfer tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of any such Right
Certificate, certificate or depositary receipt for Preferred Shares or other security or property
to, or in the name of, any Person other than the registered holder of the Right Certificate
surrendered for such transfer or exercise. Until any such tax is paid to the Company (any such tax
being payable by the registered holder of such Right Certificate at the time of surrender) or until
it has been established to the Companys reasonable satisfaction that no such tax is due, the
Company shall have no obligation to, and shall not, issue or deliver any such Right Certificate or
any such certificates or depositary receipts for Preferred Shares or other securities or property
issuable upon the exercise of any Rights.
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Section 10.
Shares Record Date
. Each Person in whose name any certificate for
Preferred Shares (or other securities for which the Rights may be exercisable) is issued upon the
exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the
Preferred Shares (or such other securities) represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be
dated, the date on which the Right Certificate evidencing the Rights so exercised was duly
surrendered and payment of the Purchase Price therefor (and any applicable transfer taxes) was
made;
provided, however,
that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date on which the
stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have become the
record holder of such shares on, and such certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business
Day on which the stock transfer books of the Company are open.
Section 11.
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights
. The
Purchase Price, the number and kind of shares of capital stock issuable upon the exercise of each
Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided
in this Section 11.
(a) (i) If the Company, at any time after the Record Date, declares a dividend on the
Preferred Shares payable in Preferred Shares or subdivides the outstanding Preferred Shares into a
larger number of Preferred Shares, the Purchase Price shall be proportionately decreased and the
number of Preferred Shares that shall be issued upon the exercise of a Right pursuant to Section 7
shall be proportionately increased. If the Company, at any time after the Record Date, combines
the outstanding Preferred Shares into a small number of Preferred Shares, the Purchase Price shall
be proportionately increased and the number of Preferred Shares that shall be issued upon the
exercise of a Right pursuant to Section 7 shall be proportionately decreased. Such adjustments
shall be effective as of the record date for any such dividend or as of the effective time of any
such subdivision or combination.
If the Company, at any time after the Record Date, issues any shares of its capital stock in a
reclassification of the Preferred Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a
consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), each
Right shall thereafter entitle its holder to purchase (in lieu of Preferred Shares, or any fraction
of a Preferred Share, or any other securities that such Right previously entitled its holder to
purchase), upon the exercise of such right pursuant to Section 7, the number of such shares of
capital stock issued in such reclassification as a holder of the number of Preferred Shares (or
fraction of a Preferred Share) for which such Right entitled its holder to purchase immediately
prior to such reclassification would have received in respect of such Preferred Shares in the
reclassification (the Reclassified Shares) and the Purchase Price payable for each such
Reclassified Share, upon the exercise of a Right pursuant to Section 7, shall thereafter be
adjusted to be an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price payable upon the full exercise of
such Right immediately prior to such reclassification divided by the aggregate number of
Reclassified Shares for which such Right entitles its holder to purchase immediately following such
adjustment pursuant to this Section 11(a)(i).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11(a)(i), in no event shall the
consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the
shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of one Right.
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(ii) If, at any time after the Record Date, any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, each Right
(other than a Right that has become null and void pursuant to the second paragraph hereof) shall
thereafter entitle its holder to purchase (in lieu of Preferred Shares, or any fraction of a
Preferred Share, or any other securities that such Right previously entitled its holder to
purchase), upon the exercise of such right pursuant to Section 7, the number of shares of Common
Stock that equals the result obtained by dividing (a) the aggregate Purchase Price payable upon the
full exercise of such Right immediately prior to such Person becoming an Acquiring Person by (b)
50% of the current per share market price of the Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section
11(d)) on the date on which such Person became an Acquiring Person, and the Purchase Price payable
for each such share of Common Stock, upon the exercise of a Right pursuant to Section 7, shall
thereafter be adjusted to be an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price payable upon the full
exercise of such Right immediately prior to such Person becoming an Acquiring Person divided by the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock for which such Right entitles its holder to purchase
immediately following such adjustment pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii). Except as otherwise
provided in Section 23, in the event that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person and the Rights are
then outstanding, the Company shall not take any action that would eliminate or diminish the
benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.
From and after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, all Rights that are
Beneficially Owned, and all Rights that may thereafter be acquired or Beneficially Owned, by such
Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person) shall be null and void
without any further action on the part of the Company or any other Person. Neither such Acquiring
Person, nor any Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person, nor any other subsequent holder of
such nullified and voided Rights shall thereafter have any right to exercise such nullified and
voided Rights under any provision of this Agreement. No Right Certificate shall be issued, or
re-issued, pursuant to any provision of this Agreement evidencing any such nullified and voided
Rights. The Rights Agent shall cancel any Right Certificate delivered to it for any purpose to the
extent that such Right Certificate evidences such nullified and voided Rights. The Rights Agent
shall cancel any Right Certificate delivered to it for transfer to the extent that the Rights
evidenced thereby are requested to be transferred to any Acquiring Person (or any Associate or
Affiliate of an Acquiring Person).
(iii) In the event that there are not sufficient shares of Common Stock issued that are either
issued but not outstanding or authorized but not issued to permit the exercise in full of the
Rights following any adjustment pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii), the Company shall take all such
action as may be necessary to authorize such number of additional shares of Common Stock to provide
for the full issuance of shares of Common Stock required to be issued upon the exercise of all of
the Rights. In the event the Company, after good faith effort, is unable to take all such action as
may be necessary to authorize such additional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall substitute,
for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of a Right, such
number of Preferred Shares (or such fraction of a Preferred Share) as shall have a current per
share market price equal to the current per share market price of one share of Common Stock as of
the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares (or such fraction of a Preferred Share).
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(b) In case the Company fixes a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to
all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after
such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares (or shares having the same rights,
privileges and preferences as the Preferred Shares (equivalent preferred shares)) or securities
convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares at a price per Preferred Share or
equivalent preferred share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into
Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares) less than the then current per share market price
of the Preferred Shares (as defined in Section 11(d)) on such record date, the Purchase Price to be
in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preferred Shares that the
aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares
so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to
be offered) would purchase at such current market price and the denominator of which shall be the
number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Preferred
Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which
the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible);
provided, however,
that in
no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the
aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one
Right. In case such subscription price may be paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be
in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed
with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and holders of the Rights. Preferred
Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the
purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record
date is fixed; and, in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the
Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such
record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company fixes a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of
the Preferred Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of
indebtedness or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend or a dividend payable in
Preferred Shares) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section
11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by
multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the then-current per share market price of the Preferred Shares on such
record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and
shall be binding on the Rights Agent and holders of the Rights) of the portion of the assets or
evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants
applicable to one Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be such then-current per share
market price of the Preferred Shares on such record date;
provided, however,
that in no event shall
the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of
the shares of capital stock of the Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right. Such
adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed;
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and, in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall again be
adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been
fixed.
(d) (i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the current per share market price of
any security (each, a Security for the purpose of this Section 11(d)), on any date shall be
deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Security for the 30
consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date.
In the event that (1) the current per share market price of any Security is determined
following the announcement by the issuer of such Security of (x) a dividend or distribution on such
Security payable in shares of such Security or Securities convertible into such shares or (y) any
subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Security, and (2) the ex-dividend date for
such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, is a Trading Day on which the closing price per share of such Security is used
for purposes of any calculation of current per share market price under this Section 11(d), then,
and in each such case, the current per share market price shall be appropriately adjusted to
reflect the current market price per share equivalent of such Security.
(ii) For any Trading Day, the closing price of a Security that is listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange shall be the last sale price, regular way, reported at
or prior to 4:00 P.M. Eastern time on such Trading Day or, in case no such sale takes place on such
day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, reported as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern
time on such Trading Day. Such last sale price or such closing bid and asked prices, as applicable,
shall be (a) if the Security is listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported in the
principal consolidated transaction reporting system for the NYSE and (b) if the Security is not
listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction
reporting system for the principal national securities exchange on which the Security is listed or
admitted to trading.
For any Trading Day, the closing price of a Security that is not listed or admitted to trading
on any national securities exchange and that is quoted by NASDAQ, or such other system then in use,
shall be the last quoted price reported at or prior to 4:00 P.M. Eastern time on such Trading Date
by NASDAQ, or such other system, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked
prices in the over-the-counter market, reported as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time on such Trading Day by
NASDAQ, or such other system.
For any Trading Day, the closing price of a Security that is neither listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange nor quoted by NASDAQ, or such other system then in use,
shall be (x) the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market
maker making a market in the Security, such market maker as selected by the Board of Directors of
the Company, or (y) if on any such date no such market maker is making a market in the Securities,
the fair value of such Security on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors
of the Company.
The term Trading Day means a day on which the principal national securities exchange on
which the Securities are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business,
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or, if the Securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange, a Business Day.
(iii) If the Preferred Shares are publicly traded, the current per share market price of the
Preferred Shares shall be determined in accordance with the method set forth in Section 11(d)(i)
and Section 11(d)(ii).
If the Preferred Shares are not publicly traded, the current per share market price of the
Preferred Shares shall be conclusively deemed to be the product of the current per share market
price of the shares of Common Stock, as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) and Section
11(d)(ii), multiplied by the Market Value Ratio. The Market Value Ratio shall initially be one
hundred (100) and shall be adjusted, in the event that the Company at any time declares or pays any
dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effects a subdivision or
combination of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of
Common Stock, by multiplying the Market Value Ratio theretofore in effect by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event
and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event.
If neither the shares of Common Stock nor the Preferred Shares are publicly held or so listed
or traded, current per share market price means the fair value per share as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a
statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of
the Rights.
(e) No adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require
an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Purchase Price;
provided, however,
that any
adjustments that by reason of this Section 11(e) are not required to be made shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11
shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one one-millionth of a Preferred Share or one
ten-thousandth of any other share or security as the case may be. Notwithstanding the first
sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by this Section 11 shall be made no later
than the earlier of (i) three years from the date of the transaction or event that requires such
adjustment and (ii) the Expiration Time.
(f) If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a), the holder of any Right
becomes entitled to receive, upon exercise of such Right, any shares of capital stock of the
Company other than Preferred Shares (or a fraction of a Preferred Share), thereafter the number of
such other shares so receivable upon exercise of such Right shall be subject to adjustment from
time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with
respect to the Preferred Shares contained in Section 11(a) through (c), inclusive, and the
provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10 and 13 with respect to the Preferred Shares shall apply on like
terms to any such other shares.
(g) All Rights originally issued by the Company after any adjustment made to the Purchase
Price hereunder, or after any adjustment in the number of one one-hundredths of a
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Preferred Share or other securities issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, shall evidence
the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, such adjusted number of one one-hundredths
of a Preferred Share or other securities that are purchasable from time to time hereunder upon
exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.
(h) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or in the number of one
one-hundredths of a Preferred Share or other securities issuable upon the exercise of the Rights,
the Right Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price
and the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share that were expressed in the initial Right
Certificates issued hereunder.
(i) The Company may elect, on or after the date of any adjustment of the Purchase Price, to
adjust the number of Rights in substitution for any adjustment in the number of one one-hundredths
of a Preferred Share purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after
such adjustment of the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one one-hundredths
of a Preferred Share for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each
Right held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that number of
Rights (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the Purchase Price in effect
immediately after adjustment of the Purchase Price. The Company shall make a public announcement of
its election to adjust the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if
known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This record date may be the date on
which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Right Certificates have
been issued, shall be at least 10 days later than the date of the public announcement. If Right
Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this
Section 11(i), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of
record of Right Certificates on such record date Right Certificates evidencing, subject to Section
14, the additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment,
or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders of record in
substitution and replacement for the Right Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of
adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Right Certificates
evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment. Right
Certificates to be so distributed shall be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner
provided for herein, and shall be registered in the names of the holders of record of Right
Certificates on the record date specified in the public announcement.
(j) Unless the Company exercises its election as provided in Section 11(i), upon each
adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the calculations made in Section 11(b) and Section
11(c), each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter
evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of one one-hundredths
of a Preferred Share (calculated to the nearest one one-millionth of a Preferred Share) obtained by
(A) multiplying (x) the number of one one-hundredths of a share covered by a Right immediately
prior to this adjustment by (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment
of the Purchase Price and (B) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in effect
immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price.
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(k) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price below
the aggregate par value, if any, of the securities issuable upon the exercise of one Right, the
Company shall take any corporate action that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in
order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Preferred Shares
or other securities at such adjusted Purchase Price.
(l) In any case in which this Section 11 requires that an adjustment in the Purchase Price, or
the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share or other securities issuable upon the
exercise of the Rights, be made effective as of a record date for a specified event, the Company
may elect to defer, until the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment, the issuance to
the holder of any Right exercised after such record date of the number of one one-hundredths of a
Preferred Share or other securities, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the number
of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share or other securities, if any, issuable upon such exercise
immediately prior to such adjustment;
provided, however,
that the Company shall deliver to such
holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holders right to receive such
additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.
(m) Anything in this Section 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled
to reduce the Purchase Price, in addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section
11, as and to the extent that the Company, in its sole discretion, determines is advisable such
that any consolidation or subdivision of the Preferred Shares, issuance wholly for cash of any
Preferred Shares at less than the current market price, issuance wholly for cash of Preferred
Shares or securities that by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for Preferred Shares,
dividends on Preferred Shares payable in Preferred Shares or issuance of rights, options or
warrants referred to in Section 11(b), hereafter made by the Company to holders of the Preferred
Shares shall not be taxable to such stockholders.
Section 12.
Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares
. Whenever an
adjustment is made, or any event affecting the Rights or their exercisability (including, without
limitation, any event that causes any Rights to become null and void) occurs, as provided in
Section 11 or Section 13, the Company shall promptly (a) prepare a certificate setting forth such
adjustment, if any, and a brief statement describing the facts accounting for any such adjustment
or relating to any such event, (b) file a copy of such certificate with the Rights Agent, the
Securities and Exchange Commission and each transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock, for the
Preferred Shares and for any other class or series of securities that would be issuable upon any
exercise of the Rights and (c) if such adjustment occurs at any time after the Distribution Time,
mail a brief summary thereof to each registered holder of a Right Certificate in accordance with
Section 25. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the failure of the Company to prepare such
certificate, to file such certificate as and when required or to provide a summary of such
certificate to each registered holder of a Right Certificate shall not affect the validity of any
such adjustment or the force or effect of the requirement for such adjustment or affect, or relieve
any Person from, the consequences of any such event pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The
Rights Agent shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment or
statement contained therein and shall have no duty or liability with respect to, and shall not be
deemed to have knowledge of, such adjustment or event unless and until it receives such
certificate.
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Section 13.
Flip Over Events
. From and after the effective time of any Flip-Over
Event, (a) each Right (other than a Right that has become null and void pursuant to Section
11(a)(ii) or that has been exchanged pursuant to Section 24) shall thereafter represent the right
to purchase, when exercisable pursuant to Section 7 and upon payment of the aggregate Purchase
Price theretofore payable upon the full exercise of such Right and in lieu of the number of
Preferred Shares, or fraction of a Preferred Share, for which such Right was previously
exercisable, such number of shares of Common Stock of the Flip Over Successor that equals the
result obtained by dividing such aggregate Purchase Price by 50% of the current per share market
price of the Common Stock of such Flip Over Successor (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) on the
date of consummation of the Flip Over Event; (b) the Flip Over Successor shall thereafter be liable
for, and shall assume, by virtue of consummated such Flip Over Event, all the obligations and
duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (c) the term Company shall thereafter be deemed
to refer to the Flip Over Successor; and (d) the Flip Over Successor shall take such actions
(including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of its shares of Common
Stock in accordance with Section 9 and Section 11(f)) in connection with the consummation of such
Flip Over Event as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be
applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to the shares of Common Stock of the Flip
Over Successor thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights. The Company shall not
consummate any Flip Over Event unless, prior thereto, the Company and the Person that becomes the
Flip Over Successor have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement
providing for, and legally binding such Flip Over Successor to take, the actions required by clause
(d) of the preceding sentence. The Company shall not consummate any Flip Over Event (or enter into
any binding agreement with respect thereto) at any time when rights, warrants, instruments or
securities are outstanding, or any agreements or arrangements are in force, that would eliminate or
substantially diminish the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights upon the consummation of
such Flip Over Event. The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive Flip
Over Events.
Section 14.
Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares
.
(a) Each Right Certificate distributed by the Company, or re-issued by the Company pursuant to
Section 6 or Section 7(d), shall evidence solely a whole Right or a whole number of Rights. In lieu
of any fraction of a Right that would otherwise be evidenced by a Right Certificate, the Company
shall pay to the registered holder of such Right Certificate an amount, in cash, equal to such
fraction multiplied by the current market value of a whole Right. For the purposes of this Section
14(a), the current market value of a whole Right shall be the closing price of the Rights (as
determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which
the Right Certificate that would otherwise have evidenced such fraction of a Right was issued.
(b) The number of Preferred Shares to be issued by the Company to any Person upon the exercise
of any Rights, if not an integral multiple of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, shall be
rounded down to the nearest one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share. In lieu of any fraction of a
Preferred Share that would otherwise be issued by the Company upon the exercise of any Rights, the
Company shall pay to the registered holder of the Right Certificate evidencing such Rights an
amount, in cash, equal to such fraction multiplied by the current market value of a whole Preferred
Share. For the purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of a
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whole Preferred Share shall be the closing price of a whole Preferred Share (as determined
pursuant to Section 11(d)) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.
(c) Fractions of Preferred Shares in integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred
Share may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts pursuant to an
appropriate agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by it; provided that such
agreement shall provide that the holders of such depositary receipts shall have all the rights,
privileges and preferences to which they are entitled as Beneficial Owners of the Preferred Shares
represented by such depositary receipts.
(d) The holder of a Right, by the acceptance of such Right, expressly waives such holders
right to receive a Right Certificate evidencing any fraction of a Right or a fraction of a
Preferred Share, other than an integral multiple of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, upon
the exercise of any Right.
Section 15.
Rights of Action
. All rights of action in respect of this Agreement,
excepting the rights of action given to the Rights Agent hereunder, are vested in the respective
registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Time, the respective
record holders of the shares of Common Stock). Any registered holder of a Right Certificate (or,
prior to the Distribution Time, any record holder of a share of Common Stock), without the consent
of the Rights Agent or any other registered holder of a Right Certificate (or, prior to the
Distribution Time, any other record holder of a share of Common Stock), may, on such holders own
behalf and for such holders own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action
or proceeding against the Company or the Rights Agent to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of,
such holders right to exercise the Rights (whether or not then exercisable) evidenced by such
Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Time, by such share of Common Stock) in the manner
provided in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders
of Rights, the Company and the Rights Agent specifically acknowledge that each holder of Rights
would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach by the Company or the Rights Agent of this
Agreement, and shall be entitled to specific performance of the obligations of the Company and the
Rights Agents under this Agreement, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations
thereof.
Section 16.
Agreement of Right Holders
. Every holder of a Right, by accepting the
same, consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and with every other holder of a
Right that:
(a) prior to the Distribution Time, the Rights will be transferable only in connection with
the transfer of the respective shares of Common Stock to which they are associated;
(b) after the Distribution Time, the Rights will be represented solely by Right Certificates
and such Right Certificates will be transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent and
only following full compliance by the registered holder thereof with the provisions of Section
6(a); and
(c) the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the registered holder of any Right
Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Time, any certificate representing a share of
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Common Stock) as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or other writing on any such Right Certificate or
Common Stock certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all
purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice
to the contrary.
Section 17.
Rights Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder
. No holder of any Right or Rights
(whether evidenced by a Right Certificate or, prior to the Distribution Time, a certificate
representing shares of Common Stock), as such, shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be
deemed for any purpose to be the holder of the Preferred Shares or any other securities of the
Company that may at any time be issuable upon the exercise of such Right or Rights, nor shall
anything contained herein or in any Right Certificate be construed to confer upon any such holder
of any Right or Rights, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to
vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting
thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings
or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in Section 25), or to receive dividends
or subscription rights, or otherwise, until such Right or Rights have been exercised in accordance
with the provisions hereof.
Section 18.
Concerning the Rights Agent
. The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent
reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder, and, on demand of the Rights
Agent from time to time, its reasonable expenses, counsel fees and other disbursements incurred in
the administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties
hereunder. The Company agrees to also indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability, or expense incurred by the Rights Agent, without negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted to be done by the
Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the
costs and expenses of defending against any claim made hereunder or with respect hereto.
The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for, or in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in connection with, its administration of this
Agreement in reliance upon any Right Certificate, certificate for the Preferred Shares, Common
Stock or other securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney,
endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other paper
or document believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified
or acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons, or otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set
forth in Section 20.
Section 19.
Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent
. Any Person into
which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or
any successor Rights Agent is a party, or any Person succeeding to the stock transfer business of
the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under
this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any
of the parties hereto; provided that such Person is then eligible for appointment as a successor
Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 21. In case at the time such successor
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Rights Agent succeeds to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Right Certificates
have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the
countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Right Certificates so
countersigned; and, in case at that time any of the Right Certificates have not been countersigned,
any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in the name of the
predecessor Rights Agent or in its own name as the successor Rights Agent; and, in all such cases,
such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates and in this
Agreement. In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent is changed, any of the Right
Certificates have been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the
countersignature under its prior name and deliver such Right Certificates so countersigned; and, in
case at that time any of the Right Certificates have not been countersigned, the Rights Agent may
countersign such Right Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and, in all
such cases, such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates
and in this Agreement.
Section 20.
Duties of Rights Agent
. The Rights Agent undertakes to perform only the
duties and obligations expressly imposed by this Agreement (and no implied duties or obligations)
and only upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of
Rights, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the
Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
to the Rights Agent as to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and in
accordance with such opinion.
(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem
it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to
the Rights Agent taking, suffering to be taken or omitting to take any action hereunder, such fact
or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof is herein specifically prescribed) may be
deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by any one of the Chairman
of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be full
authorization to the Rights Agent to take, suffer to be taken or omit to take such action under the
provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.
(c) The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder to the Company and any other Person only for
its own negligence or willful misconduct;
provided, however,
that the Rights Agent shall not be
liable for special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages.
(d) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or
recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Right Certificates (except its countersignature
thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be
deemed to have been made by the Company only.
(e) The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this
Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution hereof by the Rights
Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Right Certificate (except the
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countersignature by the Rights Agent thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by
the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Right Certificate;
nor shall it be responsible for any change in the exercisability of the Rights (including the
Rights becoming void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)) or any adjustment in the terms of the Rights
(including the form by which the Rights are evidenced, the manner or method of exercising the
Rights, the exercise price thereof, or the securities or other property for which the Rights may be
exercised or for which they may be redeemed or into which they may be exchanged, as the case may
be) provided for in Sections 3, 11, 13, 23 or 24, or the ascertaining of the existence of facts
that would require any such change or adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights
evidenced by Right Certificates after receipt by the Rights Agent of a certificate furnished
pursuant to Section 12 describing such change or adjustment, upon which the Rights Agent may rely);
nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the
authorization or reservation of any Preferred Shares (or, if applicable, shares of Common Stock or
other securities) to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Right Certificate or as to whether
any Preferred Shares (or, if applicable, shares of Common Stock or other securities) will, when
issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be
performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and
assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by
the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.
(g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to
the performance of its duties hereunder from any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of the
Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties,
and it shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in
accordance with instructions of any such officer or for any delay in acting while waiting for those
instructions. Any application by the Rights Agent for written instructions from the Company may, at
the option of the Rights Agent, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by the Rights Agent under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which
such action shall be taken or suffered or such omission shall be effective. The Rights Agent shall
not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with a
proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified in such application (which
date shall not be less than five Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually
receives such application, unless any such officer consents in writing to an earlier date) unless,
prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Rights
Agent receives written instructions in response to such application reasonably specifying the
action to be taken, suffered or omitted.
(h) The Rights Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent
may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily
interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend
money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under
this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity
for the Company or for any other legal entity.
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(i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it
or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the
Rights Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of
any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default,
neglect or misconduct, provided that reasonable care was exercised in the selection and continued
employment thereof.
(j) If, with respect to any Right Certificate surrendered to the Rights Agent for exercise,
transfer, split up, combination or exchange, the registered holder thereof fails to properly
complete and duly exercise the form of election to purchase or the form of assignment on the
reverse side of such Right Certificate or such registered holder fails to comply in any other
respect with the requirements set forth in Section 7 with respect to the exercise of Rights or the
requirements set forth in Section 6 with respect to the transfer, split up, combination, exchange
or replacement of Right Certificates, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with
respect to such request for exercise, transfer, split up, combination, exchange or replacement,
without first consulting with the Company.
Section 21.
Change of Rights Agent
. The Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may
resign, and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement, upon 30 days prior notice in
writing mailed to the Company and to each transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock, for the
Preferred Shares and for any other class or series of securities that would be issuable upon any
exercise of the Rights by registered or certified mail, and to each holder of a Right by
first-class mail. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent upon 30
days prior notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or any such successor Rights Agent, as
the case may be, and to each transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock, for the Preferred
Shares and for any other class or series of securities that would be issuable upon any exercise of
the Rights by registered or certified mail, and to each holder of a Right by first-class mail. If
the Rights Agent resigns or is removed or otherwise becomes incapable of acting, the Company shall
appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company fails to make such appointment within 30
days after giving the Rights Agent notice of such removal or after the Company has been notified in
writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by any
holder of a Right (which registered holder shall, with such notice, submit all Right Certificates
held by such holder (or, prior to the Distribution Time, all certificates representing shares of
Common Stock held by such holder)) for inspection by the Company), then any holder of a Right may
apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any
successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be a (i) Person
organized, in good standing and doing business under the laws of the United States or any state of
the United States that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust or stock transfer
powers and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and that has, at
the time of its appointment as Rights Agent, a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million
or (ii) an Affiliate of such Person. After appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested
with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as
Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and
transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute
and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later
than the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file notice thereof in writing
with the predecessor Rights Agent
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and each transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock, for the Preferred Shares and for any
other class or series of securities that would be issuable upon any exercise of the Rights, and
mail a notice thereof in writing to each holder of a Right. Failure to give any notice provided for
in this Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of
the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as
the case may be.
Section 22.
Issuance of New Right Certificates
. Notwithstanding any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company may, at its option, issue new Right
Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by the Board of Directors of the
Company to reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price and the number or kind or class
of shares or other securities or property purchasable under the Right Certificates made in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 23.
Redemption
.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time prior to the
Distribution Time, redeem all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Rights at a
redemption price of $.01 per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such redemption price being
hereinafter referred to as the Redemption Price). The redemption of the Rights by the Board of
Directors of the Company may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions
as the Board of Directors of the Company, in its sole discretion, may establish.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the
redemption of the Rights pursuant to Section 23(a), and without any further action and without any
notice, the right to exercise the Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of the
holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price. The Company shall promptly give public
notice of any such redemption;
provided, however,
that the failure to give, or any defect in, such
notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such redemption. Within 10 days after such
action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of the Rights, the Company
shall mail a notice of redemption to all of the holders of the then outstanding Rights. Each such
notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be
made. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates or Associates may redeem, acquire or purchase
for value any Rights at any time in any manner other than (i) as specifically set forth in this
Section 23 or in Section 24, or (ii) as a consequence of the purchase, prior to the Distribution
Time, of shares of Common Stock associated with such Rights.
Section 24.
Exchange
.
(a) Subject to the applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to Section 24(c) below,
the Company may, at its option, by action of the Board of Directors, at any time after any Person
becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or any portion of the then outstanding and exercisable
Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of
Section 11(a)(ii)) for shares of Common Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock per
Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the number of Rights pursuant to Section
11(i) (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as
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the Exchange Ratio). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company
shall not be empowered to effect any such exchange at any time after any Person (other than a
Company Entity), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial
Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the exchange
of any Rights pursuant to Section 24(a), and without any further action and without any notice, the
right to exercise the Rights that are to be exchanged shall terminate and the only right thereafter
of the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Stock equal to
the number of such Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Company
promptly shall give public notice of any such exchange and the Company promptly shall mail a notice
of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights;
provided
,
however
, that the failure of
the Company to promptly give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not affect the legality or
validity of such exchange. Each such notice of exchange mailed to the holders of such Rights will
state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Stock for Rights will be effected,
and, in the event of any partial exchange, the percentage of the total Rights, and the number of
such holders Rights, that will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based
on the number of Rights (other than Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the
provisions of Section 11(a)(ii)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In the event that there are not sufficient shares of Common Stock that are either issued
but not outstanding or authorized but not issued to permit the exchange of all of the Rights
ordered by the Board of Directors to be exchanged in accordance with this Section 24, the Company
shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such number of additional shares of
Common Stock to provide for the full issuance of shares of Common Stock required to be issued upon
exchange of such Rights. In the event the Company, after good faith effort, is unable to take all
such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional shares of Common Stock, the Company
shall substitute, for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of
a Right, such number of Preferred Shares (or such fraction of a Preferred Share) as shall have a
current per share market price equal to the current per share market price of one share of Common
Stock as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares (or such fraction of a Preferred Share).
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of a share of Common Stock upon any
exchange of the Rights, or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional shares of Common
Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered
holders of the Rights with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise
be issuable at the time such Rights are exchanged as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the
same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of
this Section 24(d), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing
price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) for the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Section 25.
Notice of Certain Events
.
(a) In case the Company, at any time after the Distribution Time, proposes to (i) pay any
dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of the Preferred Shares or to make any other
distribution to the holders of the Preferred Shares (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend),
(ii) offer to the holders of the Preferred Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or to
purchase any additional Preferred Shares or shares of stock of any class or any other securities,
rights or options, (iii) effect any reclassification of the Preferred Shares (other than a
reclassification involving only the subdivision of outstanding Preferred Shares), (iv) effect any
consolidation or merger into or with, or effect any sale or other transfer (or permit one or more
of its Subsidiaries to effect any sale or other transfer), in one or more transactions, of 50% or
more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to, any
other Person, (v) effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or (vi) declare
or pay any dividend on the shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or to effect a
subdivision, combination or consolidation of the shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise than by payment of dividends in shares of Common Stock), then, in each such case, the
Company shall give to each registered holder of a Right Certificate, in accordance with Section 26,
a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the record date for the purposes of such
stock dividend, or distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on which such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and
the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Common Stock and/or Preferred
Shares, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case of any
action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least 20 days prior to the record date for
determining holders of the Preferred Shares for purposes of such action, and, in the case of any
such other action, at least 20 days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the
date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Common Stock and/or Preferred Shares,
whichever is earlier.
(b) In case the event set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) occurs, the Company shall, as soon as
practicable thereafter, give to the Rights Agent and to each registered holder of a Right
Certificate, in accordance with Section 26, a notice of the occurrence of such event, which notice
shall describe such event and the consequences of such event to holders of Rights under Section
11(a)(ii).
Section 26.
Notices
. Except as otherwise provided in Section 21, all notices and
demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or the holder of any
Right to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Rights Agent)
or by facsimile transmission as follows:
CCE Spinco, Inc.
9348 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
Attention: Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No.: (310) 867-7051
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 21, all notices and demands authorized by this
Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the holder of any Right to or on the Rights Agent
shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until
another address is filed in writing by the Rights Agent with the Company) or by facsimile
transmission as follows:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, 11E
New York, New York, 10286
Facsimile No.: (212) 815-7048
Attention: Steven Myers, Stock Transfer Administration
Notices, demands or certificates (including Right Certificates) authorized by this Agreement
to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Right (whether as the
record holder of a share of Common Stock prior to the Distribution Time or as the registered holder
of a Right Certificate from and after the Distribution Time) shall be sufficiently given or made if
sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at their last addresses as they
appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent (or, if prior to the Distribution Time or in
connection with the distribution of Right Certificates immediately following the Distribution Time,
at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the shares
of Common Stock). Any notice that is mailed to a holder of a Right in the manner herein provided
shall be deemed given, whether or not such holder actually receives such notice.
Section 27.
Supplements and Amendments
. The Company may from time to time supplement
or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holder of Rights, subject to the other terms
and conditions of this Agreement, in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision or
provisions herein, to shorten or lengthen any time period hereunder or to make, amend or delete any
other provisions with respect to the Rights that the Company may deem necessary or desirable, any
such supplement or amendment to be evidenced by a writing signed by the Company and the Rights
Agent;
provided, however,
that, from and after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person,
this Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that would adversely affect the interests of the
holders of Rights. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company may, at any time prior to such time
as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, amend this Agreement to (A) make the provisions of this
Agreement inapplicable to a particular transaction by which a Person would otherwise become an
Acquiring Person or to otherwise alter the terms and conditions of this Agreement as they may apply
with respect to any such transaction, or (B) lower the thresholds set forth in Section 1(a) and
Section 3(a) to not less than 10% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding (the
Reduced Threshold);
provided, however,
that no Person who Beneficially Owns a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to or greater than the Reduced Threshold shall become an Acquiring Person
because of such Amendment unless such Person, after the public announcement of the Reduced
Threshold, purchases one or more additional shares of Common Stock such that its Beneficial
Ownership of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the greater of
(x) the Reduced Threshold or (y) the lowest Beneficial Ownership of such Person as a percentage of
the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of any date on or after the date of the public
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announcement of such Reduced Threshold. Upon delivery of a certificate from an appropriate
officer of the Company and, if requested by the Rights Agent, an opinion of counsel, that states
that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 27, the
Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, the Rights Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
supplement or amendment that affects the Rights Agents own rights, duties, obligations or
immunities under this Agreement. Prior to the Distribution Time, the interests of the holders of
the Rights shall be deemed coincident with the interests of the holders of Common Stock.
Section 28.
Successors
. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for
the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns hereunder.
Section 29.
Benefits of this Agreement
. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed
to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the
Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Time, the record holders of shares of Common
Stock) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall
be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders
of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Time, the record holders of shares of
Common Stock).
Section 30.
Severability
. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this
Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.
Section 31.
Governing Law
. This Agreement and each Right Certificate issued hereunder
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such state applicable to
contracts to be made and performed entirely within such state;
provided, however,
that the rights,
duties and obligations of the Rights Agent hereunder shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 32.
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts
and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 33.
Descriptive Headings; References
. Descriptive headings of the several
Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the
meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. Except as otherwise specifically
provided, any reference to any section or annex will be deemed to refer to such section of or annex
to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit 10.2
TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
CCE SPINCO, INC.
AND
CCE HOLDCO #2, INC.
Dated as of December 21, 2005
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ii
TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT
This Tax Matters Agreement (this
Agreement
) is entered into as of December 21, 2005,
by and among Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (
Distributing
), CCE
Spinco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Distributing
(
Controlled
), and CCE Holdco #2, a Delaware corporation (
Holdco #2
).
Recitals
Whereas
, as of the date hereof, Distributing is the common parent corporation of an
affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) of corporations (the
Distributing
Consolidated Group
) that has elected to file consolidated U.S. federal income tax returns;
Whereas
, the Distributing Consolidated Group has included Controlled, SFX
Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (
SFXE
), and their respective direct and
indirect eligible domestic Subsidiaries;
Whereas
, prior to the Distribution, Distributing and an unrelated investor will have
formed Holdco #2, with (i) Distributing receiving all of the Holdco #2 common stock and all of the
Holdco #2 Series B redeemable non-voting preferred stock (the
Series B Preferred Stock
)
in exchange for Distributings contribution to Holdco #2 of all of the outstanding stock of SFXE
(the
SFXE Exchange
) and (ii) the unrelated investor receiving all of Holdco #2 Series A
redeemable voting preferred stock (the
Series A Preferred Stock
);
Whereas
, prior to the Distribution, Distributing will contribute all of the common
stock of Holdco #2 to Controlled in exchange for common stock of Controlled;
Whereas
, following the SFXE Exchange, SFXE and its eligible domestic direct and
indirect Subsidiaries will cease to be members of the Distributing Consolidated Group;
Whereas
, pursuant to a pre-existing binding commitment entered into prior to the SFXE
Exchange, Distributing will sell (the
Sale
) the Series B Preferred Stock to an unrelated
third party investor, and Distributing will recognize a capital loss for U.S. federal income tax
and other applicable Tax purposes (the
SFXE Loss
);
Whereas
, following the Sale and prior to the Distribution, Controlled will contribute
the Holdco #2 common stock to one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries (the
Holdco #2
Contribution
);
Whereas
, Distributing and Controlled have entered into the Distribution Agreement
setting forth the corporate transactions pursuant to which Distributing will distribute all of the
outstanding shares of common stock of Controlled to Distributings stockholders in a transaction
intended to qualify as a tax-free distribution under Section 355 and Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the
Code;
Whereas
, as a result the Distribution, Controlled and its direct and indirect
eligible domestic Subsidiaries will cease to be members of the Distributing Consolidated Group;
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Whereas
, following the SFXE Exchange, Holdco #2 will be a common parent corporation
of an affiliated group of corporations, including SFXE and its direct and indirect eligible
domestic Subsidiaries, which will elect to file consolidated U.S. federal income tax returns (the
Holdco #2 Consolidated Group
), and following the Distribution, Controlled will be the
common parent corporation of an affiliated group of corporations, including its direct and indirect
eligible domestic Subsidiaries, but excluding any member of the Holdco #2 Consolidated Group, which
will elect to file consolidated U.S. federal income tax returns; and
Whereas
, in contemplation of the SFXE Exchange and the Distribution, the Companies
desire to enter into this Agreement to provide for the allocation among them of the liabilities for
Taxes arising prior to, as a result of and subsequent to the SFXE Exchange and the Distribution,
and to provide for and agree upon other matters relating to Taxes;
Agreements
Now, Therefore
, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the
Companies hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.
Definition and Construction
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Section 1.1.
Definitions of Capitalized Terms
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For purposes of this Agreement (including the recitals hereof), the following capitalized
terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Accounting Cutoff Date
means, with respect to Controlled, any date as of the end of
which there is a closing of its financial accounting records.
Additional Tax
means:
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with respect to Post-Deconsolidation Events that result,
directly or indirectly, in Distributing not being able to utilize the SFXE
Loss, an amount equal to the sum of:
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the amount of any Tax refund that the
Distributing Consolidated Group would have otherwise received under
applicable Tax Law if the SFXE Loss had otherwise been utilizable by
the Distributing Consolidated Group and the Distributing Consolidated
Group could have carried back the SFXE Loss to one or more Tax Periods
prior to the Tax Period during which the SFXE Loss would have otherwise
been incurred (the
Loss Year
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the product of (i) the amount by which the
consolidated capital net income (as defined in Treasury Regulations
Section 1.1502-22(a)) of the Distributing Consolidated Group for the
Loss Year and each Tax Period thereafter (determined without taking
into account any Tax Assets of the Distributing Consolidated Group that
may be carried forward or carried back from other Tax Periods) would
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have otherwise been reduced by the SFXE Loss (after taking into
account any amount of the SFXE Loss which would have been utilized in
prior Tax Periods), multiplied by (ii) the highest marginal corporate
Tax rate for the applicable Tax Period;
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subject to clause (a) above and without duplication, with
respect to any Post-Deconsolidation Event that affects the amount of any Tax
imposed on or attributable to any Group Member for which Distributing is
otherwise responsible under this Agreement, an amount equal to the excess (if
any) of (1) the cumulative amount of Tax for which Distributing is otherwise
responsible under this Agreement determined after taking into account any and
all Post-Deconsolidation Events, over (2) the cumulative amount of Tax that
Distributing would otherwise be responsible for under this Agreement determined
without taking into account any Post-Deconsolidation Event; and
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subject to clause (a) and without duplication, with respect to
any Post-Deconsolidation Event that affects a Tax Asset of any Group Member, an
amount equal to the Tax Benefits from such Tax Asset that Distributing would
have otherwise recognized if such Post-Deconsolidation Event had not occurred.
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Adjustment Request
means any formal or informal claim or request filed with any Tax
Authority, or with any administrative agency or court, for the adjustment, refund or credit of
Taxes, including (i) any amended Tax Return claiming adjustment to the Taxes as reported on the Tax
Return or, if applicable, as previously adjusted, or (ii) any claim for refund or credit of Taxes
previously paid.
Affiliate
means any Person that directly or indirectly is controlled by the other
Person in question. Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Except as otherwise provided herein, the term
Affiliate shall refer to Affiliates of a Person as determined after the Distribution.
Agreement
shall have the meaning provided in the preamble.
AMG Broadcasting Business
means the AMG Broadcasting Business as that term is
defined in the Ruling Request.
Carryback Item
means any net operating loss, net capital loss, excess tax credit or
other similar Tax item which may or must be carried from one Tax Period to another Tax Period under
the Code or other applicable Tax Law.
CCB Group
means Clear Channel Broadcasting Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its
Subsidiaries as of the time of the Distribution. For purposes of clarification, the term
CCB
Group
shall not include any member of either the Controlled Group or the CCO Group.
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CCB International Assets
means those assets located outside the United States and
equity interests in foreign Entities that were held by Distributing and its Subsidiaries (including
the members of the Controlled Group, the CCB Group and the CCO Group) before the International
Restructuring and are held by the CCB Group after the International Restructuring.
CCO Group
shall mean Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and its Subsidiaries as of the time of the Distribution. For purposes of clarification, the term
CCO Group
shall not include any member of either the Controlled Group or the CCB Group.
CCO International Assets
means those assets located outside the United States and
equity interests in foreign Entities that were held by Distributing and its Subsidiaries (including
the members of the Controlled Group, the CCB Group and the CCO Group) before the International
Restructuring and are held by the CCO Group after the International Restructuring.
Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor law.
Combined Tax Return
means, with respect to any Tax, a Tax Return that is filed on a
consolidated, combined or unitary basis and includes at least one Distributing Group Member and at
least one Controlled Group Member.
Companies
means Distributing, Controlled and Holdco #2, collectively, and
Company
means, as the context requires, any one of Distributing , Controlled or Holdco
#2.
Controlled Filed Returns
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 4.2
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Controlled Group
means, collectively, Controlled and its direct and indirect
Subsidiaries, including the members of the Holdco #2 Consolidated Group.
Controlled Group Member
means, individually, each member of the Controlled Group,
and the term
Controlled Group Members
means, collectively, as the context requires, all
or less than all of the members of the Controlled Group.
Controlled Indemnitees
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.1(b)
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Controlled International Assets
means those assets located outside the United States
and equity interests in foreign Entities that were held by Distributing and its Subsidiaries
(including the members of the Controlled Group, the CCB Group and the CCO Group) before the
International Restructuring and are held by the Controlled Group after the International
Restructuring.
Controlled Separate Return
means a Tax Return that includes one or more Controlled
Group Members and does not include any Distributing Group Member, including any such Tax Return
filed for Federal Income Tax purposes by an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the
Code) of corporations the common parent of which is a Controlled Group Member or any other
corporation that is not a Distributing Group Member.
Controlleds Allocated Tax Liability
shall have the meaning provided in
Section
5.1(a)
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Controlleds Cumulative Tax Payment
shall have the meaning provided in
Section
5.1(a)
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Controlleds Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.1(c)(1)
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Controlling Company
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 7.2(a)
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Deconsolidation Date
means, with respect to each Controlled Group Member, the date
of an applicable Deconsolidation Event.
Deconsolidation Event
means (i) with respect to each Controlled Group Member that is
included in the Distributing Consolidated Group for Federal Income Tax purposes as of the date
hereof, any event or transaction occurring after the date hereof, including the Distribution and
the SFXE Exchange, that causes such Controlled Group Member to no longer be eligible to be included
in the Distributing Consolidated Group for Federal Income Tax purposes; (ii) with respect to each
Controlled Group Member that is not eligible to be included in the Distributing Consolidated Group
for Federal Income Tax purposes as of the date hereof because it is not an includible corporation
as defined in Section 1504(b) of the Code, any event or transaction occurring after the date
hereof, including the Distribution and the SFXE Exchange, that would cause such Controlled Group
Member to no longer be eligible to be included in the Distributing Consolidated Group for Federal
Income Tax purposes if such Controlled Group Member were an includible corporation as defined in
Section 1504(b) of the Code; and (iii) with respect to Holdco #2, the date of its incorporation
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Default Rate
means a rate of interest equal to the underpayment rate provided in
Section 6621(c) of the Code, determined as of the date any applicable payment required to be made
under this Agreement is due.
Distributing Filed Returns
shall have the meaning provided in
Section
4.1(a)
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Distributing Consolidated Group
shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to
this Agreement.
Distributing Group
means, collectively, Distributing and its direct and indirect
Subsidiaries, including Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, but
excluding any Controlled Group Member.
Distributing Group Member
means, individually, each member of the Distributing
Group, and the term
Distributing Group Members
means, collectively, as the context
requires, all or less than all of the members of the Distributing Group.
Distributing Indemnitees
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.1(a)
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Distributing Separate Return
means, with respect to any Tax, a Tax Return that
includes only Distributing Group Members.
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Distributings Allocated Tax Liability
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.1(b)
.
Distributings Cumulative Tax Payment
shall have the meaning provided in
Section
5.1(b)
.
Distributings Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability
shall have the meaning provided
in
Section 5.1(c)(2)
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Distribution
means the distribution to Distributing stockholders on the Distribution
Date of all of the outstanding stock of Controlled owned by Distributing.
Distribution Agreement
means that certain Master Separation and Distribution
Agreement dated December 20, 2005, as amended from time to time, between Distributing and
Controlled setting forth the corporate transactions required to effect the distribution to the
Distributing stockholders of the outstanding stock of Controlled, and to which this Agreement is
attached as an exhibit.
Distribution Date
means the Distribution Date as that term is defined in the
Distribution Agreement.
Distribution Taxes
means (i) any Taxes, calculated without regard to any Tax Assets
of the Distributing Group, imposed on any Distributing Group Member resulting from, or arising in
connection with the failure of the Distribution to be tax-free to such Distributing Group Member
under the Code, including any Tax resulting from the failure of the Distribution to qualify under
Section 355 and Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code or the application of Section 355(d) or Section
355(e) of the Code to the Distribution or corresponding provisions of other Tax Laws, and (ii) any
and all Losses relating to or arising from claims or lawsuits by stockholders of Distributing
resulting from the failure of the Distribution to be tax-free to such stockholders under the Code
or corresponding provisions of other applicable Tax Law.
Entertainment Assets
means the Entertainment Assets as that term is defined in the
Distribution Agreement.
Entity
means a partnership (whether general or limited), a corporation, a limited
liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an
unincorporated organization or any other entity, without regard to whether it is treated as a
disregarded entity for U.S. federal tax purposes.
Federal Income Tax
means any Tax imposed by Subtitle A or F of the Code.
Final Determination
means the final resolution of liability for any Tax, which
resolution may be for a specific issue or adjustment or for a Taxable Period, (a) by IRS Form 870
or 870-AD (or any successor forms thereto), on the date of acceptance by or on behalf of the
Controlling Company, or by a comparable form under the Tax Laws of a state, local or foreign taxing
jurisdiction, except that a Form 870 or 870-AD or comparable form shall not constitute a Final
Determination to the extent that it reserves (whether by its terms or by operation of law) the
right of the Controlling Company to file a claim for refund or the right of the Tax Authority
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to assert a further deficiency in respect of such issue or adjustment or for such Taxable
Period (as the case may be); (b) by a decision, judgment, decree, or other order by a court of
competent jurisdiction, which has become final and unappealable; (c) by a closing agreement or
accepted offer in compromise under Sections 7121 or 7122 of the Code, or a comparable agreement
under the Tax Laws of a state, local or foreign taxing jurisdiction; (d) by any allowance of a
refund or credit in respect of an overpayment of Tax, but only after the expiration of all periods
during which such refund may be recovered (including by way of offset) by the jurisdiction imposing
such Tax; (e) by a final settlement resulting from a treaty-based competent authority
determination; or (f) by any other final disposition, including by reason of the expiration of the
applicable statute of limitations.
Foreign Income Tax
means any Tax imposed by any foreign country or any possession of
the United States, or by any political subdivision of any foreign country or United States
possession, which is an income tax as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.901-2.
Group
means the Distributing Group or the Controlled Group, as the context requires,
and the term
Groups
means the Distributing Group and the Controlled Group.
Group Member
means any Distributing Group Member or any Controlled Group Member.
Holdco #2 Consolidated Group
shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
Holdco #2 Contribution
shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
Income Tax
means each of any Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax or Foreign Income
Tax, as the context requires.
Indemnification Expenses
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 7.3
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Indemnified Company
means (i) Distributing, in cases where it is entitled to be
indemnified for Losses by Controlled and Holdco #2 under this Agreement, and (ii) Controlled, in
cases where it is entitled to be indemnified for Losses by Distributing under this Agreement.
Indemnifying Company
means (i) Distributing, in cases where it is obligated to
indemnify Controlled for Losses under this Agreement, and (ii) Controlled and Holdco #2, in cases
where they are obligated to indemnify Distributing for Losses under this Agreement.
Independent Firm
means a recognized law or accounting firm;
provided
,
however
, that such term shall not include any accounting firm that performs or has
preformed audit services with respect to Distributing or Controlled.
IRS
means the Internal Revenue Service.
International Assets
means, collectively, the CCB International Assets, the
Controlled International Assets and the CCO International Assets.
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International Officers Certificates
means the letters executed by officers of
Distributing and Controlled provided to either Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP or Ernst &
Young, in connection with the International Tax Opinions.
International Restructuring
means the restructuring by Distributing of the
International Assets to cause the CCB International Assets to be held by CCB Group, the CCE
International Assets to the held by Controlled Group and the CCO International Assets to be held by
the CCO Group.
International Restructuring Taxes
means any and all Taxes imposed on or attributable
to any Group Member that arise from or are attributable to such Group Members distribution,
transfer, assignment, other disposition, receipt, purchase or other acquisition of International
Assets pursuant to the International Restructuring, however effected.
International Tax Opinions
means each of the opinions of Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP and Ernst & Young, addressing certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of
the International Restructuring.
Joint Taxes
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.1
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Letter Ruling
means the rulings by the IRS delivered to Distributing in connection
with the Distribution.
Loss
means any loss, cost, fine, penalty, fee, damage, obligation, liability,
payment in settlement, Tax or other expense of any kind, including reasonable attorneys fees and
costs, but excluding any consequential, special, punitive or exemplary damages.
Officers Certificate
means the letters executed by officers of Distributing and
Controlled provided to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, in connection with the Tax
Opinion.
Other Tax
means any Tax that is not an Income Tax, including any value added tax,
any real or personal property Tax, any flat minimum dollar Tax, any withholding Tax or any capital
duty tax.
Payment Date
means (i) with respect to any Federal Income Tax, each of the due date
for any required installment of estimated taxes determined under Section 6655 of the Code, the due
date (determined without regard to extensions) for filing any Tax Return determined under Section
6072 of the Code and the date any Tax Return is filed, and (ii) with respect to any other Tax, the
corresponding dates determined under the applicable Tax Law.
Payment Period
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.5
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Person
means an individual, any Entity or a governmental entity or any department,
agency or political subdivision thereof.
Post-Deconsolidation Events
shall have the meaning provided in
Section
2.6(c)
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Post-Deconsolidation Period
means, with respect to any Income Tax, any Tax Period
beginning after an applicable Deconsolidation Date, and, in the case of any Straddle Period, the
portion of such Straddle Period beginning on the day after the applicable Deconsolidation Date.
Pre-Deconsolidation Period
means, with respect to any Income Tax, any Tax Period
ending on or before the applicable Deconsolidation Date, and, in the case of any Straddle Period,
the portion of such Straddle Period ending on and including the applicable Deconsolidation Date.
Prior Tax Allocation Agreements
means any written or oral agreement or any other
arrangements relating to allocation of Taxes existing between or among any Distributing Group
Member and any Controlled Group Member as of the Distribution Date (other than this Agreement).
Reimbursement Statement
shall have the meaning provided in
Section 7.3
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Ruling\Opinion Documents
means the Ruling Request, the Letter Ruling, the Officers
Certificate and the Tax Opinion, including any and all any amendments and supplements to the
foregoing.
Ruling Request
means the letter filed by Distributing with the IRS requesting a
ruling from the IRS regarding certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Transactions
(including all attachments, exhibits and other materials submitted with such ruling request letter)
and any amendment or supplement to such ruling request letter.
Sale
shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Separate Company Tax
means any Tax computed by reference to the assets and
activities of a member or members of a single Group.
Series A Preferred Stock
shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
Series B Preferred Stock
shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
SFXE Loss
shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
Straddle Period
means any Tax Period that begins on or before and ends after any
applicable Deconsolidation Date.
State Income Tax
means any Tax imposed by any state of the United States, the
District of Columbia or any political subdivision of the foregoing, which is imposed on or
measured, in whole or in part, by income, capital or net worth or a taxable base in the nature of
income, capital or net worth, including franchise Taxes based on such factors.
Subsidiary
means, with respect to any Person, each Entity that such Person directly
or indirectly owns, beneficially or of record (i) an amount of voting securities of other interests
in such Entity that is sufficient to enable such Person to elect at least a majority of the members
of such Entitys board of directors or other governing body or (ii) at least 50% of the outstanding
equity or financial interests of such Entity.
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Tax
or
Taxes
means any income, gross income, gross receipts, profits,
capital stock, capital duty, franchise, withholding, payroll, social security, workers
compensation, unemployment, disability, property, ad valorem, stamp, excise, severance, occupation,
service, sales, use, license, lease, transfer, import, export, value added, alternative minimum,
estimated or other similar tax (including any fee, assessment, or other charge in the nature of or
in lieu of any tax) imposed by any governmental entity or political subdivision thereof, and any
interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.
Tax Asset
means any Tax Item that has accrued for Tax purposes, but has not been
used during a Taxable Period, and that could reduce a Tax in another Taxable Period, including a
net operating loss, net capital loss, investment tax credit, foreign tax credit, research and
experimentation credit, charitable deduction or credit related to alternative minimum tax or any
other Tax credit.
Tax Authority
means, with respect to any Tax, the governmental entity or political
subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of
such Tax for such governmental entity or political subdivision, including the IRS.
Tax Benefit
means any refund, credit or other reduction in otherwise required Tax
payments (including any reduction in estimated Tax payments).
Tax Contest
means an audit, review, examination or any other administrative or
judicial proceeding with the purpose or effect of redetermining Taxes of any member of any Group
(including any administrative or judicial review of any claim for refund) for any Tax Period.
Tax Detriment
means an increase in the Tax liability of any Group Member for any
Taxable Period or a decrease in a Tax Asset of any Group Member. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, a Tax Detriment shall be deemed to have been realized from a Tax Item in a Taxable
Period only if and to the extent that the Tax liability of the Group Member for such Tax Period,
after taking into account the effect of the Tax Item on the Tax liability of such Group Member in
the current Tax Period and all prior Tax Periods, is more than it would have been if such Tax
liability were determined without regard to such Tax Item.
Tax Item
means, with respect to any Tax, any item of income, gain, loss, deduction
or credit, or other attribute that may have the effect of increasing or decreasing any Tax.
Tax Law
means the law of any governmental entity or political subdivision thereof
relating to any Tax, including the Code.
Tax Opinion
means the opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP,
addressing certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Distribution under Sections 368 and
355 of the Code.
Tax Period
means, with respect to any Tax, the period for which the Tax is reported
as provided under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.
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Tax Records
means Tax Returns, Tax Return workpapers, documentation relating to any
Tax Contests and any other books of account or records required to be maintained under the Code or
other applicable Tax Laws or under any record retention agreement with any Tax Authority.
Tax Return
means any report of Taxes due, any claims for refund of Taxes paid, any
information return with respect to Taxes or any other similar report, statement, declaration or
document required to be filed under the Code or other Tax Law, including any attachments, exhibits
or other materials submitted with any of the foregoing, and including any amendments or supplements
to any of the foregoing.
Theater Business
means the Theater Business as that term is defined in the Ruling
Request.
Transactions
means the transactions contemplated by the Distribution Agreement.
Treasury Regulations
means the regulations promulgated from time to time under the
Code as in effect for the relevant Tax Period.
Other capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement shall have the meanings given
them.
Section 1.2.
Construction
.
Unless the context otherwise requires: (i) references to a Section (other than in connection
with the Code or the Treasury Regulations) refer to a section of this Agreement; (ii) the word
including shall mean including, but not limited to; and (iii) words used in the singular shall
also denote the plural, and words used in the plural shall also denote the singular. The headings
contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 2.
Indemnification; Allocation of Responsibility for Taxes
.
Section 2.1.
Indemnification
.
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Distributings Indemnity of Controlled
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Distributing shall indemnify Controlled, each other Controlled Group Member and their
respective directors, officers and employees (collectively, the
Distributing
Indemnitees
), and hold them harmless from and against any and all Losses that arise from or
are attributable to:
(1) any and all Taxes that are specifically allocated to or the responsibility
of Distributing under this Agreement;
(2) any failure by Distributing to make a payment required by this Agreement to
Controlled when due; and
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(3) any breach or nonperformance by Distributing of any of its representations,
warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement.
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(b)
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Controlleds and Holdco #2s Indemnity of Distributing
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Controlled and Holdco #2 shall, jointly and severally, indemnify Distributing, each other
Distributing Group Member and their respective directors, officers and employees (collectively, the
Controlled Indemnitees
), and hold them harmless from and against any and all Losses that
arise from or are attributable to:
(1) any and all Taxes that are specifically allocated to or the responsibility
of Controlled under this Agreement;
(2) any failure by Controlled to make a payment required by this Agreement to
Distributing when due; and
(3) any breach or nonperformance by Controlled of any of its representations,
warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement.
Section 2.2.
Allocation of Federal Income Taxes
.
Except as provided in
Section 2.6
, the responsibility for Federal Income Taxes imposed
on or attributable to any Group Member shall be allocated between Distributing and Controlled as
follows:
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(a)
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Distributings Responsibility for Federal Income Taxes
.
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Distributing shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes, including any
adjustment to such Federal Income Taxes as a result of a Final Determination, to the extent such
Federal Income Taxes are imposed on or are attributable to (i) any Distributing Group Member with
respect to any Tax Period and (ii) any Controlled Group Member with respect to any
Pre-Deconsolidation Period applicable to such Controlled Group Member.
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(b)
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Controlleds Responsibility for Federal Income Taxes
.
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Controlled shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes, including any adjustment
to such Federal Income Taxes as a result of a Final Determination, that are imposed on or are
attributable to any Controlled Group Member with respect to any Post-Deconsolidation Period
applicable to such Controlled Group Member.
Section 2.3.
Allocation of State Income Taxes
.
Except as provided in
Section 2.6
, the responsibility for any and all State Income
Taxes imposed on or attributable to any Group Member shall be allocated between Distributing and
Controlled as follows:
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(a)
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Distributings Responsibility for State Income Taxes
.
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Distributing shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes, including any adjustment
to such State Income Taxes as a result of a Final Determination, to the extent such State Income
Taxes are imposed on or are attributable to (i) any Distributing Group Member with respect to any
Tax Period and (ii) any Controlled Group Member with respect to any Pre-Deconsolidation Period
applicable to such Controlled Group Member.
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(b)
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Controlleds Responsibility for State Income Taxes
.
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Controlled shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes, including any adjustment
to such State Income Taxes as a result of a Final Determination, that are imposed on or are
attributable to any Controlled Group Member with respect to any Post-Deconsolidation Period
applicable to such Controlled Group Member.
Section 2.4.
Foreign Income Taxes
.
Except as provided in
Section 2.6
, the responsibility for Foreign Income Taxes that
are imposed on or are attributable to any Group Member shall be allocated between Distributing and
Controlled as follows:
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Distributings Responsibility for Foreign Income Taxes
.
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Distributing shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes, including any
adjustment to such Foreign Income Taxes as a result of a Final Determination, to the extent such
Foreign Income Taxes are imposed on or are attributable to any Distributing Group Member with
respect to any Tax Period.
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(b)
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Controlleds Responsibility for Foreign Income Taxes
.
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Controlled shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes, including any adjustment
to such Foreign Income Tax as a result of a Final Determination, to the extent such Foreign Income
Taxes are imposed on or are attributable to any Controlled Group Member with respect to any Tax
Period.
Section 2.5.
Allocation of Other Taxes
.
Except as provided in
Section 2.6
, the responsibility for Other Taxes imposed on or
attributable to any Group Member shall be allocated between Distributing and Controlled as follows:
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Distributings Responsibility for Other Taxes
.
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Distributing shall be responsible for any and all Other Taxes, including any adjustment to
such Other Taxes as a result of a Final Determination, to the extent such Other Taxes are imposed
on or attributable to any Distributing Group Member with respect to any Tax Period.
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(b)
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Controlleds Responsibility for Other Taxes
.
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Controlled shall be responsible for any and all Other Taxes, including any adjustment to such
Other Taxes as a result of a Final Determination, to the extent such Other Taxes are imposed on or
are attributable to any Controlled Group Member with respect to any Tax Period.
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(c)
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Other Taxes Imposed on Multiple Group Members
.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Section 2.5(a)
or
(b)
, with
respect to any Other Taxes for any Taxable Period that are imposed under applicable Tax Law on one
or more Distributing Group Members and one or more Controlled Group Members:
(1) Distributing shall be responsible for any and all such Other Taxes,
including any adjustment to such Other Taxes as a result of a Final Determination,
to the extent any Distributing Group Member is primarily responsible for such Other
Taxes under applicable Tax Law; and
(2) Controlled shall be responsible for any and all such Other Taxes, including
any adjustment to such Other Taxes as a result of a Final Determination, to the
extent any Controlled Group Member is primarily responsible for such Other Taxes
under applicable Tax Law.
Section 2.6.
Distribution Taxes; International Restructuring Taxes; Additional Taxes
.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the following
provisions shall apply:
(1)
Distributings Responsibility for Distribution Taxes
. Distributing
shall be responsible for one hundred percent (100%) of any Distribution Taxes that
result from one or more of the following:
(i) any act, failure to act or omission of or by any Distributing Group
Member that is inconsistent with any material, information, covenant or
representation in the Officers Certificate or the Ruling Request;
(ii) any act, failure to act or omission of or by any Distributing
Group Member after the Distribution Date, including a cessation, transfer to
Affiliates or disposition of the AMG Broadcasting Business, or an issuance
of stock, stock buyback or payment of an extraordinary dividend by any
Distributing Group Member following the Distribution Date;
(iii) any acquisition of any stock or assets of any Distributing Group
Member by one or more Persons prior to or following the Distribution; or
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(iv) any issuance by any Distributing Group Member, or change in
ownership of stock of any Distributing Group Member, that causes Section
355(d) or Section 355(e) of the Code to apply to the Distribution.
(2)
Controlleds Responsibility for Distribution Taxes
. Controlled
shall be responsible for one hundred percent (100%) of any Distribution Taxes that
result from one or more of the following:
(i) any act, failure to act or omission of or by any Controlled Group
Member that is inconsistent with any material, information, covenant or
representation in the Officers Certificate or the Ruling Request;
(ii) any act, failure to act or omission of or by any Controlled Group
Member after the Distribution Date, including a cessation, transfer to
Affiliates or disposition of the Theater Businesses, or an issuance of
stock, stock buyback or payment of an extraordinary dividend by any
Controlled Group Member following the Distribution Date;
(iii) any acquisition of any stock or assets of any Controlled Group
Member by one or more Persons prior to or following the Distribution Date;
or
(iv) any issuance by any Controlled Group Member, or change in
ownership of stock of any Controlled Group Member, that causes Section
355(d) or Section 355(e) of the Code to apply to the Distribution.
(3)
Joint Responsibility for Distribution Taxes
. The responsibility
for any Distribution Taxes not allocated under
Section 2.6(b)(1)
or
(2)
shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by Distributing and fifty percent
(50%) by Controlled.
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(b)
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International Restructuring Taxes
.
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Except as provided in
Section 2.6(a)
, but notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, the responsibility for International Restructuring Taxes imposed on or
attributable to any Group Member shall be allocated between Distributing and Controlled as follows:
(1)
Distributings Responsibility for International Restructuring
Taxes
. Except as provided in
Section 2.6(b)(2)
, Distributing shall be
responsible for any and all International Restructuring Taxes, including any
adjustment to such International Restructuring Taxes as a result of a Final
Determination, that are imposed on or attributable to any Group Member with respect
to any Tax Period.
(2)
Controlleds Responsibility for International Restructuring Taxes
.
Notwithstanding
Section 2.6(b)(1)
, Controlled shall be responsible for any
and all International Restructuring Taxes, including any adjustment to such
International Restructuring Taxes as a result of a Final Determination, that are
imposed on or
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attributable to any Group Member to the extent that such International
Restructuring Taxes result from one or more of the following:
(i) any act, failure to act or omission of or by any Controlled Group
Member that is inconsistent with any material, information, covenant or
representation in the International Officers Certificates;
(ii) any act, failure to act or omission of or by any Controlled Group
Member after an applicable Deconsolidation Event;
(iii) any acquisition of any stock or assets of any Controlled Group
Member by one or more Persons following an applicable Deconsolidation Event;
or
(iv) any issuance by any Controlled Group Member, or change in
ownership of stock of any Controlled Group Member, after an applicable
Deconsolidation Event that causes Section 355(d) or Section 355(e) of the
Code to apply to the International Restructuring.
Except as provided in
Section 2.6(a)
and
(b)
, but notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Controlled shall be responsible for one hundred
percent (100%) of any Additional Taxes, determined for each applicable Tax Period, imposed on any
Group Member that result or arise, in whole or in part, from any act, failure to act, event or
transaction that relates to the stock, assets or business of any Controlled Group Member that
occurs after the applicable Deconsolidation Event of such Controlled Group Member or any Controlled
Group Members breach of any representation, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement that
occurs after the applicable Deconsolidation Event of such Controlled Group Member
(
Post-Deconsolidation Events
), including:
(1) Additional Taxes resulting or arising from Distributing not being able to
utilize the SFXE Loss for Tax purposes as a result of Post-Deconsolidation Events;
and
(2) Additional Taxes resulting or arising from any Controlled Group Member
failing to provide assistance and cooperation to Distributing in accordance with
Section 6.1
or failing to retain Tax Records in accordance with
Section
6.2
.
Section 3.
Proration of Taxes; Allocation of Tax Items
.
For purposes of apportioning Taxes and Tax Items between Pre-Deconsolidation Periods and
Post-Deconsolidation Periods and for purposes of preparing and filing Tax Returns under this
Agreement, the following provisions shall apply:
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Section 3.1.
Proration of Tax Items
.
Except as provided in
Section 3.1(b)
, in the case of any Straddle Period, Tax Items
shall be apportioned between Pre-Deconsolidation Periods and Post-Deconsolidation Periods in
accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b) or an applicable
corresponding provision under the Tax Laws of any state, local or foreign jurisdiction, as such
corresponding provision is reasonably interpreted and applied by Distributing. No election shall
be made under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(ii) (relating to ratable allocation of a
years items). If any applicable Deconsolidation Date is not an Accounting Cutoff Date, the
principles of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(iii) will be applied to ratably allocate
the Tax Items (other than extraordinary items) for the month which includes the applicable
Deconsolidation Date.
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(b)
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Transaction Tax Items
.
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In determining the apportionment of Tax Items between Pre-Deconsolidation Periods and
Post-Deconsolidation Periods, any Tax Items relating to the Transactions shall be treated as
extraordinary items described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(ii)(C) and shall be
allocated to Pre-Deconsolidation Periods, and any Taxes related to such Tax Items shall be treated
under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(iv) as relating to such extraordinary item and
shall be allocated to Pre-Deconsolidation Periods.
Section 3.2.
Combined Tax Returns
.
With respect to any Combined Tax Return that includes Tax Items of one or more Controlled
Group Members that are allocable to any Post-Deconsolidation Period in accordance with the other
provisions of this Agreement, the Income Taxes that are treated as imposed on or attributable to
any such Controlled Group Members in the aggregate for purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed
equal to the amount of Income Taxes that would result if all Controlled Group Members for whom a
Deconsolidation Event has occurred and included in such Combined Tax Return had filed a
consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return based solely on their income, apportionment factors
and other Tax Items included in such Combined Tax Return that are allocable to a
Post-Deconsolidation Period in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement.
Section 3.3.
Allocation of Tax Assets and Earnings & Profits
.
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(a)
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Allocation of Tax Assets
.
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In connection with any Deconsolidation Event, Distributing shall determine in accordance with
applicable Tax Laws the allocation of any applicable Tax Assets among Distributing, each other
Distributing Group Member, Controlled and each other Controlled Group Member. The Companies hereby
agree that in the absence of controlling legal authority or unless otherwise provided under this
Agreement, each Tax Asset shall be allocated to the Group Member who generated such Tax Asset
(other than with respect to any Tax Asset created by reason of a contribution to the capital of
Controlled by Distributing on or before the
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Distribution Date, in which case Distributing shall be permitted to retain such Tax Asset).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Companies agree that the SFXE Loss is a Tax Asset of and shall
be allocated to Distributing.
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(b)
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Earnings and Profits
.
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Distributing shall advise Controlled in writing of the decrease in Distributings earnings and
profits attributable to any Deconsolidation Event under Section 312(h) of the Code on or before the
first anniversary of the applicable Deconsolidation Date;
provided
,
however
, that
Distributing shall provide Controlled with estimates of such amounts (determined in accordance with
past practice) prior to such anniversary as reasonably requested by Controlled.
Section 4.
Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns
.
Section 4.1.
Distributings Responsibility
.
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(a)
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Distributing Filed Returns
.
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Distributing shall have the exclusive obligation and right to prepare and file, or to cause to
be prepared and filed, all Tax Returns that include any Group Member if Distributing is responsible
under this Agreement for any portion of the Taxes reported on such Tax Returns (
Distributing
Filed Returns
), including (i) all Distributing Separate Returns, (ii) all Combined Tax
Returns, (iii) all Controlled Separate Returns for which Distributing is responsible for any
portion of any Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax or International Restructuring Tax reported on
such Controlled Separate Return, and Distributing shall have the exclusive obligation and right to
prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed, all Adjustment Requests made with respect
to Distributing Filed Returns. Controlled and Holdco #2 shall, and shall cause each other
Controlled Group Member to, assist and cooperate with Distributing in accordance with
Section
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with respect to the preparation and filing of all Distributing Filed Returns, including
providing information required to be provided in
Section 6
. In the case of any
Distributing Filed Return which is required by applicable Tax Law to be signed by any Controlled
Group Member (or by its authorized representative), Controlled and Holdco #2 shall cause such
Controlled Group Member (or its authorized representative) to sign such Distributing Filed Tax
Return.
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Election to Join Combined Returns
.
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Controlled and Holdco #2 shall cause each Controlled Group Member to elect and join in filing
Combined Tax Returns with any Distributing Group Member that Distributing reasonably determines are
required to be filed under applicable Tax Laws or will result in the minimization of the net
present value of the aggregate Tax to the Group Members eligible to join in such Combined Tax
Returns.
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(c)
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Appointment as Agent
.
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Each of Controlled and Holdco #2 hereby irrevocably designates, and agrees to cause each other
Controlled Group Member to so designate, Distributing as its sole and exclusive agent and
attorney-in-fact to take such action (including execution of documents) as Distributing, in its
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sole discretion, may deem appropriate in any and all matters (including Tax Contests) relating
to any Combined Tax Return.
Section 4.2.
Controlled Filed Returns
.
Controlled shall have the exclusive obligation and right to prepare and file, or to cause to
be prepared and filed, all Controlled Separate Returns that are not Distributing Filed Returns
(
Controlled Filed Returns
), and Controlled shall have the exclusive obligation and right
to prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed, all Adjustment Requests made with
respect to Controlled Filed Returns.
Section 4.3.
Tax Accounting Practices
.
Except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.3(b)
, to the extent the Tax accounting
practices or reporting position with respect to Tax Items reported on any Controlled Filed Return
might reasonably affect any Tax liability for which Distributing is responsible under this
Agreement, Controlled shall prepare such Controlled Filed Return and report such Tax Items in a
manner that is consistent with Distributings past Tax accounting practices and reporting positions
with respect to such Tax Items (unless such past Tax accounting practices or reporting positions
are no longer permissible under the Code or other applicable Tax Law), and to the extent any Tax
Items are not covered by past Tax accounting practices or reporting positions (or in the event such
past Tax accounting practices or reporting positions are no longer permissible under the Code or
other applicable Tax Law), in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices and reporting
positions selected by Distributing.
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Reporting of Transaction Tax Items
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The Tax treatment reported on any Tax Return of Tax Items relating to the Transactions shall
be consistent with the treatment of such Tax Items in the Ruling\Opinion Documents (unless such
treatment is not permissible under the Code or other applicable Tax Law). To the extent there is a
Tax Item relating to the Transactions which is not covered by the Ruling\Opinion Documents,
Distributing shall determine the proper Tax treatment of any such Tax Item and the method for
reporting such Tax Item on any Tax Return. Such treatment and reporting method shall be used by
Controlled in preparing and filing any Controlled Filed Return unless either (i) there is no
reasonable basis for such Tax treatment or (ii) such Tax treatment is inconsistent with the Tax
treatment contemplated in the Ruling\Opinion Documents. To the extent any Controlled Filed Return
includes a Tax Item relating to the Transactions, Controlled shall submit a copy of such Controlled
Filed Return to Distributing for its review. Controlled shall use its reasonable best efforts to
make such Controlled Filed Return available for Distributings review sufficiently in advance of
the due date for filing such Controlled Filed Return to provide Distributing with a meaningful
opportunity to analyze and comment on such Controlled Filed Return and have such Controlled Filed
Return modified before filing. Any dispute regarding the proper Tax treatment of any Tax Item
relating to the Transactions shall be referred for resolution pursuant to
Section 9
,
sufficiently in advance of the filing date of such
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Controlled Filed Return (including extensions) to permit the timely filing of the Controlled
Filed Return.
Section 4.4.
Right to Review Combined Tax Returns
.
Distributing shall make any Combined Tax Return and related workpapers available for review by
Controlled, if requested, to the extent (i) such Combined Tax Return relates to Taxes for which
Controlled may be responsible under this Agreement or (ii) Controlled reasonably determines that it
must inspect such Combined Tax Return to confirm its compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
Distributing shall use its reasonable best efforts to make such Combined Tax Return available for
review as required under this paragraph sufficiently in advance of the due date for filing such
Combined Tax Return to provide Controlled with a meaningful opportunity to analyze and comment on
such Combined Tax Return and have such Combined Tax Return modified before filing. Distributing
and Controlled shall attempt in good faith to resolve any issues arising out of the review of such
Combined Tax Returns.
Section 4.5.
Adjustment Requests; Carrybacks; Utilization of Tax Assets
.
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(a)
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Adjustment Requests and Carrybacks Requiring Distributings Consent
.
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Except as otherwise required by applicable Tax Law or unless Distributing otherwise consents
in writing, Controlled and Holdco #2 hereby agree to cause each Controlled Group Member (i) to not
make any Adjustment Request with respect to any Income Tax for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period
applicable to such Controlled Group Member and (ii) to make any available elections to relinquish
the right to claim in any Pre-Deconsolidation Period any Carryback Items of any Controlled Group
Member arising in a Post-Deconsolidation Period, including making the election under Section
172(b)(3) of the Code (and any similar provision of any other applicable Tax Laws) to relinquish
the right to carry back net operating losses. With respect to any Adjustment Request to which
Distributing grants its consent under the preceding sentence, Controlled shall reimburse
Distributing for its legal, accounting, administrative and other related expenses incurred in
preparing, filing and making any such Adjustment Request.
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Carrybacks to Pre-Deconsolidation Periods
.
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Notwithstanding
Section 4.5(a)
, if any Controlled Group Member is required by
applicable Tax Law to carry back a Carryback Item arising in a Post-Deconsolidation Period to a
Pre-Deconsolidation Period, the Companies agree that any Carryback Item of any Distributing Group
Member that may be carried back to the same Pre-Deconsolidation Period shall be deemed to be used
before any Carryback Item of any Controlled Group Member. If any Distributing Group Member
receives a refund or realizes a Tax Benefit as a result of a Carryback Item of any Controlled Group
Member arising in a Post-Deconsolidation Period being carried back to a Pre-Deconsolidation Period,
Distributing shall make a payment to Controlled in an amount equal to such refund or the realized
Tax Benefit within 30 days following either the receipt of such refund or the filing of the Tax
Return reflecting the realization of such Tax Benefit.
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Other Adjustment Requests Permitted
.
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With respect to any Tax imposed on or attributable to any Group Member for any applicable
Pre-Deconsolidation Period, Distributing may make an Adjustment Request with respect to such Tax,
including carrying back a Carryback Item of any Distributing Group Member arising in a
Post-Deconsolidation Period to any Pre-Deconsolidation Period. Any refund or other Tax Benefit
obtained as a result of any such Adjustment Request pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be for
the account of Distributing, and Distributing shall have no obligation to compensate or make a
payment to any Controlled Group Member in the event any such Adjustment Request results in a Tax
Detriment to any Controlled Group Member.
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Utilization of Tax Assets
.
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With respect to each Combined Tax Return and any adjustment to the Income Taxes reflected on a
Combined Tax Return as a result of a Tax Contest, Adjustment Request or otherwise, each Group
Member included in such Combined Tax Return shall be entitled to use, in accordance with applicable
Tax Laws, any and all Tax Assets of each other Group Member included in such Combined Tax Return.
Except as provided in
Section 5.1(d)
with respect to Joint Taxes, no Group Member that
utilizes the Tax Assets of any other Group Member shall be required to compensate or make any
payment to such other Group Member with respect to the utilization of such Tax Assets.
Section 5.
Payments Under this Agreement
.
Section 5.1.
Joint Taxes
.
With respect to any Tax for any Taxable Period for which Distributing and Controlled are each
responsible for a portion of such Tax under this Agreement (a
Joint Tax
), the following
provisions shall apply:
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Joint Taxes Relating to Combined Tax Returns
.
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With respect to any Joint Tax that is reflected or reported on any Combined Tax Return,
Distributing shall determine the amount of such Joint Tax that Controlled is responsible for under
Section 2
(
Controlleds Allocated Tax Liability
). At least 15 days prior to an
applicable Payment Date, Distributing shall deliver to Controlled a statement setting forth in
appropriate detail Distributings determination of Controlleds Allocated Tax Liability and the
amount (if any) of the cumulative net payments made with respect to such Joint Tax prior to the
date of such statement by the Controlled Group (
Controlleds Cumulative Tax Payment
).
Not more than 30 days after Controlleds receipt of such statement, Controlled shall pay
Distributing an amount equal to the excess (if any) of Controlleds Allocated Tax Liability, over
Controlleds Cumulative Tax Payment. If Controlleds Cumulative Tax Payment is greater than
Controlleds Allocated Tax Liability, then Distributing shall pay such excess to Controlled within
30 days of Distributings receipt of the corresponding Tax Benefit (
i.e.
, through either a
reduction in Distributings otherwise required Tax payment or a refund of prior Tax payments).
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With respect to any Joint Tax not described in
Section 5.1(a)
, Controlled shall
determine the amount of such Joint Tax that Distributing is responsible for under
Section 2
(
Distributings Allocated Tax Liability
). At least 15 days prior to an applicable
Payment Date, Controlled shall deliver to Distributing a statement setting forth in appropriate
detail Controlleds determination of Distributings Allocated Tax Liability and the amount (if any)
of the cumulative net payments made with respect to such Joint Tax prior to the date of such
statement by the Distributing Group (
Distributings Cumulative Tax Payment
). Not more
than 30 days after Distributings receipt of such statement, Distributing shall pay Controlled an
amount equal to the excess (if any) of Distributings Allocated Tax Liability, over Distributings
Cumulative Tax Payment. If Distributings Cumulative Tax Payment is greater than Distributings
Allocated Tax Liability, then Controlled shall pay such excess to Distributing within 30 days of
Controlleds receipt of the corresponding Tax Benefit (
i.e.
, through either a reduction in
Controlleds otherwise required Tax payment or a refund of prior Tax payments).
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(1) If there is any adjustment to any Joint Tax described in this
Section
5.1(a)
, whether as a result of a Tax Contest, Adjustment Request or otherwise,
Distributing shall redetermine Controlleds Allocated Tax Liability
(
Controlleds Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability
). After determining
Controlleds Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability, Distributing shall deliver to
Controlled a statement setting forth in appropriate detail Distributings
determination of Controlleds Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability and the amount
(if any) of Controlleds Cumulative Tax Payments made with respect to such Joint Tax
prior to the date of such statement. Not more than 30 days after Controlleds
receipt of such statement, Controlled shall pay Distributing an amount equal to the
excess (if any) of Controlleds Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability, over
Controlleds Cumulative Tax Payments. If Controlleds Cumulative Tax Payment is
greater than Controlleds Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability, then Distributing
shall pay such excess to Controlled within 30 days of Distributings receipt of the
corresponding Tax Benefit (
i.e.
, through either a reduction in
Distributings otherwise required Tax payment or a refund of prior Tax payments).
(2) If there is any adjustment to any Joint Tax described in this
Section
5.1(b)
, whether as a result of a Tax Contest, Adjustment Request or otherwise,
Controlled shall redetermine Distributings Allocated Tax Liability
(
Distributings Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability
). After determining
Distributings Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability, Controlled shall deliver to
Distributing a statement setting forth in appropriate detail Controlleds
determination of Distributings Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability and the amount
(if any) of Distributings Cumulative Tax Payments made with respect to such Joint
Tax prior to the date of such statement. Not more than 30 days after Distributings
receipt of such statement, Distributing shall pay Controlled an amount equal to the
excess (if any) of Distributings Redetermined Allocated Tax Liability, over
Distributings Cumulative Tax Payments. If Distributings
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Cumulative Tax Payment is greater than Distributings Redetermined Allocated
Tax Liability, then Controlled shall pay such excess to Distributing within 30 days
of Controlleds receipt of the corresponding Tax Benefit (
i.e.
, through
either a reduction in Controlleds otherwise required Tax payment or a refund of
prior Tax payments).
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If a Distributing Group Member realizes a Tax Benefit with respect to any Joint Tax upon its
utilization of a Tax Asset of a Controlled Group Member, Distributing shall make a payment to
Controlled equal to the Tax Benefit realized to the extent such utilized Tax Asset of the
Controlled Group Member arose or accrued during any Post-Deconsolidation Period applicable to such
Controlled Group Member. If a Controlled Group Member realizes a Tax Benefit with respect to any
Joint Tax upon its utilization of a Tax Asset of a Distributing Group Member, Controlled shall make
a payment to Distributing equal to the Tax Benefit realized to the extent such utilization occurs
during any Post-Deconsolidation Period applicable to such Controlled Group Member. Any payment
required to be made under this
Section 5.1(d)
shall be paid within 30 days following either
the receipt of a refund or the filing of the Tax Return reflecting the realization of such Tax
Benefit.
Section 5.2.
Payments to Tax Authority
.
With respect to each Tax Return that a Company is required to prepare and file under this
Agreement, such Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the applicable Tax Authority when due
(including extensions) all Taxes determined to be due and payable. With respect to any Joint Taxes
described in
Section 5.1(a)
, Distributing shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the applicable
Tax Authority when due such Joint Taxes. With respect to any Joint Taxes described in
Section
5.1(b)
, Controlled shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the applicable Tax Authority when due
such Joint Taxes.
Section 5.3.
Timing of Payments
.
In the event a Company is required to make a payment to the other Company under this Agreement
and the time for making such payment is not otherwise provided for in this Agreement, the first
Company shall make such payment within 30 days of its receipt of such other Companys written
demand for such payment, which written demand shall include in reasonable detail an explanation and
computation of the amount due.
Section 5.4.
Tax Treatment of Payments
.
Unless otherwise required by applicable Tax Law, the Companies agree that any payments made by
one Company to the other Companies (other than any reimbursement of expense pursuant to
Section
4.5(a)
, payments for Joint Taxes pursuant to
Section 5.1(b)
and interest payments
pursuant to
Section 5.5
) pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated for all Tax and
financial accounting purposes as nontaxable payments (dividend distributions or capital
contributions, as the case may be) made immediately prior to the Distribution and, accordingly, as
not includible in the Taxable income of the recipient Company or as deductible by the payor
Company. If, notwithstanding the previous sentence, there is a Final Determination that the
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recipient Companys receipt of such payment is subject to Tax, the payor Company shall pay to
the recipient Company an additional amount that, when added to the prior payment, will result in
the recipient Company receiving an amount equal to such prior payment, after taking into account
all Taxes that are payable by the recipient Company with respect to the receipt of such prior
payment and such additional amount.
Section 5.5.
Interest
.
Any payment that is not made within the period prescribed in this Agreement (the
Payment
Period
) shall bear interest at the Default Rate, compounded semiannually, for the period from
and including the date immediately following the last date of the Payment Period through and
including the date of payment. Notwithstanding
Section 5.4
, the interest payment shall be
treated as interest expense to the payor (deductible to the extent provided by applicable Tax Law)
and as interest income by the recipient (includible in income to the extent provided by applicable
Tax Law).
Section 6.
Assistance and Cooperation; Retention of Tax Records
.
Section 6.1.
Assistance and Cooperation
.
Controlled and Holdco #2 shall cause each Controlled Group Member to cooperate with
Distributing and its agents, including accounting firms and legal counsel, in connection with Tax
matters relating to Group Members including (i) the preparation and filing of Tax Returns, (ii)
determining the liability for and the amount of any Taxes due (including estimated Taxes) or the
right to an amount of any refund of Taxes and (iii) any Tax Contest. Such cooperation shall
include making all information and documents, including Tax Records, in any Controlled Group
Members possession relating to any Group Member available to Distributing for inspection during
normal business hours upon reasonable notice and, upon request by Distributing, providing copies,
at Controlleds expense, of such information and documents, including Tax Records. Controlled
shall also make available to Distributing, as reasonably requested and available, personnel
(including each Controlled Group Members officers, directors, employees and agents) responsible
for preparing, maintaining and interpreting information and documents relevant to Taxes, and
personnel reasonably required as witnesses or for purposes of providing information or documents in
connection with any Tax Contest. Any information or documents provided under this
Section
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shall be kept confidential by Distributing, except as may otherwise be necessary in
connection with the filing of Tax Returns or in connection with any Tax Contest.
Section 6.2.
Retention of Tax Records
.
Each Company shall preserve and keep all Tax Records exclusively relating to Separate Company
Taxes of their respective Groups for Pre-Deconsolidation Periods, and Distributing shall preserve
and keep all other Tax Records relating to Taxes of the Groups for Pre-Deconsolidation Periods, for
so long as the contents thereof may become material in the administration of any matter under the
Code or other applicable Tax Law, but in any event until the later of (i) the expiration of any
applicable statutes of limitation, and (ii) seven years after the date of the Distribution. If,
prior to the expiration of the applicable statute of limitation and such seven-year period, a
Company reasonably determines that any Tax Records which it is required
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to preserve and keep under this
Section 6.2
are no longer material in the
administration of any matter under the Code or other applicable Tax Law, such Company may dispose
of such Tax Records upon 90 days prior notice to the other Companies. Such notice shall include a
list of the Tax Records to be disposed of describing in reasonable detail each file, book or other
record accumulation being disposed. The notified Company shall have the opportunity, at its cost
and expense, to copy or remove, within such 90-day period, all or any part of such Tax Records.
Section 7.
Tax Contests
.
Section 7.1.
Notice
.
Each of the Companies shall provide prompt notice to the other Companies of any pending or
threatened Tax audit, assessment or proceeding or other Tax Contest of which it becomes aware that
could affect any Tax liability for which any of the other Companies may be responsible under this
Agreement,
provided
,
however
, that failure to give prompt notice shall not affect
the indemnification obligations hereunder except to the extent the Indemnifying Company is actually
prejudiced thereby. Such notice shall contain factual information (to the extent known) describing
such matters in reasonable detail and shall be accompanied by copies of any notice and other
documents received from any Tax Authority in respect of any such matters.
Section 7.2.
Control of Tax Contests
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Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Company responsible for preparing and
filing a Tax Return pursuant to
Section 4
of this Agreement (the
Controlling
Company
) shall have the exclusive right, in its sole discretion, to control, contest and
represent the interests of each Group in any Tax Contest relating to such Tax Return and to
resolve, settle or agree to any deficiency, claim or adjustment proposed, asserted or assessed in
connection with or as a result of any such Tax Contest. The Controlling Companys rights shall
extend to any matter pertaining to the management and control of the Tax Contest, including
execution of waivers, choice of forum, scheduling of conferences and the resolution of any Tax
Item.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Distributing shall have
the exclusive right, in its sole discretion, to control, contest and represent the interests of
each Group in any Tax Contest relating, in whole or in part, to Additional Taxes, Distribution
Taxes and International Restructuring Taxes and to resolve, settle or agree to any deficiency,
claim or adjustment proposed, asserted or assessed in connection with or as a result of any such
Tax Contest. Distributings rights shall extend to any matter pertaining to the management and
control of the Tax Contest, including execution of waivers, choice of forum, scheduling of
conferences and the resolution of any Tax Item.
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In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any Other Tax for which Controlled is solely
responsible under
Section 2.5
, Controlled shall have the exclusive right, in its sole
discretion, to control, contest and represent the interests of the Controlled Group in such Tax
Contest and to resolve, settle or agree to any deficiency, claim or adjustment proposed, asserted
or assessed in connection with or as a result of any such Tax Contest. With respect to any Other
Tax not described in the preceding sentence, Distributing shall have the exclusive right, in its
sole discretion, to control, contest and represent the interests of the Groups in such Tax Contest
and to resolve, settle or agree to any deficiency, claim or adjustment proposed, asserted or
assessed in connection with or as a result of any such Tax Contest.
Section 7.3.
Reimbursement of Expenses
.
If the Indemnifying Company is not the Controlling Company, the Indemnifying Company shall
reimburse the Controlling Company for its costs (including accountants fees, investigatory fees
and fees and disbursements of tax counsel) (
Indemnification Expenses
) incurred in any Tax
Contest that are reasonably allocable to the portion of the contested Taxes that would be the
responsibility of the Indemnifying Company hereunder upon a Final Determination that such contested
Taxes are due. The Controlling Company shall provide the Indemnifying Company with a written
statement (a
Reimbursement Statement
) periodically (but not more often than monthly) that
sets forth the amount of the Controlling Companys Indemnification Expenses since the most recent
Reimbursement Statement and due hereunder. Within 15 days of the Indemnifying Companys receipt of
each Reimbursement Statement, the Indemnifying Company shall pay to the Controlling Company the
total amount of the Indemnification Expenses shown on such Reimbursement Statement.
Section 8.
Continuing Covenants
.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each of Distributing (for itself and each
other Distributing Group Member), Controlled (for itself and each other Controlled Group Member)
and Holdco #2 agrees (i) not to take any action reasonably expected to result in an increased Tax
liability to another Company, a reduction in a Tax Asset of another Company or an increased
liability to another Company under this Agreement, (ii) not to take any action, fail to take any
action or commit any omission that would result in Additional Taxes or Distribution Taxes and (iii)
to take any action reasonably requested by a Company that would reasonably be expected to result in
a Tax Benefit or avoid a Tax Detriment to such Company;
provided
, that such action does not
result in any additional direct or indirect cost not fully compensated for by the requesting
Company.
Each of Distributing (for itself and each other Distributing Group Member) and Controlled (for
itself and each other Controlled Group Member) agrees that it will not take or fail to take any
action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with any material, information,
covenant or representation contained in the Officers Certificate or Ruling Request.
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For this purpose, an action is considered inconsistent with a representation if the
representation states that there is no plan or intention to take such action. Each of Distributing
(for itself and each other Distributing Group Member) and Controlled (for itself and each other
Controlled Group Member) agrees that it will not take any position on a Tax Return that is
inconsistent with the treatment of (i) the transfer of the Entertainment Assets by members of the
Distributing Group to members of the Controlled Group pursuant to the Holdco #2 Contribution or as
otherwise contemplated by the Distribution Agreement as a tax-free reorganization under Section
368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, or (ii) the Distribution as tax-free under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D)
of the Code.
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Distributing agrees that during the 2 year period following the Distribution, without first
obtaining a tax opinion from an Independent Firm that the following actions or combination of such
actions will not result in Distribution Taxes: (1) Distributing shall not sell or transfer all or
substantially all of the assets comprising the AMG Broadcasting Business; (2) Distributing shall
not merge with another Entity, without regard to which Entity survives, except in a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A), (C) or (D), or an exchange under Section 351, of the
Code where the stockholders of Distributing own more than 50 percent of the stock of the surviving
Entity (for this purpose any shares of Distributing acquired by any Person after the Distribution
shall not be considered to be held by a stockholder of Distributing); and (3) Distributing shall
not issue stock of Distributing (or any instrument that is convertible or exchangeable into any
such stock) in an acquisition or public or private offering (excluding any issuance pursuant to the
exercise of employee stock options or other employment related arrangements having customary terms
and conditions and that satisfy the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section
1.355-7(e)(4)(ii)), unless following such issuance of stock, the stockholders of Distributing
continue to own more than 50 percent of the stock of Distributing (for this purpose any shares of
Distributing acquired by any Person after the Distribution shall not be considered to be held by a
stockholder of Distributing).
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During the 2 year period following the Distribution, without first obtaining the prior written
consent of Distributing, which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion: (1) Controlled
shall not sell or transfer any material asset of or comprising the Theater Business or any interest
in any Entity that conducts the Theater Business; (2) Controlled shall not, and shall not permit
any Controlled Group Member which conducts the Theater Business to, merge with another Entity,
without regard to which party is the surviving Entity; and (3) Controlled shall not issue or cause
to be issued stock of any Controlled Group Member (or any instrument that is convertible or
exchangeable into any such stock) in an acquisition or public or private offering, and shall not
issue stock of Controlled (or any instrument that is convertible or exchangeable into any such
stock) in an acquisition or public or private offering (excluding any issuance pursuant to the
exercise of employee stock options or other employment related arrangements having customary terms
and conditions and that satisfy the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section
1.355-7(e)(4)(ii)).
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During the 6 year period following the Sale, without first obtaining the prior written consent
of Distributing, which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion, neither Controlled nor
Holdco #2 shall acquire, however effected, or permit or cause any Controlled Group Member to
acquire, however effected, any shares of either the Series A Preferred Stock or the Series B
Preferred Stock.
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Not later than 20 days prior to entering into any oral or written contract or agreement, and
not later than 5 days after it first becomes aware of any negotiations, plan or intention
(regardless of whether it is a party to such negotiations, plan or intention), regarding any of the
transactions described in
Section 8(c)
,
(d)
or
(e)
, each Company shall
provide written notice of its intent to consummate such transaction or the negotiations, plan or
intention of which it becomes aware, to the other Companies.
Section 9.
Dispute Resolution
.
In the event that the Companies disagree as to the amount or calculation of any payment to be
made under this Agreement, or the interpretation or application of any provision under this
Agreement, the Companies shall attempt in good faith to resolve such dispute. If such dispute is
not resolved within 60 days following the commencement of the dispute, the Companies shall jointly
retain an Independent Firm, reasonably acceptable to the Companies, to resolve the dispute;
provided
,
however
, that in order to pursue any such dispute resolution under this
Section 9
, the Indemnifying Company must first pay to the Indemnified Company, or place in
an escrow reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Company pending resolution of such dispute, an
amount equal to the payment which is the subject of such dispute. The Independent Firm shall act
as an arbitrator to resolve all points of disagreement and its decision shall be final and binding
upon the Companies. Following the decision of the Independent Firm, the Companies shall take, or
cause to be taken, any action necessary to implement the decision of the Independent Firm. The
fees and expenses relating to the Independent Firm shall be borne by the Company that does not
prevail in the dispute resolution proceeding. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, the dispute resolution provisions set forth in this
Section 9
shall not be
applicable to any disagreement between the Companies relating to Distribution Taxes, the SFXE Loss,
International Restructuring Taxes or any matter relating to any Tax Contest.
Section 10.
General Provisions
.
Section 10.1.
Effectiveness; Termination of Prior Tax Allocation Agreements
.
This Agreement shall be effective on the date first written above. Immediately prior to the
close of business on the date hereof (i) all Prior Tax Allocation Agreements shall be terminated,
and (ii) amounts due under such Prior Tax Allocation Agreements as of the date hereof shall be
settled. Upon such termination and settlement, no further payments by or to any Distributing Group
Member or by or to any Controlled Group Member, with respect to such Prior Tax Allocation
Agreements, shall be made, and all other rights and obligations resulting
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from such Prior Tax Allocation Agreements between the Companies and their Affiliates shall
cease at such time. Any payments pursuant to such Prior Tax Allocation Agreements shall be ignored
for purposes of computing amounts due under this Agreement.
Section 10.2.
Survival of Obligations
.
The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be
unconditional and absolute and shall remain in effect without limitation as to time.
Section 10.3.
Addresses and Notices
.
All notices, consents, requests, instructions, approvals, statements, reports and other
communications provided for herein shall be validly given, made or served, if in writing and
delivered personally or sent by registered mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile transmission:
If to Distributing:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 E. Basse Road
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
If to Controlled:
CCE Spinco, Inc.
9348 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
If to Holdco #2:
Holdco #2, Inc.
9348 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
or to such other address that a Company may, from time to time, designate in a written notice to
the other Company given in a like manner. Notice delivered personally shall be deemed delivered
when received by the recipient. Notice given by mail as set out above shall be deemed delivered
five calendar days after the date the same is mailed. Notice given by facsimile transmission shall
be deemed delivered on the day of transmission provided telephone confirmation of receipt is
obtained promptly after completion of transmission.
Section 10.4.
Binding Effect
.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Companies and their
successors and assigns.
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Section 10.5.
Waiver
.
No failure by any Company to insist upon the strict performance of any obligation under this
Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement shall constitute waiver of any
such obligation, right or remedy or any other obligation, rights or remedies under this Agreement.
Section 10.6.
Invalidity of Provisions
.
If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein
shall not be affected thereby.
Section 10.7.
Further Action
.
Each Company shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or
refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this
Agreement, including the execution and delivery to the other Companies and their Affiliates and
representatives of such powers of attorney or other authorizing documentation as is reasonably
necessary or appropriate in connection with Tax Contests under the control of any such other
Company in accordance with
Section 7
.
Section 10.8.
Integration
.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Companies pertaining to the subject
matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining thereto.
In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Distribution Agreement or any
other agreements relating to the transactions contemplated by the Distribution Agreement, the
provisions of this Agreement shall control.
Section 10.9.
Construction
.
The language in all parts of this Agreement shall in all cases be construed according to its
fair meaning and shall not be strictly construed for or against any Company.
Section 10.10.
No Double Recovery
.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to provide an indemnity or other recovery
for any costs, damages or other amounts for which the damaged Company has been fully compensated
under any other provision of this Agreement or under any other agreement or action at law or
equity. Unless expressly required in this Agreement, a Company shall not be required to exhaust
all remedies available under other agreements or at law or equity before recovering under the
remedies provided in this Agreement.
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Section 10.11.
Setoff
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All payments to be made by any Company under this Agreement may be netted against payments due
to such Company under this Agreement, but otherwise shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or
withholding, all of which are hereby expressly waived.
Section 10.12.
Counterparts
.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 10.13.
No Third Party Rights
.
This Agreement is only intended to allocate the responsibility for certain Taxes between
Distributing and Controlled and to address the other Tax matters stated herein. Nothing in this
Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall confer any right, benefit or remedy of any
nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement upon any Group Member or Person other than
Distributing and Controlled. Distributing and Controlled acknowledge and agree that the respective
rights of the Distributing Indemnitees and the Controlled Indemnitees expressly provided under this
Agreement may only be enforced by Controlled and Distributing, respectively.
Section 10.14.
Governing Law
.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in the State of Delaware.
[Signature Page Follows]
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In Witness Whereof
, the Companies have caused this Agreement to be executed by their
respective officers as of the date set forth above.
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The undersigned subsidiaries of CCE Spinco, Inc. have caused this Tax Matters Agreement to be
executed to be effective on the date first written above by their respective duly authorized
officers for the purpose of agreeing to be bound to this Tax Matters Agreement and to be liable,
jointly and severally, with CCE Spinco, Inc. and CCE Holdco #2, Inc. to Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. for all covenants, agreements, liabilities and obligations provided herein or
arising hereunder.
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Exhibit 10.6
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CCE HOLDCO #2, INC.
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the corporation (which is hereinafter referred to as the
Corporation
) is:
CCE Holdco #2, Inc.
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT
The address of the Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of the
Corporations registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Corporation shall be to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized and incorporated under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
SECTION 1.
Authorized Capital Stock
. The Corporation shall be authorized to issue
12,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which (a) 10,000,000 shares shall be shares of Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share (the
Common Stock
), and (b) 2,000,000 shares shall be shares of
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
Preferred Stock
). Shares of Preferred Stock may be
issued from time to time in one or more series.
SECTION 2.
Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred
. Out of the 2,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock authorized by SECTION 1 of this ARTICLE IV, there is hereby created a series of
200,000 shares of Preferred Stock to be designated Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock (the
Series A Preferred
) and there is hereby created a series of 200,000 shares of Preferred Stock to
be designated Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock (the
Series B Preferred
). The voting powers,
preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions, of the Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred, respectively,
are as follows:
(a)
Rank
. The Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred shall rank on a
parity with one another with respect to dividend rights and rights upon Liquidation and,
except as otherwise provided in this SECTION 2, the Series A Preferred and the Series B
Preferred shall rank on a parity with one another in all other respects. The Series A
Preferred and the Series B Preferred (sometimes collectively referred to as the
Designated
Preferred
) shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon Liquidation, rank: (i)
senior to the Common Stock and each other class or series of capital stock of the
Corporation or series of Preferred Stock established after the date of this Certificate of
Incorporation and issued in accordance with the terms of this ARTICLE IV, the terms of which
do not expressly provide that it ranks senior to or on parity with the Designated Preferred
as to dividend rights and rights upon Liquidation (collectively referred to as
Junior
Securities
); (ii) on a parity with each other class or series of capital stock of the
Corporation or series of Preferred Stock established after the date of this Certificate of
Incorporation and issued in accordance with the terms of this ARTICLE IV, the terms of which
expressly provide that such class or series shall rank on a parity with the Designated
Preferred as to dividend rights and rights upon Liquidation (collectively referred to as
Parity Securities
); and (iii) junior to each other class or series of capital stock of the
Corporation or series of Preferred Stock established after the date of this Certificate of
Incorporation and issued in accordance with the terms of this ARTICLE IV, the terms of which
expressly provide that such class or series shall rank senior to the Designated Preferred as
to dividend rights and amounts payable upon Liquidation (collectively referred to as
Senior
Securities
).
(b)
Dividends
.
(i)
Dividend Rate
. Dividends in respect of each outstanding share of
Designated Preferred (
Designated Preferred Dividends
) shall accrue on a daily
basis from the date of issuance at an annual rate equal to the Dividend Rate (as
defined below) multiplied by the sum of (A) $100 (as it may be adjusted with respect
to each series of Designated Preferred pursuant to SECTION 2(j) of this ARTICLE IV,
the
Stated Liquidation Preference
) plus (B) the amount of all Designated Preferred
Dividends and Designated Preferred Penalty Dividends (as defined below), if any,
that have accrued with respect to such share after the issuance of such share and on
or prior to the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date (as defined below), less
the amount of all Designated Preferred Dividends and Designated Preferred Penalty
Dividends paid with respect to such share since the issuance of such share
(collectively,
Accumulated Dividends
). The
Dividend Rate
shall be 13% per annum,
except that the
Dividend Rate
shall be 15.5% per annum with respect to each day on
which a Default occurs or a Default has occurred and is continuing. If a Triggering
Event occurs during any Dividend Period (as defined below) then additional dividends
in respect of each outstanding share of Designated Preferred (
Designated Preferred
Penalty Dividends
) shall accrue from the beginning of such Dividend Period at the
applicable annual penalty dividend rates set forth in the following table:
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Leverage Ratio
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Annual Penalty Dividend Rate
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Greater than 4.0 to 1.0 but less than
or equal to 5.0 to 1.0
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2
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%
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Greater than 5.0 to 1.0 but less than
or equal to 6.0 to 1.0
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5
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Greater than 6.0 to 1.0
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7
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Designated Preferred Dividends and Designated Preferred Penalty Dividends, if any,
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
(ii)
Payment Dates
. Designated Preferred Dividends and Designated
Preferred Penalty Dividends, if any, are payable on the last day of March, June,
September and December of each year (each of such dates being a
Dividend Payment
Date
and each such quarterly period being a
Dividend Period
) beginning on March
31, 2006. If any Dividend Payment Date is not a business day, Designated Preferred
Dividends and Designated Preferred Penalty Dividends, if any, shall be payable on
the next succeeding business day. Designated Preferred Dividends and Designated
Preferred Penalty Dividends, if any, payable on any Dividend Payment Date shall be
payable to holders of record as they appear in the Corporations stock records at
the close of business on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 immediately
preceding the Dividend Payment Date. Accumulated Dividends for any Dividend Period
not paid on the regular Dividend Payment Date may be declared and paid at any time,
without reference to any Dividend Payment Date, to the holders of record of the
Designated Preferred as they appear on the Corporations stock register at the close
of business on the record date as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, which
record date shall be not more than 60 days or less than 10 days prior to the payment
date.
(iii)
Accrual and Accumulation of Dividends
. Designated Preferred
Dividends and Designated Preferred Penalty Dividends, if any, shall accrue whether
or not the Corporation has earnings or profits, whether or not there are funds
legally available for the payment of such dividends and whether or not dividends are
declared. Designated Preferred Dividends and Designated Preferred Penalty Dividends,
if any, shall be cumulative such that any Designated Preferred Dividends or
Designated Preferred Penalty Dividends accrued but not paid on any Dividend Payment
Date shall accumulate until paid and shall accrue additional dividends to and
including the date of payment thereof at the Dividend Rate and giving effect to any
Designated Preferred Penalty Dividend then in effect, compounded quarterly on each
subsequent Dividend Payment Date. Each payment of Designated Preferred Dividends and
Designated Preferred Penalty Dividends, if any, shall be credited first against the
Accumulated Dividends with respect to the earliest Dividend Period for which
dividends have not been paid in full.
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(iv)
Form of Payment
. All Designated Preferred Dividends and Designated
Preferred Penalty Dividends, if any, declared by the Board of Directors and paid by
the Corporation shall be payable in cash.
(v)
Restriction on Dividend Payments
. No dividend whatsoever shall be
declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any
outstanding share of Designated Preferred with respect to any Dividend Period unless
all dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid upon,
or declared and a sufficient sum set apart for the payment of such dividends upon,
all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred. Unless all Accumulated Dividends on
all outstanding Designated Preferred shall have been declared and paid, or declared
and a sufficient sum for the payment thereof set apart, then: (A) no dividend or
distribution (other than a dividend or distribution payable solely in shares of, or
options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, any Junior
Securities) shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of
any dividends or distributions upon, any shares of Junior Securities or Parity
Securities, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred and Series B
Preferred and all such Parity Securities on which dividends are accrued, accumulated
and unpaid in proportion to the total amounts to which holders of all such shares
are then entitled; (B) no shares of Junior Securities or Parity Securities shall be
purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired or retired for value (excluding an
exchange for shares of Junior Securities) by the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries, except for purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions or retirements
for value paid ratably on the Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred and all such
Parity Securities; and (C) no monies shall be paid into or set apart or made
available for a sinking or other like fund for the purchase, redemption or other
acquisition or retirement for value of any shares of Junior Securities by the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the foregoing
limitations shall not apply with respect to Junior Securities if at the date of each
such dividend, distribution, purchase, redemption, acquisition, retiring for value,
payment, setting apart or making available, full cumulative dividends determined in
accordance herewith on the Designated Preferred have been paid in full for all
dividend periods ended prior to the date of such event and such event is otherwise
permitted by SECTION 2(g)(xvii) of this ARTICLE IV.
(c)
Liquidation
.
(i)
Liquidation Preference
. In the event of any Liquidation, before any
payment or distribution of the Corporations assets (whether capital or surplus), or
proceeds thereof, is made to, or set apart for, the holders of Junior Securities,
holders of Designated Preferred shall be entitled to receive in respect of each
share of Designated Preferred payment out of the Corporations assets, or the
proceeds thereof, available for distribution of an amount equal to the sum of (A)
the Stated Liquidation Preference, (B) any Accumulated Dividends accrued with
respect to such share and (C) any dividends accrued during the current Dividend
Period to, but not including, the date of final distribution with respect to such
share. If, upon any Liquidation, the Corporations assets, or proceeds thereof, are
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insufficient to pay, in full, the Stated Liquidation Preference and the other
liquidating payments to which the holders of any Parity Securities are entitled,
then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of
Designated Preferred and such Parity Securities ratably in proportion to the
respective amounts that would be payable on such shares of Designated Preferred and
any such Parity Securities if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.
(ii)
No Further Participation
. After payment of the full amount of the
sum of (A) the Stated Liquidation Preference, (B) any Accumulated Dividends accrued
with respect to such share and (C) any dividends accrued during the current Dividend
Period to, but not including, the date of final distribution with respect to such
share, to which the holders of shares of Designated Preferred are entitled, the
holders of the Designated Preferred shall have no further right or claim to any of
the Corporations remaining assets, or the proceeds thereof.
(d)
Redemption
.
(i)
Mandatory Redemption
. On December 21, 2011 (the
Mandatory
Redemption Date
), the Corporation shall redeem all of the outstanding shares of
Designated Preferred, in cash, at a redemption price, calculated as of such date,
equal to the sum of (A) the Stated Liquidation Preference, (B) any Accumulated
Dividends accrued with respect to such share and (C) any dividends accrued during
the current Dividend Period to, but not including, the date of final distribution
with respect to such share. If the Corporation does not have sufficient funds or is
not permitted under applicable law to redeem all of the outstanding shares of
Designated Preferred on the Mandatory Redemption Date, the Corporation shall use all
legally available funds to effect such redemption with respect to the maximum number
of shares of Designated Preferred. The Corporation shall allocate the shares of
Designated Preferred to be redeemed ratably between the Series A Preferred and the
Series B Preferred in proportion to the number of shares of each such series then
outstanding. The Corporation shall allocate the shares of Series A Preferred and
Series B Preferred to be redeemed ratably among the holders of the outstanding
shares of each such series in proportion to the number of such shares then held by
each holder. The shares of Designated Preferred not redeemed shall remain
outstanding and entitled to all of the rights and preferences provided herein.
Subject to the other provisions hereof, the Corporation shall redeem the balance of
the shares of Designated Preferred on the first date thereafter on which the
Corporation may legally do so (subject to the allocation provisions set forth above
with respect to any further redemption in part).
(ii)
Notice of Redemption
. The Corporation shall give notice of the
mandatory redemption of Designated Preferred to each holder of record of Designated
Preferred not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days before the redemption date;
provided that neither the failure to give such notice nor any defect therein shall
affect the validity of the procedure for the redemption of any shares of Designated
Preferred to be redeemed except as to any holder to whom
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the Corporation has failed to give said notice or whose notice was defective.
The notice of mandatory redemption shall state: (A) the redemption date; (B) the
redemption price; (C) if less than all Designated Preferred are to be redeemed, the
aggregate number of shares of Designated Preferred to be redeemed and the number of
shares held by the addressee of such notice to be redeemed; (D) the place or places
where certificates evidencing shares of Designated Preferred to be redeemed are to
be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (E) that, on the redemption
date, the redemption price shall become due and payable upon each such share of
Designated Preferred to be redeemed and that dividends on the shares of Designated
Preferred to be redeemed shall cease to accrue on such redemption date. Such notice
shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed to each holder of record
of Designated Preferred at such holders address as the same appears on the
Corporations stock register. Upon surrender of the certificates for shares of
Designated Preferred so redeemed, in accordance with the notice of mandatory
redemption, such shares of Designated Preferred shall be redeemed by the Corporation
at the redemption price aforesaid. If fewer than the total number of shares of
Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred represented by a certificate are redeemed,
the Corporation shall issue and deliver to the holder a new certificate representing
the number of unredeemed shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as the
case may be.
(iii)
Redemption Price
. Prior to any redemption date, the Corporation
shall segregate and hold in trust an amount sufficient to pay the redemption price
of all share of Designated Preferred to be redeemed on that date.
(iv)
No Rights in Respect of Redeemed Shares
. From and after the
redemption date (unless the Corporation defaults in the payment in full of the
redemption price of the shares called for redemption), dividends on the shares of
Designated Preferred so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and all rights
of the holders thereof, as holders of such shares of Designated Preferred (except
the right to receive from the Corporation the redemption price), shall cease.
(v)
Restrictions After Failure to Effect Full Redemption
. If and for so
long as the Corporation fails to redeem, for any reason, all of the outstanding
shares of Designated Preferred pursuant to this SECTION 2(d), the Corporation shall
not, directly or indirectly, (A) redeem or otherwise acquire any Parity Securities
or discharge any mandatory or optional redemption, sinking fund or other similar
obligation in respect of any Parity Securities (except in connection with a
redemption, sinking fund or other similar obligation in which shares of Designated
Preferred receive a pro rata share) or (B) declare or make any distribution on
Junior Securities, or redeem or otherwise acquire any Junior Securities, or
discharge any mandatory or optional redemption, sinking fund or other similar
obligation in respect of Junior Securities.
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(e)
Repurchase Offer Upon Change of Control
.
(i)
Repurchase Offer
. At least 20 days prior to the consummation by the
Corporation of any transaction that would result in or constitute a Change of
Control, the Corporation shall give notice to each holder of Designated Preferred
describing the transaction or transactions that constitute a Change of Control and
providing a written offer (the
Repurchase Offer
) to purchase all of the shares of
Designated Preferred held by such holder at a purchase price for such shares equal
to 101% of the sum of (A) the Stated Liquidation Preference, (B) any Accumulated
Dividends accrued with respect to such share and (C) any dividends accrued during
the current Dividend Period to, but not including, the date of final distribution
with respect to such share, calculated as of the day on which such purchase is
consummated (such amount, the
Repurchase Price
). The Repurchase Offer shall be
conditioned upon the consummation by the Corporation of the Change of Control but
shall otherwise be irrevocable.
(ii)
Compliance with Securities Laws
. The Corporation shall comply with
the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the
Exchange Act
) and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent
those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of
Designated Preferred as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the any of the
provisions of this SECTION 2(e), the Corporation shall comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and shall be deemed not to have breached its
obligations under this SECTION 2(e) by virtue of such compliance.
(iii)
Closing of the Repurchase Offer
. Immediately prior to the
consummation of the Change of Control, the Corporation shall (A) repurchase all
shares of Designated Preferred properly tendered pursuant to the Repurchase Offer,
and (B) segregate and hold in trust an amount sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price
for all shares of Designated Preferred so tendered. Upon surrender of the
certificates for shares of Designated Preferred so tendered (properly endorsed for
transfer), free and clear of any restrictions, liens or claims, together with such
other instruments of transfer as the Corporation may reasonably request, in
accordance with the Repurchase Offer, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each
holder of shares of Designated Preferred so tendered the applicable payment for
those shares of Designated Preferred. If fewer than the total number of shares of
Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred represented by a certificate are
repurchased, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to the holder a new certificate
representing the number of unpurchased shares of Series A Preferred or Series B
Preferred, as the case may be. The Corporation shall publicly announce the results
of its Repurchase Offer on or as soon as practicable after consummation of the
Repurchase Offer.
(iv)
Third Party Change of Control Offer
. The Corporation shall not be
required to make a Repurchase Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control if a
third party makes an offer to purchase the Designated Preferred in the manner,
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at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements described in
this SECTION 2(e) and purchases all shares of Designated Preferred validly tendered
and not withdrawn.
(v)
Failure to Comply
. The Corporation may not consummate any
transaction that would result in or constitute a Change of Control unless it has
complied in full with its obligations with respect thereto pursuant to this SECTION
2(e).
(f)
Voting Rights
.
(i)
Series A Preferred
. In connection with the election of directors,
the holders of Series A Preferred shall have such voting rights as shall be set
forth in ARTICLE VI. In connection with all matters submitted to a vote or written
consent of stockholders of the Corporation, other than the election of directors,
for so long as any shares of Series A Preferred are outstanding, every holder of
Series A Preferred shall be entitled to the Specified Number of votes, in person or
by proxy, for each share of Series A Preferred outstanding in such holders name on
the transfer books of the Corporation on the record date for such vote or written
consent of stockholders (or, if no record date is established, at the date such vote
is taken or such written consent is first solicited). The holders of Series A
Preferred shall vote together with the holders of the Common Stock on all matters
upon which holders of Common Stock have the right to vote, other than the election
of directors and other than such other matters required by law or this Certificate
of Incorporation to be submitted to a class or series vote. Fractional votes shall
be permitted, provided that any fractional votes shall be rounded to the nearest
one-hundredth of a vote (with five-thousandths being rounded upward). Each holder of
shares of Series A Preferred shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders meeting
in accordance with the By-Laws of the Corporation.
(ii)
Series B Preferred
. The holders of shares of Series B Preferred
are not entitled to any voting rights except as specifically provided in SECTION
2(f)(iii) of this ARTICLE IV and as provided in ARTICLE VI, or as otherwise required
by law.
(iii)
Special Designated Preferred Voting Rights
. In addition to any
other vote required by this Certificate of Incorporation or by law:
(A) other than as set forth in SECTION 2(f)(iii)(D) of this ARTICLE IV
or as required by law, for so long as any shares of Series A Preferred are
outstanding, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be required to
adopt, amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Certificate of
Incorporation (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to
adversely affect the preferences, rights or powers of the Series A Preferred
Stock;
provided
,
however
, that any such action that changes the dividend
payable on, the Stated Liquidation Preference of, the mandatory
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redemption feature of, the change of control redemption feature of or
the non-call features of, the Series A Preferred Stock shall require the
affirmative vote of the holders of 72.5% of the outstanding shares of Series
A Preferred Stock at a meeting of holders of Series A Preferred Stock duly
called for such purpose or the unanimous written consent of the holders of
the Series A Preferred Stock;
(B) other than as set forth in SECTION 2(f)(iii)(D) of this ARTICLE IV
or as required by law, for so long as any shares of Series B Preferred are
outstanding, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be required to
adopt, amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Certificate of
Incorporation (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to
adversely affect the preferences, rights or powers of the Series B Preferred
Stock;
provided
,
however
, that any such action that changes the dividend
payable on, the Stated Liquidation Preference of, the mandatory redemption
feature of, the change of control redemption feature of or the non-call
features of, the Series B Preferred Stock shall require the affirmative vote
of the holders of 72.5% of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred
Stock at a meeting of holders of Series B Preferred Stock duly called for
such purpose or the unanimous written consent of the holders of the Series B
Preferred Stock;
(C) the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of two-thirds of the
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock (if any shares of Series A
Preferred are then outstanding) and the holders of two-thirds of the
outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock (if any shares of Series B
Preferred are then outstanding) voting as separate classes shall be required
for the Corporation to designate or issue any Senior Securities or Parity
Securities or reclassify any other securities into Senior Securities or
Parity Securities; and
(D) for so long as any shares of Series A Preferred and Series B
Preferred are outstanding, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of
a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Series
B Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to
adopt, amend, alter or repeal any provision of (1) SECTION 2(g) of ARTICLE
IV of this Certificate of Incorporation (whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise) that could reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to
the rights of the holders of the Designated Preferred to receive the
dividends pursuant to SECTION 2(b) of ARTICLE IV or have their shares
redeemed pursuant to SECTION 2(d) of ARTICLE IV, (2) ARTICLE VI or (3)
SECTION 3 of ARTICLE X.
(g)
Covenants
. Nothing in SECTION 2(g) of this ARTICLE IV shall limit the
Corporations powers in ARTICLE III and no act of the Corporation shall be invalid or
ultra
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by reason of the fact that the Corporation failed to comply with
the covenants
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of SECTION 2(g) of this ARTICLE IV. The only consequence of such failure by the
Corporation to comply with the covenants of SECTION 2(g) of this ARTICLE IV (other than
SECTION 2(g)(iii), (viii), (x)(A)(3), (xii), (xiii), (xvii) and (xviii) of this ARTICLE IV)
shall be, upon the passage of time set forth in clause (iv) of the definition of Event of
Default herein, the occurrence of a Default, with the sole remedies for such Default being
the remedies provided in the second sentence of SECTION 2(b)(i) of ARTICLE IV and the
proviso contained the first sentence of SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VI, and the holders of the
Designated Preferred will not be entitled to specific performance. The consequence of such
failure by the Corporation to comply with the covenants of SECTION 2(g)(iii), (viii),
(x)(A)(3), (xii), (xiii), (xvii) and (xviii) of this ARTICLE IV shall be, upon the passage
of time set forth in clause (iv) of the definition of Event of Default herein, the
occurrence of a Default, with the remedies for such Default being, in addition to any
specific remedies provided for in this Agreement, any other legal or equitable remedy
available against the Corporation. Waivers, consents, supplements, amendments and other
modifications to SECTION 2(g) of this ARTICLE IV shall be deemed to be consented and agreed
to by the holders of Designated Preferred in accordance with the second paragraph of ARTICLE
VIII. For so long as any Designated Preferred are outstanding:
(i)
Financial Statements and Other Information
. The Corporation shall
furnish to the holders of the Designated Preferred (other than as set forth in
clauses (E) and (I) below):
(A) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of CCE Spinco, its
audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations,
changes in stockholders equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, all reported on by Ernst & Young LLP or other
independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a
going concern or like qualification or exception and without any
qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that
such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material
respects the financial condition and results of operations of CCE Spinco and
its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied;
(B) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
quarters of each fiscal year of CCE Spinco, its unaudited consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of operations, changes in stockholders
equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the
then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or,
in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal
year, all certified by a Financial Officer as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations of CCE
Spinco and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
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accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(C) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause
(A) or (B) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer (1) certifying, to
the best of such officers knowledge, as to whether a Default or Triggering
Event exists at the end of such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as
applicable, and, if a Default so exists, specifying the details thereof and
any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto; (2) setting
forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with
SECTIONS 2(g) (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii) and (xxiv) of this ARTICLE IV; (3)
setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating Consolidated
Tangible Assets as of the date of such financial statements; and (4) stating
whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since
the date of CCE Spincos most recent audited financial statements and, if
any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the
financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(D) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause
(A) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such
financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the
course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default or
Triggering Event (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by
accounting rules or guidelines);
(E) at the request of holders of Designated Preferred owning Designated
Preferred then having a liquidation preference calculated pursuant to
SECTION 2(c)(1) of this ARTICLE IV of at least $7.5 million, at least 45
days prior to the commencement of each fiscal year of CCE Spinco, a detailed
consolidated budget for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flow
as of the end of and for each fiscal quarter of such fiscal year and setting
forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget) and,
promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budget;
(F) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all
periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by
CCE Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the
functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or
distributed by CCE Spinco to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;
(G) within 100 days after the end of each fiscal year of CCE Spinco,
the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
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operations of the Corporation (with consolidating information
reconciling in reasonable detail such financial statements with the
corresponding financial statements of CCE Spinco), as of the end of and for
such year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year (provided such figures for the 2004 fiscal year shall not be
required for the financial statements to be provided for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2005), all certified by a Financial Officer as presenting
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(H) within 55 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
quarters of each fiscal year of CCE Spinco, the unaudited consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of operations of the Corporation (with
consolidating information reconciling in reasonable detail such financial
statements with the corresponding financial statements of CCE Spinco), as of
the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the
fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance
sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a
Financial Officer as presenting fairly in all material respects the
financial condition and results of operations of the Corporation and its
consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
absence of footnotes; and
(I) promptly following any request therefor by holders of Designated
Preferred owning Designated Preferred then having a liquidation preference
calculated pursuant to SECTION 2(c)(1) of this ARTICLE IV of at least $7.5
million, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs
and financial condition of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries, as a holder of
Designated Preferred may reasonably request.
Upon written request of any holder of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, the
Corporation shall provide to such holder a list of all holders of Designated
Preferred within 30 days after such request.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to SECTION 2(g)(i) of this ARTICLE IV
shall be deemed to have been furnished and delivered if such information, or one or
more annual, quarterly or other reports or filings containing such information,
shall have been (1) delivered to each holder of Designated Preferred in electronic
format or (2) electronically filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said
Commission, and notice thereof shall have been provided to each holder of Designated
Preferred.
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(ii)
Notices of Material Events
. The Corporation shall furnish to the
holders of the Designated Preferred prompt written notice of the following:
(A) the occurrence of any Default;
(B) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting CCE
Spinco or any Affiliate thereof that could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect;
(C) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any
other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to
result in liability of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
amount exceeding $10,000,000; and
(D) any other occurrences or events that result in, or could reasonably
be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under SECTION 2(g)(ii) of this ARTICLE IV shall be accompanied
by a statement of a Financial Officer setting forth the details of the occurrence or
event requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with
respect thereto.
(iii)
Existence; Conduct of Business
. The Corporation shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the
rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks
and trade names material to the conduct of the business of CCE Spinco and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
provided
that the foregoing shall not prohibit any
merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under SECTION 2(g)(xii)
of this ARTICLE IV, or any sale, transfer or other disposition permitted by SECTION
2(g)(xiv) of this ARTICLE IV or any statutory conversion.
(iv)
Payment of Obligations
. The Corporation shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its Indebtedness and other obligations, including
tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent, except where (A) the
validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith and if necessary to so
contest, by appropriate proceedings, (B) the Corporation or such Subsidiary has set
aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP,
(C) such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested obligation and the
enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation and (D) the failure to make payment
pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(v)
Maintenance of Properties
. The Corporation shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct
of the business of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in good
working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
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(vi)
Insurance
. The Corporation shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies,
insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks
under similar circumstances as are reasonably determined by the management of CCE
Spinco and its Subsidiaries to be sufficient in accordance with usual and customary
practices of companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar
businesses operating in the same or similar locations, except to the extent
reasonable self insurance meeting the same standards is maintained with respect to
such risks. The Corporation shall furnish to holders of Designated Preferred, upon
request of such holders owning Designated Preferred then having a liquidation
preference calculated pursuant to SECTION 2(c)(i) of this ARTICLE IV of at least $15
million and at such holders expense, information in reasonable detail as to the
insurance so maintained.
(vii)
Casualty and Condemnation
. The Corporation shall furnish to the
holders of Designated Preferred prompt written notice of any casualty or other
insured damage to any material portion of its properties or assets and the
properties or assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the commencement of
any action or proceeding for the taking or expropriation of any material portion of
its properties or assets and the properties or assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding.
(viii)
Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights
. The Corporation
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and
account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and
transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Corporation shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by
holders of Designated Preferred owning Designated Preferred then having a
liquidation preference calculated pursuant to SECTION 2(c)(i) of this ARTICLE IV of
at least $15 million, upon reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours,
to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and
records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and
independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably
requested, in each case subject to applicable attorney-client privilege exceptions
and compliance with non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements between any of CCE
Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries and third parties.
(ix)
Compliance with Laws
. The Corporation shall, and shall cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to
do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(x)
Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities
.
(A) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness,
except:
(1) Indebtedness created under the Credit Agreement;
(2) Indebtedness existing on the Distribution Date and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that
do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or result in
an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average life thereof
or change the parties directly or indirectly responsible for the
payment thereof;
(3) unsecured Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries to CCE Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries,
provided
that
(x) such Indebtedness shall not have been transferred or pledged to
any third party other than under the Credit Agreement, (y)
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to any other Subsidiary shall be
subject to SECTION 2(g)(xiii) of this ARTICLE IV and (z) the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Corporation or any
of its Subsidiaries to any direct or indirect parent company of the
Corporation permitted by this clause (3) shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of proceeds raised by debt and equity financings of
such parent companies and such Indebtedness shall have terms no less
favorable than those that could otherwise be obtainable on an arms
length basis;
(4) Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries
incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, development,
enlargement, repair or improvement of any fixed or capital assets,
including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in
connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a
Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that
do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or result in
an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average life thereof
or change the parties directly or indirectly responsible for the
payment thereof,
provided
that (x) such Indebtedness is incurred
prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion
of such construction, development, enlargement, repair or improvement
and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by
this clause (4) of SECTION 2(g)(x)(A) of this ARTICLE IV shall not
exceed the US Dollar Equivalent (as such term is defined in the
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Credit Agreement as in effect on the Distribution Date) of
$10,000,000 million at any time outstanding;
(5) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the
Corporation after the Distribution Date and extensions, renewals and
replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity
date or decreased weighted average life thereof or change the parties
directly or indirectly responsible for the payment thereof,
provided
that (x) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary of the Corporation and is not created in contemplation of
or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the
Corporation and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
permitted by this clause (5) of SECTION 2(g)(x)(A) of this ARTICLE IV
shall not exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 at any time
outstanding;
(6) Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness provided that
immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to the
incurrence of such Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness, no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing (including any Default under
SECTION 2(g)(xxi), (xxii), (xxiii) or (xxiv) of this ARTICLE IV);
(7) Indebtedness with respect to Swap Agreements that are
permitted to be entered into under SECTION 2(g)(xvi) of this ARTICLE
IV;
(8) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries denominated in any
currency (exclusive of Indebtedness incurred hereunder) in an
aggregate principal amount not exceeding the US Dollar Equivalent of
$75,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(9) advances and deposits received by the Corporation or its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and Guarantees by the
Corporation or any other Subsidiary thereof; and
(10) other Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries not permitted by any other clause of SECTION 2(g)(x)(A)
of this ARTICLE IV in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the
US Dollar Equivalent of $50,000,000 at any time outstanding,
provided
that immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to the
incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default shall have occurred and
be continuing (including any Default under SECTION 2(g)(xxi), (xxii),
(xxiii) or (xxiv) of this ARTICLE IV).
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(B) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, issue any preferred stock or other preferred Equity
Interests, other than the Designated Preferred.
(xi)
Liens
. The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property
or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or, except as permitted under
SECTION 2(g)(xiv) of this ARTICLE IV, assign or sell any income or revenues
(including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(1) Liens created under the Credit Agreement;
(2) Permitted Encumbrances;
(3) any Lien on any property or asset of the Corporation or any
of its Subsidiaries existing on the Distribution Date,
provided
that
(x) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries other than proceeds from, and
after-acquired property in respect of, the property or assets subject
to such Lien, in each case to the extent required under the terms of
the document or instrument creating such Lien as in effect on the
Distribution Date, and (y) such Lien shall secure only those
obligations which it secures on the Distribution Date and extensions,
renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof;
(4) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the
acquisition thereof by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or
existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a
Subsidiary of the Corporation after the Distribution Date prior to
the time such Person becomes such a Subsidiary,
provided
that (x)
such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with
such acquisition or such Person becoming such a Subsidiary, as the
case may be, (y) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or
assets of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries other than
proceeds from, and after-acquired property in respect of, the
property or assets subject to such Lien, in each case to the extent
required under the terms of the document or instrument creating such
Lien as in effect on the date of the applicable acquisition, and (z)
such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the
date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary
of the Corporation, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and
replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof;
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(5) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed,
developed, enlarged, repaired or improved by the Corporation or any
of its Subsidiaries,
provided
that (w) such Liens secure Indebtedness
permitted by SECTION 2(g)(x)(A)(4) of this ARTICLE IV, (x) such Liens
and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within
180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction, development, enlargement, repair or improvement,
provided that such Liens may also secure extensions, renewals and
replacements of such Indebtedness to the extent such extensions,
renewals and replacements are permitted under SECTION 2(g)(x)(A) of
this ARTICLE IV, (y) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed
100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing, developing, enlarging,
repairing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (z) such
Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries other than proceeds from, and
after-acquired property in respect of, the property or assets subject
to such Lien, in each case to the extent required under the terms of
the document or instrument creating such Lien as in effect on the
date such Lien is created; and
(6) Liens (other than Liens on collateral under the Credit
Agreement or on any real property or interests in real property of
the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries) that are not permitted by
any other clause of SECTION 2(g)(xi) of this ARTICLE IV,
provided
that the aggregate amount of all Liens permitted under this clause
(6) (measured, as to each such Lien, as the greater of the amount
secured by such Lien and the fair market value at the time of the
creation of such Lien of the assets subject to such Lien) shall not
exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of $25,000,000.
(xii)
Fundamental Changes
.
(A) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit
any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or
dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving
pro forma effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(1) any Person may merge into the Corporation in a transaction in which the
Corporation is the surviving corporation, (2) any Person other than the
Corporation may merge into any Subsidiary (a) in a transaction in which the
surviving entity is a Subsidiary and (b) in connection with a sale or other
disposition of a Subsidiary permitted under SECTION 2(g)(xiv) of ARTICLE IV
that results in such Person ceasing to be a Subsidiary, and (3) any
Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if (x) the Corporation determines in
good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best
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interests of the Corporation and its other Subsidiaries and is not
materially disadvantageous to the holders of the Designated Preferred and
(y) after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred
and be continuing,
provided
that any such merger involving a Person that is
not a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Corporation immediately prior to such
merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by SECTION 2(g)(xiii) of
this ARTICLE IV.
(B) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than
businesses of the type conducted by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on
the Distribution Date and businesses reasonably related thereto.
(C) The Corporation shall not engage in any business or activity other
than the ownership of all the outstanding Equity Interests of SFX
Entertainment and activities incidental thereto. The Corporation shall not
own or acquire any assets (other than Equity Interests of SFX Entertainment,
cash and Permitted Investments) or incur any liabilities (other than
liabilities under the Credit Agreement, liabilities imposed by law,
including tax liabilities, and other liabilities incidental to its existence
and permitted business and activities).
(xiii)
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
. The
Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase,
hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a
wholly owned Subsidiary of the Corporation prior to such merger) any Equity
Interests in or evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option,
warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist
any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist
any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise
acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) any assets of any
other Person constituting a business unit, line of business or division of a Person
except:
(A) Permitted Investments;
(B) investments existing on the Distribution Date;
(C) investments by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries in Equity
Interests in any Subsidiary of the Corporation;
(D) (1) loans or advances made by the Corporation to any Subsidiary of
the Corporation and; (2) loans or advances made by the Corporation or any
Subsidiary of the Corporation to CCE Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries,
provided the aggregate amount of loans or advances made pursuant to this
clause (D)(2) shall not exceed the amounts permitted by SECTION 2(g)(xvii)
of this ARTICLE IV and any amount loaned or
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advanced shall be considered to be Restricted Payments for purposes of
calculating Restricted Payments under SECTION 2(g)(xvii) of this ARTICLE IV;
(E) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with,
customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(F) purchases or other acquisitions of property and assets or
businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line
of business or division of such Person, or Equity Interests in a Person
that, upon the consummation thereof, shall be a direct or indirect
Subsidiary of SFX Entertainment (including as a result of a merger or
consolidation),
provided
that with respect to each purchase or other
acquisition made pursuant to SECTION 2(g)(xiii)(F) of this ARTICLE IV (each,
a
Permitted Acquisition
):
(1) the acquired property, assets, business or Person is in a
business of the type conducted by the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries on the Distribution Date or a business reasonably
related thereto;
(2) immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to such
purchase or acquisition, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (including any Default under SECTION 2(g)(xxi), (xxii),
(xxiii) or (xxiv) of this ARTICLE IV);
(3) The Corporation shall have delivered to the holders of
Designated Preferred, no later than 5 business days prior to the date
on which any such purchase or other acquisition, other than an
Excluded Acquisition, is to be consummated and no later than 20
business days following the date on which an Excluded Acquisition is
consummated, a certificate of a Financial Officer, certifying that
all of the requirements set forth in the immediately preceding
clauses (1) and (2) hereof have been satisfied or shall be satisfied
on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other
acquisition; and
(4) such purchase or other acquisition shall not have been
consummated through or preceded by an unsolicited tender offer;
(G) Permitted Deposits;
(H) any Equity Interest, Indebtedness, securities or assets received as
a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from any asset disposition
permitted under SECTION 2(g)(xiv) of this ARTICLE IV;
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(I) any Equity Interests, Indebtedness, securities or assets received
solely in exchange for common stock of CCE Spinco;
(J) loans and advances to employees, officers and directors that do not
exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of $2,000,000 in the aggregate at any time
outstanding;
(K) intercompany Indebtedness permitted under SECTION 2(g)(x)(A)(3) of
this ARTICLE IV;
(L) investments in joint ventures and Subsidiaries of the Corporation
that do not exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 in the aggregate
at any time outstanding;
(M) with respect to each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006
and 2007, investments during such fiscal year that, taken together, do not
exceed $4,000,000, in each case to the extent and at the times required by,
and made in accordance with the terms of the contracts listed as item 1 in
Schedule X to each of the Class A Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement
dated December 12, 2005, between CCE Spinco and the investors named therein,
and the Class B Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated December 12, 2005,
between Clear Channel and the purchasers named therein;
(N) investments, loans or advances, and purchases and acquisitions
resulting in aggregate payments, at any time in an aggregate amount not
exceeding the Remaining Excess Cash at such time;
(O) (1) Guarantees by the Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries of
obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case incurred by
any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and (2) Guarantees
permitted under SECTION 2(g)(x)(A)(7) and 2(g)(x)(A)(9) of this ARTICLE IV;
and
(P) investments that are not permitted by any other clause of SECTION
2(g)(xiii) of this ARTICLE IV that do not exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of
$150,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding,
provided
that
immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such investment, no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing (including any Default under SECTION
2(g)(xxi), (xxii), (xxiii) or (xxiv) of this ARTICLE IV).
(xiv)
Asset Sales
. The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset,
including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor shall the Corporation permit any of
its Subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in itself (other than to
the Corporation or another Subsidiary of the Corporation in compliance with SECTION
2(g)(xiii) of this ARTICLE IV), except:
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(A) sales of inventory, non-obsolete, used or surplus equipment and
Permitted Investments (including trades or exchanges of Permitted
Investments) in the ordinary course of business;
(B) sales, transfers and dispositions to the Corporation or a
Subsidiary of the Corporation,
provided
that any such sales, transfers or
dispositions shall be made in compliance with SECTION 2(g)(xviii) of this
ARTICLE IV;
(C) dispositions of assets in trade or exchange for assets of
comparable fair market value used or usable in the business of the
Corporation and its Subsidiaries;
(D) a Restricted Payment that is permitted under SECTION 2(g)(xvii) of
this ARTICLE IV;
(E) sales or other dispositions of obsolete assets neither used nor
useful to any business of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;
(F) any lease or rental of assets entered into in the ordinary course
of business and with respect to which the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries is the lessor and the lessee has no option to purchase such
assets for less than fair market value at any time,
provided
that this
exception shall not permit the sale of such asset pursuant to such lease or
rental;
(G) the disposition of assets received in settlement of debts accrued
in the ordinary course of business;
(H) the creation or perfection of a Lien permitted under SECTION
2(g)(xi) of this ARTICLE IV;
(I) the grant in the ordinary course of business of any non-exclusive
license of patents, trademarks, registrations therefor and other similar
intellectual property;
(J) any disposition of assets pursuant to a condemnation, appropriation
or similar taking;
(K) sales and other dispositions, in one transaction or a series of
related transactions, of assets and other properties of the Corporation and
its Subsidiaries with a fair market value not exceeding the US Dollar
Equivalent of $500,000 and made in the ordinary course of business; and
(L) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than
Equity Interests in SFX Entertainment) that are not permitted by any other
clause of SECTION 2(g)(xiv) of this ARTICLE IV,
provided
that the aggregate
fair market value of all Equity Interests or assets sold,
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transferred or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this clause (L)
shall not exceed (x) 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets during any fiscal
year of the Corporation and (y) 25% of Consolidated Tangible Assets for so
long as any shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred are
outstanding,
provided
that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by
clauses (A), (F), (G), (K) and (L) shall be made for fair value, and at least 75% of
the consideration received with respect to each such sale, transfer, lease and other
disposition shall consist of cash, cash equivalents, Permitted Investments,
liabilities assumed by the transferee, accounts receivable retained by the
transferor or any combination of the foregoing.
(xv)
Sale and Leaseback Transactions
. The Corporation shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or
indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used
or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter
rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for
substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred,
except for any such sale of any fixed or capital assets that is made for cash
consideration in an amount not less than the cost of such fixed or capital asset and
is consummated within 180 days after the Corporation or such Subsidiary acquires or
completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset.
(xvi)
Swap Agreements
. The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (A) Swap
Agreements required by the Credit Agreement, (B) Swap Agreements entered into to
hedge or mitigate risks to which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries has
actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the Corporation
or any of its Subsidiaries) and (C) Swap Agreements entered into in order to
effectively cap, collar or exchange (1) interest rates (from fixed to floating
rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to
any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries and (2) currency exchange rates, in each case in connection with the
conduct of its business and not for speculative purposes.
(xvii)
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness
.
(A) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or
indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to do so, except that (1) the Corporation may declare and pay
dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional
shares of its common stock, (2) the Corporation may declare and pay
dividends with respect to its Designated Preferred, (3) the Corporation may
redeem the Designated Preferred to the extent and at the times required by,
and in accordance with, the terms of the Designated
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Preferred, (4) any Subsidiary of the Corporation may declare and pay
dividends (or, in the case of any partnership or limited company, any
similar distribution) with respect to its Equity Interests on a
pro
rata
basis, (5) the Corporation and its Subsidiaries may make
Restricted Payments at any time in an aggregate amount not in excess of the
Remaining Excess Cash at such time and (6) the Corporation or any Subsidiary
of the Corporation may make a payment or other distribution in cash to any
of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries (other than the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries), provided such payment or other distribution is used within 30
days to pay any of the following items: (I) federal, state, local, foreign
and other taxes in an amount not to exceed the sum of (a) the tax liability
of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries calculated on a stand alone basis
less any such taxes directly payable by the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries and (b) the tax liability of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries
(other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries) resulting from any payment
or other distribution made pursuant to SECTION 2(g)(xvii)(A)(6) of this
ARTICLE IV, (II) expenses relating to being a public company, including
conducting shareholder meetings, mailing and soliciting proxies, compliance
with the Exchange Act (including the preparation of Exchange Act reports)
and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, (III) directors and officers insurance,
(IV) directors fees and expenses, (V) expenses and capital expenditures
associated with the operation of the theatrical property located in New York
City held by the direct parent company of the Corporation in an amount not
to exceed $2,500,000 per fiscal year, (VI) audit fees and expenses; (VII)
fees and expenses associated with debt or equity issuances by the direct or
indirect parent companies of the Corporation to the extent in excess of cash
proceeds received, (VIII) fees and expenses associated with defending
litigation and other contested matters, (IX) any amount required to be paid
by CCE Spinco to meet its obligations under the Master Separation and
Distribution Agreement, Transition Services Agreement, Tax Matters
Agreement, Employee Matters Agreement and Trademark and Copyright License
Agreement and (X) fees and expenses required to maintain corporate existence
and to pay for general corporate and overhead expenses (including salaries
and other compensation of the employees) incurred in the ordinary course of
its business, which fees and expenses for purposes of this clause (X) shall
not exceed $5,000,000 during any fiscal year;
provided
that the prohibitions
and limitations set forth in SECTION 2(g)(xvii) of this ARTICLE IV shall not
apply with respect to any Restricted Payment if immediately before and after
giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, (A) the Leverage Ratio
would be less than 3.0 to 1.0 and (B) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (including any Default under SECTION 2(g)(xxi), (xxii), (xxiii)
or (xxiv) of this ARTICLE IV), and any Restricted Payments made under the
exception set forth in this proviso shall be disregarded for purposes of
determining whether any Restricted
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Payments may be made under the other provisions of SECTION 2(g)(xvii)
of this ARTICLE IV when such exception is not applicable.
(B) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any
payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness,
or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination
of any Indebtedness, except:
(1) payment of Indebtedness created under the Credit Agreement;
(2) payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness,
other than payments in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness
prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(3) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by
SECTION 2(g)(x) of this ARTICLE IV; and
(4) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result
of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing
such Indebtedness,
provided
that the prohibitions and limitations set forth in SECTION
2(g)(xvii)(B) of this ARTICLE IV shall not apply with respect to any such
payment or other distribution if immediately before and after giving pro
forma effect to such payment or other distribution, (A) the Leverage Ratio
would be less than 3.0 to 1.0 and (B) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (including any Default under SECTION 2(g)(xxi), (xxii), (xxiii)
or (xxiv) of this ARTICLE IV).
(xviii)
Transactions with Affiliates
. The Corporation shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any
property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or
assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its
Affiliates involving consideration in excess of the US Dollar Equivalent of
$1,000,000 except, without duplication, (A) transactions in the ordinary course of
business that are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the
Corporation or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arms-length basis from
unrelated third parties, (B) transactions between or among the Corporation and any
of its Subsidiaries and not involving any other Affiliate, (C) any Restricted
Payment permitted by SECTION 2(g)(xvii) of this ARTICLE IV, (D) investments
permitted under SECTION 2(g)(xiii)(D) of this ARTICLE IV, (E) loans and advances
permitted under SECTION 2(g)(xiii)(J) of this ARTICLE IV and
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Guarantees permitted under SECTION 2(g)(xiii)(O) of this ARTICLE IV, (F) the
performance of employment, equity award, equity option or equity appreciation
agreements, plans or other similar compensation or benefit plans or arrangements
(including vacation plans, health and insurance plans, deferred compensation plans
and retirement or savings plans) entered into by the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business with its employees, officers and
directors (G) the performance of any agreement in effect on the Distribution Date,
including but not limited to any agreement filed as an exhibit to the Form 10 of
Clear Channel filed in conjunction with the spin-off of CCE Spinco, as such
agreements are ultimately filed in final form with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by CCE Spinco, (H) fees and compensation to, and indemnity provided on
behalf of, officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Corporation or any
of its Subsidiaries in their capacity as such, to the extent such fees and
compensation are reasonable and customary and (I) transfers of cash and cash
equivalents at any time in an aggregate amount not in excess of the Remaining Cash
Excess at such time.
(xix)
Restrictive Agreements
. The Corporation shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or
permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or
imposes any condition upon (A) the ability of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property
or assets, or (B) the ability of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to pay
dividends or other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests or to make or
repay loans or advances to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or to
Guarantee Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries,
provided
that
(1) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions that are (x)
imposed by law, the Credit Agreement or this Certificate of Incorporation or (y)
imposed by any agreement or instrument relating to secured Indebtedness permitted
hereunder to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets
securing such Indebtedness (including, to the extent required under the terms of
such agreement or instrument on the date the applicable Indebtedness is incurred,
proceeds thereof and after-acquired property in respect thereof), (2) the foregoing
shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the Distribution Date
(but shall apply to any extension, renewal, amendment or modification expanding the
scope of any such restriction or condition), (3) the foregoing shall not apply to
customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale
of a Subsidiary of the Corporation pending such sale, provided such restrictions and
conditions apply only to such Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is
permitted hereunder, (4) clause (A) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions
or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by
this Certificate of Incorporation if such restrictions or conditions apply only to
the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (5) clause (A) of the
foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases, licenses and similar
contracts restricting the assignment, encumbrance or transfer thereof.
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(xx)
Amendment of Credit Agreement
. The Corporation shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive any of its
rights under the Credit Agreement to the extent that such amendment, modification or
waiver could reasonably be expected (a) to be material and adverse to the value of
the Designated Preferred or (b) to permit Restricted Payments in excess of amounts
permitted under SECTION 2(g)(xvii) of ARTICLE IV.
(xxi)
Interest Expense Coverage Ratio
. The Corporation shall not
permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense, in each case as of the end of any period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters, to be less than 2.5 to 1.0.
(xxii)
Leverage Ratio
. The Corporation shall not permit the Leverage
Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of CCE Spinco during any period set forth
below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such period:
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Ratio
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Effective Date through December 31, 2008
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4.5 to 1.0
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January 1, 2009 and thereafter
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4.0 to 1.0
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provided
that at any time when an aggregate principal amount of Subordinated
Indebtedness of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries in excess of the US Dollar
Equivalent of $25,000,000 (determined on a consolidated basis) is outstanding, the
Corporation instead shall not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal
quarter of CCE Spinco during any period set forth below to exceed the ratio set
forth opposite such period:
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Period
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Ratio
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Effective Date through December 31, 2006
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6.5 to 1.0
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January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007
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6.0 to 1.0
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January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008
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5.5 to 1.0
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January 1, 2009 and thereafter
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5.0 to 1.0
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(xxiii)
Senior Leverage Ratio
. At any time when an aggregate principal
amount of Subordinated Indebtedness of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries in excess of
the US Dollar Equivalent of $25,000,000 (determined on a consolidated basis) is
outstanding, the Corporation shall not permit the Senior Leverage Ratio as of the
end of any fiscal quarter of CCE Spinco to exceed 3.0 to 1.0.
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(xxiv)
Capital Expenditures
. The Corporation shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make Capital Expenditures that would cause the US
Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all Capital Expenditures made by CCE
Spinco and its Subsidiaries in any fiscal year of the Corporation to exceed the
amount of Capital Expenditures set forth below opposite such fiscal year:
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Capital Expenditures
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December 31, 2005
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$
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125,000,000
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December 31, 2006
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$
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125,000,000
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December 31, 2007 and thereafter
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$
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110,000,000
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provided
that to the extent that the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made
by CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries in any fiscal year pursuant to SECTION 2(g)(xxiv)
of this ARTICLE IV is less than the maximum amount of Capital Expenditures permitted
by SECTION 2(g)(xxiv) of this ARTICLE IV with respect to such fiscal year, the
amount of such difference (the
Rollover Amount
) may be carried forward and used to
make Capital Expenditures in the immediately succeeding fiscal year,
provided
further
that Capital Expenditures in any fiscal year shall be counted against the
Rollover Amount available with respect to such fiscal year prior to being counted
against the base amount with respect to such fiscal year and provided further that
for purposes of SECTION 2(g)(xxiv) of this ARTICLE IV, all Capital Expenditures made
with Net Proceeds that are reinvested in accordance with Section 2.11(c) of the
Credit Agreement shall be disregarded in determining Capital Expenditures made by
CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries in any fiscal year of CCE Spinco.
(xxv)
Accounting Changes
. CCE Spinco shall not make any change to its
fiscal year.
(h)
Additional Covenant
. The Corporation shall not permit the Leverage Ratio
as of the end of any fiscal quarter of CCE Spinco to exceed 4.0 to 1.0. The sole remedy for
the failure by the Corporation to comply with the covenant of SECTION 2(h) of this ARTICLE
IV shall, unless such failure results in a separate default under SECTION 2(g)(xxiii) of
this ARTICLE IV, be to receive Designated Preferred Penalty Dividends as provided in the
third sentence of SECTION 2(b)(i) of this ARTICLE IV, and the holders of the Designated
Preferred will not be entitled to specific performance and a Default will not be deemed to
occur.
(i)
Status of Reacquired Shares
. Shares of Designated Preferred that have been
issued and reacquired in any manner, including shares redeemed or purchased by the
Corporation pursuant to SECTION 2(d) or SECTION 2(e) of this ARTICLE IV, shall (upon
compliance with any applicable provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware) have the
status of authorized and unissued shares of the class of Preferred Stock,
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undesignated as to series, and may be redesignated and reissued as part of any series
of the Preferred Stock; provided that no such issued and reacquired shares of Designated
Preferred shall be reissued or sold as shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred.
(j)
Adjustments
. Upon the occurrence of any stock split, combination or
reclassification of, or other similar event affecting, the Series A Preferred or the Series
B Preferred, the amount of the Stated Liquidation Preference of such series, and any other
right in respect of the shares of such series that is denominated on a per share basis,
shall be subject to equitable adjustment.
SECTION 3.
Additional Series of Preferred Stock
. Subject to SECTION 2 of this ARTICLE
IV the Board of Directors is hereby authorized by resolution or resolutions to provide, out of the
unissued shares of Preferred Stock (other than shares of Preferred Stock that have been designated
herein as Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred), for one or more additional series of Preferred
Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the voting powers, if any, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of any such series, and to fix the number of
shares constituting such series, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such
series (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding). The authority of the Board of
Directors with respect to each such series of Preferred Stock shall include, but not be limited to,
determination of the following:
(a) the designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or
title;
(b) the number of shares of the series, which number the Board of Directors may
thereafter increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares thereof then
outstanding);
(c) whether dividends, if any, shall be cumulative or noncumulative and the dividend
rate of the series;
(d) dates at which dividends, if any, shall be payable;
(e) the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series;
(f) the terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of
shares of the series;
(g) the amounts payable on, and the preferences, if any, of shares of the series in the
event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs
of the Corporation;
(h) whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into shares of any other
class or series, or any other security, of the Corporation or any other entity and, if so,
the specification of such other class or series of such other security, the conversion price
or prices or rate or rates, any adjustments thereof, the date or dates at which such
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shares shall be convertible and all other terms and conditions upon which such
conversion may be made;
(i) restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or
series; and
(j) the voting rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the series.
SECTION 4.
Common Stock
. The following is a statement of the voting powers,
preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions of the Common Stock:
(a)
Dividends
. Subject to SECTION 2 of this ARTICLE IV and the provisions of
any Certificate of Designations, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive
such dividends and other distributions, in cash, stock of any entity or property of the
Corporation, when and as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time
out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall share equally
on a per share basis in all such dividends and other distributions.
(b)
Voting
. At every meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, every
holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of
Common Stock standing in such holders name on the transfer books of the Corporation in
connection with the election of directors and on all other matters submitted to a vote of
stockholders of the Corporation.
(c)
Payments on Dissolution
. In the event of any Liquidation, after payment in
full of the amounts required to be paid to the holders of Preferred Stock pursuant to
SECTION 2(c) of this ARTICLE IV and the provisions of any Certificate of Designations, the
remaining assets and funds of the Corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders
of Common Stock.
SECTION 5.
No Cumulative Voting
. No stockholder shall be entitled to exercise any
right of cumulative voting.
ARTICLE V
CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
SECTION 1.
Purpose
. This ARTICLE V anticipates the possibility that (a) the
Corporation shall not be an indirect subsidiary of Clear Channel and that CCE Spinco may become,
directly or indirectly, a controlling, majority or significant stockholder of the Corporation, (b)
certain Clear Channel Officials may also serve as Corporation Officials, (c) the Corporation
Entities and the Clear Channel Entities may, from time to time, (i) engage in the same, similar or
related activities or lines of business or other business activities that overlap or compete with
those of the other and (ii) have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities, and (d)
benefits may be derived by the Corporation Entities through their continued contractual, corporate
and business relations with the Clear Channel Entities. The
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provisions of this ARTICLE V shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, define the conduct
of certain affairs of the Corporation Entities and Corporation Officials as they may involve the
Clear Channel Entities, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation Entities
and Corporation Officials in connection therewith. Capitalized terms used and not previously
defined in this Certificate of Incorporation are defined, and shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto, in SECTION 1 of ARTICLE XI.
SECTION 2.
Existing Transactions with Clear Channel Entities
. No contract, agreement,
arrangement or transaction (or any amendment, modification or termination thereof) entered into
between any Corporation Entity, on the one hand, and any Clear Channel Entity, on the other hand,
before the Corporation ceased to be an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Clear Channel shall be
void or voidable or be considered unfair to the Corporation solely for the reason that any Clear
Channel Entity is a party thereto, or solely because any Clear Channel Official is a party thereto,
or solely because any Clear Channel Official was present at or participated in any meeting of the
Board of Directors, or committee thereof, of the Corporation, or the board of directors, or
committee thereof, of any Corporation Affiliate, that authorized the contract, agreement,
arrangement or transaction (or any amendment, modification or termination thereof), or solely
because his, her or their votes were counted for such purpose. No such contract, agreement,
arrangement or transaction (or the amendment, modification or termination thereof) or the
performance thereof by any Corporation Entity shall be considered to be contrary to any fiduciary
duty owed to any of the Corporation Entities or to any of their respective stockholders by any
Corporation Official (including any Corporation Official who may have been a Clear Channel
Official) and each such Corporation Official shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation Entities, and shall be deemed not to have breached his or her duties of loyalty to the
Corporation Entities and their respective stockholders, and not to have derived an improper
personal benefit therefrom. No Corporation Official shall have or be under any fiduciary duty to
any Corporation Entity or any of their respective stockholders to refrain from acting on behalf of
any such Corporation Entity in respect of any such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction
(or the amendment, modification, or termination thereof) or to refrain from performing any such
contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction (or the amendment, modification or termination
thereof) in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 3. (1) If a Corporation Official who is also a Clear Channel Official is offered, or
acquires knowledge of, a potential transaction or business opportunity that is or may be a
corporate opportunity for any Corporation Entity, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and each
Corporation Affiliate, to the fullest extent permitted by law except as provided in SECTION 3(3) of
this ARTICLE V, renounces any interest or expectancy in such potential transaction or business
opportunity and waives any claim that such potential transaction or business opportunity
constituted a corporate opportunity that should have been presented to the Corporation or any such
Corporation Affiliate.
(2) If a Corporation Official who is also a Clear Channel Official is offered, or acquires
knowledge of, a potential transaction or business opportunity that is or may be a corporate
opportunity for any Corporation Entity in any manner, such Corporation Official shall have no duty
to communicate or present such potential transaction or business opportunity to the Corporation or
any Corporation Affiliate and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, not be
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liable to any Corporation Entity, or its stockholders, for breach of any fiduciary duty as a
Corporation Official including without limitation by reason of the fact that any one or more of the
Clear Channel Entities pursues or acquires such potential transaction or business opportunity for
itself, directs such potential transaction or business opportunity to another person or entity, or
otherwise does not communicate information regarding such potential transaction or business
opportunity to the Corporation or any Corporation Affiliate.
(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this SECTION 3 of this ARTICLE V, the
Corporation does not renounce any interest or expectancy it may have in any corporate opportunity
that is expressly offered to any Corporation Official in writing solely in his or her capacity as a
Corporation Official.
SECTION 4. No amendment or repeal of this ARTICLE V shall apply to or have any effect on the
liability or alleged liability of any Clear Channel Entity or Corporate Official for or with
respect to any corporate opportunity that such Clear Channel Entity or Corporate Official was
offered, or of which such Clear Channel Entity or Corporate Official acquired knowledge prior to
such amendment or repeal.
SECTION 5. In addition to, and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ARTICLE V, a
potential transaction or business opportunity (1) that the Corporation Entities are not financially
able, contractually permitted or legally able to undertake, or (2) that is, from its nature, not in
the line of the Corporation Entities business, is of no practical advantage to any Corporation
Entity or that is one in which no Corporation Entity has any interest or reasonable expectancy,
shall not, in any such case, be deemed to constitute a corporate opportunity belonging to the
Corporation, or any Corporate Affiliate, and the Corporation, on behalf of itself and each
Corporation Affiliate, to the fullest extent permitted by law, hereby renounces any interest
therein.
SECTION 6. Anything in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary notwithstanding, the
provisions of SECTIONS 3, 4 and 5 of this ARTICLE V shall automatically terminate, expire and have
no further force and effect from and after the date on which no Corporation Official is also a
Clear Channel Official.
ARTICLE VI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1.
Number of Directors
. Prior to the issuance of any shares of Designated
Preferred and continuing for so long as any shares of Designated Preferred are outstanding, the
number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed at four (4);
provided
,
however
, that upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default and for so long as such Event of Default is continuing, the
number of directors of the Corporation shall be increased by one member (such member, the
Designated Director
). From and after the time when shares of Designated Preferred are no longer
outstanding, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed, and may be increased or
decreased from time to time, exclusively by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of
Directors, subject to the rights of the holders of any other series of Preferred Stock to elect
directors under specified circumstances. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the
term of any incumbent director.
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SECTION 2.
Election of Directors
. For so long as any shares of Designated Preferred
are outstanding:
(a) three (3) directors of the Corporation shall be elected solely by the holders of
the Common Stock, voting as a separate class, such directors being those persons receiving a
plurality of the votes cast by such holders of Common Stock;
(b) one (1) director of the Corporation shall be elected solely by the holders of the
Series A Preferred, voting as a separate class, such director being the person receiving a
majority of the votes cast by such holders of Series A Preferred, with each share of Series
A Preferred entitling the holder thereof to one (1) vote for such director; and
(c) the Designated Director, if one is to be elected, shall be elected solely by the
holders of the Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred, voting together as a single
class, such director being the person receiving a majority of the votes cast by such holders
of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred, with each share of Series A Preferred and each
share of Series B Preferred entitling the holder thereof to one (1) vote for such Designated
Director.
At any time when shares of Designated Preferred are no longer outstanding, subject to the
rights of the holders of any other series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified
circumstances, all of the directors of the Corporation shall be elected by the holders of the
capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors, such directors
being those persons receiving a plurality of the votes cast by such holders of capital stock.
Unless and except to the extent that the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so require, the
election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.
SECTION 3.
Term
. Directors shall be elected for a term that shall expire at the next
annual meeting of the stockholders and each shall hold office until his or her successor is duly
elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, disability, resignation or removal.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term of the Designated Director, if one is elected, shall expire
immediately, and without any further action on the part of the Corporation, the Board of Directors,
the Designated Director, the holders of any capital stock of the Corporation or any other person,
at such time as all Events of Default that have occurred are no longer continuing, and no successor
to such Designated Director shall thereupon be elected unless and until a subsequent Event of
Default occurs.
SECTION 4.
Removal
. For so long as any shares of Designated Preferred are outstanding:
(a) any director elected solely by the holders of the Common Stock may be removed from
office at any time, with or without cause, but only by the majority vote of the holders of
Common Stock;
(b) any director elected solely by the holders of the Series A Preferred may be removed
from office at any time, with or without cause, but only by the majority vote of the holders
of Series A Preferred; and
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(c) the Designated Director, if one is elected, may be removed from office at any time,
with or without cause, but only by the majority vote of the holders of Series A Preferred
and Series B Preferred, voting together, with each share of Series A Preferred and each
share of Series B Preferred entitling the holder thereof to one (1) vote.
At any time when shares of Designated Preferred are no longer outstanding, except as otherwise
provided in a Certificate of Designations, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be
removed from office at any time, with or without cause, but only by the majority vote of the
holders of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors.
SECTION 5.
Vacancies
. For so long as any shares of Designated Preferred are
outstanding, any vacancy in the Board of Directors resulting from the death, disability,
resignation or removal from office of any director shall be filled by the vote of stockholders that
would have been required to remove such director pursuant to SECTION 4 of this ARTICLE VI. Any
director so chosen shall be elected for the remainder of the term of his or her predecessor or
until his or her earlier death, disability, resignation or removal.
At any time when shares of Designated Preferred are no longer outstanding, except as otherwise
provided in a Certificate of Designations, newly created directorships resulting from any increase
in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from the
death, disability, resignation or removal from office of any director shall be filled solely by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a
quorum of the Board of Directors, or by the sole remaining director. Any director so chosen shall
be elected for a term that shall expire at the next annual meeting of the stockholders and shall
hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier
death, disability, resignation or removal.
ARTICLE VII
BY-LAWS
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors is
expressly authorized and empowered to adopt, amend and repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation at any
regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or by written consent, subject to the power of
the stockholders of the Corporation to adopt, amend or repeal any By-Laws. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise
permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock required by law, by this Certificate of Incorporation or by a Certificate
of Designations, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the
Corporation to alter, amend or repeal any provision of the By-Laws, or to adopt any new By-Law.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
The Corporation reserves the right at any time from time to time to amend, alter, change or
repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and any other provisions
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authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted,
in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law. All rights, preferences and privileges of
whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons or entities
whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter
amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this ARTICLE VIII. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise permit
a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock required by law, by this Certificate of Incorporation or by a Certificate of
Designations, the affirmative vote of a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock,
voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal any
provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, or to adopt any new provision of this Certificate
of Incorporation.
To the extent that the lenders under the Credit Agreement (other than any lender that is CCE
Spinco, the Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries) agree to a waiver,
consent, supplement, amendment or other modification to any covenant (it being agreed that in
determining whether such wavier, consent, supplement, amendment or other modification shall satisfy
the requirements of this paragraph, such waiver, consent, supplement, amendment or other
modification shall only be applicable if it would have been effective without the vote of all
lenders of the type described in the first parenthetical of this paragraph) in the Credit Agreement
that corresponds to a covenant set forth in SECTION 2(g) of ARTICLE IV (but only to the extent such
covenant corresponds to a covenant set forth in SECTION 2(g) of ARTICLE IV (it being acknowledged
that there are differences between the Credit Agreement and SECTION 2(g) of ARTICLE IV to which
this paragraph shall not apply)), the holders of Designated Preferred will be deemed to have
consented and agreed to such waiver, consent, supplement, amendment or other modification and shall
be deemed to have voted their Designated Preferred to effect such waiver, consent, supplement,
amendment or other modification unless such waiver, consent, supplement, amendment or other
modification could reasonably be expected (a) to be material and adverse to the value of the
Designated Preferred or restrict any payments to the Designated Preferred, (b) to permit (i)
Restricted Payments in excess of amounts permitted under SECTION 2(g)(xvii) of ARTICLE IV, (ii)
transactions with Affiliates prohibited under SECTION 2(g)(xviii) of ARTICLE IV as in effect on the
Distribution Date, (iii) investments in any Person other than the Corporation or a Subsidiary of
the Corporation prohibited by SECTION 2(g)(xiii)(D) of ARTICLE IV as in effect on the Distribution
Date and (iv) Indebtedness owing to CCE Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of amounts
permitted under SECTION 2(g)(x)(A)(3) of ARTICLE IV as in effect on the Distribution Date;
provided, however, that such waiver, consent, supplement, amendment or other modification shall not
be effective until an equivalent amount of any fees or other amounts paid (calculated based on the
percentage of the principal amount of the loan to which such fee or other amount relates) to the
lender or lenders under the Credit Agreement for the granting by such lender or lenders of any such
waiver, consent, supplement, amendment or other modification (the
Modification Fees
) shall be
paid on a pro rata basis (based on liquidation preferences calculated pursuant to SECTION 2(c)(i)
of ARTICLE IV) to the holders of the Designated Preferred. As a condition to receiving any such
Modification Fees, the holders of the Designated Preferred shall provide written consent reasonably
requested by the Corporation, and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the holders of
the Designated Preferred, required to effect a formal amendment to this Certificate of
Incorporation to reflect any such waiver, consent, supplement, amendment or other
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modification. Until such time as this Certificate of Incorporation has been formally amended,
to the extent that the holders of Designated Preferred are required hereunder to provide their
consent, this Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to be amended
mutatis mutandis
.
ARTICLE IX
LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
SECTION 1.
Elimination of Certain Liability of Directors
. A director of the
Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation, or its stockholders, for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from
liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware as the same exists at the time of the alleged breach.
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission
occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
SECTION 2.
Indemnification and Insurance
.
(a)
Right to Indemnification
. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened
to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (hereinafter a
proceeding
), by reason of the fact that he or she,
or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the
Corporation, or while a director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving, at the request of
the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee
benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation, whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other
capacity while serving as a director or officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such
amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment),
against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, amounts paid
or to be paid in settlement, and excise taxes or penalties arising under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith
and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators;
provided
,
however
, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in
connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or
part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in
SECTION 2 of this ARTICLE IX shall be a contract right. The Corporation may, by action of the Board
of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same
scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of director and officers.
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(b)
Non-Exclusivity of Rights
. The right to indemnification conferred in SECTION 2 of
this ARTICLE IX shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, By-Law, agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
(c)
Insurance
. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss,
whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE X
STOCKHOLDER ACTION
SECTION 1.
Action By Written Consent
. Any action required or permitted to be taken by
stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting,
without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the
action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding capital stock having not less than
the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting
at which all shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
SECTION 2.
Special Meetings of Stockholders
. Except as otherwise required by law or a
Certificate of Designations, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only
by (1) CCE Holdco #1, Inc., or such other holder of all of the outstanding Common Stock of the
Corporation, so long as CCE Spinco or a CCE Affiliate is the beneficial owner of at least a
majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock, (2) the Chairman of the Board of Directors
or the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of
Directors or (3) by the Secretary when required by SECTION 3 of this ARTICLE X. Any other power of
stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders is specifically denied. No business other
than that stated in the notice of a special meeting of stockholders shall be transacted at such
special meeting.
SECTION 3.
Special Meeting Called Upon a Default
. Within five days following the
occurrence of a Default that is not cured or waived within such five day period, the Secretary
shall call a special meeting of stockholders by providing written notice thereof in accordance with
the By-Laws of the Corporation to each record holder of Designated Preferred. Such meeting shall be
held not less than fifteen days nor more than 50 days after the date of such Default. If the
Secretary does not mail or cause to be mailed notice of such meeting as provided above within 20
days after such Default, a special meeting of stockholders may be called by any holder of
Designated Preferred by giving the notice described above, and for that purpose shall have access
to the Corporations stock books. The date of such Default shall be the record date for determining
the holders of stock entitled to notice of and to vote at such special meeting.
ARTICLE XI
INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION 1.
Certain Definitions
. For purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation:
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(a) The term
Affiliate
shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, another Person
that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled
by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
(b) The terms
beneficial owner
and
beneficial ownership
shall have the meaning
ascribed to such terms in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, and shall be
determined in accordance with such rule.
(c) The term
Capital Expenditures
shall mean, for any period, (i) the additions to
property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of CCE Spinco and its
consolidated Subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of
cash flows of CCE Spinco for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (ii) Capital
Lease Obligations incurred by CCE Spinco and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such
period.
(d) The term
Capital Lease Obligations
of any Person means the obligations of such
Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the
right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such
Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount
thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
(e) The term
CCE Affiliate
shall mean (i) any corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association or other entity of which CCE Spinco is the beneficial owner (directly
or indirectly) of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock, voting power, partnership
interests or similar voting interests, or (ii) any other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association or other entity that is controlled by CCE Spinco, controls CCE Spinco
or is under common control with CCE Spinco.
(f) The term
CCE Spinco
shall mean (i) CCE Spinco, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
(ii) for the purposes of SECTION 2(g) of ARTICLE IV if CCE Spinco ceases to be the direct or
indirect parent of the Corporation, shall mean the Corporation.
(g) The term
Certificate of Designations
shall mean the resolution or resolutions
adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to SECTION 3 of ARTICLE IV designating the
rights, powers and preferences of any series of Preferred Stock (other than the Series A
Preferred and the Series B Preferred) and the Certificate of Designations filed by the
Corporation with respect thereto.
(h) The term
Change of Control
shall mean a) the acquisition of ownership, directly
or indirectly, beneficially, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder but excluding any employee benefit plan
of such Person or its subsidiaries, and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent
or other fiduciary or administrator of such plan), of securities representing more than 35%
of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding securities
of CCE Spinco; (b) if, during any period of up to 12 consecutive months, commencing on the
Distribution Date, individuals
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who at the beginning of such period (together with any new directors whose election or
whose nomination for election by the stockholders was approved by a vote of 66- 2/3% of the
directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or
whose election or nomination was previously so approved) were directors of CCE Spinco shall
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of CCE Spinco; (c)
any other event that constitutes a change of control or similar event with respect to CCE
Spinco, however denominated, under any other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing
any Material Indebtedness of CCE Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries or (d) CCE Spinco ceasing
to own directly or indirectly all of the capital stock of the Corporation other than the
Designated Preferred; provided, however, that the spin-off of CCE Spinco by Clear Channel as
contemplated by the Form 10 of Clear Channel filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control hereunder.
(i) The term
Clear Channel
shall mean Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation.
(j) The term
Clear Channel Affiliate
shall mean, other than the Corporation or any
Corporation Affiliate, (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or other
entity of which Clear Channel is the beneficial owner (directly or indirectly) of 20% or
more of the outstanding voting stock, voting power, partnership interests or similar voting
interests, or (ii) any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or other
entity that is controlled by Clear Channel, controls Clear Channel or is under common
control with Clear Channel.
(k) The term
Clear Channel Entity
shall mean any one or more of Clear Channel and the
Clear Channel Affiliates.
(l) The term
Clear Channel Official
shall mean each person who is a director or an
officer (or both) of one or more Clear Channel Entities.
(m) The term
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense
shall mean for any period, the excess
of (i) the sum of (A) the interest expense (including imputed interest expense in respect of
Capital Lease Obligations) of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (B) any interest accrued during such
period in respect of Indebtedness of CCE Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries that is required
to be capitalized rather than included in consolidated interest expense for such period in
accordance with GAAP, plus (C) any cash payments made during such period in respect of
obligations referred to in clause (ii)(B) below that were amortized or accrued in a previous
period, plus (D) the aggregate amount of all restricted payments made pursuant to the Credit
Agreement (other than Restricted Payments made pursuant to SECTION 2(g)(xvii)(A)(3),
2(g)(xvii)(A)(5) or 2(g)(xvii)(A)(6) of ARTICLE IV) by the Corporation or its direct parent
company to Persons other than the Corporation or such direct parent company during such
period minus (ii) the sum of (A) to the extent included in such consolidated interest
expense for such period, non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of financing costs
paid in a previous period, plus (B) to the extent included in such consolidated interest
expense for
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such period, non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of debt discounts or accrued
interest payable in kind for such period,
provided
that Consolidated Cash Interest Expense
with respect to any period shall be determined after giving pro forma effect to all
acquisitions, investments, sales, dispositions, mergers, incurrences of Indebtedness or
similar events (including, as applicable, the application of the proceeds therefrom) during
such period.
(n) The term
Consolidated EBITDA
shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income
for such period
plus
(i) without duplication and to the extent deducted in
determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (A) consolidated interest expense for
such period, (B) consolidated income tax expense for such period, (C) all amounts
attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (D) any extraordinary charges
or losses for such period, and (E) the one-time adjustments with respect to the fiscal
quarters ended March 31, 2005, September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2005 that are set forth
as Item 2 on Schedule X to each of the Class A Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement dated
December 12, 2005, between CCE Spinco and the investors named therein, and the Class B
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated December 12, 2005, between Clear Channel and the
purchasers named therein,
minus
(ii) without duplication and to the extent included
in determining such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary gains for such period, all
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and after giving pro forma effect
to all acquisitions, investments, sales, dispositions, mergers, incurrences of Indebtedness
or similar events (including, as applicable, the application of the proceeds therefrom)
during such period.
(o) The term
Consolidated Net Income
shall mean, for any period, the net income or
loss of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP (adjusted to reflect any charge, tax or expense incurred or accrued
by CCE Spinco during such period as though such charge, tax or expense had been incurred by
CCE Spinco, to the extent that CCE Spinco has made or would be entitled under the Credit
Agreement to make any payment to or for the account of CCE Spinco in respect thereof) and
after giving pro forma effect to all acquisitions, investments, sales, dispositions,
mergers, incurrences of Indebtedness or similar events (including, as applicable, the
application of the proceeds therefrom) during such period,
provided
that, to the extent not
included therein, the foregoing shall include the income of any Person (other than any
Subsidiary of CCE Spinco) in which any other Person (other than any other Subsidiary of CCE
Spinco or any director holding qualifying shares in compliance with applicable law) owns an
Equity Interest, to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually
paid to CCE Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries during such period.
(p) The term
Consolidated Tangible Assets
shall mean, at any time, the value of the
tangible assets of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, as set forth in the most recent Financial Officers certificate
delivered pursuant to SECTION 2(g)(i) of ARTICLE IV.
(q) The term
Control
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or
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appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise
voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms Controlling and Controlled have
meanings correlative thereto.
(r) The term
corporate opportunity
shall include, but not be limited to, business
opportunities that (i) the Corporation or any Corporation Affiliate is financially able to
undertake, (ii) are, from their nature, in the line of the Corporations or any Corporation
Affiliates business, and (iii) are of practical advantage to the Corporation or any
Corporation Affiliate and ones in which the Corporation or any Corporation Affiliate, but
for the provisions of ARTICLE V, would have an interest or a reasonable expectancy.
(s) The term
Corporation Affiliate
shall mean (i) any corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association or other entity of which the Corporation is the beneficial owner
(directly or indirectly) of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock, voting power,
partnership interests or similar voting interests or (ii) any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association or other entity that is controlled by the
Corporation.
(t) The term
Corporation Entity
shall mean any one or more of the Corporation and the
Corporation Affiliates.
(u) The term
Corporation Official
shall mean each person who is a director or an
officer (or both) of the Corporation and/or one or more Corporation Affiliates.
(v) The term
Credit Agreement
shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, to be dated
as of December 21, 2005, by and among CCE Spinco, SFX Entertainment, the guarantors party
thereto, and initially providing for up to $575.0 million of revolving credit and term loan
borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and
agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated,
modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or
refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in
whole or in part from time to time (and for the avoidance of doubt, the term Credit
Agreement includes the term Loan Documents, as defined in the Credit Agreement).
(w) The term
Default
shall mean any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an
Event of Default.
(x) The term
Distribution Date
shall mean December 21, 2005.
(y) The term
Effective Date Excess Cash
shall mean the amount, if any, by which the
aggregate amount of consolidated cash and cash equivalents of CCE Spinco and its
Subsidiaries on the effective date of the Credit Agreement (the
Effective Date
) exceeds
the US Dollar Equivalent of $150,000,000
provided
that the Effective Date Excess Cash shall
not exceed $125,000,000.
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(z) The term
Equity Interests
shall mean shares of capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a
trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other
rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.
(aa) The term
ERISA Affiliate
means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with the Corporation, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
(bb) The term
ERISA Event
means (a) any reportable event, as defined in Section
4043 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time
(
ERISA
), or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event
for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of
an accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended from time to time (the
Code
), or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not
waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of
an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d)
the incurrence by the Corporation or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of
ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Corporation or any
ERISA Affiliate from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in
ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions (the
PBGC
) or a plan
administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Corporation or any ERISA
Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any
Plan or multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (
Multiemployer Plan
);
or (g) the receipt by the Corporation or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt
by any Multiemployer Plan from the Corporation or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
concerning the imposition of liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or
partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA, or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is
expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
(cc) The term
Event of Default
shall mean (i) the failure of the Corporation to pay
in cash any Designated Preferred Dividends or Designated Preferred Penalty Dividends within
10 business days of the Dividend Payment Date pursuant to SECTION 2(b) of ARTICLE IV
(whether or not such payment is authorized or permitted); (ii) the failure of the
Corporation to redeem all of the shares of Designated Preferred on the Mandatory Redemption
Date or to pay the full redemption price payable with respect to each such share in cash
within ten business days of the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate for such
shares, all in accordance with SECTION 2(d) of ARTICLE IV (whether or not such payment is
authorized or permitted); (iii) the failure of the Corporation to make a Repurchase Offer
with respect to, or to consummate the purchase in cash of any, shares of Designated
Preferred when required pursuant to SECTION 2(e) of ARTICLE IV (whether or not such payment
is authorized or permitted); (iv) the failure
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of the Corporation to comply with any other covenant or provision of SECTION 2 of
ARTICLE IV (other than SECTION 2(h) of ARTICLE IV), ARTICLE VI, ARTICLE VIII or SECTION 3 of
ARTICLE X and the continuation of such failure for at least 60 consecutive days; or (v) the
acceleration of any Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, which
Indebtedness is in an aggregate outstanding principal amount exceeding $10.0 million prior
to its stated maturity resulting from a default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which such Indebtedness was issued or by which such Indebtedness is evidenced or
secured. An Event of Default that has occurred shall be deemed to be no longer continuing
at such time as (A) the Corporation has cured such Event of Default to the extent such Event
of Default can be cured, (B) such Event of Default has been waived in writing by the holders
of a majority of the shares of Series A Preferred and the holders of a majority of the
shares of Series B Preferred for Events of Default other than those specified in clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) of SECTION 1(cc) of this ARTICLE XI, (C) such Event of Default has been
waived in writing by the holders of 72.5% of the shares of Series A Preferred and the
holders of 72.5% of the shares of Series B Preferred for Events of Default specified in
clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of SECTION 1(cc) of this ARTICLE XI, or (D) the circumstances
constituting such Event of Default no longer exist.
(dd) The term
Excluded Acquisition
means any purchase or other acquisition, in one
transaction or a series of related transactions, of assets, properties and/or Equity
Interests with an aggregate fair market value not exceeding $500,000 (or the US Dollar
Equivalent thereof).
(ee) The term
Financial Officer
shall mean the chief financial officer, principal
accounting officer, treasurer or controller of CCE Spinco or the Corporation.
(ff) The term
Foreign Subsidiary
shall mean any Subsidiary of the Corporation that is
not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the
District of Columbia.
(gg) The term
GAAP
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America.
(hh) The term
Governmental Authority
shall mean the government of the United States
of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local,
and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative
powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
(ii) The term
Guarantee
of or by any Person (the
guarantor
) means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the
primary obligor
) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any
obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or
supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to
purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment
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thereof, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of
assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof
(including pursuant to any synthetic lease financing), (iii) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary
obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or
(iv) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to
support such Indebtedness or obligation,
provided
that the term Guarantee shall not
include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
(jj) The term
Indebtedness
of any Person means, without duplication, the following:
(i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to
deposits or advances of any kind made to such Person,
(ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
similar instruments,
(iii) all obligations of such Person which customarily bear interest
irrespective of whether a default has occurred,
(iv) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title
retention agreements (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under
supply agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business) relating to
property acquired by such Person,
(v) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of
property or services (excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary
course of business to the extent not more than 90 days overdue),
(vi) all obligations of others of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(v) and (vii) through (xi) of this definition secured by (or for which the holder of
such obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by)
any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not such
obligations secured thereby have been assumed,
(vii) all Guarantees by such Person of obligations of others of the type
referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) and (viii) through (xi) of this definition,
(viii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person,
(ix) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account
party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty,
(x) all obligations of such Person with respect to any Swap Agreement and
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(xi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of
bankers acceptances.
The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including
any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is
liable therefor as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or other relationship
with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such
Person is not liable therefor.
(kk) The term
Leverage Ratio
shall mean, on any relevant date of determination, the
ratio of (i) Total Indebtedness as of such date minus Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents
as of such date to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters of CCE Spinco ended on such date.
(ll) The term
Lien
shall mean, with respect to any asset, (i) any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of
such asset, (ii) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (iii) in the case
of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to
such securities.
(mm) The term
Liquidation
shall mean any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of
the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary;
provided
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however
, that in no event shall
the voluntary sale, conveyance, lease, license, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of
stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property or
assets of the Corporation or a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into one
or more other entities (whether or not the Corporation is the entity surviving such
consolidation or merger) be deemed to be a Liquidation unless such sale, conveyance,
exchange or transfer occurs in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of
the Corporation.
(nn) The term
Material Adverse Effect
shall mean a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, assets, operations, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities
(including contingent liabilities), material agreements or prospects of CCE Spinco and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Corporation to perform any of its
obligations under this Certificate of Incorporation and (iii) the rights or remedies
available to the holders of the Designated Preferred under this Certificate of
Incorporation.
(oo) The term
Material Indebtedness
shall mean (without duplication) Indebtedness, or
obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of CCE Spinco and
its Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding principal amount exceeding $10,000,000
determined on a consolidated basis. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness in
respect of any Swap Agreement, the amount of the outstanding principal amount of the
obligations of CCE Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of such Swap Agreement at
any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount
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(giving effect to any netting agreements) that CCE Spinco or such Subsidiary would be
required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
(pp) The term
Net Proceeds
shall mean, with respect to any event (a) the cash
proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any
non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance
proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and
similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses
paid by CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries to third parties (other than CCE Spinco and its
Subsidiaries) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other
disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a
casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be
made by CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness
secured by such asset and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be
payable) by CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries, and the amount of any reserves established by
CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be
payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year
and that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith
by a Financial Officer).
(qq) The term
Permitted Acquisition
has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2(g)(xiii)
of ARTICLE IV.
(rr) The term
Permitted Deposits
shall mean, with respect to CCE Spinco or its
Subsidiaries, cash or cash equivalents (and all accounts and other depositary arrangements
with respect thereto) securing customary obligations of such Person that are incurred in the
ordinary course of business in connection with promoting or producing live entertainment
events.
(ss) The term
Permitted Encumbrances
shall mean:
(i) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments, governmental charges, levies
or claims that are not yet delinquent or are being contested in compliance with
SECTION 2(g)(iv) of ARTICLE IV;
(ii) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, laborers, materialmens,
repairmens, vendors and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary
course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30
days or are being contested in compliance with SECTION 2(g)(iv) of ARTICLE IV;
(iii) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
compliance with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social
security laws or regulations;
(iv) Permitted Deposits and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade
contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
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performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the
ordinary course of business;
(v) awards or judgment liens in respect of awards or judgments, to the extent
not resulting in an Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement);
(vi) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on
real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do
not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of
the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vii) Liens created by lease agreements in respect of the leasehold interests
leased by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder to secure the
payments of rental amounts and other sums not yet due thereunder; and
(viii) Liens on leasehold interests of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries created by the lessor in favor of any mortgagee of the leased premises,
provided
that the term Permitted Encumbrances shall not include any Lien securing
Indebtedness.
(tt) The term
Permitted Investments
shall mean:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on
which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any
agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from
the date of acquisition thereof;
(ii) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of
acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a credit rating of at
least A-1 or P-1 from S&P or from Moodys, respectively;
(iii) investments in certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time
deposits denominated in US Dollars and maturing within 180 days from the date of
acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit
accounts denominated in US Dollars issued or offered by, any commercial bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or any
member nation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development which has
a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000
(or the US Dollar Equivalent thereof) or any Lender or Affiliate of any Lender;
(iv) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30
days for securities described in clause (i) above and entered into with a financial
institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (iii) above; and
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(v) money market funds that (A) (1) comply with the criteria set forth in
Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (or, in the case of money market funds offered by any commercial bank organized
under the laws of any member nation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, the applicable criteria of such member nation to the extent
substantially comparable to the criteria set forth in such Rule 2a-7), (2) are rated
AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys or a comparable rating by any other nationally
recognized rating agency and (3) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000
(or the US Dollar Equivalent thereof) or (B) are offered by any Lender or Affiliate
of any Lender.
(uu) The term
Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness
means Indebtedness of the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries that (a) is subordinated to the obligations under the
Credit Agreement on terms no less favorable to the lenders under the Credit Agreement than
the terms set forth in Exhibit F to the Credit Agreement and (ii) matures on or after the
date that is one year after the maturity date of the term loan under the Credit Agreement.
(vv) The term
Person
shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability
company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or
other entity.
(ww) The term
Plan
means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Corporation or any ERISA Affiliate
is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an
employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
(xx) The term
Remaining Excess Cash
shall mean, at any time, an amount equal to the
Effective Date Excess Cash less the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of investments, loans
and advances made, and payments in respect of purchases and acquisitions consummated,
pursuant to SECTION 2(g)(xiii)(M) of ARTICLE IV prior to such time, (ii) the aggregate
amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to SECTION 2(g)(xvii)(A)(5) of ARTICLE IV prior
to such time and (iii) the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents transferred
pursuant to SECTION 2(g)(xviii)(I) of ARTICLE IV prior to such time; provided that Remaining
Excess Cash shall not, at any time, be less than zero.
(yy) The term
Restricted Payment
shall mean any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in
the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any option, warrant or other right to acquire
any such Equity Interests in the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(zz) The term
Senior Indebtedness
shall mean Indebtedness of CCE Spinco or any of its
Subsidiaries that is not expressly subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of CCE Spinco or any of its Subsidiaries.
(aaa) The term
Senior Leverage Ratio
shall mean, on any relevant date of
determination, the ratio of (i) Total Senior Indebtedness as of such date minus Unrestricted
Cash and Cash Equivalents as of such date to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of CCE Spinco ended on such date.
(bbb) The term
SFX Entertainment
shall mean SFX Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
(ccc) The term
Specified Number
shall mean, with respect to any meeting of
stockholders or any written consent of stockholders in lieu of meeting, the result obtained
by dividing (i) the aggregate number of votes entitled to be cast by the holders of Common
Stock by (ii) three times the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred outstanding,
in each case calculated as of the record date for such meeting or written consent of
stockholders (or, if no record date is established, as of the date such vote is taken or
such written consent is first solicited).
(ddd) The term
Subordinated Indebtedness
shall mean Indebtedness of CCE Spinco or any
of its Subsidiaries that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations in
the Credit Agreement.
(eee) The term
Subsidiary
shall mean, with respect to any Person (the
parent
) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
parent in the parents consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as of
such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests
representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or,
in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of
such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled,
by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more
subsidiaries of the parent, other than solely as a result of a contract under which the
parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent provides management services.
(fff) The term
Swap Agreement
shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap,
forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or
settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt
instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of
economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination
of these transactions,
provided
that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for
payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers,
employees or consultants of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a Swap
Agreement.
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(ggg) The term
Total Indebtedness
shall mean, as of any relevant date of
determination, the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, in the amount
that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP, plus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of CCE
Spinco and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date that is not required to be reflected
on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, determined on a consolidated basis, plus (iii)
the aggregate amount of Accumulated Dividends and the liquidation preference for the
Designated Preferred calculated pursuant to SECTION 2(c)(1) of ARTICLE IV;
provided
that Total Indebtedness shall exclude all Indebtedness of CCE Spinco and its Subsidiaries
permitted under SECTION 2(g)(x)(A)(7) of ARTICLE IV.
(hhh) The term
Total Senior Indebtedness
shall mean, as of any relevant date of
determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Senior Indebtedness of CCE
Spinco and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, in the amount that would be
reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP, plus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Senior Indebtedness of CCE Spinco and
its Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date that is not required to be reflected on a
balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, determined on a consolidated basis,
provided
that Total Senior Indebtedness shall exclude all Senior Indebtedness of CCE Spinco and its
Subsidiaries permitted under SECTION 2(g)(x)(A)(7) and 2(g)(x)(A)(9) of ARTICLE IV.
(iii) The term
Triggering Event
shall mean the failure of the Corporation to comply
with the covenant in SECTION 2(h) of ARTICLE IV.
(jjj) The term
Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents
shall mean, as of any date, an
amount equal to (a) the aggregate amount of consolidated cash and cash equivalents of CCE
Spinco and its Subsidiaries as of such date less (b) the Remaining Excess Cash as of such
date,
provided
that for all purposes hereunder, Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents shall
not exceed US$150,000,000.
(kkk) The term
Voting Stock
shall mean all classes of the then outstanding capital
stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally on any matter that could be submitted to
a vote of stockholders of the Corporation other than the election of directors.
SECTION 2.
Business Day
. The term
business day
, when used herein, means any day
other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the States of New York
or Texas are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
SECTION 3.
Shares Outstanding
. The term
outstanding
, when used with reference to
shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred or any other shares of stock,
shall mean issued shares excluding shares held by the Corporation or any Corporation Affiliate.
SECTION 4.
Proportion of Shares
. Every reference in this Certificate of Incorporation
to a majority or other proportion of shares, or a majority or other proportion of the votes of
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shares, of Common Stock, Series A Preferred or any other capital stock shall refer to such
majority or other proportion of the votes to which such shares entitle their holders to cast as
provided in this Certificate of Incorporation.
SECTION 5.
Headings
. The headings of the articles, sections and subsections of this
Certificate of Incorporation are for convenience of reference only and shall not define, limit or
affect any of the provisions hereof.
ARTICLE XII
INCORPORATOR
The name of the incorporator is Paulette Gerhart, whose mailing address is c/o Fulbright &
Jaworski L.L.P., 300 Convent Street, Suite 2200, San Antonio, Texas 78205-3792.
ARTICLE XIII
EFFECTIVE TIME
This certificate of incorporation shall be effective on December 21, 2005, at 8:00 a.m.
Eastern Time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CCE Holdco #2, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Incorporation to be
executed this 19th day of December, 2005.
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/s/ Paulette Gerhart
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Paulette Gerhart
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Exhibit 10.11
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
December 21, 2005
among
CCE SPINCO, INC.,
SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC. and
THE FOREIGN BORROWERS PARTY HERETO,
as Borrowers,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH,
as Canadian Agent,
J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED,
as London Agent,
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions
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SECTION 1.01.
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Defined Terms
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SECTION 1.02.
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Classification of Loans and Borrowings
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SECTION 1.03.
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Terms Generally
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SECTION 1.04.
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Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations
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SECTION 1.05.
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Effectuation of Transfers
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SECTION 1.06.
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Exchange Rates
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SECTION 1.07.
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Redenomination of Certain Foreign Currencies
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ARTICLE II
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The Credits
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SECTION 2.01.
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Commitments
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SECTION 2.02.
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Loans and Borrowings
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SECTION 2.03.
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Requests for Borrowings
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SECTION 2.04.
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Swingline Loans
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SECTION 2.05.
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Letters of Credit
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SECTION 2.06.
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Funding of Borrowings and B/A Drawings
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SECTION 2.07.
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Interest Elections
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SECTION 2.08.
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Termination and Reduction of Commitments
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SECTION 2.09.
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Repayment of Loans and B/As; Evidence of Debt
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SECTION 2.10.
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Amortization of Term Loans
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SECTION 2.11.
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Prepayment of Loans and B/As
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SECTION 2.12.
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Fees
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SECTION 2.13.
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Interest
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SECTION 2.14.
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Alternate Rate of Interest
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SECTION 2.15.
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Increased Costs; Illegality
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SECTION 2.16.
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Break Funding Payments
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SECTION 2.17.
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Taxes
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SECTION 2.18.
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Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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SECTION 2.19.
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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Canadian Bankers Acceptances
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Incremental Commitments
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Additional Reserve Costs
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SECTION 2.23.
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Foreign Borrowers
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ARTICLE III
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Representations and Warranties
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SECTION 3.01.
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Organization; Powers
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SECTION 3.02.
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Authorization; Enforceability
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SECTION 3.03.
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Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
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Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
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Properties
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Litigation and Environmental Matters
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Compliance with Laws and Agreements
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Investment and Holding Company Status
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Taxes
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SECTION 3.11.
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Disclosure
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Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures
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SECTION 3.13.
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Insurance
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Labor Matters
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Solvency
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Status of Obligations
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Collateral Matters
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Immunities, Etc
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ARTICLE IV
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Conditions
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Effective Date
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Each Credit Event
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First Credit Extension to a Foreign Borrower
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ARTICLE V
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Affirmative Covenants
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SECTION 5.01.
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Financial Statements and Other Information
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Notices of Material Events
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Information Regarding Collateral
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Existence; Conduct of Business
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Payment of Obligations
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Maintenance of Properties
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Insurance
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Casualty and Condemnation
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Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights
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Compliance with Laws
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Additional Subsidiaries
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SECTION 5.12.
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Further Assurances
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86
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SECTION 5.13.
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Interest Rate Protection
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87
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SECTION 5.14.
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Ownership of Foreign Borrowers
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87
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ARTICLE VI
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Negative Covenants
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SECTION 6.01.
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Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities
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87
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SECTION 6.02.
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Liens
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89
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SECTION 6.03.
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Fundamental Changes
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90
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SECTION 6.04.
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Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
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91
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SECTION 6.05.
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Asset Sales
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94
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SECTION 6.06.
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Sale and Leaseback Transactions
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95
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SECTION 6.07.
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Swap Agreements
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95
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SECTION 6.08.
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Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness
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95
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SECTION 6.09.
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Transactions with Affiliates
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97
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SECTION 6.10.
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Restrictive Agreements
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98
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SECTION 6.11.
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Amendment of Material Documents
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98
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SECTION 6.12.
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Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit
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98
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SECTION 6.13.
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Interest Expense Coverage Ratio
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99
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SECTION 6.14.
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Leverage Ratio
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99
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SECTION 6.15.
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Senior Leverage Ratio
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99
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SECTION 6.16.
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Capital Expenditures
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99
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SECTION 6.17.
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Accounting Changes
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100
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ARTICLE VII
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Events of Default
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SECTION 7.01.
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Events of Default
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100
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SECTION 7.02.
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CAM
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103
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ARTICLE VIII
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The Agents
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ARTICLE IX
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Miscellaneous
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SECTION 9.01.
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Notices
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107
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SECTION 9.02.
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Waivers; Amendments
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108
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SECTION 9.03.
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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109
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SECTION 9.04.
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Successors and Assigns
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111
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SECTION 9.05.
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Survival
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115
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SECTION 9.06.
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
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115
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SECTION 9.07.
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Severability
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116
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SECTION 9.08.
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Right of Setoff
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116
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SECTION 9.09.
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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116
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SECTION 9.10.
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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117
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SECTION 9.11.
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Headings
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117
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SECTION 9.12.
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Confidentiality
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117
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SECTION 9.13.
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Interest Rate Limitation
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118
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SECTION 9.14.
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Release of Liens and Guarantees
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118
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SECTION 9.15.
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Conversion of Currencies
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119
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SECTION 9.16.
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USA Patriot Act Notice
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119
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SCHEDULES
:
Schedule 1.01 Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments
Schedule 2.01 Commitments
Schedule 2.05 Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.06 Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.12 Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures
Schedule 3.13 Insurance
Schedule 3.17 Filings
Schedule 6.01 Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 Existing Liens
Schedule 6.03 Holdco #1 Real Property
Schedule 6.04(b) Existing Investments
Schedule 6.04(m) Required Investments
Schedule 6.08 Existing Holding Company Obligations
Schedule 6.09 Existing Affiliate Transactions
Schedule 6.10 Existing Restrictions
EXHIBITS
:
Exhibit A Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B Form of Domestic Collateral Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Foreign Borrower Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Foreign Borrower Termination
Exhibit E Form of Perfection Certificate
Exhibit F Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Terms
Exhibit G Mandatory Costs Rate Formula
Exhibit H-1 Form of Opinion of US Borrower Counsel
Exhibit H-2 Form of Opinion of Local Counsel
Exhibit I Form of Financial Officer Solvency Certificate
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 21, 2005 (this
Agreement
), among CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC., the
FOREIGN BORROWERS party hereto, the LENDERS party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO
BRANCH, as Canadian Agent, J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as London Agent,
and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent.
WHEREAS, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (
CCU
) and the owner
of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of CCE Spinco, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(
Parent
), will effect a spin-off (the
Spin-Off
) of its live entertainment and
live entertainment-related businesses (collectively, the
Business
) through (a) the
contribution of assets and subsidiaries relating to the Business to Parent and/or one or more
Subsidiaries and (b) the distribution of 100% of the shares of common stock of Parent to the
holders of common stock of CCU, as described in the Information Statement attached as an exhibit to
the Form 10 filed by Parent with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2005 (as
amended from time to time prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off, the
Form 10
).
WHEREAS, on or prior to the Effective Date, (a) each Loan Party shall execute and deliver the
Loan Documents to which it is a party, the Term Loans shall be made, and certain Letters of Credit
shall be issued, (b) CCE Holdco #2, Inc., a Delaware corporation (
Holdco #2
) that is an
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and that will become the owner of all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the US Borrower, will issue shares of its Series A redeemable
preferred stock (the
Series A Preferred Stock
) with an aggregate liquidation preference
of US$20,000,000 to third-party investors for aggregate net cash proceeds to Holdco #2 of not less
than US$20,000,000, (c) Holdco #2 will issue shares of its Series B redeemable preferred stock (the
Series B Preferred Stock
and, together with the Series A Preferred Stock, the
Preferred Stock
) with an aggregate liquidation preference of US$20,000,000 to Parent in
exchange for the capital stock of the US Borrower and (d) Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries will apply a portion of the proceeds of the Term Loans and the issuance of the Series
A Preferred Stock to (i) repay approximately US$220,000,000 of outstanding intercompany
indebtedness owed by Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries (the
Intercompany Debt
Repayment
) and (ii) pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing (the
Transaction Costs
). The transactions described in clauses (a) through (d) of the
immediately preceding sentence are collectively referred to herein as the
Transactions
.
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders
extend credit in the form of Term Loans, Revolving Loans and B/As and the Issuing Banks issue
Letters of Credit, in each case in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in connection therewith, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01.
Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
ABR
, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to
the Alternate Base Rate.
Act
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.16.
Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate
means, (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for
any Interest Period that is denominated in US Dollars, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (i) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserves and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for
any Interest Period that is denominated in a Foreign Currency, an interest rate per annum equal to
(i) for any Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Euros, the EURIBO Rate or (ii) for any other
Eurocurrency Borrowing, the LIBO Rate, in each case in effect for such Interest Period and subject
to Section 2.22.
Administrative Agent
means JPMCB, in its capacity as administrative agent for the
Lenders hereunder, or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with Article VIII.
Administrative Questionnaire
means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate
means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.
Agents
means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the London
Agent, the Collateral Agent and any other affiliate of the Administrative Agent appointed in
accordance with Article VIII.
Agreement
has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Agreement Currency
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.15
Alternate Base Rate
means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a)
the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day
plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
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Applicable Agent
means (a) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in US
Dollars or a Letter of Credit denominated in US Dollars or any Foreign Currency, or with respect to
any payment that does not relate to any Loan, Borrowing or Letter of Credit, the Administrative
Agent, (b) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars or a B/A, the
Canadian Agent and (c) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in any other Foreign
Currency, the London Agent.
Applicable Creditor
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.15.
Applicable Percentage
means, with respect to any Participating Revolving Lender, the
percentage of the total Participating Revolving Commitments represented by such Lenders
Participating Revolving Commitment. If the Participating Revolving Commitments have terminated or
expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Participating Revolving
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
Applicable Rate
means, for any day (a) with respect to any Term Loan, (i) 1.25% per
annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, or (ii) 2.25% per annum, in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, and
(b) with respect to any ABR Revolving Loan or Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loan, Eurocurrency
Revolving Loan or B/A Drawing, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the
case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption ABR and Canadian Base
Rate Spread, Eurocurrency and B/A Spread or Commitment Fee Rate, as the case may be, based
upon the Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date,
provided
that until the
delivery of Parents consolidated financial statements as of, and for the periods ending on
December 31, 2005, pursuant to Section 5.01(a), the Applicable Rate for purposes of clause (b)
shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth below in Category 6:
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ABR and Canadian
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Base Rate
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Eurocurrency and B/A
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Commitment Fee
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Leverage Ratio:
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Spread
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Spread
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Rate
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Category 1
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Less than or equal
to 1.25 to 1.00
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0.000
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%
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0.750
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%
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0.250
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%
|
Category 2
|
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Less than or equal
to 1.75 to 1.00 but
greater than 1.25
to 1.00
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0.000
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%
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1.000
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%
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0.250
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%
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Category 3
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Less than or equal
to 2.25 to 1.00 but
greater than 1.75
to 1.00
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0.250
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%
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1.250
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%
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0.250
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%
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Category 4
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Less than or equal
to 2.75 to 1.00 but
greater than 2.25
to 1.00
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0.500
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%
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1.500
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%
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0.250
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%
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Category 5
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Less than 3.00 to
1.00 but greater
than 2.75 to 1.00
|
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0.750
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%
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1.750
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%
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0.250
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%
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Category 6
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Greater than or
equal to 3.00 to
1.00
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0.750
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%
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1.750
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%
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0.375
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%
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For purposes of the foregoing, (i) the Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end
of each fiscal quarter of Parents fiscal year based upon Parents consolidated financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii)
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each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be
effective during the period commencing on and including the Business Day following the date of
delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such
change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change,
provided
that the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 6 (A) at any time that
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (B) at the option of the Administrative Agent
or at the request of the Required Lenders if Parent fails to timely deliver the consolidated
financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), during the
period from the last day on which such statements are permitted to be delivered in conformity with
Section 5.01(a) or (b), as the case may be, until such consolidated financial statements are
delivered.
Approved Fund
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
Assignment and Assumption
means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04),
and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by
the Administrative Agent.
B/A
means a bill of exchange, including a depository bill issued in accordance with
the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada), denominated in Canadian Dollars, drawn by a Canadian
Borrower and accepted by a Revolving Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
B/A Drawing
means B/As accepted and purchased on the same date and as to which a
single Contract Period is in effect including any B/A Equivalent Loans accepted and purchased on
the same date and as to which a single Contract Period is in effect. For greater certainty, all
provisions of this Agreement which are applicable to B/As are also applicable,
mutatis
mutandis
, to B/A Equivalent Loans.
B/A Equivalent Loan
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20(k).
Board
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States of America.
Borrowers
means, collectively, the US Borrower and the Foreign Borrowers.
Borrowing
means (a) Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued
on the same date, denominated in the same currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to
which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (b) a Swingline Loan.
Borrowing Minimum
means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars,
US$5,000,000 and (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any Foreign Currency, the smallest
amount of such Foreign Currency that is a multiple of 1,000,000 units of such currency that has a
US Dollar Equivalent in excess of US$5,000,000.
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Borrowing Multiple
means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars,
US$1,000,000 and (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any Foreign Currency, 1,000,000
units of such currency.
Borrowing Request
means a request by a Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.03.
Business
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Business Day
means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed,
provided
that (a) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term Business Day
shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the applicable
currency in the London interbank market, (b) when used in connection with a Loan denominated in
Euros, the term Business Day shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET payment system is not
open for the settlement of payments in Euros, (c) when used in connection with a Loan denominated
in Canadian Dollars or a B/A, the term Business Day shall also exclude any day on which banks are
not open for dealings in deposits in Canadian Dollars in Toronto and (d) when used in connection
with a Loan denominated in any Foreign Currency other than Euros and Canadian Dollars, the term
Business Day shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in
the applicable currency in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.
Calculation Date
means (a) the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and (b)
solely with respect to any Foreign Currency for a requested new Borrowing for which an Exchange
Rate was not established on the immediately preceding Calculation Date, (i) in the case of Canadian
Base Rate Borrowings or B/As, the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such
Borrowing is to be made and (ii) in the case of other Borrowings, the third Business Day preceding
the date on which such Borrowing is to be made,
provided
that the Administrative Agent may
in addition designate the last day of any other month as a Calculation Date if it reasonably
determines that there has been significant volatility in the foreign currency markets.
CAM
means the mechanism for the allocation and exchange of interests in Loans and
other extensions of credit under this Agreement and collections thereunder established in Section
7.02.
CAM Exchange
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).
CAM Exchange Date
means the first date on which there shall occur (a) any Event of
Default referred to in Section 7.01(h) or (i) in respect of any Borrower or (b) an acceleration of
Loans pursuant to Section 7.01.
CAM Percentage
means, as to each Lender, a fraction, expressed as a decimal, of
which (a) the numerator shall be the aggregate US Dollar Equivalent (determined on the basis of
Exchange Rates prevailing on the CAM Exchange Date) of the Designated Obligations owed to such
Lender (whether or not at the time due and
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payable) immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date and (b) the denominator shall be the
aggregate US Dollar Equivalent (determined on the basis of Exchange Rates prevailing on the CAM
Exchange Date) of the Designated Obligations owed to all the Lenders (whether or not at the time
due and payable) immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date.
Canadian Agent
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch, in its capacity as
Canadian agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with
Article VIII.
Canadian Base Rate
means, for any day, the rate of interest per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 or 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the interest rate per
annum publicly announced from time to time by the Canadian Agent as its reference rate in effect on
such day at its principal office in Toronto for determining interest rates applicable to commercial
loans denominated in Canadian Dollars in Canada (each change in such reference rate being effective
from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective) and (b) the
interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the CDOR Rate on such day (or, if such rate is not
so reported on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page, the average of the rate quotes for bankers
acceptances denominated in Canadian Dollars with a term of 30 days received by the Canadian Agent
at approximately 10:00 a.m., Toronto time, on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on
the next preceding Business Day) from one or more banks of recognized standing selected by it) and
(ii) 0.50% per annum.
Canadian Borrower
means the US Borrower or any Subsidiary that is incorporated or
otherwise organized under the laws of Canada or any political subdivision thereof that has been
designated as a Foreign Borrower pursuant to Section 2.23 and that has not ceased to be a Foreign
Borrower as provided in such Section.
Canadian Dollars
or
C$
means the lawful money of Canada.
Canadian Lending Office
means, as to any Revolving Lender, the applicable branch,
office or Affiliate of such Revolving Lender designated by such Revolving Lender to make Loans in
Canadian Dollars and to accept and purchase or arrange for the purchase of B/As.
Capital Expenditures
means, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and
equipment and other capital expenditures of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries that are (or
should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of Parent for such period prepared
in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by Parent and its consolidated
Subsidiaries during such period.
Capital Lease Obligations
of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such
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Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
CCU
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
CDOR Rate
means, on any date, an interest rate per annum equal to the average
discount rate applicable to bankers acceptances denominated in Canadian Dollars with a term of 30
days (for purposes of the definition of the term Canadian Base Rate) or with a term equal to the
Contract Period of the relevant B/As (for purposes of the definition of the term Discount Rate)
appearing on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such Screen,
or any successor to or substitute for such Screen, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such page of such Screen, as determined by the Canadian Agent from time to
time) at approximately 10:00 a.m., Toronto time, on such date (or, if such date is not a Business
Day, on the next preceding Business Day).
Change of Control
means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder but excluding any employee
benefit plan of such Person or its subsidiaries, and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee,
agent or other fiduciary or administrator of such plan), of securities representing more than 35%
of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding securities of
Parent; (b) if, during any period of up to 12 consecutive months, commencing on the Effective Date,
individuals who at the beginning of such period (together with any new directors whose election or
whose nomination for election by the stockholders was approved by a vote of 66- 2/3% of the directors
then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or
nomination was previously so approved) were directors of Parent shall cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Parent; (c) any other event that constitutes a
change of control or similar event with respect to Parent, however denominated, under any other
agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any Material Indebtedness or (d) the US Borrower
ceasing to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent.
Change in Law
means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date
of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c)
compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending
office of such Lender or by such Lenders or such Issuing Banks holding company, if any) with any
request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental
Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.
Charges
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.
Class
, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Limited Currency
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Revolving Loans, Multicurrency Revolving Loans, US Dollar Revolving Loans, Term Loans or
Swingline Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is
a Limited Currency Revolving Commitment, Multicurrency Revolving Commitment, US Dollar Revolving
Commitment or Term Commitment.
Class
, when used in reference to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a
Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class.
Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral
has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term Collateral and
Guarantee Requirement.
Collateral Agent
means JPMCB, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders
hereunder, or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with Article VIII.
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement
means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each Security Document, duly executed by each
Loan Party required to be party thereto in order that the requirements set forth in clauses (b) and
(c) below shall be satisfied;
(b) (i) all Obligations shall be unconditionally guaranteed (the
US Guarantees
) by
Parent and the Material Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries (the
US Guarantors
),
and (ii) all Foreign Obligations shall be unconditionally guaranteed (the
Foreign
Guarantees
and, together with the US Guarantees, the
Obligations Guarantees
) by the
Material Subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries (the
Foreign Guarantors
and, together
with the US Guarantors, the
Obligations Guarantors
);
(c) (i) the Obligations and the US Guarantees shall have been secured by a first-priority
security interest in (A) all the Equity Interests held by each US Guarantor,
provided
that
pledges of Equity Interests of each Foreign Subsidiary shall be limited to 66.5% of the Equity
Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of any greater percentage would
result in adverse tax consequences and (B) substantially all tangible and intangible assets of each
US Guarantor, including, accounts, inventory, equipment, commercial tort claims, intellectual
property, intercompany indebtedness, general intangibles, cash and proceeds of the foregoing, but
excluding the Excluded Assets of each US Guarantor (collectively, the
US Collateral
), and
(ii) the Foreign Obligations and the Foreign Guarantees shall have been secured by a first-priority
security interest in (X) all the Equity Interests held by each Foreign Guarantor and (Y)
substantially all tangible and intangible assets of each Foreign Guarantor, including accounts,
inventory, equipment, commercial tort claims, intellectual property, intercompany indebtedness,
general intangibles, cash and proceeds of the foregoing, but excluding the Excluded Assets of each
Foreign Guarantor (collectively, the
Foreign Collateral
and, together with the US
Collateral, the
Collateral
);
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(d) none of the Collateral shall be subject to any Lien other than Liens permitted under
Section 6.02;
(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received, as reasonably requested by it to be so
delivered, certificates or other instruments representing all Equity Interests constituting
Collateral, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto
endorsed in blank;
(f) all Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary that is evidenced by a
promissory note, is owing to any Loan Party and constitutes Collateral shall be delivered to the
Administrative Agent, together with instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(g) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements,
required by law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or
recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents and perfect such
Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall
have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing,
registration or recording; and
(h) each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by
it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Security Documents to which it is a party,
the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder,
provided
that the foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of
pledges of or security interests in particular assets of the Loan Parties or Guarantees from
particular Subsidiaries if and for so long as, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the
US Borrower, reasonably determines that the cost to any Borrower of creating or perfecting such
pledges or security interests in such assets or obtaining such Guarantees (in each case, taking
into account any adverse tax consequences to Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries
(including the imposition of withholding or other material taxes on Lenders)) shall be commercially
unreasonable in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
Commitment
means a Limited Currency Revolving Commitment, Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment, US Dollar Revolving Commitment, Term Commitment, or any combination thereof (as the
context requires).
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense
means, for any period, the excess of (a) the sum
of (i) the interest expense (including imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease
Obligations) of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (ii) any interest accrued during such period in
respect of Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary that is required to be
capitalized rather than included in consolidated interest expense for such period in accordance
with GAAP, plus (iii) any cash payments made during such period in respect of obligations referred
to in clause (b)(ii) below that
were amortized or accrued in a previous period, plus (iv) the aggregate amount of all
Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Payments made pursuant to Sections 6.08(a)(v), (vi) and
(vii)) made by the Holding Companies to Persons other than Holding Companies during such period
minus (b) the sum of (i) to the extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such
period, non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of financing costs paid in a previous period,
plus (ii) to the extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such period, non-cash
amounts attributable to amortization of debt discounts or accrued interest payable in kind for such
period,
provided
that Consolidated Cash Interest Expense with respect to any period shall
be determined after giving pro forma effect to all acquisitions, investments, sales, dispositions,
mergers, incurrences of Indebtedness or similar events (including, as applicable, the application
of the proceeds therefrom) during such period.
Consolidated EBITDA
means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period
plus
(a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated
Net Income, the sum of (i) consolidated interest expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income
tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for
such period, (iv) any extraordinary charges or losses for such period and (v) the one-time
adjustments with respect to the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2005, September 30, 2005 and
December 31, 2005 that are set forth on Schedule 1.01,
minus
(b) without duplication and to
the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary gains for such
period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and after giving pro forma
effect to all acquisitions, investments, sales, dispositions, mergers, incurrences of Indebtedness
or similar events (including, as applicable, the application of the proceeds therefrom) during such
period.
Consolidated Net Income
means, for any period, the net income or loss of Parent, the
Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP (adjusted to reflect any charge, tax or expense incurred or accrued by Parent
during such period as though such charge, tax or expense had been incurred by Parent, to the extent
that Parent has made or would be entitled under the Loan Documents to make any payment to or for
the account of Parent in respect thereof) and after giving pro forma effect to all acquisitions,
investments, sales, dispositions, mergers, incurrences of Indebtedness or similar events
(including, as applicable, the application of the proceeds therefrom) during such period,
provided
that, to the extent not included therein, the foregoing shall include the income
of any Person (other than any Subsidiary) in which any other Person (other than any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary or any director holding qualifying shares in compliance with applicable law) owns
an Equity Interest, to the extent of the amount of cash or cash equivalent dividends or other cash
or cash equivalent distributions actually paid to Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary
during such period.
Consolidated Revenues
means, with respect to Parent, any Subsidiary or any group of
Subsidiaries for any period, the revenues of Parent, such Subsidiary or such group of Subsidiaries
for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP excluding any revenues
attributable to Permitted Acquisition Subsidiaries.
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Consolidated Tangible Assets
means, at any time, the value of the tangible assets of
Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP, as set forth in the most recent Financial Officers certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(c).
Contract Period
means, with respect to any B/A, the period commencing on the date
such B/A is issued and accepted and ending on the date 30, 60, 90 or 180 days thereafter, as the
applicable Canadian Borrower may elect (in each case subject to availability),
provided
that if such Contract Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Contract Period
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.
Control
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the
management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. The terms Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Default
means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which
upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
Designated Obligations
means all obligations of the Borrowers with respect to (a)
principal of and interest on the Loans, (b) amounts payable in respect of B/As at the maturity
thereof, (c) unreimbursed LC Disbursements and interest thereon and (d) accrued and unpaid fees
under the Loan Documents.
Disclosed Matters
means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental
matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.
Discount Proceeds
means, with respect to any B/A, an amount (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the nearest C$.01) calculated by multiplying (a) the face amount of such B/A by (b)
the quotient obtained by dividing (i) one by (ii) the sum of (A) one and (B) the product of (x) the
Discount Rate (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such B/A and (y) a fraction of which the
numerator is the Contract Period applicable to such B/A and the denominator is 365, with such
quotient being rounded upward or downward to the fifth decimal place and .000005 being rounded
upward.
Discount Rate
means, with respect to a B/A being accepted and purchased on any day,
(a) for a Lender which is a Schedule I Lender, (i) the CDOR Rate applicable to such B/A or, (ii) if
the discount rate for a particular Contract Period is not quoted on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page,
the arithmetic average (as determined by the Canadian Agent) of the percentage discount rates
(expressed as a decimal and rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) quoted to the
Canadian Agent by the Schedule I Reference Lenders as the percentage discount rate at which each
such bank would, in accordance with its normal practices, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Toronto
time, on such day, be prepared to purchase bankers acceptances accepted by such bank
having a face amount and term comparable to the face amount and Contract Period of such B/A,
and (b) for a lender which is a Schedule II Lender or a Schedule III Lender, the lesser of (i) the
CDOR Rate applicable to such B/A plus 0.10% per annum and (ii) the arithmetic average (as
determined by the Canadian Agent) of the percentage discount rates (expressed as a decimal and
rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) quoted to the Canadian Agent by the
Schedule II Reference Lenders as the percentage discount rate at which each such bank would, in
accordance with its normal practices, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Toronto time, on such day, be
prepared to purchase bankers acceptances accepted by such bank having a face amount and term
comparable to the face amount and Contract Period of such B/A.
Domestic Collateral Agreement
means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among
Parent, the US Borrower, the other US Guarantors and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the
form of Exhibit B.
Domestic Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
Effective Date
means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
Effective Date Excess Cash
means the amount, if any, by which the aggregate amount
of consolidated cash and cash equivalents of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries on
the Effective Date exceeds the US Dollar Equivalent of US$150,000,000,
provided
that the
Effective Date Excess Cash shall not exceed US$125,000,000.
EMU Legislation
means the legislative measures of the European Union for the
introduction of, changeover to or operation of the Euro in one or more member states.
Environmental Laws
means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders,
decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation
of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to
health and safety matters.
Environmental Liability
means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of
Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary 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.
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Equity Interests
means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership
interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to
purchase or acquire any such equity interest.
ERISA
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
ERISA Affiliate
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with Parent or the US Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
ERISA Event
means (a) any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or
the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day
notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an accumulated funding
deficiency (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived;
(c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application
for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by Parent
or the US Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to
the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by Parent or the US Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan
or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by Parent or the US
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial
withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by Parent or the US Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Parent or the US
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or
a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
Euro
or
means the single currency of the European Union as
constituted by the Treaty on European Union and as referred to in the EMU Legislation.
EURIBO Rate
means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Euros
for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on page 248 of the Dow Jones Market Service (or on any
successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service,
providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as
determined by the London Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest
rates applicable to Euro deposits in the European interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
Paris time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for
Euro deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is
not available at such time for any reason, then the EURIBO Rate with respect to such Eurocurrency
Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which Euro deposits
in an amount the US Dollar Equivalent of which is approximately equal to US$5,000,000 and for
a maturity comparable to such Interest Period is offered by the London Agent in immediately
available funds in the European interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
Eurocurrency
, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate.
Event of Default
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
Exchange Rate
means on any day, for purposes of determining the US Dollar Equivalent
of any other currency, the rate at which such other currency may be exchanged into US Dollars, as
set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page
for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page,
the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for
displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the US Borrower,
or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average
of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency
exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m.,
Local Time, on such date for the purchase of US Dollars for delivery two Business Days later,
provided
that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate
is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to
determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Excluded Acquisition
means any purchase or other acquisition, in one transaction or
a series of related transactions, of assets, properties and/or Equity Interests with an aggregate
fair market value not exceeding US$500,000 (or the US Dollar Equivalent thereof).
Excluded Assets
means, with respect to Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary,
(a) any real property or interests therein of such Person and (b) any Permitted Deposits of such
Person.
Excluded Subsidiaries
means, at any time, a group of Subsidiaries the Consolidated
Revenues of which for the most recently ended fiscal year of Parent equal less than 10% of the
Consolidated Revenues of Parent for such fiscal year,
provided
that (a) no Permitted
Acquisition Subsidiary may be an Excluded Subsidiary (and all revenues attributable to Permitted
Acquisition Subsidiaries shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Excluded
Subsidiaries) and (b) if at any time it is known to a Financial Officer that, as a result of an
acquisition, disposition or transfer of assets (including Equity Interests), the aggregate
Consolidated Revenues of the Excluded Subsidiaries for the most recent fiscal year of Parent shall
equal 10% or more of the Consolidated Revenues of Parent for such period, Parent shall designate
sufficient Excluded
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Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries to eliminate such condition, such designation to occur
not later than the 20th Business Day after the condition requiring such designation is known to a
Financial Officer (and if Parent shall fail to designate such Subsidiaries by such time, Excluded
Subsidiaries shall automatically be deemed to be Material Subsidiaries in descending order based on
the amounts of their Consolidated Revenues until such condition shall have been eliminated).
Excluded Subsidiaries designated or deemed designated as Material Subsidiaries pursuant to the
preceding sentence shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material Subsidiaries upon
such designation or deemed designation.
Excluded Taxes
means, with respect to any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank or
any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower
hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United
States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable
lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or
any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which a Lender is located, and (c) in the case
of a Foreign Lender making loans denominated in US Dollars (other than an assignee pursuant to a
request by the US Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed by the
United States of America on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender
becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such
Foreign Lenders failure to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign
Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office
(or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrowers with respect to such withholding
tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a),
provided
that the term Excluded Taxes shall not include
taxes imposed on amounts payable to an Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Bank that result from a
failure by Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary to take any action that would allow such
amounts to be paid free of such taxes.
Existing Letters of Credit
means the letters of credit outstanding on the Effective
Date and set forth on Schedule 2.05.
Federal Funds Effective Rate
means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Financial Officer
means the chief financial officer, chief or principal accounting
officer, treasurer or controller of Parent or the US Borrower.
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Foreign Borrower Agreement
means a Foreign Borrower Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit C hereto.
Foreign Borrower Termination
means a Foreign Borrower Termination substantially in
the form of Exhibit D hereto.
Foreign Borrowers
means any Wholly Owned Foreign Subsidiary designated as a Foreign
Borrower in accordance with Section 2.23,
provided
that the status of any of the foregoing
as a Foreign Borrower shall terminate if and when a Foreign Borrower Termination is delivered to
the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.23.
Foreign Collateral
has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Foreign Collateral Agreement
means each pledge, security or guarantee agreement
among an Agent and one or more Foreign Guarantors and that is reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
Foreign Currency
means Canadian Dollars, Euros, Norwegian Kronor, Sterling, Swedish
Kronor, Swiss Francs and any other currency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that
is freely available, freely transferable and freely convertible into US Dollars.
Foreign Currency Borrowing
means a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency.
Foreign Currency LC Exposure
means, at any time, the sum of (a) the US Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency Letters of Credit at
such time plus (b) the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements in
respect of Foreign Currency Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of
the applicable Borrower at such time. The Foreign Currency LC Exposure of any Limited Currency
Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Limited Currency Applicable Percentage of the total
Foreign Currency LC Exposure at such time.
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit
means a Letter of Credit denominated in Euros or
Sterling.
Foreign Currency Revolving Exposure
means, with respect to any Lender at any time,
the sum of (a) the US Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders
Foreign Currency Revolving Loans, (b) the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate face amount of the
B/As accepted by the such Lender and outstanding at such time and (c) its Foreign Currency LC
Exposure at such time.
Foreign Currency Revolving Loan
means a Revolving Loan denominated in a Foreign
Currency.
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Foreign Currency Sublimit
means, at any time, the lesser of (a) US$100,000,000 and
(b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments at such time. The Foreign Currency Sublimit
is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Commitments.
Foreign Guarantees
has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Foreign Guarantors
has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Foreign Lender
means any Lender that is not organized under the laws the United
States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Foreign Obligations
means the Obligations of the Foreign Borrowers.
Foreign Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary that is not organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
provided
that,
for purposes of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, a Subsidiary that is not a controlled
foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Code shall not constitute a Foreign Subsidiary.
Form 10
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
GAAP
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
Governmental Authority
means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.
Granting Bank
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(d).
Guarantee
of or by any Person (the
guarantor
) means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the
primary
obligor
) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase
or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment thereof (including pursuant to any synthetic lease financing), (c) to
maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of
the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other
obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty
issued to support such Indebtedness or
obligation,
provided
that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
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.
Holdco #1
means CCE Holdco #1, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Holdco #2
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Holding Companies
means, collectively, Parent, Holdco #1 and Holdco #2.
Increased Amount Date
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.21 (a).
Incremental Amount
means, at any time, the excess, if any, of (a) US$250,000,000
over (b) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Commitments and Incremental Revolving
Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.21.
Incremental Assumption Agreement
means an Incremental Assumption Agreement in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Borrowers, the Agents
and one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Lenders.
Incremental Documents
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.21(b).
Incremental Revolving Commitment
means the commitment of any Lender, established
pursuant to Section 2.21, to make Incremental Revolving Loans to the Borrowers.
Incremental Revolving Lender
means a Lender with an Incremental Revolving Commitment
or an outstanding Incremental Revolving Loan.
Incremental Revolving Loans
means Revolving Loans made by one or more Lenders to a
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
Incremental Term Commitment
means the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant
to Section 2.21, to make Incremental Term Loans to the US Borrower.
Incremental Term Lender
means a Lender with an Incremental Term Commitment or an
outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
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Incremental Term Loans
means Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the US
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
Indebtedness
of any Person means, without duplication, the following:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances
of any kind made to such Person,
(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments,
(c) all obligations of such Person which customarily bear interest irrespective of whether a
default has occurred,
(d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements
(other than customary reservations or retentions of title under supply agreements entered into in
the ordinary course of business) relating to property acquired by such Person,
(e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or
services (excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business to the
extent not more than 90 days overdue),
(f) all obligations of others of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (e) and (g)
through (k) of this definition secured by (or for which the holder of such obligations has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired
by such Person, whether or not such obligations secured thereby have been assumed,
(g) all Guarantees by such Person of obligations of others of the type referred to in clauses
(a) through (f) and (h) through (k) of this definition,
(h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person,
(i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of
letters of credit and letters of guaranty,
(j) all obligations of such Person with respect to any Swap Agreement and
(k) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers
acceptances.
The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any
partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor
as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except
to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
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Indemnified Taxes
means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Information
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.
Information Memorandum
means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated November,
2005 relating to Parent, the US Borrower and the Transactions.
Intercompany Debt Repayment
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Interest Election Request
means a request by a Borrower to convert or continue a
Revolving Borrowing, Term Borrowing or B/A Drawing in accordance with Section 2.07.
Interest Payment Date
means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan) or a Canadian Base Rate Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b)
with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the
Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an
Interest Period of more than three months duration, each day prior to the last day of such
Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months duration after the first day of such
Interest Period, and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to
be repaid.
Interest Period
means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, with the consent of each
Lender, nine or twelve months), as the applicable Borrower may elect,
provided
that (a) if
any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in
the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month
of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such
Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which
such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or
continuation of such Borrowing.
Issuing Bank
means a US Dollar Issuing Bank or a Multicurrency Issuing Bank.
JPMCB
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
JPME
means J.P. Morgan Europe Limited and its successors.
Judgment Currency
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.15.
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LC Disbursement
means a payment made by any Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit.
LC Exposure
means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit denominated in US Dollars at such time, (b) the US Dollar Equivalent
of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency Letters of Credit at such time,
(c) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements made in US Dollars that have not yet been
reimbursed by or on behalf of the applicable Borrower at such time and (d) the US Dollar Equivalent
of the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements made in a Foreign Currency that have not yet been
reimbursed by or on behalf of the applicable Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any
Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such
time.
Lenders
means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall
have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person
that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context
otherwise requires, the term Lenders includes the Swingline Lender.
Letter of Credit
means any Existing Letter of Credit and any letter of credit issued
pursuant to this Agreement.
Leverage Ratio
means, on any relevant date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total
Indebtedness as of such date minus Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents as of such date to (b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent ended on such
date.
LIBO Rate
means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period,
the rate appearing on page 3750 (or, in the case of a Eurocurrency Foreign Currency Borrowing, the
rate appearing on the applicable page for such Foreign Currency) of the Dow Jones Market Service
(or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such
Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such
Service, as determined by the Applicable Agent from time to time for purposes of providing
quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits (or, in the case of a Eurocurrency
Foreign Currency Borrowing, deposits in the applicable Foreign Currency) in the London interbank
market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period (or, in the case of Interest Periods with respect to any Loan denominated in
Sterlings, on the Business Day on which such Interest Period commences), as the rate for dollar (or
the applicable Foreign Currency) deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In
the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the LIBO Rate with
respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which US
Dollar deposits of US$5,000,000 (or, in the case of a Eurocurrency Foreign Currency Borrowing,
deposits in the applicable Foreign Currency in an amount the US Dollar Equivalent of which is
approximately equal to US$5,000,000) and for a maturity comparable to such Interest
Period are offered by the London Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period.
Lien
means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title
retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call
or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
Limited Currency Applicable Percentage
means, with respect to any Limited Currency
Revolving Lender, the percentage of the total Limited Currency Revolving Commitments represented by
such Lenders Limited Currency Revolving Commitment. If the Limited Currency Revolving Commitments
have terminated or expired, the Limited Currency Applicable Percentages shall be determined based
upon the Limited Currency Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments.
Limited Currency LC Exposure
means, at any time, the LC Exposure attributable to the
Limited Currency Revolving Commitments. The Limited Currency LC Exposure of any Limited Currency
Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Limited Currency Applicable Percentage of the total
Limited Currency LC Exposure at such time.
Limited Currency Revolving Commitment
means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Limited Currency Revolving Loans and to acquire
participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount
representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lenders Limited Currency Revolving Exposure
hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b)
reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to
Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lenders Limited Currency Revolving Commitment is set
forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall
have assumed its Limited Currency Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate
amount of the Lenders Limited Currency Revolving Commitments is US$75,000,000.
Limited Currency Revolving Exposure
means, with respect to any Lender at any time,
the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Limited Currency Revolving Loans
denominated in US Dollars at such time, (b) the US Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal
amount of such Lenders Limited Currency Revolving Loans denominated in Euros or Sterling at such
time, (c) such Lenders Limited Currency LC Exposure at such time and (d) such Lenders Limited
Currency Swingline Exposure at such time.
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Limited Currency Revolving Lender
means a Lender with a Limited Currency Revolving
Commitment or, if the Limited Currency Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender
with Limited Currency Revolving Exposure.
Limited Currency Revolving Loan
means a Loan made pursuant to clause (b) of Section
2.01.
Limited Currency Swingline Exposure
means, at any time, the Swingline Exposure
attributable to the Limited Currency Revolving Commitments. The Limited Currency Swingline
Exposure of any Limited Currency Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Limited Currency
Applicable Percentage of the total Limited Currency Swingline Exposure at such time.
Loan Documents
means this Agreement, any letter of credit applications referred to
in Section 2.05(a) or (b), any promissory notes delivered pursuant to Section 2.09(e), the Domestic
Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents.
Loan Parties
means Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiary Loan Parties.
Loans
means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this
Agreement.
Local Time
means (a) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in US Dollars,
New York City time, (b) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars or a
B/A, Toronto time and (c) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in any other Foreign
Currency, London time.
London Agent
means JPME, in its capacity as London agent for the Lenders hereunder,
or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with Article VIII.
Material Adverse Effect
means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
operations, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities (including contingent
liabilities), material agreements or prospects of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform any of its obligations under any
Loan Document or (c) the rights of or remedies available to the Lenders under any Loan Document.
Material Indebtedness
means (without duplication) Indebtedness (other than the
Loans, Letters of Credit and B/As), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of
any one or more of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding
principal amount exceeding US$10,000,000, determined on a consolidated basis,
provided
that
for purposes of Section 7.01(f), Material Indebtedness shall not include the Preferred Stock. For
purposes of determining Material Indebtedness in respect of any Swap Agreement, the amount of the
outstanding principal amount of the obligations of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary in
respect of such Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to
any netting agreements) that Parent, such Borrower or
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such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
Material Subsidiary
means (a) any Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary or
(b) any Permitted Acquisition Subsidiary.
Maturity Date
means the Revolving Maturity Date or the Term Maturity Date (as the
context requires).
Maximum Rate
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.
Moodys
means Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Multicurrency Issuing Bank
means JPMCB and Bank of America, N.A. and each other
Person designated a Multicurrency Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(i), in each case in its
capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit denominated in US Dollars, Euros and Sterling hereunder,
and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(i). A Multicurrency Issuing Bank
may, in its discretion, arrange for any Letter of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such
Multicurrency Issuing Bank by providing notice thereof to the US Borrower on or prior to the date
on which the request for such Letter of Credit is delivered or telecopied to such Multicurrency
Issuing Bank in accordance with Section 2.05(b), in which case the term Multicurrency Issuing
Bank shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment
means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans and to accept and purchase
or arrange for the purchase of B/As pursuant to Section 2.20, expressed as an amount representing
the maximum aggregate amount of such Lenders Multicurrency Revolving Exposure hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
The initial amount of each Lenders Multicurrency Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule
2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments is US$25,000,000.
Multicurrency Revolving Exposure
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the
sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Multicurrency Revolving Loans
denominated in US Dollars at such time, (b) the US Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal
amount of such Lenders Multicurrency Revolving Loans denominated in Foreign Currencies at such
time and (c) the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate face amount of the B/As accepted by such
Lender and outstanding at such time.
Multicurrency Revolving Lender
means a Lender with a Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment or, if the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with
Multicurrency Revolving Exposure.
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Multicurrency Revolving Loan
means a Loan made pursuant to clause (c) of Section
2.01.
Multiemployer Plan
means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
Net Proceeds
means, with respect to any event (a) the cash proceeds received in
respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, but only
as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds, and (iii) in the case of
a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of
(i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries to third parties (other than Parent and the Subsidiaries) in connection with such
event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to
a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount
of all payments required to be made by Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries as a result
of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset and (iii) the amount
of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries, and the amount of any reserves established by Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during
the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to
such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer).
Norwegian Kronor
or
Nkr
means the lawful money of Norway.
Obligations
means the following:
(a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrowers of (i) the principal of and interest
(including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the
Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for
prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by any Borrower in respect of any
Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of LC
Disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in
such proceeding) and obligations to provide cash collateral, (iii) all reimbursement obligations of
the Canadian Borrowers in respect of B/As accepted hereunder and (iv) all other monetary
obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including
obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether
primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, arising under the Loan Documents
(including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding),
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(b) the due and punctual payment of all the monetary obligations of each other Loan Party
under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, and
(c) the due and punctual payment of all monetary obligations of each Loan Party under each
Swap Agreement that (i) is in effect on the Effective Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or
an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Effective Date or (ii) is entered into after the Effective Date
with any counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap Agreement
is entered into (other than Swap Agreements entered into after (A) the principal of and interest on
each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, (B) the Lenders have no further
commitment to lend hereunder, (C) the LC Exposures have been reduced to zero and (D) the Issuing
Banks have no further obligations to issue Letters of Credit).
Obligations Guarantees
has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Obligations Guarantors
has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Other Taxes
means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under any
Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any
Loan Document.
Parent
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Participant
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).
Participating Revolving Commitment
means a Limited Currency Revolving Commitment, US
Dollar Revolving Commitment, or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
Participating Revolving Exposure
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the
sum of such Lenders Limited Currency Revolving Exposure and US Dollar Revolving Exposure at such
time.
Participating Revolving Lender
means a Limited Currency Revolving Lender, US Dollar
Revolving Lender or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
Participating Revolving Loan
means a Limited Currency Revolving Loan, US Dollar
Revolving Loan or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
PBGC
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and any successor entity performing similar functions.
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Perfection Certificate
means a certificate in the form of Exhibit E or any other
form approved by the Collateral Agent.
Permitted Acquisition
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(f).
Permitted Acquisition Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary
through a Permitted Acquisition (other than an Excluded Acquisition).
Permitted Deposits
means, with respect to Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary, cash or cash equivalents (and all accounts and other depositary arrangements with
respect thereto) securing customary obligations of such Person that are incurred in the ordinary
course of business in connection with promoting or producing live entertainment events.
Permitted Encumbrances
means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments, governmental charges, levies or
claims that are not yet delinquent or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;
(b) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, laborers, materialmens, repairmens,
vendors and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business
and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested
in compliance with Section 5.05;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
(d) Permitted Deposits and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade
contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and
other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) awards or judgment liens in respect of awards or judgments that do not constitute
an Event of Default under clause (k) of Section 7.01;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure
any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected
property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of Parent, any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary;
(g) Liens created by lease agreements in respect of the leasehold interests leased by
Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary thereunder to secure the payments of rental
amounts and other sums not yet due thereunder;
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(h) Liens on leasehold interests of Parent or any Subsidiary created by the lessor in
favor of any mortgagee of the leased premises,
provided
that the term Permitted Encumbrances shall not include any Lien securing
Indebtedness.
Permitted Investments
means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to
the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of
acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a credit rating of at least
A-1 or P-1 from S&P or from Moodys, respectively;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits
denominated in US Dollars and maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof
issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts denominated in US
Dollars issued or offered by, any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof or any member nation of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided
profits of not less than US$500,000,000 (or the US Dollar Equivalent thereof) or any Lender
or Affiliate of any Lender;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days
for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution
satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and
(e) money market funds that (i) (A) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities
and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (or, in the case
of money market funds offered by any commercial bank organized under the laws of any member
nation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the applicable
criteria of such member nation to the extent substantially comparable to the criteria set
forth in such Rule 2a-7), (B) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys or a comparable
rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency and (C) have portfolio assets of at
least US$5,000,000,000 (or the US Dollar Equivalent thereof) or (ii) are offered by any
Lender or Affiliate of any Lender.
Permitted Restricted Payment Amount
means, for any fiscal year, the sum of (a) the
aggregate amount of dividends required by the terms of the Preferred Stock as of the Effective Date
to be paid during such fiscal year in respect of the Preferred Stock outstanding as of the
Effective Date (to the extent such Preferred Stock remains outstanding after the Effective Date)
and (b) US$1,000,000.
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Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness
means Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or
any other Subsidiary that (a) is subordinated to the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the
Lenders than the terms set forth in Exhibit F hereto and (ii) matures on or after the date that is
one year after the Term Maturity Date.
Person
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Plan
means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA,
and in respect of which Parent or the US Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were
terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section
3(5) of ERISA.
Preferred Stock
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Prepayment Account
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(f).
Prepayment Event
means:
(a) any sale, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and
leaseback transaction) of any property or asset of Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary, other than dispositions described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),
(h), (i), (j) and (k) of Section 6.05; or
(b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent
domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of Parent, any
Borrower or any other Subsidiary; or
(c) the incurrence by Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary of any
Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(a), if after giving pro
forma effect to such incurrence, the Leverage Ratio would be greater than 3.0 to 1.0.
Prime Rate
means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by JPMCB, as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the
Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as
being effective.
Register
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
Related Parties
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons
Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such
Person and such Persons Affiliates.
Remaining Excess Cash
means, at any time, an amount equal to the Effective Date
Excess Cash less the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of investments,
loans and advances made, and payments in respect of purchases and acquisitions consummated,
pursuant to Section 6.04(n) prior to such time, (b) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments
made pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(vii) prior to such time and (c) the aggregate amount of cash and
cash equivalents transferred pursuant to Section 6.09(i) prior to such time.
Required Lenders
means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans
and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures,
outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time.
Reset Date
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.06(a).
Restricted Payment
means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in Parent, any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any
sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition,
cancelation or termination of any Equity Interests in Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary
or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in Parent, any Borrower
or any other Subsidiary.
Revolving Availability Period
means the period from and including the Effective Date
to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of the
Revolving Commitments.
Revolving Commitment
means a Limited Currency Revolving Commitment, Multicurrency
Revolving Commitment, US Dollar Revolving Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context
requires).
Revolving Exposure
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of such
Lenders Limited Currency Revolving Exposure, Multicurrency Revolving Exposure and US Dollar
Revolving Exposure at such time.
Revolving Lender
means a Limited Currency Revolving Lender, Multicurrency Revolving
Lender, US Dollar Revolving Lender or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
Revolving Loan
means a Limited Currency Revolving Loan, Multicurrency Revolving
Loan, US Dollar Revolving Loan or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
Revolving Maturity Date
means June 21, 2012.
Rollover Amount
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.16.
S&P
means Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill
Corporation.
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Schedule I Lender
means any Lender named on Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada).
Schedule I Reference Lenders
means any Schedule I Lender as may be agreed by the
Canadian Borrowers and the Canadian Agent from time to time.
Schedule II Lender
means any Lender named on Schedule II to the Bank Act (Canada).
Schedule II Reference Lender
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch, and
any other Schedule II Lender or Schedule III Lender as may be agreed by the Canadian Borrowers and
the Canadian Agent from time to time.
Schedule III Lender
means any Lender named on Schedule III to the Bank Act (Canada).
Secured Party
means each applicable Secured Party, as defined in any applicable
Security Document.
Security Documents
means the Domestic Collateral Agreement, the Foreign Collateral
Agreements and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered
pursuant to Section 5.11 or 5.12 to secure any of the Obligations.
Senior Indebtedness
means Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary that is not expressly subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of
Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary.
Senior Leverage Ratio
means, on any relevant date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Total Senior Indebtedness as of such date minus Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents as of such
date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent ended
on such date.
Series A Preferred Stock
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Series B Preferred Stock
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
SPC
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(d).
Spin-Off
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Statutory Reserves
means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which
is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum
reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed
as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject, with respect to
the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency
Liabilities in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those
imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute
eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit
for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under
such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically
on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Sterling
or
£
means the lawful money of the United Kingdom.
Subordinated Indebtedness
means Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.
subsidiary
means, with respect to any Person (the
parent
) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of
which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parents consolidated financial
statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as
well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as
of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by
the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent, other than solely as a result of a contract
under which the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent provides management services.
Subsidiary
means any subsidiary of Parent.
Subsidiary Loan Party
means (a) each Borrower and (b) each Subsidiary that is
required to execute a Security Document under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Swap Agreement
means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic,
financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any
similar transaction or any combination of these transactions,
provided
that no phantom
stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or
former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Parent, any Borrower or any Subsidiary
shall be a Swap Agreement.
Swedish Kronor
or
Sk
means the lawful money of Sweden.
Swingline Exposure
means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all
Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender
at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
Swingline Lender
means JPMCB, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans
hereunder.
Swingline Loan
means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.
Swiss Francs
and
CHF
means the lawful money of Switzerland.
Taxes
means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
Term Commitment
means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such
Lender to make a Term Loan hereunder on the Effective Date, expressed as an amount representing the
maximum principal amount of the Term Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder, as such commitment
may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from
time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial
amount of each Lenders Term Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term Commitment, as applicable.
The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders Term Commitments is US$325,000,000.
Term Lender
means a Lender with a Term Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
Term Loan
means a Loan made pursuant to clause (a) of Section 2.01.
Term Maturity Date
means June 21, 2013.
Total Indebtedness
means, as of any relevant date of determination, the sum of (a)
the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries
outstanding as of such date, in the amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as
of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) the aggregate principal
amount of Indebtedness of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries outstanding as of such
date that is not required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, determined on
a consolidated basis,
provided
that Total Indebtedness shall exclude all Indebtedness of
Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries permitted under Sections 6.01(a)(vii) and (ix).
Total Senior Indebtedness
means, as of any relevant date of determination, the sum
of (a) the aggregate principal amount of Senior Indebtedness of Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, in the amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet
prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) the aggregate
principal amount of Senior Indebtedness of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries
outstanding as of such date that is not required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance
with
GAAP, determined on a consolidated basis,
provided
that Total Senior Indebtedness
shall exclude all Senior Indebtedness of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries permitted
under Sections 6.01(a)(vii) and (ix).
Tranche
means a category of Commitments and extensions of credits thereunder. For
purposes hereof, each of the following comprises a separate Tranche: (a) the Term Commitments and
the Term Loans, (b) the Letters of Credit issued to, and the Swingline Loans and Revolving Loans
made to, the US Borrower and (c) the Letters of Credit issued to, the Revolving Loans made to, and
the B/As accepted and purchased on behalf of each Foreign Borrower.
Transaction Costs
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Transactions
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Type
, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, the Alternate Base Rate or the Canadian Base Rate.
Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents
means, as of any date, an amount equal to (a)
the aggregate amount of consolidated cash and cash equivalents of Parent, the Borrowers and the
other Subsidiaries as of such date less (b) the Remaining Excess Cash as of such date,
provided
that for all purposes hereunder, Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents shall not
exceed US$150,000,000.
US Borrower
means SFX Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
US Collateral
has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term Collateral
and Guarantee Requirement.
US Dollar Applicable Percentage
means, with respect to any US Dollar Revolving
Lender, the percentage of the total US Dollar Revolving Commitments represented by such Lenders US
Dollar Revolving Commitment. If the US Dollar Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired,
the US Dollar Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the US Dollar Revolving
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
US Dollar Equivalent
means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any
amount in US Dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount in any Foreign Currency, the
equivalent in US Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
1.06 using the Exchange Rate with respect to such Foreign Currency at the time in effect under the
provisions of such Section.
US Dollar Issuing Bank
means each Person designated a US Dollar Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 2.05(i), in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit
denominated in US Dollars hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section
2.05(i). An US Dollar Issuing Bank may, in its
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discretion, arrange for any Letter of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such US Dollar
Issuing Bank by providing notice thereof to the US Borrower on or prior to the date on which the
request for such Letter of Credit is delivered or telecopied to such US Dollar Issuing Bank in
accordance with Section 2.05(b), in which case the term US Dollar Issuing Bank shall include any
such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
US Dollar LC Exposure
means, at any time, the LC Exposure attributable to the US
Dollar Revolving Commitments. The US Dollar LC Exposure of any US Dollar Revolving Lender at any
time shall be its US Dollar Applicable Percentage of the total US Dollar LC Exposure at such time.
US Dollar Revolving Commitment
means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment,
if any, of such Lender to make US Dollar Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters
of Credit denominated in US Dollars and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount
representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lenders US Dollar Revolving Exposure hereunder,
as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
The initial amount of each Lenders US Dollar Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01,
or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its US Dollar
Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders US Dollar
Revolving Commitments is US$185,000,000.
US Dollar Revolving Exposure
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum
of (a) the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders US Dollar Revolving Loans at such time,
(b) such Lenders US Dollar LC Exposure at such time and (c) such Lenders US Dollar Swingline
Exposure at such time.
US Dollar Revolving Lender
means a Lender with a US Dollar Revolving Commitment or,
if the US Dollar Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with US Dollar
Revolving Exposure.
US Dollar Revolving Loan
means a Loan made pursuant to clause (d) of Section 2.01.
US Dollar Swingline Exposure
means, at any time, the Swingline Exposure attributable
to the US Dollar Revolving Commitments. The US Dollar Swingline Exposure of any US Dollar
Revolving Lender at any time shall be its US Dollar Applicable Percentage of the total US Dollar
Swingline Exposure at such time.
US Dollars
or
US$
refers to the lawful money of the United States of
America.
US Guarantees
has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term Collateral
and Guarantee Requirement.
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US Guarantors
has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term Collateral
and Guarantee Requirement.
US Obligations
means the Obligations of the US Borrower.
Wholly Owned Foreign Subsidiary
means any Foreign Subsidiary all the Equity
Interests in which, other than directors qualifying shares and/or other nominal amounts of Equity
Interests that are required to be held by Persons under applicable law, are owned, directly or
indirectly, by the US Borrower.
Withdrawal Liability
means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02.
Classification of Loans and Borrowings.
For purposes of this Agreement,
Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (
e.g.
, a Revolving Loan) or by Type
(
e.g.
, a Eurocurrency Loan) or by Class and Type (
e.g.
, a Eurocurrency Revolving
Loan). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (
e.g.
, a Revolving
Borrowing) or by Type (
e.g.
, a Eurocurrency Borrowing) or by Class and Type
(
e.g.
, a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing).
SECTION 1.03.
Terms Generally.
The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include,
includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The
word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. The word
or is not exclusive. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to
any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth
herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons
successors and assigns, (c) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar
import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and
(e) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to
refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04.
Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations.
(a) Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time,
provided
that if the US
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the US Borrower requests an amendment to any
provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or
in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent
notifies the US Borrower that the
Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of
whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof,
then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith.
(b) All pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any acquisition,
investment, sale, disposition, merger, incurrence of Indebtedness or similar event (including, as
applicable, the application of the proceeds therefrom) shall reflect on a pro forma basis such
event assuming that such event had occurred at the beginning of the most recently ended period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(a) or (b) and, to the extent applicable and permitted under Regulation S-X promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the historical earnings and cash flows associated
with the assets acquired or disposed of, any related incurrence or reduction of Indebtedness, and
any projected synergies or similar benefits expected to be realized as a result of such event.
SECTION 1.05.
Effectuation of Transactions.
Each of the representations and
warranties of Parent and the Borrowers contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding
definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise
requires.
SECTION 1.06.
Exchange Rates.
(a) Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on
each Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine the Exchange Rate as of such
Calculation Date with respect to each currency (i) in which any Lender or Lenders shall be
committed to make Loans, (ii) in which any Loan or Loans shall be outstanding or (iii) in which any
undrawn Letter of Credit may be denominated. The Exchange Rates so determined shall become
effective on the first Business Day immediately following the relevant Calculation Date (a
Reset Date
), shall remain effective until the next succeeding Reset Date and shall for
all purposes of this Agreement (other than Section 2.15(f), 7.02, 9.15 or any other provision
expressly requiring the use of a current Exchange Rate) be the Exchange Rates employed in
converting any amounts between US Dollars and Foreign Currencies.
(b) Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Reset Date and each date of a
Borrowing hereunder with respect to Foreign Currency Loans, the Administrative Agent shall
determine the aggregate amount of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of the Foreign
Currency Loans and Foreign Currency Letters of Credit then outstanding (after giving effect to any
Foreign Currency Loans or Foreign Currency Letters of Credit made, issued, repaid or canceled on
such date).
SECTION 1.07.
Redenomination of Certain Foreign Currencies.
(a) Each
obligation of any party to this Agreement to make a payment denominated in the national currency
unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after
the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euros at the
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time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of
any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of
that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London Interbank Market
for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced
by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro
as its lawful currency,
provided
that if any Borrowing in the currency of such member state
is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to
such Borrowing, at the end of the then-current Interest Period.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of
construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify in one or more written
notices delivered to the US Borrower to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any
member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the
Euro.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01.
Commitments.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each
Lender agrees (a) to make a Term Loan in US Dollars to the US Borrower on the Effective Date in a
principal amount not exceeding its Term Commitment, (b) (i) to make Limited Currency Revolving
Loans denominated in US Dollars, Euros or Sterling to any Borrower from time to time during the
Revolving Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (A) such
Lenders Limited Currency Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lenders Limited Currency Revolving
Commitment or (B) the aggregate amount of Foreign Currency Revolving Exposures exceeding the
Foreign Currency Sublimit, (c) (i) to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans denominated in US Dollars
or any Foreign Currency to any Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period
and (ii) to cause its Canadian Lending Office to accept and purchase or arrange for the acceptance
and purchase of drafts drawn by the Canadian Borrowers in Canadian Dollars as B/As, in each case in
an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (A) such Lenders Multicurrency Revolving
Exposure exceeding such Lenders Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or (B) the aggregate amount of
Foreign Currency Revolving Exposure exceeding the Foreign Currency Sublimit and (d) to make US
Dollar Revolving Loans denominated in US Dollars to any Borrower from time to time during the
Revolving Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in such
Lenders US Dollar Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lenders US Dollar Revolving Commitment.
Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Borrower
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid in respect of Term Loans may not
be reborrowed.
SECTION 2.02.
Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan)
shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same
Class and Type, and denominated in the same currency, made by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. The failure of any Lender to
make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations
hereunder,
provided
that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be
responsible for any other Lenders failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14, (i) each Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be comprised
entirely of Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans, as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance
herewith,
provided
that (i) all Borrowings made on the Effective Date must be denominated
in US Dollars; (ii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars shall be comprised
entirely of Canadian Base Rate Loans; and (iii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in any other
Foreign Currency shall be comprised entirely of Eurocurrency Loans. Each Swingline Loan shall be
denominated in US Dollars and be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by
causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan,
provided
that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of any Borrower
to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing
shall be an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum.
At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is
an integral multiple of US$1,000,000 and not less than US$5,000,000,
provided
that an ABR
Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total
Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of a LC Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.05(e). At the time that each Canadian Base Rate Borrowing is made, such
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple
and not less than the Borrowing Minimum,
provided
that a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing may
be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Commitments.
Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of US$500,000 and not less
than US$1,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time,
provided
that there shall not at any time be outstanding more than a total of (i) 10
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings denominated in US Dollars or (ii) 3 Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowings denominated in any single Foreign Currency.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to
request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Revolving Borrowing if the Interest Period
requested with respect thereto would end after the Revolving Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03.
Requests for Borrowings.
To request a Revolving Borrowing or Term
Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent of such request by telephone
or by telecopy (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time,
three Business Days before the date of
the proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than noon, Local Time,
on the date of the proposed Borrowing or (c) in the case of a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing, not
later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each
such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and, if telephonic, shall be confirmed promptly by hand
delivery or telecopy to the Applicable Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form agreed to by
the Applicable Agent and the applicable Borrower and signed by the applicable Borrower. Each such
telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrower requesting such Borrowing;
(ii) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Limited Currency Revolving Borrowing,
Multicurrency Revolving Borrowing, US Dollar Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing;
(iii) the currency and aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(iv) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(v) the Type of the requested Borrowing;
(vi) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be
applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
Interest Period; and
(vii) the location and number of the applicable Borrowers account to which funds are
to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.
If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower
shall be deemed to have selected US Dollars. If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing
is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be (A) in the case of a Borrowing
denominated in US Dollars, an ABR Borrowing, (B) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Canadian
Dollars, a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing and (C) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any other
Foreign Currency, a Eurocurrency Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any
requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one months duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in
accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof
and of the amount of such Lenders Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04.
Swingline Loans.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans denominated in US Dollars to the US
Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period, in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding
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US$25,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the total Participating Revolving Exposures exceeding the
total Participating Revolving Commitments,
provided
that the Swingline Lender shall not be
required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing
limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the US Borrower may borrow, prepay
and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the US Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such
request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The
Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the
US Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the US Borrower by
means of a credit to the general deposit account of the US Borrower with the Swingline Lender by
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later
than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Participating Revolving
Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans
outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which
Participating Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Participating Revolving Lender, specifying in
such notice such Lenders Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each
Participating Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice
as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender,
such Lenders Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Participating Revolving
Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans
pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or
termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset,
abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Participating Revolving Lender shall comply
with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the
same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06
shall apply,
mutatis
mutandis
, to the payment obligations of the Participating
Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the
amounts so received by it from the Participating Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall
notify the US Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this
paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the
Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender
from the US Borrower (or other party on behalf of the US Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan
after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be
promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative
Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the
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Participating Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph
and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear,
provided
that any such payment
so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable,
if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the US Borrower for any reason.
The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the
US Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
SECTION 2.05.
Letters of Credit.
(a)
General.
Prior to the Effective Date,
Bank of America, N.A. issued the Existing Letters of Credit, which on and after the Effective Date
shall constitute Letters of Credit issued by Bank of America, N.A. under this Agreement. Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, any Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of
Credit for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Agent and the
applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period
and prior to the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date. In the
event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and
conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by a Borrower
to, or entered into by a Borrower with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b)
Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions.
To request
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter
of Credit), the applicable Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic
communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to
an Issuing Bank and the Applicable Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or
identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such
Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount
of such Letter of Credit, the currency in which such Letter of Credit shall be denominated (which
shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the name and address of the beneficiary thereof
and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of
Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, such Borrower also shall submit a letter of
credit application on such Issuing Banks standard form in connection with any request for a Letter
of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrowers shall be deemed to
represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension,
it will not result in (i) the LC Exposure exceeding US$235,000,000, (ii) the Foreign Currency LC
Exposure exceeding US$25,000,000, (iii) the sum of the aggregate Participating Revolving Exposures
exceeding the sum of the aggregate Participating Revolving Commitments and (iv) the sum of the
aggregate Limited Currency Revolving Exposures exceeding the sum of the aggregate Limited Currency
Revolving Commitments.
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(c)
Expiration Date; Foreign Currency Letters of Credit.
Each Letter of Credit shall
expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date
of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one
year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the
Revolving Maturity Date. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, (A) each US Dollar
Issuing Bank shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit denominated in US Dollars, (B) each
Multicurrency Issuing Bank shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit denominated in US
Dollars, Euros and Sterling and (C) no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue a Letter of Credit,
including a Foreign Currency Letter of Credit, if such issuance would violate any applicable laws
or one or more policies of such Issuing Bank (including policies regarding Foreign Currencies in
which letters of credit may be issued as well as maximum amounts of letters of credit issued in
Foreign Currencies).
(d)
Participations.
By the issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in US Dollars
(or an amendment to a Letter of Credit denominated in US Dollars increasing the amount thereof) and
without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the
applicable Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Participating Revolving Lender, and each
Participating Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such
Letter of Credit equal to such Lenders Applicable Percentage from time to time of the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit
denominated in Sterling or Euros (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit denominated in Sterling or
Euros increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the applicable
Issuing Bank or the Lenders, and with respect to the immediately succeeding clause (ii), on each
Reset Date, (i) the applicable Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Limited Currency Revolving
Lender, and each Limited Currency Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a
participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lenders Limited Currency Applicable
Percentage from time to time of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit and (ii) each Participating Revolving Lender hereby grants to each other Participating
Revolving Lender, and each Participating Revolving Lender hereby acquires from each other
Participating Revolving Lender, participations in each Letter of Credit denominated in US Dollars
held by such Participating Revolving Lender such that each Participating Revolving Lenders LC
Exposure is equal to such Lenders Applicable Percentage of the LC Exposure. In consideration and
in furtherance of the foregoing, each Participating Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay to the Applicable Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing
Bank, such Lenders Applicable Percentage or Limited Currency Applicable Percentage, as the case
may be (in each case, determined as of the date of the notice from the Applicable Agent referred to
in paragraph (e) of this Section), of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank in respect of
a Letter of Credit in which such Lender has acquired a participation that is not reimbursed by the
applicable Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any
reimbursement payment in respect of a Letter of Credit in which such Lender has acquired a
participation required to be refunded to the applicable Borrower for any reason. Each Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in
respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
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circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit
or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and
that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever.
(e)
Reimbursement.
If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a
Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the
Applicable Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on
the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the applicable Borrower shall have received notice
of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date, or, if such notice has not
been received by the applicable Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00
noon, Local Time, on (i) the Business Day that the applicable Borrower receives such notice, if
such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the
Business Day immediately following the day that the applicable Borrower receives such notice, if
such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt. If the applicable Borrower
fails to make such payment when due, the Applicable Agent shall notify each Participating Revolving
Lender that has acquired a participation in the applicable Letter of Credit of the applicable LC
Disbursement, the payment then due from such Borrower in respect thereof and such Lenders
Applicable Percentage or Limited Currency Applicable Percentage, as the case may be, thereof.
Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Participating Revolving Lender that has acquired a
participation in the applicable Letter of Credit shall pay to the Applicable Agent its Applicable
Percentage or Limited Currency Applicable Percentage, as the case may be, of the payment then due
from the applicable Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans
made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply,
mutatis
mutandis
, to the payment
obligations of the Participating Revolving Lenders), and the Applicable Agent shall promptly pay to
the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Participating Revolving Lenders.
Promptly following receipt by the Applicable Agent of any payment from the applicable Borrower
pursuant to this paragraph, the Applicable Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable
Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Participating Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to
this paragraph to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the applicable
Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Participating Revolving Lender
pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement shall not
constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such
LC Disbursement.
(f)
Obligations Absolute.
Each Borrowers obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as
provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all
circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any
Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other
document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by an
Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does
not comply with the
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terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or
not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute
a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, such Borrowers
obligations hereunder. None of the Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and any of their Related
Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance
or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder
(irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error,
omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other
communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a
drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from
causes beyond the control of any Issuing Bank,
provided
that the foregoing shall not be
construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to any Borrower to the extent of any direct
damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the
Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by any Borrower that are caused by
such Issuing Banks failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents
presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly
agree that, in the absence of gross negligence, wilful misconduct, violation of law or breach of
any of its other obligations under the Loan Documents on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank
(as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealed judgment), each
Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of
the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to
documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a
Letter of Credit, each Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment
upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such
documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g)
Disbursement Procedures.
Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt
thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of
Credit. Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Applicable Agent and the applicable Borrower
by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has
made or will make a LC Disbursement thereunder,
provided
that any failure to give or delay
in giving such notice shall not relieve any Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the applicable
Issuing Bank and the Participating Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h)
Interim Interest.
If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then,
unless the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC
Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and
including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the applicable
Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, (i) in the case of a LC Disbursement with respect to a
Letter of Credit denominated in US Dollars, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans,
(ii) in the case of a LC Disbursement with respect to a Letter of Credit denominated in
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Canadian Dollars, at the rate per annum then applicable to Canadian Base Rate Loans and (iii)
in the case of a LC Disbursement with respect to a Letter of Credit denominated in any other
Foreign Currency, at the rate per annum then applicable to Eurocurrency Borrowings in such Foreign
Currency having an Interest Period of one month,
provided
that if the applicable Borrower
fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then
Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account
of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by
any Participating Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the
applicable Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i)
Replacement of an Issuing Bank.
An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by
written agreement among the US Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and
the successor Issuing Bank, which agreement shall set forth whether such Issuing Bank is a US
Dollar Issuing Bank or a Multicurrency Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the
Participating Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such
replacement shall become effective, the Borrowers shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account
of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(c). From and after the effective date of any
such replacement, the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the
applicable replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be
issued thereafter. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank
shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing
Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement,
but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j)
Cash Collateralization.
If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on
the Business Day that the US Borrower receives notice from any Agent or the Required Lenders (or,
if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater
than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this
paragraph, the Borrowers shall deposit in an account with (i) the Administrative Agent, in the name
of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, an amount in cash and in
US Dollars equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
in each case attributable to Letters of Credit denominated in US Dollars and (ii) the London Agent,
in the name of the London Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, an amount in cash and
in the applicable Foreign Currency equal to the LC Exposure (expressed in the applicable Foreign
Currency) as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, in each case attributable
to Letters of Credit denominated in Foreign Currencies,
provided
that the obligations set
forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) shall become effective immediately,
and such deposits shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any
kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to a Borrower described in clause
(h) or (i) of Section 7.01. Each Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this
paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b) or (d). Each such deposit pursuant to
this paragraph or Section 2.11(b) or (d) shall be held by the Applicable Agent
as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of each Borrower under this
Agreement. Each Applicable Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the
exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment
of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the
Applicable Agent and at the Borrowers risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest.
Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such
account shall be applied by the Applicable Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for LC
Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held
for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers for the LC Exposure at such
time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders
with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy
other obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement. If any Borrower is required to provide an
amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such
amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to such Borrower within three
Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. If a Borrower is required to
provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or (d), such amount (to
the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to such Borrower as and to the extent that,
after giving effect to such return, such Borrower would remain in compliance with Section 2.11(b)
or (d), as applicable, and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 2.06.
Funding of Borrowings and B/A Drawings.
(a) Each Lender shall make
each Loan to be made by it and disburse the Discount Proceeds (net of applicable acceptance fees)
of each B/A to be accepted and purchased by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire
transfer of immediately available funds in the applicable currency by 1:00 p.m., Local Time, to the
account of the Applicable Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the
applicable Lenders. The Applicable Agent will make such Loans or Discount Proceeds (net of
applicable acceptance fees) available to the applicable Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts
so received, in like funds, to an account of such Borrower previously identified to the Applicable
Agent (i) in New York City, in the case of Loans denominated in US Dollars, (ii) in Toronto, in the
case of Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars or B/As and (iii) in London, in the case of Loans
denominated in any Foreign Currency other than Canadian Dollars.
(b) Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed
date of any Borrowing or acceptance and purchase of B/As that such Lender will not make available
to the Applicable Agent such Lenders share of such Borrowing or the applicable Discount Proceeds
(net of applicable acceptance fees), the Applicable Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such
event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing or the applicable
Discount Proceeds (net of applicable acceptance fees) available to the Applicable Agent, then the
applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Applicable Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the
applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Applicable Agent, at (i) in the
case of such Lender, the greater of (x)(A) the Federal Funds Effective Rate, in the case of Loans
denominated in US Dollars and (B) the rate reasonably determined by the Applicable Agent to be the
cost to it of funding such amount, in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency, and (y)
a rate determined by the Applicable Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation or (ii) in the case of a Borrower, the interest rate applicable to such Borrowing or
the applicable Discount Rate, as the case may be. If such Lender pays such amount to the
Applicable Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such Borrowing
or such Lenders purchase of B/As.
SECTION 2.07.
Interest Elections.
(a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of
the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Each B/A
Drawing shall have a Contract Period as specified in the applicable request therefor. Thereafter,
the applicable Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing or B/A Drawing to a different Type or
to continue such Borrowing or B/A Drawing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing,
may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section, it being understood that no
B/A Drawing may be converted or continued other than at the end of the Contract Period applicable
thereto. The applicable Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of
the affected Borrowing or B/A Drawing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably
among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing or accepting the B/As comprising such
B/A Drawing, as the case may be, and any Loans or B/As resulting from an election made with respect
to any such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing or B/A Drawing. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section, no Revolving Borrowing or B/A Drawing may be converted into or
continued as a Revolving Borrowing or B/A Drawing with an Interest Period or Contract Period,
respectively, ending after the Revolving Maturity Date.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent
of such election by telephone or by telecopy (i) in the case of an election that would result in a
Borrowing, by the time and date that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if
such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be
made on the effective date of such election, and (ii) in the case of an election that would result
in a B/A Drawing or the continuation of a B/A Drawing, by the time and date that a request would be
required under Section 2.20 if such Borrower were requesting an acceptance and purchase of B/As to
be made on the effective date of such election. Each such Interest Election Request shall be
irrevocable and, if telephonic, shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Applicable Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Applicable Agent
and signed by the applicable Borrower. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no
Borrower shall be permitted to (i) change the currency of any Borrowing, (ii) elect an Interest
Period for Eurocurrency Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or a Contract Period for
B/As that does not comply with Section 2.20(c) or (iii) convert any Borrowing to a different Class.
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(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing or B/A Drawing to which such Interest Election Request applies and,
if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing or B/A Drawing (in which case
the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified
for each resulting Borrowing or B/A Drawing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election
Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing or a B/A Drawing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be
applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term Interest Period, and in the case of an
election of a B/A Drawing, the Contract Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a
period contemplated by the definition of the term Contract Period.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a B/A Drawing but does
not specify an Interest Period or a Contract Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed
to have selected an Interest Period or Contract Period of one months or 30 days duration, as
applicable.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Applicable Agent shall
advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lenders portion of each resulting Borrowing
or B/A Drawing.
(e) If a Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a
Eurocurrency Borrowing or B/A Drawing prior to the end of the Interest Period or Contract Period
applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing or B/A Drawing is repaid as provided herein, at the
end of such Interest Period or Contract Period, such Borrowing or B/A Drawing shall (i) in the case
of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, be converted to an ABR Borrowing, (ii) in the case of a
Borrowing or B/A Drawing denominated in Canadian Dollars, be converted to a Canadian Base Rate
Borrowing, and (iii) in the case of any other Eurocurrency Borrowing, be converted to a
Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative
Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the US Borrower, then, so long as an
Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing denominated in US Dollars may be
converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency
Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the
Interest Period
applicable thereto and (iii) all other Eurocurrency Borrowings and all B/A Drawings must be
repaid in full at the end of the Interest Period or Contract Period, respectively, applicable
thereto.
(f) Upon the conversion of any Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars (or portion thereof),
or the continuation of any B/A Drawing (or portion thereof), to or as a B/A Drawing, the net amount
that would otherwise be payable to a Borrower by each Lender pursuant to Section 2.20(f) in respect
of such new B/A Drawing shall be applied against the principal of the Revolving Loan made by such
Lender as part of such Borrowing (in the case of a conversion), or the reimbursement obligation
owed to such Lender under Section 2.20(i) in respect of the B/As accepted by such Lender as part of
such maturing B/A Drawing (in the case of a continuation), and such Borrower shall pay to such
Lender an amount equal to the difference between the principal amount of such Revolving Loan or the
aggregate face amount of such maturing B/As, as the case may be, and such net amount.
SECTION 2.08.
Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously
terminated, (i) the Term Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Effective Date and (ii) the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date.
(b) The US Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments of
any Class,
provided
that (i) each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an
amount that is an integral multiple of US$5,000,000 and not less than US$5,000,000, (ii) the US
Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Limited Currency Revolving Commitments if, after giving
effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Limited Currency Revolving Loans in accordance with
Section 2.11, (A) the sum of the Limited Currency Revolving Exposures would exceed the total
Limited Currency Revolving Commitments or (B) the sum of the Foreign Currency Revolving Exposures
would exceed the Foreign Currency Sublimit, (iii) the US Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the
Multicurrency Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, (A) the sum of the Multicurrency
Revolving Exposures would exceed the total Multicurrency Revolving Commitments or (B) the sum of
the Foreign Currency Revolving Exposures would exceed the Foreign Currency Sublimit and (iv) the US
Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the US Dollar Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect
to any concurrent prepayment of the US Dollar Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the
sum of the US Dollar Revolving Exposures would exceed the total US Dollar Revolving Commitments,.
(c) The US Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or
reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to
the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective
date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the US Borrower pursuant to this Section
shall be irrevocable,
provided
that a notice of termination of any Revolving Commitments
delivered by the US
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Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the US Borrower (by notice to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not
satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each
reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance
with their respective Commitments of such Class.
SECTION 2.09.
Repayment of Loans and B/As; Evidence of Debt.
(a) Each Borrower
hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Applicable Agent for the account of each Lender
the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender made to it on the Revolving
Maturity Date and the face amount of each B/A, if any, accepted by such Lender and requested by it
as provided in Section 2.20, (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the
then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender made to it as provided in Section
2.10 and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan made
to it on the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is
made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least five Business Days after such
Swingline Loan is made,
provided
that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the
US Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans that were outstanding on the date such Borrowing was
requested. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each Loan shall be repaid in the
currency in which such Loan is denominated.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the Indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made or B/A
accepted by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest and amounts in respect of
B/As payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount
of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof, the currency thereof and the Interest
Period, if any, applicable thereto, and the amount of each B/A and the Contract Period applicable
thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal, interest or other amount in respect of any B/A due and
payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the
amount of any sum received by the Agents hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lenders
share thereof. Each other Agent shall promptly provide the Administrative Agent with all
information needed to maintain such accounts in respect of the Loans or B/A Drawings administered
by such Agent.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this
Section shall be
prima
facie
evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein,
provided
that the failure of any Lender or Agent to maintain
such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to
repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(e) Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory
note. In such event, each Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note
payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its
registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form
payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note,
to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION
2.10.
Amortization of Term Loans.
(a) Subject to adjustment pursuant to
paragraph (d) of this Section, the US Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the
ratable account of the Term Lenders on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and
December, commencing on March 31, 2006, an aggregate
principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on
the Effective Date.
(b) To the extent not previously paid, all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Term
Maturity Date.
(c) Any prepayment of a Term Borrowing made pursuant to Section 2.11(b) shall be applied to
reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings to be made pursuant to this
Section ratably; otherwise, prepayments of Term Borrowings shall be applied as directed by the US
Borrower.
(d) Prior to any repayment of any Term Borrowings hereunder, the US Borrower shall select the
Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three
Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Term Borrowing
shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing. Repayments of Term
Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.
SECTION 2.11.
Prepayment of Loans and B/As.
(a) The Borrowers shall have the right
at any time and from time to time, and without premium or penalty, to prepay any Borrowing and to
cash collateralize amounts owed in respect of outstanding B/As in whole or in part, subject to
prior notice in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section and payment of any amounts required
under Section 2.16,
provided
that all voluntary prepayments of Term Loans effected on or
prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date with the proceeds of an issuance or incurrence
of Indebtedness by Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary will be accompanied by a prepayment
fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of such prepayment. Such fee shall be paid by
the US Borrower to the Administrative Agent, for the accounts of the relevant Term Lenders, on the
date of such prepayment.
(b) In the event and on such occasion that (i) the aggregate amount of the Limited Currency
Revolving Exposures exceeds the aggregate amount of the Limited
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Currency Revolving Commitments, (ii) the aggregate amount of the Multicurrency Revolving
Exposures exceeds the aggregate amount of the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments, (iii) the
aggregate amount of the US Dollar Revolving Exposures exceeds the aggregate amount of the US Dollar
Revolving Commitments or (iv) the aggregate amount of the Foreign Currency Revolving Exposures
exceeds the Foreign Currency Sublimit (in each case, other than solely as a result of changes in
Exchange Rates), then, in each case, the Borrowers shall, not later than the next Business Day,
prepay one or more Borrowings or cash collateralize amounts owing in respect of outstanding B/As
(or, if no such Borrowings or B/As are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate
the applicable excess. If on any Reset Date and solely as a result of changes in Exchange Rates,
(i) the aggregate amount of the Limited Currency Revolving Exposures exceeds 105% of the aggregate
amount of the Limited Currency Revolving Commitments, (ii) the aggregate amount of the
Multicurrency Revolving Exposures exceeds 105% of the aggregate amount of the Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments, or (iii) the aggregate amount of the Foreign Currency Revolving Exposures
exceeds 105% of the Foreign Currency Sublimit, then, in each case, the Borrowers shall, not later
than the next Business Day, prepay one or more Borrowings or cash collateralize amounts owing in
respect of outstanding B/As (or, if no such Borrowings or B/As are outstanding, deposit cash
collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate
amount sufficient to eliminate the applicable excess.
(c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of
Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrowers
shall, within ten Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received, prepay Term Borrowings in an
aggregate amount equal to such Net Proceeds,
provided
that in the case of any event
described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term Prepayment Event, if the US Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer (i) to the effect
that Parent, the US Borrower or any other Subsidiary intends to apply the Net Proceeds from such
event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate), within 365 days after receipt of such
Net Proceeds, (A) in the case of any sale, transfer or other disposition of real property or
interests therein of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary, to acquire (including through
the acquisition of a Person substantially all of whose assets consist of real property or interests
therein), improve, enlarge, develop or make Capital Expenditures with respect to real property or
interests therein to be used in the business of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries or
(B) in the case of any other sale of property or assets of Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary, to acquire (including through the acquisition of a Person substantially all of whose
assets consist of equipment or other tangible personal property), improve, enlarge, develop or make
Capital Expenditures in respect of equipment or other tangible personal property to be used in the
business of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries,
provided
that if the Net
Proceeds from such other sale of property or assets of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary
do not exceed US$500,000 (or the US Dollar Equivalent thereof), such Net Proceeds may also be
applied to acquire (including through the acquisition of a Person substantially all of whose assets
consist of real property or interests therein), improve, enlarge, develop or make Capital
Expenditures with respect to real property or interests therein to be used in
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the business of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries and (ii) certifying that no
Default has occurred and is continuing, then, in each case, no prepayment shall be required
pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds in respect of such event (or the portion
of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if applicable) except to the extent of any such
Net Proceeds therefrom that (x) with respect to any sale, transfer or other disposition of real
property or interests therein, Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary have not so applied by
the end of such 365-day period or entered into contractual arrangements to so apply (and actually
so apply) by the date that is 180 days after the end of such 365-day period and (y) with respect to
any other sale, transfer or other disposition, Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary have
not so applied by the end of such 365-day period.
(d) Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings or cash collateralization of
amounts owing in respect of outstanding B/A Drawings, the applicable Borrower shall select the
Borrowing or Borrowings and the B/A Drawing or Drawings to be prepaid or cash collateralized and
shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (e) of this
Section.
(e) The applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) or by telecopy of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local time, three Business Days before
the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing or a Canadian Base
Rate Borrowing or cash collateralization of a B/A Drawing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local time,
one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall
specify the prepayment or cash collateralization date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or
portion thereof, or amount owed in respect of an outstanding B/A Drawing or portion thereof, to be
prepaid or cash collateralized,
provided
that if a notice of prepayment is given in
connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section
2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in
accordance with Section 2.08. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a
Borrowing or B/A, the Applicable Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each
partial prepayment of any Borrowing or cash collateralization of amounts owing in respect of a B/A
Drawing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of
the same Type as provided in Section 2.02 or an acceptance and purchase of B/As as provided in
Section 2.20. Each prepayment of a Borrowing or cash collateralization of a B/A Drawing shall be
applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing or the B/As included in such B/A
Drawing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section
2.13. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each Loan shall be prepaid in the currency in
which such Loan is denominated.
(f) Amounts to be applied pursuant to this Section or Article VII to cash collateralize
amounts to become due with respect to outstanding B/As shall be deposited in the Prepayment Account
(as defined below). The Canadian Agent shall apply any cash deposited in the Prepayment Account
allocable to amounts to become due in respect of
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B/As on the last day of their respective Contract Periods until all amounts due in respect of
outstanding B/As have been prepaid or until all the allocable cash on deposit has been exhausted.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term
Prepayment Account
means an account established
by a Canadian Borrower with the Canadian Agent and over which the Canadian Agent shall have
exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal for application in
accordance with this paragraph (f). The Canadian Agent will, at the request of such Canadian
Borrower, invest amounts on deposit in the Prepayment Account in short-term, cash equivalent
investments selected by the Canadian Agent in consultation with such Canadian Borrower that mature
prior to the last day of the applicable Contract Periods of the B/As to be prepaid,
provided
that the Canadian Agent shall have no obligation to invest amounts on deposit in
the Prepayment Account if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. The Borrowers
shall indemnify the Canadian Agent for any losses relating to the investments so that the amount
available to prepay amounts due in respect of B/As on the last day of the applicable Contract
Period is not less than the amount that would have been available had no investments been made
pursuant thereto. Other than any interest earned on such investments (which shall be for the
account of such Canadian Borrower, to the extent not necessary for the prepayment of B/As in
accordance with this Section and Article VII), the Prepayment Account shall not bear interest.
Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall be deposited in the Prepayment Account and
reinvested and disbursed as specified above. If the maturity of the Loans and all amounts due
hereunder has been accelerated pursuant to Article VII, the Canadian Agent may, in its sole
discretion, apply all amounts on deposit in the Prepayment Account to satisfy any of the
Obligations in respect of the Loans, unreimbursed LC Disbursements and B/As (and each Borrower
hereby grants to the Canadian Agent a security interest in its Prepayment Account to secure such
Obligations).
SECTION 2.12.
Fees.
(a) The US Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent,
in US Dollars, for the account of the office (or Affiliate) of each Lender from which such Lender
would make Loans to the US Borrower in US Dollars hereunder (which office or Affiliate shall be
specified by each Lender in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the initial
payment to such Lender under this paragraph) a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable
Rate on the average daily unused amount of the total Revolving Commitments of such Lender during
the period from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the date on which such
Revolving Commitments terminate. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last
day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving
Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All
commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the
actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes
of computing commitment fees with respect to Revolving Commitments, a Revolving Commitment of a
Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure
of such Lender (and the Swingline Exposure of such Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) shall
be disregarded for such purpose).
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(b) Each Canadian Borrower agrees to pay to the Canadian Agent, in US Dollars, for the account
of each Revolving Lender, on each date on which a B/A drawn by such Canadian Borrower is accepted
hereunder an acceptance fee computed by multiplying the US Dollar Equivalent of the face amount of
each such B/A by the product of (i) the Applicable Rate for B/A Drawings on such date by (ii) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the Contract Period applicable to such
B/A and the denominator of which is 365.
(c) The US Borrower agrees to pay, in US Dollars, (i) to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Participating Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its
participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate used to determine
the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such
Lenders LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements)
during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on
which such Lenders Participating Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender
ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at
the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion
thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Participating Revolving
Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as each Issuing
Banks standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of
Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through
and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on
the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after
the Effective Date,
provided
that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the
Participating Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which
the Participating Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees
payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph which accrue during any calendar month shall
be payable within 5 Business Days after the end of such calendar month. All participation fees and
fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the
actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(d) The applicable Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, in US Dollars, for its
own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between such
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(e) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds,
to the Administrative Agent (or to the applicable Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it)
for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders entitled
thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
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SECTION 2.13.
Interest.
(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each
Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate, and the
Loans comprising each Canadian Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Canadian Base Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted
Eurocurrency Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or
other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity,
upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus
the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section
or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as
provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments,
provided
that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be
payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a
prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan or Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loan prior to the end of the
Revolving Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be
payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any
Eurocurrency Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on
such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that
(i) interest on Borrowings denominated in Sterling and (ii) interest computed by reference to the
Canadian Base Rate or to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on
the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or, except in the case of
Borrowings denominated in Sterling, 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for
the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The
applicable Alternate Base Rate, Canadian Base Rate or Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate shall be
determined by the Applicable Agent and the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.14.
Alternate Rate of Interest.
If prior to the commencement of any
Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any currency:
(a) the Applicable Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not
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exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, the LIBO Rate or the EURIBO
Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Applicable Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted
Eurocurrency Rate, the LIBO Rate or the EURIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest
Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or
maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Applicable Agent shall give notice thereof to the applicable Borrower and the Lenders by
telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Applicable Agent
notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer
exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing
to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing in such currency for
such Interest Period shall be ineffective, and such Borrowing shall be converted to or continued on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (A) if such Borrowing is denominated in US
Dollars or Canadian Dollars, as an ABR Borrowing or Canadian Base Rate Borrowing, respectively, or
(B) if such Borrowing is denominated in any other currency, as a Borrowing bearing interest at such
rate as the Lenders and the applicable Borrower may agree adequately reflects the costs to the
Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans (or, in the absence of such agreement, shall be repaid
as of the last day of the current Interest Period applicable thereto) and (ii) if any Borrowing
Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing in such currency for such Interest Period, (X)
if such Borrowing is denominated in US Dollars or Canadian Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as
an ABR Borrowing or Canadian Base Rate Borrowing, respectively (or such Borrowing shall not be made
if the applicable Borrower revokes (and in such circumstances, such Borrowing Request may be
revoked notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement) such Borrowing Request by telephonic
notice, confirmed promptly in writing, not later than one Business Day prior to the proposed date
of such Borrowing) or (Y) if such Borrowing is denominated in any other currency, such Borrowing
shall bear interest at such rate as the Lenders and the applicable Borrower may agree adequately
reflects the costs to the Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans (or, in the absence of such
agreement, such Borrowing shall be cancelled).
SECTION 2.15.
Increased Costs; Illegality.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by,
any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted Eurocurrency
Rate) or any Issuing Bank; or
(ii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the Euro, London or Canadian
interbank markets any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans or B/A
Drawings made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or obtaining funds for the purchase of B/As (or of maintaining
its obligation to make any such Loan or to accept and purchase B/As) or to increase the cost to
such Lender or any Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or
to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrowers will pay to such Lender
or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on an after-tax basis for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding such Lenders or
Issuing Banks capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on
such Lenders or such Issuing Banks capital or on the capital of such Lenders or such Issuing
Banks holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or
participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by an
Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lenders or such
Issuing Banks holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lenders, or such Issuing Banks policies and the policies of such Lenders or
such Issuing Banks holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Borrowers will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount
or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing bank or such Lenders or such Issuing
Banks holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount
or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the
case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to any
Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or
such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10
Business Days after receipt thereof.
(d) If the cost to any Lender of making or maintaining any Loan to or obtaining funds for the
purchase of B/As from or participating in any Letter of Credit or any Issuing Bank of issuing or
maintaining any Letter of Credit to any Foreign Borrower is increased (or the amount of any sum
received or receivable by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any Issuing Bank is
reduced) by an amount deemed in good faith by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to be material, by
reason of the fact that such Foreign Borrower is incorporated in, or conducts business in, a
jurisdiction outside the United States, such the Borrowers shall indemnify such Lender or such
Issuing Bank for such increased cost or reduction upon demand by such Lender or such Issuing Bank
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent). A certificate of such Lender or such Issuing Bank
claiming compensation under this paragraph and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be
paid to it hereunder (and the basis for the calculation of such amount or amounts) shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
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(e) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders or such Issuing Banks
right to demand such compensation,
provided
that the Borrowers shall not be required to
compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or
reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as
the case may be, notifies any Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions and of such Lenders or such Issuing Banks intention to claim compensation therefor,
provided
further
that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include
the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if, after the date hereof, (i) any
Change in Law shall make it unlawful for any Revolving Lender to make or maintain any Foreign
Currency Revolving Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to
any Foreign Currency Revolving Loan or (ii) there shall have occurred any change in national or
international financial, political or economic conditions (including the imposition of or any
change in exchange controls) or currency exchange rates that would make it impracticable for any
Revolving Lender to make or maintain Foreign Currency Revolving Loans denominated in the affected
currency, then, by written notice to the applicable Borrower and to the Applicable Agent:
(i) such Revolving Lender or Revolving Lenders may declare that Foreign Currency
Revolving Loans in the affected currency or currencies will not thereafter (for the
duration of such unlawfulness or impracticality) be made by such Lender or Lenders
hereunder (or, in the case of outstanding Foreign Currency Revolving Loans, be continued
for additional Interest Periods), whereupon any request for a Foreign Currency Revolving
Borrowing in the affected currency or currencies (or to continue a Foreign Currency
Revolving Borrowing in the affected currency or currencies for an additional Interest
Period) shall, as to such Revolving Lender or Revolving Lenders only, be deemed a request
for an Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of one months duration and denominated
in US Dollars at the Exchange Rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with this Agreement (or a request to convert a Foreign Currency Revolving Loan into a
Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of one months duration and denominated in US
Dollars at the Exchange Rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this
Agreement on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto), unless
such declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) such Lender may require that all outstanding Foreign Currency Revolving Loans in
the affected currency or currencies made by it be converted to Eurocurrency Loans having an
Interest Period of one months duration and denominated in US Dollars, in which event all
such Foreign Currency Revolving Loans in the affected currency or currencies shall be
converted to Eurocurrency Loans having an Interest Period of one months duration and
denominated in US
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Dollars, as of the effective date of such notice as provided in paragraph (g) below
and at the Exchange Rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this
Agreement on the date of such conversion.
In the event any Revolving Lender shall exercise its rights under clause (i) or (ii) above, all
payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise have been applied to repay the Foreign
Currency Revolving Loans that would have been made by such Revolving Lender or the converted
Foreign Currency Revolving Loans of such Lender shall instead be applied to repay the Eurocurrency
Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting from the conversion of, such Foreign Currency
Revolving Loans.
(g) For purposes of paragraph (f) of this Section 2.15, a notice to the applicable Borrower by
any Lender shall be effective as to each Foreign Currency Revolving Loan made by such Lender, if
lawful, on the last day of the Interest Period currently applicable to such Loan; in all other
cases such notice shall be effective on the date of receipt thereof by the applicable Borrower.
SECTION 2.16.
Break Funding Payments.
In the event of (a) the payment of any
principal of any Eurocurrency Loan or in respect of a B/A other than on the last day of an Interest
Period or Contract Period, as the case may be, applicable thereto (including as a result of an
Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan or B/A other than on the last day of
the Interest Period or Contract Period, as the case may be, applicable thereto, (c) the failure to
borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Revolving Loan or to issue B/As for acceptance and purchase
on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice
may be revoked under Section 2.11(e) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment
of any Eurocurrency Loan or the right to receive payment in respect of a B/A other than on the last
day of the Interest Period or Contract Period, as the case may be, applicable thereto as a result
of a request by the US Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19 or the CAM Exchange, then, in any such
event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to
such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be
deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount
of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not
occurred, at the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the
period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor
(or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been
the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such
principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid,
at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the applicable currency of a comparable amount
and period from other banks in the eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth
any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, together
with supporting documentation or computations, shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower and
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as
due on any such certificate within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof.
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SECTION 2.17.
Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of
the Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and
without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes,
provided
that if any Borrower
shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the
sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions of
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section) the Agent, Issuing Bank or Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to
the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such
deductions and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the applicable Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authorities in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The applicable Borrower shall indemnify each Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank,
within 10 Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes paid by such Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with
respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such Borrower hereunder or under any
other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount and nature of such payment or liability
delivered to any Borrower by a Lender, by an Issuing Bank or by an Agent on its own behalf or on
behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Borrower
to a Governmental Authority, such Borrowers shall deliver to the Applicable Agent the original or a
certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy
of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to
the Applicable Agent.
(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax
under the laws of the United States of America, or any treaty to which the United States of America
is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the US Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by US law, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by US law or reasonably requested by the US
Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. Parent
and each Borrower agree to take all actions required in order for all exemptions from withholding
taxes available to any Foreign Lender to be effective.
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(f) If an Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Bank determines, in its sole discretion, that it has
received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower
or with respect to which any Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it
shall pay over such refund to the applicable Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments
made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrowers under this Section 2.17 with respect to the
Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Agent,
such Lender or such Issuing Bank and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund),
provided
that the Borrowers, upon the
request of such Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, agree to repay the amount paid over to the
applicable Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant
Governmental Authority) to such Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank in the event such Agent,
such Lender or such Issuing Bank is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.
This Section shall not be construed to require any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank to make
available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems
confidential) to any Borrower or any other Person.
SECTION 2.18.
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) Each
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan
Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts
payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required
hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly
required, prior to 12:00 noon, Local Time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds,
without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the
discretion of the Applicable Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business
Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the
Applicable Agent to the applicable account specified from time to time by such Agent for the
account of the applicable Lenders, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and
9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Applicable Agent shall distribute
any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient
promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due on a day
that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the
period of such extension. All payments hereunder of principal or interest in respect of any Loan
or amounts owing in respect of any B/A Drawing (or of any breakage indemnity in respect of any Loan
or B/A Drawing) shall be made in the currency of such Loan or B/A Drawing; all other payments
hereunder and under each other Loan Document shall be made in US Dollars, except as otherwise
expressly provided. Any payment required to be made by an Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have
been made by the time required if such Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the
necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of
the clearing or settlement system used by such Agent to make such payment.
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(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to any Agent from any
Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees
then due from such Borrower hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of
interest and fees then due from such Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto
in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second,
towards payment of principal of the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due from such
Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of
principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans, amounts owing in
respect of any B/A Drawing or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving
payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans, amounts owing in respect of
any B/A Drawing or participations in LC Disbursements, and accrued interest thereon than the
proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall
purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans, amounts owing in respect of any B/A
Drawing or participations in LC Disbursements, as applicable, of other Lenders to the extent
necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective
Loans, amounts owing in respect of any B/A Drawing and participations in LC Disbursements,
provided
that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the
payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase
price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this
paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in
accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans, amounts owing
in respect of B/A Drawings or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant,
other than to a Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this
paragraph shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with
respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in
the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from the applicable Borrower prior
to the date on which any payment is due to the Applicable Agent for the account of the Lenders or
any Issuing Bank hereunder that the applicable Borrower will not make such payment, the Applicable
Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and
may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case
may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then
each of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the
Applicable Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank
with interest thereon, for each day from and including
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the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the
Applicable Agent, at (i) the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by
the Applicable Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (in the
case of an amount denominated in US Dollars) and (ii) the rate reasonably determined by the
Applicable Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (in the case of an amount denominated
in any Foreign Currency).
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.04(c), 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), then the Applicable Agent may, in its
discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received
by the Applicable Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lenders obligations under
such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION 2.19.
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender
requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional
amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to
Section 2.17, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional interest to any Lender pursuant
to Section 2.22, then such Lender shall use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a
different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable
judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.17 or 2.22 as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not
subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous
to such Lender. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(e) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Borrower is required to
pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional interest to any
Lender pursuant to Section 2.22, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans
hereunder, then the US Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and
the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests,
rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations
(which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment),
provided
that
(i) to the extent required under Section 9.04, the US Borrower shall have received the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii)
such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its
Loans and B/As and participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and
all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the US Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15
or payments
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required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17 or additional interest required pursuant to
Section 2.22, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation, payments, additional
interest or administrative burden to any Borrower that is beneficial to such Borrower in a material
respect.
SECTION 2.20.
Canadian Bankers Acceptances.
(a) Each acceptance and purchase of
B/As of a single Contract Period pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.07 shall be made ratably by
the Multicurrency Revolving Lenders in accordance with the amounts of their Multicurrency Revolving
Commitments. The failure of any Multicurrency Revolving Lender to accept any B/A required to be
accepted by it shall not relieve any other Multicurrency Revolving Lender of its obligations
hereunder,
provided
that the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments are several and no
Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall be responsible for any other Multicurrency Revolving Lenders
failure to accept B/As as required.
(b) The B/As of a single Contract Period accepted and purchased on any date shall be in an
aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of C$5,000,000 and not less than C$1,000,000. The
face amount of each B/A shall be C$100,000 or any whole multiple thereof. If any Multicurrency
Revolving Lenders ratable share of the B/As of any Contract Period to be accepted on any date
would not be an integral multiple of C$100,000, the face amount of the B/As accepted by such Lender
may be increased or reduced to the nearest integral multiple of C$100,000 by the Canadian Agent in
its sole discretion. B/As of more than one Contract Period may be outstanding at the same time,
provided
that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 5 B/A Drawings
outstanding.
(c) To request an acceptance and purchase of B/As, a Canadian Borrower shall notify the
Canadian Agent of such request by telephone or by telecopy not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time,
one Business Day before the date of such acceptance and purchase. Each such request shall be
irrevocable and, if telephonic, shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Canadian Agent of a written request in a form approved by the Canadian Agent and signed by such
Canadian Borrower. Each such telephonic and written request shall specify the following
information:
(i) the aggregate face amount of the B/As to be accepted and purchased;
(ii) the date of such acceptance and purchase, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) the Contract Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term Contract Period (and which shall in no event
end after the Revolving Maturity Date); and
(iv) the location and number of the applicable Canadian Borrowers account to which
any funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.
If no Contract Period is specified with respect to
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any requested acceptance and purchase of B/As, then the Canadian Borrower shall be
deemed to have selected a Contract Period of 30 days duration.
Promptly following receipt of a request in accordance with this paragraph, the Canadian Agent shall
advise each Multicurrency Revolving Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of B/As to be
accepted and purchased by such Lender
(d) Each Canadian Borrower hereby appoints each Multicurrency Revolving Lender as its attorney
to sign and endorse on its behalf, manually or by facsimile or mechanical signature, as and when
deemed necessary by such Lender, blank forms of B/As. It shall be the responsibility of each
Multicurrency Revolving Lender to maintain an adequate supply of blank forms of B/As for acceptance
under this Agreement. Each Canadian Borrower recognizes and agrees that all B/As signed and/or
endorsed on its behalf by any Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall bind such Canadian Borrower as
fully and effectually as if manually signed and duly issued by authorized officers of such Canadian
Borrower. Each Multicurrency Revolving Lender is hereby authorized to issue such B/As endorsed in
blank in such face amounts as may be determined by such Lender,
provided
that the aggregate
face amount thereof is equal to the aggregate face amount of B/As required to be accepted by such
Lender. No Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall be liable for any damage, loss or claim arising by
reason of any loss or improper use of any such instrument unless such loss or improper use results
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Multicurrency Revolving Lender. Each
Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall maintain a record with respect to B/As (i) received by it from
the Canadian Agent in blank hereunder, (ii) voided by it for any reason, (iii) accepted and
purchased by it hereunder and (iv) canceled at their respective maturities. Each Multicurrency
Revolving Lender further agrees to retain such records in the manner and for the periods provided
in applicable provincial or Federal statutes and regulations of Canada and to provide such records
to each Canadian Borrower upon its request and at its expense. Upon request by any Canadian
Borrower, a Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall cancel all forms of B/A that have been pre-signed
or pre-endorsed on behalf of such Canadian Borrower and that are held by such Multicurrency
Revolving Lender and are not required to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.
(e) Drafts of each Canadian Borrower to be accepted as B/As hereunder shall be signed as set
forth in paragraph (d) above. Notwithstanding that any Person whose signature appears on any B/A
may no longer be an authorized signatory for any of the Multicurrency Revolving Lenders or such
Canadian Borrower at the date of issuance of such B/A, such signature shall nevertheless be valid
and sufficient for all purposes as if such authority had remained in force at the time of such
issuance and any such B/A so signed shall be binding on such Canadian Borrower.
(f) Upon acceptance of a B/A by a Multicurrency Revolving Lender, such Multicurrency Revolving
Lender shall purchase, or arrange the purchase of, such B/A from the applicable Canadian Borrower
at the Discount Rate for such Multicurrency Revolving Lender applicable to such B/A accepted by it
and provide to the Canadian Agent the Discount Proceeds for the account of such Canadian Borrower
as provided in
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Section 2.06. The acceptance fee payable by the applicable Canadian Borrower to a
Multicurrency Revolving Lender under Section 2.12 in respect of each B/A accepted by such
Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall be set off against the Discount Proceeds payable by such
Multicurrency Revolving Lender under this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of
any B/A Drawing resulting from the conversion or continuation of a B/A Drawing or Multicurrency
Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.07, the net amount that would otherwise be payable to such
Canadian Borrower by each Lender pursuant to this paragraph will be applied as provided in Section
2.07(f).
(g) Each Multicurrency Revolving Lender may at any time and from time to time hold, sell,
rediscount or otherwise dispose of any or all B/As accepted and purchased by it.
(h) Each B/A accepted and purchased hereunder shall mature at the end of the Contract Period
applicable thereto.
(i) Each Canadian Borrower waives presentment for payment and any other defense to payment of
any amounts due to a Multicurrency Revolving Lender in respect of a B/A accepted and purchased by
it pursuant to this Agreement which might exist solely by reason of such B/A being held, at the
maturity thereof, by such Multicurrency Revolving Lender in its own right and each Canadian
Borrower agrees not to claim any days of grace if such Multicurrency Revolving Lender as holder
sues each Canadian Borrower on the B/A for payment of the amounts payable by such Canadian Borrower
thereunder. On the specified maturity date of a B/A, or such earlier date as may be required
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, each Canadian Borrower shall pay the Multicurrency
Revolving Lender that has accepted and purchased such B/A the full face amount of such B/A, and
after such payment such Canadian Borrower shall have no further liability in respect of such B/A
and such Lender shall be entitled to all benefits of, and be responsible for all payments due to
third parties under, such B/A.
(j) At the option of each Canadian Borrower and any Multicurrency Revolving Lender, B/As under
this Agreement to be accepted by that Lender may be issued in the form of depository bills for
deposit with The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited pursuant to the Depository Bills and
Notes Act (Canada). All depository bills so issued shall be governed by the provisions of this
Section 2.20.
(k) If a Multicurrency Revolving Lender is not a chartered bank under the Bank Act (Canada) or
if a Multicurrency Revolving Lender notifies the Canadian Agent in writing that it is otherwise
unable to accept B/As, such Multicurrency Revolving Lender will, instead of accepting and
purchasing B/As, make a Loan (a
B/A Equivalent Loan
) to the applicable Canadian Borrower
in the amount and for the same term as the draft which such Multicurrency Revolving Lender would
otherwise have been required to accept and purchase hereunder. Each such Multicurrency Revolving
Lender will provide to the Canadian Agent the Discount Proceeds of such B/A Equivalent Loan for the
account of the applicable Canadian Borrower in the same manner as such Multicurrency Revolving
Lender would have provided the Discount Proceeds in respect of the draft which such Multicurrency
Revolving Lender would otherwise have been required to
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accept and purchase hereunder. Each such B/A Equivalent Loan will bear interest at the same
rate which would result if such Multicurrency Revolving Lender had accepted (and been paid an
acceptance fee) and purchased (on a discounted basis) a B/A for the relevant Contract Period (it
being the intention of the parties that each such B/A Equivalent Loan shall have the same economic
consequences for the Multicurrency Revolving Lenders and the applicable Canadian Borrower as the
B/A which such B/A Equivalent Loan replaces). All such interest shall be paid in advance on the
date such B/A Equivalent Loan is made, and will be deducted from the principal amount of such B/A
Equivalent Loan in the same manner in which the Discount Proceeds of a B/A would be deducted from
the face amount of the B/A. Subject to the repayment requirements of this Agreement, on the last
day of the relevant Contract Period for such B/A Equivalent Loan, the applicable Canadian Borrower
shall be entitled to convert each such B/A Equivalent Loan into another type of Loan, or to roll
over each such B/A Equivalent Loan into another B/A Equivalent Loan, all in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.21.
Incremental Commitments.
(a) Any Borrower may, by written notice to
the Administrative Agent from time to time, request Incremental Term Commitments and/or Incremental
Revolving Commitments in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount from one or more
Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Lenders (which may include any existing
Lender or any Person not theretofore a Lender) willing to provide such Incremental Term Loans
and/or Incremental Revolving Loans, as the case may be, in their own discretion,
provided
that each Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Lender shall be subject to the
approval of the US Borrower and the Administrative Agent to the extent that such approval would be
required under Section 9.04 if the applicable Incremental Term Lender or Incremental Revolving
Lender were the proposed assignee of a Term Commitment or Revolving Commitment, respectively (which
approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld). Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the
Incremental Term Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Commitments being requested (which shall
be in minimum increments of US$25,000,000 and a minimum amount of US$25,000,000 or equal to the
remaining Incremental Amount) and (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term Commitments and/or
Incremental Revolving Commitments are requested to become effective (the
Increased Amount
Date
).
(b) Each Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Lender shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other
documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Term
Commitment of such Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Commitment of such
Incremental Revolving Lender and the security and Guarantees therefor (the
Incremental
Documents
). Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the Incremental
Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Loans to be made thereunder,
provided
that (i) the
Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loans shall rank
pari
passu
or
junior in right of payment and of security with the Term Loans, and Revolving Loans and (except as
to pricing and amortization) shall have the same terms as the Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as
applicable, (ii) the maturity date of any Incremental Term Loans or
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Incremental Revolving Loans shall be no earlier than the date that is six months after the
Term Maturity Date, (iii) the weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Term Loans shall
be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans as of the date
of the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement and (iv) no interest rate margin (which shall be
deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discounts payable to all
Incremental Term Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans) in respect of any Incremental Term
Loan may exceed any Applicable Rate applicable to the Term Loans (which shall, for such purposes
only, be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discounts payable to all
Term Lenders providing Term Loans) by more than 0.25% (it being understood that any such increase
may take the form of original issue discount, with original issue discount being equated to the
interest rates in a manner reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent based on an assumed
four-year life to maturity), without increasing such Applicable Rate so that no interest rate
margin in respect of such Incremental Term Loans (which shall be deemed to include all upfront or
similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Incremental Term Lenders providing such
Incremental Term Loans), is more than 0.25% higher than any Applicable Rate applicable to the Term
Loans (which shall, for such purposes only, be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or
original issue discount payable to all Term Lenders providing the Term Loans). The Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Assumption
Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any
Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the
extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Commitments and/or
Incremental Revolving Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.04(e). Any such
deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent and furnished to the
other parties hereto.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Commitment or Incremental Revolving
Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.21 unless (i) on the date of such
effectiveness, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be
satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such
date and executed by a Financial Officer, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received the
applicable Incremental Documents and all legal opinions and other documents related thereto and
(iii) immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to such Incremental Term Commitment
and/or Incremental Revolving Commitments and the Loans to be made thereunder and the application of
the proceeds therefrom, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (including any Default
under Section 6.13, 6.14, 6.15 or 6.16).
(d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and
all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that all Incremental Term Loans and/or
Incremental Revolving Loans, when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding
Term Loans or Revolving Loans on a pro rata basis, and the Borrowers agree that Section 2.16 shall
apply to any conversion of Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans reasonably
required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing.
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SECTION 2.22.
Additional Reserve Costs.
(a) If and so long as any Lender is required
under regulations of the Bank of England or the Financial Services Authority of the United Kingdom
to make special deposits with the Bank of England, to maintain reserve asset ratios or to pay fees,
in each case in respect of such Lenders Eurocurrency Loans in any Foreign Currency and pursuant to
such regulations, such Lender may require the applicable Borrower to pay, contemporaneously with
each payment of interest on each of such Loans, additional interest on such Loan at a rate per
annum equal to the Mandatory Costs Rate calculated in accordance with the formula and in the manner
set forth in Exhibit G hereto.
(b) If and so long as any Lender is required to comply with reserve assets, liquidity, cash
margin or other requirements of any monetary or other authority (including any such requirement
imposed by the European Central Bank or the European System of Central Banks, but excluding
requirements reflected in the Statutory Reserve Rate or the Mandatory Costs Rate) in respect of any
of such Lenders Eurocurrency Loans in any Foreign Currency, such Lender may require the applicable
Borrower to pay, contemporaneously with each payment of interest on each of such Lenders
Eurocurrency Loans subject to such requirements, additional interest on such Loan at a rate per
annum specified by such Lender to be the cost to such Lender of complying with such requirements in
relation to such Loan.
(c) A certificate of the applicable Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the additional
interest owed pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above of this Section shall be delivered to the
applicable Borrower (with a copy to the Applicable Agent) at least five Business Days before each
date on which interest is payable for the relevant Loan and shall be conclusive absent manifest
error. Such additional interest so notified to the applicable Borrower by such Lender shall be
payable to the Applicable Agent for the account of such Lender on each date on which interest is
payable for such Loan.
SECTION 2.23.
Foreign Borrowers
. On or after the Effective Date, the US Borrower may
deliver to the Administrative Agent a Foreign Borrower Agreement executed by a Wholly Owned Foreign
Subsidiary and the US Borrower, and after (i) ten Business Days have elapsed after such delivery
and (ii) receipt by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent of such documentation and other
information reasonably requested by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent for purposes of
complying with all necessary know your customer or other similar checks under all applicable laws
and regulations, such Subsidiary shall for all purposes of this Agreement be a Foreign Borrower and
a party to this Agreement,
provided
that each Foreign Borrower shall also be a Foreign
Guarantor. Upon the execution by the US Borrower and a Foreign Borrower and delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a Foreign Borrower Termination with respect to such Foreign Borrower, such
Foreign Borrower shall cease to be a Foreign Borrower and a party to this Agreement,
provided
that no Foreign Borrower Termination will become effective as to any Foreign
Borrower (other than to terminate such Foreign Borrowers right to make further Borrowings under
this Agreement) at a time when any Loan to, B/A on behalf of or Letter of Credit issued to such
Foreign Borrower shall be outstanding hereunder. Promptly following receipt of any Foreign
Borrower Agreement or Foreign
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Borrower Termination, the Administrative Agent shall send a copy thereof to each Lender.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
Each of Parent and the Borrowers represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01.
Organization; Powers.
Each of Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and (to the extent the concept is applicable in
such jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all
requisite corporate or equivalent power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted
and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good
standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
SECTION 3.02.
Authorization; Enforceability.
The Transactions to be entered into by
each Loan Party are within such Loan Partys corporate or other organizational powers and have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required,
stockholder or other equity holder action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
each of Parent and the Borrowers and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan
Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal,
valid and binding obligation of Parent, the Borrowers or such Loan Party (as the case may be),
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03.
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.
The Transactions to be entered
into by each Loan Party (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with
or any other action by any Governmental Authority to be made or obtained by any Loan Party pursuant
to any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to it, except such as have been obtained or
made and are in full force and effect and except for filings necessary to perfect Liens created
under the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to it or the
charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary
or any order of any Governmental Authority binding on any of them, (c) will not result in a breach
of, or constitute a default under, any indenture or other material agreement or instrument binding
upon Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder
to require any payment to be made by Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary, and (d) will not
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary pursuant to the
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express provisions of any indenture or other material agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or bound, except Liens created under the Loan Documents.
SECTION 3.04.
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) Parent and the
US Borrower have heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) Parents audited consolidated balance
sheet as of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP,
independent public accountants, (ii) Parents audited consolidated statements of operations,
changes in stockholders equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2002, 2003
and 2004, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants and (iii) Parents
unaudited consolidated balance sheet and statements of operations, changes in stockholders equity
and cash flows as of and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2004 and 2005, certified by
Parents chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position and results of operations, changes in stockholders equity and
cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in
accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the
case of the statements referred to in clause (iii) above.
(b) Parent has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its pro forma consolidated balance sheet as
of June 30, 2005, prepared giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred on
such date. As of the Effective Date, such pro forma consolidated balance sheet (i) has been
prepared in good faith based on the same assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial
statements included in the Information Memorandum (which assumptions are reasonable), (ii) is based
on the best information available to Parent and the Borrowers after due inquiry, (iii) accurately
reflects all adjustments necessary to give effect to the Transactions and (iv) presents fairly, in
all material respects, the pro forma financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as of June 30, 2005, as if the Transactions had occurred on such date.
(c) Except as disclosed in the financial statements referred to above or the notes thereto or
in the Information Memorandum and except for the Disclosed Matters, after giving effect to the
Transactions, none of Parent, the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries has, as of the Effective Date, any
material contingent liabilities, unusual long-term commitments or unrealized losses.
(d) Since December 31, 2004, there has been no material adverse change in the business,
assets, operations, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities (including
contingent liabilities), material agreements or prospects of Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.05.
Properties.
(a) Each of Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property
material to its business, except for (i) minor defects in title that do not interfere with its
ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their
intended purposes and (ii) Liens permitted by Section 6.02.
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(b) Each of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all
trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its
business, and the use thereof by Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries does not infringe
upon the rights of any other Person.
SECTION 3.06.
Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a) There are no actions, suits
or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the
knowledge of Parent or the Borrowers, threatened against or affecting Parent, any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and
that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material
Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or
the Transactions.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, none of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any
Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval
required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii)
has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any
basis for any Environmental Liability.
(c) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the Disclosed
Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to
result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07.
Compliance with Laws and Agreements.
Each of Parent, the Borrowers and
the other Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental
Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments
binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has
occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.08.
Investment and Holding Company Status.
None of Parent, the Borrowers
and the other Subsidiaries is (a) an investment company as defined in, or subject to regulation
under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a holding company as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
SECTION 3.09.
Taxes.
(a) Each of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries
(after giving effect to all applicable granted extensions) has timely filed or caused to be filed
all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes
required to have been paid by it before the same became delinquent, except (a) any Taxes that are
being contested in good faith and if necessary by appropriate proceedings and for which Parent,
such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP or
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(b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) None of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries has incurred any material Tax
liabilities in connection with the Spin-Off.
SECTION 3.10.
ERISA.
No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used
for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the
most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the
assets of such Plan by an amount that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans
(based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87)
did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the
fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.11.
Disclosure.
Parent and the Borrowers have disclosed to the Lenders all
agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which Parent, any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary is subject, and all other matters known to any of them, that, individually or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other
information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered
hereunder or thereunder (as 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, Parent and the Borrowers
represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions that are
reasonable.
SECTION 3.12.
Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures.
Parent does not have any subsidiaries
other than the Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.12. Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary holds
any Equity Interest in any joint venture other than those set forth on Schedule 3.12. Schedule
3.12 sets forth as of the Effective Date the name of, and the ownership interest of Parent in (i)
each Subsidiary of Parent and (ii) each joint venture in which Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary holds an Equity Interest, in each case as of the Effective Date. Schedule 3.12 sets
forth as of the Effective Date each Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary.
SECTION 3.13.
Insurance.
Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries maintain,
in force, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, and have paid all premiums and
costs that are due and payable and are related
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to, insurance coverages in such amounts (with no materially greater risk retention) and
against such risks under similar circumstances as are reasonably determined by the management of
Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries to be sufficient in accordance with the usual and
customary practices of companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar lines of
business as Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries and operating in the same or similar
locations, except to the extent reasonable self insurance meeting the same standards is maintained
with respect to such risks.
SECTION 3.14.
Labor Matters.
As of the Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts
or slowdowns against Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of
Parent or any Borrower, overtly threatened in writing to Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary. To the best knowledge of Parent or any Borrower after making reasonable due inquiry,
the hours worked by and payments made to employees of Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable
Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters. All payments due from Parent, any
Borrower or any other Subsidiary, or for which any claim made against Parent, any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary, which Parent or any Borrower reasonably and in good faith believes it or any
other Subsidiary is liable, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other
benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Parent, such Borrower or such
Subsidiary. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or
right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which
Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary is bound.
SECTION 3.15.
Solvency.
After giving effect to the application of the proceeds of all
Loans, (a) the fair value of the assets of each Loan Party, at a fair valuation, will exceed its
debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value
of the property of each Loan Party will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as
such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) each Loan Party will be able to
pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities
become absolute and matured; and (d) each Loan Party will not have unreasonably small capital with
which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is currently conducted and is
proposed to be conducted.
SECTION 3.16.
Status of Obligations.
The Obligations constitute Senior Indebtedness
(and any other similar term defining Senior Indebtedness) under each indenture or other agreement
governing any Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary.
SECTION 3.17.
Collateral Matters.
(a) Each of the Security Documents creates (or
will create, as the case may be), as security for the obligations purported to be secured thereby,
subject to the provisions hereof and thereof, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in
all the Collateral subject to such Security Document (or
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comparable interest under foreign law in the case of foreign Collateral) and each such
Security Document shall constitute either (a) a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in,
all of the Collateral subject to such Security Document or (b) a floating charge, fixed charge or
security interest, as specified in the applicable Security Document, with respect to all of the
Collateral subject to such Security Document, in each case in favor of the relevant Collateral
Agent and subject to no other Liens except as may be expressly permitted under Section 6.02. The
pledgor or assignor, as the case may be, under each Security Document has good title to all
Collateral subject thereto free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances and such
additional Liens as may be expressly permitted under Section 6.02. No filings or recordings are
required in order to perfect the security interests created under the Security Documents except for
filings or recordings listed on Schedule 3.17, all of which shall have been made on or prior to the
Effective Date except as otherwise expressly provided in Schedule 3.17. There are no agreements or
understandings between or among stockholders or equity holders of any of the Loan Parties that
might adversely affect the benefits intended to be conferred on the relevant Collateral Agent by
the Security Documents or the prompt realization of such benefits.
(b) When the Domestic Security Agreement is filed in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the United States Copyright Office, the security interest created thereunder shall
constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of
the Domestic Loan Parties in the Intellectual Property (as defined in such Security Agreement) in
which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a security
agreement, financing statement or analogous document in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, in each case prior and superior in
right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights of Persons pursuant to Liens
expressly permitted by Section 6.02 (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to
perfect a lien on registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the
Domestic Credit Parties after the date hereof).
(c) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement is satisfied.
SECTION 3.18.
Immunities, Etc.
Each Borrower is subject to civil and commercial law
with respect to its obligations under this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance
by it of this Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes and will constitute private and
commercial acts rather than public or governmental acts. Each Borrower has validly given its
consent to be sued in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Each Borrower has waived every immunity (sovereign or otherwise) to which it or any of its
properties would otherwise be entitled from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction
of any court or from setoff or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment prior to
judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation in respect of its obligations under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents. The waiver by each
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Borrower described in the immediately preceding sentence is legal, valid and binding on such
Borrower.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01.
Effective Date.
The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and accept
and purchase B/As and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become
effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in
accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party
hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii)
written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or
other electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such
party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion
(addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of
each of (i) Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., counsel for the US Borrower, substantially in
the form of Exhibit H-1, and (ii) other counsel to Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries in the form of Exhibit H-2, and, in the case of each such opinion required
by this paragraph, covering such other matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan
Documents or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request. Each of
Parent and the Borrowers hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as
the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the
organization, existence and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the
Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan
Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective
Date and signed by a Financial Officer, confirming, to the best knowledge of such
officer, compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section
4.02.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced,
reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party hereunder
or under any other Loan Document.
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(f) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied and the
Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate dated the
Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer, together with all attachments
contemplated thereby, including the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code
(or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions
contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or
similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar
documents) are permitted by Section 6.02 or have been released.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that the insurance
required by Section 5.07 and the Security Documents is in effect.
(h) Holdco #2 shall have received gross cash proceeds of not less than
US$20,000,000 from the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock.
(i) All consents and approvals required to be obtained by any Loan Party from any
Governmental Authority or other Person in connection with the Transactions shall have
been obtained, and all applicable waiting periods and appeal periods shall have expired,
in each case without the imposition of any burdensome conditions. There shall be no
litigation or administrative proceeding that could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Transactions. The Transactions shall have been, or
substantially simultaneously with the initial funding of Loans on the Effective Date
shall be, consummated in accordance with applicable law and the terms and conditions set
forth in the Form 10 and all other related documentation.
(j) The Lenders shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet of
Parent as of September 30, 2005, reflecting all pro forma adjustments as if the
Transactions had been consummated on such date, and such pro forma consolidated balance
sheet shall be consistent in all material respects with the forecasts and other
information previously provided to the Lenders. After giving effect to the
Transactions, none of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries shall have
outstanding any shares of preferred stock or any Indebtedness, other than (i)
Indebtedness incurred under the Loan Documents, (ii) the Preferred Stock and (iii) other
Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 6.01.
(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate from a
Financial Officer in the form of Exhibit I.
(l) To the extent not prohibited by the terms thereof, the Administrative Agent
shall have received a copy of the letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service
delivered to Parent as to the tax-free nature of the Spin-Off. Otherwise, the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to Parent, certifying that such letter ruling has been
received.
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(m) The Lenders shall have received a reasonably detailed business plan of Parent,
the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries for the fiscal years 2006 through 2010
(including quarterly projections for the first four fiscal quarters ending after the
Effective Date).
(n) The Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information
required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and
anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such
notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the
Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not
become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to
Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 6, 2006 (and, in the event
such conditions shall not have been so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such
time).
SECTION 4.02.
Each Credit Event.
The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the
occasion of any Borrowing or accept and purchase any B/As, and of any Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the
date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable,
provided
that (i) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer
to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date
and (ii) any representation and warranty that is qualified as to materiality, Material Adverse
Effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects as qualified and as of each
date such representation and warranty is made.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by Parent and the applicable Borrower on the
date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
SECTION 4.03.
First Credit Extension to a Foreign Borrower.
The obligation of each
Lender to honor any initial request for a Loan or B/A by a Foreign Borrower or of any Issuing Bank
to honor any initial request for a Letter of Credit by a Foreign Borrower is subject to the
satisfaction of the following further conditions:
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(a) receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of counsel for such Foreign Borrower
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 hereto
and covering such additional matters relating to the transactions contemplated hereby as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(b) receipt by the Administrative Agent of all documents which it may reasonably request
relating to the existence of such Foreign Borrower, its corporate authority for and the validity of
its entry into its Foreign Borrower Agreement, this Agreement and any other Loan Document, and any
other matters relevant thereto, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent; and
(c) the requirements of Section 5.11 shall have been satisfied with respect to such Foreign
Borrower.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on
each Loan and each B/A and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters
of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed,
each of Parent and the Borrowers covenants and agrees with the Agents and the Lenders as to itself
and the Subsidiaries that:
SECTION 5.01.
Financial Statements and Other Information.
Parent will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, its audited
consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, changes in
stockholders equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on
by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national
standing (without a going concern or like qualification or exception and without any
qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such
consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of Parent, its unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements
of operations, changes in stockholders equity and cash flows as of the end of and for
such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of
(or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all
certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects
the financial condition and results of
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operations of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments
and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b)
above, a certificate of a Financial Officer (i) certifying, to the best of such
officers knowledge, as to whether a Default exists at the end of such fiscal quarter or
fiscal year, as applicable, and, if a Default so exists, specifying the details thereof
and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth
reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.13, 6.14, 6.15
and 6.16, (iii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating
Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the date of such financial statements, (iv) stating
whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of
Parents audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such
change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements
accompanying such certificate and (v) setting forth the Subsidiaries formed or acquired
during the applicable fiscal quarter;
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above,
a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating
whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial
statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by
accounting rules or guidelines);
(e) at least 15 days prior to the commencement of each fiscal year of Parent, a
detailed consolidated budget for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flow as of the end
of and for each fiscal quarter of such fiscal year and setting forth the assumptions
used for purposes of preparing such budget) and, promptly when available, any
significant revisions of such budget;
(f) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and
other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Parent, or any Subsidiary
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to
any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities
exchange, or distributed by Parent to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;
(g) within 100 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations of the US Borrower (with
consolidating information reconciling in reasonable detail such financial statements
with the corresponding financial statements of Parent), in each case as of the end of
and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial
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condition and results of operations of the applicable Person and its consolidated
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(h) within 55 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of Parent, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements
of operations of the US Borrower (with consolidating information reconciling in
reasonable detail such financial statements with the corresponding financial statements
of Parent), in each case as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then
elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance
sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer
as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the applicable Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(i) promptly following any request therefor, such information regarding Parent, any
Borrower or any other Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent (or any Lender acting
through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request to comply with the Act; and
(j) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the
operations, business affairs and financial condition of Parent, any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the
Administrative Agent (or any Lender acting through the Administrative Agent) may
reasonably request.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to have been
furnished and delivered if such information, or one or more annual, quarterly or other reports or
filings containing such information, shall have been (a) delivered to the Administrative Agent in
electronic format or (b) electronically filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, and notice
thereof shall have been provided to the Administrative Agent. Information required to be delivered
pursuant to this Section 5.01 may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 5.02.
Notices of Material Events.
Parent and each Borrower will furnish to
the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting Parent,
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any Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of
Parent, any Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding
US$10,000,000; and
(d) any other occurrences or events that result in, or could reasonably be expected
to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer
setting forth the details of the occurrence or event requiring such notice and any action taken or
proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03.
Information Regarding Collateral.
(a) Parent and the Borrowers will
furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Partys
corporate name or in any trade name used to identify it in the conduct of its business or in the
ownership of its properties, (ii) in the location of any Loan Partys chief executive office, its
principal place of business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to
Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Collateral owned by it is located
(including the establishment of any such new office or facility), (iii) in any Loan Partys
identity or corporate structure or (iv) to the extent applicable, in any Loan Partys Federal
Taxpayer Identification Number. Parent and the Borrowers agree to make or cause to be made or
otherwise effect all filings under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in
order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid,
legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral. Parent and the Borrowers also agree
promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or
destroyed.
(b) Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the
preceding fiscal year pursuant to clause (a) of Section 5.01, Parent and the Borrowers shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer and the general counsel of
Parent (i) setting forth the information required pursuant to Section 2 of the Perfection
Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the
Perfection Certificate delivered on the Effective Date or the date of the most recent certificate
delivered pursuant to this Section and (ii) certifying that, to the best knowledge of such
Financial Officer and general counsel, all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including
fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations,
including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the
Collateral have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in
each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (i) above to the extent necessary to protect and
perfect the security interests under the Collateral Agreement for a period of not less than 18
months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation
statements to be filed within such period). Each certificate delivered pursuant to this
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Section 5.03(b) shall identify in the format of Schedule II, III, IV or V, as applicable, of
the Domestic Collateral Agreement all Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Documents)
of any Loan Party in existence on the date thereof and not then listed on such Schedules as
previously so identified to the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 5.04.
Existence; Conduct of Business.
Each of Parent and the Borrowers will,
and will cause each of its subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses,
permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the
conduct of the business of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
provided
that the
foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under
Section 6.03, any sale, transfer or other disposition permitted by Section 6.05 or, to the extent
compliance with Section 5.03 is met, any statutory conversion that does not result in (a) a
Subsidiary Loan Party ceasing to be a Subsidiary Loan Party or (b) a Domestic Subsidiary or a
Foreign Subsidiary becoming a Foreign Subsidiary or a Domestic Subsidiary, respectively.
SECTION 5.05.
Payment of Obligations.
Each of Parent and the Borrowers will, and will
cause each of its subsidiaries to, pay its Indebtedness and other obligations, including Tax
liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent, except where (a) the validity or amount
thereof is being contested in good faith and if necessary to so contest, by appropriate
proceedings, (b) Parent, such Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate
reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, (c) such contest effectively suspends
collection of the contested obligation and the enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation and
(d) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.06.
Maintenance of Properties.
Each of Parent and the Borrowers will, and
will cause each of its subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of
the business of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted.
SECTION 5.07.
Insurance.
Each of Parent and the Borrowers will, and will cause each
of its subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies,
insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks under similar
circumstances as are reasonably determined by the management of Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries to be sufficient in accordance with usual and customary practices of companies of
established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar
locations, except to the extent reasonable self insurance meeting the same standards is maintained
with respect to such risks, and all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Security
Documents. Parent and the Borrowers will furnish to the Lenders, upon request of the
Administrative Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.
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SECTION 5.08.
Casualty and Condemnation.
Parent and the Borrowers (a) will furnish to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured
damage to any material portion of the Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding
for the taking or expropriation of any material portion of the Collateral under power of eminent
domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding and (b) will ensure that the Net Proceeds of any
such event (whether in the form of insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or otherwise) are
collected and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and the
Security Documents.
SECTION 5.09.
Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights.
Each of Parent and the
Borrowers will, and will cause each of its subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account
in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to
its business and activities. Each of Parent and the Borrowers will, and will cause each of its
subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
upon reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours, to visit and inspect its properties,
to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and
condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often
as reasonably requested, in each case subject to applicable attorney-client privilege exceptions
and compliance with non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements between any of Parent, any
Borrower or any other Subsidiary and third parties.
SECTION 5.10.
Compliance with Laws.
Each of Parent and the Borrowers will, and will
cause each of its subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 5.11.
Additional Subsidiaries.
If any additional Subsidiary is formed or
acquired after the Effective Date, Parent and the Borrowers will, if applicable, cause the
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with
respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any
Loan Party.
SECTION 5.12.
Further Assurances.
(a) Each of Parent and the Borrowers will, and
will cause each Subsidiary Loan Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing
statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and
recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents),
which may be required under any applicable law, or which the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders may reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain
satisfied at all times, all at the expense of the Loan Parties. Parent and the Borrowers also
agree to provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or
intended to be created by the Security Documents.
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(b) If any material assets (including any real property or improvements thereto or any
interest therein) are acquired by Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary Loan Party after the
Effective Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the Security Documents that become
subject to the Liens of the Security Documents upon acquisition thereof), Parent and the Borrowers
will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof, and, to the extent required by the
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, Parent and the Borrowers will cause such assets to be
subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties
to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to
grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at
the expense of the Loan Parties.
SECTION 5.13.
Interest Rate Protection.
As promptly as practicable, and in any event
within 90 days after the Effective Date, the US Borrower will enter into, and thereafter for a
period of not less than three years will maintain in effect, one or more interest rate protection
agreements on such terms and with such parties as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, the effect of which shall be to fix or limit the interest cost to the US
Borrower with respect to at least 50% of the outstanding Term Loans.
SECTION 5.14.
Ownership of Foreign Borrowers.
Each of the Foreign Borrowers will, at
all times, be a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the US Borrower.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on
each Loan and each B/A and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters
of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed,
each of Parent and the Borrowers covenants and agrees with the Agents and the Lenders as to itself
and the Subsidiaries that:
SECTION 6.01.
Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities.
(a) Each of Parent and the
Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit
to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased
weighted average life thereof or change the parties directly or indirectly responsible for
the payment thereof;
(iii) unsecured Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary to
Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary,
provided
that (A)
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such Indebtedness shall not have been transferred or pledged to any third party, (B)
such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms customary for intercompany
subordinated Indebtedness and (C) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party
to Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subject to Section
6.04;
(iv) Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary incurred to finance
the acquisition, construction, development, enlargement, repair or improvement of any fixed
or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in
connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets
prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such
Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an
earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average life thereof or change the parties
directly or indirectly responsible for the payment thereof,
provided
that (A) such
Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the
completion of such construction, development, enlargement, repair or improvement and (B)
the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (iv) shall not
exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of US$10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(v) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased
weighted average life thereof or change the parties directly or indirectly responsible for
the payment thereof,
provided
that (A) such Indebtedness exists at the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with
such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
permitted by this clause (v) shall not exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of US$10,000,000 at
any time outstanding;
(vi) Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness,
provided
that immediately before and
after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Permitted Subordinated
Indebtedness, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (including any Default under
Section 6.13, 6.14, 6.15 or 6.16);
(vii) Indebtedness with respect to Swap Agreements that are permitted to be entered
into under Section 6.07;
(viii) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries denominated in any currency (exclusive of
Indebtedness incurred hereunder) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the US
Dollar Equivalent of US$75,000,000 at any time outstanding;
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(ix) advances and deposits received by any Borrower or any other Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business and Guarantees by Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary
thereof; and
(x) other Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary not permitted
by any other clause of this Section 6.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding
the US Dollar Equivalent of US$50,000,000 at any time outstanding,
provided
that
immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (including any Default under
Section 6.13, 6.14, 6.15 or 6.16).
(b) Parent will not, and will not permit any Holding Company to, create, incur, assume or
permit to exist any Indebtedness other than Guarantees under the Security Documents.
(c) None of Parent and the Borrowers will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, issue any
preferred stock or other preferred Equity Interests, other than the Preferred Stock.
SECTION 6.02.
Liens.
(a) Each of Parent and the Borrowers will not, and will not
permit any of its subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any
property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or, except as permitted under Section
6.05, assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of
any thereof, except:
(i) Liens created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Permitted Encumbrances;
(iii) any Lien on any property or asset of any Borrower or any other Subsidiary
existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02,
provided
that (A) such
Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary other than proceeds from, and after-acquired property in respect of, the
property or assets subject to such Lien, in each case to the extent required under the
terms of the document or instrument creating such Lien as in effect on the date hereof, and
(B) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding
principal amount thereof;
(iv) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by
any Borrower or any other Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person
that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary,
provided
that (A) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in
connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be,
(B) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of Parent, any Borrower or
any other Subsidiary other than proceeds from, and after-acquired property in respect of,
the property or
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assets subject to such Lien, in each case to the extent required under the terms of
the document or instrument creating such Lien as in effect on the date of the applicable
acquisition, and (C) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the
date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be
and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding
principal amount thereof;
(v) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed, developed, enlarged,
repaired or improved by any Borrower or any other Subsidiary,
provided
that (A)
such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (iv) of Section 6.01(a), (B) such Liens
and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 180 days after such
acquisition or the completion of such construction, development, enlargement, repair or
improvement,
provided
that such Liens may also secure extensions, renewals and
replacements of such Indebtedness to the extent such extensions, renewals and replacements
are permitted under Section 6.01(a), (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed
100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing, developing, enlarging, repairing or improving
such fixed or capital assets and (D) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or
assets of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary other than proceeds from, and
after-acquired property in respect of, the property or assets subject to such Lien, in each
case to the extent required under the terms of the document or instrument creating such
Lien as in effect on the date such Lien is created; and
(vi) Liens (other than Liens on Collateral or on any real property or interests in
real property of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary) that are not permitted by
any other clause of this Section 6.02(a),
provided
that the aggregate amount of all
Liens permitted under this clause (vi) (measured, as to each such Lien, as the greater of
the amount secured by such Lien and the fair market value at the time of the creation of
such Lien of the assets subject to such Lien) shall not exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of
US$25,000,000.
(b) Parent will not, and will not permit any Holding Company, to create, incur, assume or
permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it or any
Holding Company, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights
in respect thereof, except Liens created under the Security Documents and Permitted Encumbrances.
SECTION 6.03.
Fundamental Changes.
(a) Neither Parent nor any Borrower will, nor
will they permit any of their subsidiaries to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or
permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except
that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving pro forma effect thereto no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing (i) any Person may merge into any Borrower in a transaction in
which the applicable Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Person may merge into any
Subsidiary (other than a Holding Company) (A) in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a
Subsidiary and (if any party to such merger is a Subsidiary Loan Party) is a Subsidiary Loan Party
and
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(B) in connection with a sale or other disposition of a Subsidiary permitted under Section
6.05 that results in such Person ceasing to be a Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary (other than a
Borrower) may liquidate or dissolve if (X) Parent determines in good faith that such liquidation or
dissolution is in the best interests of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries and is not
materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (Y) after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and the Excluded Subsidiaries shall not constitute 10% or
more of the Consolidated Revenues of Parent for the most recently ended fiscal year of Parent (or,
to the extent certified by a Financial Officer, for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of
Parent), and (iv) any wholly owned Subsidiary that has no assets or liabilities may merge with a
Holding Company for the purpose of changing such Holding Companys name,
provided
that any
such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such
merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04.
(b) Each of Parent and the Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to,
engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the
Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably
related thereto.
(c) Each Holding Company will not engage in any business or activity other than the ownership
of all the outstanding Equity Interests of the US Borrower or other Holding Companies and
activities incidental thereto,
provided
that Holdco #1 shall be permitted to own the real
property set forth on Schedule 6.03 and other real property and interests therein acquired, and
improvements, repairs and enlargements thereto made, with the proceeds thereof in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement. Each Holding Company will not own or acquire any assets (other than
Equity Interests of the US Borrower and other Holding Companies, cash and Permitted Investments) or
incur any liabilities (other than liabilities under the Loan Documents, liabilities imposed by law,
including tax liabilities, and other liabilities incidental to its existence and permitted business
and activities).
SECTION 6.04.
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions.
Each of
Parent and the Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, purchase, hold
or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary
prior to such merger) any Equity Interests in or evidences of Indebtedness or other securities
(including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit
to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any
investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a
business unit, line of business or division of a Person except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.04(b);
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(c) investments by Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries in Equity
Interests in Subsidiary Loan Parties (that are Subsidiaries prior to such investment),
provided
that any such Equity Interests held by a Loan Party shall be pledged
pursuant to the Security Documents (subject to the limitations applicable to voting
Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition
of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement);
(d) loans or advances made by Parent or any Borrower to any Subsidiary Loan Party
and made by any Subsidiary to Parent, any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party;
(e) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or
settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each
case in the ordinary course of business;
(f) purchases or other acquisitions of property and assets or businesses of any
Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such
Person, or Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a
direct or indirect Subsidiary of the US Borrower (including as a result of a merger or
consolidation),
provided
that with respect to each purchase or other acquisition
made pursuant to this Section 6.04(f) (each, a
Permitted Acquisition
):
(i) all property, assets and businesses acquired in such purchase or
other acquisition (other than Excluded Assets) shall constitute Collateral
and each applicable Loan Party and any such newly created or acquired
Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor and shall have complied with the
requirements of Section 5.11,
provided
that this clause (i) shall
not apply to Excluded Acquisitions;
(ii) the acquired property, assets, business or Person is in a business
of the type conducted by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on the date of
execution of this Agreement or a business reasonably related thereto;
(iii) immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to such
purchase or acquisition, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(including any Default under Section 6.13, 6.14, 6.15 or 6.16);
(iv) Parent shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, no later
than five (5) Business Days prior the date on which any such purchase or
other acquisition, other than an Excluded Acquisition, is to be consummated
and no later than 20 Business Days following the date on which an Excluded
Acquisition is consummated, a certificate of a Financial Officer, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
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certifying that all of the requirements set forth in the immediately
preceding clauses (i) (if not an Excluded Acquisition), (ii) and (iii) have
been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such
purchase or other acquisition; and
(v) such purchase or other acquisition shall not have been consummated
through or preceded by an unsolicited tender offer;
(g) Permitted Deposits;
(h) any Equity Interest, Indebtedness, securities or assets received as a result of
the receipt of non-cash consideration from any asset disposition permitted under Section
6.05;
(i) any Equity Interests, Indebtedness, securities or assets received solely in
exchange for common stock of Parent;
(j) loans and advances to employees, officers and directors that do not exceed the
US Dollar Equivalent of US$2,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(k) intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(a)(iii);
(l) investments in joint ventures and Subsidiaries that do not exceed the US Dollar
Equivalent of US$10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(m) with respect to each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007,
investments during such fiscal year that, taken together, do not exceed US$4,000,000, in
each case to the extent and at the times required by, and made in accordance with the
terms of the contract listed on Schedule 6.04(m);
(n) investments, loans or advances, and purchases and acquisitions resulting in
aggregate payments, at any time in an aggregate amount not exceeding the Remaining
Excess Cash at such time;
(o) (i) Guarantees by Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries of
obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case incurred by any Subsidiary
in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Guarantees permitted under Sections
6.01(a)(vii) and 6.01(a)(ix); and
(p) investments that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section 6.04 and
that do not exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of US$150,000,000 in the aggregate at any
time outstanding,
provided
that immediately after giving pro forma effect to any
such investment, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (including any Default
under Section 6.13, 6.14, 6.15 or 6.16).
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SECTION 6.05.
Asset Sales.
Each of Parent and the Borrowers will not, and will not
permit any of its subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset,
including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will Parent and the Borrowers permit any of their
subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in itself (other than to a Borrower or another
Subsidiary Loan Party in compliance with Section 6.04), except:
(a) sales of inventory, non-obsolete, used or surplus equipment and Permitted
Investments (including trades or exchanges of Permitted Investments) in the ordinary
course of business;
(b) sales, transfers and dispositions to a Borrower or a Subsidiary,
provided
that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a Subsidiary
that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance with Section 6.09;
(c) dispositions of assets in trade or exchange for assets of comparable fair
market value used or usable in the business of Parent and the Subsidiaries;
(d) a Restricted Payment that is permitted under Section 6.08;
(e) sales or other dispositions of obsolete assets neither used nor useful to any
business of Parent or any Subsidiary;
(f) any lease or rental of assets entered into in the ordinary course of business
and with respect to which Parent or any Subsidiary is the lessor and the lessee has no
option to purchase such assets for less than fair market value at any time,
provided
that this exception shall not permit the sale of such asset pursuant to
such lease or rental;
(g) the disposition of assets received in settlement of debts accrued in the
ordinary course of business;
(h) the creation or perfection of a Lien permitted under Section 6.02;
(i) the grant in the ordinary course of business of any non-exclusive license of
patents, trademarks, registrations therefor and other similar intellectual property;
(j) any disposition of assets pursuant to a condemnation, appropriation or similar
taking;
(k) sales and other dispositions, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, of assets and other properties of Parent and the Subsidiaries with a fair
market value not exceeding the US Dollar Equivalent of US$500,000 and made in the
ordinary course of business; and
(l) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests
in Holdco #1, Holdco #2 or any Borrower) that are not permitted by any other clause of
this Section,
provided
that the aggregate fair market value
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of all Equity Interests or assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in
reliance upon this clause (l) shall not exceed (i) 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets
during any fiscal year of Parent and (ii) 25% of Consolidated Tangible Assets during the
term of this Agreement,
provided
that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by clauses (a),
(f), (g), (k) and (l) shall be made for fair value, and at least 75% of the consideration received
with respect to each such sale, transfer, lease and other disposition shall consist of cash, cash
equivalents, Permitted Investments, liabilities assumed by the transferee, accounts receivable
retained by the transferor or any combination of the foregoing.
SECTION 6.06.
Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
Each of Parent and the Borrowers will
not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or
indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its
business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or
other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the
property sold or transferred, except for any such sale of any fixed or capital assets that is made
for cash consideration in an amount not less than the cost of such fixed or capital asset and is
consummated within 180 days after such Borrower or such Subsidiary acquires or completes the
construction of such fixed or capital asset.
SECTION 6.07.
Swap Agreements.
Each of Parent and the Borrowers will not, and will
not permit any of its subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements
required by Section 5.13, (b) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which
Parent, any Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity
Interests of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary), and (c) Swap Agreements entered into in
order to effectively cap, collar or exchange (i) interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from
one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing
liability or investment of any Borrower or any Subsidiary and (ii) currency exchange rates, in each
case in connection with the conduct of its business and not for speculative purposes.
SECTION 6.08.
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness.
(a) Neither
Parent nor any Borrower will, nor will they permit any of their subsidiaries to, declare or make,
or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation
(contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that (i) Parent may declare and pay dividends with
respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, (ii)
subsidiaries of the US Borrower may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity
Interests, (iii) with respect to any fiscal year, the Holding Companies may pay dividends (A) to
other Holding Companies or (B) to Persons other than Holding Companies that, taken together, do not
exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of the Permitted Restricted Payment Amount with respect to such
fiscal year, (iv) for purposes of funding the dividends permitted under the immediately preceding
clause (iii), with respect to any fiscal year, the US Borrower may pay dividends to the Holding
Companies that, taken together, do not exceed the Permitted Restricted Payment Amount with respect
to such fiscal year, (v) Holdco #2 may redeem
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the Preferred Stock to the extent and at the times required by, and in accordance with, the
terms of the Preferred Stock, (vi) for purposes of funding the Restricted Payments permitted under
the immediately preceding clause (v), the US Borrower may pay dividends to Holdco #2 at the time
of, and in amounts necessary to effectuate, redemptions of the Preferred Stock permitted under the
immediately preceding clause (v), (vii) Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries may make
Restricted Payments at any time in an aggregate amount not in excess of the Remaining Excess Cash
at such time, (viii) with respect to any fiscal year, the US Borrower and the Holding Companies may
pay dividends to the Holding Companies if such dividends are used within 30 days upon receipt to
pay for (A) the federal, state, local, foreign and other tax liabilities of the applicable Holding
Company, (B) audit fees and expenses of the applicable Holding Company, (C) fees and expenses
associated with litigation and other contested matters of the applicable Holding Company or (D)
fees and expenses associated with debt or equity issuances by the applicable Holding Company to the
extent in excess of cash proceeds received, (ix) with respect to any fiscal year, the US Borrower
and the Holding Companies may pay dividends to the Holding Companies that, taken together (and
without duplication), do not exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of US$13,000,000 and if such dividends
are used within 30 days upon receipt to pay for (A) with respect to Parent, expenses relating to
being a public company, including conducting shareholder meetings, mailing and soliciting proxies,
compliance with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (including the preparation of
reports thereunder) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, (B) directors and officers insurance of the
applicable Holding Company, (C) directors fees and expenses of the applicable Holding Company, (D)
with respect to Holdco #1, expenses and capital expenditures associated with the operation of the
theatrical property located in New York City held by Holdco #1 in an amount not to exceed the US
Dollar Equivalent of US$2,500,000 per fiscal year or (E) fees and expenses required to maintain the
corporate existence of, and to pay for general corporate and overhead expenses (including salaries
and other compensation of the employees) incurred in the ordinary course of, the applicable Holding
Companys business, which fees and expenses, taken together for all the Holding Companies, for
purposes of this clause (E) shall not exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of US$5,000,000 during any
fiscal year and (x) the US Borrower and the Holding Companies may pay dividends to the Holding
Companies if such dividends are used within 30 days upon receipt to pay for amounts required to be
paid under the contracts set forth on Schedule 6.08,
provided
that the prohibitions and
limitations set forth in this Section 6.08 shall not apply with respect to any Restricted Payment
if immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, (A) the
Leverage Ratio would be less than 3.0 to 1.0 and (B) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (including any Default under Section 6.13, 6.14, 6.15 or 6.16), and any Restricted
Payments made under the exception set forth in this proviso shall be disregarded for purposes of
determining whether any Restricted Payments may be made under the other provisions of this Section
6.08(a) when such exception is not applicable.
(b) Neither Parent nor any Borrower will, nor will they permit any of their subsidiaries to,
make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in
cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any
Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash,
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securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of
the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancelation or termination of any Indebtedness,
except:
(i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in
respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions
thereof;
(iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.01; and
(iv) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary
sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness,
provided
that the prohibitions and limitations set forth in this Section 6.08(b) shall not
apply with respect to any such payment or other distribution if immediately before and after giving
pro forma effect to such payment or other distribution, (A) the Leverage Ratio would be less than
3.0 to 1.0 and (B) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (including any Default under
Section 6.13, 6.14, 6.15 or 6.16).
SECTION 6.09.
Transactions with Affiliates.
Neither Parent nor any Borrower will, nor
will they permit any of their subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or
assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage
in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates involving consideration in excess of the US
Dollar Equivalent of US$1,000,000, except, without duplication, (a) transactions in the ordinary
course of business that are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to Parent,
such Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arms-length basis from unrelated
third parties, (b) transactions between or among Parent, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan
Parties not involving any other Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08,
(d) investments permitted under Section 6.04(c), (e) loans and advances permitted under Section
6.04(j) and Guarantees permitted under Section 6.04(o), (f) the performance of employment, equity
award, equity option or equity appreciation agreements, plans or other similar compensation or
benefit plans or arrangements (including vacation plans, health and insurance plans, deferred
compensation plans and retirement or savings plans) entered into by Parent, any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business with its employees, officers and directors,
(g) the performance of any agreement set forth on Schedule 6.09 and as in effect on the date
hereof, (h) fees and compensation to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors,
employees and consultants of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary in their capacity as
such, to the extent such fees and compensation are reasonable and customary and (i) transfers of
cash and cash equivalents at any time in an aggregate amount not in excess of the Remaining Cash
Excess at such time.
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SECTION 6.10.
Restrictive Agreements.
Neither Parent nor any Borrower will, nor will
they permit any of their subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to
exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon
(a) the ability of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist
any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Borrower or any Subsidiary
to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests or to make or repay
loans or advances to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of any
Borrower or any other Subsidiary,
provided
that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to
restrictions and conditions that are (A) imposed by law or by any Loan Document or (B) imposed by
any agreement or instrument relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the
extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness
(including, to the extent required under the terms of such agreement or instrument on the date the
applicable Indebtedness is incurred, proceeds thereof and after-acquired property in respect
thereof), (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date
hereof identified on Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to any extension, renewal, amendment or
modification expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall
not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of
a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the
Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to
secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to
the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not
apply to customary provisions in leases, licenses and similar contracts restricting the assignment,
encumbrance or transfer thereof.
SECTION 6.11.
Amendment of Material Documents.
Neither Parent nor any Borrower will,
nor will they permit any of their subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under
(a) any document (other than this Agreement) governing any Material Indebtedness, (b) its
certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents, (c) any document governing
the Preferred Stock or (d) any other material contract to which it is a party, in each case to the
extent that such amendment, modification or waiver could reasonably be expected to be material and
adverse to the Lenders.
SECTION 6.12.
Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit.
The proceeds of the Term Loans,
together with the proceeds from the issuance of the Preferred Stock, will be used only (a) to fund
the Intercompany Debt Repayment, (b) to fund the Effective Date Excess Cash and (c) to pay fees and
expenses payable in connection with the Transactions. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans made
after the Effective Date, the Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit will be used only for general
corporate purposes of the US Borrower and its subsidiaries, including for working capital purposes.
No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose
that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
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SECTION 6.13.
Interest Expense Coverage Ratio.
Parent and the Borrowers will not
permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, in each case
as of the end of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, to be less than 2.5 to 1.0.
SECTION 6.14.
Leverage Ratio.
Parent and the Borrowers will not permit the Leverage
Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Parent during any period set forth below to exceed the
ratio set forth opposite such period:
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4.5 to 1.0
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January 1, 2009 and thereafter
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4.0 to 1.0
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provided
that at any time when an aggregate principal amount of Subordinated Indebtedness
of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries in excess of the US Dollar Equivalent of
US$25,000,000 (determined on a consolidated basis) is outstanding, Parent and the Borrowers instead
will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Parent during any period
set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such period:
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6.5 to 1.0
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January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007
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6.0 to 1.0
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January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008
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5.5 to 1.0
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5.0 to 1.0
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SECTION 6.15.
Senior Leverage Ratio.
At any time when an aggregate principal amount
of Subordinated Indebtedness of Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries in excess of the
US Dollar Equivalent of US$25,000,000 (determined on a consolidated basis) is outstanding, Parent
and the Borrowers will not permit the Senior Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of
Parent to exceed 3.0 to 1.0.
SECTION 6.16.
Capital Expenditures.
Parent and the Borrowers will not, and will not
permit any of their subsidiaries to, make Capital Expenditures that would cause the US Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all Capital Expenditures made by Parent, the Borrowers and
the other Subsidiaries in any fiscal year of Parent to exceed the amount of Capital Expenditures
set forth below opposite such fiscal year:
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December 31, 2005
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December 31, 2006
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110,000,000
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provided
that to the extent that the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by
Parent, the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries in any fiscal year pursuant to this Section is
less than the maximum amount of Capital Expenditures permitted by this Section with respect to such
fiscal year, the amount of such difference (the
Rollover Amount
) may be carried forward
and used to make Capital Expenditures in the immediately succeeding fiscal year,
provided
further
that Capital Expenditures in any fiscal year shall be counted against the Rollover
Amount available with respect to such fiscal year prior to being counted against the base amount
with respect to such fiscal year and
provided
further
that for purposes of this
Section 6.16, all Capital Expenditures made with Net Proceeds that are reinvested in accordance
with Section 2.11(c) shall be disregarded in determining Capital Expenditures made by Parent, the
Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries in any fiscal year of Parent.
SECTION 6.17.
Accounting Changes.
Parent will not make any change to its fiscal year.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
SECTION 7.01.
Events of Default.
If any of the following events (
Events of
Default
) shall occur:
(a) any principal of any Loan or any B/A or any reimbursement obligation in respect
of any LC Disbursement shall not be paid when and as the same shall become due and
payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or
otherwise;
(b) any interest on any Loan or any B/A or any fee or any other amount (other than
an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document shall not be paid when and as the same shall become due and payable,
and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;
(c) any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by or on behalf
of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan
Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any
report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in
connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver
thereunder, shall prove to have been materially incorrect when made or deemed made;
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(d) Parent or any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition
or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.04 (with respect to the existence of Parent or
any Borrower) or 5.14 or in Article VI;
(e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b)
or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30
days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to Parent or any Borrower (which
notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment
(whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material
Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall
continue after the applicable grace or notice period;
(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness
becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (after the
giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material
Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or
defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity,
provided
that this clause
(g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the
voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall
be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Parent,
any Borrower or any other Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its
assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent, any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such
proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree
approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief
under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law
now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a
timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of
this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent, any Borrower or any
other Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting
the material
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allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose
of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in
writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess
of the US Dollar Equivalent of US$10,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent
third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) shall be
rendered against Parent, any Borrower, any other Subsidiary or any combination thereof
and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which
execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a
judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Parent, any Borrower or any other
Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that when taken together with all other
ERISA Events that have occurred and are continuing and unpaid, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be,
or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any
Collateral, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document, except (i)
as a result of the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a
transaction permitted under any Loan Document, (ii) as a result of the Administrative
Agents failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or
other instruments delivered to it under the Collateral Agreement or (iii) for any Lien
pertaining to Collateral that individually or in the aggregate is of an immaterial value
in relation to the outstanding Obligations;
(n) any Guarantee purported to be created under any Loan Document shall cease to
be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, in full force and effect, except
upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by any Loan Document as a result of
which the Subsidiary Loan Party providing such Guarantee ceases to be a Subsidiary; or
(o) a Change in Control shall occur;
then, and in every such event (other than an event described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section),
and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and
at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the US Borrower, take either or both of
the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and
thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans and B/As then
outstanding to be due and payable
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in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may
thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans and B/As so
declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other
obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the
Borrowers; and in case of any event with respect to Parent or any Borrower described in clause (h)
or (i) of this Section, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the
Loans and B/As then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other
obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the
Borrowers.
Solely for purposes of determining whether a Default has occurred under clause (h) or (i) of
this Section 7.01, any reference in any such clause to any Subsidiary or group of Subsidiaries
shall be deemed not to include any Subsidiary or group of Subsidiaries affected by any event or
circumstance referred to in any such clause that did not, taken together, as of the last day of the
fiscal year of Parent most recently ended constitute 2% or more of the Consolidated Revenues of
Parent with respect to such fiscal year.
SECTION 7.02.
CAM.
(a) On the CAM Exchange Date, (i) the Commitments shall
automatically and without further act be terminated as provided in this Article VII, (ii) the
Lenders shall automatically and without further act be deemed to have exchanged interests in the
Designated Obligations such that, in lieu of the interests of each Lender in the Designated
Obligations under each Tranche in which it shall participate as of such date, such Lender shall own
an interest equal to such Lenders CAM Percentage in the Designated Obligations under each of the
Tranches (such exchange, the
CAM Exchange
) and (iii) simultaneously with the deemed
exchange of interests pursuant to clause (ii) above, the interests in the Designated Obligations to
be received in such deemed exchange shall, automatically and with no further action required, be
converted into the US Dollar Equivalent thereof, determined using the Exchange Rate calculated as
of such date, of such amount and on and after such date all amounts accruing and owed to the
Lenders in respect of such Designated Obligations shall accrue and be payable in US Dollars at the
rate otherwise applicable hereunder. It is understood and agreed that Lenders holding interests in
B/As on the CAM Exchange Date shall discharge the obligations to fund such B/As at maturity in
exchange for the interests acquired by such Lenders in funded Loans in the CAM Exchange. Each
Lender, each Person acquiring a participation from any Lender as contemplated by Section 9.04, and
each Borrower hereby consents and agrees to the CAM Exchange. Each of Parent, the Borrowers and
the Lenders agrees from time to time to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent or the
Applicable Agent all such promissory notes and other instruments and documents as the
Administrative Agent or such Applicable Agent shall reasonably request to evidence and confirm the
respective interests and obligations of the Lenders after giving effect to the CAM Exchange, and
each Lender agrees to surrender any promissory notes originally received by it in connection with
its Loans hereunder to the Administrative Agent against delivery of any promissory notes so
executed and
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delivered,
provided
that the failure of Parent or any Borrower to execute or deliver
or of any Lender to accept any such promissory note, instrument or document shall not affect the
validity or effectiveness of the CAM Exchange.
(a) As a result of the CAM Exchange, on and after the CAM Exchange Date, (i) each payment
received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of the Designated
Obligations shall be distributed to the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective CAM
Percentages (to be redetermined as of each such date of payment or distribution to the extent
required by the next paragraph below) and (ii) Section 2.17(e) shall not apply with respect to any
Taxes required to be withheld or deducted by a Borrower from or in respect of payments hereunder to
any Lender or the Administrative Agent that exceed the Taxes such Borrower would have otherwise
been required to withhold or deduct from or in respect of payments to such Lender or Administrative
Agent had such CAM Exchange not occurred.
(b) In the event that, on or after the CAM Exchange Date, the aggregate amount of the
Designated Obligations shall change as a result of the making of a LC Disbursement by an Issuing
Bank that is not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower, then (i) each Revolving Lender (determined
without giving effect to the CAM Exchange) shall, in accordance with Section 2.05(d), promptly
purchase from the applicable Issuing Bank a participation in such LC Disbursement in the amount of
such Revolving Lenders Applicable Percentage of such LC Disbursement (without giving effect to the
CAM Exchange) and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall redetermine the CAM Percentages after giving
effect to such disbursement and the making of such LC Disbursement and the purchase of
participations therein by the applicable Revolving Lenders and the Lenders shall automatically and
without further act be deemed to have exchanged interests in the Designated Obligations such that
each Lender shall own an interest equal to such Lenders CAM Percentage in the Designated
Obligations under each of the Tranches (and the interests in the Designated Obligations to be
received in such deemed exchange shall, automatically and with no further action required, be
converted into the US Dollar Equivalent of such amount in accordance with the first sentence of
this Section 7.02), and (iii) in the event distributions shall have been made in accordance with
clause (i) of the preceding paragraph, the Lenders shall make such payments to one another as shall
be necessary in order that the amounts received by them shall be equal to the amounts they would
have received had each such disbursement and LC Disbursement been outstanding on the CAM Exchange
Date. Each such redetermination shall be binding on each of the Lenders and their successors and
assigns and shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
ARTICLE VIII
The Agents
In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMCB is hereby
appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and Issuing Banks, JPME is hereby
appointed to act as London Agent on behalf of the Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto
Branch, is hereby appointed to act as Canadian Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders
and each Issuing Bank
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hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise
such powers as are delegated to the Agents by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such
actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Any bank serving as Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a
Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not such Agent, and such
bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of
business with Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were
not such Agent hereunder.
The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the
Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to
any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is
continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan
Documents that such Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in
Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, no Agent shall have any
duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to
Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary that is communicated to or obtained by the bank
serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in
Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. No Agent shall
be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such
Agent by a Borrower or a Lender, and no such Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to
ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection
with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered
hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants,
agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement,
instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or
elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be
delivered to such Agent.
Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon,
any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also
may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the
proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with
legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with
the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
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Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through
any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Such Agent and any such sub-agent may perform
any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.
The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs and the provisions of Section 9.03 shall
apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and
shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph,
any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and Parent. Upon any
such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (in consultation with Parent) to
appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and
shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its
resignation, then the retiring Agent may (in consultation with Parent) on behalf of the Lenders,
appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an
Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a
successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be
the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such
successor. After an Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03
shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them
while it was acting as Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own
decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
The institution named as Syndication Agent in the heading of this Agreement shall not, in its
capacity as such, have any duties or responsibilities of any kind under this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01.
Notices.
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and
other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or
overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if to Parent or any Borrower, to it at Clear Channel Entertainment, 2000 West Loop
South, Ste 1300, Houston, Texas 77027-3512, Attention of David A. Cheadle, Vice President
& Treasurer (Telecopy No. (713) 693-8679), with a copy to SFX Entertainment, Inc., 9348
Civic Center Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, Attention of Alan Ridgeway, Chief Financial
Officer (Telecopy No. (310) 867-7051);
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency
Services Group, 1111 Fannin, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Gloria Javier
(Telecopy No. (713) 750-2378), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 270 Park Avenue,
New York, New York 10017, Attention of Tracey A. Ewing (Telecopy No. (212) 270-5127);
(iii) if to the London Agent, to it at J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, 125 London Wall,
London EC2Y 5AJ, England, Attention of Loans Agency Division (Telecopy No.
011-44-207-777-2360), with a copy to the Administrative Agent as provided in clause (ii)
above;
(iv) if to the Canadian Agent, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch, 200
Bay Street, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Suite 1800, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J2, Canada,
Attention of: Funding Officer (Telecopy No. (416) 981-9128); with a copy to the
Administrative Agent as provided in clause (ii) above;
(v) if to any Issuing Bank, to it at the address most recently specified by it in a
notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and Parent;
(vi) if to the Swingline Lender, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 270 Park Avenue,
New York, New York 10017, Attention of Tracey A. Ewing (Telecopy No. (212) 270-5127); and
(vii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in
its Administrative Questionnaire if it has been delivered to the party sending such notice
or communications; otherwise to such address (or telecopy number) reasonably believed
(after consultation with the Administrative Agent) by the sending party to be the address
(or telecopy number) of such other Lender.
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(b) Notices and other communications among the Applicable Agents and the Lenders hereunder may
be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent,
provided
that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to
Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The
Administrative Agent or any Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it,
provided
that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other
communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall
be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
SECTION 9.02.
Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay by any Agent, any Issuing
Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and
remedies of the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise
have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan
Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b)
of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making
of a Loan, acceptance of a B/A or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver
of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice
or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may
be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered
into by Parent, the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or by Parent, the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent with the written consent of the Required Lenders,
provided
that no
such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such
Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or any amount payable in
respect of B/As or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable to any Lender
hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the
scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or B/A (including any scheduled date
of payment of the principal amount of any Term Loan under Section 2.10) or any LC Disbursement, or
any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any
such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written
consent of each Lender affected thereby,
provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, this
clause (iii) shall not apply to waivers, amendments or modifications of Section 2.11(c), (iv) waive
or
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change Section 2.18(b) or (c) or any other provision providing for the pro rata nature of
sharing payments among the Lenders in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments
required thereby, (v) waive or change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of
the term Required Lenders or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or
percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class or Tranche) required to waive, amend or modify any
rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender (or Lender of such Class or Tranche, as the case may be), (vi) release
Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary Loan Party from its Guarantee under the Security
Documents (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents), or limit its liability in respect
of such Guarantee, without the written consent of each Lender, (vii) release all or substantially
all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents (except as expressly provided in the
Loan Documents), without the written consent of each Lender, (viii) waive or change any provision
of Section 7.02 without the written consent of each Lender or (ix) waive or change any provision of
any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments
due to Lenders under any Class or Tranche differently from those of Lenders under any other Class
or Tranche without the written consent of Lenders holding a majority in interest of the outstanding
Loans and unused Commitments of each adversely affected Class or Tranche, and
provided
further
that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or
duties of any Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written
consent of such Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (B) with
respect to any waiver, amendment or modification that by its terms is limited in effect to the
rights or duties of Lenders under one or more (but less than all) of the Classes and Tranches, such
waiver, amendment or modification may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered
into by Parent, the Borrowers and the requisite percentage in interest of Lenders under each
affected Class or Tranche.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, technical and
conforming modifications to the Loan Documents may be made with the consent of the Borrowers to the
extent necessary to integrate any Incremental Term Commitments or Incremental Revolving Commitments
on substantially the same basis as the Term Loans or Revolving Facility Loans, as applicable.
SECTION 9.03.
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Borrowers shall pay (i)
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents and their Affiliates, including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agents, in connection with the
arrangement and the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation,
execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or
waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by each Issuing Bank in
connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand
for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent, any Issuing Bank
or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Agent, any
Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the
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enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its
rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made, the B/As accepted or purchased or
Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans, B/As or Letters of Credit.
(b) The Borrowers shall indemnify the Agents, the Issuing Banks and each Lender, and each
Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an
Indemnitee
) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements
of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of,
in connection with, or as a result of (i) the arrangement and the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan
Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties
to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the
Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan, B/A or Letter of Credit
or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an Issuing Bank to honor a demand
for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do
not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence
or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated
by Parent, the Borrowers or any of the other Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related
in any way to Parent, the Borrowers or any of the other Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a
party thereto and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by Parent or
any Affiliate thereof,
provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be
available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealed judgment to have resulted
from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee or such Indemnitees violation of
any applicable law or breach of its obligations under the Loan Documents.
(c) To the extent that any Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to any
Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each
Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the
case may be, such Lenders pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount,
provided
that
the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the
case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender in its capacity as such. For purposes hereof, a Lenders pro rata share shall be
determined based upon its share of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans
and unused Commitments at the time.
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(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, none of Parent and the Borrowers shall assert,
and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out
of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan, any B/A or Letter of Credit or the use of the
proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand
therefor.
SECTION 9.04.
Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of
Credit), except that (i) no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance
with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer
upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants
(to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated
hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign
to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior
written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A) the US Borrower,
provided
that no consent of the US Borrower shall
be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved
Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;
(B) the Administrative Agent,
provided
that no consent of the
Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan to a
Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and
(C) in the case of any assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving
Commitment or any Lenders obligations in respect of its LC Exposure or Swingline
Exposure, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lenders.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
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(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender
or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders
Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than the US Dollar Equivalent of
US$5,000,000 or, in the case of a Term Commitment or a Term Loan, US$1,000,000
unless each of the US Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents,
provided
that no such consent of the US Borrower shall be required if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate
part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement,
provided
that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment
of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations in
respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and
recordation fee of US$3,500; and
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term Approved Fund has the following meaning:
Approved Fund
means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender,
provided
that with respect to an assignment of any Revolving Loans or Revolving
Commitments, an Approved Fund must be a Person that engages in making Loans of the type and nature
of the applicable Revolving Loans and otherwise is able to perform each of the obligations of a
Revolving Lender with respect to its applicable Revolving Commitments, in each case, in accordance
with the applicable provisions hereof.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this
Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption,
be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
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Assumption covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such
Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, shall
maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and
principal amount of the Loans, amounts in respect of B/As and LC Disbursements owing to, each
Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the
Register
). The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register
shall be available for inspection by any Borrower, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee
shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in this
Section and any written consent to such assignment required by this Section, the Administrative
Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in
the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been
recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of any Borrower, any Agent, any Issuing Bank or
the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a
Participant
) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it),
provided
that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations and (C) the Borrowers, the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells
such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement,
provided
that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without
the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the
first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that pertains to the participation it sold to such Participant.
Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, Parent and the Borrowers agree that each Participant
shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were
a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
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pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a
Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a
Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or
2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is
made with the US Borrowers prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if
it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless the US Borrower is
notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit
of the Borrowers, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or
assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest,
provided
that (i) no such pledge or
assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto, (ii) all costs, fees and
expenses in connection with any such pledge or assignment shall be for the sole account of such
Lender and (iii) the reassignment back to such Lender, free of any interests of such assignee,
shall be for the sole account of such Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, any Lender (a
Granting Bank
) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an
SPC
) of such Granting Bank, identified as such in writing from time to time by the
Granting Bank to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, the option to provide to the Borrowers
all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Bank would otherwise be obligated to make to the
Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01 or the option to participate in any Letter of Credit, as the
case may be,
provided
that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment to make any
Loan by any SPC or to participate in any Letter of Credit and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise
such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, or to participate in such
Letter of Credit the Granting Bank shall be obligated to make such Loan or participate in such
Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPC or the participation
by such SPC in any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to utilize the Commitment of the Granting Bank
to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by the Granting Bank or such participation in a
Letter of Credit were paid or taken, as the case may be by such Granting Bank. Each party hereto
hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any payment under this Agreement for which a Lender
would otherwise be liable, for so long as, and to the extent, the related Granting Bank makes such
payment. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees that, prior to the date
that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding senior indebtedness of
any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or similar
proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.04, any SPC may
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(i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion
of its interests in any Loans or participations in any Letters of Credit to its Granting Bank or
to any financial institutions (if consented to by the Borrowers and Administrative Agent) providing
liquidity and/or credit facilities to or for the account of such SPC to fund the Loans made by such
SPC or to support the securities (if any) issued by such SPC to fund such Loans and (ii) disclose
on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans or participations in any
Letters of Credit (but not relating to any Borrower, except with Parents consent) to any rating
agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity
enhancement to such SPC.
SECTION 9.05.
Survival.
All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties
made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments
delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be
considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and
delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, acceptance and purchase or any B/As and
issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or
on its behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had
notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit
is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or
any accrued interest on any Loan or any B/A or any fee or any other amount payable under this
Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the
Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03
and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination
of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision
hereof.
SECTION 9.06.
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which
shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect
to fees payable to any Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or
written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement
shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Agents and when the Administrative
Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of
each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or internet transmission shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
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SECTION 9.07.
Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of
a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08.
Right of Setoff.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time
to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any
time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of a Borrower against
any of and all the obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held
by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this
Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such
Lender may have.
SECTION 9.09.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(a) Each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for
itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New
York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of
New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such
action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted
by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final, non-appealed
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that Parent, any Borrower, any Agent,
any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any other party hereto or their properties in the
courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the
fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.
Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
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(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law. Each Foreign Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the US Borrower as its agent for service of
process in respect of this Agreement and any Loan Document,
provided
that such appointment
will not affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process on any Foreign Borrower
in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 9.10.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER
PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS
AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11.
Headings.
Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used
herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect
the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12.
Confidentiality.
Each of the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders
agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates directors, officers, employees and
agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the
Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
Information and will be instructed (and will agree) to keep such Information confidential), (b) to
the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement,
(e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or
thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of
this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or
Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or
prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to
Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary and its obligations hereunder, (g) upon conditions
satisfactory to Parent, with the consent of Parent or (h) to the extent such Information (i)
becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this
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Section or (ii) becomes available to any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than Parent or a Borrower. For the purposes of this
Section, the term
Information
means all information received from Parent or any Borrower
relating to Parent or the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates, or their respective businesses,
other than any such information that is available to any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Parent or a Borrower,
provided
that in the
case of information received from Parent or any Borrower after the date hereof, such information is
clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information.
SECTION 9.13.
Interest Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges
and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law, including the
Criminal Code (Canada) (collectively, the
Charges
), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate
(the
Maximum Rate
) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by
the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, including the Criminal Code
(Canada), the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges
payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the
interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a
result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to
such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate
therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds
Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.14.
Release of Liens and Guarantees.
A Subsidiary Loan Party shall
automatically be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents and all Liens in the
Collateral of such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically released and all provisions of the
Loan Documents shall cease to apply to such Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any
transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to
be a Subsidiary,
provided
that if so required by this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall
have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent did not provide otherwise. Upon
any sale or other transfer by any Subsidiary Loan Party (other than to Parent or any other
Subsidiary) of any Collateral that is permitted under any Loan Document, or upon the effectiveness
of any written consent to the release of the Lien granted under any Loan Document in any Collateral
pursuant to Section 9.02 of this Agreement, the Lien on such Collateral shall be automatically
released. In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Subsidiary Loan Party, at such Subsidiary
Loan Partys expense, all documents that such Subsidiary Loan Party shall reasonably request to
evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this
Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 9.15.
Conversion of Currencies.
(a) If, for the purpose of obtaining
judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into
another currency, each party hereto (including any Foreign Borrower) agrees, to the fullest extent
that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance
with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased
with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment
is given.
(b) The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any
holder of the obligations owing hereunder (the
Applicable Creditor
) shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the
Judgment Currency
) other than the
currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the
Agreement Currency
), be
discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable
Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in
accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement
Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less
than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower
agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable
Creditor against such loss. The obligations of the Borrowers contained in this Section 9.15 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder.
SECTION 9.16.
USA Patriot Act Notice.
Each of the Lenders and the Agents (for itself
and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of
the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the
Act
), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each
Borrower, which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and other information
that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to identify each Borrower in accordance
with the Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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CCE SPINCO, INC.,
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/s/ Michael Rapino
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Name: Michael Rapino
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
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by
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/s/ Michael Rapino
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Name: Michael Rapino
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
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individually and as Administrative Agent,
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by
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/s/ Thomas H. Kozlark
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Name: Thomas H. Kozlark
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Title: Vice President
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
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TORONTO BRANCH, as Canadian Agent,
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by
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/s/ Christine Chan
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Name: Christine Chan
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Title: Vice President
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J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as
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London Agent,
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by
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/s/ Lesley Pluck
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Name: Lesley Pluck
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Title: Associate
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
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Syndication Agent,
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/s/ Scott Conner
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Name: Scott Conner
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Title: Vice President
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
OF DECEMBER 21, 2005, AMONG CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX
ENTERTAINMENT, INC., THE FOREIGN BORROWERS PARTY
THERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, AS
CANADIAN AGENT, J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, AS
LONDON AGENT, AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
SYNDICATION AGENT
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Name of Institution:
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The Bank of New York
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/s/ Mehrasa Raygan
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Name: Mehrasa
Raygan
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Title: Vice President
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
OF DECEMBER 21, 2005, AMONG CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX
ENTERTAINMENT, INC., THE FOREIGN BORROWERS PARTY
THERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, AS
CANADIAN AGENT, J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, AS
LONDON AGENT, AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
SYNDICATION AGENT
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Name of Institution:
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National City Bank
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/s/ Elizabeth A. Brosky
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Name: Elizabeth A. Brosky
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Title: Vice President
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Name:
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
OF DECEMBER 21, 2005, AMONG CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX
ENTERTAINMENT, INC., THE FOREIGN BORROWERS PARTY
THERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, AS
CANADIAN AGENT, J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, AS
LONDON AGENT, AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
SYNDICATION AGENT
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Name of Institution:
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Wachovia Bank, N.A.
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/s/ Russ Lyons
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Name: Russ Lyons
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Title: Director
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Name:
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
OF DECEMBER 21, 2005, AMONG CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX
ENTERTAINMENT, INC., THE FOREIGN BORROWERS PARTY
THERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, AS
CANADIAN AGENT, J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, AS
LONDON AGENT, AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
SYNDICATION AGENT
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Name of Institution:
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Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch
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/s/ Doreen Barr
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Name: Doreen Barr
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Title: Associate
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/s/ Judith E. Smith
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Name: Judith E. Smith
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Title: Director
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
OF DECEMBER 21, 2005, AMONG CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX
ENTERTAINMENT, INC., THE FOREIGN BORROWERS PARTY
THERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, AS
CANADIAN AGENT, J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, AS
LONDON AGENT, AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
SYNDICATION AGENT
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Name of Institution:
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UBS Loan Finance LLC
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
OF DECEMBER 21, 2005, AMONG CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX
ENTERTAINMENT, INC., THE FOREIGN BORROWERS PARTY
THERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, AS
CANADIAN AGENT, J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, AS
LONDON AGENT, AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
SYNDICATION AGENT
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
OF DECEMBER 21, 2005, AMONG CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX
ENTERTAINMENT, INC., THE FOREIGN BORROWERS PARTY
THERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, AS
CANADIAN AGENT, J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, AS
LONDON AGENT, AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
SYNDICATION AGENT
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Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
OF DECEMBER 21, 2005, AMONG CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX
ENTERTAINMENT, INC., THE FOREIGN BORROWERS PARTY
THERETO, THE LENDERS PARTY THERETO, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, AS
CANADIAN AGENT, J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, AS
LONDON AGENT, AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
SYNDICATION AGENT
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Exhibit 10.12
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
dated as of
December 21, 2005,
among
CCE SPINCO, INC.,
SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF CCE SPINCO, INC.
IDENTIFIED HEREIN
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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SECTION 1.01.
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Credit Agreement
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Other Defined Terms
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ARTICLE II
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Guarantee
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Guarantee
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Guarantee of Payment
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No Limitations
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE III
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Delivery of the Pledged Collateral
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Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests
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Security Interest
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Security Interest Absolute
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Schedule I
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Exhibit I
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT dated as of December 21, 2005,
among CCE SPINCO, INC., SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC., the other Subsidiaries of
CCE SPINCO, INC. identified herein and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent.
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 21, 2005 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement
), among CCE
Spinco, Inc. (
Parent
), SFX Entertainment, Inc. (the
US Borrower
), the Foreign
Borrowers party thereto (together with the US Borrower, the
Borrowers
), the Lenders party
thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto
Branch, as Canadian Agent, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as London Agent, and Bank of America, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent. The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend
such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
Parent and the Subsidiary Loan Parties are affiliates of the Borrowers, will derive substantial
benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrowers pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are
willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01.
Credit Agreement.
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in
the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified
therein; the term instrument shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement also apply to
this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02.
Other Defined Terms
. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
Account Debtor
means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor
under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
Agreement
means this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Article 9 Collateral
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
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Borrowers
has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this
Agreement.
Claiming Party
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
Collateral
means Article 9 Collateral and Pledged Collateral.
Contributing Party
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
Copyright License
means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting
any right to any third party under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that such
Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any
copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of such Grantor under any such
agreement.
Copyrights
means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any
Grantor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States
or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (b) all
registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States or any
other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending
applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, including those listed on
Schedule III.
Credit Agreement
has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement
of this Agreement.
Federal Securities Laws
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04.
General Intangibles
means all choses in action and causes of action and all other
intangible personal property of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Grantor, including corporate or other business records, indemnification claims,
contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap
Agreements and other agreements)
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, Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations,
franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or
other security held by or granted to any Grantor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of
the Accounts.
Grantors
means Parent, the US Borrower and each other Material Subsidiary that is a
Domestic Subsidiary.
Guarantors
means Parent, the US Borrower and each other Material Subsidiary that is
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Guarantee and Collateral Agreement Supplement
means an instrument in the form of
Exhibit I hereto.
Parent
has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this
Agreement.
Intellectual Property
means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and
nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including inventions, designs, Patents,
Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary technical and business
information, know-how, show-how or other data or information, software and databases and all
embodiments or fixations thereof and related documentation, registrations and franchises, and all
additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing or used in connection
with, any of the foregoing.
License
means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other
license or sublicense agreement to which any Grantor is a party.
Loan Document Obligations
means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrowers of
(i) the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by
any Borrower in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of
reimbursement of LC Disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the
pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide cash collateral, (iii)
all reimbursement obligations of the Canadian Borrowers in respect of B/As accepted under or
pursuant to the Credit Agreement and (iv) all other monetary obligations of the Borrowers under the
Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense
reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct,
contingent, fixed or otherwise, arising under the Loan Documents (including monetary obligations
incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and (b) the due and
punctual payment of all the monetary obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to the
Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents
New York UCC
means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the
State of New York.
Obligations
means (a) Loan Document Obligations and (b) the due and punctual payment
of all monetary obligations of each Loan Party under each Swap Agreement that (i) is in effect on
the Effective Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the
Effective Date or (ii) is entered into after the Effective Date with any counterparty that is a
Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the
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time such Swap Agreement is entered into (other than Swap Agreements entered into after (A)
the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable under or pursuant to the Credit
Agreement have been paid in full, (B) the Lenders have no further commitment to lend under or
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, (C) the LC exposures have been reduced to zero and (D) the
Issuing Banks have no further obligations to issue Letters of Credit).
Patent License
means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to
any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a patent, now or hereafter
owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or
granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a patent, now or
hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such
agreement.
Patents
means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor:
(a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States
or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending
applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any other
country, including those listed on Schedule III, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions,
continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed
therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
Perfection Certificate
means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit II,
completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and duly
executed by a Financial Officer and the chief legal officer of the US Borrower.
Pledged Collateral
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Debt Securities
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Securities
means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other
securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates,
instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
Pledged Stock
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Proceeds
has the meaning specified in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.
Secured Parties
means (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) any Issuing
Bank, (d) each counterparty to any Swap Agreement with a Loan Party the obligations under which
constitute Obligations, (e) the beneficiaries of each
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indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (f) the
successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
Security Interest
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
Subsidiary Loan Parties
means (a) the Subsidiaries identified on Schedule I and (b)
each other Subsidiary that becomes a party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary Loan Party after the
Effective Date.
Trademark License
means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting
to any third party any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any
Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any
trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such
agreement.
Trademarks
means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any
Grantor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business
names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business
identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or
acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications
filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof,
including those listed on Schedule III, (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby
and (c) all other assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody such goodwill.
US Borrower
has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of
this Agreement.
US Borrower Subsidiary Party
means each party hereto that is a Subsidiary of the US
Borrower.
ARTICLE II
Guarantee
SECTION 2.01.
Guarantee
. Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other
Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual
payment of the Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that the Obligations may be extended or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain
bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation. Each
Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the applicable Borrower or
any other Loan Party of any of the Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its
guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.
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SECTION 2.02.
Guarantee of Payment
. Each Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee
hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right
to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to any
security held for the payment of the Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit
on the books of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the applicable
Borrower or any other Person.
SECTION 2.03.
No Limitations.
(a) Except for termination of a Guarantors obligations
hereunder as expressly provided in Section 7.13, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall
not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including
any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any
defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or
otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan
Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release
from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with
respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement; (iii) the release of any security held by the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the Obligations or any of them; (iv) any
default, failure or delay, wilful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations; or (v) any
other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any
Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other
than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations). Each Guarantor expressly
authorizes the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties to take and hold security for the
payment of the Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without
consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale
thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or
obligors upon or in respect of the Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any
Guarantor hereunder.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense based
on or arising out of any defense of the applicable Borrower or any other Loan Party or the
unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any
cause of the liability of the applicable Borrower or any other Loan Party, other than the
indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations. The Administrative Agent and the
other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them
by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of
foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Obligations, make any other accommodation with
the applicable Borrower or any other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to
them against the applicable Borrower or any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any
way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full in cash. To the fullest extent
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permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such
election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish
any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the
applicable Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the case may be, or any security.
SECTION 2.04.
Reinstatement
. Each Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part
thereof, of any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent
or any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, any other Loan
Party or otherwise.
SECTION 2.05.
Agreement To Pay; Subrogation.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in
limitation of any other right that the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party has at law
or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the applicable Borrower or
any other Loan Party to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due and after the
expiration of any applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of
prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be
paid, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Parties in cash the
amount of such unpaid Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Administrative
Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the applicable Borrower or any other
Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement,
indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Article VI.
SECTION 2.06.
Information
. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping
itself informed of each Borrowers and each other Loan Partys financial condition and assets, and
of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature,
scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that
none of the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such
Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
ARTICLE III
Pledge of Securities
SECTION 3.01.
Pledge
. As security for the payment, as the case may be, in full of the
Obligations, each Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to the Administrative Agent, its successors
and assigns, for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative
Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, a security
interest in, all of such Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under (a) all Equity
Interests owned by it and listed on Schedule II and any other Equity Interests obtained in the
future by such Grantor and, as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the certificates
or other instruments representing all such Equity Interests (the
Pledged Stock
),
provided
that the Pledged Stock shall not include
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more than 66.5% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign
Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of any greater percentage would result in adverse tax
consequences; (b)(i) all Indebtedness of Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary that is
evidenced by a promissory note, owing to any Loan Party and constitutes Collateral and listed
opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule II, (ii) any debt securities in the future issued to
such Grantor and (iii) the promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing such debt
securities (the
Pledged Debt Securities
); (c) all other property that may be delivered to
and held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.01; (d) subject to
Section 3.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other
property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange
for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the securities
referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above; (e) subject to Section 3.06, all rights and privileges of
such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c)
and (d) above; and (f) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a)
through (f) above being collectively referred to as the
Pledged Collateral
),
provided
that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement
shall not constitute a pledge or grant of a security interest in any Pledged Collateral if and for
so long as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the US Borrower, reasonably determines
that the cost to any Borrower of creating or perfecting a pledge or security interest in such
Pledged Collateral (taking into account any adverse tax consequences to Parent, the Borrowers and
the other Subsidiaries (including the imposition of withholding or other material taxes on
Lenders)) shall be commercially unreasonable in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders
therefrom.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers,
privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Administrative Agent, its
successors and assigns, for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, forever;
subject
,
however
, to
the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 3.02.
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral
. (a) Each Grantor agrees promptly to
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the other Secured
Parties, any and all Pledged Securities.
(b) Upon delivery to the Administrative Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied
by stock powers duly endorsed in blank by the applicable Grantor or other instruments of transfer
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the
Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the
applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule
describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule II and made a part
hereof,
provided
that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the
validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement
any prior schedules so delivered.
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SECTION 3.03.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
. Each Grantor represents, warrants
and covenants to and with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the other Secured Parties,
that with respect to such Grantor:
(a) Schedule II correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued and outstanding
units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by such
Grantors Pledged Stock and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory
notes required to be pledged hereunder by such Grantor in order to satisfy the Collateral
and Guarantee Requirement;
(b) the Grantors Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities have been duly and validly
authorized and issued by such Grantor and (i) in the case of such Pledged Stock, are fully
paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of such Pledged Debt Securities, are legal,
valid and binding obligations of such Grantor, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors rights generally
and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or law;
(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder, such Grantor (i) is and,
subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue to be
the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on
Schedule II as owned by such Grantor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens,
other than Liens created by this Agreement, Permitted Encumbrances and transfers made in
compliance with the Credit Agreement, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation
or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the
Pledged Collateral, other than Liens created by this Agreement, Permitted Encumbrances and
transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement and (iv) will defend its title or
interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than Liens created by this
Agreement and Permitted Encumbrances), however, arising, of all Persons whomsoever;
(d) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents or
securities laws generally, all of such Grantors Pledged Collateral is and will continue to
be freely transferable and assignable, and none of such Pledged Collateral is or will be
subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law
provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or
otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition
thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Administrative Agent of rights and remedies
hereunder;
(e) each Grantor has the corporate or equivalent power and authority to pledge all of
such Grantors Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or
contemplated;
(f) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or
any other Person to be obtained by any Loan Party pursuant to any
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applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to it was or is necessary to the
validity of such Grantors pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained
and are in full force and effect);
(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by such Grantor of this Agreement, when
any of such Grantors Pledged Securities are delivered to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with this Agreement, the Administrative Agent will obtain a legal, valid and
perfected first-priority lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as
security for the payment of the Obligations;
(h) such Grantors pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, the rights of the Administrative Agent
in all of such Grantors Pledged Collateral as set forth herein; and
(i) none of such Grantors Pledged Stock consisting of partnership or limited
liability company interests (i) is dealt in or traded on a securities exchange or
securities market, (ii) is a security governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC, (iii) is
an investment company security, (iv) is held in a securities account or (v) constitutes a
security or financial asset as such terms are defined in Article 8 of the New York UCC.
SECTION 3.04.
Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests
. So long as the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under any
Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit or B/A is outstanding and so long
as the Commitments have not expired or terminated, such Grantor shall not elect to treat any
interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership pledged hereunder as a security
within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC or issue any certificate representing such
interest, unless such Grantor provides prior written notification to the Administrative Agent of
such election and immediately delivers any such certificate to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
the terms hereof.
SECTION 3.05.
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations
. The Administrative Agent, on
behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold
the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as
sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the
Administrative Agent. Each Grantor will promptly give to the Administrative Agent copies of any
notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the
name of such Grantor. The Administrative Agent shall at all times have the right to exchange the
certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations
for any purpose consistent with this Agreement.
SECTION 3.06.
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest.
(a) Unless and until an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative
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Agent shall have notified the US Borrower that the rights of the Grantors under this Section
3.06 are being suspended:
(i) Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other
consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part thereof
for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents,
provided
that such rights and powers shall not be exercised
in any manner that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Securities or the rights and remedies of any of
the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement or the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the
same.
(ii) The Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to
be executed and delivered to such Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other
instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor
to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise
pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
(iii) Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends,
interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the
Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest,
principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in
accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents
and applicable laws,
provided
that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or
other distributions that would constitute Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt Securities, whether
resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity
Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged
Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger,
consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party
or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any
Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property
but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and shall be forthwith delivered to
the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the
Administrative Agent shall have notified the US Borrower of the suspension of the rights of the
Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06, then all rights of any Grantor to exercise
the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph
(a)(i) of this Section 3.06, and the obligations of the Administrative Agent under paragraph
(a)(ii) of this Section 3.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and
exclusive right and authority
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to exercise such voting and/or consensual rights and powers,
provided
that, unless
otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall have the right from time
to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to
exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the US Borrower
has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate to that effect, each Grantor shall have the
exclusive right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Grantor would
otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) above and the
obligations of the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06 shall be
reinstated.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the
Administrative Agent shall have notified the US Borrower of the suspension of the rights of the
Grantors under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06, then all rights of any Grantor to
dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive
pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall
thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the other Secured Parties,
which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends,
interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other
distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall be held
in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, shall be
segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the
Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or
received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be
retained by the Administrative Agent in an account to be established by the Administrative Agent
upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions
of Section 5.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the US Borrower has
delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate to that effect, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other
distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of
paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 and that remain in such account.
(d) Any notice given by the Administrative Agent to the US Borrower suspending the rights of
the Grantors under paragraph (a) of this Section 3.06 (i) may be given by telephone if promptly
confirmed in writing, (ii) may be given with respect to one or more of the Grantors at the same or
different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) or
paragraph (a)(iii) in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Administrative
Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the
Administrative Agents rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights
so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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ARTICLE IV
Security Interests in Personal Property
SECTION 4.01.
Security Interest
. (a) As security for the payment in full of the Obligations,
each Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns,
for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, its
successors and assigns, for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, a security interest (the
Security Interest
) in, all right, title or interest in or to any and all of the following
assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such
Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest
(collectively, the
Article 9 Collateral
):
(i) all Accounts;
(ii)
all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all Deposit Accounts;
(iv) all Documents;
(v) all Equipment;
(vi) all General Intangibles;
(vii) all Instruments;
(viii) all Inventory;
(ix) all Investment Property;
(x) letter of credit rights;
(xi) commercial tort claims listed on Schedule V;
(xii) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xiii) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all
of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with
respect to any of the foregoing,
provided
that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement
shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (A) any Excluded Assets or (B) any asset if
and for so long as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the US Borrower, reasonably
determines that the cost to any Borrower of creating or perfecting a pledge or security interest in
such asset (taking into account any adverse tax consequences to Parent, the Borrowers and the other
Subsidiaries (including the
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imposition of withholding or other material taxes on Lenders)) shall be commercially unreasonable
in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent at any time and from
time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including
fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments
thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect
as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail and (ii) contain the information
required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing
of any financing statement or amendment, including (a) whether such Grantor is an organization, the
type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor and (b) in
the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real
property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to provide such
information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon request.
Each Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Administrative Agent to file in any
relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the
date hereof.
The Administrative Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office
in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of
perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each
Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors
and the Administrative Agent as secured party.
(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Administrative
Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of
any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the security interest
granted hereunder attach to any contract, agreement or instrument to which a Grantor is a party or
any of its rights or interests thereunder if and for so long as the grant of such security interest
shall constitute or result in (i) the unenforceability of any right of the Grantor therein or (ii)
in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such contract,
agreement or instrument (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective
pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the New York UCC or any other applicable law
or principles of equity),
provided
, however, that such security interest shall attach
immediately at such time as the condition causing such unenforceability shall be remedied and, to
the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such contract or agreement that
does not result in any of the consequences specified in clause (i) or (ii) above including any
proceeds of such contract or agreement.
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SECTION 4.02.
Representations and Warranties
. Each Grantor represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that with respect to such Grantor:
(a) Such Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to such Grantors Article 9 Collateral
with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full
corporate or equivalent power and authority to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of the other Secured Parties, the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto
and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has
been obtained and in full force and effect.
(b) The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the
information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of such Grantor, is correct and
complete as of the Effective Date. The Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including
fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared
by the Administrative Agent based upon the information provided to the Administrative Agent by such
Grantor in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office
specified in Schedule 2 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the US Borrower
to the Administrative Agent after the Effective Date in the case of filings, recordings or
registrations required by Section 5.03(a) or 5.12 of the Credit Agreement), are all the filings,
recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security
Interest in all of such Grantors Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights) that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and
to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, in respect of all of such Grantors Article 9
Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in
the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and
no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration
is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the
filing of continuation statements. Each Grantor represents and warrants that a fully executed
agreement in the form hereof and containing a description of all of such Grantors Article 9
Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property with respect to United States Patents and United
States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are
pending) and United States registered Copyrights have been delivered to the Administrative Agent
for recording by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright
Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations
thereunder, as applicable, and otherwise as may be required pursuant to the laws of any other
necessary jurisdiction, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected
security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the other Secured
Parties, in respect of all of such Grantors Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks
and Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or
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registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories
and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording,
registration or reregistration is necessary (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect
the Security Interest with respect to any of such Grantors Article 9 Collateral consisting of
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof)
acquired or developed after the Effective Date)).
(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all of such
Grantors Article 9 Collateral securing the payment of the Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings
described in Section 4.02(b), a perfected security interest in all of such Grantors Article 9
Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a
financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision
thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other
applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) a security interest that shall be perfected in all
of such Grantors Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the
receipt and recording of this Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the
United States Copyright Office, as applicable, within the three-month period (commencing as of the
date hereof) pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261 or 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or the one month period (commencing as
of the date hereof) pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 205 and otherwise as may be required pursuant to the
laws of any other necessary jurisdiction. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other
Lien on any of such Grantors Article 9 Collateral, other than Permitted Encumbrances that have
priority as a matter of law and Liens expressly permitted to be prior to the Security Interest
pursuant to Section 6.02(a) of the Credit Agreement.
(d) All of such Grantors Article 9 Collateral is owned by such Grantor free and clear of any
Lien, except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(a) of the Credit Agreement.
Such Grantor has not filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous
document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any of such
Grantors Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any such Grantor assigns any
Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any of such Grantors Article 9
Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office
or (iii) any assignment in which any such Grantor assigns any of such Grantors Article 9
Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any of such Grantors Article 9
Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or
analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect,
except, in each case, for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(a) of the Credit
Agreement.
SECTION 4.03.
Covenants
. (a) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Administrative
Agent in writing of any change (i) in its corporate name or in any trade name used to identify it
in the conduct of its business or in the ownership of its properties, (ii) in the location of its
chief executive office, its principal place of business, any office in which it maintains books or
records relating to Article 9 Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Article 9
Collateral owned by it is located
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(including the establishment of any such new office or facility), (iii) in its identity or
type of organization or corporate structure, (iv) to the extent applicable, in its Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number or organizational identification number or (v) in its jurisdiction of
organization. Each Grantor agrees to promptly provide the Administrative Agent with certified
organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this
paragraph. Each Grantor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding
sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are
required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to
have a valid, legal and perfected first priority security interest in all of such Grantors Article
9 Collateral. Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any material
portion of the Article 9 Collateral owned or held by such Grantor is damaged or destroyed.
(b) Each Grantor agrees to maintain, at its own cost and expense, such complete and accurate
records with respect to the Article 9 Collateral owned by it as is consistent with its current
practices and in accordance with such prudent and standard practices used in industries that are
the same as or similar to those in which such Grantor is engaged, but in any event to include
complete accounting records indicating all payments and proceeds received with respect to any part
of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it, and, at such time or times as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request, promptly to prepare and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly certified
schedule or schedules in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent showing the
identity, amount and location of any and all Article 9 Collateral owned by it.
(c) Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the
preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 5.01(a) of the Credit Agreement, Parent shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent a certificate executed by a Financial Officer and the general counsel of
Parent (i) setting forth the information required pursuant to Section 2 of the Perfection
Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the
Perfection Certificate delivered on the Effective Date or the date of the most recent certificate
delivered pursuant to this Section 4.03(c) and (ii) certifying that, to the best knowledge of such
Financial Officer and general counsel, all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including
fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations,
including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Article
9 Collateral have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office
in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 4.03 to the extent necessary
to protect and perfect the Security Interest for a period of not less than 18 months after the date
of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be
filed within such period). Each certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 4.03(c) shall
identify in the format of Schedule III all Intellectual Property of any Grantor in existence on the
date thereof and not then listed on such Schedules or previously so identified to the
Administrative Agent.
(d) Each Grantor shall, at its own expense, take any and all actions necessary to defend
title to the Article 9 Collateral owned by it against all Persons and to defend the Security
Interest of the Administrative Agent in the Article 9 Collateral owned
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by it and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to Section
6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(e) Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be
duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect
and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment
of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture
filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith. If any amount payable under or in
connection with any of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it shall be or become evidenced by any
promissory note or other instrument, such note or instrument shall be immediately pledged and
delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Grantors, to supplement this Agreement by
supplementing Schedule III or adding additional schedules hereto to specifically identify any asset
or item that may constitute Copyrights, Licenses, Patents or Trademarks,
provided
that any
Grantor shall have the right, exercisable within 10 days after it has been notified by the
Administrative Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral, to advise the
Administrative Agent in writing of any inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by
such Grantor hereunder with respect to such Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that it will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as shall be necessary in order that all
representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct in all material respects with
respect to such Collateral within 30 days after the date it has been notified by the Administrative
Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral.
(f) The Administrative Agent and such Persons as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
designate shall have the right, at the Grantors own cost and expense, to inspect the Article 9
Collateral, all records related thereto (and to make extracts and copies from such records) and the
premises upon which any of the Article 9 Collateral is located, to discuss the Grantors affairs
with the officers of the Grantors and their independent accountants and to verify under reasonable
procedures, the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other
matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Article 9
Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person
possessing such Article 9 Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The
Administrative Agent shall have the absolute right to share any information it gains from such
inspection or verification with any Secured Party.
(g) At its option, the Administrative Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments,
charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the
Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, and may
pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9
Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement or
this Agreement, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent
on demand for any payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the foregoing authorization,
provided
that nothing in this paragraph shall be
interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises
of any Grantor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or
other encumbrances or maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.
(h) If at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an Account
Debtor or any other Person to secure payment and performance of an Account, such Grantor shall
promptly assign such security interest to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the other
Secured Parties. Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue
the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the Account
Debtor or other Person granting the security interest.
(i) Each Grantor (rather than the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain
liable to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it
under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, all in
accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties from and against
any and all liability for such performance.
(j) None of the Grantors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or
hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Article 9
Collateral, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement. None of the Grantors shall make or permit
to be made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral and each Grantor shall remain at all times in
possession of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it, except that unless and until the Administrative
Agent shall notify the Grantors that an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
that during the continuance thereof the Grantors shall not sell, convey, lease, assign, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any Article 9 Collateral (which notice may be given by telephone if promptly
confirmed in writing), the Grantors may use and dispose of the Article 9 Collateral in any lawful
manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that it shall
not permit any Inventory to be in the possession or control of any warehouseman, agent, bailee, or
processor at any time unless such warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor shall have been notified
of the Security Interest and shall have acknowledged in writing, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that such warehouseman, agent, bailee or processor holds
the Inventory for the benefit of the Administrative Agent subject to the Security Interest and
shall act upon the instructions of the Administrative Agent without further consent from the
Grantor, and that such warehouseman, agent, bailee or processor further agrees to
waive and release any Lien held by it with respect to such Inventory, whether arising by
operation of law or otherwise.
(k) None of the Grantors will, without the Administrative Agents prior written consent,
grant any extension of the time of payment of any Accounts included in the Article 9 Collateral,
compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or
partly, any Person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or discount whatsoever
thereon, other than extensions, compromises, settlements, releases, credits or discounts granted or
made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with its current practices and in accordance
with such prudent and standard practice used in industries that are the same as or similar to those
in which such Grantor is engaged.
(l) The Grantors, at their own expense, shall maintain or cause to be maintained insurance
covering physical loss or damage to the Inventory and Equipment in accordance with the requirements
set forth in Schedule IV hereto and Section 5.07 of the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor irrevocably
makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents
designated by the Administrative Agent) as such Grantors true and lawful agent (and
attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making,
settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance,
endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the
proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect
thereto. In the event that any Grantor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any
of the policies of insurance required hereby or to pay any premium in whole or part relating
thereto, the Administrative Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of
the Grantors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such
policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the
Administrative Agent reasonably deems advisable. All reasonable out-of-pocket sums disbursed by
the Administrative Agent in connection with this paragraph, including reasonable attorneys fees,
court costs, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and other reasonable charges relating thereto, shall
be payable, upon demand, by the Grantors to the Administrative Agent and shall be additional
Obligations secured hereby.
(m) Each Grantor shall maintain, in form and manner reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, records of its Chattel Paper and its books, records and documents evidencing
or pertaining thereto.
SECTION 4.04.
Other Actions
. In order to further insure the attachment, perfection and
priority of, and the ability of the Administrative Agent to enforce, the Security Interest, each
Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantors own expense, to take the following actions with
respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:
(a)
Instruments
. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments,
such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the other Secured Parties,
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accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly endorsed in blank by
such Grantor as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(b)
Deposit Accounts
. For each deposit account that any Grantor at any time opens or
maintains, such Grantor shall, either (i) cause the depositary bank to agree to comply with
instructions from the Administrative Agent to such depositary bank directing the
disposition of funds from time to time credited to such deposit account, without further
consent of such Grantor or any other Person, pursuant to an agreement satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, or (ii) arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the customer
of the depositary bank with respect to the deposit account, with the Grantor being
permitted, only with the consent of the Administrative Agent, to exercise rights to
withdraw funds from such deposit account. The Administrative Agent agrees with each
Grantor that the Administrative Agent shall not give any such instructions or withhold any
withdrawal rights from any Grantor unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, or, after giving effect to any such withdrawal rights, would occur. The
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to (A) any deposit account for which any
Grantor, the depositary bank and the Administrative Agent have entered into a cash
collateral agreement specially negotiated among such Grantor, the depositary bank and the
Administrative Agent for the specific purpose set forth therein and (B) deposit accounts
for which the Administrative Agent is the depositary.
(c)
Investment Property
. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article III, if
any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities, such Grantor
shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the other Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or
assignment duly endorsed in blank by such Grantor as the Administrative Agent may from time
to time specify. If any securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are
uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer
thereof, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the
Administrative Agents request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i) cause the issuer to agree
to comply with instructions from the Administrative Agent as to such securities, without
further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) arrange for the Administrative
Agent to become the registered owner of the securities. If any securities, whether
certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property now or hereafter acquired by
any Grantor are held by such Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or
commodity intermediary, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent
thereof and, at the Administrative Agents request and option, pursuant to an agreement in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i) cause
such securities intermediary or (as the case may be) commodity intermediary to agree to
comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Administrative Agent to such
securities intermediary as to
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such security entitlements, or (as the case may be) to apply any value distributed on
account of any commodity contract as directed by the Administrative Agent to such commodity
intermediary, in each case without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii)
in the case of financial assets or other Investment Property held through a securities
intermediary, arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the entitlement holder with
respect to such investment property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the
consent of the Administrative Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with
such investment property. The Administrative Agent agrees with each Grantor that the
Administrative Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or
directions to any such issuer, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, and shall
not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any
Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or, after giving effect
to any such investment and withdrawal rights, would occur. The provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply to any financial assets credited to a securities account for
which the Administrative Agent is the securities intermediary.
(d)
Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records.
If any Grantor at any time
holds or acquires an interest in any electronic chattel paper or any transferable record,
as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in
effect in any relevant jurisdiction, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative
Agent thereof and, at the request of the Administrative Agent, shall take such action as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Administrative Agent control
under New York UCC Section 9-105 of such electronic chattel paper or control under Section
201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the
case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such
jurisdiction, of such transferable record. The Administrative Agent agrees with such
Grantor that the Administrative Agent will arrange, pursuant to procedures reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and so long as such procedures will not result in
the Administrative Agents loss of control, for the Grantor to make alterations to the
electronic chattel paper or transferable record permitted under UCC Section 9-105 or, as
the case may be, Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in
control to allow without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by such Grantor with respect
to such electronic chattel paper or transferable record.
(e)
Letter of Credit Rights
. If any Grantor is at any time a beneficiary under a
letter of credit now or hereafter issued in favor of such Grantor, such Grantor shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the request and option of the
Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
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Agent, either (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of credit to
consent to an assignment to the Administrative Agent of the proceeds of any drawing under
the letter of credit or (ii) arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the transferee
beneficiary of the letter of credit, with the Administrative Agent agreeing, in each case,
that the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit are to be paid to the
applicable Grantor unless an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing.
((f)
Commercial Tort Claims.
If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire a
commercial tort claim in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $250,000, the Grantor
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Grantor
including a summary description of such claim and grant to the Administrative Agent in such
writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this
Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
SECTION 4.05.
Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral
. (a) Each
Grantor agrees that it will not do any act or omit do to any act (and will exercise commercially
reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby
any Patent that is material to the conduct of such Grantors business may become invalidated or
dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall continue to mark any products covered by a Patent
with the relevant patent number as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum
rights under applicable patent laws.
(b) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees) will, for each
Trademark material to the conduct of such Grantors business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full
force free from any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of
products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) display such Trademark with notice of
Federal or foreign registration to the extent necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve
its maximum rights under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of
such Trademark in violation of any third party rights.
(c) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or sublicensees) will, for each work
covered by a material Copyright, continue to publish, reproduce, display, adopt and distribute the
work with appropriate copyright notice as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its
maximum rights under applicable copyright laws.
(d) Each Grantor shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly if it knows or has reason to
know that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the conduct of its business may become
abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or
development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any
proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any
court or similar office of any
country) regarding such Grantors ownership of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right
to register the same, or its right to keep and maintain the same.
(e) In no event shall any Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or
designee, file an application for any Patent, Trademark or Copyright (or for the registration of
any Trademark or Copyright) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States
Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States or in
any other country or any political subdivision thereof, unless it promptly informs the
Administrative Agent, and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, executes and delivers any and
all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request to evidence the Administrative Agents security interest in such Patent, Trademark or
Copyright, and each Grantor hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to
execute and file such writings for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby
ratified and confirmed; such power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable.
(f) Each Grantor will take all necessary steps that are consistent with the practice in any
proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or
any office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States or in any other country or
any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each material application relating to the
Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights (and to obtain the relevant grant or registration) and to
maintain each issued Patent and each registration of the Trademarks and Copyrights that is material
to the conduct of any Grantors business, including timely filings of applications for renewal,
affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if
consistent with good business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancelation
proceedings against third parties.
(g) In the event that any Grantor has reason to believe that any Article 9 Collateral
consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the conduct of any Grantors business
has been or is about to be infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor
promptly shall notify the Administrative Agent and shall, if consistent with good business
judgment, promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all
damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions as are
appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Article 9 Collateral.
(h) Upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor of
each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License to effect the assignment of all such
Grantors right, title and interest thereunder to the Administrative Agent or its designee.
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ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.01.
Remedies Upon Default
. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, each Grantor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Administrative
Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to take any of
or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Article 9
Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become
an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable
Grantors to the Administrative Agent, or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or
otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral
throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Administrative Agent
shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent
that waivers cannot be obtained on commercially reasonable terms), and (b) with or without legal
process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the
Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where the Article 9
Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9
Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the
Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
each Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory
requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral
at a public or private sale or at any brokers board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon
credit or for future delivery as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate. The
Administrative Agent shall be authorized at any such sale of securities (if it deems it advisable
to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree
that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to
the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Administrative Agent
shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the
Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold
absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives
(to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor
now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or
hereafter enacted.
The Administrative Agent shall give the applicable Grantors 10 days written notice (which
each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or
its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Administrative Agents intention to make any sale of
Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such
sale and, in the case of a sale at a brokers board or on a securities exchange, shall state the
board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion
thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be
held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the
Administrative Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale,
the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate
parcels, as the Administrative Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The
Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall
determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have
been given. The Administrative Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or
private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and
place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to
which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on
credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Administrative Agent
until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Administrative Agent
shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and
pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again
upon like notice. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant
to this Agreement, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by law)
from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said
rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any
part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due
and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such
Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such
property without further accountability to any Grantor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written
agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the
Administrative Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor
shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto,
notwithstanding the fact that after the Administrative Agent shall have entered into such an
agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full. As an
alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Administrative Agent may
proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the
Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having
competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially
reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other
jurisdictions.
SECTION 5.02.
Application of Proceeds
. The Administrative Agent shall apply the proceeds of
any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by
the Administrative Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in
connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the Obligations,
including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal
counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent hereunder or under
any other Loan Document on behalf of
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any Grantor and any other reasonable out-of-pocket costs or expenses incurred in
connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan
Document;
SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations (the amounts so applied to be
distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the amounts of the
Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and
THIRD, to the Grantors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
The Administrative Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such
proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the
Administrative Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial
proceeding), the receipt of the Administrative Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a
sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or
purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid
over to the Administrative Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication
thereof.
SECTION 5.03.
Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property
. For the purpose of enabling the
Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the
Administrative Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor
hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without
payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantors) to use, license or sublicense any of the
Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such
Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to
all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software
and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof. The use of such license by the
Administrative Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Administrative Agent, upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default,
provided
that any license,
sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Administrative Agent in accordance herewith
shall be binding upon the Grantors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.
SECTION 5.04.
Securities Act.
In view of the position of the Grantors in relation to the
Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under
the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar statute hereafter enacted
analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in
effect being called the
Federal Securities Laws
) with respect to any disposition of the
Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Grantor understands that compliance with the Federal
Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Administrative Agent if the
Administrative Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and
might also limit the
extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral
could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations
affecting the Administrative Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged
Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in
purpose or effect. Each Grantor recognizes that in light of such restrictions and limitations the
Administrative Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Pledged Collateral, limit the purchasers
to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Pledged Collateral for their own
account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor
acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Administrative
Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a
registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall
have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single
potential purchaser to effect such sale. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale
might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public
sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Administrative Agent shall
incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a
price that the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem
reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher
price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or
if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 5.04 will apply
notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales
prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Administrative Agent sells.
SECTION 5.05.
Registration.
Each Grantor agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, if for any reason the Administrative Agent desires to sell any
of the Pledged Collateral at a public sale, such Grantor will, at any time and from time to time,
upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, use its commercially reasonable efforts to
take or to cause the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to take such action and prepare, distribute
and/or file such documents, as are required or advisable in the reasonable opinion of counsel for
the Administrative Agent to permit the public sale of such Pledged Collateral. Each Grantor
further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, each other Secured
Party, any underwriter and their respective officers, directors, affiliates and controlling persons
from and against all loss, liability, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, reasonable costs of
counsel (including reasonable fees and expenses to the Administrative Agent of legal counsel), and
claims (including the reasonable costs of investigation) that they may incur insofar as such loss,
liability, expense or claim arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any
notification or offering circular, or arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements in any thereof
not misleading, except insofar as the same may have been caused by any untrue statement or omission
based upon information furnished in writing to such Grantor or the issuer of such Pledged
Collateral by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party expressly for use therein. Each
Grantor further agrees, upon such written request referred to above, to use its
commercially reasonable efforts to qualify, file or register, or cause the issuer of such
Pledged Collateral to qualify, file or register, any of the Pledged Collateral under the Blue Sky
or other securities laws of such states as may be requested by the Administrative Agent and keep
effective, or cause to be kept effective, all such qualifications, filings or registrations. Each
Grantor will bear all costs and expenses of carrying out its obligations under this Section 5.05.
Each Grantor acknowledges that there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with
the provisions of this Section 5.05 and that such failure would not be adequately compensable in
damages, and therefore agrees that its agreements contained in this Section 5.05 may be
specifically enforced.
ARTICLE VI
Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination
SECTION 6.01.
Indemnity and Subrogation
. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and
subrogation as the Guarantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 6.03), each
Borrower agrees that (a) in the event a payment of an obligation shall be made by any Guarantor
under this Agreement, such Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such
payment and such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the Person to whom such payment
shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (b) in the event any assets of any Grantor
shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document to satisfy in whole or in
part an obligation owed to any Secured Party, the applicable Borrower shall indemnify such Grantor
in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
SECTION 6.02.
Contribution and Subrogation
. Each US Borrower Subsidiary Party (a
Contributing Party
) agrees (subject to Section 6.03) that, in the event a payment shall
be made by any other US Borrower Subsidiary Party hereunder in respect of any Obligation or assets
of any other US Borrower Subsidiary Party shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to
satisfy any Obligation owed to any Secured Party and such other US Borrower Subsidiary Party (the
Claiming Party
) shall not have been fully indemnified by the applicable Borrower as
provided in Section 6.01, the Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount
equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value of
such assets, as the case may be, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall
be the net worth of the Contributing Party on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the
aggregate net worth of all the US Borrower Subsidiary Parties on the date hereof (or, in the case
of any US Borrower Subsidiary Party becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.14, the date of
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement Supplement hereto executed and delivered by such US Borrower
Subsidiary Party). Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this
Section 6.02 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Party under Section 6.01 to the
extent of such payment.
SECTION 6.03.
Subordination
. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, all rights of the Guarantors and Grantors under
Sections 6.01 and 6.02 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under
applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash
of the Obligations. No failure on the part of any Borrower or any Guarantor or Grantor to make the
payments required by Sections 6.01 and 6.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or
otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor or Grantor
with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor or Grantor shall remain liable for
the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor or Grantor hereunder.
(b) Each Guarantor and Grantor hereby agrees that all Indebtedness and other monetary
obligations owed by it to any other Subsidiary shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible
payment in full in cash of the Obligations.
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 7.01.
Notices
. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise
expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit
Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Loan Party shall be given to
it in care of the US Borrower as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 7.02.
Waivers; Amendment
. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any
Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan
Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such
right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power,
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that
they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any
departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 7.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as
a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice to or demand on any
Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in
similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the
Loan Party or Loan Parties with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to
apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement.
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SECTION 7.03.
Administrative Agents Fees and Expenses; Indemnification
. (a) The parties
hereto agree that the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents,
each Grantor and each Guarantor agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the other
Indemnitees (as defined in Section 9.03(b) of the Credit Agreement) against, and hold each
Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for
any Indemnitee, reasonably incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of (i) the arrangement and the syndication of the credit facilities
provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents
or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the
Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions
or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan, B/A or Letter of Credit or the use of
the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment
under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of
Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by Parent, the
Borrowers or any of the other Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to
Parent, the Borrowers or any of the other Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on
contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto and
regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by Parent or any Affiliate
thereof,
provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealed judgment to have
resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee or such Indemnitees
violation of any applicable law or breach of its obligations under the Loan Documents.
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured
hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 7.03 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of
the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or
any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 7.03 shall be payable on written
demand therefor.
SECTION 7.04.
Successors and Assigns
. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto
is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of
such party; and all covenants, promises and
agreements by or on behalf of any Guarantor, Grantor or the Administrative Agent that are
contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and
assigns.
SECTION 7.05.
Survival of Agreement
. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other
instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the
execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any
Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any Lender or on its behalf and
notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice
or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended under the Credit Agreement, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under any
Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the
Commitments have not expired or terminated.
SECTION 7.06.
Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement
. This Agreement may be executed
in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall
become effective as to any Loan Party when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Loan
Party shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have
been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Loan
Party and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall
inure to the benefit of such Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and
their respective successors and assigns, except that no Loan Party shall have the right to assign
or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and
any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement
or the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to
each Loan Party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any
Loan Party without the approval of any other Loan Party and without affecting the obligations of
any other Loan Party hereunder.
SECTION 7.07.
Severability
. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or uneforceability without affecting the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The
parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of
the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
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SECTION 7.08.
Right of Set-Off
. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time
to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any
time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Subsidiary Loan
Party against any of and all the obligations of such Subsidiary Loan Party now or hereafter
existing under this Agreement owed to such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall
have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The
rights of each Lender under this Section 7.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of set-off) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 7.09.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
. (a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(b) Each of Parent, the US Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District
Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each
of the parties hereto agrees that a final, non-appealed judgment in any such action or proceeding
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any
other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect
any right that Parent, the US Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, any Agent, any Issuing Bank or
any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document against any other party hereto or their properties in the courts of any
jurisdiction.
(c) Each of Parent, the US Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection
which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in
paragraph (b) of this Section 7.09. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such
action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 7.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law.
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SECTION 7.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY
HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO
ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN
INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS
IN THIS SECTION 7.10.
SECTION 7.11.
Headings
. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein
are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 7.12.
Security Interest Absolute
. All rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder,
the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all
obligations of each Grantor and Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument
relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in
any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any
consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement
or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or
guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations, or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor or Guarantor in respect of the
Obligations or this Agreement.
SECTION 7.13.
Termination or Release
. (a) This Agreement, the Guarantees made herein, the
Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate when all the
outstanding Loan Document Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Lenders have no
further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement, the LC Exposure has been reduced to zero and
the Issuing Banks have no further obligations to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit
Agreement.
(b) A Subsidiary Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder
and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically
released and all provisions of the Loan Documents shall cease to apply to such Subsidiary Loan
Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement as a result of
which such Subsidiary Loan Party
ceases to be a Subsidiary,
provided
that if so required by the Credit Agreement, the
Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent did not
provide otherwise.
(c) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Grantor (other than to Parent or any Subsidiary)
of any Collateral that is permitted under any Loan Document, or upon the effectiveness of any
written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant
to Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be
automatically released.
(d) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c) of this
Section 7.13, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantors
expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or
release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 7.13 shall be without
recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 7.14.
Additional Subsidiaries
. Each Domestic Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not
a Foreign Subsidiary that was not in existence or not such a Subsidiary on the date of the Credit
Agreement is required to enter in this Agreement as a Subsidiary Loan Party in accordance with
Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement. Upon execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent and
a Subsidiary of a Guarantee and Collateral Agreement Supplement, such Subsidiary shall become a
Subsidiary Loan Party hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a
Subsidiary Loan Party herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require
the consent of any other Loan Party hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Loan Party
hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Loan Party
as a party to this Agreement.
SECTION 7.15.
Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact
. Each Grantor hereby appoints
the Administrative Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the
Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which
appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Administrative
Agents name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and
all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the
Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and
give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor
on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of
Accounts Receivable to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions
or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise
realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f)
to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all
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or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to
make payment directly to the Administrative Agent; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge,
make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do
all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and
completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all
purposes,
provided
that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or
obligating the Administrative Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature
or sufficiency of any payment received by the Administrative Agent, or to present or file any claim
or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys
due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Administrative Agent
and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result
of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act
hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or wilful misconduct (as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealed judgment).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.
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SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
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